The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

19. hijacking(3)

The day after the opening ceremony, the excitement of ‘hand in hand’ resounded at the opening ceremony of the Olympics would not have gone away. Jo Nam-sik arrived at the procurement office bidding place.

“The deadline to arrive at the bidding area is 2:00 PM, but the time now is 1:55. No one seems to be coming anyway, so why don’t we just close it?”

Jo Nam-sik pretended to be friendly and talked to the procurement agency official next to him.

“sorry. Mr. I want to do that too, but there are eyes that see from above…”

“Sheesh. Yes, it’s over in five minutes anyway.”

Jo Nam-shik sat down on a chair after teasing a government official.

It didn’t mean that the time went by quickly just because he was a civil servant anyway.

1:56.

The door to the auction house burst open.

What about Jo Nam-sik? I looked at the entrance with a slightly frowning face, and my expression quickly brightened.

“General Manager! How did you get here? He didn’t even say anything to Korea, how could he…”

Entering from the entrance was Isao Taki, general manager of IBM Japan.

“Isn’t that the Olympics? I came to Korea as a tourist. I came here because I wanted to see if things were going well.”

Isao’s face was smiling.

This is because, if this bid is successful, it was decided internally that he would be promoted to the position in charge of Asia, rather than general manager in Japan.

He asked Jo Nam-shik with a face full of anticipation.

“Of course there are no other bidders, right?”

“of course. It’s already 1:58 now. Congratulations. Asian manager.”

“haha! It is still too early to celebrate.”

Isao tried to dissuade Cho Nam-shik from calling him Asian manager, but the corners of his mouth kept hanging in his ears as if he was in a good mood.

and 1:59.

An official from the Public Procurement Service rose from his seat to close the door to the bidding site.

Jo Nam-sik felt that the steps of a government official walking slowly were slow for no reason.

The official’s hand touched the door, and the door slowly began to close.

‘finished.’

Watching the door close, Jo Nam-sik sang joy inwardly.

Now, all you have to do is submit the prepared bid.

But then.

“Wait.”

Someone blocked the closing door and entered the bidding area.

One Asian and one white.

Jo Nam-sik was surprised to see the person who entered.

“Who is it? White···?”

Jo Nam-sik, not knowing why, looked back to see if he was the person Isao had brought.

However, Isao’s expression was not very different from Jo Nam-sik’s.

“I thought I wouldn’t be able to arrive within 2 o’clock because of traffic jams, but fortunately I arrived on time. Can I sit over there?”

They were Francis and the interpreter he hired.

To the interpreter’s question, the official answered yes without hesitation.

As soon as Francis sat down, the bidding administrator entered the bidding area.

“hello. I am Park Soo-ho, the administrator in charge of bidding for this project. This project is according to the contents announced in advance…”

Park Soo-ho constantly noticed Jo Nam-sik while explaining the details of the business.

This is because he had previously told Jo Nam-shik that he would be the only bidder.

“The bidding method will be a reverse auction, and if you write down the lowest price that can be delivered per unit, the one with the lower price will acquire the business right. Any questions?”

No one asked any questions.

“Then, before that, I will check if you are eligible to bid. We ask that you submit the previous year’s sales distribution table, the production guarantee certificate of the factory, and the financial guarantee certificate of the state bank as basic documents.”

Jo Nam-sik submitted the documents he had received from Isao in advance.

‘okay. I have these documents. Even if I saw the business announcement yesterday and came hoping for luck, those documents are documents that take more than a week to prepare.’

Thinking that it was fortunate that he deliberately put in insurance with complicated documents, Nam-sik Jo went back to his seat and his face crumpled like paper.

It was because Francis was submitting documents following Jo Nam-sik as if it were natural.

“We will check the authenticity of the documents separately. Now, write down the delivery price and submit it.”

Jo Nam-sik suddenly had a strange intuition.

He hurriedly spoke to Isao.

“General manager. Let’s lower the unit price and write it down.”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Anyway, I don’t have a good feeling. I think we need to lower the unit price per unit.”

“Then how much do you mean write it down?”

“I think it will be safe to write down about 400,000 won per unit.”

Isao shook his head at Jo Nam-shik’s words.

“no. I guaranteed IBM headquarters $200 million in revenue. If you sell it for 400,000 won per unit, it is 160 million dollars. Forty million dollars… It is not a difference that the superiors can tolerate.”

“Keep…”

Isao let go of his silence and fell into contemplation.

Jo Nam-sik watched Isao quietly and opened his mouth.

“Then, how about writing it down to 450,000 won?”

“450,000 won…”

Isao, who hesitated for a while, finally made a decision.

“All right. Let’s write it down as 450,000 won.”

“It is a good decision.”

Cho Nam-sik submitted a bid of 450,000 won per unit.

I don’t know how many foreigners were followed, but I wrote down the bid and submitted it, and the bidding was completed.

“The bidding results will be announced immediately after reviewing the documents for about 20 minutes. I would appreciate it if Jeong-suk waited for all those who participated in the bidding.”

The administrator announced and entered the room with the papers.

All that was left was to wait.

Jo Nam-sik looked at Francis, who was sitting with a calm face, with a sneer on his face.

‘Some goofy people are disturbing’

Even the price of 500,000 won per unit was not too expensive.

In addition, he even lowered the bid price to 450,000 won due to unknown anxiety.

There was a loss of 20 million dollars, but that loss was only a decrease in revenue going to IBM, not to itself anyway.

Jo Nam-shik did not doubt their victory at all.

About 20 minutes later, Park Soo-ho returned to the bidding area.

“As a result of the verification, all the documents were judged to be genuine. I’ll tell you the results. In 1989, the right to supply PCs for education was confirmed as Dell Computer.”

“Dell?”

“what!”

Isao and Jo Nam-shik shouted.

In particular, Jo Nam-sik even jumped up from his seat.

“How much did you write down!”

Jo Nam-sik glared at Park Soo-ho.

It meant how much money I fed you and how you could do this.

As if Park Soo-ho was not unaware of those eyes, he hurriedly tried to clean up the hall.

“Dell computers paid 430,000 won per unit. Then, the representative of the company that acquired the business right should come up to the second floor right now and receive a notice about the related procedures.”

And then, like a shotgun, he left the bidding site.

Francis and the interpreter immediately followed Park Soo-ho.

“this···. How did this happen?”

Excited Isao grabbed Cho Nam-shik by the shoulder and said, but Jo Nam-shik had no words to answer.

“therefore···. I said let’s write down 400,000 won per unit…”

“So, is it my fault now? I had no intention of bidding unless it was a sole bid in the first place!”

“This is unexpected even for us…”

“What should I do with the factory that is currently in full operation!”

“……”

Jo Nam-sik had no choice but to become a mute who ate honey at the words of Isao.

Isao’s expression turned gray.

If this continues, it was clear that the promotion would be cancelled, and that his position would be further weakened.

“I will never forget this. Ancestor Mu!”

Isao’s title for Jo Nam-sik had already changed from Sangmu-nim to Josang-mu.

Isao left the bidding area as if a cold wind was blowing.

“Let’s pass it on to everyone now, that foreigner and Dell? Did you say Dell? Get all the information about Dell computers!”

“If it’s all, how far will it be delivered?”

“Didn’t you understand? all! All!”

“Yep!”

At Jo Nam-sik’s shout, the men rushed out of the bidding site.

At the bidding site, only Jo Nam-sik was left, quelling his anger.

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“Hello? Mr. Yoon?”

Francis returned to the hotel and called Ho-young.

– You worked really hard today. I should have served you a meal in a nice place, but I’m sorry.

“no. This is a new experience.”

– Cho Nam-shik That person will definitely be looking for you, Francis. I think it’s best if we don’t see each other as much as possible.

“You are thorough. Anyway, how did you know that Jo Nam-shik would not offer 500,000 won?”

Hoyoung thought for a moment at Francis’ question and then said,

– Cho Nam-shik. That person has an unnecessarily thorough part.”

When Ho-yeong first heard the conversation between Jo Nam-shik and Isao, he tried to write down 495,000 won.

However, at the last moment, Francis was asked to submit a lower price of 430,000 won than originally thought, and Francis complied.

Francis called Dell to confirm, but Dell readily agreed.

– The moment he saw Francis entering the bid at the last moment, Jo Nam-shik’s heart must have been full of anxiety.”

“How did you predict that you would write down 450,000 won?”

– I thought 500,000 won was too much and 400,000 won was too little. To Isao Taki, not Namsik Jo. It is difficult to take responsibility for an amount that is 20% smaller than the amount originally negotiated with the head office, but I would have thought that 10% could be avoided somehow.”

“okay.”

Francis thought Hoyeong was a man with great insight.

I thought it was really like watching Dell to bring out the best results with perfect choices every moment.

Francis chuckled, as if he was in a really good mood, but Hoyeong couldn’t really feel good yet.

‘A room at last.’

This blow was too insignificant.

So it’s still too early to laugh.

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same time. Myungsung Group headquarters.

Among them, in the widest room on the top floor, Jo Nam-sik stood up with his hands folded in front of Cho Hee-chang, who was sitting at his work desk.

“sorry. father!”

“Where is this?”

Jo Nam-shik unconsciously looked around and answered.

“episode···. This is the president’s office.”

“Isn’t the chairman’s office a company?”

“sorry. President!”

Jo Nam-sik lowered his head.

“So···. Are you saying that everything fell apart in the end?”

“A company that established a branch office in Korea only two months ago…”

“Just tell me the conclusion!”

“Yep. IBM’s transfer of technology has failed.”

“Tsk tsk tsk…”

Jo Hee-chang clicked his tongue as he turned his back to Jo Nam-shik.

“Fold.”

“yes?”

“Shut up the computer business! From now on, there is no need to spend money on R&D. It has folded its own brand and now focuses on importing foreign products. And that’s why we focus even more on semiconductors.”

“……”

“Why no answer!”

“yes. All right.”

Cho Nam-shik bit his lip.

Jo Hee-chang’s order is the Mandate of Heaven.

He was not an opponent he could dare to resist.

“I will not speak again of the losses suffered in the course of this work. go out.”

“Yep.”

Jo Nam-shik left the chairman’s room after those words.

Right in front of the door of the president’s office, someone was waiting for someone to come out of the president’s room.

“brother···? what brings you here?”

“It’s not my brother. Mr. Is this a company? And as vice president of an affiliate, what would I do to the chairman’s office? I have something to report to the president.”

The person Jo Nam-shik encountered was Cho Nam-shik’s eldest brother Jo Jung-shik.

At the age of 37, he held the position of vice president of Myeongseong Mulsan.

“… see you next time. Vice President.”

Jo Nam-sik passed by after talking to Jo Jung-sik.

“I heard about IBM. I am so sorry.”

After hearing Jo Jung-sik’s story, Jo Nam-sik stopped walking and turned around to look at Jo Jung-sik.

He didn’t bother to hide his displeasure.

“What do you mean?”

“haha. Because this is a company.”

“Don’t pretend to be in front of your father’s room, if you have something to say, say it.”

Jo Nam-sik said with a sly smile.

“Did you get your father’s favourite, then cringe? Last year, when I messed with the resort business, you laughed at me like that, so you look good?”

“Did you call someone to say that? Brother, do your job right.”

“okay. You’re going to your father’s room right now to make things right. Youngest, just do it a few more times like you are doing now.”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

“ha ha ha. Just work hard like you do now.”

Cho Jung-sik smiled at Jo Nam-sik and knocked on the chairperson’s office.

Jo Nam-sik wanted to scream, but even that was not free.

It was obvious that if I shouted here, even my father would hear it all.

“What happened to the last time I asked you to investigate?”

“Because I still need more time…”

“Bring it ASAP!”

Jo Nam-sik entered the office with a spirited spirit.

Hoyoung didn’t know, but it was actually a huge blow to Jo Nam-shik.

After joining the company at the age of 24, he was Cho Nam-sik, who had been on a winning streak without a single failure.

The failure this time not only lost a little bit of Jo Hee-chang’s trust, but also dealt considerable damage to Jo Nam-shik’s mentality.

Neither Ho-yeong nor Jo Nam-sik knew in their dreams how big this incident, which could be small if small, would come back later.