When YongHo came back, his expression was serious. At that figure, HyeJin who was next to him became curious.
“……”
“S, Sunbae?”
However, HyeJin’s voice didn’t reach YongHo’s ears. No, No one’s voice reached his ears. Until HyeJin tapped YongHo’s back saying it was his turn.
In the conference room sat 4 men. Their neatly placed hands and clean shirts seem to tell what kind of life they led.
“Yes.”
“The file upload program wasn’t installed by me. If there is anything different to the file on the configuration management server, that’s probably because I directly edited the source on the commercial server and built it.”
“Sorry?”
YongHo didn’t know about this. He felt like someone slapped him on the back of his head.
“Also, a few testimonies mentioned that Mr. YongHo made file upload program and uploaded it onto the server.”
YongHo slapped both of his hands onto the table as he stood up.
“This isn’t a problem that will get solved by being angry. Sit down.”
“Is there anything else that you have violated?”
“Nothing sir.”
At the investigator’s words, YongHo stood up powerlessly. As he stepped out of the door, the company employees were waiting for their turns while sitting. Amidst them, project manager Jung JunWoo could be seen. Their eyes met but they said nothing.
-The cooperating outsourcers, the PM, PL level managers and above, please gather in the main hall immediately.
-I repeat. The cooperating outsourcers, the PM, PL level managers and above, please gather in the main hall immediately.
The main hall which could hold hundreds of people were full with people. On the screen at the front, a PPT slide could be seen.
One thing could be learned even with just the title.
“Nice to meet you, everyone. I’m vice president Go JinSung of KO Telecom.”
“Currently, I imagine that everyone should be aware of what kind of problem has occurred. However, a problem that the mass media doesn’t know about has occurred. As seen from the title, there’s an error with the new phones’ activation. We suspect that the hacker group has left this malignant code behind in order to avoid tracing.
The vice president continued presenting for around 20 minutes. The hacker group that leaked customers’ private information left behind a malignant code.
There was an even more important piece of information.
The person who can fix the problem would be rewarded with 100 million won.
The vice president finished explaining and the hall once again became noisy with people’s talking. Amidst them, An ByungHoon and project manager Jung JunWoo were also sitting down.
“General manager, what do we do? Shall we send a mail too?”
“But I think it’s worth a try.”
“I think we can do it with YongHo around.”
“What? What do you mean by that?”
“Didn’t I mention it last time? It’s like that. He will take responsibility for the problem this time and leave the company.”
Seeming irritated at An ByungHoon’s furious words, General manager Jung also spoke in a louder voice.
“Even so……”
Not wanting to speak anymore, project manager Jung left the hall after that. An ByungHoon took out his phone after seeming distracted for a while.
“Manager, isn’t this too ridiculous?”
“You know very well how much I contributed to this project.”
“And now, they say as if all the responsibility lies within me……”
“Did you know?”
An ByungHoon didn’t bother explaining the truth. A guilty conscience stabbed his heart.
“……”
“Now’s not the time to do this. I will appeal to the PM once more.”
“I need to tell him that I didn’t do it.”
A few passersby glanced at the two who were conversing on the bench. The frustration in YongHo’s voice seemed to be felt by everyone.
Not considering YongHo’s mood, An ByungHoon’s phone started ringing. An ByungHoon hesitated whether to pick it up or not.
At YongHo’s words, An ByungHoon answered the call but didn’t talk for too long. He just said ‘Yes’ a few times but it didn’t seem that there was much content.
“We need to go, Come with me.”
“That’s why I’m saying we need to go.”
“Seolleung.”
“Yes. The server room in Seolleung.”
An ByungHoon pulled YongHo’s arm up to make him stand. YongHo, who didn’t understand anything, could only follow, dragged by An ByungHoon’s hands.
The atmosphere in the Seolleung server room seemed serious even from the entrance. Men in black suits searched each of the person one by one. An ByungHoon, who walked towards the entrance, took out his ID card and revealed his name.
The man guided An ByungHoon to the server room after confirming the ID card. Entering the server room, the man who did the presentation was occupying a seat.
“Nice to meet you. Vice president Go JinSung.”
“An anonymous person told me of your skills via e-mail. And I looked up and it seems like you are quite skilled so I contacted you. I heard you were an open source contributor…….”
Go JinSung turned his head to look at YongHo, who felt like he shouldn’t be here.
“Lee YongHo, who will solve the program with me this time. YongHo, greet him. He’s the vice president of KO Telecom.”
It wasn’t some general manager and it was the vice president. It was the person with the highest authority YongHo met in his life. His hands involuntarily shivered due to nervousness.
“Good day to you sir. My name is Lee YongHo.”
“This is really urgent so I will leave it to you.”
“I understand.”
In a corner of the server room, YongHo sat in front of a computer while looking at An ByungHoon curiously.
“……”
“What’s in it for me?”
“Really?”
“I really won’t have to take responsibility?”
At An ByungHoon’s reaction, YongHo stopped to think. However, he eventually decided. He didn’t have a reason to stay in this company as soon as the PM shifted the blame to him.
That was enough of a reason to do this.
“You’ve decided well.”
YongHo and An ByungHoon paid attention to the man who managed the phone activation related programs. On one hand, YongHo kept looking out for the bug window. The bug was as good as fixed as soon as it pops up in the bug window.