Kim Yonggun frowned when he saw Nam Kyungsang. Park Junwoo shut his eyes and sighed. Yoon Gihwan turned away in disgust.
âHello, Manager Park. We meet again.â
âYes.â
âThe thing is, we received a few VoC on our end, but they seem like problems related to HTS channel. I really hate to bring this up over and over again, but your mistakes are inconveniencing us.â
âI⌠Iâll check it right now.â
Park Junwoo did a weak reply. Kwon Hyungeun also seemed to feel awkward. He reiterated the situation in a kinder tone.
âWe checked our system multiple times, but we couldnât find anything wrong. We thought it would be smart to cross check with your system. Please donât take this the wrong way.â
âI am telling you this is definitely an HTS problem. I called up the Stochastics (Point of a current stock price in relation to its price range over time) graph API several times, but nothing is wrong on my end.â
âWell, we arenât sure.â
âNo, Iâm positive.â
Nam Kyungsang gave an adamant reply and looked at Park Junwoo.
âI sent the problems to your email, Manager Park. It takes too long to bring up the Stochastics graphs. There were also some other problems, but I didnât read them. They are not my problems. Thereâs nothing wrong on our end. Theyâre HTS errors, so you need to fix them right now.â
His voice was rude and condescending, but Park Junwoo couldnât fight back. Yoon Gihwan turned around.
âI checked the email just now. It says there is a delay in bringing up the âStochastics monthly graph API.â Are you saying thatâs our problem?â
âI tested it out many times. When I try it on my end, it only takes 2 seconds, so isnât it obvious? Something went wrong on your side.â
Yoon Gihwan couldnât be rude to people from another company, so he replied respectfully.
âHow?â
âHandling the screen data is HTS territory. Do I have to explain everything to you?â
Nam Kyungsang became louder and angrier. Kwon Hyungeun tried to calm him down.
âManager Nam, thatâs enough. Haha, I apologize General Manager Yoon. Our company is under a lot of stressâŚâ
The now aggressive Nam Kyungsang added.
âWhy should I stop? I need to say this. You all heard about the new point system, right? If your channel problems keep appearing as ours, I wonât stay silent.â
Yoon Gihwan bit his lips. He wanted to say something, but there have been many occasions when problems turned out to be his departmentâs mistakes. Park Junwoo felt the same. Kim Yonggun was biting his nails. This situation was familiar to Woosung. Kwon Hyungeun tried to stop Nam Kyungsang again.
âManager Nam, stop right now.â
He exclaimed causing Nam Kyungsang to quiet down, but then he made eye contact with Woosung and Nam Kyungsang couldnât help himself but continue.
âLastly, that recent problem was something I could have fixed. What you need to focus on are your own problems.â
Woosung remembered Nam Kyungsang from the past.
âHe has such a big ego. He really believed his codes were the best. No one could challenge him⌠Well, he had good skills, so nobody could stand up to him. But things are different now.â
The impatient Yoon Gihwan stood up. Park Junwoo kept repeating miserable sighs. Kwon Hyungeun grabbed Nam Kyungsangâs arm and pulled.
âManager Nam!â He then bowed to Yoon Gihwan. âGeneral Manager, I am so sorry. Nam Kyungsang isnât usually like this. I will make sure he doesnât behave like this again.â
He then dragged Nam Kyungsang out of the room.
Crack.
Yoon Gihwan kicked the chair and left to take a smoke break. Park Junwoo asked Kim Yonggun and Woosung.
âLetâs go for coffee.â
Woosung followed them quietly.
10 years ago, because of Nuri Financesâ new system, Woosung had to deal with Nam Kyungsang often. Even after the new system stabled, they still had to maintain a stable meeting among one another. Park Junwoo explained the history of Daesanâs slipups to Woosung.
Server crash because of an infinite loop request. Wrong parameter request causing a delay in server development. Failure in updating the screen enhancements provoking the need for a new server. The server team was inconvenience multiple times in the past because of the mistakes from HTS team. It was no wonder Nam Kyungsang fretted about it. Woosung didnât react and listened to Park Junwoo.
âSo Woosung, donât feel bad. We did make a lot of mistakes.â
A nice guy.
10 years ago, Park Junwoo said the same thing. He was such a nice guy. Kim Yonggun felt different, however.
âEven so, there is no need to be that rude. We all work hard.â
âBut if they have to work late because of our mistakes, then itâs understandable that they get frustrated.â
âI know butâŚâ
âAssistant Manager Kim, donât you remember complaining when we had to work late because of the server or infra errors?â
Kim Yonggun reddened in embarrassment.
âWell, you donât have to bring that up.â
âIâm just saying itâs all good. When a person feels inconvenienced, we all become defensive. Some may react more strongly than others.â
Kim Yonggun drank his coffee in silence. Park Junwoo looked out the window. Woosung had a different feeling.
âTo me, it looks like ST wants to take everything.â
Park Junwoo spilled his coffee in surprise.
âW⌠what?â
âI told you before. The new point system will decide which outsource company will get its contract renewed with Nuri Finances. That means one or more companies could lose their work next year.â
Kim Yonggun swallowed hard.
âSoâŚâ
âI donât think ST has protested this much before, right?â
Park Junwoo thought carefully. Thinking about it now, this was the first time they made such a big fuss. In the past, Nam Kyungsang fixed the problems himself to show how good he was.
âSo ST wants to take our contract and work on HTS maintenance too?â
Woosung shook his head.
âWho is Nuri Financesâ main partner?â
Kim Yonggun answered.
âThat would be Daeyang System.â
âOur company and ST are secondary outsource companies. We are only âsmall fish.ââ
âWow. Only âsmall fishâ.â
âIf ST gains the most points in this new system, what do you think would happen?â