Side Story 3

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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“So, what happened?”

“That…”

Looking at his expression, it seemed I would know the result without listening.

“Is everything that newbie said correct?”

The voices of the team leaders shrank.

“Yes…”

“So it means that newbie solved the problem that tormented your two teams for several weeks on the first day?”

“….”

That was something to jump up and down about crazily.

Where is this place.

It is GAIA where only the world’s best elite intellects are gathered.

That newbie found a correlation they didn’t think of at all.

“You guys must have run a simulation too. But you couldn’t consider this?”

“Aren’t they projects that were tried for the first time in human history. So there was no data on that. Naturally, since the AI helping simulation didn’t have corresponding data either, it couldn’t catch the relevant problem point.”

“So as you put in new data this time, the correlation came out?”

“Yes. What was lacking eventually was our idea. Actually, weren’t these projects introduced as new technologies to prevent global warming in GAIA?”

If it’s an excuse, it would be an excuse, but their words also had reason.

The technologies currently utilized in GAIA are cutting-edge and new things at the same time, so data was insufficient.

To make the hot Earth cool again to a land where one can live without air conditioning like before, numerous technologies were being developed and introduced all at once.

Naturally, since there was no accumulated data, it was impossible to predict what kind of problem would occur.

“I’m proud of you. How much money did you guys blow for not discovering that one thing, you guys called Chief Researchers. Furthermore, if that newbie hadn’t told us, the problem would have spread to the entire globe.”

“…Sorry.”

“If you are sorry, make a list in each team.”

“Yes? W, what list…”

“A list of researchers to put in the new research team.”

“Do you intend to make a team anew?”

“Yes.”

Even now, I know that personnel is insufficient. Making a new team here.

“Then who as the team leader…”

“We must do it with that newbie starting today.”

“Yes?!”

The two team leaders looked at Center Head Kim Geum-ho strangely.

“What are you thinking? Surely it looks like I’m doing this because that newbie is our Chairman’s son? Now that humanity’s continued existence depends on it, is looking good to the upper line the problem?”

Kim Geum-ho didn’t have a single grain of selfishness.

Isn’t Gwangwoon Group a place that evaluates people only by ability without looking at their background.

Therefore, Kim Geum-ho was also evaluating people only by ability according to such company operation policy.

“You two team leaders share some of the fault too, but even knowing those problems starting from a few weeks ago, I also couldn’t grasp in detail what the problem was. But that friend recognized that at once.”

It is a place full of new technologies and new formulas where data isn’t accumulated properly yet.

Even at the presentation, they didn’t reveal everything in detail.

Nevertheless, grasping the problem only with those short clues. What no one could achieve for a few weeks.

“I heard he heard the sounds of a rare genius. That must have been real. But looking only at today’s presentation content, calculating correlation would have been very difficult, just how did he do that…”

Center Head Kim Geum-ho also questioned that. But isn’t there such a saying.

That common sense doesn’t apply to a genius from the start. This place is also full of people who walked elite courses hearing genius sounds since young.

In other words, it means it is a company swarming only with geniuses.

However, even among geniuses, there is bound to be a genius at a much higher stage.

“You guys know too, right? That GAIA isn’t in a good situation.”

GAIA’s crisis will soon be humanity’s crisis.

Because if they can’t solve the problem, it means no one can solve it.

“Even around 2020, people chatted confidently that in 2040 a singularity would come and there would be no science humanity can’t conquer.”

These people also remember.

The AI boom that started from 2020 was a brilliant hope for humanity.

They predicted that problems regarded as difficult would be solved, and global warming would be all solved around this time, and believed even death would be conquered around 2050.

But reality wasn’t like that.

Now humanity has entered a technology stagnation period.

Perhaps they are not breaking through the technology limit that can be called the last wall.

Introducing several new technologies and solving problems, but everyone knew it was eventually nothing but buying time.

“AI achieved much development, but still it must rely on human hands. It means complete singularity is far. There was development worth becoming a significant turning point, but actually only the media side was excited, and what should have been developed stopped from some point.”

There were many predictions that if a singularity comes, AI would solve all difficult problems and humanity would achieve explosive growth.

But now skepticism that such singularity might never come forever was growing.

“Just like Edison and Newton were, and Einstein was. It means there must be someone who will cause a revolution of science.”

“Surely Center Head, do you see that that friend called Jeong Se-yoon will play that role?”

“It is too early to judge yet. But I can attach wings.”

There is a story that appeared in someone’s autobiography in the past.

Although he knew Jeong Jin-ho came down as a parachute, seeing that he had excellent investment ability, he attached wings immediately, which is how the current Gwangwoon was built, that anecdote.

Chairman Jeong Jin-ho’s finding of Kim Geum-ho, who was struggling in that bottom research institute, and plugging him into this center, might have been for exactly today.

Suddenly such a thought occurred.

***

“What did you say?”

At the secretary’s report, I made an absurd expression.

“Our Se-yoon is a team leader?”

“Yes. It is said that Center Head Kim Geum-ho appointed Mr. Jeong Se-yoon as Chief Researcher on the first day of joining and made a new team.”

“On the first day at that? What work does he do?”

“They said he took charge of reviewing projects granted to each team. Furthermore, he even gave authority to start anytime if there is a new project Mr. Jeong Se-yoon wants.”

“Then it means authority to demand investment freely from the head office?”

“Correct. Chairman.”

As expected…

Is he reading the room.

Not another person, but since it’s my son no matter what, people on the Center side also have no choice but to read my notice.

As such, such a shocking personnel appointment came out.

“How shall we do?”

“…”

Would Hyung-nim have felt this way in the old days.

At that time, Team Leader Park Hong-seo promoted me suddenly and shockingly and threw 5 billion won at me, and he said he worried a great deal.

If it were me, I think I would have stopped the investment immediately, but at that time Hyung-nim just left it alone.

Even though I could have blown that big money away, he decided to trust once and watch anyway.

With a heart to comfort me, saying it’s okay even if I blow the money.

‘Thinking again, our Hyung-nim was truly a big person.’

I think I won’t be able to pay back all that grace my whole life.

“Leave it for now. And if by chance Se-yoon requests investment, listen to everything.”

“Yes. I will convey as such.”

Aside from Se-yoon, I decided to trust Center Head Kim Geum-ho who promoted our son so shockingly and suddenly.

He is originally a person who maintained a research position, barely suffering demotion, because of a personality that pushes to the end what he believes is right without looking at upper line notice.

Perhaps because my intuition liked such nature, it discovered a person called Kim Geum-ho and designated him as GAIA’s Center Head.

I don’t think such a person suddenly changed his personality and raised our son like that by reading my notice.

No. I intend to believe so.

Just like Hyung-nim trusted and watched me.

Furthermore, I trust my intuition.

Because my intuition clearly sent a strong signal that day that my son would become a person who would save the world.

‘Although I am in this seat now-.’

Someday our son will become a great leader to lead this world correctly.

***

“I know well that a guy young in age beating seniors with long careers and becoming team leader in just one day isn’t normal. Still, I hope you understand with a wide heart. If there is anything wrong anytime, please tell me.”

Jeong Se-yoon conveyed words of greeting and apology first to researchers who were bewildered at being assigned to a new team, coming out from existing teams suddenly.

“Phew. No. Team Leader. We were also together in the meeting that day.”

“There is no one doubting Team Leader’s ability here. Rather, do you know how much I liked being assigned to Team Leader’s team?”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, here seems to be incredibly different from other teams. Haha.”

Fortunately, team members didn’t seem to have big complaints.

The impact shown in the meeting that day was that big.

Isn’t he a legendary newbie who made that Center Head with a dirty temper and Chief Researchers all mute, grasping problems no one thought of at once.

Even this newbie’s Dad was the person ruling the world currently.

As expected, it seems blood can’t be deceived.

“First, following the Center Head’s request, we plan to inspect projects currently in progress in our center.”

“Wow… Projects in progress in our center must be incredibly many. Then we should think there are no new projects for the time being?”

“If we finish the inspection quickly, time might be available. Anyway, we plan to be very busy for the time being. Since I am new to the company, there might be many things I don’t know, so I would appreciate it if you let me know well.”

“Yep. Don’t worry, Team Leader. We will assist well!”

They were very cooperative researchers.

What should I say.

Should I say ambition to make life reversal by making a good impression on this opportunity is burning blazingly in their eyes.

“Then let’s talk again later in the evening. I will stay reviewing reports too.”

“Yep.”

Jeong Se-yoon, who entered the team leader’s office, sat on the chair and looked at the ceiling blankly.

Actually, reports that came in today to him had already been reviewed.

There was no need to look deeply either.

Because he absorbed the contents in an instant with the ability called Understanding that he possessed.

Just giving time to wait for team members to review and understand.

His interest wasn’t in trivial contents lowering the Earth’s temperature.

“……”

[Immortality of Cell]

It was one of the papers Jeong Se-yoon wrote in graduate school.

Currently, research is being done in a way that suppresses cell aging, but what Jeong Se-yoon wants is preventing the death of the cell itself.

Beyond suppressing aging, a cell that doesn’t die forever.

A cell regenerating and recovering by itself.

That soon means human immortality.

‘But there is no need for everyone to be immortal.’

A world where everyone is immortal will rather only aggravate confusion.

Only when specific selected figures are immortal does it soon become a privilege and power.

In the far future, humanity might be able to maintain the body forever replacing organs and body through machines, but this noble being recovers from whatever wound only with physical ability without such help and doesn’t die forever.

Literally becoming a living ‘God’.

And the person suitable for that immortality is only one person in this world.

‘Father.’

Father always said such words.

That you will become a scientist who saves the world.

But Jeong Se-yoon understood exactly what his role was since he was young.

‘My role is not becoming Emperor, succeeding Father.’

It wasn’t developing various technologies to save the world either.

‘Making the throne he is sitting on continue forever.’

Making this Earth and this humanity be under his rule forever.

Making the human Father into a God.

That was the reason for existence that Jeong Se-yoon understood.