The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

24. No one is insignificant.

In the car heading to Seongnam, Hoyoung opened the window.

The cold wind of February awakened Hoyoung’s spirit.

“Director. What are you going to Seongnam for?”

Seongnam was a neighborhood that was no different from the symbol of Daldongne.

A place where people who were kicked out of the illegal shantytown in Seoul lived by building houses on the ridge.

Currently, people lived together in Moran and Sinheung-dong, which are close to Seoul, and there were many people who were still farming even if they went down a little bit.

“I’m going to buy some land.”

“You mean the land of Seongnam?”

“Yes. Can you go this way for now?”

Hoyoung picked up the map and showed it to Miru.

Miru replied that she would know if she had a rough idea, and headed towards her destination.

After a while, Mi-ru, who drove as Ho-yeong led, was embarrassed.

I thought I would buy the land in a neighborhood with many people, but it was because I came to a place where rice paddies and fields are spread wide, and I can see hills in between.

“Director. Is this the right place?”

“Yes. Welcome.”

At that time, a man in thick clothes spotted Hoyoung from a distance and waved his hand.

“Are you Yun Ho-young?”

“That’s right. I said I was on time, but since it was my first trip, I was about 5 minutes late.”

“It’s okay. Shall we look at the ground first?”

He was the owner of Bokdeokbang, whom Hoyeong had hired in advance.

“No. Actually, I don’t think I need to see the ground. I need to know how to look.”

“then···?”

Hoyeong opened the map and pointed to the Bundang-dong and Jeongja-dong areas in Bundang-gu.

“I would like to buy land owned by companies or those who have invested in Seoul among those who own land in this area.”

At Hoyeong’s words, the owner of the Bokdeokbang called out joy inwardly.

As usual, the area Hoyeong had pointed out had a lot of things for sale.

When the government said it was preparing for the first phase of a new city, the wealthy and companies in Seoul had invested heavily in Seoul’s satellite cities.

However, as only Pyeongchon, Jungdong, and Sanbon were announced at the time of the announcement last year, Seongnam fell into Aemul Complex.

“Then how true is the land?”

“I will calculate the amount rather than the area. Bundang-dong will cost 1 billion, and Jeongja-dong will cost 500 million.”

“1.5 billion!”

Upon hearing the amount, the owner of the Bokdeokbang store became greedy.

‘How much is the brokerage fee if it is 1.5 billion?’

He wanted to sign a contract as soon as possible.

But it was the same for Hoyoung.

In the official announcement of the first new city in April, the government announced Bundang and Ilsan as if it were a lie.

It was the moment when the land in Bundang, which had been a nuisance because it could not be sold until a month before the announcement, turned into gold.

“We will proceed as quickly as possible.”

“please.”

After finishing his work in Bundang, Hoyoung moved to Pangyo.

“Boss. Are you trying to buy land here too?

The bokdeokbang owner hurriedly said.

At this time, Pangyo was a rural area with streams flowing and most of the residents doing field farming.

Hoyeong got out of the car and looked around the wide open fields and fields.

Hoyoung had a strange feeling.

The place where he is standing was the place where Pangyo Techno Valley would later be built.

“How much does it cost around here?”

“Here, it’s only about 5,000 won per pyeong. In the case of forests, there are cases where they are sold for 2,000 won per pyeong.”

Hoyoung smiled.

“Then, as much as you can live around here. Would you like to purchase the land? The funding limit is 500 million won.”

“Is it 500 million won?”

It was natural for the owner of the bokdeokbang to be surprised.

“Yes. Please. And if there are people who are engaged in agriculture here, you can live as much as you need without having to kick them out.”

“Then are you going to be rented?”

“Yes, but I want to receive the minimum tax to protect my land rights.

“All right.”

The owner of Bokdeokbang thought of Hoyoung as Hogu.

To say they would even purchase land worthless that could only be used as farmland, and that they would pay the minimum rent.

However, Hoyoung had a different idea.

Although it takes a lot of time, there is an 8-lane round-trip road here, and huge buildings are created on both sides of it.

Hoyoung just needs to wait until that time comes.

‘Infrastructure is created by the country.’

Hoyeong recalled the future development of Pangyo.

The appearance of many buildings.

‘I will build the biggest and most massive building here.’

After Hoyoung made a promise to herself, she smiled and got into the car.

“Now. The outing is over. Shall we go back to the studio?”

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It’s been a while since all the employees have been off work without overtime.

Except for Hoyoung, the original members of Hangeul and People had a drinking party in the break room.

“Big-“

“Jin-chan, why are you drinking so quickly?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve had a drink. You have to drink it quickly to get drunk quickly.”

Lee Jin-chan smiled and said.

“It’s been months since we all sat around like this, right?”

“Hasn’t it been almost a year? It was before we even started the Kronos project.”

They looked around the office with renewed emotion.

“It’s amazing to see that all the things we talked about at that time are being carried out smoothly.”

Woo Hyeong-jin, who had been quiet, opened his mouth.

Because he usually doesn’t talk much and doesn’t express his opinions, the resonance was felt even louder.

“It’s exactly what you said. The company developed rapidly and hired a lot of employees. Besides, Hangeul is selling well, and we signed a contract with the government.”

“In addition, if only the Kronos we are developing now is completed, we will be able to make even greater progress.”

Everyone drank in a cheerful mood.

We were supposed to take a day off tomorrow, so everyone got drunk to their heart’s content.

It was all encouraging for a company that was on a winning streak.

Except for one person.

Hoyoung found Wonsik Kim who said nothing with a slightly dark expression.

“Senior. Is something bad happening?”

“Ugh no. It’s nothing.”

“What’s nothing? Just looking at your face, you think there’s something there?”

Won-sik said it was nothing, but everyone felt he was strange.

In particular, Woo Hyeong-jin, who is also a close friend of Kim Won-sik, pushed Won-sik.

“It’s just… I want everyone to be great.”

“yes?”

Kim Won-sik passed a glass of soju with a tap and continued.

“Hoyeong is amazing no matter who sees it. You are truly a genius. Actually, it’s not an exaggeration to say that I came this far thanks to you.”

“Senior, I…”

“And Chanjin-senpai is a cool executive now, no matter who sees it, and Jintaek is also a key player in the development of Cronos. Hyungjin was in charge of Hangeul 1.0, which we made.”

No one could easily answer Kim Won-shik’s words.

“But I’m only in charge of collaboration work, and I don’t play any pivotal role. You guys are so amazing. I think that I was able to move in now not because I was good at it, but because I started with you first. I’m a developer. I’m not very good at it…”

The inferiority complex that Ho-yeong had been concerned about in the past from Jin-taek erupted elsewhere.

No one knew that Won-sik would be thinking like this since he had been silently doing his job without showing any sign of difficulty.

“I’m sorry. I was drunk and ruined the mood.”

Won-shik smiled and said in an effort to alleviate the calm atmosphere.

When Hoyoung was about to say something, Jinchan spoke first.

“Wonshik. I didn’t know you would think that way.”

“I’m sorry. Senior.”

“But you know what? I’m like a manager? Hahaha. I really can’t do anything without you guys.”

Everyone paid attention to Jin-chan this time.

“Especially you, you seem to be the only one who doesn’t grasp your own strengths.”

“What are my strengths?”

Kim Won-sik asked again as he poured alcohol into the empty soju glass presented by Jin-chan.

“It’s true. I think everyone has the same development skills. Oh, yes. Except for Hoyeong, you are an exception.”

A small smile spread across Jin-chan’s cheeky face.

“By the way. Reference rate is the most difficult thing for me.”

“Attunement?”

“Yes. Tuning itself means adjusting properly and appropriately. But to the world, ‘appropriate’. Where else is there a word as ambiguous as ‘deserved’?”

Everyone nodded their heads at Jinchan’s words.

“But what you do is coordination after all. In particular, establish a cooperative relationship between departments, properly adjust the number of people when there is a shortage or overflow of Hangeul and Chronos development teams, and also communicate the needs or requirements of developers well to the administrative department. Hand it over. Do you think this is a small thing?”

Kim Won-sik shook his head, looking only at the glass to see if he felt something.

Lee Jin-chan put his hand on Won-shik’s shoulder and said.

“Yes. No one is insignificant. And none of your actions are insignificant. All of our actions add up to develop us.”

Lee Jin-chan finished talking, but no one opened his mouth.

Even Kim Won-sik seemed to have slightly moistened eyes.

“Huh? Are you crying?”

“No? You’re not crying?”

“Eh? He’s crying? Guys, he’s crying, he’s crying!”

The atmosphere turned around again at Lee Jin-chan’s joke.

It was only then that everyone started laughing and started drinking loudly again.

Hoyoung also passed the drink comfortably.

Maybe because I drank a lot, I laughed out loud.

he was happy

It was really a new pleasure to work with people in collaboration.

‘Everyone is doing better than I thought.’

Hoyeong looked back at her seniors.

I was not sure because I had no experience of being with someone until I first joined a computer research club to develop Hangeul and start a business.

But now I am certain.

Kim Won-sik’s inferiority complex all came from the desire to do well.

Lee Jin-chan’s consolation also came from responsibility and sincerity.

Woo Hyung-jin and Kim Jin-taek were also working sincerely.

“Let’s eat and die today. From the day after tomorrow, there will be no holidays again for a while!”

“No alcohol? Get me some more!”

“I bought them in pairs in the warehouse.”

“As expected, it’s Hoyeong. It’s amazing!”

Everyone smiled brightly.

Kim Won-sik was also smiling, as if he had shaken off some of the burden in his heart.

The night was getting darker, and I was getting drunker.

As the night deepens, as the alcohol gets drunk, their relationship deepens.

And true synergy comes from that relationship.

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The development of Kronos was moving towards completion faster than expected.

Hoyoung’s role was key, but it was thanks to the presence of competent employees, including Kim Jin-taek.

– Hoyoung! You just successfully placed a bid. We are also in charge of distributing PCs for information education in rural areas.

Hoyeong smiled at Francis’ phone call.

In the meantime, there was another piece of good news.

It also won the right to supply PCs necessary for information education for rural residents supervised by the Korea Information Culture Center.

It is a business to operate a computer classroom by remodeling post offices in rural areas, and this business also needed educational PCs, and Dell Computer took over the business.

“Of course you will need educational software, right?”

– Absolutely. This educational software is not a bidding type, but a method of selection by us. What···. Need to look at another company’s software?

“Haha! If other companies submit, of course you should see it. There’s no way they’re better than us.”

– That’s why I think it’s a waste of time. ha ha ha!

“See you soon.”

– yes. I’ll come find you.

After hanging up the phone with Francis, Hoyoung’s eyes lit up.

‘It’s three months until the spread of PCs. Complete Kronos within two months.’

After stretching, he sat back down and began to concentrate on his work.

No matter how good software is, if people don’t use it, it’s a joke.

And people have a habit of not changing things that they used to have.

So publicity is important.

The most effective method during publicity is a shocking debut.

‘The day Dell Computer debuts in Korea is the day Kronos debuts.’

Hoyoung had no doubts about Cronos’ successful debut.