Start-Up (스타트업)

EPISODE 8

Mr. Kim, are you not leaving?

I need to back up what we worked on today.

Why do you back up so often?

You can never back up too often.

Exactly. At my previous job… I mean,

it was this huge company. I forgot to back up,

and it almost cost me 100 million won.

You know the company, Just One Day, on the second floor?

-Good luck, Mr. Kim. -Thanks.

Of course. They recently raised four billion won.

-See you, buddy. -See you.

They lost 100 million won to a hacker through a ransomware attack.

Really?

Those damn hackers make it even more difficult for us to become successful.

We'd better lock the stable door before the horse is stolen.

We don't even have any horses yet. What's the point?

Why back up when there's nothing to steal?

It never hurts to be prepared.

Who knows if investments will suddenly start pouring in?

Exactly. You never know.

Yes, you never know.

Even if you don't like someone now… My backpack is open, Ms. Jung.

You might one day go crazy for that person.

Stop it.

Sometimes, the opposite happens.

Who knows if your best friend will one day become

your worst enemy?

People are unpredictable, and so is life.

There's no telling what might happen.

So is coding.

From a power outage to hacking,

all kinds of things can happen, and there's nothing you can do.

The footage of Nam Do-san making a scene…

That's why we should…

Hand the CCTV footage over to the legal team.

…always back up.

This looks bad.

I heard engineers should be as careful with their hands as pianists.

Don't worry. It's not a big deal.

Should we go to the hospital?

No. It's just a little scratch.

Still…

-Dal-mi. -Yes?

Can I ask you something?

What is it?

What do you like about me?

What?

Well…

You asked this question once before.

What?

Did I?

I don't remember it.

Your hand.

I like your hand.

You supported me completely today.

I'll never forget it.

It's done.

A COPY OF DATA STORED ELSEWHERE TO PREPARE FOR WHEN THE ORIGINAL IS LOST

What the hell?

Why would anyone give flowers to a girl? You can't even eat them.

I know. That guy's clueless.

An external hard drive or a wireless keyboard would last longer.

Exactly. What an idiot.

Hold on. What's that moron doing now?

Is his body temperature 40°C or something?

Everyone has the same body temperature.

-Why would he give his jacket to her? -That's completely pointless…

I guess it wasn't pointless, after all.

It totally makes sense.

Gosh. Look, Chul-san.

I guess this is a sign that we live in a developed country.

I know. Do you think we'll become like them one day?

Of course.

If this punk did, why can't we?

-Yong-san, I agree. -Right?

It's all about the hands.

It really is.

-What? -No idea.

Guys, don't you think it's the perfect weather for coding?

Gosh, what's with the sky? Why is it so beautiful?

What happened? Why is it so blue?

Click.

Hold on. Feel the wind. It's perfect.

The weather today is just crazy.

-Click. -It's you that's crazy.

Is he really crazy? What's with him?

They're song lyrics. "Good Day" by IU.

He's so happy that he's going crazy.

Gosh. If that's what happens when you become one of them,

Chul-san, I choose to not take that path.

But I do.

You stay here.

Click.

Hey, where are you going? Hey!

-Thank you for your time. -Thank you.

Let's keep in touch.

-Thank you. -Let's go.

What did you talk about?

She told us what she'd like in our solution.

Is that so? What might those things be, Ms. Jung?

First of all, it needs excellent image and text recognition ability

even when the image and text are moving quickly.

Handwriting recognition is a must, and so is money identification.

Apparently, the visually impaired are often short-changed.

Can you make it work?

-No. -Yes.

-Hey! -Hey!

Most apps for the visually impaired have these functions.

We need to provide differentiated features.

Developers sound sexy when they say they can do something.

-We can do it. -You said you wouldn't take that path.

But it's the path to differentiation.

What features could we add?

Do you think we could make guide dogs talk?

We can't because we're developers, not gods.

You're right. I know it's impossible,

but if I were blind, I'd need that more than anything.

"How many people are in front of me? What do their expressions look like?

Where's the crosswalk?"

I'd wish my dog could answer those questions.

But you can't make a dog talk.

Not even Tony Stark could do that.

Wait, we can do it.

Are you saying you can surpass Tony Stark?

-Dal-mi. -Yes?

You're a genius. How did you think of such a great idea?

Me? I don't think I am.

You are. You really are a genius.

What's so great about my idea?

Why am I suddenly a genius?

-Let's go. I'll explain to you. -What?

-Come on. -Me?

I'm a genius?

Am I the only one who doesn't understand what's going on?

What is he talking about? Why is she a genius?

Because she's exceptionally pretty?

But that's you, Ms. Jung.

All right. This will differentiate us.

It's an AI speaker, right? What was its name again?

Hello. My name is Yeong-sil.

Yeong-sil, where's the crosswalk?

I'd tell you if I could see where it is.

See? It'd tell us if it could see it.

So let's show it to him.

-You're amazing! -We'll show it?

-That sounds great. -Am I the only one who doesn't understand?

How can we show it?

Ms. Jung, what's the technology

we have?

-Image recognition. -Bingo.

What if we combine image recognition with voice-processing technology?

You ask the speaker a question.

Then the camera sees.

And the speaker answers the question.

So the speaker enables a two-way communication?

Exactly.

But how do we put Yeong-sil in this?

All we have to do is

use Yeong-sil's API in our app.

Is that even possible?

Real-time implementation might be hard.

Don't worry. We can make it work. We will.

I'll make sure we find a way.

Ms. Jung, join us.

It won't work.

Why do you say that without even looking into it?

-This is a brilliant idea-- -I know. It is brilliant.

I like the name, too. "NoonGil."

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But if this were such a great idea, why has no one done it yet?

-There are similar services, in the US. -I know.

Google and MS are doing it.

And a mere start-up wants to do it?

Yes, we do.

Why? Do you think we can't?

Do you want facts or a future filled with hopes and dreams?

A future filled with hopes and dreams.

That's never going to come.

Ms. Yoon, what are you doing here?

Why are you being so negative?

Have you calculated the API cost of Yeong-sil?

Of course.

I've calculated the estimated cost based on a similar solution in the US.

The API cost of Yeong-sil is 4 won per 15 seconds.

Let's say each user uses our service for 5 minutes a day

and our DAU is 1,000.

That gives us a yearly API cost of 29,200,000 won,

which is just under 30 million.

And where does that money come from?

-In-app advertising, of course-- -Are you sure?

Who is your app for again?

Then we'll find investors.

If your DAU is 1,000, it costs 30 million. If it's 10,000, then 300 million.

The more users, the higher the cost. Who'd invest in this?

I'm sure someone will.

Surely, there will be investors out there who will be moved

-by our solution. -No, there won't be.

Investors are moved by one thing.

-Money. -No.