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Episode 79. Nebula Logic.

Yoo Market CEO Lee said.

“If you increase it like that, the funds will run out in two or three months.”

“You can get some more money. Just do what the CEO is told to do.”

Yang Woo-jin, who left U Market’s headquarters, closed his mouth.

He himself, a direct descendant of the Hwansung Group, was attacked by that guy named Kang Jae-woon and could not back down like a dog with a full tail.

‘Even if the budget of the PSE division of Hwansung Electronics and the operating funds of other affiliates are drawn at will, I will definitely put an end to it!’

Now, it was a fight that ended only when one of them fell.

And Yang Woo-jin never wanted to lose this battle, even at the risk of everything.

#Early July.

The office of Jin Seon-ho’s older brother and Vice Chairman Jin Chang-ho of Gowon Group.

Jin Chang-ho was looking for a way to strengthen his influence within the Gowon group with his aides sitting in a row around him.

Jin Chang-ho asked.

“It has been two years since my father passed away. This seems to be enough to show respect for your father. I think it’s time to send my younger brother back to his place, who dared to overtake his older brother and take over construction and electronics. What do you guys think?”

“The president is right! Now is the time to formally rise to the position of group president.”

Let your aides unite and answer in the same voice.

A satisfied smile appeared on Jin Chang-ho’s face.

“It’s good that everyone thinks so. So, if anyone has a good idea how to do that, let me know.”

said an insider.

“President. How about taking control of the financial sector first? Since few affiliates have not received funds from Kowon Securities, which represents the financial sector, the ripple effect within the group will be great. In addition, Kowon Securities CEO Song is from Vice Chairman Jin Seon-ho’s side, so if we oust Song and put someone on our side there, it could do a pretty big blow.”

The vice president thought for a moment and then nodded.

“It’s a good idea. But how are you going to oust Song?”

“I will meet the directors of Kowon Securities once. I know that there are quite a few directors who are dissatisfied with Vice Chairman Jin Seon-ho’s lack of strong leadership compared to his predecessor. If the president promises a suitable seat, it will come over to us soon.”

Jin Chang-ho laughed out loud.

“haha. Do you like it. Let’s try it once.”

At that time, the chief of staff, who was answering the phone call from one corner, approached Jin Chang-ho with his face hardened.

“President. The Vice-Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission has contacted me.”

Jin Chang-ho answered the phone.

“Vice President. This is Ahn Cheol-min.”

“Five! our vice-chairman. It’s been a long time since you contacted me. what happened?”

“..First of all, I am sorry to bring you bad news. Right now, a car-fixing case has been raised on the agenda of the Fair Trade Commission.”

Jin Chang-ho’s voice grew louder.

“What do you mean! Is there a collusion case? Who put up such an agenda?”

“..Lee Yeon-ho, chairman of the committee, directly raised the case of investigation into the three automakers as an agenda item.”

“The chairperson himself? why?”

“I don’t know that either. It is said that there have been reports of collusion between the three automobile companies, but such reports come in every year. I had never put it on the agenda before, but it suddenly came up.”

“Well. How is the FTC mood right now?”

“..the investigation into collusion is likely to be passed soon.”

Jin Chang-ho groaned.

“Vice-Chairman! Isn’t it a different matter to have it as an agenda and to get it passed? What were our members, including the Vice-Chairman, doing until that happened!”

“sorry. We tried to stop it, but the evidence in the chairman’s hands was so clear that there was no way we could do it.”

“Do you have any evidence? What evidence?”

“The chairperson had an email saying that the three companies had a meeting to exchange sales information.”

thud.

Jin Chang-ho felt like a large piece of lead had fallen on his chest.

“..how could such evidence go into the hands of the chairman..”

Although collusion is a serious violation of the Fair Trade Act, a fine of up to 10% of sales can be imposed.

The benefit is so great that the three automakers have been secretly exchanging sales information.

However, the damage to be suffered when caught is more than the benefit gained from it.

It was always done in secret, and very few employees knew what it was.

The vice-chairman spoke.

“With the evidence, it is difficult for us to strongly oppose it. It seems that the vice president should prepare in advance for the Fair Trade Commission investigation.”

At those words, Jin Chang-ho’s reason returned a little.

“..I know. Anyway, thank you for contacting me in advance. The Vice-Chairman must have had no choice but to apologize for just raising my voice.”

“no. I should have prevented it earlier, but I’m sorry I couldn’t. Then we will get back to you as we progress.”

Hang up the phone with the vice president.

Jin Chang-ho clenched his teeth.

“For now, put all your plans on hold for today.”

At that, the aides were confused.

Jin Chang-ho continued talking without hesitation.

“The Fair Trade Commission will soon be investigating a car-fixing case. First of all, let’s focus our efforts on responding to the investigation.”

The murmuring of the aides grew even louder.

“Chief Yoon.”

“There is a hole in the dam. A rat was gnawing the bank, and I didn’t know that. Find it!”

It was an ambiguous word, though.

The chief of staff immediately nodded.

All of the aides had left and Jin Chang-ho, who was left alone in the office, looked at the phone.

‘The timing is too clever. Could it be that the preferred guy did it? But if it is Chairman Lee Yeon-ho, he is not a person he can handle. How did you move him?’

Fearing that such a situation would occur, Chang-ho Jin made every effort to recruit Chairman Yeon-ho Lee.

However, Chairman Lee Yeon-ho was not a person who could be subsidized by anyone.

Instead, I was quite relieved as I succeeded in attracting the vice chairman and a significant number of standing committee members, but this kind of division broke out.

‘I don’t understand the situation. I need to find out more.’

Sungwoon Logic’s CEO Lee Byung-hoon came to visit me.

“This boss. What did you come here for? If you have something to say, you can do so by phone.”

The president’s face was pale as if he had a lot of troubles.

“..not talking on the phone. Kang Director. Can we talk in a quiet place?”

I went into the meeting room with the president and continued the conversation.

“Please speak. This boss.”

“Remember what I said back then? You said that you would release Drill’s IP only to the company that Director Kang took over.”

“Thanks to the drill that Isa Kang developed, we have already made nearly 100 billion won.”

It was obviously good content, but the face of the president who said that was not very good.

“..Is there something you don’t like about the distribution of income?”

“no. It’s not like that. Rather, I think Sungwoon Logic is being treated generously.”

“Hmm. But why do you look like that?”

“..Is it tea?”

“yes. Do you feel like you’re complaining about something?”

“..it’s a scam.”

“Hmm. You said you don’t have any complaints about the profit distribution, so what’s the problem?”

The president soon began to confide in him.

“At first, I thought meeting Director Kang was the greatest luck of my life. After meeting Director Kang, I made close to 100 billion won in half a year, so I thought that nothing could be better than this for me.”

“But you’re saying not now?”

“yes. Because of that drill. Thanks to the high profits, we hired a lot of people and the equipment was equipped with high-performance workstations. But after looking at the drill’s blueprint once, I don’t feel compelled to research anything. Clearly, there are better results than before, but there is no excitement at all. Now, I even think that it would have been better if I hadn’t looked at the blueprint for that drill.”

It was then that I understood why the president’s expression was not good.

It must be like riding a sports car running at 300 km/h and changing it to a regular sedan with a top speed of 150 km/h, but of course you will not be satisfied.

The president spoke with a sullen expression on his face.

“A professor at Caltech caught me saying that I would become a good scholar, but I came out without any regrets and started this company. Not to make money, but because of my dream of making the world’s best system semiconductors in my own country and with my own hands.”

“He was more emotional than he looked. You left the guaranteed path of a scholar to choose such a difficult path.”

Korea was originally a barren land for system semiconductors.

It meant that the environment was not very good to start the system semiconductor fabless business.

“haha. is that so? Of course, it was daunting when I first started. Now, what great things could a single graduate of graduate school do? Still, I managed to set up a company. But the idea that I could make that dream come true was fading away. Around that time, I met Director Kang.”

“Did I mean that much to you?”

“Of course. At first, I was just going to get to know a smart student and try to entice him to come to our company later. But the moment I saw the drill blueprint that Director Kang brought, my life completely changed. And from that moment until now, the only thought in my head is the thought of giving. I think it would be better to do this here while looking at the drill blueprints all day. How about doing it like that? I was just thinking about it, so I said everything. haha.”

“..I unintentionally made this boss difficult.”

“no. Director Kang’s position is also understandable. So..”

The president was unable to continue his speech and blurted the end of his speech.

He paused for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“Can Director Kang take over our company?”

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I don’t think the dream comes first, not the company. He concluded that if he could achieve his dream by giving up the company, he should.”

“..are you serious? It would be a company that worked for the rest of my life.”

“It is not a time to be proudly said of a lifetime. This year is the 8th year since I made this nebula logic. Eight years is a long time if it is long, but when you think about the years remaining, it is nothing.”

“yes. So, please take over 100% of Sungwoon Logic’s stake, and release the IP of the drill and the IP of the next-generation micro-architecture that goes beyond the drill.”

Next-generation microarchitecture?

haha. It wasn’t just the IP that this guy gave you.

Somehow, I gave up on the company so easily.

I mean, you guessed what I had.

President Lee’s eyes were burning with a desire to know and study the microarchitecture that was only in my head.

“If you want my IP that far, that’s fine. At the same time as the acquisition of Sungwoon Logic, we will unveil the next-generation microarchitecture.”