Jeong JinYong was receiving a report. Whilst being serious, he was smiling as if something good had happened.
“Yes. They said that they’re going to America next week for the award ceremony.”
“The design award competition held by Koogle also sees the practicality of the design. The practicality is judged according to how low of a hardware performance it can run in. so the developers are also to attend the ceremony.”
Jeong JinYong nodded his head while reading the report. Then he calmly called the head secretary.
“Yes, sir.”
For a moment, the head secretary’s face paled as if his breath stopped. His tightly shut lips looked as if predicting the future.
“…8, 8 years, sir.”
“……”
At Jeong JinYong’s gaze, the head secretary barely managed to stop his legs from trembling.
“Didn’t you hear me saying to get out?”
The next day, the secretaries numbering 50 were put into waiting lists with ‘Negligence during duty’ as the pretext.
While somebody was leaving the company, YongHo also had left Korea and was stepping onto the land of California.
There was the ability from the bug window, but YongHo’s own ability had played a big role in receiving the prize. He put effort into not using the bug window, and although a little, it was showing its results.
While YongHo was in his thoughts, Yu SoHyun, who was sitting on the same table as him, looked towards YongHo.
“Oh… I thought that team leader is so pretty today.” (T/N: No, author! Don’t make MC a gigolo, please…)
She called everyone’s attention to herself with her smooth legs peeking out from the deep plunged, flowing dress.
At Yu SoHyun, who blushed a little, YongHo just smiled and looked at her – thinking that she was a girl no matter how grand she acted, and how cold she looked.
The award ceremony started soon.
Although… he was quite awkward when he couldn’t understand the jokes that people talked about…
What was more depressing that even Yu SoHyun, next to him, was laughing as if she understood those jokes.
However, he could figure out the names of the people that he was talking to.
Jeff Done.
The item which received the grand prize was shocking.
While developing, he had never even considered G1. He uploaded his own app on the G1 in the venue.
And it crashed.
At the shock, he couldn’t take his eyes off Jeff Done. He had a horse-like long face. His chin was shaved neatly. And next to him was a bald man.
Yu SoHyun was looking with an admirative gaze. He may be a famous person within the design world but YongHo didn’t know him,
‘I should greet them.’
In YongHo’s eyes, he looked greater than Son SeokHo.
YongHo approached first to greet. Jeff Done also seemed to know about YongHo who received the runner-up prize.
Yu SoHyun didn’t know to separate from Jonathan Hive. Jeff Done spoke a lot but YongHo couldn’t understand most of it.
As Jeff Done was surrounded by a lot of people, there was no more time nor opportunity to talk more.
YongHo had to be satisfied adding him on Fadebook. (T/N: that’s… new…)
Yu SoHyun still seemed to be unable to let go of the excitement.
“I, is it that much?”
“It’s not just ‘that much’. He’s a Shakespeare-level person in the design world.”
YongHo scheduled to meet with Dave now that he was here. Moreover, this time, when he said that he received Koogle’s design award, Dave showed even more excitement than YongHo.
At Yu SoHyun’s worried words, YongHo was embarrassed. What Yu SoHyun was surprised at when she arrived in America, wasn’t just meeting Jonathan Hive.
As he had exceptional ability that was better than anyone she knew, she thought that he would also have good English.
Instead, it was below her expectations.
And so the two headed to the restaurant in the city where they promised to meet.
“YongHo!”
Dave.
However, just the height differed by about 10 cm. There was no choice but to keep that situation for some time.
Dave looked at Yu SoHyun with a curious gaze. Jessie and James, who followed him like pencil and paper, also had lights in their eyes.
YongHo waved his hand and looked at Yu SoHyun. He was worried that she would be offended.
This time, Yu SoHyun took the role of translator between them. The company, who had met after a long time, chatted.
“YongHo, did you think about it? If I write a recommendation, you will enter our company immediately. Moreover, if it’s with your ability, then you might not even need my recommendation.”
YongHo sipped the white wine in front of him once.
“Silicon Valley. This is where the brains of the world gather. A place of dreams to any programmers. Improving ability? Rather than that, it’s a gathering of people who can’t improve their ability any further.”
At Dave’s words, YongHo couldn’t counter argue. He was at Silicon Valley which he had only seen in TVs.
The fantasy of achieving success as a business in Silicon Valley he dreamt of in his school days, weren’t a dream anymore.
YongHo didn’t say anything and sipped the cup of wine again. Yu SoHyun, who was at his side, also just calmly lookeed at YongHo.
Finishing development and releasing didn’t mean that the work ended.
Moreover, an enormous development load was loaded on Na DaeBang, Na DaeBang looked at YongHo with resentment in his eyes.
The person who was delighted the most when YongHo came back to the team was Na DaeBang. In a program that YongHo develops, there wouldn’t be any bugs unless the part he did overlapped with another person’s or he mistyped.
YongHo was also busy with the development of the UI so he didn’t have any spare power to look over the library made by Na DaeBang.
“I already let you go once, haven’t I? But you again went to the design team……”
Na DaeBang’s eyes were producing flames. YongHo could only calm him down after repeatedly saying that he wouldn’t be dispatched anywhere from now on.
-Koogle’s Design Award Winner.
-Online Shopping Mall S, where you can wear the clothes themselves.
While YongHo was working hard in the office, Shinseki also advertised the S Mall enthusiastically.
But the sum of money they used in marketing was 5 billion (≈4.35 million USD). And half of that was due to casting a famous celebrity.
Son SeokHo asked while looking at the advert that appeared on his smartphone. Na DaeBang, and YongHo, who was with him also looked at the advert in the screen.
“The development fees are 500 million, and 5 billion for advertising… It really does feel like the main and the sub has switched.”
“But isn’t the number of users increasing thanks to this person?”
At this rate, at the end of the year, it wouldn’t be strange to achieve the 100 billion objective at the end of the year.
After Son SeokHo received the call he stood up. As the number of users increased, various kinds of problems were occurring. YongHo couldn’t forget the words ‘Silicon Valley’ even while being soaked in his everyday life.
-Thank you until now.
With that title, an e-mail was sent to every employee in the company. The sender was the design team leader Yu SoHyun,
“You’re going to America?”
Yu SoHyun had an expression of satisfaction. He could know how the position of the design team leader was in a big company.
“What I got is that you felt that the position of the team leader in a big company… wasn’t that satisfying?”
“Perhaps due to being scouted for that position… It wasn’t that easy. Rather than learning and earning, I felt like I was used and consumed continuously, I guess? I’m planning to refine my ability in a design school in this opportunity.”
There was one thing that she was disappointed with.
Yu SoHyun made a bright smile towards YongHo. At that moment, he felt dizzy.
YongHo was subconsciously nodding his head.
From the hand he grabbed, he could feel smoothness. He didn’t want to let go, but he had no choice but to let go.