The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

85. genius

“blizzard?”

“yes. blizzard. Is it strange?”

A very moment of silence passed.

It was Alan Adham who broke the silence.

“Wow! great? What a great name.”

he said clenching his fists.

“It sounds like a name that would make a great game just by hearing it. It’s a great name that cannot be compared to Silicon & Synapse!”

Hearing Alan’s cry, Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce looked bewildered.

“Alan! When we say that Silicon & Synapse is unfashionable, they say it is a name that looks like an academic and expert, so now they are saying that?”

“At that time, it was before I heard the great name Blizzard!”

The three friends quarreled for a while, perhaps forgetting that they were in front of Hoyeong.

Hoyeong laughed at them.

Considering their age in this life, they were several years older than Ho-young, but in Ho-young’s eyes, they seemed cute.

Blizzard originally uses the name Silicon & Synapse for several years, survives by doing software conversions, develops lost vikings, etc.

Alan Adham and Mike Morhaime even went so far as to pay their employees’ salaries with personal credit cards.

However, in 1994, it was completely acquired by Davidson & Associates, which made educational software, and changed the company name to Chaos Studio. The name I came up with was Blizzard Entertainment.

“Then are you saying you want to accept my investment?”

“sure! No, this isn’t it. please! please!”

Alan said cheerfully.

Mike Morhaime also had a very recalled expression.

He seemed happy to accept the investment.

“Smith, then may I ask you to write up a contract based on what you just said?”

“of course. I have already taken notes.”

said Smith playfully, holding up the notebook.

“good. Then, will Smith proceed with the detailed contract?”

“All right. Do you have any plans after today?”

“no. There seems to be someone who wants to get to the hotel we are staying in as soon as possible, so I want to help. Mr. Mike Morhaime. Isn’t it?”

“yes?”

Hoyoung pointed at Mike, but his expression did not make sense.

“Actually, it was not intentional, but I saw everything at the hotel. Let’s go together. I will guarantee my father that I am investing.”

“ah! I looked embarrassed.”

“no. Let’s go together.”

“thank you!”

Mike said thanks with all his heart while blushing a little, and Hoyoung grinned.

“Then, the three of you, talk. I’ll wake up first. Chief, shall we go to the hotel first?”

“All right.”

Hoyoung, Miru, and Mike Morhaime left for the hotel.

The reason Hoyoung did this was because he wanted the members of Blizzard to focus on game development as soon as possible.

‘Right now, it’s best for Mike Morhaime to sort things out with his family. in the future… Chinese capital must never be mixed.’

Hoyoung turned his attention to the future direction of Blizzard.

Then, seeing Mike Morhaime with a flushed expression, he smiled.

‘If I own the stake and fully fund it, that will never happen.’

Hoyoung later became a mockery of netizens around the world, ‘Do you not have a cell phone?’ In short, ‘No nymphone?’ I promised myself that I would never create anything like that.

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Mike’s father was a more communicative person than I thought.

When I guessed from the verbal battle with Mike yesterday at the hotel, I thought he might be a confused person, but when Ho-young told me that he was going to invest a whopping $1 million and that he could guarantee a payment, he easily changed his mind.

He was a typical American who judged by standards of rationality.

It was not that Hoyoung was cheating, and that game production was a business with enough potential was proved by the amount of investment, so he readily agreed.

Hoyoung left the cafe on the first floor of the hotel alone so that Mike and his father could have a good talk.

“Director. What kind of work will you entrust to Blizzard now?”

Miru asked Hoyeong.

He expected Ho-young’s answer because it was not the first time that Ho-young had invested a large amount in an unknown company.

‘What kind of magic will I use this time?

However, Hoyoung’s answer exceeded his expectations.

“Nothing.”

“yes?”

“For now, I have no intention of making you do anything.”

“Then why did you invest?”

“Because doing nothing will make them the fiercest.”

Seeing Miru make a puzzled expression because she didn’t understand Hoyoung’s answer, Hoyeong smiled.

Mi-ru thought that, as usual, Ho-young was more like an old man when he often enjoyed these conversations.

“When those three guys have had enough time to deliver their dream game to the world, it will probably change the game. They have plenty of potential. That sufficient time and room for thought comes from economic leisure. If you are struggling financially, you cannot come up with creative games because you are busy accepting and processing lucrative jobs. I’m only investing a few pennies right now, but if this investment results in a game that will surprise the world, I think it’s a surplus business.”

Miru nodded at Hoyeong’s additional explanation.

At first glance, what Hoyeong just said sounds like the right thing to do, but in reality it contained one blind spot.

The blind spot was about ‘whether we can properly judge the potential’.

But procrastinating never had any doubts about it.

Everything Hoyoung said so far has come true.

“okay. You can look forward to the name Blizzard in a few years.”

“Right. Blizzard deserves it. Whoops.”

Hoyoung stared into the void and smiled.

Miru looked at Hoyoung, who seemed to be looking into the future, and smiled softly, then saved her words.

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After successfully completing his contract with Blizzard, Hoyoung was about to return to Dayton.

Smith’s wish to see the sea did not come true.

It was because, just as the contract was successfully completed, Dolph, the CEO of NCR Corporation, contacted him.

Unsurprisingly, Dolph reported that he had succeeded in convincing shareholders.

“Another long flight in just three days.”

“So, didn’t I cut off first?”

“Even if you are first, it is unavoidable that flying is difficult.”

“okay? I rarely get tired when I ride first.”

“Boss is still young! Think of my age!”

At Smith’s words, Ho-young giggled and said in the car on the way to the airport.

“I’m sorry. But I can’t help it. Let’s think that the faster you deal with it, the faster you get back home.”

Hoyeong read Smith.

Smith didn’t really complain, so he headed for the airport with a bright expression on his face.

Hoyoung’s expression also brightened.

He thought he had seen Hoyoung for quite some time, but he thought it was the first time he had seen such a bright face.

‘If it’s Wave Ran, I’ll be able to attach wings to Gaia.’

Hoyoung was really looking forward to Wavelan.

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The contract process was so easy that at first glance it seemed like there was no Mac.

The NCR Corporation also wrote down all the contracts, as if Hoyoung wanted to change the terms and conditions.

All Hoyoung did was review the contract and sign it.

Smith grumbled jokingly that if he had known this, he wouldn’t have come.

“Mr. Yoon. Thank you very much. We will do our best to produce good results that will make you think that the investment you made will be worth it.”

“haha. A good result is good, but would you please send the wavelan device to Korea as soon as possible?”

“yes. We will send it right away as soon as it is ready. But because of its weight, it had to be sent by sea, so it seemed like it would take at least a month.”

“no. I will not send it by ship. I will send it by plane.”

said, opening Dolph’s eyes wide.

“You mean the plane? Wavelan devices are quite large and heavy. To get it on the plane, you would have to empty an entire cargo hold of the plane.”

“yes. I contacted the airline before coming to the contract. I’m going to charter a plane.”

“yes?!”

Dolph couldn’t keep his mouth shut at Hoyoung’s words.

“The charter flight schedule is in the next eight days. Can you prepare by then?”

“Eight days is enough.”

“I will deliver the detailed flight number and departure time separately through my secretary.”

“All right.”

Hoyoung and Smith left NCR Corporation after finishing their contract with Dolph.

“boss. You have 8 days. What are you going to do in the meantime?”

“I was going to give up going to the US this time according to the original plan, but fortunately I can go after time. I’m going to go to Texas first.”

“Texas? What are you going to do in Texas this time?”

“Is there any other reason I want to go besides the investment contract?”

Hoyoung shrugged.

Smith smiled embarrassedly as if he thought he had asked something so obvious.

“Do you have another place to invest?”

“yes. There is another company that I have been eyeing for a while.”

“Where is Texas? Texas, as you know, is very large.”

As Smith said, Texas was a very large state.

It was six times larger than South Korea alone and three times larger than the entire Korean Peninsula.

“This is Texas Richardson.”

“Are you Richardson? Dallas “

“yes. It is also a new company founded this year.”

“okay. Where is this place?”

“This is ID Software. Write is written as ID, but it should be read as id.”

Smith tilted his head at the name he had never heard of.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“Then have you ever heard of a soft disc?”

“ah! I’ve never heard of a soft disc. Isn’t it a company that produces games that are added to Gamers magazine?”

“you’re right. You know me well.”

“I remember hearing about it while passing by.”

“It is a company that the key personnel of the company left the company.”

Hoyoung continued with a slightly sad expression.

“And someone I’ve always wanted to meet at least once in my life is now a developer at id Software.”

The lifelong he is talking about now is not only the current life, but also the story throughout the previous life.

“Oh, is that so? I’m already intrigued by the person the boss wanted to meet so much. Who the hell is that?”

“I am not that famous yet. But my programming skills are me… He deserves to be recognized as one of the best in the world, if not to the extent of it.”

“A man like that will soon become famous, right?”

“haha. Perhaps that will happen in the near future. The name of the person I want to meet is John Carmack. He is one of the genius programmers I admit.”

Smith thought he should thoroughly memorize Hoyeong’s name.

It was because he thought that if his boss was a person that he recognized so much, he would surely become a big man later.

Hoyeong smiled at him, perhaps reading Smith’s thoughts.

He thought that 1991 was a year that made a big mark in world game history.

Aside from everything else, it’s the year Blizzard and id Software were born.

Blizzard is a familiar name to everyone, but there are many people in Korea who do not know about id Software.

However, people who do not know this game will not be common.

‘reposal’