Episode 154. No. 1 groom.
After receiving a call that President Oh-chan Jung’s response program had been completed, he called Yang Yoo-hoon.
“Did you call? CEO.”
I handed him an envelope with a CD.
“Please install this on Yoo Hoon-san’s computer.”
“..wasn’t it such a dangerous program?”
“It’s dangerous, right? It is a hacking program that can take control of the company system and do it at will, but it is safe because countermeasures have already been established. I told you to install it because you need to trace back the person who gave it to you, and find out what the person intended to do this.”
“Oh, in that sense? Okay. I will install this right on my PC.”
I smiled at him.
“And contact him and ask for the remaining 180 million won. If he sends money, he can take all of the 200 million, up to the 20 million won he received in advance. haha. I will definitely give it to Yoo Hoon in case he reports it to the company.”
Yang Yoo-hoon opened his mouth with a bewildered expression.
“..Is it really okay to take 200 million? ”
“sure. If Yoo-hoon asks for money, he will be more relaxed, so it’s easy to track down.”
Yang Yu-hoon bowed his head with a recalled face.
“yes. Take this opportunity to pay off your loan and live comfortably. haha.”
#Seoul Jegi-dong, a shabby villa.
Gutae Oh, who was looking at the monitor, clenched his fists when he saw the green light on the program window floating in the corner.
“done! installed.”
Oh Gu-tae, who had been a genius programmer since childhood, was a representative case of misusing his talent.
After hacking emails to extort money from others, hacking company servers and selling important information to competitors, he ended up in prison.
He was released from prison a year ago and started working with a self-proclaimed Dr. Song.
Oh Gu-tae called Dr. Song using the cannon phone he had received.
“Dr. Song, the caterpillars are all gathered and installed on the server!”
‘Bokchung’ was the name of a hacking program that Oh Gu-tae created to usurp the privileges of a specific server.
“okay? Yang Yu-hoon, this kid fed some kids, but he got over it in the end.”
“Hey, how did you recruit internal staff? At first glance, it must have looked like a dangerous program, but to make you install this… Was it even a threat?”
“no way. In a world where nothing is not without money, do you need to use such a low-quality method? You said you’d give me 200 million.”
Gutae Oh asked in surprise.
“Two billion?”
“yes. Upon investigation, he found that he was struggling to repay the 200 million won loan. I’ll give you 200 million, so I told you it was a simple test program and let me install it.”
“You mean you believed in it and just installed it? Aren’t you stupid? How did such a person get into such a good company?”
Dr. Song growled.
“Kuk. It’s not because Yang Yoo-hoon is an idiot. Stimulating desire will deceive even the most intelligent people. In order to achieve that, it is human psychology to rule out all bad possibilities and only think in the good way. I have deceived a lot of people with PhDs in this way.”
“..Keep, as expected, Dr. Song! It is a teaching that becomes flesh and blood. I’ll have to use it later. huh.”
“Anyway, the caterpillars have been installed, so let’s move on to the next plan. Handle it well and make no mistakes.”
“yes. Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it for sure.”
#TM Display’s liquid crystal processing team manager Baek Ji-gang sucked the cigarette out of his mouth and smiled happily.
“Ah… good!”
My successor, who was next to me with a cigarette in my mouth, asked.
“It’s a cigarette I burn every day, but does it taste that good?”
“Of course. It’s the truth after dinner. Besides, good things happened.”
“Good things? What is it?”
“I recently got a scout offer.”
“really? Where?”
“Hwansung Electronics.”
The younger brother said with a surprised face.
“Wow! Is there a case where Chunha’s Hwansung Electronics offers a scout? Even if we stood still, we would burst out saying that we would join each other…”
Baek Ji-gang smiled bitterly.
“Hey, when are you talking about enemies? It was a large company that was difficult to compare with cheers up until a few years ago, but now it’s the other way around. I applied there in the past, but I ended up here after falling out of the paperwork because it was a provincial university, but I’m really glad I failed. The new TM Display employees who come in these days are all from SKY or studying abroad… A guy like me would not have been able to join the company even if he died and woke up.”
“..how much is your salary?”
“I give you twice what you get now.”
“Two times? I give you a lot too. As the manager said, our company must have grown big. But the manager is quite well-recognized by the company. I got good grades from the team leader, so I get good grades, and when it comes to liquid crystal processing, everyone finds the manager first… Are you still going?”
Manager Baek shook his head.
“I’m crazy? Salary is important when choosing a job, but that’s not all. Our TM Display is truly a top-notch display company with a technology gap of more than two years with other companies, and it is a great company with an estimated 10 trillion won in operating profit this year, right?”
“Even the finished product makers praise our LCD as the best, and wherever we go, everyone who belongs to TM Display looks up to us. In the past, a member of the Hwansung group was the number one groom, but that has changed these days. They say that the people who attend our TM group are the number one groomsmen. Above all else, we do not know when other display companies will go bankrupt. Because our company level is too overwhelming. Even though the price is high and the performance is not competitive, the 8th generation line has been expanded to further widen the gap. Anyone who sees that and moves on is an idiot. I have already sent a rejection email.”
It wasn’t an official name.
The employees were already calling TM Group, TM Display, TM Logic, and TM Foundry.
There were many who were proud to be part of the TM group.
“But? Why do you like being offered a scout when you say you won’t even move?”
“I just felt like I was recognized… Besides, I told you not to tell anyone about this, but I will only tell you.”
The successor pricked up his ears.
“..what is it?”
“There are rumors that I turned down a scout offer, so the Human Resources department contacted me? I will give you a raise.”
The sergeant opened his eyes and asked.
“How much did you raise?”
Manager Baek smiled and spread out three fingers.
“A whopping 30 percent!”
The successor looked at Manager Baek with envy.
“Wow! 30 percent? The manager was completely blown away.”
“Is not it? I was very impressed with the offer. Is this how a servant feels when he realizes that the king he was serving has recognized his loyalty? haha. Anyway, if my salary goes up, I’ll shoot properly, so look forward to it.”
“Congratulations, Manager! After all, if you are single-minded, like the manager, anything goes well.”
“Don’t sell your eyes for nothing, just think of our company. There is no better place than here.”
“I’ll keep that in mind! haha.”
In one section of the secretary’s office, there was a computer expert to track down the hacker and monitor what he was doing.
Whenever there was a change, Director Lee Kuk-hyun immediately reported to me.
He looked at me with a very excited face.
“CEO. The hacker has reconnected.”
“okay? Last time, you just logged in, what did you do this time?”
“Yes, I have sent two emails to your account.”
“One is to instruct them to make imitation products, and the other is to tell them to sell the imitation products they have made at Damoye. Of course, you’d think we didn’t notice it by deleting it immediately after sending it out.”
The moment I heard those words, the imitation incident and the hacking incident were connected, and goosebumps grew on my arms.
‘These damn children. Could it be that I was the target?’
Had I not been aware of this, I would have suffered a fatal blow.
I wouldn’t have been able to avoid being investigated by the prosecution on charges of leading the sale of Imitation.
Regardless of whether I actually did it, I would have been branded as a shopping mall selling imitations.
I gathered my thoughts and opened my mouth.
“..I know what their intentions are, and I think I know roughly who is behind them.”
“Are you talking about the background?”
“yes. If I get entangled in this, the one who benefits the most is the culprit.”
“If it’s the one who benefits the most… maybe?”
I nodded my head as I looked at the surprised face of the manager.
“Right. Competitors in the apparel industry, especially department stores affiliated with large corporations, are strong. The decline in sales must have been the most severe because of all of us, so it is worthwhile to mobilize these means.”
“The problem is that it is not yet clear whether all of the department stores affiliated with the large corporations participated or only some of them. But I think I know where one is.”
I waved materials related to the imitation report to Director Lee.
“There was an answer in it. The brands of products that have been reported for imitation have something in common.”
“What do they have in common…?”
“yes. These were all brands related to Lude Department Store. There are some that were launched directly by Rude, and there are some brands that only invested in equity, but is it really a coincidence that all of them were inspired by Rude?”
“Um… Does the CEO think that Rude Department Store is the power behind this conspiracy?”
“yes. What will these people do next?”
“…Now that we have created the evidence, the next step is probably for the police or the prosecution to move.”
“Right. But in order to move public authorities, someone needs to report it, right?”
“The timing of reporting is also important if you want to tie me up, but if the subject of the conspiracy becomes a victim, you can choose the timing at will, and it looks natural from the outside. Besides, it’s good to tell the media that we’ve suffered a lot because of the cloned party. Obviously Rude has something to do with this conspiracy.”
The manager nodded.
“Ah…I’m sure he thinks so, so I’m suspicious of Lude.”
“Is that right? Did you say that the person leading the sales of the imitation was Dr. Song? As of yet, there’s no substantive evidence that Loudet’s has anything to do with this conspiracy, so he’ll have to get a hold of him. ”
The manager replied with a face of no face.
“I haven’t been able to find out anything other than the name of the imitation seller yet, since I didn’t show up in person and gave instructions only to the imitation seller by phone.”
“I think I will have no choice but to contact the seller and bring it out. Shall we give it a try?”
“no. Then, if Dr. Song notices and hides, there is no way to catch him. Let’s change the way.”
“..how..?”
“Rather than connecting Dr. Song to Lude, we will connect Dr. Song through Lude and then catch them. When things are on this scale, there must be some direct or indirect involvement of CEO Mo Han-goo of Lude Department Store. Thoroughly investigate his surroundings from now on, and monitor everything from now on to what the CEO is doing and where he goes for 24 hours.”
The manager half opened his mouth and looked at me.
“Wow! That’s a good way. That way we can know where Dr. Song is.”
“yes. CEO Mo will definitely contact Dr. Song. Don’t miss that moment.”
