Humanoid Developer Cheolwoo Lee (15)
Xiao Qiancheng, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Minister Wang, and Xiao Huanjie of Tensort met urgently that night.
“…! What the hell is this!”
Xiao Qiancheng, director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said.
“I’m sorry. I have no face.”
At his prompting, Minister Wang lowered his head and said.
“I’ve been telling you so many times, prepare properly this time. But what is the result now? Do you know how the whole world is looking at China right now!”
Director Xiao Chencheng continued to push him, as if his anger could not be relieved.
“sorry.”
“If I’m sorry, is it a matter of ending the work? How much was Chairman Liu expecting from this!”
“…”
Minister Wang’s face turned blue when Chairman Liu’s words came out and he kept his mouth shut.
“Why did you do that, didn’t I tell you? Watch out for Lee Cheol-woo. Just say there’s no data and it’ll be over, why did you hit back like that?”
When Lee Cheol-woo first asked the question, it was a problem that could be easily overcome by simply saying that there was no learning data.
But why did they do that?
“sorry.”
“No, I’m not asking you to say I’m sorry right now, are you? That’s why you said that. Xiaohuanjie, you can answer.”
“……I wanted to prepare perfectly.”
“Perfect? Do you think this is perfect now?”
“…”
“Did you try to bury Lee Chul-woo while making up a lie theory that didn’t even exist because you wanted to prepare perfectly? Don’t you think about the future?”
“It will take a long time to prove it anyway, and by then the real heaven and earth might be complete…”
he said in a dying voice.
“Ha, yes. Let’s say it is. I went over the first question well, so why didn’t I go over the second question so badly?”
“sorry.”
“You didn’t mean to hear that I was sorry, did you?”
he said sternly.
“That Lee Cheol-woo didn’t know how to set a trap. Asking a false question… It was unacceptable to my common sense. Isn’t that just a question to overthrow us? Lee Cheol-woo also has a problem.”
Certainly, in a public Q&A session, I had to ask questions well. But Lee Chul-woo wasn’t like that.
“hahahahaha, that person Lee Cheol-woo had a problem? Wouldn’t it be a problem if he didn’t touch Lee Chul-woo’s heart before that? He’s not the type to just sit still after being hurt like that. That guy.”
“……sorry.”
“I was overthinking it. I could have just kept it to the right level.”
“…”
“Shao Huan Emperor.”
“Yes. Manager.”
“We, the Chinese government, don’t know. You know?”
“Yeah, I know.”
“And the King Corps.”
“Yes. Manager.”
“Please submit your resignation letter.”
“Boss…….”
“Did you think you could go this far and get on safely? Be glad you ended up with this.”
“…Yes, I’m sorry.”
“Stop going out.”
“yes.”
“yes…….”
Emperor Shao sent them away and summoned another of his right-hand man, Master Ten.
“Did you call, boss?”
“Chairman Ryu said he moved?”
“Yes. They said they would ban rare earth exports to Korea. The atmosphere is not serious.”
“Can you guess why the president suddenly moved like that?”
“You’ve been preparing for an economic attack on Korea before. The trigger was just pulled by what happened today.”
“Ummm…. The reason is because of the recent rapid rise in science and technology in Korea?”
“Yes. There are other reasons, but that reason is the biggest one. To be precise, it’s because of Lee Cheol-woo.”
“Lee Cheol-woo…! Lee Cheol-woo!”
He said, biting his molars tightly.
“Calm down, boss.”
“Am I going to calm down now? Just hearing that name makes my teeth clench.”
“Don’t worry too much. Since exports of rare earths have been banned, the Korean government will use their numbers against Lee Chul-woo.”
“What on earth is that guy, can a mere engineer get involved in international affairs?”
“…… Isn’t the 21st century the age of science and technology? Apparently, genius engineers of this era have no choice but to demonstrate strong power.”
“Huh, anyway, the news has reached the Korean government by now, so please keep an eye on it.”
“Yes. I understand. An emergency cabinet meeting has been called at the Blue House.”
* * *
An emergency cabinet meeting was convened at South Korea’s Blue House as soon as it heard the news that China was banning rare earth exports.
Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Economy, Minister of Science and Technology, and many others gathered.
“… Let’s start the meeting.”
They started the meeting with serious expressions.
“First of all, why did China suddenly ban exports of rare earths? And what will happen if imports of rare earths are blocked?”
The Prime Minister asked people from the Ministry of Economy and Science and Technology.
“It’s been a while since there has been talk of banning the export of rare earth elements. As a result of the analysis, it is a ploy to help Taiwan’s TSMC and harm Ohsung Electronics.”
“Taiwan’s TSMC?”
China and Taiwan are different countries. Although it is a different country, the political problems were serious.
In the Olympics, Taiwanese players prevented China from using their national flag, and in the international arena, they were unable to enjoy various national rights due to pressure from China.
China, following the one-China policy, was continuously attempting to annex Taiwan.
“Yes. I am not rushing to try it because of the notice of the United States, but if Taiwan is annexed someday, TSMC’s taxes will go to China. It is the result of intertwining. I think I thought I needed an example.”
The ban on rare earth exports was based on several calculations.
“Is our country setting an example?”
“Yes. I think so.”
“Trash bastards.”
“What will you do? If imports of rare earth materials cannot continue as they are now, Ohsung Electronics will suffer a serious blow.”
“You said it was an important resource for semiconductor production, right?”
“yes.”
“Then how about importing from other countries?”
“There are very few countries where rare earths are produced, and even if they are produced, they are consumed almost entirely in their own country. In fact, it is safe to say that China is holding a monopoly on rare earths.”
“……Then, how will the United States react?”
“I’m going to make an announcement at the White House tomorrow. What I expect is ‘China’s export ban on rare earths is very regrettable, an act that disrupts the global economy’.”
“It’s just talk.”
“Yes. I don’t think the US will directly help our country. Recently, there has been quite a bit of capital outflow from the US to Korea.”
“Because of LF? To be precise, because of Lee Cheol-woo?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Chul-woo Lee, what the hell is he doing? Is he trying to destroy China following Japan?”
“……. It’s nonsense. Japan and China have different weight classes. Even if Tensot’s share price went down a little today, China won’t be hit at all.”
There was a moment of silence in the meeting room.
“Then you have to make a choice. Ask China to repeal the ban on rare earth exports, or go as it is.”
Both the former and the latter had problems.
If the export of electrons is banned, Ohsung Electronics, which is also called the pillar of Korea, will suffer a big blow. In the case of the latter, I did not know what kind of abuse China would do.
“We cannot give up on Ohsung Electronics. In terms of operating profit, Ohsung Electronics and LF have similar profits, but Ohsung Electronics has a far more overwhelming influence on the Korean economy.”
After subtracting the operating profit from the sales, the operating expenses remain.
Among the project expenses were the labor costs of employees and the cost of purchasing materials, which were the driving force behind Korea’s industry and economy.
“…… Ask China tomorrow to lift the ban on rare earth exports.”
“I don’t know what conditions to put.”
“What conditions would you like?”
“I wonder if the condition is to transfer some of the technologies LF is holding to China.”
“……The Communist Party will do that, but that’s not something we can do on our own. We have to seek the consent of the LF…”
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“I’ll try to coordinate well.”
“Yes. All right. Let’s proceed like that.”
The emergency cabinet meeting has ended.
* * *
The next day, my group visited the presentation hall to attend the presentation.
With Minseok who arrived yesterday.
“Our prediction was correct, an urgent cabinet meeting was held at the Blue House yesterday.”
Minseok said.
“I did? The result?”
“It’s still hard to guess exactly, but rumors say he’s going to raise a white flag in China.”
“…… That sound means that we have to listen to what kind of request from China after all?”
“It’s probably going to be like that. The Chinese pulled out their swords, but there’s no need to cut anything. The Chinese aren’t the ones who will listen just because you ask for it.”
“Bastards.”
“At the time of this presentation. Are you going to talk about that?”
Yesterday, Minseok talked about humanoids and licenses.
There are a few minor problems, but in the end, it was our freedom to sell humanoids.
Although it was not another strong artificial intelligence service.
“No, I won’t tell you directly.”
“then?”
“In the first place, in order to drive a humanoid, there must be an NF network. There is no China? I’m just saying that it’s impossible to use.”
China doesn’t have an NF network, so I couldn’t use it anyway.
I was thinking of pointing that out when I was announcing it.
“Then what if China introduces the NF network again?”
“Let’s go see it then.”
Tiriling-. Tiriling-.
“Wait a minute, I’ll answer the phone.”
Minseok apologized and answered the phone.
“Yes. Master. ……Yes. ……Ah? So how did it go? ……Ah, yes. I am with you. I will ask you. Yes, please go in.”
“Are you Master?”
“Uh, I just requested that Korea withdraw the ban on rare earth exports, and I got an immediate reply as if I had waited.”
“what?”
“They say they will cancel the export ban on rare earth elements if we transfer technology related to artificial intelligence. So the Korean government just asked us.”
“what?”
“Tell the government to transfer the source code of the AI development tool MI in the NF network and related technology to the government, and they say they will pay a generous amount.”
MI, Make Intelligence. It is an artificial intelligence development tool that I developed to make medicine artificial intelligence easy.
It meant handing over the skills related to it.
“It’s not even worth listening to.”
It was a real robber. Stealing technology using rare earths as a weapon.
If it’s not a robbery what is it?
“If the request is not met, the government’s position will be in trouble… and we will be in trouble as well.”
“Should I listen to you?”
“Will the government be bothersome…? A search and seizure may come in, or a tax investigation may come in.”
“It sucks.”
“I don’t know how it will actually work.”
“Let’s see, who will win? Doesn’t our government, or the Chinese government, know that we’ve perfected humanoid, or strong artificial intelligence? If we reveal this in this announcement, we don’t know what else will change.”
“… it’s not like that.”
-Now, finally, it’s the last turn. I think everyone has high expectations. In 10 minutes, NF CEO Lee Cheol-woo’s presentation on artificial intelligence arc will begin.
“I will be back.”