51. Duon Thirty Three
next Monday.
During summer vacation, I visit Youngmi’s house every morning.
I was studying at the living room table with Youngmi.
“Boy! Wake!”
“Yes?”
ah! I fell asleep for a while.
I raised my head and looked at Youngmi, who opened her mouth with a worried expression.
“Aren’t you sick?”
I shut my sleepy eyes and shook my head, and Yeong-mi reached out and touched my forehead.
“Hmm… There doesn’t seem to be any fever.”
Youngmi’s soft touch on her forehead.
I said with a smile on my face.
“It’s not painful. I had a bit of trouble sleeping last night.”
“why? What’s going on?”
yesternight.
After accessing the Balhae Sports network, I couldn’t sleep.
Until the dawn when the window starts to get dark,
I thought about what I could do.
A good answer would be to speak directly to the Anglo-American father.
Explain future exchange rate trends, and pay for fabric imports before November.
But this… It’s like confessing that I’ve been hacking the internal computer system of Balhae Sports.
It doesn’t matter that I confess that I’m hacking.
The problem is that Anglo-American father won’t listen to me.
If my predictions are correct… .
Payment must be completed by the end of October at the latest, but it is advantageous for Balhae Sports to delay the settlement date by even one day.
And this is not only a matter of payment of money, but also because it is interlocked with the schedule to check the quality of goods arriving at Busan Port.
Even so, the situation in the future was clearly visible, and it was impossible to just watch and say that I did not know.
I couldn’t sleep all night because of these worries, and it was only in the early morning that I could close my eyes for a while.
When Youngmi asked what was going on, I shook my head and said.
“Nothing happened. Yesterday, I slept profusely even after taking a nap, but I couldn’t sleep well at night. haha–!”
At my words, Youngmi smiled, turned her head back to her notebook, and began to hum a song in a low voice.
I watched Youngmi study while humming a song.
After studying with Youngmi, I returned home and went into my room and turned on the computer.
The decision was made.
In fact, I had only one choice, and I knew that from last night.
I connected to the Balhae Sports Network, and opened the folder in the name of my father’s name again.
In addition to the payment file that I checked yesterday, a separate purchase contract file was created.
Judging by the addition of the word ‘final’ to the end of the file name, it seems to be the final version prepared for sending to the other company after sealing.
I opened the file and checked the contents.
It matches the page attached below last night’s payment document.
Shipment from Port of Montevideo, Uruguay: Friday 5th September
Estimated arrival date at Busan Port: Monday, November 3
And the payment date is… .
It was November 16th, 70 days after shipment.
I took a deep breath and murmured in a low voice.
“No regrets, whatever your heart desires.”
I put my hands on the keyboard and started moving my fingers slowly.
I checked the contents of the revised contract again, and closed the file with the Save button.
Even after logging out of the network folder, I could feel my heart pounding for a long time.
As I took a deep breath and calmed my heart, I laughed out loud involuntarily.
In-cheol, this child… It wasn’t usually a strong heart.
It is not known whether the purchase contract that I modified will be sealed and sent to the Uruguayan company.
A company employee may find out what I fixed, and maybe the final copy of the contract has already been printed.
* * *
A week later.
Monday 18 August.
Balhae Sports Vice President’s Office.
Vice President Kim Sang-in said to Kim Yeon-san with a serious expression.
“Did you check the fax documents from Cuerpino?”
“yes.”
“There seems to be a mistake in the settlement date, so please call Cuerpino to check.”
“all right.”
“ah… ! What time is it in Uruguay now?”
“It is 11 pm. It’s exactly 12 hours away from Korea.”
“okay? Then I’ll have to call myself tonight.”
Vice President Kim Sang-in continued with a short sigh.
“By the way, aren’t these children, the gangbangers? Where’s the prank on the purchase contract? I can’t go on quietly on this one.”
Assistant Manager Yeonsan Kim opened her mouth with a cautious tone.
“I… Vice President.”
“why?”
“The stock of leather fabrics is limited right now. So you know you can’t cancel the order itself, right?”
Vice President Kim Sang-in said with a smirk.
“don’t worry. Because I know that.”
That evening.
After talking on the phone with a fabric manufacturer in Uruguay, Managing Director Kim Sang-in had a recalled expression.
He picked up the phone again.
The voice of Deputy Director Kim Yeon-san was heard along with the reception sound.
– Yes, hello.
“ah… ! Deputy Kim, you were at home. I’m in a hurry, but can you come to work now?”
-Is it because of the purchase contract?
“Yeah, the contract we sent you, we need to check that right away.”
– Yes, I’m leaving now.
“how long will it take? After an hour, I decided to talk to Cuerpino again.”
– It will take a while. It will arrive in 20 minutes.
20 minutes later.
Vice President Kim Sang-in’s expression hardened when he checked the documents brought by Kim Yeon-san.
“So, the day of settlement, this is… Are you saying it’s our fault?”
“… .”
“Why don’t you speak? yes!”
“this… This can’t be. It was supposed to be November 16th… .”
Vice President Kim Sang-in’s voice rose.
“Then why did the settlement date change like this?”
“I don’t even know what happened.”
“Does it make sense that the person in charge doesn’t know?”
Deputy Director Kim Yeon-san said with his head bowed.
“sorry.”
As Vice President Sang-in Kim let out a long sigh, Assistant Manager Yeon-san Kim said.
“Vice President, now… What should I do?”
“What should I do? I’ll have to call Cuerpino again and ejaculate.”
With a long sigh, he continued, pointing to the sofa in the vice president’s office.
“Don’t stand like that, sit down.”
After the phone call with Cuerpino, Vice President Kim Sang-in’s expression darkened.
There was a long silence in the office, and after a while, Vice President Kim Sang-in checked the watch and said to Kim Yeon-san.
“Call Choi and Choi now, and schedule an executive meeting tomorrow morning.”
“all right.”
“When I go to work tomorrow morning, I call the head of the finance team, and ask if it is possible to get data on the wages of employees this month and next month, and to delay payment of subcontractors after October.”
“all right.”
“And contact the sales team, and tell them the sales status of each store in Korea. I don’t need the details, just ask for the estimated sales by the end of October.”
“all right. We will also check the date of the balance payment from Kicksports in the US at the end of October.”
“I know that.”
Vice President Kim Sang-in continued to speak while looking slightly at Deputy Director Kim Yeon-san.
“Well, I know it’s a million luck. The date that Assistant Kim made a mistake is the very next day the balance comes in from Kick Sports.”
“ah… yes… .”
“Tomorrow morning I will go straight to my bank. Even if I’m late, tell Executives Choi and Executives Choi to wait for a while.”
“What are you going to the bank for?”
“We need to see if we can issue short-term bills. Looking at the atmosphere these days, I don’t think I’ll do it, but shouldn’t I still be able to do it?”
next day.
Balhae Sports Vice President’s Office.
Director Choi Moo-ik opened his mouth with a serious expression.
“Can’t we just deposit the money on October 27th? Why do you bother with meetings like this?”
Director Choi Moo-sik said to Choi Moo-ik with a grim expression.
“Did I tell you? If you don’t know, keep your mouth shut.”
“Brother, that’s not what I mean… .”
Executive Vice President Choi Moo-sik closed the checked files and said to Vice President Kim Sang-in.
“I don’t have 30 million won until the payment date… Did you check the short-term bill with the bank?”
Vice President Sang-in Kim nodded and said.
“I just came from the bank, and I think it will be difficult. Things are really bad these days.”
Choi Moo-sik said as if he were questioning.
“This is what Deputy Kim bought and hit, right?”
“… .”
Director Choi Moo-sik got up from his seat and said.
“I really like this motherfucker… !”
Vice President Kim Sang-in also got up from his seat and grabbed Choi’s arm and said.
“Executive Director Choi!”
Choi did not support either.
“Vice President!”
There was a moment of silence between the two, and Vice President Kim Sang-in opened his mouth.
“Fool! I made the final approval of the purchase contract. this is my fault Just look at my face and let’s go. I’m not asking you to do this.”
At the words of Vice President Sang-in Kim, Executive Vice President Choi sighed and said.
“My uncle keeps covering up his employees like that, so he doesn’t know that the following things are scary for the company. If you just look at this, this bastard, Deputy Kim, is doing this to fuck the company!”
“Ignorance, I have to work things out for now.”
Executive Vice President Choi sat down cheerfully, and Vice President Kim Sang-in also sat down and continued talking.
“And if Deputy Kim was really trying to fuck him, he would have made the settlement date before the $80,000 kick in kicksports.”
Director Choi swallowed a bitter laugh and said.
“but… Yes. It’s as if the payment settlement date was pinned to match the kick-sport balance day.”
Director Choi let out a long sigh and continued.
“So what are you going to do? Where are you going to make 30 million won by the end of October?”
Choi Moo-ik, who was silent, said.
“What if we bundled up the salaries of our employees?”
Vice President Kim Sang-in shook his head, and Managing Director Choi Moo-sik said again with a grim expression.
“Did you tell me to keep your mouth shut?”
“… ”
Vice President Kim Sang-in opened his mouth.
“First of all, let’s lock the salaries of the three of us until then. Then, I’ll figure out the rest.”
Choi Moo-sik asked.
“How are you going to solve it?”
Vice President Sang-in Kim said with a smirk.
“It’s my fault, so I’ll take care of it. Don’t worry too much.”
next day.
Balhae Sports Vice President’s Office.
Deputy Director Kim Yeon-san said as he entered the vice president’s office.
“Vice President, did you call?”
“Dr. Kim, do you have a passport?”
Deputy Kim nodded and said.
“Yes, there is. But why are you asking for a passport?”
“I want to go to Uruguay.”
“yes?”
“We are in a situation where we are paying for the cargo before it arrives at Busan Port, so shouldn’t we go and check the leather fabric that we ship?”
“ah… ! all right.”
“It’s better to be good, I’m learning the job now, and it’s fine. haha! And since time is running out, apply for a visa at the Uruguay embassy right away. I also book flights.”
“all right.”
“Okay then, let’s go and see.”
“yes.”
Deputy Director Kim Yeon-san turned around to leave the vice-president’s office and opened his mouth with a slightly hesitant expression.
“I… Vice President?”
“why?”
“… .”
“What do you have to say to me?”
“that… A purchase contract.”
“Purchase contract, what?”
“No matter what you think… I didn’t change the date.”
Vice President Kim Sang-in said with a smirk.
“I told you, it was my fault. It is true that the original responsibility rests with the final approval authority. And now that everything has been resolved, why are you bringing up that story again?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Then what?”
“It was so strange that the date of the settlement date had changed, just in case… We looked at the history of access to the company network.”
“Network access history?”
“Yes, I restored and checked all the deleted records, but there were two modem phone numbers connected to the vice president’s account.”
“… ?”
“I checked that one is the vice president’s home number, and the other is a number I don’t know.”
“What do you mean? Please explain so I can understand.”
“I think the vice president’s account has been hacked.”
“hacking?”
Deputy Kim nodded and said.
“Yes, maybe… I was wondering if you ever connected to the company network with the phone number 02-XXX-5399.”
“… !”