The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

74. opening

The number of service users approached 100,000 on the first day of launching the Internet service.

With more users than expected, the Hermes wired division employees were distracted from dawn.

And even now, Hoyeong and the staff were gathering in the conference room to report on the situation and discuss future meetings.

“Whew… I’m glad. If I hadn’t set up enough lines as I said, the service would have been disrupted from day one.”

“Even on this scale, you can’t afford to be at ease.”

“yes? Do you think that 500,000 lines will be enough for our current estimate?”

Mason opened his eyes wide and looked at Hoyoung.

“Right now, this server scale is not enough. For a while, users will only use textual information, but soon from text to pictures, photos, and later videos and other materials. The amount of data used per person will exceed the current amount by thousands or tens of thousands.”

“okay. Then, what do you think the number of subscribers will be?”

Hoyoung smiled.

“My estimate is that there will be 20 million within 10 years.”

“yes?”

Mason put on a dumbfounded expression.

“Are you making fun of me for not being Korean? Currently, Korea has a population of just over 40 million. Because I thoroughly reviewed it when I did market research. But aren’t you overly optimistic that half the population uses the Internet?”

“Isn’t Mason underestimating the ripple power of the Internet too much? Currently, it is a communication medium used only by young people, but in the future, all institutions and companies, especially all industries, will now depend on the Internet.”

Mason nodded.

“All right. If you say that, we will start expanding right away.”

“yes. Please import as many materials as you can obtain.”

“All right.”

“Then, please continue to suffer as you do now, and if there is anything unusual, please contact me right away.”

“yes!”

Hoyoung left the meeting room after everyone answered.

The place he left the meeting room was the Pantech building right next door.

There, Park Young-yoon was waiting for Ho-young.

“President. Congratulations. I heard that it opened successfully.”

“It is still too early to celebrate. I will listen to congratulations after maintaining the service properly for about a month.”

“It must be so.”

Hoyoung smiled slightly at Park Youngyoon and took out some diskettes.

“CEO Park. This is the software that will go on your phone.”

“Looks like it’s done.”

“yes. Did the revision of the last test result go well?”

“Perfect. It’s theoretical, but it can cover more than 70km.”

“good. I will talk with the Hermes wireless division, and now we will begin the work of installing base stations across the country. It will be completed soon as we plan to build it simultaneously without sparing any funds.”

Looking at Hoyoung’s confident expression, Park Youngyoon said happily.

“yes. Until then, I’ll see if this phone can afford further development before it goes into mass production.”

“please.”

“I have something else to tell you.”

“What is it?”

Park Yeong-yoon took out some papers and showed Ho-yeong, saying,

“It may still be a long way off, but we are preparing for export at the same time.”

Hoyoung made an admiring expression for a moment.

“I was going to suggest that we proceed when the situation settles down a bit, but you are already preparing.”

“yes. When I stopped by the wireless division the other day, I heard that Hong Kong is very interested in CDMA.”

“That’s right. We are on the verge of signing a contract with Hong Kong. Although we said that we would make a decision based on commercialization.”

“Then it is as if we have already signed a contract. Then, we must first obtain a trade permit from Hong Kong.”

Park Young-yoon said as if Hong Kong’s introduction of CDMA was an established fact.

Hoyeong did not dislike Park Youngyoon’s confidence.

“However, we are in a situation where we need to discuss whether we will provide technology and receive royalties, or whether Hermes Telecom will enter directly. Please plan with that in mind.”

“All right.”

Hoyoung felt very good.

Internet that has responded well since the first day of opening and a mobile phone that is almost complete.

If time goes by and CDMA mobile phones become available, first of all, Korea’s telecommunications market will be as tight as wired and wireless.

“President. Chairman, are you here?”

Then someone found Hoyoung.

He was a Pantech information desk clerk.

“Here I am.”

“Here you are. A guest is here right now, and he said he wanted to see the president right away, so I found him in a hurry.”

“A guest? Who are you?”

“This is Francis from Dell Korea.”

Hoyoung smiled as if he understood why Francis was in such a hurry.

“All right. Where are you now? I’ll be right there.”

“They say they’re waiting in front of the president’s office.”

“yes. I will go right now.”

Ho-young, who encouraged Park Young-yoon once more and went up to his office, found Francis with a very bright face.

“Five! Hoyoung. Did you stay well?”

“I feel like I haven’t been doing well because I’ve been so busy that I couldn’t open my eyes.”

“Oh, it’s good to be busy, but you need to take good care of your health.”

“haha. I’m working just enough to not get thirsty. By the way, what are you doing today?”

Francis smiled brightly.

“Congratulations. Internet! I thought it was great before, but it’s really amazing. Inquiries from Dell computers are flooding in now. If I buy a Dell computer now, can I use the Internet?”

“It’s only been a day since launch, but the response seems to have gone that far.”

“yes. The reason I came is because Dell has a message.”

“what···?”

Hoyoung’s eyebrows rose slightly.

It was because he couldn’t guess what Del would say to Hoyoung.

“Hoyeong. Do you have any plans to enter the US with this ADSL service?”

“Are you in America?”

“yes. It is a joint venture with Dell Computer to establish a telecommunications company.”

Hoyeong was taken aback for a moment because it was something she hadn’t even thought of, but soon regained her composure and thought slowly.

‘To think that such an offer came just one day after ADSL was opened in Korea, Dell’s sense is frightening.’

Del is also great, and contrary to what you think, the words that come out of Hoyoung’s mouth are negative.

“Francis. I appreciate the offer, but I think I will have to decline.”

“Why?”

“Not only do I think it is premature to enter the US, but there is no reason for me to collaborate with Dell Computer. You can create a new corporation through Gaia or through the H&H US branch.”

However, despite Hoyoung’s negative words, Francis’ expression was relaxed.

“I knew you would say that too.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t give you a good answer.”

“Then would you like to hear one more suggestion?”

“As much as you like.”

Francis cleared his throat and said.

“You said it was a joint venture, but we don’t want a lot of stake. Only 10% is enough.”

“You mean 10%?”

Hoyoung’s eyes twinkled at the lower number than he expected.

“yes. only 10%. By using the marketing capabilities and distribution channels that Dell Computer already has, we are able to engage in aggressive marketing that is incomparable to when Hoyoung did it alone. In fact, we have opened 30 lines in our company, so we can feel how fast Hoyoung’s Internet is. A service of this quality, with proper marketing in place, is like giving wings to a lion.”

“And what?”

“We can make the best use of various laws and regulations. Our legal team is more capable than most law firms. And our Dell computers pay over $1 billion a year in taxes to the state and federal government. That’s why our breath has to be strong.”

After hearing all of Francis’ story, I thought that if I could work with Dell Computer, it would be many times easier to enter the US market.

But at the same time, it was also true that it raised questions.

“All right. As Francis said, Dell Computer has become very influential over the past few years. But why the hell did you say that it would be 10% of the stake?”

“Del said that Hoyoung would never accept if I told her more.”

“Me?”

“yes. This is not to say that Hoyoung is greedy. I’ll be honest. Dell believes that the Internet will succeed without much marketing and even if it is regulated by the government.”

Francis looked at Hoyeong for a moment.

Hoyoung slightly raised the corner of her mouth.

It was a gesture that what Francis said was right.

“However, if you join hands with us, the time to success will be incomparably faster. Our role may not determine success, but we can advance the timing. They want 10% in return for that time.”

Hearing this, Hoyoung nodded.

In fact, even if Dell asked for only 20% of the stake, I was thinking of rejecting it with a single knife.

“And there’s another reason why Dell wants to advance the Internet in America.”

“What is?”

“Dell is thinking about commerce over the Internet. Do you know about home shopping or mail order? Like that, using the internet…”

Hoyoung unknowingly paired her thighs! Francis stopped talking in the middle of the hit.

“sorry. Because I was surprised without even realizing it.”

“no. When I first heard about it from Dell, I thought it was a great idea.”

Hoyoung nodded, but in fact, that wasn’t the reason he was surprised.

‘Here, the world’s PC market will change the game once more! Also Dell. He’s a scary person.’

Even now, Dell Computer is running on the road to success, but according to its original history, it will take another huge leap in the mid- to late-1990s.

Dell Computer eliminated most of the Dell computer dealerships in order to eliminate intermediary margins, and all switched to selling computers directly through phone calls or postcards. PC sales increased by 200%. The culmination of direct sales was Internet direct sales.

After starting to sell PCs on the Internet, Dell Computer achieved a remarkable performance of 500% growth in sales in the previous year.

‘That Internet direct transaction is about to progress quickly for several years.’

Is it because Hoyeong changed history?

Dell Computer, which had a deep connection with Hoyoung, was also developing at a tremendous speed along with Hoyoung.

But Hoyoung felt good.

The success of Dell computers was no different from the success of Hoyeong.

Because he was a shareholder who still had a huge stake in Dell.

“good. Francis. I will gladly accept that offer. We will decide the details later.”

“thank you. Dell told me to persuade Hoyoung by grabbing his pants crotch if he didn’t accept the offer, but fortunately that didn’t happen.”

“uh? Is that so? Then where would you like to catch one? I will cancel what I said earlier.”

“Oh My God. Please save me just once.”

Hoyoung and Francis laughed so loud that everyone could hear them outside the office.

“Then, Hoyeong, I will organize the details and bring them to you.”

“yes. please. Say hello to Dell.”

“All right.”

Francis left, and Hoyoung hurriedly left the office.

While Hoyoung was preparing for the portal, he always thought that something was missing, but he couldn’t remember what it was.

Ho-yeong, who had taken it lightly because it was perfect functionally and carefully designed, realized in a conversation with Francis a while ago that she was missing something big.

“Boss! Isn’t Manager Jeong Hyo-seop there?”

“CEO. What are you doing?”

Jeong Hyo-seop woke up on the sofa as if he had slept for a while after preparing for the opening of the gate all night.

“Boss. There are features that need to be added to the portal right now. I was so stupid to have missed this.”

“What function is it?”

“E-commerce… that’s e-commerce.”

“E-commerce?”

“yes. The Internet has changed life in general, but it will change the concept itself when it comes to shopping in particular. Internet shopping mall. Now, there are more than one or two things to quickly build a shopping mall and put out patents related to it.”

Jeong Hyo-seop looked at Ho-young in wonder.

It was the first time I had seen Hoyoung so excited.

“Come on, let’s listen. First, I will explain the basic concept.”

As soon as Hoyoung finished speaking, he went into the meeting room first.

Hoyoung’s passionate appearance also made Jeong Hyo-seop’s blood boil.

“Oh, CEO, let’s go slowly. let’s go together.”

He followed Ho-young in, forgetting that he had stayed up all night.