The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

66. My own company (3)

Heechang Cho was interested in modern technology and newspapers, even though he was already over sixty.

As a result, I had a firm belief that if I invested in the IT industry in the future, I could grow Myungsung Group into a great company several steps higher, and I was actually making a huge investment.

“Keuk…”

He was struggling in front of two computers.

More precisely, in front of two printers connected to two computers.

“So, this one is a program made by the software team made by Jungsik Lee, and the printer over there is made by Namsik?”

“yes. you’re right.”

Myung Kyung-hoon, the chief secretary of the Myeongseong Group secretariat and the right-hand man of Cho Hee-chang, who is also recognized within the Myungsung Group, answered.

“Whose software do you think is better?”

“That’s right…”

Myung Kyung-Hun blurted out his words.

“Why can’t you finish talking?”

“The big boy’s is better.”

“right?”

“yes. Actually, it was an answer I didn’t have to worry about. Not only did the printer software submitted by the big boy print faster, but he has never had a single software error while printing thousands. There was an error in the printer itself, but…”

“Then what about the men’s food?”

“What the youngest boy submitted was also better than I thought. The error rate was only 0.5%. But 0.5% and 0%… that’s a huge difference.”

Cho Hee-chang’s expression showed no signs of brightening even though his eldest son produced a near-perfect product.

No, on the contrary, it looked like he was worried about something.

“Are my sons aware of all these results?”

“I don’t know yet.”

The reason Jo Hee-chang was worried was because of Jo Jung-sik.

‘Should I give it another chance…’

Jo Jung-sik was, of course, his eldest son, who would not hurt even if he put it in his eyes.

He was quite smart and greedy for business, so at first he tried to raise Jo Jung-sik as his successor.

However, as Jo Nam-sik became an adult, the situation began to change little by little.

“Chief Myeong, call for Jeongsik and Namsik.”

“yes!”

Jo Hee-chang was lost in thought as he sat in the swivel chair.

If Jo Jung-shik is just an outstanding person, Jo Nam-shik is not enough to be called a business genius.

He desperately completed the task even by staying up all night, and showed himself winning what he wanted even by committing a little evasion for the sake of business.

And the eyes to see the future are also excellent.

Nam-sik Cho, who persuaded himself to make a huge investment in semiconductors as soon as he entered Myungsung Electronics several years ago, laid the foundation for Myungsung Electronics to make a name for itself in the global DRAM market.

While Cho Nam-sik showed a gradual improvement, Cho Jung-sik, probably conscious of Jo Nam-sik, did not show any development by running too safety-oriented management, and Jo Hee-chang was thinking of Jo Nam-sik as the next successor.

“Did you become greedy after coming here?”

Jo Hee-chang thought of his eldest son, who was thin and docile.

“It didn’t happen… was it hidden?”

And smiled wryly.

Whether it was his greed or the now revealing of his hidden greed, he liked it all.

Even now, if they show a better figure than Jo Nam-sik, the Myeongseong Group will have a more outstanding leader, and even if Jo Nam-sik wins at the last moment, I thought that he could be a good running mate until that moment.

“President. I think both young boys will arrive in about 30 minutes.”

“Good job.”

Myung Kyung-Hoon thought Hee-Chang Jo looked good for the first time in a long time.

“Are you doing anything good?”

“Good things? there is name manager. Do you know how to make a hard-running horse run faster?”

“Wouldn’t it be lure with food?”

“That’s right too. But a better way is to untie another horse behind you and let it run after you.”

Myung Kyung-hoon immediately realized what Jo Hee-chang meant.

“okay. Then, this printer software is, of course, the first boy’s victory, right?”

“Right. And eventually, you will have to sell this printer as well, so it doesn’t really make sense not to choose software that is completely error-free.”

Jo Hee-chang began to think about what award to give Jo Jung-sik and how to give more stimulation to Jo Nam-sik.

It was a joyous moment that he hadn’t had many times while raising his children.

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– It has been decided that my software… no, Hoyoung’s software will be included in the new Myungsung printer, which will be released in three months.

“Is that so? That’s good.”

– Isn’t your voice more joyful than you thought?

“It is a natural result.”

– ha ha ha! Also great. That’s a lot of confidence. Is the cell phone software going well?

“Okay, don’t worry about that too much. It’s going well.”

Hoyeong glanced at her watch.

In fact, Gaia was making the software for the mobile phone.

Although it was software for mobile phones in the early days, it did not require such difficult skills, but it was the first time that Gaia produced coding from scratch, so Hoyoung was looking forward to the results.

– All right. Then I will only believe in Hoyoung this time. Thank you for your mobile phone software.

“I will do my best to make it this time too.”

– Whoops. Do you like the gift I gave you last time?

“yes. I am really happy with the ride. It definitely seemed like an expensive car worth the money.”

– I’m glad you like it. If the mobile phone software thing goes well, then I will give you a bigger gift, so look forward to it.

“It is enough for now. Vice President, please steadily expand your grip on reputation. Then we will contact you when it is completed next time.”

– All right.

Hoyoung hung up the phone and checked what Gaia was working on.

“Gaia, so far so perfect?”

“It is a one-dimensional algorithm, so there is no big problem. We need more experience.”

“Then will you continue coding by yourself while I don’t call you?”

“yes. All right.”

“I’ll check in between.”

I didn’t even think about coding with Gaia until recently.

No matter how good a program was made by Gaia, there was no way to get it out.

However, from now on when the communicator worked well, I decided to actively use Gaia.

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“Director. A guest has arrived.”

“Please tell them to come in.”

When the secretary opened the door, a middle-aged man entered Ho-young’s office.

“Are you Yun Ho-young?”

“you’re right. Dr. Woongwon Lee. I wanted to meet you.”

Hoyoung bowed his head in greeting, and Lee Ungwon looked at Hoyeong again in a polite manner.

I thought it would be arrogant to be called a young businessman, but Ho-yeong, who was quite polite, seemed to be sincere rather than pretending to be polite on the outside.

“Please sit here. Maybe a cold drink or hot tea?”

“Warm coffee would be nice.”

“All right.”

Hoyoung ordered his secretary to order two cups of coffee and then sat across from Dr. Ungwon Lee.

“I heard that you are playing a big role in Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. That’s why I asked if you could come to my place on your knees to be excused, but thank you so much for coming.

“no. I was already very interested in what you sent me. Actually, I was going to send an official letter to the United States next week or the week after next, but I never dreamed that the majority shareholder would be a Korean.”

“Is that so? I contacted you just in case because the fields of research overlapped, but I am very glad that you originally had such a mind.”

Hoyoung said without knowing.

As soon as he returned to Korea, he contacted the Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, saying that he is a major shareholder of Qualcomm and would like to talk about CDMA.

Dr. Lee Woong-won, who was so interested in CDMA that he even followed Qualcomm’s technology demonstration in New York, came here to meet Ho-young as soon as he received the call.

“In fact, earlier this year I visited Motorola headquarters in Chicago.”

“okay.”

“Most of the communication equipment already in Korea was supplied by Motorola, so I thought that we could develop next-generation mobile communication technology together. Right now, Motorola is developing TDMA and is in the commercialization stage.”

“But it seems that the story did not go well?”

“That’s right. Motorola saw us as just an untapped market and never as a business partner.”

Lee Woong-won’s expression darkened slightly.

It seemed to remind me of the humiliation I received in Chicago.

Motorola did not consider the Korean market so important.

Last year, when Korean mobile telecommunications introduced GSM cell phones to Korea, it introduced GSM cell phones to Korea along with AT&T because of Motorola’s arrogant and disrespectful attitude.

“Is that why you became interested in Qualcomm’s CDMA?”

“you’re right. In fact, I knew about CDMA a long time ago.”

“How did you know?”

“The US military is already using a technology similar to CDMA for secure communication, and our military is also using it very locally.”

“I see. CDMA has advantages over TDMA in all aspects, including communication quality, security, and communication capacity.”

Woongwon Lee tried to say something with a heavy face.

Hoyoung seemed to be able to guess what Ungwon Lee had said.

‘It must be difficult to propose to proceed with a project with unproven CDMA.’

In fact, Dr. Ungwon Lee wanted to introduce TDMA rather than CDMA as the next-generation communication technology to be introduced in Korea.

TDMA was already a proven technology in the US market, and the subject of the technology was Motorola, a global company.

However, although the basic technology of CDMA has been completed, there is still a long way to go before commercialization.

It is still sufficient for local communication, but wide area communication technology that can cover an entire country is still in the development stage.

“I rate CDMA technology quite highly. It is also a technology that can show much better performance than TDMA if research on wide area communication technology is completed.”

Lee Woong-won took a few sips of coffee as if his throat was burning and continued.

“So, would you like to form a technical partnership with us?”

“By the way, don’t you have little experience in developing mobile communication technology?”

“That’s true, but we, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, have already had the experience of independently developing TDX, an all-electronic switchboard, several years ago. The technology is being exported overseas.”

Hoyoung pondered for a moment.

Of course, I had no intention of rejecting Dr. Ungwon Lee’s proposal.

If you want to keep going according to the existing history, you will have to accept the offer as it is.

However, Hoyoung wanted to get one more thing.

“Then what do you think of the terms of the contract?”

“Start joint development of wide-area communication technology from now on, and give us 30% of the technical fee you will receive after the technology is completed. And, of course, the country that develops and commercializes the technology for the first time should be Korea. For now, I think this much, but what do you think?”

Hoyoung nodded.

“It’s a good offer, but may I ask you a favor before signing the contract?”

“What is it?”

“Probably, a huge amount of money will be needed to develop and advance CDMA technology. Do you have enough budget?”

“Hmm…”

Dr. Lee Woong-won let out a sigh.

In fact, the wireless communication development team established at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute was in a situation where manpower and finances were very insufficient compared to the work to be done.

There were no experts in mobile communication, the latest technology, so most of the 40 or so researchers belonging to the development team were newcomers who had just received their doctorate degrees, and the budget was not even generous.

Ho-young saw Lee Woong-won’s unhappy expression and guessed the general situation.

“If you are ever in trouble, I will help.”

“yes?”

“I can’t help you with manpower, but I will support you without any shortage as far as budget is concerned. Instead of···.”

As Hoyoung blurted out the end of his words, Lee Ungwon concentrated on Hoyoung’s next words.

Ho-young smiled at Lee Woong-won and then continued.

“Please help me with one thing instead. I know that you have a lot of connections with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (now the Ministry of Information and Communication). Please help me set up a mobile operator.”

“A mobile operator?”

“yes. I agree 100 times that the commercialization of the world’s first CDMA should start in Korea. However. A mobile communication company that commercializes in Korea should be my company.”