The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

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only 12 minutes.

Long means long, short means short.

However, it was no exaggeration to say that the future of H&H depended on those 12 minutes.

Hoyoung did everything in his power for the short presentation given.

‘After this ECEC, the next program to be developed is a presentation.’

While preparing for the presentation, Hoyoung decided that he would make a presentation program next.

As I worked hard on making presentation materials with Hangeul 2.0, it was a pity that there was no PowerPoint.

Microsoft had already acquired PowerPoint in 1987 by acquiring a company called Forthout and announced it to the market.

‘I can’t use it in Cronus anyway.’

Hoyoung smiled bitterly.

As he thought, PowerPoint was a software exclusively for Windows 2.0 anyway.

For Hoyeong, who uses Kronos, it was a piece of cake.

‘Still, PowerPoint has not received a great response from the market.’

If features added in the future are put first and released for Chronos, the presentation will also be a reason to use Chronos.

A software package that bundles word processors, spreadsheets, presentations, and several other document and office-related programs at once.

That was the ‘H&H Office’ planned by Hoyoung.

‘But now, start preparing for the presentation.’

However, right now, something important was right in front of him, so Hoyoung focused on making presentation materials without distraction.

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Time passed quickly as Hoyoung prepared for the presentation, identified any problems with the programs to be presented at ECEC, and identified any areas for improvement, along with the staff.

December 31, 1989 was the last day of the year, and the ECEC in New York was only two weeks away.

“manager. The parcel has arrived.”

“What package? Perhaps···?!”

An employee of the Game Development Team 2 handed over a delivery box while talking to Kim Joo-jung.

Kim Joo-jung confirmed the sender as soon as she received the delivery box as if she had been waiting.

In the sender column, ‘Sega Games’ was written in Japanese.

“great! You are finally here!”

Kim Joo-jung ran to Ho-young without even opening the delivery box.

It was a waste of time to wait for the elevator, so I ran up several floors and arrived at Hoyoung’s studio in an instant.

Hoyoung was working on something in the middle of the day.

“Ugh···. Ugh···. Hoyoung. Are you very busy right now?”

“What’s going on, senior? Is there something urgent?”

“No, I wanted to show it to you as soon as possible, so I came running and I’m out of breath. I liked being in Sillim-dong. It was only two floors back then.”

Hoyeong opened the delivery box that Kim Joojeong gave her.

The box contained one game cartridge and one cartridge expansion slot.

‘What I’m sending you today is a prototype, and fortunately I was able to meet the deadline. In our internal audit, it was rated very highly. I hope you like it.’

There was also a short letter written in Japanese.

Since Kim Joo-jeong went to Japan a few months ago, she devoted herself to studying Japanese in her spare time, so she was able to read these letters without difficulty.

“I thought it was very good in the internal evaluation?”

“Shall we run it quickly?”

“OK.”

Hoyoung installed the cartridge expansion slot into the computer.

And before inserting the pack, I blown through my mouth a few times to remove the dust and inserted the game pack into the slot.

Weing-

After a while, the hard disk started making a noise.

And the game ran.

Exciting BGM resonated, and a blue character with two ears and red shoes appeared in the center of the screen.

“Five! Is the BGM exciting? What kind of animal is this character?”

“It’s a hedgehog.”

“Huh? hedgehog?”

Then the intro ended and the title of the game appeared.

[Sonic the Hedgehog]

“Five. Hedgehog? Wasn’t it a real hedgehog?”

Ho-young left the surprised Kim Joo-jung alone and manipulated the character.

Although it is a prototype with only one very narrow map, I really liked the sense of speed.

I was certain that this sense of speed would be the biggest reason gamers were looking for Sonic.

“Today, as soon as the prototype comes out, I came to see it as quickly as possible, and they say they will send an introduction video and play demonstration video within a few days.”

Hoyoung smiled broadly and said that he liked Jujeong’s words and Sonic’s prototype.

“Sega seems to be taking care of things.”

“Then it’s not natural. Who manages it?”

Joo-jeong trembled at Ho-yeong.

Seeing such drunkenness, Hoyoung chuckled.

“Are the preparations for the presentation going well? What can I help you with?”

“I had something to help you with… It just disappeared.”

“Are you talking about three?”

Hoyoung nodded.

“What are you doing now? Can I take a look?”

Kim Joo-jung tried to look at Ho-young’s monitor, but Ho-yeong stopped him.

“Sir, this is a secret weapon. You can’t see it yet.”

“yes? what is it Can’t you show me?”

“yes.”

Hoyoung’s expression was determined.

Joo-jeong knew that nothing could be said to Ho-young with such an expression.

“Oops. Then there’s nothing you can do So, can I just tell you what a big secret it is? A bomb?”

After pondering for a moment, Hoyoung opened her mouth.

“Well···. A nuclear bomb?”

“Wow! nuclear bomb? What the hell is it?”

“I’m sorry more. Seniors, please look forward to the next two weeks.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Kim Joo-jung, who finished all her errands, left the studio to do her own work again.

Hoyoung was only engrossed in his work again.

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New York in 1990.

True to the name of ECEC, people involved in electronic products and electronic parts from all over the world filled the conference hall.

The conference hadn’t even started yet, but some people were already lining up at the entrance.

“Did you prepare well for your presentation? I didn’t ask until now because I was afraid it would be burdensome.”

Lee Jin-chan said as he entered the entrance for officials with Ho-yeong.

“Do not worry. Perfectly prepared.”

Hearing Hoyeong’s confident voice, Jinchan felt somewhat relieved.

“Hoyoung! Here it is.”

“Dell!”

Del, who was sitting at the conference hall, found Hoyoung and called out loudly.

Hoyoung and Jinchan sat down next to where Del was sitting.

“Sir, this is Dell. Dell, this is Jinchan Lee, the CEO of H&H.”

Hoyoung greeted Del and Jinchan Lee.

Dell Computer and H&H were companies that had to work closely together in relation to Chronos-related work and educational PC supply business, so they often heard each other’s names, but it was the first time they had met each other face-to-face.

Someone hurriedly came running to them.

“Has anyone seen this?”

The person who came running was Del’s secretary, Samuel.

Del hastily checked the paper Samuel gave him.

The paper was a guide with a brief introduction to ECEC and the order of companies presenting their products on the main stage today.

“I haven’t seen it yet… I beg your pardon? Microsoft?!”

Del, slowly scrolling through the table of contents, was surprised to find a familiar name.

“Didn’t Microsoft say they wouldn’t participate this year?”

“I knew that too, but after checking with the organizers a while ago, it seems that it is true that they are participating.”

Del’s face changed color at Samuel’s answer.

Hoyoung also received the paper from Dell and checked the contents.

On the main stage announcement timetable, the word Microsoft was clearly written.

Even before Hoyoung’s announcement, there was Microsoft’s announcement.

The presentation time given to Microsoft was 15 minutes.

Fortunately, after a 30-minute break after Microsoft’s announcement, Hoyoung went on stage.

“What product are you presenting? No way… my God.”

Hoyoung couldn’t help but be astonished when he saw Microsoft’s announced products.

[Windows 3.0]

‘Originally, Windows 3.0 will be released after May. But how today?’

Hoyeong thought hard, but there was no way to know what was going on.

Hoyoung took a deep breath to calm her mind.

After a while, Hoyoung succeeded in mind control, and it felt like his narrowed field of view had widened again.

However, Lee Jin-chan seemed unable to calm down.

“Windows 3.0. Is Microsoft also announcing an operating system today?”

“Perhaps.”

“Where did Microsoft suddenly get involved? Hoyoung, do you have a plan?”

Hoyoung shook his head quietly and spoke calmly.

“There is no specific solution. Nothing changes for us. Don’t be shaken and just do what you planned.”

Perhaps it was thanks to Hoyeong’s calm words, but Lee Jinchan was able to calm down to some extent when he heard Hoyoung’s trustworthy answer.

However, there was someone else who needed to calm down.

“Bill Gates, that man again!”

“Dell?”

Dell looked angry.

“Bill Gates is famous for doing business with no manners. There is a high possibility that he got information somewhere that we were going to be on the main stage of ECEC, and he participated on purpose to sabotage it!”

Hoyoung also thought that Del’s words were true.

However, he spoke calmly to Dell.

“Dell. Do not worry too much. I take great pride in Kronos. I have no doubt that good results will come out if I just focus on my presentation and not worry about Microsoft.”

But Dell’s anger did not subside easily.

Hoyoung calmed him down by asking to see what kind of announcement Microsoft would make.

After a while.

ECEC kicked off with a cannon at the opening of the conference.

ECEC is divided into two zones.

The first was an area with booths operated by each company.

In this zone, consumers can roam freely and try products at the booths of the companies.

H&H was also assigned a booth, and several employees, including Kim Won-shik, were operating the booth.

The second area was the area where the main stage was located.

The highlight of ECEC was, of course, the product presentation on the main stage.

In order to see the presentations of several companies participating in the presentations, the surroundings of the stage were literally crowded with people.

If the time given to each company is short, 5 minutes. Since only 15 minutes are given at the most, the order passed quickly.

“It’s Microsoft at last.”

“What presentation should I make?”

Finally, the order right before Hoyoung.

It was Microsoft’s turn to announce.

Hoyeong opened her eyes and looked up at the stage.

Chak-

All lights are off.

And on the screen on the dark stage, a sentence came to mind.

[Now, no command needed]

And the lights slowly turned on.

The light that had been turned on eventually shone a spotlight in one place.

A man was standing where the spotlight was shining.

“Hello ladies and gentlemen.”

When the man said hello, the hall became quiet as if a rat had died.

“Nice to meet you. It’s a great honor to be the first to introduce Windows 3.0 to you. I am Bill Gates. I am the CEO of Microsoft.”

“Wow-!!”

“Bill Gates came out himself!”

When Bill Gates introduced himself, the onlookers shouted with excitement.

“The new product I will introduce today is the latest operating system from Microsoft. This is Windows 3.0 version.”

Audience reactions to Bill Gates’ words varied.

“Wow, I’m using Windows 2.0 well now, but it’s a new version! What would have changed?”

“When Windows 1.0 became Windows 2.0, I was disappointed because there was not much change than I thought. Windows is limited to that extent.”

Bill Gates continued as if he were listening to the audience.

“Windows 3.0 is completely different from the DOS and Windows 2.0 you know.”

He paused for a moment while talking.

It was to give the audience time to think.

“Full-color, complete GUI system. Instead of difficult commands, it provides a graphic environment that can be operated with icons.”

Hoyoung was surprised to see the screen that had changed before he knew it.

Windows 3.0 was supposed to run programs through a tool called Program Manager, not the desktop.

However, the desktop of Windows 3.0 was displayed on the screen.

Windows 3.0, announced by Bill Gates, was very similar to Kronos.

Kwadeuk-

Hoyoung clenched her fists.

His expression contorted slightly with anger.