The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

81. top star

“You mean that?”

“yes. This is what I heard directly from an employee at Hermes Telecom.”

“okay. Is there anything else?”

Lee Jeong-ho handed a newspaper clipping to Jo Nam-shik and said,

“And Hermes Telecom is presumed to have a very close relationship with Pantech, a manufacturer of mobile phones and telecommunications equipment.”

“Where is Pantech again?”

“It is a new company that has just been created. We already have an office building in Gangnam and a fairly large factory in Gimpo.”

Jo Nam-shik looked at the newspaper carefully.

A few months ago, there was an article in the newspaper about the successful testing of a CDMA mobile phone.

“After all, are you saying that Pantech and Hermes are all in one?”

“yes. My guess is that the investor would be the same person. The time Hermes opened and the time Pantech moved to the Gangnam office building are almost the same.”

“okay. Do some more research.”

“Yep.”

“great job. go out.”

“there···”

Lee Jeong-ho hesitated without leaving Jo Nam-shik’s office.

“why. What do you have to say?”

“The Hermes Telecom employee asked for a job. That company is too hard…”

Jo Nam-sik’s impression was crumpled.

“Are you asking me to write a failed person in such a small company?”

“Oh, no. I just said that I would ask in return for providing information…”

Jo Nam-shik looked at Lee Jeong-ho quietly, not letting go of his expression.

“sorry. It was presumptuous.”

“Yeah, it went through a lot. go out.”

Lee Jeong-ho bowed his head and left the office.

Cho Nam-shik, who was left alone, fell into thought.

If the contents of the secretary’s report are true, in fact, it was not a company that could be greatly threatened at the moment.

This is because there are many cases where companies that gained popularity through media play are quickly forgotten due to low quality and lack of funds.

“I still can’t stay still.”

Although Hermes Telecom is an insignificant company, he was raised as a beast from a young age.

A lion does his best even when he catches a rabbit.

Having a good idea, Jo Nam-sik smiled slightly.

The next move for small and medium-sized businesses with wealthy investors as investors was obvious.

“Obviously, next is advertising.”

The next step for a company that has inflated expectations through newspapers is a TV commercial.

It is also an advertisement featuring a top star who is enjoying the greatest popularity of the time.

It was obvious that TV commercials would catch people’s attention at once and attract customers.

In the meantime, it was obvious that CDMA would be advertised as the best technology.

Beep-

“The head of the marketing department, the head of the strategic planning team, tells me to come into my room. Right Now.”

– yes.

Jo Nam-sik, who gave the order, thought that he was relieved at last.

In the coming months, no one in South Korea will remember Hermes Telecom.

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Naturally, at the same time as the opening of CDMA, Pantech released a new mobile phone.

It was released under the name of a so-called air phone, and CEO Park Young-yoon said it was named that way because it was light as air.

The weight of the Air Phone was about 400g.

As a result of the researchers working hard and applying the technologies Hoyoung found from Gaia, people were very happy, but Hoyoung later found out that the weight of the cell phone was around 200g, so it was just a joke.

Still, the mobile phones sold today weighed about 700g, and the heaviest model even approached 1kg, so it was quite light compared to those phones.

“CEO. How is Airphone Hong Kong radio certification going?”

“Currently reviewing. The Hong Kong government needs to approve it, but there is no news yet.”

“Then what about Singapore?”

“Singapore has already been certified.”

“okay? That’s good. Mason. How is it? Are you ready to enter Singapore?”

Mason nodded confidently.

Mason, who came to be in charge of ADSL, was the CEO of Hermes Telecom, and naturally took charge of the mobile communication field as well.

However, since it was a field he had never studied in his entire life, he seemed to have no confidence at all.

“Actually, I don’t know if I’m doing well. However, it will be carried out in the form of a joint venture between the Singapore government and our Hermes Telecom, and both CDMA and ADSL are applicable.”

“Is there anything special?”

“The Singapore government has made a proposal.”

“What is your suggestion?”

“If we spend 80% of the cost of the repeater for ADSL and the cost of constructing the CDMA base station, it is said that we will get 60% of the profits.”

Hoyoung thought for a moment and said.

“Are there any other suggestions? That alone would not be a very good offer.”

“There was. If that happens, they will treat Hermes Telecom as a domestic company and give them tax benefits.”

Hoyoung’s face now turned into a satisfied expression.

“okay. Then ask for one more thing there.”

“What is?”

“I want Pantech to lower tariffs on Air Phones to be exported.”

“Aha. All right.”

Hoyoung looked at Mason and thought.

‘Mason is a typical researcher. It’s not suitable for management.’

But I couldn’t say anything to Mason.

He originally came all the way to Korea to do research, but it was as if Hoyeong forced him to be the representative.

“All right. For now, that’s enough for today’s meeting. Anything else you want to say?”

“yes. In fact, sales of Air Phone are not coming out more than I thought.”

“I think so too. But I don’t think it’s a big problem. Even though we haven’t sent out a single proper advertisement yet, users are flocking to it like this. Aren’t you ready to make a commercial video this week? After the production of the video is over, when it starts appearing on TV in earnest from next week, there will definitely be a reaction. Don’t be in too much of a hurry.”

“All right.”

Park Young-yoon licked his lips, as if he was still missing something.

Hoyoung laughed at Park Youngyoon.

In fact, the current Hermes subscribers and cell phone sales were by no means small.

Thanks to the quality comparable to that of landline phones and charging rates comparable to long-distance calls, office workers and business owners have been increasing their sales.

However, Park Young-yoon was basically a greedy person.

Fortunately, he was using greed as the driving force behind the growth of Pantech and Hermes.

“Then let’s get up.”

“yes. Please do your best.”

Park Young-yoon and Mason stood up, and Ho-young thought about the position of CEO of Hermes Telecom.

“It would be ideal for Mason to remain in charge of ADSL. So, who should I put in the representative seat?”

Several people passed through Hoyoung’s mind.

“pole? no. If Paul is recruited into Hermes, it will definitely have a bad effect. Then Dr. Ungwon Lee? He may be knowledgeable about telecommunications, but he’s not the executive type. then···”

Hoyoung is in trouble.

It was not easy to come up with a person who could be appointed as the representative of Hermes Telecom.

It seemed that Mason would have to suffer for a while.

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next day.

Hoyoung was at a studio located in Cheongdam-dong.

Today, there was a commercial shoot for Air Phone here.

“hello. Today’s cinematographer is Jeong Hee-doo.”

“hello. I am Park Young-yoon, the CEO of Pantech.”

Ho-young watched the scene where the director and Park Young-yoon greeted each other from a distance.

Jeong Hee-doo was indoors, but he wore sunglasses, and his beard sticking out wildly.

It was a typical image that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘director’.

“Wow, it was really amazing who made the continuity today? Did you commission an advertising agency?”

“no. This is an advertisement invented by our company’s employees…”

“If this commercial goes on air, there will definitely be an uproar. I’d like to give the employee a performance bonus. ha ha ha.”

Jeong Hee-doo smiled kindly.

Park Yeong-yoon also agreed with his words and laughed awkwardly.

However, his eyes were on Hoyoung.

It was because the employee who came up with the advertising idea he said was Hoyoung.

“Wow. I’ve been to all these places and it’s amazing.”

“Is the senior here?”

At that time, Lee Jin-chan entered the studio and pretended to know Ho-young.

It was the same during the last cell phone test, and Lee Jin-chan said he really wanted to watch the commercial shoot today.

Ho-yeong did not feel the need to prevent him from coming, so he allowed Lee Jin-chan to observe.

“Aren’t you coming to see senior Yoo Ha-young?”

“yes? no! I came purely to supervise how the commercial shoot for the company H&H has invested in is progressing.”

Today’s advertisement recruited Yoo Ha-yeong, the best female singer at the moment.

It cost an astronomical fee, but Pantech, which had enough funds thanks to Ho-young, wanted the best star to appear in their first CF, so they chose Ha-young Yoo.

“really?”

“then! And why would I come to see Yoo Ha-young? Every day I…”

Lee Jin-chan was about to say something but stopped in surprise and looked at Ho-young.

“What about every day?”

“uh? Um… So I see it on TV every day hahaha.”

Lee Jin-chan was vaguely confused.

Hoyeong thought it was something strange, but thought it was not that important and passed it off as a big deal.

“Now, since Yoo Ha-yeong hasn’t come yet, let’s start by matching the movement.”

“Yep.”

All the staff gathered and started having a final meeting about today’s shoot.

Today’s CF content is as follows.

There are many people on both sides of the street, some singing, others talking loudly, making it difficult to talk on the phone.

At that time, Yoo Ha-young makes a phone call and crosses the street.

While passing the street, all sorts of noises disturb Yoo Ha-young, but Yoo Ha-young doesn’t care and asks, ‘Isn’t it noisy? No, can you hear me?’ while passing through the streets.

And at the end of the street, he looks at the camera and speaks while waving his mobile phone.

‘No one can disturb me.’

Intuitive but effective advertising that calls can be made without interruption in any noisy situation.

The content of the advertisement was good, but it was an advertisement using the image of a top star named Yoo Ha-young.

“ruler. Then, we will rest until Yoo Ha-young comes back. Take a break while allowing everyone to shoot at any time.”

The staff and extras all scattered around the set to take a break.

Now, all that remains is for Yoo Ha-young to arrive at the set.

“Director! It’s a big deal!”

At that time, a staff member appeared on set with a very urgent expression.

The staff member ran straight to Jeong Hee-doo and said something to him.

“What, what?!”

I couldn’t tell what he was saying because of the distance, but I could tell from Jeong Hee-doo’s reaction and expression that something had happened.

“Call me again! Does that make sense?”

“I checked several times. But the answer that comes back is the same.”

“It’s punk now, what are you talking about!”

Park Young-yoon, who was one step away, asked Jeong Hee-doo.

“Punk, what do you mean?”

“CEO! A little while ago, Yoo Ha-young’s agency contacted me. Yoo Ha-young said that she has an important schedule today and won’t be able to come to our shoot.”

“yes? What the hell are you talking about?”

“I don’t even know what the situation is.”

The filming site fell into chaos.

The staff has been asking here and there and contacting everyone who wants to have anything to do with Yoo Ha-young, but the answer is that they cannot go to the filming today. I was just sorry.

“If I can’t shoot today, I won’t be able to make it to the TV commercial schedule next week, let alone pay for extras and set rentals today. If we do not properly deliver TV advertisements within the schedule, we will not only have to pay a penalty fee, but also lose trust in the broadcasting company and may not run our advertisements in the future!”

Park Young-yoon tried to brush up on the casting manager, but he also had no choice.

At that time, Hoyeong, who had been watching quietly, tried to organize the hall.

“Isn’t it possible to come by calling someone who won’t come? If so, I think the best way is to find a substitute as soon as possible.”

“Who do you call as a substitute? How many celebrities are there who suddenly come to visit?”

Jung Hee-doo applauded as if he had a good idea! sighed and said

“Once you’re a suitable rookie, you can get it as much as you like.”

“no. This is our first commercial for Air Phone. You can never be a suitable newcomer that anyone can save!”

“Then what do you mean? I know that the representative himself conducted the recruitment this time, but as you know, you are well aware that top stars should be contacted at least a few weeks in advance, right?”

“But not as a rookie. This is the first image of Pantech and Air Phone. You can’t make it go off the first button!”

Jeong Hee-doo and Park Young-yoon looked at each other and raised their voices.

At that time, Hoyoung could find that Jinchan Lee, who was standing next to him, tried to say something several times.

“senior. Do you have anything to say?”

“yes? That’s… Shall I contact you?”

“To whom?”

“So, since today is your day off, aren’t you looking for a top star who can appear right away?”

“Yes.”

Hearing the conversation between Hoyoung and Lee Jinchan, Park Youngyoon opened his eyes wide and looked at Lee Jinchan.

“Representative Lee! Did I hear correctly? Are there any celebrities you know well?”

“yes. The person I know well is a popular celebrity… So, I think you’re talking about a top star. Today is my day off, so I know nothing happened.”

Jeong Hee-doo also looked at Lee Jin-chan with surprised eyes.

“You know the top star! Who is that?”

Lee Jin-chan hesitantly said.

“I’m Kim Mi-ae.”

“yes?”

“I think we can try to contact Kim Mi-ae at least once.”

“Are you talking about the actress I know, Kim Mi-ae?”

“yes. you’re right.”

Park Young-yoon and Jeong Hee-doo were greatly surprised by the unexpected name that came out of Lee Jin-chan’s mouth.