The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

18. hijacking(2)

next day.

Hoyoung boarded a plane and returned to Korea.

This time, as soon as I came to Korea, I stopped by the Hangeul and People office.

Despite being away for a little over 10 days, the projects were progressing smoothly.

“Jintaek senior. How far have you finished typing practice programming?”

“It’s almost done.”

“Already?”

Kim Jin-taek tapped the keyboard and showed Ho-young the development screen.

“Coming to think of it, it wasn’t too difficult. When the program displays the fingerprint, a person types it in the same way as the fingerprint. And if it matches the fingerprint, if it’s wrong, it indicates where it went wrong.”

“Would you like to know how many strokes per minute you hit?”

“I’d love that too, but I’m out of ideas on how to calculate the time.”

“Wouldn’t it be accurate if we only counted from the moment the first letter is typed on the keyboard to the end of the typing?”

At Hoyoung’s words, Kim Jintaek applauded! and hit

“That’ll do. Okay, go right in.”

“Senior. You have to practice typing really well.”

“It’s natural to do well. Is there any special reason?”

“You can get some real net benefit from batting practice.”

“profit?”

“I will explain the details later. Please develop it perfectly for now.”

“I get it.”

The Kronos project was also cruising.

In fact, creating an operating system itself is not that difficult.

Scheduling algorithms, memory map configuration, RAW device driver configuration, semaphores, interrupt resource management, etc…

It can be said that coding the contents of this theory is everything in the end.

However, the key was to check how efficient the code was used there, whether there were any conflicts between the codes, and whether there were any elements that would cause performance degradation.

“senior. In this algorithm, logic that can be solved in 6 cycles is solved in 13 cycles. Please check once.”

“Do you immediately think of algorithms when you see them?”

“If you do it for a long time…”

“What?”

“It worked because I worked hard. You must be talented.”

However, there was Hoyoung in the Chronos project.

Hoyoung guided the project in an easy way with the experience of producing Gaia OS and the know-how from his long development experience.

Hoyoung felt a sense of relief when he saw his team members hard at work coding.

In the future he envisions, people who are immersed in computers and work hard are indispensable.

I felt fortunate that we all started working on the operating system together.

Time passed quickly and another two weeks passed.

Hoyoung and Miru were at the arrivals hall of Gimpo Airport.

It was because I had an appointment to meet with someone who would arrive soon.

“Director, may I know who I am going to meet?”

Miru asked Hoyeong.

He seemed to be wondering who was coming from abroad.

“Dell said he sent someone. The flight was supposed to arrive at 10:30 am, but it’s around 11:30 now… It’s almost time to come out.”

“Have you heard the name?”

“They said it was Francis.”

At that time, a strong white young man came out through the gate at the arrival hall.

As soon as the young white man saw Ho-young, he walked straight to Ho-young.

“Nice to meet you. Mr. Yoon, right?”

“you’re right. Francis? How did you know it was me at one time? it surprised me.”

“I heard a lot from our representative. Richard Dean from Korea will come to meet you.”

“MacGyver?”

“yes.”

Hoyoung was unexpectedly taken aback by the sound.

“It was a joke meant to be handsome, but I apologize if you offended me.”

“ah. no. it’s okay.”

Hoyoung went to the parking lot with Francis and got into the car.

It was a car selected not long ago because Hangeul and People also needed a car for work.

“How is the situation at Dell right now?”

“Thanks to the money invested, things are going smoothly. Not too long ago, we started building a large-scale plant in Georgia.”

“I’m glad. How is the sales situation?”

“That’s fine too. It is steadily going upwards.”

“Good.”

Hoyoung smiled happily.

Dell cruised like this and successfully went public in 1990.

At that time, the $25 million invested by Hoyoung could be multiplied dozens or hundreds of times.

“You must have prepared all the documents I mentioned, right?”

“of course. The representative also repeatedly asked me to proceed with this matter carefully.”

“All right. I’m running out of time, so I’d rather take care of things first than the hotel. Is that okay?”

“I think that would be better too.”

The car with Hoyoung and Francis speeding along the road.

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Jo Nam-sik looked at the nameplate with the words Executive Director written on it.

“After a few months, goodbye to this nameplate.”

He had no doubt that the contract, which was due in a few months, would be successful.

Currently, the computer business in Myungsung Group has been a sore finger.

His reputation, which had only been successful in every business he touched, was continuing to lose money in the computer field.

“Once I get my father’s approval with this case, the presidency becomes closer to me.”

Cho Hee-chang, a true giant of this era, who started as a small hole-in-the-wall store right after liberation and grew his reputation into a huge corporation like today.

Heechang Cho had three sons and one daughter, and they were competing fiercely for the position of chairman.

Beep-

– This is a call from the managing director. This is Isao, general manager of IBM.

“Connect.”

It was the secretary’s intercom that awakened Jo Nam-sik, who was lost in thought.

Jo Nam-sik picked up the receiver.

– How have you been, Mr.

“Thanks to the general manager, I had a good time. I was just about to contact you because I was curious about the progress.”

– Discussion with the US headquarters is over. The factory is now in full operation.

“thank you. How is the paperwork I mentioned before going?”

– All of that is also prepared. Now we just have to wait for the date.

“haha. you’re right. I am really looking forward to this Olympics.”

– It will be the best Olympics in history.

Jo Nam-shik and Isao laughed and hung up the phone.

I saw a picture of my father hanging on one wall.

Jo Nam-shik looked carefully at Jo Hee-chang’s picture.

What he is looking at is, to be exact, the seat where Cho Hee-chang is sitting.

After looking at the photos for a while, Jo Nam-sik spat out a word in a low voice as if growling.

“That seat is mine.”

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Francis’ work ended earlier than expected.

Even if it was last year or early this year, the process for foreign companies to set up a branch in Korea was really complicated and cumbersome.

Fortunately, however, regulations were eased from 1988, probably because of the Seoul Olympics, and more and more foreign companies entered Korea.

It was a time when many companies, such as Nike and Coca-Cola, entered the domestic market, starting with McDonald’s, which opened in Apgujeong Rodeo Street in March and gained sensational popularity.

After finishing all their work, Hoyeong and Francis decided to eat at a restaurant near the hotel where Francis was staying.

“If you fill in a few missing documents and submit it, the branch office will open sometime next week.”

“Fortunately, we can make it on time. Is it possible to supply 300,000 units by next year?”

“That amount is sufficient. Even if the Georgia plant is not completed, the current Texas plant can easily handle it.”

Hoyeong nodded at Francis’ answer.

The biggest concern was the quantity.

If the conversation Jo Nam-shik had with Isao is true, a production guarantee from the production plant is essential, but if the quantity is not met, you may not even qualify for application in the first place.

“Fortunately, the. Now, I think we can proceed slowly while checking that there are no other variables for the remaining time.”

“Don’t worry about sales distribution tables and financial statements.”

Francis lightly lifted a wine glass filled with red wine and held it out to Hoyeong.

“Although it is formal, I became the first branch manager of the Dell Korea branch. Take good care of me. largest shareholder.”

Francis lowered his head and said, and Hoyeong lightly waved a hand.

“no. Thank you to Dell for making the decision, and to Francis for taking the difficult step.”

visor-

Two wine glasses collided and made a clear sound.

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It was about ten days later that Francis left for America again.

In the meantime, Hoyoung was obsessed with operating system development.

Fortunately, Francis also had many things to do, such as confirming that the establishment process for Dell’s Korean branch was being finalized, and actually looking for an office and material warehouse site to work from next year.

Since Hoyeong hardly went out of the office, she gave Francis a miru, so there was no problem with translation and movement.

“You don’t have to come out to the airport to see me off, thank you.” “It’s okay. Let’s have another leisurely meal next time.”

“good.”

In fact, Francis came to Korea with another special order from Dell.

Del sent Francis to find out what kind of person Hoyoung was and to see if he was really a person he could trust.

Looking at Hoyeong, Francis recalled the conversation he had with Del last night.

‘Hoyeong is smart. But he’s crazy about development. I don’t leave the office except for mealtimes and sleeptime.’

However, Dell’s reaction was unexpected.

‘I think you can believe it. thank you for your effort. Be careful and come back.’

‘What did you think it was okay to see and believe in?’

‘I had an intuition that it would be someone similar to me. Hearing that he’s been working on development all day, you can be sure.’

Francis wondered, but thought he could trust Del’s words, no matter how absurd.

Del was the most brilliant man he had ever seen.

“Then see you in two months.”

“yes. I’ll see you then.”

Francis also develops a personal interest in Ho-young.

I felt like watching from the side to see if Del was a person who could say he was the same kind of person as me.

Francis got on the plane to the United States with a light heart.

“Miru, let’s go back quickly.”

“Are you going home?”

“no. Please go to the studio.”

“Are you going to the studio again? I am concerned about your health.”

Hoyoung smiled at Miru, who was worried about him.

“it’s okay. To some extent, I am also adjusting myself.”

“All right. Then I will go to the office.”

“thanks.”

Hoyeong hastened the development of the operating system.

It is an established fact that at least 300,000 PCs will be distributed if the hijacking plan is successful.

‘What if that 300,000 units were equipped with Kronos instead of DOS?’

I judged that there would be no debut as successful as that.

That was the reason Hoyeong was in a hurry.

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As we frantically developed the operating system, time flew by like an arrow.

Finally, today was the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.

People across the country went to the stadium to feel the heat of the Olympics or watched the opening ceremony on color TVs, which are now widely available in many homes.

However, Hoyoung had no time to worry about the Olympics.

He was in front of the procurement office with Francis, who returned to Korea after two months.

And on one side of the Public Procurement Service notice board, there were several business bid notices posted.

But Hoyoung was interested in only one thing.

[Announcement of educational PC distribution project]

Hoyoung, who turned over the paper to check the contents, looked at Francis with a smile on his lips.

“It really is until tomorrow. There is no need to apply for a bid, just go to the bidding site tomorrow and apply on-site.”

“All right. I am already looking forward to tomorrow.”

Unlike Francis, who had a bright expression, Hoyoung smiled bitterly.

Jo Nam-shik was already in a position where he was in a position where he was beating government agencies.

The difference in power seemed to be felt.

‘Starting with this, I’ll gradually narrow the gap between you and me.’

Kwadeuk-

Hoyoung clenched her fists.