The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

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In 1990, ECEC was by far the top topic throughout the event was Chronos.

The line at the H&H booth showed no signs of diminishing.

“The organizers gave us permission to expand the booth because there are too many people here! It will be three times bigger than it is now.”

Lee Jin-chan, who went to the ECEC operation headquarters, said excitedly.

“You’ve worked hard! Then we need to prepare to expand the booth. And we’ll need more computers as well. There’s still a lot of time left for the exhibition, so I’ll go out quickly and get them.”

When Hoyoung was getting dressed to go out of the exhibition, Del called Hoyoung.

“Hoyoung. There’s no need for that. A little while ago, I contacted Dell Computer’s New York branch to airlift a PC.”

“Already?”

“And that computer will already have Kronos installed.”

Del smiled at Hoyoung’s reaction.

‘We can promote Dell computers together with users who came to experience Kronos just by supporting computers. He’s also a heavenly businessman.’

Hoyoung stuck out his tongue at Dell’s business instinct.

Dell provided not only computers, but also manpower to operate the booth.

Of course, they guided users wearing T-shirts with the logo of Dell Computer, not H&H.

The people of H&H, who were in no position to go out of their way to borrow even a cat’s hand, had no major complaints.

With this support, Dell is tantamount to imprinting on users that it is a cooperative relationship with H&H.

“Wow, the reaction speed is no joke.”

“There is no frustration at all that all programs run right away!”

Users responded generally positively.

The booth right next to H&H was Microsoft’s booth.

Bill Gates prepared to place the exhibition booth close to H&H.

It was intended to put pressure on H&H, but now it was backfiring.

“Have you been to the Microsoft booth? Windows 3.0 is too slow compared to Kronos.”

“Right. The time to run the word processor on Khronos was overwhelmingly faster than the time running on Windows 3.0.”

It’s a shame that Bill Gates left the scene, and if he had seen this scene, he would have been furious again.

However, Hoyoung had a slightly different idea.

‘As expected of Microsoft!’

Did you say that it is Junchi even if it rots?

Although Hoyoung was so overwhelming at the presentation, there were still quite long lines at Microsoft’s booth.

Some customers who stopped by Microsoft’s booth didn’t even line up at the H&H booth.

‘That’s a loyal customer.’

Looking at that line, Hoyoung vowed that H&H should become a company that can create such loyal customers.

Loyal customers are not created by making a one-time good product.

It only happens when you consistently introduce good products for a long period of years or decades.

Hoyoung drew the future of H&H while looking at Microsoft.

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A week has passed since ECEC ended.

H&H started selling in the US market in earnest the day after the exhibition ended, but sales did not explode as expected.

Rather, the sales of Windows 3.0, which was released at the same time, seemed to be higher.

“Don’t worry too much, senior. We’re just entering the market. This is enough for us to save.”

“Still, Windows 3.0, which followed us, is selling so well?”

“This is the strength that Microsoft has built up over the past 10 years. How is the patent litigation going?”

“Smith & Watsons agreed to take care of it.”

“Good job. Don’t worry too much.”

Despite Hoyeong’s words, Lee Jinchan’s expression showed no signs of improving.

At a time when the Internet had not yet become popular, aiming for a jackpot with just one performance in ECEC was greedy.

It was necessary to secure the market preoccupied by Windows by using active publicity and word of mouth containing users’ experiences.

In fact, Hoyoung was satisfied with having a successful debut despite Bill Gates’ obstruction.

“Time will take care of the rest. We just have to work hard at what we do.”

“Okay. I’ll try to make additional contact with magazine ads or newspaper ads.”

“Good idea. Keep marketing going.”

“Okay. Then I’ll have to help the staff get ready to go to Korea.”

“Do you have a flight tomorrow morning?”

Jin-chan nodded.

H&H employees who came to the US for ECEC decided to return to Korea tomorrow.

Jin-chan decided to stay in New York to do marketing-related work, while Ho-young decided to stay and do personal work for a few more days.

“I’ll be back in a week. When do you think you’ll be back?”

“First of all, the return flight ticket is in 10 days. Depending on the situation, I think we can extend it a little bit. It’s not the time to come to America often now.”

“Yes. So, are you leaving right now?”

“Yes. I packed all my things and put them in the car.”

“Okay. If there’s a change in schedule or something happens, be sure to contact Korea.”

Lee Jin-chan nodded and said, then went to the hotel.

Watching him return to the hotel, Ho-young got into the waiting car.

“Boss! It reminds me of the old times since we’re driving alone in America.”

“That’s right. It’s already been two years.”

Miru welcomed Hoyeong.

“Then shall we take you to the airport right away?”

“Yes. Please.”

The car with Hoyoung in it slipped to the airport.

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“Is that true?”

“Yes. Exactly.”

Jo Jung-sik, the eldest son of the Myeongseong family and vice president of Myeongseong Mulsan, was surprised to hear the man standing in front of him.

“You mean H&H is really a Korean company? Where did it come from out of nowhere?!”

“This is a company that has not been established for a long time. The company called Hangeul and People is the predecessor.”

“Hangeul and people? Isn’t that the word processor company that watered you down?”

Cho Jung-sik is currently affiliated with Mulsan, but he was interested in the IT industry.

Because of this, I was well aware that Kyu-Hyun Kim had lost the educational software business because of Hangeul and other people.

Kim Gyu-hyeon was deeply troubled by thoughts of the past at Jo Jung-sik’s words, but he did not try to express it.

“you’re right.”

“Hmm… is that so?”

The reason why he is interested in the IT industry is because his younger brother Jo Nam-sik, who is favored by his father, is the managing director of Myeongseong Electronics.

Cho Jung-sik had no doubts that Myeongseong Electronics would be the leading horse to lead a huge reputation in the future.

For this reason, he was constantly looking at trends in the IT industry in order to get his father’s recognition and acquire Myeongseong Electronics.

“This fact. Does Namsik know?”

“I don’t know yet. I came to the vice president first before going up to see the managing director.”

The man smiled and said.

This man was Kyuhyun Kim.

Kim Gyu-hyun emphasized the fact that he came before Jo Nam-sik, perhaps because he wanted to receive praise.

“Yes. Good job.”

“Thank you, Vice President.”

After the failure of the educational software supply business, Jo Nam-shik neglected Kim Gyu-hyeon.

The position of manager of the IT division was not dismissed, but he was deliberately given only difficult tasks, such as sending various overseas business trips and mainly doing outside work.

Jo Jung-sik secretly approached Kim Kyu-hyun, who seemed to have a rope named Cho Nam-sik, and Kim Kyu-hyun has been working secretly as Jo Jung-sik’s henchman since that day.

“I want H&H to hide the achievements it showed at this ECEC as much as possible from Namsik… I mean, it was just that it was meaningful to participate.”

“If that’s what the Vice President wants, then I will.”

Kyuhyun Kim lowered his head and said.

“And thoroughly research the company H&H. And check if we can invest in the company.”

“Yes. I understand.”

When Jo Jung-sik heard of H&H’s performance in ECEC, he thought that he could use this company to eat.

‘If you use an outside company to destroy reputation software, Jo Jung-sik will lose his father’s trust completely.’

His father, Jo Hee-chang, was a cold-hearted man.

Cho Nam-sik had already failed in both the educational PC distribution business and the software supply business, and had lost his father’s trust in the IT field.

‘If Namsik fails a little more, I can get rid of him altogether, then I can get everything in my hands.’

Jo Jung-sik was collecting information and weaknesses of the Myungsung Electronics IT division step by step.

He was a greedy man.

Rather than sharing the whole thing, he preferred to take it all by himself, even if it was damaged.

As the eldest son, he had no intention of sharing his fame with Jo Nam-shik.

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The place where Hoyoung flew by plane was California.

“Miru, the appointment is tomorrow, so can we go somewhere else today?”

“As much as you like. Where do you take them?”

Hoyoung pointed to the southern part of San Francisco Bay on the map.

For decades, this place has been producing chips and semiconductors using silicon.

So people called this place ‘Silicon Valley’.

About two hours by car from the airport.

They were finally able to get to Silicon Valley.

“Mr. Miru. You’d better memorize the geography here from now on.”

“Okay. But is there a reason?”

“Ha ha. There will be a lot of things to come here from now on.”

Hoyoung looked out the window of the moving car.

There were also large buildings and buildings on both sides of the huge road with 10 round-trip lanes.

Hoyeong had the feeling that she wanted to visit every company she could see at least once.

Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Xerox and even Apple.

But today was not the time.

Hoyoung looked around Silicon Valley and captured this place in his eyes.

Promising that someday I will come here.

“Now, shall we go back now? Our destination is the Redwoods.”

“Redwood… Let’s see. I’ll have to fill it up. It’ll take a couple of hours.”

“I’m sorry for asking you to drive for so long.”

“Haha, no. I like to drive.”

Hoyeong buried herself in the car seat while listening to Miru’s joke.

In fact, my visit to Silicon Valley today was like a kind of ritual.

Until now, Hoyoung hadn’t done a single thing he wasn’t sure about.

Based on the known future information, he made the best decision, and the judgment was correct.

However, this time, for the first time, he was trying to do something with unpredictable results.

‘Will that person move according to my will? oops… no. Absolutely not.’

Hoyoung thought of him and shook his head.

“What are you doing in Redwood?”

Hoyeong woke up from her thoughts at Miru’s question.

“There is someone I need to meet at this point. I’ve arranged a meeting at his company.”

“Is this a company I know?”

“Um… Miru might not know that well. It’s not that famous. Do you know a company called Next?”

Miru listened to Hoyeong’s story, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

“Um… I’m not sure. What company is it?”

“It’s a company that makes computers. Now, it’s making higher-end workstations than regular computers.”

Miru tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

“Um… I’m not sure, but the director is going because it’s a promising company, right?”

“Haha. It’s the opposite here. I’m trying to go because I can’t go out right now.”

“yes?”

Hoyoung laughed and continued saying that Miru’s reaction with an absurd expression was interesting.

“NEXT isn’t a very successful company. But the people who built it are never met now.”

“Aha. Is that so?”

“The person who founded Next could be someone you might know just by hearing the name of Mirudo.”

“Is that so? Who is that?”

Hoyoung remembered his appearance.

Round glasses on a hard-looking face.

The image of him always wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, saying that it was a waste of time to choose clothes.

“He is the founder of Apple, but he was kicked out by the staff. The company he kicked out of Apple and started is Next.”

“Huh? Then maybe…?”

“Yes, that’s him. The person I’m meeting tomorrow is Steve Jobs.”