<h4>Chapter 30: <Big Data> <big data=""></big></h4>
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan couldn’t stop smiling. Woosung asked curiously.
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<big data=""> “Are you that happy?”
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<big data=""> “Of course. Hahaha! You made my day!”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan exined as they walked together.
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<big data=""> “Kwon Taegyun was the reason why I got fired. I focused only on my work and not on office politics. When I realized my mistake, it was toote. He turned everyone against me. At that time a realization hit me that I could now understand how my son would have felt being bullied at school.”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwanughed bitterly.
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<big data=""> “Hahaha… It was only then that I could really understand my son’s feelings. I was a bad father.”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan paused briefly, then asked Woosung.
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<big data=""> “By the way, is it really true that Apple’s first rule of design is consistency?”
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<big data=""> There was no answer. Yoon Gihwan turned around to find that Woosung was not behind him.
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<big data=""> “…where did he go?”
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<big data=""> Woosung was with Cha Yeoreum. After Woosung left, she followed him. She was curious.
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<big data=""> “You…What just happened? How could you act like that back there? This is a workce, not school.”
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<big data=""> “Haha. Are you worried about me?”
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<big data=""> “Woosung! This isn’t funny.”
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<big data=""> “Thank you for your concern, but there is no need. You saw what happened, right? I didn’t lose.”
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<big data=""> “Well…that’s only because we happened to have understanding bosses. If it was anywhere else, it would have been bad for you.”
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<big data=""> Woosung nodded.
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<big data=""> “Alright. I will consider your advice.”
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<big data=""> “Not consider. You need to take it…”
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<big data=""> Cha Yeoreum didn’t finish her sentence. She just shook her head and murmured.
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<big data=""> “Never mind. It’s no use.”
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<big data=""> “Haha. I never expected to see you here.”
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<big data=""> “Um…yeah. I didn’t expect to see you either.”
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<big data=""> “Well, good luck to you. I hope everything works out for you. I remember you wanting to help your parents financially and pay back your student loan.”
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<big data=""> Cha Yeoreum blushed as Woosung brought up their past conversations.
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<big data=""> “Why are you bringing back old news now?”
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<big data=""> Woosung smiled.
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<big data=""> “Haha. It’s just nice to see you work hard at your dreampany.”
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<big data=""> She knew Woosung meant what he said. At first, she thought he would never change, but she started to think that perhaps she was wrong then.
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<big data=""> He was her first everything. First love, first kiss, first time. She realized she was starting to feel for him again.
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<big data=""> “By the way, when did you have the time to study?”
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<big data=""> “I…”
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<big data=""> It was this day 10 years ago.
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<big data=""> 10 years ago, things happened differently. It was a bad day for Woosung.
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<big data=""> However, he couldn’t tell her the truth.
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<big data=""> “I…I never stopped studying.”
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<big data=""> “Well, not when you were in school, but I guess it’s still not toote now. Good luck.”
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<big data=""> He knew she meant it.
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<big data=""> Why!?
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<big data=""> Why didn’t he do better in his previous life? He was disappointed in himself, but he had to move on.
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<big data=""> “Well, shall we go now? We are both newbies, so we shouldn’t take long breaks.”
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<big data=""> Cha Yeoreum nodded and turned around. He could smell the light flowery scent from her long hair.
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<big data=""> ‘Maybe…’
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<big data=""> Woosung shook his head and walked away.
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<big data=""> ***
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook loved his job nowadays. After the newbie was hired for the HTS team, everything in thepany had been working out smoothly. Daesan’s new employee was creative and productive. His new function was a hit with the VIPs. Not to mention, it also attracted a lot of new users.
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<big data=""> If things continued like this, they would be number one in no time. He could understand his boss’s insistence on trying to scout Woosung into the headquarter.
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<big data=""> “Let’s see how many new customers we got today.”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook loved to check the numbers every day.
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<big data=""> “Yesterday, the number of new ounts were 1,225. Today is…1,421!”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook clicked the reasons why their new users subscribed to theirpany.
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<big data=""> -Easy to use HTS 53%
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<big data=""> -Speed 12%
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<big data=""> -Rmendation by an acquaintance 8%
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<big data=""> ….
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<big data=""> Before Woosung, the numbers remained between 500 to 800 tops. This improvement was even better since it was because of the team he was supervising.
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<big data=""> “Hahaha. I will get a big bonus this year!”
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<big data=""> Beep.
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<big data=""> A message popped up on his screen.
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<big data=""> New email.
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<big data=""> When he clicked it, there was an email from Daeyang System’s PM Kwon Taegyun.
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<big data=""> “New Product Promotion Banner on HTS
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<big data=""> Hello. This is Kwon Taegyun from Daeyang System.
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<big data=""> I have received a negative opinion from Daesan System regarding the new banner project.
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<big data=""> They imed that cing a banner on the top right corner would make it difficult for customers to use.
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<big data=""> I would like to call a meeting about this.”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook frowned.
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<big data=""> “This is a project my boss is interested in too…I should go and talk to him in person.”
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<big data=""> He stood up and headed towards Woosung’s workce.
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<big data=""> Woosung, Yoon Gihwan, and Kwak Jungwook sat in a conference room.
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<big data=""> “Did you read the email from Daeyang?”
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<big data=""> “Not yet.”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan answered.
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<big data=""> “They imed that you disagreed with their banner project. They are asking for a meeting. May I hear why you reject this idea?”
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<big data=""> He had to exin it all over again.
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<big data=""> Woosung answered impatiently.
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<big data=""> “Because it will ruin HTS’s UX.”
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<big data=""> However, Kwak Jungwook wasn’t listening.
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<big data=""> “This is one of the most important functions of Nuri Finances’ new system. ‘Product rmendation by Nuri Finances based on big data analysis.’ Everyone, including the executives, has high expectations of it.”
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<big data=""> Woosung frowned at Kwak Jungwook.
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<big data=""> “The final decision is Nuri Finances’, but please remember what I am saying. This will cause you to lose new customers and receive a lot ofints.”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook looked troubled as Woosung said firmly.
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<big data=""> “But…wouldn’t we be able to sell more products? It will be based on big data.”
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<big data=""> “No.”
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<big data=""> “Hmm…Daeyang has worked very hard on this project so I don’t understand why you are against it…This is really important…I have to tell the president…”
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<big data=""> Woosung closed his eyes and sighed. The room became tense in the blink of an eye.
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<big data=""> Big data.
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<big data=""> Big data.
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<big data=""> Big data.
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<big data=""> He couldn’t stand how they worshiped the idea of big data. Woosung exined in an impatient and annoyed tone.
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<big data=""> “I asked them what they thought big data was.”
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<big data=""> “They answered it was the amount of data and that they collected unstructured data. Large quantity. The amount of data Nuri Finances get is about a million per day. In a month, that would be 30 million. Is this a lot?”
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<big data=""> Woosung calmed down and continued.
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<big data=""> “If this is consideredrge, then why are we suddenly calling it big data? Because we’ve always gathered this amount. The amount of data hasn’t increased recently.”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook couldn’t answer Woosung’s question. He was sweating.
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<big data=""> “As for the unstructured data collection, that’s ridiculous. Nuri Finances is currently using the Oracle database. There is no ce where you can collect unstructured data.”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan and Kwak Jungwook couldn’t say a word. They could only listen to Woosung.
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<big data=""> “We don’t have more data than before, and we are NOT collecting unstructured data. Then why are they suddenly calling it ‘Big data?''”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook hesitated.
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<big data=""> “W…well it’s because…”
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<big data=""> Woosung continued without waiting.
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<big data=""> “The developers over there are trying to fool everyone by using a big, unfamiliar word. I don’t care what word they use, but lying about the quality of their work is just wrong. Do you really think collection and analysis of data are happening correctly as they im? Because if they did, they wouldn’t have suggested cing a banner. Do you know why?”
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<big data=""> Kwak Jungwook shook his head.
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<big data=""> “If you want to know, then arrange a seminar for me to speak. Daeyang will have to fund it, and please tell them I am someone who has been invited by Microsoft. They will have to pay me.”
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<big data=""> Without waiting for an answer, Woosung left the room. Kwak Jungwook asked Yoon Gihwan quietly.
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<big data=""> “Do you know the answer?”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan scratched his head and answered.
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<big data=""> “Um… no.”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan followed Woosung.
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<big data=""> “Hey, newbie.”
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<big data=""> “I need to get back to work right away if I want to leave on time.”
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<big data=""> Woosung answered coldly.
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<big data=""> “I…I know but you could have told me what you were going to say in there.”
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<big data=""> “Think. 30 million data.”
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<big data=""> Woosung then returned to his seat. Yoon Gihwan also sat down and murmured.
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<big data=""> “30 million data… 30 million…”
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<big data=""> Park Junwoo turned around and asked.
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<big data=""> “Are you ok?”
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<big data=""> “So thepany deals with stock trading and…”
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<big data=""> “G…General manager?”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan wasn’t paying attention to Park Junwoo. He continued to mumble. After a few seconds, Yoon Gihwan snapped his fingers.
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<big data=""> “Oh! Most of the data would be stock trading data.”
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<big data=""> Majority of the data would be rted to transactions of stocks, not product purchases. This meant the data they im couldn’t be used to predict the type of products customers needed.
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<big data=""> “But…wouldn’t Daeyang already know this?”
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<big data=""> Yoon Gihwan now could understand what Woosung was trying to say, but he was still worried. Woosung didn’t seem concerned, however, as he focused on his work.
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