The Game Developer Who Left the Company Is Too Competent

16. new acquaintance (2)

As soon as Taeyeon went to work, she was called and headed to President Jinsung Yoo’s office.

“I heard you met Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak yesterday?”

“uh? How did you know? I was trying to keep it a secret… … .”

“He took you to his house for a drink and boasted that he had decided to become a brother and sister.”

“ah… … .”

“son of a gun. I’ve been so good… … Are you going to fall for it because someone with a lot of money is trying to seduce you?”

“What do you think I missed? We just had dinner together.”

“It’s his nature to like people, but he won’t let anyone into his house. So what does he say? I will invest in you, so do you want to come out quickly and start a company? Or would you like to join the group and take charge of a game company?”

Taeyeon sighed and confessed what happened yesterday. Of course, I excluded the story related to the company’s founding, which came and went very briefly.

Yoo Jin-seong, who had been silently listening to the story, murmured while drawing the Chinese character for “cheon” on his forehead.

“Is this bastard using the beauty world in a shameful way? I warned you not to covet mine just a week ago… … Where is my cell phone?”

Taeyeon asked dumbfounded.

“What is beauty world?”

“I heard you introduced Kim Yuna and sat next to you at dinner?”

“My sister-in-law called me just because I’m a fan. Why is there a story about beauty? That’s rude to Yuna Kim!”

“Since ancient times, it has been said that husband and wife are of one mind.”

“You went too far. That’s not real.”

“Then let me ask you this. You exchanged phone numbers with Yuna Kim, didn’t you?”

“… … .”

When Taeyeon ate honey and became mute, President Jinseong Yoo took offense.

“it serves him right!”

“Yoona Kim asked me first, so I’ll just let you know.”

“I must have heard something secretly behind my back. If not, why would the world’s Yuna Kim be curious about your number?”

“That, that’s it… … .”

“What are you? I’m not handsome, I’m not rich, I’m not tall or have a good body… … .”

“… … .”

An extreme shock, like being hit in the stomach with Mjolnir!

‘Are you doing too much?’

The fact that it was an irrefutable fact was even more painful.

Taeyeon, who was properly pouting, muttered as if to be heard.

“I think I’m going to get really invested and become independent.”

“What, man? what did you just say?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“You did!”

“Because I didn’t.”

* * *

Although it was a drastic prescription, Taeyeon was able to regain her senses thanks to President Jinsung Yoo’s fact bombardment.

‘okay. what am i… … .’

Before dinner was over, while exchanging phone numbers with everyone, Taeyeon thought for a moment that maybe Yuna Kim was interested in me at all.

But now that I think about it, I realized that I must have asked for the number out of etiquette, not wanting to embarrass myself on the spot.

In fact, they only registered and were not exchanging messages with each other.

“By the way, what did Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak like about me?”

A person of that level must have researched and figured out everything about himself beforehand.

As a game developer, he has a unique career, but it’s not so great that heirs of large corporations are interested.

Taeyeon thought so and wondered if there was something special she didn’t know about, but she didn’t find anything.

‘It’s not a bad feeling though. Thanks to that, I had dinner and chatted with two beautiful stars in a nice house… … It was a good experience.’

I don’t know when I’ll be able to meet again, but I decided not to be disappointed even if such luck doesn’t come.

A special and amazing event that will just never happen again in your life.

It seemed like it would be beneficial in many ways.

“uh? hello.”

While passing by, I ran into Assistant Manager Cho Seon-ah.

She also has outstanding beauty, but just yesterday I felt like I looked ordinary because I saw two top-notch beautiful stars in the New Territories.

‘Even a guy like me is a man that can’t be helped.’

Disrespectful to the topic of motherhood solo… … .

Taeyeon hurriedly erased her pride and asked with a smile.

“Do you have any plans for a date today?”

“yes? I don’t have anything like that… … why?”

“I just asked because you came so pretty.”

“Wow, PD Yoo, do you know how to say that?”

Rather than liking compliments, she is surprised that someone who is not normally like that said something unexpected.

‘okay. this is my position Let’s not harbor vain pride in the future.’

As a representative of a salaryman who has a lot of work to do, feeling the thrill of love is a luxury.

After the chat, Taeyeon, who returned to her seat, took care of her business and braced herself once again.

* * *

Three days later, another message came to Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak.

[Come to my house tonight. Your wife invited you.]

This time, it was Han Seol-ah’s invitation.

‘How long has it been since you’ve made up your mind… … .’

Again, a strange feeling of anticipation begins to raise its head.

‘Let’s not expect anything wrong. I’m no big deal. It’s just that I’m nice, but I live alone, so I’m just inviting you to feed me a delicious meal because you look pitiful.’

Anyway, since she was invited, after thinking about it, Taeyeon purchased several wines with good reviews on the Internet, a cheese set for side dishes, and a bouquet of flowers and a high-quality red ginseng juice set for Seolah Han on the Internet at the department store in front of her office, and moved to Seopangyo.

“Oh, thank you for the gift!”

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Han Seol-ah was happy to receive Taeyeon’s gift for the visit, but Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak was laughing and couldn’t keep his senses.

“Red ginseng juice set, even made by our affiliates. Are you trying to please me?”

“It’s not like that, I gave it to my parents as a present before, and I remember that they liked it… … Is it strange?”

“No, fine. I like it very much.”

The food was already prepared on the table.

Tenderloin steak and salmon salad were the mains. It was accompanied by a bottle of wine Taeyeon brought.

“Wait a minute. Yoona will be back soon.”

“Are you Yuna?”

When Taeyeon asked with a surprised face, Seolah Han smiled.

“Actually, I sneakily asked. How is Taeyeon?”

Taeyeon was very nervous as if she was facing the announcement of her college acceptance. Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak observed Taeyeon’s facial expression as if he were watching an interesting movie.

“Yoona said that. Taeyeon is nice and seems to be good at talking. I guess it feels good.”

“ah… … .”

“So I was thinking of inviting him to dinner tonight, but when I asked him if he would like to join me, he readily accepted. Are you okay?”

“ah… … .”

I couldn’t believe it.

To think that the best sports star you admired thought of you!

After a while, Yuna Kim appeared in an outfit not much different from yesterday. We exchanged greetings without hiding our trembling and started our second dinner.

At the meal, Taeyeon told the story of how she came to Nexple. This was not a story that Taeyeon brought up first, but an answer to the question of how she joined Nexple and became close with Chairman Yoo Jin-seong.

Of course, the unfair treatment he received from CEO Kang Kun during the days of Blessing, the Nexple presentation and investment decisions, and the fights that occurred during the job change had to come out.

It was a difficult thing even for experienced office workers to go through easily. Vice Chairman Kim Jong-hak, who asked questions, as well as Han Seol-ah and Kim Yoon-a, who did not know much about the lives of office workers, listened.

In the middle of the conversation, the developers constantly received business messages or phone calls. Taeyeon asked for understanding and tried to deal with it as quickly as possible, but she couldn’t help but feel disconnected from the atmosphere of the conversation.

“I’m so sorry. In fact, one of the online games I am in charge of is currently in CBT.”

“What is CBT?”

“It stands for closed beta test, but what does it mean… … .”

Taeyeon answered Seolah Han’s question in an easy-to-understand manner.

With so many new recruits and students, it was easy enough to get people outside the game to understand.

Starting with CBT, Taeyeon shared interesting episodes related to what she is doing now.

Among them, there was an anecdote about moving to Japan at the request of CEO Myung-wook Kim, and a game play that occurred at his suggestion in the process of persuading Satoshi Takizawa.

After talking so much fun, I sneakily checked the time and it was nine in the evening.

Taeyeon read a few messages and sighed.

“Now I have to go back to work and start working.”

At that, everyone reacted in amazement.

Yuna Kim asked.

“Do you have a lot of work at work?”

“Originally, it’s not this far, but the timing is the timing… … I have to go and watch the servers close down and discuss the business side with the CEO of Nexple Entertainment.”

Taeyeon answered that and spoke sincerely to Kim Jong-hak and Han Seol-ah.

“The atmosphere at dinner tonight was really good. I think it was the best dish of my life. Thank you for inviting me.”

I wanted to be with Taeyeon a little longer, but I already enjoyed it enough. I had to be satisfied with this level and go back to work.

Taeyeon said ‘out of courtesy’.

“Next time, I will invite the three of you to Nexple. Show me the game I’m developing and take a tour of the company’s facilities… … You will be able to have a good time.”

* * *

Monster Eater Online CBT ended safely. There were no critical issues, and all teams did their best in their positions.

User response was also good.

-Honestly, I was more worried about the operation than anything else, but it worked well without any major problems. The response and handling of bug reports were also good.

-Above all, I liked that I was catching up with the global version from the start. It seems that the localization work was done well, and above all, I am satisfied that I did not see typos.

-But no matter how much I think about it, I think melee deals are a bit unfavorable. I sent you an email once a day asking if you could help me with this problem… … I’ll wait until the official service.

Taeyeon did not leave user response to the operation team alone. Occasionally, users who died at the level of oil have been looking for answers to difficult problems.

Whenever that happened, Taeyeon stepped out.

He also wrote and posted patch notes to be released to users, and responded to comments. Even if someone made up his mind and poured out swear words, he showed a gentle response.

Actually, this was nothing special for Taeyeon. It was because I had the experience of fully acquiring operational know-how while working under CEO Kang Geon, directing live performances. Back then and now, there were many users who were angular, harsh, or overly sensitive.

Taeyeon was good at handling them.

This situation was also known to users, and interesting reactions were shown.

– PD Yoo Tae-yeon said that he also directly responds to customers, but I would like him to be directly in charge of operating other games.

– There are so many games that are being ruined by management right now, can’t we give PD Yoo Tae-yeon all the rights to live management?

Inquiries started pouring in asking if Taeyeon could take over the management of other games. These articles were also found on the official website, cafes, or community sites.

Of course, this was a no-brainer, and most of the users who posted were aware of that fact.

I just tried it because I felt sorry for watching a game I had enjoyed for a long time get ruined due to poor operation or a wrong patch. Taeyeon was fully aware of that fact. So I laughed quietly.