The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

80. mistaken

The two hands holding the newspaper open trembled.

Cuggit-

Eventually, his hands got tired and he clenched his fists and crumpled the newspaper.

“Such a dog!”

After a bout of cursing, he picked up the receiver and dialed the number.

“hello? I am Jo Nam-sik of fame. Please change Director Choi. Do you want me to change it because you know everything?”

The person on the other end of the phone just kept repeating that Director Choi, who Nam-shik Jo was looking for, was not there.

After a long scuffle, the call eventually hung up, and Jo Nam-sik threw the receiver away.

The receiver is a wow! It broke with a sound.

“How much is the advertisement fee paid by the former, and how much is the money I fed!”

He called the Koryo Ilbo, one of the most recognizable newspapers in Korea.

As soon as Shinbi Communications was approved by the government for designation as a third mobile communication company, Cho Nam-sik called Choi Jong-gang, the head of the news department of the Koryo Ilbo, and asked him to put it on the front page of the newspaper while having a drink at a high-end bar.

Choi Jong-gang boasted that he should only believe in himself, but the result that came out today was only a small piece of land in the corner of three sides.

But there was another reason Jo Nam-sik was angry.

This is because the first page of today’s article was, of course, the opening news of another telecommunications company.

“Hermes?”

Jo Nam-shik remembered that Hermes Telecom was designated as the second mobile communication company.

“Could it be that this hole-in-the-wall store is the reason Qualcomm didn’t accept our offer even after death?”

CDMA, which Hermes Telecom is said to have opened, was definitely a technology that Jo Nam-sik had been eyeing.

Qualcomm had all the rights to the CDMA technology, and Nam-sik Cho wanted to grant the right to use the patent once to Myungsung Electronics and once again to Sinbi Communications, but both were rejected like a knife.

Even though he subtly revealed that the mysterious communication was in fact of fame, he didn’t budge.

“after···”

Jo Nam-sik took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

“You seem to have too many things to be angry about these days.”

Having barely calmed down, he calmly thought about the current situation.

He was quite hot-tempered, but he was well aware that excitement was not helping him.

Now is the time to think slowly.

What action would be most advantageous to him.

“Hermes… It’s Hermes… The secretary!”

“Yep!”

Jo Nam-shik’s secretary, who was waiting in front of the door, ran into the office.

He glanced at the shattered phone as he entered.

‘I’m so glad I wasn’t here earlier.’

He let out a sigh of relief.

“Find everything you can know about Hermes Telecom right now.”

“If everything…”

“Give me five days. Find out as much as you can in 5 days!”

“Yep!”

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Jo Nam-shik’s secretary, Lee Jeong-ho, immediately responded and left the office.

It’s what I feel every time, but today, the secretary had countless thoughts of quitting her job.

Although he was nominally a secretary, he was Jo Nam-shik’s servant and an errand boy.

Looking at the broken phone a while ago, his self-esteem was so low that he thought it was fortunate that he did not see the violence and abusive language in front of his eyes today.

tobacco.

He desperately wanted a cigarette.

I learned tobacco, which I did not learn even in the army, while working as Jo Nam-shik’s secretary.

“under···. Where else can you find Hermes?”

He smoked in an ashtray at the end of the hallway and talked to himself.

“uh. Senior Jung Ho. What about Hermes?”

Then someone came and said.

It was Jo Jung-sik’s secretary, Kim Man-sik.

Lee Jeong-ho was surprised to hear that Kim Man-shik had been told, but spoke calmly.

“Ah, I just had something to find out what kind of company Hermes is.”

“okay?”

Kim Man-shik casually lit a cigarette and continued.

“There are some people I know on the telecommunications side. Can I connect you?”

“okay? who?”

“Do you know Kyuhyun Kim, who was originally the head of the electronic IT team?”

“Director Kyuhyun Kim! you know well We ate together several times.”

Kim Gyu-hyun was the man who dreamed of becoming Jo Nam-sik’s right-hand man when he had an IT team at Myeongseong Electronics in the past.

“Oh, is it? Well, that’s great. that person. I went down to the mysterious communication this time.”

“How do you know manager Kim Kyu-hyun?”

Lee Jeong-ho narrowed his eyes and looked at Kim Man-shik.

It was because it was doubtful that Kim Man-sik, who seemed to have little contact with Kim Kyu-hyun, knew him well.

“I know him well because he came over with us when he was incorporated into our product software. I wanted to come over and get closer to my boss, so I made a fart. I already ate a few times because he said he would buy me a few times.”

Lee Jeong-ho nodded at Kim Man-sik’s words.

If it was Kim Gyu-hyun, he was a person who remained after that.

After a few mistakes made Jo Nam-sik out of sight, it seemed that he was trying to stick to Jo Jung-sik.

“okay? You mean that person is a communication?”

“yes. There is a phone number for that person’s seat on the communication, can you give it to me?”

“Do you have a number? If you give it to me, I will be grateful.”

Kim Man-sik showed a phone number from his notebook, and Lee Jung-ho also took out a notebook from his pocket and wrote down the phone number.

“Thank you so much.”

“What. I have to help and live in the same situation.”

Lee Jeong-ho smiled and patted Kim Man-shik on the shoulder.

“okay. Really, let’s help each other and live. I can’t live because I’m having a hard time… Hmmmm no.”

Lee Jeong-ho cleared his throat and reduced his words, as if he thought he had said something inappropriate to his junior.

“Anyway, thank you. I’ll buy you another meal next time.”

“yes. Give me some time next time.”

“okay.”

Lee Jeong-ho extinguished the cigarette he was smoking in an ashtray and headed for the office.

I didn’t know when the impatient Jo Nam-sik would strike again, so I had to find out as soon as possible.

A brief moment of smoking was the greatest luxury he could have.

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“You conveyed it correctly, right?”

“yes. you’re right.”

“You worked hard, Secretary Kim.”

Jo Jung-sik smiled contentedly and patted Kim Man-sik on the shoulder.

However, Kim Man-sik’s expression did not look very good.

“why. Do you feel heavy because you think you cheated on your senior?”

“Oh, no.”

“No what. ruler. I’ll give you a vacation until tomorrow, so cool down a bit.”

Cho Jung-sik handed over an envelope.

“What is this?”

“Because I put in some pocket money. Rest in peace until tomorrow. It’s been a while since I’ve been a father.”

“thank you.”

Kim Man-shik took the envelope and bowed his head.

“Then go out.”

“Yep.”

Left alone, Jo Jung-sik called Ho-young.

“hello? That’s me. adjustable. I’ve done as you asked. Soon, Jo Nam-sik’s subordinate will go to meet manager Kim Kyu-hyeon.”

– thank you. I guess I’ll have to pay for this someday.

“What is the answer? It’s nothing compared to what you’ve done for me so far.”

Kim Gyu-hyeon had nothing to say to Jo Nam-shik’s secretary. He only said that he would arrange a place for him since a junior at school works at Hermes.

– If the boss’s assistant said he knew the Hermes staff, he might have been suspicious. I also apologize for making you cross one more cumbersome bridge.

“I didn’t even do anything. What. Anyway, I’m glad it went well.”

Jo Jung-sik smiled pleasantly.

This was almost the first time Hoyeong asked him first.

– Then we will contact you later.

“All right.”

Jo Jung-sik was even expected a little.

I knew the relationship between Hoyeong and Hermes Telecom long ago.

Ho-young tried to hide the fact that he was the real owner of Hermes Telecom from Jo Nam-sik as much as possible, and he was very curious about how Ho-yeong would escape from Jo Nam-sik’s information network.

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afternoon the next day.

Lee Jeong-ho was waiting for his junior whom Kim Kyu-hyun had decided to introduce to him at a coffee shop in Gangnam.

“Lee Jung-ho?”

As the cup of coffee reached the bottom, Lee Jung-ho turned his head at the sound of someone calling his name.

“yes. That’s me.”

“Nice to meet you. I heard from senior Kyuhyun. You’ve been waiting for a long time, right? I’m really sorry.”

“no. I was the one who forced the appointment today.”

The man naturally sat in front of Lee Jeong-ho.

Lee Jung-ho looked the man up and down.

Thick glasses and a white lab coat.

He seemed to be working in the field of research.

“What should I call you?”

“ah! sorry. My name is Lee Geon-woo. I belong to the Technical Research Department at Hermes Telecom.”

The man who introduced himself as Lee Kun-woo was slurred in speech and seemed passive in his behavior.

“okay. Mr. Lee Kun-woo, the reason I asked to see you today is because I have a few questions for you.”

“What are you trying to ask?”

“It’s nothing. What kind of company is Hermes Telecom, what is its outlook, etc… I also researched this and that on my own, but I think it would be best to ask the person who is currently working.”

“Is that all?”

“yes?”

Lee Jung-ho did not understand Lee Kun-woo’s words for a moment.

“ah···. sorry. I thought you were scouting me again…”

“ah. I didn’t come with that intention, but if you’re kind to me today, I’ll take good care of Nam-shik Cho, the executive director of Myeongseong Electronics, whom I serve.”

“haha···. I was looking forward to being alone. I thought I could get out of this damn company…”

Lee Kun-woo sighed softly as he blurted out his last words.

And Lee Jung-ho was not going to miss it.

“Doesn’t it look good going to work?”

“Isn’t that just not good? It’s too hard.”

“What are you struggling with?”

“All small and medium-sized enterprises in our country are like that. What. First of all, it is hard work. At least, large companies give a lot of money even if they do a lot of work, right?”

Lee Jung-ho put on a troubled expression at Lee Kun-woo’s explicit words, but nodded.

“And the hardest thing is that what I do is completely useless.”

“Isn’t it useless?”

“Did you know that Hermes Telecom is the world’s first CDMA mobile phone?”

“Of course I know.”

I couldn’t have known if I didn’t know.

Because it was reported in the newspapers and news.

“But if you look at it, it’s all hollow gangjeong.”

“A hollow gangjeong?”

“Our company has very few technologies. All of them are from foreign companies. There is a landlord who has never seen his face properly, but that waterlord solved everything with money.”

Lee Jeong-ho nodded.

It was clear that the foreign company Lee Kun-woo was talking about was Qualcomm.

He knew it well because he had tried to contact Qualcomm several times.

“I bet you, this company definitely won’t last long.”

“Why do you think so?”

“The company does not have a single system, and all technologies are borrowed. And do you know what we, the research department, do?”

“What do you do?”

“I do chores every day. The reason I’m late today is because I was organizing documents that have nothing to do with communication technology. They said they put us in because we needed to get a business license from the government.”

Lee Kun-woo’s expression was not very good.

Lee Jeong-ho looked at him and opened his mouth.

“But the rumors I heard from the media and experts were very good. It is a promising company for the future.”

“That’s all rumors about the boss scattering money all over the place. don’t you know? How does it come back if you pour money hard into the media? And experts? How many telecom experts are there in your country? They all made it.”

Even after that, Lee Kun-woo continued to say bad words about Hermes Telecom for a long time.

Lee Jeong-ho listened to the words with a calm face, but inside he was delighted.

‘This is why companies without fundamentals cannot work. It is certain that Hermes will self-destruct if left alone.’

Lee Kun-woo poured out his dissatisfaction as if he was doing it for the past.

Some of the complaints were trivial, but important ones were often mixed in, and Lee Jeong-ho memorized them one by one in his head in order to convey them to Jo Nam-sik.

“You must be really struggling. I hear you.”

“You want to go already?”

“yes. sorry. I have to go to work soon.”

“Then, please tell the manager about me. I want to leave this company as soon as possible.”

“yes. Let’s have a good talk.”

After Lee Jeong-ho said goodbye to Lee Kun-woo, he immediately took a taxi back to Myeongseong Electronics.

Hermes is nothing more than a show put on by a rich rich man.

Then Myungsung thought he should hold on to a longer-term plan.

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After breaking up with Lee Jung-ho, Lee Kun-woo returned to Hermes Telecom.

Was it because he was stabbed by his conscience after shaking off his company swearing?

I was worried that someone would see me, so I kept looking around and took the elevator.

Beep-

Hermes Telecom’s wireless research team is located on the 7th floor.

However, Lee Kun-woo pressed the top floor.

Arriving on the top floor, Lee Kun-woo made his way to the innermost office.

While heading to the office, the waist that had been stooping straightened, and the appearance of walking without confidence was nowhere to be found, and walked confidently into the office.

Miru, who was standing in front of the office, looked at Lee Kun-woo and bowed her head.

“Director. Are you here?”

“yes. I don’t even remember how long it’s been since I didn’t move with Miru. Whoops.”

Lee Kun-woo, or Yun Ho-young, handed over the thick glasses he was wearing to Mi-ru.

“Did you do what you wanted to do?”

Hoyoung smiled.

“sure. It went really well. I didn’t know, but I think I have some talent for acting.”

“If Director has good looks and acting skills, the Korean entertainment industry will probably change.”

“Oh, I can’t joke. All right.”

“I’m not joking, I’m serious.”

“All right. I know.”

Hoyeong and Miru looked at each other and laughed out loud hahaha.