1. Hello, professor. Please introduce yourself briefly.
Hello, I'm Professor Jeong Moon-ki. I've met you all through intermediate accounting and tax accounting classes, and I've been a advisor to the CPA class, and I ended my retirement age at the end of August.
I am your professor, but I am also your senior. I have formed many relationships with Sungkyunkwan University and received many benefits. As a 77th grader in the Department of Trade, I studied at this university and raised my dream at Song Hoe-heon (a certified public accountant), so I was able to achieve my dream as a certified public accountant as a partner of Samil Accounting Firm and the head of quality control.
I kept the dream that my supervisor instilled in me during my undergraduate years and got a doctorate from my alma mater, going from vaguely wanting to become a professor to sharing my knowledge and experience with my juniors and helping them realize their dream. I came to school at a late age to achieve that dream, and I was able to realize it at my alma mater.

2. I'm curious about your thoughts on finishing your career as a business school professor.
It was a great reward and a real honor for me to achieve my new dream of helping my juniors in my alma mater. I'm just grateful.
In the meantime, I have set a goal of achieving more than 10% of all successful applicants while teaching the CPA class, but I am so grateful that I was finally able to achieve this goal and complete my supervisor in this year's CPA exam.

3. What are the achievements in the research field and research activities that the professor is in charge of?
I put my top priority on sharing my knowledge and experience in the field with my juniors, and I tried to spend more time teaching classes and teaching the CPA class.
In order to contribute my experience academically, I tried to do research that could realistically help improve Korea's accounting system and external audit system. As a result, I was awarded the "Excellent Paper on Management Research" by the Korean Business Association.
In addition, when revising the current external audit law, I participated in the advisory faculty to devise major improvements such as the periodic designation system and the standard audit time system, but I am proud that the revision of the external audit law has improved the environment of the external audit system and increased accounting transparency in Korea.

4. Any memorable moments from your long teaching career? Any moments that made you feel rewarded?
During my eight-and-a-half-year teaching career at my alma mater, I had many happy moments. As an outside director of POSCO, one of the leading manufacturing companies in Korea, I chaired the board of directors and advised management innovation and participated in many major management decisions. I also chaired the Audit Standards Committee of the Korean Association of Certified Public Accountants, leading to the advancement of accounting audit standards in Korea.
However, good things come and go(好事多磨）， I had a hard time, too. I was diagnosed with cancer in early 2020 and underwent surgery for it. Fortunately, I detected it early during the medical examination, and with the help of people around me, I was able to complete the surgery quickly. That's when I remembered the saying that if you lose your health, you lose everything.
It was the most difficult time of my life, but I also had a lot of things to be thankful for. At that time, the dean was considerate, so I was able to reduce the burden of class, and Professor Choi Kwan, who was teaching the same subject as me, was considerate for my students to take the video of his lecture, and a professor from another school, who I know, came to my school and gave me a special lecture. At that time, classes were conducted non-face-to-face, but my body was very tired after the surgery, but I was able to cut off little by little to record the lecture and edit it to proceed with the class. Thanks to the help of many people, I was able to finish the semester class safely, and I am very happy to finally recover my health and finish the retirement age.
The greatest reward for being a professor is that I can be of service to my students. I come to the lab, have counseling, have a bright look, have news that I passed the CPA exam, and I am pleased again that I have come this way after graduation with the help of graduates who have asked me for directions at important turning points in their lives.

5. Is there a student you met at Sungkyunkwan University that you remember the most?
By continuously consulting with me, there are students who have set their career paths and achieved their dream of working overseas by joining Samil Accounting Firm, I worked at the Bank of Korea after passing the exam, and I worked as a certified public accountant, and there are students who finished graduate school in Korea and are in the process of a doctoral degree in the United States as a state-funded student. After graduation, I was asked to officiate my marriage, and I am still meeting my husband and wife for life counseling.
In the meantime, many students have passed the CPA exam, but among them, there is a particularly memorable student. There was a student who unexpectedly failed and was greatly disappointed in the examination and decided to give up his dream of becoming an accountant and go a different way. When I listened to it step by step, I found that he had studied a lot. When I met him several times and persuaded him, he said he would try one more time, but the next year he came and said he passed all subjects at once, and he bowed his head saying, "Thanks to you, I was so proud."

6. What kind of plans do you have after leaving office?
I have heard that "Korean, English, and math are important until the age of 50, and after that, music, beauty, and physical education are important." When you are young, you develop professionalism and achieve professional achievement based on your knowledge of Korean, English, and mathematics, but after that, you need to pay attention and effort in music, art, and physical education for your body and mind's health.
I have been interested in art and culture, such as music and art, for a few years and have tried to come across them often. I am participating in music and art theory and appreciation classes held at the Seoul Arts Center Academy and going to the concert hall often to try to understand more. I also exercise at home by myself every day and go to the gym regularly for personal training. Golf is an exercise that a couple can do together, so I want to enjoy it more often with my wife.
Let's put health first, and then I'll think calmly about what I can do to help.

7. Lastly, please say something to the members of Sungkyunkwan University's business school.
I want to ask you three things.
First, have high dreams and ideals and continue to strive to realize them. I still cherish and engrave the phrase "The highest flying bird looks the farthest" in one of the books "The Dream of a Seagull," which is one of the most impressive books I read in my school days. I hope you will fly high and live a wonderful life. Take a good look at what wings you need to fly high, and prepare those wings step by step in your school days.
Second, professionalism is important when entering society, but networking skills, that is, the ability to build and maintain good relationships, are equally essential. Networking skills do not arise all of a sudden one day, but if you always pay attention and make an effort, this becomes an attitude and it is good to continue to become a habit. From today, I hope you will try to make good relationships with your colleagues next to you.
Third, cherish your time. This time will never come back once it passes. I recommend that you experience difficulties in society, such as club activities, exchange students, backpackers, and working holidays, as much as possible during your school days. Split your time, read a lot of books, make many friends, and make many fun memories.