Shinseong Lee Cheol-woo (7)
As soon as I heard that the X-380 would be released to coincide with the release date of the GTC-3, the first thing I did was to call Minseok.
“Minseok-ah.”
– Yeah, what’s up? Did things work out in Hyeonseong?
“Oh, it worked out better than I thought. We’ll be releasing the X-380 in June, just in time for the GTC-3 release date.”
-Wow, crazy is that possible? What kind of magic did you use?”
“It’s not like that. The government was also interested in the ITE-X engine, and Hyeonseong was also preparing. As a result, we were able to receive various vehicle test inspections as a top priority. Only a small amount of sales.”
– Oh, that’s great.
“And I have something to order.”
-What?
“Let’s take this opportunity to destroy the car. Then the Japanese economy will be destroyed too, right?”
-hmm… … . how?
I’ve been thinking a bit about how.
Not long ago, Minseok made a lot of money by hitting 10x short leverage on oil futures. And I studied about it.
“Put in the car short sale too. As much as possible.”
-Ha ha ha ha ha!
As soon as I heard those words, I heard Minseok’s loud laughter over the receiver.
“You know what I’m talking about?”
-Have you already studied there? great? I’m sure you got it. I’m just thinking of doing a very harpoon.
“huh.”
-Why are you doing that?
“Um… I’ll meet you later and talk about it, because it’s about Changsu and Hyejeong.”
By bankrupting Toyo Motors, he avenges Changsu’s father’s humiliation… … . The ripple effect destroys the Japanese economy.
At the section presentation, I couldn’t bear to detonate Hyejeong’s bomb.
It was probably because it was about sticking a dagger at Hyeon-seong and team leader Seo, but this is a different story.
After all, Japan was a war criminal state and colonized Korea.
I wanted to repay that humiliation like this.
-okay. I’ll hear you later
“Anyway, prepare well.”
-then. Leave it this way for now.
“Yeah hang up. I have to go down to the lab.”
-uh. suffer hang up
Minseok was trustworthy.
‘Then, shall I help with the preparations for the launch?’
When I went down to the lab, team leader Seo greeted me.
“…… Mr. Lee Cheol-woo. How the hell did you convince the vice president? An official notice came down a while ago. Set the release date to June.”
“hahahahaha, I didn’t persuade you. There was such a plan originally.”
“You did?”
“Yes. I think so. By the way, how far was the official letter sent?”
If it went down to ex-employees, there was a bit of a security issue. It was because Minseok needed time to prepare.
“Currently, it has only been delivered to a few at the team leader level. Even Researcher Jung doesn’t know.”
“great.”
It seems that Hyun-seong has no idea.
They can also put short sales on cars too.
“The people under each team leader, including Researcher Jeong, don’t know why, and they must suffer quite a bit.”
“Are you going to keep the official document confidential? Your teammates?”
“Yes. For one month.”
“hahahahaha, yes. I should help too. Let’s get ready right away.”
* * *
A few days later, Hyun-seong confirmed the release of the X-380 three months later, and then rejected the entire verification team.
As a result.
“Is Hyeonseong’s ITE-X engine a lie? The entire verification team refuses.”
「Is Lee Cheol-woo a rare swindler?」
「The mystery of Hyun-sung’s last session presentation at the Tokyo Automobile Expo and the change to the ITE-X engine.」
Externally, various speculative articles were rampant.
“No, Team Leader Seo! How the hell did this happen? Suddenly rejecting the entire verification team, what the hell is going on?”
Researcher Jeong asked team leader Seo as if he were arguing.
“Well, I don’t know either…. The higher up told me to do that, but what should I do?”
“No, you’re the head of the research institute and the team leader. You’ve probably heard something. This is making us total liars. No, it’s real. The ITE-X engine!”
Researcher Jung said in a tearful voice that he felt so unfair.
“There must be a meaning.”
“Oh, really! I can’t work like this.”
“Incentive 2,000% That’s real. We’re working for money. And don’t you think about the top? Let’s just do what we’re told.”
“Ah……ha……does Mr. Cheolwoo know anything?”
“Me? Um? I don’t know?
“No, it’s a familiar expression.”
Are you too tired? I’m not good at acting.
“hahahaha, I don’t know. I just do what I’m told to do.”
“Huh…… I don’t know. So, what do we do now? Verification has also been skipped.”
“Just keep making the ITE-X engine.”
“yes?”
“You can become a support for the manufacturing team so that we can make it as quickly as possible.”
“Eh? Are you making it?”
“huh.”
“……? What do you mean?”
“I don’t know, the higher up said that.”
“Hmm, I think I know something.”
“Pretend you don’t know.”
“hahahahaha, is it okay to be a supporter as much as possible? Then I will go to the production team and see if there is any problem.”
“okay.”
Researcher Jung left the lab, and now only Team Leader Seo and I were in the lab.
“Um, Mr. Cheol-woo. Did you hear that?”
“which?”
“GTC-3 limited edition of 5,000 on June 12th.”
“Yes. I heard.”
Toyo Motors seemed almost convinced that the X-380 with the ITE-X engine we showed at Auto Expo was a lie.
There was also a reason why we rejected the verification team as a final blow.
“How many units did we say were limited sales?”
“They say it will be outlined in a month depending on what the manufacturing plan will look like in the future.”
How many can you sell?
“Um… that’s what I think.”
“yes.”
“I think it’s probably about 2,000 at most.”
“2,000 units?”
Isn’t that too little? It is said that Toyo Motors sells 5,000 units.
Of course, it is sold for verification and show, but it was too small compared to Toyo cars. Because it wasn’t even 1/2.
“Yes. Are you thinking the same as me?”
“Less?”
“Yes. It’s too few. No matter how good the performance is, I don’t think it will be compared.”
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“That’s true. What do you think the problem is, Mr. Seo? To mass-produce 5,000 units identical to Toyo cars.”
“It will be outlined in a month, so the production period is only two months. We have to produce 2,500 units a month. Of course, it is possible. Our Hyunseong’s manufacturing capacity is not that low.
“but?”
“There is one problem: the porous monolith filter.”
Porous monolith filter.
It was the core of the ITE-X engine and a filter that was responsible for the core function of circulation stroke.
“You mean mass production is difficult.”
“Yes. It’s a completely new type of filter, so there’s no factory that can mass-produce it. I’ve heard plans from the upper level that they’re building a new factory, but I don’t know how long it will take. So I have to make it mostly manually…”
It won’t actually be done by hand, but that means a lot of work.
“Hmm… I’ll have to think about it a bit.”
While thinking about what to do, the door to the lab opened and Researcher Jung returned.
“I figured it out. From a month later, it is said that it will be able to produce about 1,000 units per month. I think we can make more, but the problem is the mass production of porous monolith filters.”
“It’s the back book.”
“…”
Researcher Jeong had a sullen expression.
* * *
I visited Mokho Bearing and Changsu’s father’s company, which manufactures porous monolith filters.
Changsoo’s father. President Yoon greeted me personally.
“Cheol-woo. Hello. You really did a great job. Should I call you CEO now?”
“hahahaha, it’s been so awkward to use honorific titles since before. You can just call me Cheolwoo’s friend.”
“No matter how much, my benefactor, Team Leader Seo, calls me teacher, how could I?”
“……Then, just call me Mr. Cheol-woo as usual.”
“hahahaha, I understand. Mr. Cheol-woo. So what did you come here for?”
“It’s because of the porous monolith filter.”
Porous monolith filters cannot be manufactured with any machine because their structure is as complicated as that of free vector gears or TT gears.
The only machine that can be manufactured is a 6-axis milling machine.
It was a CNC machine I had previously built.
Of course, processing with a 6-axis milling machine did not immediately complete the porous monolith filter.
It is completed only when a special filter is overlaid on the steel structure made with a milling machine, and the special filter was able to be mass-produced sufficiently.
Then again, the problem is the 6-axis milling machine.
The place that holds it the most is Mokho Bearing, so I came here.
to produce faster.
“Ah…. Was it yesterday? Hyeonseong suddenly put in a lot of orders.
After all, Hyeonseong was already on the move.
“How much is the order quantity?”
“As much as possible.”
“So how possible is that?”
“About 1,000 in 30 days?”
It was as expected.
“Um… it runs 24 hours a day, right?”
“Yes. I’m on my 3rd shift.”
I was doing everything I could realistically.
I couldn’t increase the 6-axis milling machine right now, and of course I couldn’t work more than 24 hours a day.
Then there was only one way.
‘remodeling.’
It had to work much faster than current 6-axis milling machines. At least 2.5 times… … . more.
“Um, Mr. Yoon. Can I use only one 6-axis milling machine?”
“Uh, um… Then the quantity to be delivered to Hyeonseong will be reduced. Is that okay?”
“yes.”
“Okay. I don’t mind. Use as much as you want.”
President Yoon was also aware of what position I was in Hyeonseong after hearing the news, and he readily agreed.
“Yes. Then I’ll see you right away.”
I immediately went to the place where there was a 6-axis milling machine, and the production of a porous monolith filter was finished.
‘Well, how am I going to remodel this? The speed should be increased by at least 2.5 times… … .’
The 6-axis milling machine I made in the past didn’t care about speed. Because there were enough merits just by processing from multiple angles.
But this time, I had to pick up the pace.
‘Oh, wait a minute… … . Isn’t it okay to use TT gear rather than free vector gear?’
The 6-axis milling machine is a free vector gear. In other words, it was made of gears used at low speeds.
At that time, TT gear was not made, so there was no way.
‘Well, let’s see then… … . Change the gears, fix the firmware, increase the power? If I move fast enough, I can remodel at least one every two days.’
While I was making an estimate in my head, President Yoon came to my side.
“What are you going to do with this?”
“You know the rough feeling? Why did Hyeonseong put in as many orders as possible, even giving it twice as much money?”
“Well, I guess I can guess. I shouldn’t open my mouth recklessly.”
“Yes. That’s why.”
“What do you mean?”
“Yes. 6-axis milling machine, I plan to increase the processing speed by 2.5 times.”
“Yes??? What is that? You increase the processing speed by 2.5 times here?”
President Yoon said with a surprised expression.
“Yes. That way we can match the time.”
“No…… that’s not it, is that possible? It doesn’t make sense to say that the processing speed is 2.5 times here…?”
“hahahaha, does it make sense to create the ITE-X engine?”
“…”
Yoongi’s mouth was closed.