The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

52. Possibility

“Then shall we sign the contract right away? Because I don’t intend to stay in Japan for long.”

“yes. Okay. We will prepare the documents right away.”

Satoshi bowed lightly to Hoyoung and left to prepare the contract.

“there···. Hoyoung! Have you read all of this proposal, Hoyoung?”

At that time, while Hoyoung and Satoshi were talking, Shigeru, who was perusing the game plan next to him, urgently called Hoyoung.

“No, I haven’t read them all yet. Why?”

Hoyoung knows exactly what the finished product will be later, but he couldn’t pretend to know it here.

“This game. Where the hell did you hear the rumors? It’s amazing!”

“Is that so?”

“yes! Adventure, companions, communication, growth… It has all the elements of a game I can think of. In addition, the function using the communication device we put in the Game Boy has already been conceived. Telecommunication battles, telecommunication exchanges, etc… It’s a game that planned the image of adventure a little more specifically that I thought of while making Zelda’s adventure. In addition, the element of growing monsters by carrying them around as colleagues. That’s really cool. This is a thing!”

Shigeru spits out words like a rapid-fire cannon, probably excited by reading Pokemon.

“Haha, I had a similar thought. I think this game will really be a game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.”

“The crucial thing is, if the monsters here are all unique and cute, and if you successfully design a design that anyone wants to be friends with, you could be more successful. It doesn’t seem like a game that will simply end up being a Game Boy game!”

Hoyeong thought to herself that it was also Shigeru.

He already grasped the essence of Pokémon with just a nine-page plan.

“Hoyeong. Please allow me to participate in this project.”

“yes?”

“I also want to try making it together. this game.”

Hoyeong thought that Shigeru’s eyes were shining brightly.

His eyes were pure joy.

He looked like a child when he found a good game and was eager to make it.

“However, even if Shigeru participates in this, there is not much benefit to be gained.”

Hoyoung deliberately cut it off.

Although he said it around, he was saying that he could never hand over the shares in the Pokémon he had just decided to buy.

“I think there is a good enough profit to be made.”

“What is the profit?”

“Aren’t you planning on making this game for the Game Boy anyway?”

“Yes.”

“This game. How about going to a Nintendo exclusive?”

Hoyeong listened to Shigeru’s words and knelt down! hit

Even in my previous life, it was originally a Nintendo monopolized game.

“And as we use the Game Boy as our platform, we will also receive a normal percentage fee. haha.”

Shigeru decided that even if there were only two things, commissions and platform monopoly, it would not be a losing business.

‘This game will be a clear difference from Sega.’

In fact, even if he didn’t show it on the outside, he was Shigeru who was secretly concerned about Sega’s Yoichi.

As Yoichi himself, Shigeru was convinced that Sega surpassing Nintendo would never happen, but he was still willing to take advantage of the opportunity to widen the gap.

“All right. First of all, wouldn’t this be the most important opinion of Satoshi who will make the game? Let me ask you one more time. I also ask about the exclusive delivery to Nintendo.”

After a while, Satoshi prepared the contract.

Shigeru first waited for Hoyoung and Satoshi to sign the contract.

The contents of the contract were simple.

100 million yen, unlimited support for verifiable development costs (including labor costs).

And 80% of ‘Pokémon’ belongs to Hoyoung.

It was a simple contract, but Hoyoung looked it over carefully before signing it.

“Give me your account number. The 100 million yen will be deposited immediately by tomorrow morning.”

“thank you. Thanks to that, I can make the game I’ve been drawing my whole life right away.”

“When can I start production?”

“We will start production in two months at the latest. Right now, we also have outsourced programs to make a living. Looks like I’ll have to finish it and start over. As you can see, there are few people.”

Satoshi said and smiled shyly.

Looking at Satoshi like that, Hoyoung said firmly.

“Can’t I just reject the request I received?”

“Sorry, but it seems difficult. We want to make our own game right away rather than an outsourced program, but if we reject it, a penalty will be incurred.”

“How much is that penalty?”

“yes?”

“How much is that penalty?”

Satoshi’s pupils shook.

But the mouth was honest.

“one···. It is about 5 million yen.”

“okay? Then pay the penalty and return it. We will support the penalty for production costs.”

Satoshi’s mouth fell open at Hoyoung’s words.

“Is that true?”

“yes. I want to get right into the project.”

“thank you. Thank you very much!”

Satoshi stood up and greeted Hoyoung several times as if his head was touching the ground.

“Calm down and have a seat. I just want the game I invested in to come out right away. By the way, Shigeru-san here said he had something he wanted to say.”

Satoshi suddenly realized that Shigeru was sitting next to Hoyoung.

“ah! sorry. I have Miyamoto-sama in front of me…”

“ha ha ha! it’s okay. Feel free to call me Shigeru.”

“How can I…”

“it’s okay.”

“All right. Shigeru… award. What do you mean you want to say?”

Shigeru leaned towards Satoshi at Satoshi’s words and said.

“If it’s okay… Can I participate in the creation of this ‘Pokémon’? The main planner is Satoshi, and I think it would be good to provide ideas as a sub planner.”

“yes?! How can you be in such a shabby place…”

Then Hoyoung intervened.

“Then move the studio to a slightly better environment. I will support that too.”

“yes?! Even that!”

“Because it is natural for good results to come out in a good environment.”

Shigeru smiled happily when he saw Hoyoung and said to Satoshi.

“Are you worried that I might be disturbed?”

“ah! no. I wonder if it’s really a nuisance… If you are with me, it is absolutely fine. Thank you very much!”

“no. Instead, there is one condition.”

“What are the conditions?”

“When this game is complete, we want it to be exclusively serviced by Nintendo.”

At Shigeru’s words, Satoshi made an incomprehensible expression.

“Oh me… that is···.”

“Is it difficult to monopolize supply?”

“Oh, no. In the first place, I hadn’t even thought about supplying it to anything other than the Game Boy. That’s a monopoly after all.”

“I beg your pardon? ha ha ha”

Shigeru laughed out loud when he heard Satoshi’s words.

Hoyoung smiled deeply when he saw Satoshi and Shigeru.

‘Thanks to Shigeru, things related to Pokemon were easier than I thought.’

Kim Joo-jung’s decision to have a three-way meeting with Yoichi with Shigeru caused a chain reaction and helped Ho-young.

If it hadn’t been for this relationship with Shigeru, even assuming that it would be an easy process for Hoyoung to acquire Pokémon, when he proposed it to Nintendo, I thought it was really fortunate because it is impossible to guarantee how long it will take to reach Shigeru. .

Hoyoung watched Satoshi and Shigeru talking about the direction of Pokémon development.

This time, he did not bother to hide the raised corners of his lips.

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Shigeru left for Kyoto right from the nearby train station after finishing his job at Game Freak.

It was only natural that we promised to meet again in the future.

Ho-young returned to the hotel where Kim Joo-jung was staying.

Kim Ju-jeong rented a room with two beds, so she decided to share the same accommodation with Ho-yeong while she was in Japan.

“uh. Hoyoung, are you here? Did you have a good look?”

When Hoyeong entered the hotel room, Joojeong, who had a magpie house on her head, greeted Hoyoung.

Maybe it was because he drank too much yesterday, so he must have slept all day.

“yes. It turned out better than I thought. Senior, when will you go back to Korea?”

“me? about the day after tomorrow I have to meet with Yoichi Segae tomorrow to make a final agreement. Now Sonic’s release is just around the corner.”

“It’s good. I’ll see you tomorrow for just one more day. I think we can go back together the day after tomorrow.”

“Yeah, that’s good. Then, let’s have dinner with Yoichi-san tomorrow evening too.”

“like. When I meet Mr. Yoichi tomorrow, everything is ready to run on the PC, so please send me samples as soon as they come out.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Joo-jeong said that he was hungry because he had been in his hotel room all day, so he went out to eat something.

I asked Ho-young if he would like to go with me, but Ho-young said it was fine.

When Joo-jeong left, Ho-yeong sat down at her desk and opened her laptop.

“Let’s see…”

Complex sources appeared on the screen.

Hoyeong slowly lowered the screen and started reading the sources.

Currently, H&H’s development process is a bit complex.

First of all, Hoyoung and the core developers complete the rough planning.

As soon as the planning is finished, Hoyoung creates the framework for the program and presents the algorithm and direction.

Then, the development teams at H&H will work hard to complete the program by putting flesh on the framework Hoyoung created based on the proposal.

“If we made it like this, it might look error-free on the surface, but there could be an error in just one case… Who did it? I’ll have to tell you later.”

And as the last step, Hoyoung checks the sources one by one to see if there are any areas where errors can occur or if it could not be made more efficient.

As Hoyoung scrolls down the screen to inspect the source so easily, at first glance, someone might mistakenly think that he is doing something very easy.

However, this was only possible because of Hoyeong.

It was Hoyeong’s ability that made this possible at the present time… no, even in the future.

“Turn it off—I’m done.”

After about an hour, Hoyoung finished all the work and stretched.

This work also took longer than expected.

I wanted to complete the review before I came to Japan, but I was already in the middle of developing Chronos 2.0, so I didn’t have enough time to do it, so I ended up bringing it to Japan.

Hoyoung suddenly saw Gaia wearing it on her wrist.

“If communication technology and hardware develop quickly, Gaiya should be properly utilized.”

Hoyoung felt a little frustrated with the reality of not being able to use Gaia even with Gaia.

Right now, it could only be used for the purpose of retrieving the information Gaia had.

If communication technology develops even to the extent that Wi-Fi can be operated, then it will be possible to exchange information with Gaia.

Then Gaia could take care of the level of review of the source code that Hoyoung is doing now.

That was the reason why Hoyeong wanted to accelerate the development of technology related to the spread of computers by advancing the Internet revolution as much as possible.

“If high-speed Internet becomes commercially available, the timing of wireless communication will surely accelerate.”

Unfortunately, Hoyoung knew a little about network software, but he was unfamiliar with communication technology.

Hoyoung knows who makes the 802.11 protocol and that a Swedish IT company called Ericsson develops Bluetooth, but they don’t even have an overview of short-range wireless communication technology.

It was clear that I would be treated as a strange person if I suddenly visited him and asked him to study short-distance wireless communication, which he had no interest in.

“What cannot be done cannot be helped. I have no choice but to do it step by step, starting with what I can do.”

Hoyoung swallowed his regret.

However, little by little, she felt with her skin that the near future, the day when she could properly see Gaia’s true face was not far away.

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next day.

While Joo-jung Kim was doing business with Yoichi, Ho-yeong stopped by the Akihabara electronics market.

Akihabara is Tokyo’s largest electronics town, and at this point, it was one of the largest in the world.

This was the time before the bubble economy burst.

Although it is said that it will be maintained for a while after the bubble burst, the splendid lives of Japanese people at that time felt awkward even looking back in the future.

Even in Akihabara, Hoyoung could feel the atmosphere of optimistic thinking about the future and concentrating on culture and art.

‘Sooner or later the time will come to invest in Japanese put option derivatives.’

Hoyoung, who knows the future among people who laugh happily, smiled bitterly.

However, the flow of long history was not something he could do alone.

He couldn’t stop the bubble, and he had no reason to stop it.

Hoyoung stopped by the Toshiba store and bought a new laptop.

It was an expensive notebook, priced at 1.2 million yen per unit, but compared to the ultra light currently used, it was much more powerful.

Hoyoung did not stop there, but went around stores selling computer parts and installed a 120mb hard drive and 2mb RAM.

Laptop parts were several to ten times more expensive than regular parts, but Hoyoung didn’t mind.

“great. That should be enough.”

When Hoyoung thought that the specifications of his laptop would increase, he felt reassured.

Today’s purpose of coming to Akihabara was completed, but Hoyoung decided to look around more.

It still took a long time for Sewoon Shopping Center and Yongsan Electronics Shopping Center in Korea to grow to this size, but Hoyeong also likes machines, so I looked around with interest.

At that time, Ho-yeong suddenly found a man who appeared to be an employee beeping and entering the building after taking a pass.

“uh? RFID? Was that already there?”

Hoyoung was startled by the unfamiliar sight.

Because it was a scene that could only be seen in the future.

Hoyoung didn’t know, but Akihabara was proud of being the world’s largest electronics and IT shopping district.

Among them, some malls started making passes using RFID technology to give their employees the perception that they were selling high-tech items, and the visual effect was great at the time.

“ah!”

Hoyoung suddenly remembered something.

Then he hurriedly hid in a corner where no one went and turned on Gaia.

“Gaia. If you do well, the day when you can work happily may not be far off!”

Hoyeong’s eyes were full of hope after getting a rough overview of RFID technology through Gaia.

RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) is a technology capable of wirelessly recognizing information at a short distance using radio waves.

In the future, it is mainly used in high-pass or transportation cards, and is a technology that is mainly used in real life.

However, there is another function that can be done with RFID.

That is, it was possible to send and receive data at a short distance.

“With this technology, I might be able to exchange information with Gaia!”

Hoyoung smiled in happiness.

“Is there a place that sells RFID modules here?”

And immediately started looking for telecom-related stores.

And at the same time, in my head, I started to think about specific ways to send and receive data.