82. Neon Twenty One
President Jung Myung-soo said that he wants to invest.
I think I know now.
This is the reason why President Jung visited the Yoon Sung Soft office in the early morning.
He didn’t come for a contract with Michael Security, he came to make an investment proposal in the first place.
Only then did his neatly dressed suit and neatly combed hair caught his eye.
President Jung continued.
“I’ll be honest. As greedy, I would like to get a loan and invest in cash, but that is not what Yoon Sung Soft wants.”
President Jung is right.
What we need right now is not money.
What we need now is our customers.
His words seemed to read my mind.
“What Yoon Sung Soft wants is the customer.”
After speaking, President Jeong took out a thin file from his bag and handed it to Yoon Seok-hyung, who opened the file, checked the documents, and handed it back to me.
It was a customer list in Datafield, and there were roughly 300+ companies on the list.
By the way… Are you hosting so many domains in Datafield?
After reading my expression, Myeong-soo Jeong said with a confident expression.
“Our data field is outside the top 10 in the industry in terms of server capacity alone, but in terms of the number of hosting companies and access traffic, it is probably in the top five.”
At President Jung’s words, Yoon Seok-yi hyung pointed to the file and opened his mouth.
“But why did you show us the customer list in the data field?”
President Jung nodded and said, as if Yoon Seok was waiting for his brother’s question.
“I was thinking about it while talking with CEO Cho, and it seems that the biggest weakness of Yunseong Soft is sales power. There are no separate sales staff.”
When President Jeong said that there was no sales staff, the first thing that came to mind was what reporter So-so-jeong said as he left the office last week.
In an instant, I and Yoon Seok-hyung’s eyes met.
My brother seemed to be thinking the same thing.
President Jung continued.
“So, what if I were in charge of sales for Yunseong Soft? Of course, for concurrent positions, we need the approval of our Datafield Board of Directors, which will not be difficult.”
“You must be very busy just managing the data field, but wouldn’t it be possible to neglect your main job if you take a concurrent position?”
In response to Yoon Seok-yi’s question, President Jeong shrugged and said.
“There is one thing that people misunderstand when working on the server side.”
“… ?”
“A lot of people think of us as an IT company. However, the server side is very different. Of course, the employees who manage the servers are technical positions, but our executives are actually sales people.”
So, it means that we will do sales of Michael Security for about 300 data field customers.
It was a very tempting offer for us.
As expected, Yoon Seok-yi hyung’s expression isn’t bad either.
After confirming our positive side, President Jung Myung-soo continued with a smile with a slight smile.
“By the way… Among the Yunseong Soft businesses, the one I am really interested in is not Michael Security. Michael Security is a web security package, so word of mouth is probably more important than sales.”
President Jung made eye contact with Yun Seok-yi hyung and me in turn and continued talking.
“What I want to push properly is the V-Stop.”
“… !”
“Unlike Michael Security, V-Stop is a security program used on personal PCs, so online advertising will be really important.”
President Jung said that he would even do online advertisements, but what are you going to do with V-Stop’s online advertisements?
As if reading my expression, President Jung smiled and asked us.
“Do you remember the data field sample contract that Manager Park showed us when you came to our company yesterday? It’s in Article 13 of those articles.”
ah… !
I nodded, and Yoon Seok-yi hyung shook his head.
The service we needed was to redirect only the V-Stop download path to the server in the data field.
So, in the first place, Article 13 of the contract had nothing to do with us.
Anyway, the 13th clause of the contract is about advertising banners, and instead of using a specific area of the homepage as an advertising banner in the data field, the server usage fee is reduced according to the size and number of advertising banners.
As soon as President Jung explained that he would put V-Stop banner ads on about 300 websites hosted by Datafield, Yoon Seok-yi opened his mouth cautiously.
“It is an incredibly good investment for us. Of course, there must be something President Jung wants from Yunseong Soft, and I would like to hear the specific conditions that he demands from us.”
President Jung took out thick papers from his bag and started explaining.
It was a rather complicated and lengthy explanation for converting banner advertisements into monetary values, and at the end of the explanation, he suggested two conditions as follows.
One was a 5% stake in Yunseong Soft, and the other was an incentive for profits generated from his own sales among Michael Security’s revenue.
The incentive conditions were good, but the 5% stake felt a bit excessive.
President Jung spoke with a relaxed expression on his face.
“For reference, I am a sales person, and management does not fit my spiritual constitution. To be honest, it is overwhelming even with just one of our data fields. So, I want the 5% stake I requested to be a non-management stake.”
Yoon Seok-yi hyung shook his head and said.
“Since we, Yunseong Soft, are not a joint-stock company, it is impossible to issue shares without voting rights. I think it would be better to lower the stake.”
After thinking for a moment at Yoon Seok-yi hyung’s words, President Jung opened his mouth.
“Hmm… I don’t want to lower my stake. instead… What if the voting rights corresponding to my share were exercised by Chae here?”
to me?
why? what is this guy
wherefore? Is that a joke?
But judging by the expression on the president’s face now, it’s clearly not a joke.
Yoon Seok-yi hyung and I both had a bewildered expression on their faces, and President Jung continued talking with a relaxed expression as if he was enjoying the way we were.
“I’m good at smelling money, but I’m proud of how good it feels to see people. If the directors exercised their voting rights with me, would the profits on my shares be well guaranteed? ha ha ha—!”
“… .”
“Maybe you need some time to think. Please think about it and contact us when a decision is made.”
So, Myeong-soo Jung got up from his seat, and Seok-yi Yoon and I were the only ones left in the Yunseong Soft office.
“But isn’t this guy too improvised?”
At my words, Yunseok-hyung opened his mouth with a smirk.
“I know… I’ve heard that there are people who run a business based on persimmon, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in person. Miraculous. Still, I think President Jung likes you quite a bit. haha–!”
Yoon Seok-yi continued to speak.
“What do you think about the conditions that President Jung offered?”
“I don’t think it’s a bad condition… .”
I blurted out my words.
Because I also became a stakeholder.
Yoon Seok-yi hyung waited for my answer, and I continued speaking.
“I think the final decision should be made by hyung. Hyung also coordinates with CEO Jung regarding the contents of the stake and the ratio of incentives.”
“Yeah, I’ll think about it.”
And Yoon-seok hyung looked at me intently.
“Why, why?”
“How did you do it?”
“What?”
“Did you find out CEO Jung Myung-soo’s password?”
“ah… ! That’s it! It was just, a little bit of luck.”
That was then.
The office door opened and Incheol came in.
“Hello, boss! uh? Jung Ho! Did you go to work today too?”
“Yeah, I just had a meeting with the president of Datafield.”
“Perhaps… That hack this morning?”
I nodded, and In-cheol put his bag on the desk and said to me.
“Jeong-ho, come out for a second.”
When I got out of the office, Incheol said to me.
“How did you do it?”
“What?”
“You got the password!”
“It was just a little bit of luck.”
As I was about to turn and enter the office, Incheol grabbed my arm.
“Jeong-ho, tell me too.”
Incheol continued speaking with a serious expression.
“Tell me how you broke the RSA cipher. yes?”
Also… ! In-cheol knows.
For a moment, without realizing it, a playful sense of humor struck.
I smiled and said to Incheol.
“Call me Master.”
In-cheol bowed to me with a serious expression and said.
“Sajo, please teach this lowly disciple!”
“OK! This group will think about it once.”
As I was about to enter the office, Incheol grabbed me again and said,
“Hey Jeongho! Aww!”
“You want to think about it?”
“Jeong-ho, I’ll do anything you ask for. What can I do? ah… ! right! You said that you had to get over 375 on this mock test, didn’t you?”
“… ?”
“Is this mock exam being hosted by Daesong Academic Assessment? Can I change your score by hacking the Daesong academic achievement test? huh? Just speak.”
I know Incheol, who will figure out how to hack on me by any means possible.
I let out a short sigh and said to Incheol.
“It’s not that I hate to tell you, you need to do some professional math to learn this.”
“Studying math?”
The ‘reject function’ used to break the RSA cryptosystem is not a very simple function.
First, calculations of infinite series and definite integrals were included, and since the function range is a discontinuous set, it was necessary to verify the calculated function value with the non-obvious zero value of the Riemann zeta function.
“I have to study calculus and set theory a little bit harder, is that okay?”
In-cheol nodded violently, and I said to In-cheol.
“Then let’s study math with me starting tomorrow. It will take a few days to learn everything.”
late that afternoon.
I hurriedly left Yunseong Soft’s office and headed to Korea University.
It was to meet Professor Park Soo-Soo.
When I first found out that the value of the Euler pi function can be obtained using the ‘rejection function’, the first person I contacted was Professor Park.
In addition to researching the Riemann hypothesis, Professor Park has also conducted cryptography research.
So, I thought that Professor Park would understand the mathematical meaning of the ‘rejection function’, unlike the major sister.
So, I called Professor Park a few days ago, but I only got the call today.
When I said that I had made an interesting discovery about the Riemann hypothesis and the RSA encryption system, Professor Park asked me to meet him right away with an excited voice.
When I said that I was going to Korea University early tomorrow because it was late today, the professor insisted that he would come directly to Namseo-dong, and in the end, I had no choice but to say that I would leave for Korea University.
For reference, Professor Park is about to retire in February next year, but his passion for research was to the point that his age was insignificant.
On the way to the subway station.
I stopped in front of the newsstand.
The front-page articles of the evening newspapers displayed on the newsstands were covered with the name Sosujeong.
＜Reporter So Su-jeong’s revelations! The Daedong Ilbo completely denies it!>
＜Prosecutors are investigating the authenticity of reporter So-Jeong’s recordings>
＜So Su-jeong, is she a whistleblower? Are you a media threat?
＜Single! A small number of transcripts are the contents of conversations with fellow reporters!>
I remembered the words of reporter So-Jeong in a newspaper article I saw this morning.
It’s about making a major announcement that will shake up the country.