Artificial Intelligence Developer Cheolwoo Lee (2)
With a trembling heart, I visited LFH, which is using a 5-story detached building on the outskirts of Gyeonggi-do.
According to Minseok, he said Oh Young-ho, a professional manager, is currently the representative. 45 years old. He is said to be an elite manager who graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Korea University.
Upon entering the lobby on the first floor, there was a small information desk.
I wondered for a moment whether such a lobby would be necessary, but I thought that a lot of investors and customers were looking for it because I had to sell AHS.
‘however… … . He’s dozing off.’
The female employee at the information desk was dozing off, wondering what had happened the night before.
I went to the desk and banged on the desk.
“hello?”
Then, the receptionist woke up in amazement.
“Uh, sorry. What are you doing here?”
“Hello. I’d like to meet the CEO. Will you be here?”
“Are you the CEO? Do you have any prior arrangements?”
As she said that, she looked up and saw my face.
“…… CEO Lee Cheol-woo?”
Seeing me, she said with dazed eyes.
“Yes. That’s right. I’m Lee Chul-woo. Would you like to be in the CEO?”
“CEO! I’m sorry. Yesterday… I was taking care of my parents because they were sick…”
Well, you can doze off a bit. I didn’t mean to do anything with it… … .
“It’s okay. Would you like to stay inside the representative?”
“Yes. Go up to the 5th floor and the CEO’s office is on the right.”
“thank you.”
I immediately took the elevator to the staff’s guidance and went up to the representative office on the 5th floor.
There was no secretary, and he knocked on the door of the room marked Representative Office.
smart-
“Hello? Is CEO Oh Young-ho here?”
“Yes, there is. Please come in.”
“Then excuse me.”
After he gave his permission, I went into the representative’s office.
“…?”
When I entered, CEO Oh’s face became half contemplative.
“Hello. I’m Lee Cheol-woo. Did I come here too suddenly without contacting you?”
“Ah… no. Please take a seat.”
He gave us the table of honor and ushered us to our seats.
“Is it okay for me to sit here? Isn’t it the representative’s seat?”
“What are you talking about? Of course you should sit at the top of the table. The real owner of LFH is LF Co., Ltd., and the real owner of that place is CEO Chul-Woo Lee…”
“Um…then I’ll be grateful to sit down.”
is this a business? Or, is it a joke? Or is it a social life? The atmosphere of this office didn’t suit me.
It was actually embarrassing too.
‘Ah, how do I get into LF? Just imagining it is burdensome.’
Even though I visited LFH, which is a subsidiary of LH and is much smaller in scale, the information desk staff made a fuss and the representative treated me so kindly that he gave up his seat… … .
If I went to LF, the head office, it was obvious that this and that would be a burden.
‘Whew, but I’ll have to go there someday confidently.’
I even thought it was a bit funny to myself. It’s my company anyway, but I can’t go there because it’s burdensome… … .
I guess I still have a lot to learn about business.
“If you would like to contact me, I’m preparing a little more. I’m sorry. I don’t have anything prepared.”
“Oh, no. I’m not here to be served.”
“Aren’t you here because you’re curious about how the business is going?”
“Hmm, there’s no such thing. That’s because I’ve been listening to Minseok talking about it.”
“hahahahaha……. To hear from CEO Cha, the real owner must have been CEO Lee Cheol-woo.”
car representative. Are you talking about Cha Min-seok? Minseok and Minseok were walking around, and when someone else said that he was the CEO of Cha, Minseok felt awkward.
“hahahaha, well, it’s no secret.”
“So how did you make the hard stride this far?”
He just brought the point out.
“I heard from Minseok. There’s a problem with AHS?”
“Hmm…? Problem? What kind of problem?”
He said in a tone that he couldn’t guess.
“I hear there are more retired people than farmers who install those AHSs?”
“Oh, that’s true. For those who want to return to farming, there’s no such thing as a great advantage. They don’t know about farming, but they think they’ll have to work. So many people are looking for AHS.”
“But they said there was a problem.”
“Problem…? What are you talking about?”
He looked like he didn’t know.
“A lot of those AHSs have been installed, and since they’re producing so many, there’s not enough hands to harvest them.”
“Ah, yes. That’s right. But now it’s improved a lot. After trial and error, we recommend installing more in places with a lot of workers, and smaller in places with fewer workers even if it’s large.”
“Ah, that’s how you solved it.”
“Yes. It’s better than rotting in the ground because you can’t harvest.”
Should I have the ability?
“So, AHS doesn’t sell much?”
“Of course it is. But… that’s a story when it’s limited to Korea. If you go abroad, the story will change again.”
“ah.”
Are you also a professional manager? That’s why management is so hard.
“Yes. We are preparing to go abroad.”
“Hmm…then you don’t need that? An automatic harvesting and storage robot.”
“yes?”
“Ah, Minseok said that it was a problem in the past, so he asked me to make an automatic harvesting robot. So, I’m going to try making one.”
“……? yes?”
he asked once more.
“An automatic harvesting robot!”
Is this person’s ears darker than I thought?
“……? An automatic harvesting robot?”
“yes.”
“Is that possible?”
“Well, that’s what I’m thinking right now. It’s going to be artificial intelligence.”
“Artificial intelligence…? Something like a science fiction movie?”
“Hmm, no artificial intelligence like that, maybe just harvesting.”
When it comes to artificial intelligence, ordinary people still seem to think of artificial intelligence robots that appear in sci-fi movies.
Of course, I was like that too not too long ago.
I was unaware of the existence of artificial intelligence.
“Uh, so you’re making a robot that can harvest automatically anyway?”
He asked the core, whether technology is out of interest.
“Yes. By the way, I don’t think it’s necessary. If you’re setting the direction of your business that way.”
“No! No no no no!”
“yes?”
“No! I need it! No, I absolutely need it! I absolutely need it.”
“…?”
It was a nuance that obviously wasn’t necessary, right?
“Of course, with that robot, you can sell more AHS! And is that all? Automatic harvesting robots can also be used in ordinary farms that do not use AHS. But, how many can you sell?”
“ah.”
I only listened to what Minseok said, and I thought it was too simple.
Harvesting robots could also be used by ordinary farmers. It wasn’t just AHS’ problem.
“By the way… is it possible to make it? Many companies have tried to make it, but all have failed. Well, there are some things as simple as rice.”
“Yes. I think the artificial intelligence technology and drone technology just mentioned will be enough.”
“A drone? What else is that?”
“It’s a flying robot. The automatic harvesting robot will probably be in the form of flying.”
“A flying robot with artificial intelligence?”
“yes.”
“Uh… I don’t know what it is, but anyway, that’s what it is?”
“Yes. It will work.”
said with confidence. Because there was no reason not to.
“Then, what can we prepare for you?”
“First of all, please arrange a farm for each crop you want to automatically harvest. We have to continue filming at that farm.”
“Shooting?”
“Yes. I have to shoot a lot of crops. Maybe…. I wonder if a drone without artificial intelligence will be completed first, but I’m going to shoot with that drone.”
“Ohh……?”
“After that, we need a lot of work. We have to process the captured data so that it is necessary for artificial intelligence learning. We will have to save a lot of people.”
“Man, how much do you need?”
“I’m thinking about the data of 10 million photos per crop. Um… would you like to see this?”
I showed CEO Oh a picture of Cheongyang peppers from my father’s farm.
The only difference from the general photo was that a green box was drawn on the Cheongyang pepper.
“Are you supposed to make this?”
“Yes. It’s when a person looks at a picture and draws a green box where there are peppers.”
“Is it really that simple?”
It was something anyone of any age could do. To draw a green box, I just had to learn a little bit of paint. Distinguishing peppers was something anyone with normal intelligence could do.
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“Yes. It’s simple, right? But what’s funny is that computers can’t do this simple thing.”
Today’s computers cannot do this simple task that anyone can do.
It was artificial intelligence that made it possible.
“Ah… that’s right. It’s a job that computers can’t do.”
“I plan to teach the computer that the green box is a Cheongyang pepper.
It was learning data, which is the core of artificial intelligence.
“Wow, is that possible?”
“Because that’s artificial intelligence.”
“That’s amazing… Really.”
“hahahaha, no. Ah, anyway, so you have to do this. Then you can make a harvesting robot.”
“CEO, for that… we need more funds. AHS is currently preparing for overseas business, so we don’t have enough funds.”
He carefully brought up the topic of money.
“Then, raise the budget required for the work to LF. Minseok will approve it right away.”
“Yes! I see. I will upload it as soon as possible.”
“Yes, I’ll go in.”
* * *
A few days later, Minseok and the two met at a secluded cafe.
“No, Cheolwoo! You’re funny too. Why are you asking to see me in a place like this, leaving LF behind?”
“I don’t know either.”
“It’s really uncomfortable, you can come in confidently.”
“Oh, I don’t know.”
“Complaining? I’m not even a kid.”
When I was with Minseok, I felt like I was an immature college student, not a member of society yet.
“That’s okay, did you hear the CEO? How much budget did you apply for?”
“10 billion.”
“10 billion? How little?”
I was thinking about 100 billion won, but it was less than I thought.
“Hey, 10 billion won is a lot. Shooting what’s so difficult about putting a square box on that photo. No matter how much data they say.”
“Really? Thinking about it that way, it seems like that, but why did they approve 10 billion won?”
It seemed that my sense of money had become strange.
“In the future, we’re going to create a business division for artificial intelligence harvesting robots. That’s why I think we need more. I tend to agree.”
“Yeah well, that’s fine. Anyway, that’s not why I asked to see you.”
“then?”
“I’m going to make my own studio.”
“workplace?”
“Uh. My own workshop. I went and worked on the ITE-X engine, 6-axis milling machine, AHS, etc. I go there every time, and the people there seem to be uncomfortable. Let me work in my studio.”
“hahahahaha, of course it’s necessary. Don’t you have a schedule right now?”
Minseok suddenly said with a happy expression.
“There’s nothing so urgent, but why?”
“Let’s go somewhere with me for a while.”
“where?”
“Pangyo.”
“Why are you there?”
“You’ll find out when you go!”
What did Minseok want to show, so he has such a happy expression?