The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

29. An offer you can’t refuse (2)

“refuse? Do you know what you are rejecting now?!”

After taking a deep breath, Hoyoung said firmly.

“after···. I know.”

“30 months is by no means a short time!”

“He knows too.”

Hoyoung’s eyes were calm.

Rather, the pupils of the sapper were trembling incessantly.

In fact, it wasn’t that Hoyoung wasn’t worried about his military service.

‘But it’s not that there is no way.’

It was said that in his previous life, he did his duty without knowing anything, but now that he knows, there are plenty of other ways.

There was also a way to go to graduate school and do alternative service as a professional research agent, and if necessary, serve as an air force officer so that I could use my personal time after work.

“Aren’t you aware of the distinct advantage of a three-stroke hitter? Why the hell not?”

“Because the advantages are as clear as the disadvantages. Many users are already accustomed to the two-stroke type. If you suddenly force three meals, there will be a huge backlash.”

“Hmm···.”

Dr. Gong Byeong-ju’s forehead deepened.

While preparing a letter of recommendation for a company designated for military service, he did not even consider this case.

“I am fully aware of the possibility of the three-course ceremony. But the most important thing is the consumer’s choice.”

“That’s why the quality of the three meals is higher…”

“Director.”

Hoyoung stopped Gong Byung-ju from trying to explain something more.

“First of all, I apologize for interrupting my speech. But don’t force it.”

“Goodbye… Is that what you think?”

“sorry.”

The engineer lowered his head to the ground helplessly.

For some reason, I thought that Byung-ju Gong had become smaller in a short time.

“but···.”

“yes?”

“I admit that the three-stroke typewriter is not off the same level as the two-stroke typewriter.”

Gong Byung-ju raised his head again and looked at Ho-young.

Eyes that seemed to have died.

Hoyoung looked him in the eyes and continued.

“Even now, when you buy a computer, you are given two keyboards as a matter of course.”

“right!”

“But, as I said before, I see a lot of potential in three-stroke typewriters. So why not give consumers a choice?”

“chance?”

At Hoyoung’s words, the light gradually returned to Dr. Gong Byungju’s eyes.

“It is not possible to change the Korean input method to three-bolt type. As I said before, it is an act of coercion on consumers who are already accustomed to the double meal. However, we will publicize the ceremony extensively.”

“You’re promoting…?”

“yes. It is to give consumers information about the three-stroke hitter. I think most of the users are unaware of the existence of the three-key keyboard.”

In fact, Gong Byung-ju lacked publicity and marketing awareness.

For that reason, the method Hoyoung suggested was a little interesting.

“If the publicity is good enough, people will choose between two- and three-bolt keyboards. When that happens, then the competition begins.”

Gong Byung-ju swallowed dry saliva.

“If you have that much confidence in the three-beol-sik, you’re officially competing with the two-beol-sik. Are you sure you don’t have the confidence to win?”

At Hoyeong’s last words, the engineer’s eyes flashed.

It was hard to believe the eyes of an old man in his 80s.

There was a glimmer of sympathy in his eyes.

Gong Byung-ju glanced at Ho-yeong.

Hoyoung seemed to have more to say.

“And one of the biggest drawbacks of the three-way keyboard is that the three-way input method is not printed on the keyboard. How would you like to make a three-way keyboard and give one as a free gift when you buy a computer?”

“haha···.”

Dr. Gong Byung-ju laughed silently.

Hoyoung also quietly waited for Dr. Gong Byungju’s response.

“jackanapes.”

“sorry. I just said no to the director’s request…”

“It is done! Is it because I was too greedy? You must die when you are old.”

However, contrary to his words, the sapper’s face was quite bright.

“Yes, publicity, publicity. I didn’t even think about that important thing and I thought about forcing it on people, so this is senility, senility.”

“no. I am really sorry for saying this in such a cheeky way.”

“I don’t believe it when I say I’m sorry with that kind of expression, you bastard.”

When Gong Byeong-ju smiled broadly and spoke, Ho-young also smiled and stood up.

“Then may I wake up first? I need to discuss what I just said with the people at the company as soon as possible.”

“Yes, now you owe me nothing.”

“thank you.”

Hoyeong was about to leave the director’s office in peace.

It’s not that the letter of recommendation from a company designated for military service is not regrettable, but I made an effort to move forward.

“Have you forgotten something?”

The moment Ho-yeong grabbed the doorknob of the director’s office and was about to open the door, Gong Byung-ju spoke to Ho-young.

“yes?”

“Why don’t you take this! It was made for you in the first place.”

Gong Byeong-ju picked up a courtesy letter of recommendation and handed it back to Ho-yeong.

“Director!”

“What do you keep calling me grossly?”

Hoyeong called for Gong Byung-ju in a voice full of emotion, but Gong Byung-ju answered bluntly.

“thank you!”

Hoyeong bowed her head deeply to express her gratitude.

Gong Byung-ju smiled, wondering what made him feel so good.

Today, Hoyoung crossed one of the biggest mountains in her life.

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It was Lee Jin-chan who was most excited about the news of the company designated for military service.

“Wow. Shouldn’t we have a party today? Hoyoung-ah, you really suffered a lot. And Jintaek! You’ve been through a lot too!”

Lee Jin-chan conveyed the history of public affairs to Jin-taek following Ho-yeong.

If Kim Jin-taek hadn’t opened up a good relationship with the Hangeul Cultural Center, nothing like today would have happened.

“By the way, do you think seniors like you the most? You’ve already served in the military, right?”

“It’s not me, but now Hoyeong and our staff can continue to work together. How could I not be happy?”

“But senpai, this is not necessarily a good thing. Good food always attracts flies.”

At Hoyoung’s words, Lee Jinchan’s expression became a bit serious.

“There may be pressure from the political world or high-ranking officials.”

“Employees who are not enthusiastic may apply to resolve military service.”

Lee Jin-chan nodded.

“I will be more thorough in personnel management in the future.”

“I’ll try to come up with a countermeasure for what will happen next.”

“Yes, this is not the time to be like this. I should go to the Military Manpower Administration and find out what the necessary documents and methods are.”

“Senior, please take good care of me.”

“haha. Did you see me make a mistake like this?”

Just like Lee Jin-chan’s confidence, he has recently shown more excellent work handling skills.

Hoyoung thought to himself that he would have done really well even if he went to business administration.

After a while, Lee Jin-chan left, and Ho-young visited the office of Development Team 2 where Kim Joo-jung worked.

“senior. Did you schedule a meeting with Nintendo?”

“Are you Hoyoung? First of all, the meeting was scheduled for next week, and the visa application was made today.”

At that time, visa-free entry into Japan was not implemented, so it was necessary to obtain a visa to enter Japan.

Fortunately, visa issuance came out quickly for Koreans.

“How did you plan on how to negotiate?”

“Well···. hard actually. Nintendo is a company that is known for squeezing third parties out of it, so I wonder if they’ll even try to supply us with games.”

“Do you know why I offered to take no commission for three years?”

Hearing Hoyoung’s words, he said with a slight smile.

“But, it’s not that there isn’t another way.”

“How?”

“Nintendo will probably launch a new 16-bit console in the near future.”

Hoyoung nodded.

According to his memory, in 1990, Nintendo released a new game console, the Super Famicom.

Even now, Nintendo, which is raising its share price with the Famicom, will grow further thanks to the Super Famicom.

“I’ve heard about that too.”

“Then, how about putting our Kronos on the game machine and using it?”

“Kronos?”

“okay. Strictly speaking, it’s not a third-party contract to convert it to Kronos. If Cronos is used as an operating system for a new game machine, of course, games should be developed according to Cronos. It goes without saying that development tools for Chronos are also provided.”

Jujeong’s idea was novel.

After thinking for a moment, Hoyoung opened her mouth.

“But it seems realistically impossible. By default, you need at least 12 MB of space to install Kronos. If all new game machines are equipped with hard disks of that size, the cost will rise enormously.”

“haha. Hoyoung. That’s the capacity you need when you need the entire Kronos.”

“ah···!”

In an instant, Hoyoung realized what Jujeong wanted to say.

“I’ll have to prepare a simplified version with minimal storage space and minimal game execution.”

“right!”

Hoyoung nodded her head.

There are not so many functions that are needed in a home game machine.

In the future, I would install various applications for the latest game consoles and do other activities such as surfing the Internet, but at this time, it was great if only the game ran well.

“It seems to be a feasible story if you do not implement various devices necessary to configure and execute a word processor or GUI interface while maintaining the strength of resource management and the characteristics of maximizing hardware performance of Chronos. In addition, since it runs on the basis of Chronos, it will be possible to use it on the official Chronos as well.”

“As expected, you’re smart, you understand it at once after hearing a word.”

“Your idea was really good.”

Hoyoung was sincerely impressed.

He also seemed like a person who would later start a company that would grow globally.

“Then, we should immediately deliver the related information to the Kronos development team.”

“For now, wouldn’t it be better to just tell them that things will go like this? First of all, we have to have a meeting next week to get it right.”

Hoyoung looked straight into Kim Joojung’s eyes and said.

“I have no doubt that you will bring successful results.”

“yes?”

“We will start working right away. I’ve been a bit free these days because I’m only concerned with the maintenance and repairs of the Kronos development team, but I’ll be busy again after a long time.”

And he smiled very happily.

If the Kronos development team had seen Hoyoung’s expression, they would have felt chills.

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A week passed, Kim Joo-jung received a visa without difficulty and left for Japan.

Ho-young wanted to go to Japan with him in case something unexpected happened, but he couldn’t go with him because something more important happened.

Ho-young soothed his regret by asking Mi-ru to drive Kim Joo-jung to the airport.

“Director. Shall we go back to the office first?”

Miru asked Hoyoung, who had sent Kim Jujeong.

“no. No need to go to the office. Please go straight to the Dell computer.”

“Yep. All right.”

The car carrying Hoyoung headed to Gangnam.

Fortunately, there was no traffic jam.

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Upon arriving at the Dell office building, Hoyoung was guided by the information desk staff and took the elevator up to the branch manager’s office where Francis was working.

Ding Dong-

The elevator arrived and the door opened.

“Hoyeong. Welcome. Are you here sooner than expected?”

“I was able to come right away because there was no traffic jam.”

Francis greeted Hoyeong in front of the elevator door, as if he had been warned by the receptionist in advance.

“Shall we go right in? You are waiting.”

“All right.”

Francis strode over and opened the door to the governor’s office.

In the branch manager’s office, a white man was happy to see Ho-yeong.

“Hoyeong! Long time no see.”

“What have you been up to here without saying you were coming?”

Hoyoung shook hands with Baekin happily.

“ha ha ha. I came here once while on vacation. It was a lot farther than I thought. Above all, I have a chance to meet our major shareholder.”

“Anyway, welcome. I’m really glad too. Michael Dell.”

The white man who came to see Hoyoung was Michael Dell.

He should be in America, but for some reason, he flew all the way to Korea to meet Ho-yeong.