The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

95. second-class company

Another few days passed.

Lee Jin-chan was in Suwon for an important meeting today.

The reason he came to Suwon was because the head office of Myeongseong Electronics was located here.

“Did you come too soon?”

Upon arriving at Myeongseong Electronics, Lee Jin-chan sat in the drawing room and looked around.

“Wow, the building is really nice. I thought our building was good too, but it’s still a long way off. not there yet.”

The newly completed office building in Suwon about three years ago was very flashy.

The tables in the drawing room were all marble tables, and the walls and floor were made of high-quality materials that are rarely seen.

“How much money do you have to make to build a building like this? Oh. Now that I think about it, our office building is not even our building.”

Currently, the H&H office building in Gangnam was still paying rent.

However, Jin-chan hadn’t thought about buying a building yet, thanks to the extremely low rent compared to the surrounding market.

“CEO Lee Jin-chan by any chance?”

While Lee Jin-chan was looking around the building, a neat-looking person approached and started talking to him.

“yes. I am Lee Jin-chan.”

“Nice to meet you. I am Kim Man-sik, the secretary of CEO Cho Jung-sik. I’m here to see the boss. Did you come alone?”

“yes. I came alone.”

“You don’t have any attendants. Today’s meeting will be held in the president’s office, so you have to move.”

“okay. I thought I’d see you here.”

“no. Come with me.”

Lee Jin-chan followed Kim Man-shik into the headquarters.

Then he took the innermost executive elevator and took him to the top-floor controlled office.

“Here it is. Please wait a moment.”

Kim Man-sik stopped Lee Jin-chan at the door for a while and went in and out of the office.

“You can come in.”

“thank you.”

Upon entering through the door opened by Kim Man-sik, a spacious office appeared.

‘Looks like three times as many in my office. The interior materials are much higher quality than those of the parlor.’

Lee Jin-chan went in, surprised by the enormous size and high-quality materials.

“Are you here? I’ve heard a lot of words. It is an adjustment ceremony.”

Jo Jung-sik said welcome and came out to the door and held out his hand to Lee Jin-chan.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Jinchan Lee, who is the CEO of a small company called H&H.”

Lee Jin-chan took Jo Jung-sik’s hand and shook it lightly.

Cho Jung-sik laughed.

“haha. No matter how many times I’ve heard it, it doesn’t feel like it’s the first time.”

“Have you heard my story from Hoyoung?”

“Right. I have told you several times that Mr. Yun Ho-young is a really competent and trustworthy senior.”

“Hoyeong took me on a plane. It’s embarrassing because I don’t think my ability is up to it.”

The two met at this spot through Hoyoung’s introduction.

Under the leadership of Cho Jung-sik, the spread of the Internet and computers to all affiliates of Myungsung Group was completed.

Cho Jung-sik made a full-fledged partnership with H&H and planned to supply operating systems and some programs to all PCs used by the group.

“Once, of course, I want Kronos to be installed in all PCs used by the group. And I hope that all other programs besides the word processor will be supplied.”

“Any other programs, such as spreadsheets or presentations?”

“yes. Even a web browser there. I want office work to be done perfectly with the programs coming in from H&H, even if we don’t have to worry about it.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. The OFFICE package we created supports the perfect office work.”

“good. As for the word processor, we use Hunminjeongeum, which we developed in-house, so you do not need to supply it separately.”

“All right.”

Cho Jung-sik smiled.

“Hunminjeongeum is perfectly compatible with Hangeul. I hope you understand.”

“no. I hope that many good programs will come out and a healthy competition will be created.”

Jo Jeong-sik seemed to like Lee Jin-chan’s answer, but his expression was bright.

‘How on earth does Hoyoung know these people?’

I couldn’t ignore Hoyoung’s network of people who spread widely through the United States and Japan, and in Korea, he seemed to be friendly with people from all walks of life, even the president of Myeongseong Electronics.

Lee Jin-chan thought that the more he knew Ho-young, the more he was a great person.

“At H&H, as you may not know, we have an official partnership with Dell Computer. I know that Myeongseong Electronics is also affiliated with Dell Computer.”

“Right. I also heard about it from Mr. Hoyeong. We will now proceed with the OEM method for all PC production through Dell computers. Of course, the same goes for the PCs we use internally for our group.”

“In that case, I will make sure that the office package is installed and carried out when I deliver it from Dell Computer to Myeongseong Electronics.”

“yes. Please proceed like that.”

Was it because I heard that you are one of Hoyoung’s closest seniors?

Jo Jung-sik really liked Lee Jin-chan.

“Then let’s stop talking about work, shall we have lunch together? Do you have any lunch plans?”

“no. I came without any appointments. It’s rude to make an appointment in advance when you don’t know how long the conversation with the boss will be.”

“haha. You are also being careful. good. I’ll buy you lunch today. Do you have any favorite food?”

“There is nothing. I eat just about anything.”

“okay? then follow me Do you eat Samgyetang? I know where I am good at.”

After Jo Jung-sik told Lee Jin-chan, he packed up his clothes and left the office.

Lee Jin-chan also looked blankly for a moment in the direction Jo Jung-shik left, then came to his senses and followed him.

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“So you said you ate samgyetang too?”

“Don’t talk. I really have never heard of Samgyetang like that.”

“What kind of Samgyetang is it?”

“I heard they put fist-sized abalone and real wild ginseng in Samgyetang?”

“It must have been very expensive?”

“I’m eating Samgyetang for the first time since I grew hair at 600,000 won per bowl.”

Returning from meeting Jo Jung-sik, Lee Jin-chan met Ho-young, who was waiting for him at his office, and they started talking about what happened a little while ago.

“You talked about work well. then?”

“There was nothing but going well. Did you know that he took care of things before I even said anything?”

Hoyoung let out a laugh.

It was as if he could sense how much Jo Jung-shik believed in him.

“Good, then. Please proceed as is. I’ll just move on.”

“Are you going over already? Are you busy?”

“sure. Did you see that I have days when I am not busy?”

Lee Jin-chan said with a smile.

“but. It’ll be harder to find a day when you’re free. Come back soon.”

Hoyoung smiled and said hello and left H&H.

However, instead of returning to his office, Hoyoung went down to the underground parking lot of the Hermes building.

Miru was waiting for him in the underground parking lot.

“Chief. Please go to COEX International Hotel.”

“All right.”

The car driven by Ho-young and Mi-ru soon arrived at the hotel.

It took less than 15 minutes by car from H&H in Gangnam to COEX in Samseong-dong.

“You came an hour earlier than the appointed time. Well, let’s go in and wait.”

“All right.”

Hoyeong sat down on the corner of the first floor of the hotel and picked up her cell phone.

“International call please. The number is…”

After a while.

On the other side of the receiver, Smith received a call from America.

“smith. How have you been?”

– sure. I haven’t heard from you since the last time I went to the US.

“I was a little busy because I had something to finish in a hurry.”

– Five···. I see. Are you Hermes? Or H&H?

It was Smith who accurately grasped Hoyoung’s circumstances.

“haha. It’s H&H’s job. Do you remember the game called The Legend of the Wind that I talked about before? We have finished developing the game. It’s a game that Smith should be familiar with, as it will also be available in the US in the next few years.”

– This is finally the beginning of the MMORPG era you mentioned the other day.

“Yes.”

– Anyway, why did you contact me?

“I have contacted you to ask if the two contracts I requested have been completed successfully.”

– If it’s two things… First of all, the contract with id software was completed amicably. And the second contract is also without special details… Aha! So you called. Is today the day?

“you’re right. Of course, you didn’t say anything, so there shouldn’t have been any problems, but I still contacted you to see if there was anything I needed to check before the meeting or if there was anything unusual.”

Smith finally figured out why Ho-young called.

– I should have taken care of it first, but I wasn’t careful. There were no problems. If there’s something special about it, is it that there’s a lot of interest in Kronos and Boss?

“Oh, what about me?”

– yes. So the story could move faster.

Smith chuckled.

Hoyoung also smiled embarrassedly before opening his mouth.

“Well, compared to having a bad feeling, it can be said that it is a very good situation.”

– That’s right. I think you can do it the way you normally do.

“All right. Thank you. Now the appointment time is over. I’ll give you another call when we’re done talking.”

– yes. I believe you will do well.

Hoyoung hung up the phone after Smith greeted him.

Looking at the clock, it was 10 minutes before the appointment time.

5 minutes later.

A half-gray-haired Westerner walked into the front door of the hotel.

White hair on a face that doesn’t look that old.

Hoyoung could recognize at once that he was the person he had been waiting for.

“Chief. I think it’s him.”

“yes. I will bring you.”

Miru walked quickly to the hotel entrance and talked to him.

It’s hard to hear because of the distance, but it seems that Hoyoung’s appointment is right, judging from the westerners’ willingness to see him.

Hoyeong waited for Miru to bring him.

“Nice to meet you. Mr Harper? I am Yoon Ho-young. Please call me Mr. Yoon.”

“Five! I finally get to meet Yoon! This is Harper Sanders.”

The two greeted each other lightly and then sat down.

“Thank you so much for coming all the way to Korea. Wasn’t the long flight tiring?”

“no. Fortunately, I had something to do in Japan, so I came over. Rather, the scale of this work has grown larger than the Japanese work. ha ha ha.”

Harper laughed heartily.

Hoyoung thought that holding a large beer mug would suit him better than the small coffee mug he was drinking now.

“ha ha ha. I am grateful to you for taking good care of me.”

“no. Our company is already using Kronos, with some exceptions.”

“It’s embarrassing. Version 2 will be released soon, so please look forward to it.”

Hoyoung and Harper chatted for a while.

“then···. Now that I’ve come all the way to Korea, I hope you keep your promise.”

“Do not worry. Mr. Harper.”

“Actually, I came with a half-doubt. If it wasn’t for that huge investment, I wouldn’t have come this far. Is that really true? Do you have a CPU design that will outperform Intel’s?”

“You have to be precise. They didn’t say they had a CPU design. Maybe they have a way to make a CPU that beats Intel.”

“Mr. Yoon! I hate puns.”

Harper had a slightly angry face, and Hoyoung had a relaxed expression.

“ruler. So, let’s talk slowly from now on, shall we? Harper, no, Harper Sanders, CEO of AMD?”

Who is facing Hoyoung right now?

He was the CEO of AMD, the second-class CPU company for many years, which always occupies the second place in the CPU market.