The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

84. ice storm

“What do you mean by that?”

“It is as you have heard. I’ll invest. Is ten million dollars not enough?”

“Oh, no. It was because it was sudden.”

But Dolph did not have a bright face.

“Sorry, but there is a problem.”

“What is?”

“The stock we currently own is around 58%. If you give 49% there…”

Hoyoung immediately noticed Dolph’s worries.

“I am not interested in management at all. I believe that any company can be more successful when it is managed by an expert.”

“So, are you saying that you will only have simple equity rights without any intention to exercise your voting rights?”

“Yes. Exactly.”

Dolph’s expression seemed to loosen up a bit.

“But that doesn’t mean we can sell all of our shares. How about lowering the amount and reducing the stake?”

“I thought of a better way. Do you have a breast augmentation? I will invest $10 million as scheduled and only have a 33.3% stake in the capital increase instead.”

“However, when a capital increase is performed, the stock price temporarily declines, and the shareholders…”

“I think it is the current management’s job to persuade shareholders to make a decision on capital increase.”

Hoyoung said firmly.

Dolph looked at Hoyoung and thought about something for a while, then said something with a determined expression.

“All right. I will try to make a decision right away.”

Hoyoung laughed as if he liked Dolph’s answer and opened his mouth.

“I have one more suggestion, just in case things don’t go well.”

“What is?”

“I will give you one million dollars, so please make a prototype of a wireless communicator and sell it. You don’t have to sell what you have now. I just need to go into production on one more and send it to you as soon as it is finished.”

“Hmm… under those conditions, it’s acceptable enough. However, since we do not have production facilities yet, we have to make everything by hand, so it will take a lot of time. Would that be okay?”

“That’s why I’m trying to invest in reducing that time.”

“okay. thank you.”

Hoyoung shook his head slowly.

“no. I’m grateful. Then I’ll leave for today, and I’ll come back in a week or ten days. We appreciate if you can make a decision by then. Of course, I will contact you about the day before your arrival.”

“All right. Then do you have a place to stay for a week? I’ll get you a hotel nearby.”

“it’s okay. I’m not supposed to be in this area.”

“Where are you going?”

“You have to go a little further. I have to go to Costa Mesa.”

Dolph looked quite surprised.

“You mean Costa Mesa? It takes 8 hours to get there by plane.”

“haha. Is that so? It’s near LA, so I thought it was very far.”

“sure. Because Costa Mesa is attached to the western end.”

“I said it would take a week to ten days because I had to go there.”

“All right. have a good trip In the meantime, I will try to convince the shareholders.”

“yes. Take good care of me.”

“no. In fact, we are desperate for this investment.”

Hoyoung said goodbye to Dolph and left the office.

“I guess I just came here. haha. I haven’t had a chance to say a word.”

“no. Smith was by my side, so I could talk more comfortably.”

“Thank you for saying that. Anyway, why the hell are you going all the way to Costa Mesa?”

“Would you understand if I said that there are young people with many dreams there?”

For a moment, Smith watched Ho-young speak leisurely and thought that he did not look like a young man in his early twenties.

At least, I felt that it gave off a profound atmosphere that only people of similar age could have.

“okay. Are you saying there is a company you want to invest in?”

“Yes.”

“Then shouldn’t I go too?”

“Are you sure you didn’t want to go with me?”

“Oh. You really want me to travel all over the country.”

“no. Because it’s all over the world? Today, I will give you a special first.”

“please!”

Hoyoung and Smith laughed for a while at Smith’s ridiculous gesture and started off.

Smith grumbled in words, but in fact was not averse to traveling all over America.

Rather, he was immersed in mannerisms in his repetitive lawyer life, but he was gaining vitality while working with Hoyoung.

“ruler. Then you will see the sea after a long time.”

“The western sea is nice because it’s cool.”

“All right. If I’m done there soon, I’ll have to stop at the beach.”

“haha. I will make sure to take you.”

Hoyoung and Smith took a step forward.

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Dayton to Costa Mesa is far, really far.

Approximately 8 hours by plane from Dayton International Airport to L.A. International Airport.

And it takes about an hour and a half by car from Los Angeles International Airport to Costa Mesa.

It took a total of 10 hours, including the time consumed in the middle, and Hoyoung and his party finally arrived at Costa Mesa.

“America is really wide.”

“Yes. In Korea, there is a time difference of several hours.”

“I think that Korea, my country, is really small. The distance from one end of the country to the other is only about San Francisco from here.”

“But it is also a country that cannot be measured by the size of its land. It’s like the speed of growth, and a person like a boss was born.”

“haha. It’s embarrassing when you say that.”

“I am serious.”

By the time Hoyoung and Smith arrived in Costa Mesa, the sun had already set.

“Director. It’s very late today, so I’ll stop when I see a suitable hotel.”

“yes. please.”

After a while. Miru stopped the car in front of a hotel that was not very flashy, but looked clean.

After parking in a suitable place, they headed to the lobby on the first floor.

“Shall we take three rooms? Or, should we just get one for the family room?”

“Can’t everyone relax comfortably by catching three?”

“yes. We will proceed like that.”

While Miru and Smith were checking in, Hoyoung looked around the hotel lobby.

It’s not very spacious, but it was clean without a speck of dust.

I liked him because he seemed to pay a lot of attention to cleanliness.

“MIC! Are you going to keep doing that nonsense business here?”

“father. A business that doesn’t work? It is a market worth investing in for the future.”

“To make money by making games for kids. What nonsense is that?”

Then I heard two men arguing in one corner of the hotel.

Hoyeong started to listen carefully to the conversation between the two without realizing it.

“The game market will grow explosively in the future. I think it is a more promising path than the path of an engineer.”

“And is it true that you borrowed fifteen thousand dollars from your grandmother?”

“yes. It is true.”

“Did you do that knowing that it was your grandmother’s retirement savings?!”

The man who looked like a father was full of anger, and the man who looked like a son was confident in front of him.

“I promised to send $100 on the first day of every month. You don’t get interest right away, but if the company succeeds, you will pay back many times over.”

“Easy to say!”

“Father, do I still look like a child? I am already twenty-four years old. Trust me. Alan and Frank are working as hard as I am.”

“Yes, that Alan is the problem! That bastard seduced you and things became a mess.”

“Don’t say anything to Alan. It’s all my decision!”

The bickering between the two escalated.

The son said in a slightly calmer voice, probably thinking that there would be no end if he continued like this.

“Father, since you are here, spend the night here. I’ll be back tomorrow evening. Let’s talk again then.”

“I have no intention of going home until I convince you.”

“How are you going to allow it?”

“No permission. but···”

“Just what?”

“While I am at this hotel, if suddenly a large investment comes from somewhere, I will convince you then. It means that there is potential enough to receive investment.”

“If it’s a large amount, how much do you think?”

“It should be at least $100,000. If it’s less than that, you could lie to me and save me by saying you were invested.”

The father’s words made the son excited again.

“Do you think that makes sense? Where is the company that will invest that much for us who are just starting to receive orders? I’m sure it won’t be difficult to get that kind of investment back in a year. But what about while your father is here? It is nonsense.”

“1 week. It is 1 week. If that doesn’t work, you will have to return your car, the house you rented, and all the money you borrowed from your grandmother.”

My father spat out the words firmly and went up to the guest room.

The son with a devastated expression left the hotel with his shoulders drooping.

The fight was so loud that the people watching the fight scattered one by one.

Among the people watching the fight was Hoyeong.

Hoyeong had an interesting expression on her face.

“Sir, the check-in procedure has been completed. We were fighting loudly. What happened?”

“Ah, it was hard. Well, nothing special happened. If I had to ask, it would be a good thing for us.”

“Is it a good thing?”

“Whoops. Are you sure you have an appointment tomorrow morning?”

“yes. If you are referring to Silicon & Synapse, I have decided to go to the office at 10:30 am.”

“okay. Well sir.”

Hoyoung smiled meaningfully as he looked at the door his son had left.

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Hoyoung, Miru, and Smith, who took a rest at the hotel, set off for Silicon & Synapse.

“Director. I got a call from Silicon & Synapse last night.”

“What contact is it?”

“The office is not in a situation to receive customers, so I asked if we could meet at a nearby cafe.”

“Sure. I’m not going to see the office, I’m going to see the people.”

Miru nodded happily.

“I thought you would, so I said I would know first.”

“Good job.”

The car driven by Miru slipped and arrived in front of a cafe.

“Is this a cafe?”

“you’re right.”

Hoyoung glanced inside the cafe and saw three men sitting at a large table.

One of them was someone Hoyeong had already seen.

Last night at the hotel, the son who had been fighting loudly with his father was sitting.

“Looks like those three people over there. Let’s go.”

“yes.”

Hoyoung strode into the cafe and held out her hand to say hello.

“Nice to meet you. everyone. I’m Mr. Yoon. no see.”

“ah! You came quickly. I am Alan Adham. This is Michael Morhaime. This is Frank Pierce.”

“This is Smith, the head of our legal team, and this is Miru, my secretary.”

The two groups greeted each other warmly.

The person Hoyoung saw yesterday at the hotel was Michael Morhaime.

“I heard that you wanted to see me because of work. Are you trying to commission us to develop a game?”

Currently, Silicon & Synapse was a company that made a living by accepting and producing small programs.

In particular, it was a company that specialized in porting games from one platform to another.

“It’s a game development request… From a broad perspective, that may be true.”

“Isn’t it big?”

“I want you guys to be free to make games. The game that the three of you dream of and hope to make. I hope you make a game like that.”

“yes?”

The three members of Silicon & Synapse looked puzzled.

It was because he thought that what Hoyoung was saying was a buzzword.

“Could you tell me exactly what you mean by that?”

Hoyoung smiled and said.

“Let me tell you right. I want to invest in three people.”

“Are you talking about investing!”

Of course, it was Michael who reacted the most violently to Hoyoung’s words.

He jumped up from his seat without realizing it.

“haha. calm down. My words are not over yet.”

Michael sat down, scratching the back of his head as if he was embarrassed.

“The amount is one million dollars.”

“I beg your pardon!!”

This time, all three of them jumped up.

Hoyoung laughed, wondering if that was funny.

“Instead, I would like to present two conditions.”

“What is?”

Michael Morhaime asked in a trembling voice.

“I want 60% of the shares first. Don’t worry too much, I won’t care too much about the direction of management and game development.”

The three nodded.

Hoyeong looked at them happily and continued.

“This is the second condition. The current company name, Silicon & Synapse, is too cluttered and unfashionable. So I suggest changing the company name.”

“Changing the company name is not difficult. What should I change it to?”

Michael’s voice was not positive, it sounded desperate.

Hoyoung said with a smile.

“blizzard.”