The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

10. The real purpose of coming to America

After successfully receiving the winnings from the lottery division, Hoyoung and Smith escaped and stopped by BOA (Bank Of America) again.

This time it was to deliver the reward to Smith.

Hoyoung transferred $350,000 without hesitation.

“Whew. You deposited the reward coolly. Thank you for your hard work.”

Hoyoung couldn’t answer Smith’s words.

When he felt the inconvenience of having to stop by the bank to make a bank transfer, he fell into a new thought.

‘We need to monopolize internet banking. Before that, wireless internet… No, from the Internet before that…’

“Mr. Yoon?”

“Ah! I’m sorry. I was thinking about something else for a while.”

“Is there anything else you need? I postponed all of today’s schedules anyway, and if it’s simple, I’ll help you today.”

Smith gave Ho-young a favor, thinking that Ho-yeong had other concerns and was lost in thought.

“I need an investment professional who can control my money.”

“Are you an investment expert?”

And it wasn’t Hoyoung who would betray that favor.

In fact, finding an investment expert was something I had in mind since Korea.

It was after he had already secured a list of people who were on a winning streak as investors in the future through Gaia.

However, the only information Gaia had was external information such as news and newspapers.

“Hmm… are you going to invest the full $30 million?”

“Yes. We plan to invest most of it.”

“Any investor would be welcome for that amount. Are there any investors you have identified or decided on?”

“No. We have a few people in mind, but we haven’t made any decisions.”

“Then, let me ask you this. What is the first virtue of an investor that you look at? Market trends? Quick work? Work flexibility?”

All of the things Smith said were essential skills for professional investors, but Hoyoung had something else in mind.

“I put morality first.”

It wasn’t a difficult investment for Hoyoung to ask the investor to do.

A trustworthy person who only invests well where Hoyoung tells him to invest, and who can withdraw well when told to withdraw.

Since he was mainly going to be in Korea, he wanted to be a moral person who would protect his money in the United States.

Hearing Hoyoung’s words, Smith pondered for a moment on which of his connections to recommend.

“Then there is one person I can think of…”

“Who is that?”

“I’m a friend who currently works at JP Morgan Dallas. Originally, I was a friend who worked on Wall Street, but I was assigned here a while ago.”

Hoyoung’s eyes sparkled at the name JP Morgan.

It was one of the companies I was aiming for in the first place.

“What’s your name?”

“The investor’s name is Erick.”

“Eric!”

Hoyoung was surprised to hear Eric’s name.

Eric was one of the investment experts who found Gaia and put him in the list of candidates.

He is a person who will later become famous as an investor who earns stable and steady profits.

“Have you ever heard the name?”

“I think I heard it a few times by accident.”

“It’s understandable. He’s a pretty famous guy on Wall Street.”

Smith passed Hoyoung’s reaction casually.

“Wait a minute. I’ll try to get in touch with you right now.”

Smith went straight to the phone booth on the street, opened his notebook, checked the phone number, and called Eric.

Some people in the United States had cell phones during this era, but Smith did not carry a cell phone because it was too heavy.

Eric soon got a call from Smith.

“Hello? Erick? It’s me Smith”

– Smith? What’s up. I’m calling you all at this hour.

“Did we really have to call each other for something?”

– Seeing you talk like that, you’re really talking about work. What are you doing today, lawyer?

“There is someone I want to introduce to you. Is this time okay?”

– Introduce? Are you an investor?

“Yes. I called because I wanted to introduce you to an investor.”

– Do you know roughly how much the operating amount is? If it’s a small amount, I’m busy with company work these days…

“I think it will be around thirty million dollars.”

– ……!

Eric was speechless for a moment.

It was because I thought of an investment of around $100,000 at most.

– Where are you now? I’ll go there right away.

“Now I’m at the BOA next to City Hall. Let’s go to the cafe right next door.”

– I see.

After hanging up the phone, Smith approached Hoyoung with a bright face.

“Mr. Yoon. I’ve put in contact with a competent friend who works at JP Morgan’s Dallas branch. I asked you to come over here. Do you have any time?”

“it’s okay.”

Tomorrow was the day Hoyoung finished his stopover and boarded a plane to Austin.

I had plenty of time today.

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A street cafe next to the bank.

It was past three in the afternoon, and no one was sitting in the cafe.

“W Eric here!”

Eric arrived at the cafe in less than 30 minutes.

It was thanks to the fact that he took a taxi in a hurry to catch a customer worth 30 million dollars.

A young-looking Asian man was sitting next to Smith in the cafe.

‘Could it be that the Asian next to me is a customer? It’s difficult if it’s a joke.’

For a moment, Eric asks, is Smith playing a practical joke? I thought.

However, he was a pro who went through all the pre-natal battles on Wall Street.

He shook Hoyoung’s hand with a smile, not revealing his intentions at all.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Eric. I’m currently working for JP Morgan.”

“Yes. Nice to meet you too. I heard what Smith said. My name is Yun Ho-young. If you have trouble pronouncing Ho-young, please call me Mr. Yoon.”

Polite attitude and near-perfect English skills.

Eric thought he did well not to judge people based on their first impressions.

“Let’s go. Now that you’ve exchanged greetings, shall we go straight to the point?”

Like Smith, who considers time to be gold, he kept the conversation between the two from leaking.

“Okay. I’ve heard the investment is roughly $30 million. Is that correct?”

“Yes. That’s right. We plan to invest that amount now.”

Eric swallowed at Hoyoung’s words.

The amount he was currently handling at JP Morgan’s Dallas branch was around $15 million.

In addition, if Hoyoung was entrusted with up to $30 million, the amount managed within the company could be ranked in the top ranks, and in that case, it could be reassigned to the Wall Street branch.

“Then, first of all, I will introduce the funds and returns that I deal with at JP Morgan.”

“Wait.”

“Why is that?”

“What I want to do is not invest in JPMorgan.”

“Then what’s going on?”

Eric barely suppressed his slight anger.

If it’s not about investing, why did you call him?

“Don’t get me wrong. It’s true that I’m investing.”

“What have you been talking about since before?”

“I established an investment corporation.”

“Is it an investment corporation?”

“Yes. We are here to help you manage the investment in the investment corporation.”

Eric looked at Hoyoung with a puzzled expression.

Hoyoung didn’t care about Eric’s eyes and continued talking.

“I will pay you $5,000 per month.”

“$5,000 a month for managing my personal assets? Are you kidding me? My monthly salary now is over $30,000.”

“You don’t have to be a full-time manager of my corporation. You don’t have to quit what you’re doing.”

The more I heard Hoyeong’s words, the more absurd it was.

“I don’t want much. I have to go back to my home country soon. That’s why it’s enough to be able to invest and withdraw when I want locally. I don’t do short-term investments, so there’s little work. That’s why I won’t be in touch often. If I have to say… I’ll be in touch about once every three or four days.”

At Hoyoung’s words, Eric was troubled.

Certainly $5,000 a month wasn’t too much money for him. However, as Hoyoung said, it was a lot of money on the condition of doing investment activities once every 3-4 days.

“Hmm···.”

“Since I invest myself, I will never ask for damages for investment failure. However, if the investment goes well, I will provide incentives.”

Eric listened to Hoyoung’s words and thought that this 5,000-dollar side job with nothing to lose was quite good.

Eric shook hands with Hoyoung.

“Okay. Thank you very much.”

“We will deliver the first investment and amount within a few days. Where can I contact you?”

“Give me this way. If it’s past 5:00 PM, you can call me at home.”

Eric handed Hoyoung a business card.

“OK. Thank you.”

Although the meeting was short, Hoyoung thought it was a very beneficial meeting.

“Now then, I will arrange the contract between Mr. Yoon and Eric as an agent. This is a service.”

Smith looked at Hoyoung and said with a wink in his eyes.

Hoyoung considered himself lucky to have signed a lawyer contract with Smith.

Things were going well in America thanks to my initial choice of Smith.

“Then Eric, it’s been a while since we signed a contract, but can I ask you a favor?”

“What is your request?”

“Could you put an investment proposal and a meeting proposal in the company I am talking about? I hope the meeting time is tomorrow afternoon.”

Eric listened to Hoyoung’s words and tilted his head.

“Won’t you hate it if the company schedules tomorrow’s meeting right now?”

“No need to worry about that. They will be waiting anxiously for investors.”

Understanding Hoyoung’s words at once, Eric nodded his head broadly.

“Does this sound like a company struggling with financial difficulties?”

“It is not.”

“then?”

“The owner of the company I will invest in is a greedy person.”

“Are you greedy?”

Eric’s expression was full of curiosity once again.

“Now the company is growing smoothly, but the owner is not satisfied with the current situation. They must be looking for a way to grow to a conglomerate level at once.”

“What the hell is the name of that company?”

“This company participated in Comdex last year and made a name for itself by selling a 12Mz computer, which is faster than IBM’s 256 computer 6Mz, at half the price of IBM.”

Having said this, Eric, an incumbent investment manager, noticed something.

“I know where it is. You mean the company founded by a nerd at the University of Texas Medical School.”

“Exactly. The name of the company I want to invest in is Dell Computer.”

Dell computer.

Until last year, it was a computer sales company called Pc’s Limited, and last year it changed its name to Dell Computer after its founder.

It was the ultimate purpose of Hoyoung’s coming to America.

“The person I am meeting is Michael Dell. He is the founder of Dell Computer.”