173. ECEC2 (2)
next day.
Hoyoung, Smith, and Sumin Ha arrived in front of a restaurant in Austin, Texas.
A 3-story building with glass on one side, a high-class restaurant at a glance…
“Were you here?”
“yes. This is the most famous restaurant in Texas. Have you ever been there?”
Smith made a bewildered expression at Hoyoung’s unexpected reaction.
“yes. I’ve been there before. I was invited back then saying it was incredibly delicious, but it seems to be a famous place.”
This restaurant was the first meeting with Governor Bush the other day.
Hoyoung had a fairly satisfying meal then, so he entered the restaurant in a good mood.
It wasn’t a private room on the top floor like when I met Bush, but the table by the window on the second floor created a nice atmosphere.
Soon after, the food started to come out, and Smith naturally said to Ha Su-min.
“Oh, you’re a famous singer in Korea?”
“It’s not even famous…”
“I heard that it is every man’s first love in Korea, but you are not famous.”
“I-please stop…”
Smith was busy teasing Ha Su-min, who was barely the age of his daughter, to see if it was fun, and Ha Su-min barely answered Smith with a slightly slurred pronunciation.
Hoyeong looked at Ha Sumin with cute eyes.
Still, at the same time, I was a little surprised.
‘English is always so fast.’
Assuming that it has been less than six months since Sumin Ha started studying English, it was a fairly fast learning speed that he had grown to the point of exchanging jokes with Smith.
Hoyoung had no choice but to acknowledge Ha Sumin’s intelligence and spirit.
“Mr. Hoyoung. Uncle, please do something for me.”
Ha Su-min held onto Ho-young’s sleeve while crying.
Hoyoung giggled at her expression and smiled at Smith.
“Smith, stop teasing me. I will ring at this point.”
“ha ha ha. I didn’t mean to, and I’m sorry. You are so cute.”
“My girlfriend is kind of like that.”
At Hoyoung’s shameless words, Smith stuck out his tongue.
“You’re such an outcast. I also suddenly miss my wife.”
“Iknow, right. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen one before. You should have come out today.”
“Unfortunately, now my wife is at her parents’ house in New Orleans. When my boss comes to the US, he will be very busy, so he told me to come and visit him for a few days.”
“What a pity.”
Smith said with tears in his eyes.
“you’re right. It’s a big deal.”
“I’m sure you’ll miss me a lot…”
“I’ll be back in just five days.”
“yes?”
“haha. no.”
Smith smiled with an embarrassed expression and looked at Ha Su-min, not Ho-yeong, and asked.
“Does the food suit your taste?”
“yes. It is very tasty. thank you so much. Thank you for bringing me to this place.”
Seeing Ha Soo-min politely bowing his head, Smith didn’t think that his father’s smile would leave his face, as if he was in a good mood.
“During the week you are here, I will be responsible for dinner. I’m a 50 year old Texas native. You can be confident that I am better than most guides.”
Smith winked at Ha Su-min and Ho-yeong.
“smith. You’ve never done this to me before. Isn’t this too discriminatory?”
“It is not discrimination. The boss has been here to work, and Miss Sumin has been here to play, so isn’t it natural to act accordingly?”
“Oh, I won’t be mean if you can’t talk.”
When Hoyeong shook her head and said, Smith chuckled.
good people and good food.
Hoyoung felt that this was happiness now.
.
next day.
“Chief. I’ll be back, so please take good care of Sumin.”
“yes. Leave the wife to me.”
“Because I’m not your wife yet.”
“All right. Then I will take good care of the prospective wife.”
“Chief!”
As Miru kept teasing Hoyeong, he screamed, and Miru giggled when he saw it.
Hoyoung had an appointment with Michael Dell today.
The seat with Del was a place to talk about work, so I couldn’t take Ha Su-min with me.
That’s why he asked Miru for her.
“It is time for the car to come. See you later.”
“Please be careful.”
Instead, Hoyoung asked Del to send someone.
So now, on the first floor of the hotel, someone Dell could trust was waiting for Hoyeong.
“Let’s see, the number of the car…”
Hoyoung remembered the car number Dell had given him over the phone and looked for a car.
The car was a luxury sedan from Ford.
“As expected, Michael Dell’s love for America is great.”
Hoyoung smiled and approached the car and knocked on the window.
Then, the window slides down, and Hoyeong screams in surprise.
“Francis?!”
“ha ha ha. Mr. Yoon. how are you?”
“How is Francis here?”
“I was back here because I had business at headquarters.”
Hoyoung, still with a dumbfounded expression, naturally climbed into the car.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Haha, then it wouldn’t be a surprise. I listened to all of Hoyoung’s conversations next to the president of Dell. That’s why I came up with a surprise.”
“Gee, I was really surprised.”
“I’m glad it went well as intended.”
Francis was originally an American, but is it because I always saw him in Korea?
Strangely, Hoyoung felt a sense of well-being.
“Well, Dell said they were sending someone they could trust. There is no one more trustworthy than Francis.”
“haha. Thank you for thinking so. Then shall we depart?”
“Where are you going?”
Francis said with a grin.
“Look forward to it. Because Dell reserved the best steakhouse in Texas especially for Hoyoung.”
“I see… It is.”
Hoyoung felt uneasiness over the explanation that he had heard somewhere, but he pretended not to know and buried himself in the sheet.
.
“I knew it···. This is it.”
After a while, Hoyoung was standing in front of the restaurant from yesterday.
The anxiety I had once again came to reality.
“Francis. Maybe this is the only place to eat in Austin?”
“yes?”
“phew···. no. Let’s go.”
Hoyoung wondered how many times he went to the same restaurant after coming all the way to America, but it was still delicious… I tried to comfort myself.
Michael Dell had reserved the same room where he met with Governor Bush.
Hoyoung opened the door and entered.
“Hoyoung! How long is this?”
“Since I met Governor Bush the other day and saw his face, it’s the first time I’ve met him, so it’s been well over six months.”
Hoyoung and Michael Dell greeted each other and sat down.
This time, it was not just the two of them, but Francis was also with them.
The three ordered food, and when it was served, they started talking.
Del asked the manager to have all the dishes come out at once rather than in a course format.
It was because I didn’t want the conversation to be interrupted by constant employees coming and going.
“Mr. Hoyoung. What will be announced at this year’s ECEC is the Chronos 3, right?”
Del cut the steak and casually asked Hoyoung.
“Yes. Chronos 3 is already almost complete, and the release is scheduled for summer at the earliest and fall at the latest. What will Dell Computer announce this year?”
“This is what we are going to announce.”
Dell pulled out a box he had prepared in advance from under the table.
“May I open it?”
“sure.”
Ho-yeong opened the box of ju-seom-ju-some.
Inside the box was a laptop with a sleek design, and Hoyoung admired its appearance.
“Wow. It’s a laptop. Are you incredibly thin? Is this a new product that will be substantial this time?”
“That’s right. Would you like to open it?”
Hoyeong carefully took out her laptop and opened it.
“This laptop is significantly lighter than other laptops on the market. How much does it weigh?”
“As expected, you feel it at once. do not be surprised. It weighs only 2.2 kg.”
Dell said in a proud tone.
Although notebooks weighing less than 1 kg will be released only in the future, assuming that the current average weight of notebooks is over 3 kg, the weight of 2.2 kg is no different from innovation.
“And it’s not just the weight. Let’s boot it up.”
Hoyoung pressed the power button with an interesting expression.
Then, the Kronos 2 logo appeared, and booting started.
“You raised Kronos.”
“sure. These days, Dell computers ship with Chronos 2 as the default operating system unless there is a special request from the customer.”
Hoyoung smiled at Dell’s answer and looked at the laptop’s specifications.
And he couldn’t help but be genuinely surprised.
“No, is this possible?”
To Hoyoung’s surprise, Dell chuckled as if he knew that.
“The engineers went all out to get us to pack this performance into this small space. This laptop is more than just a masterpiece of our Dell computers.”
This laptop performed as well as Dell could confidently say.
It was natural that the latest Pentium CPU was installed, and the memory was equipped with 16MB of RAM, which was first developed by Myungsung Electronics a while ago.
And what surprised me most was the huge hard disk of 2 gigabytes.
Hoyeong looked around the inside and outside of the laptop and said.
“So what is the launch price of this laptop?”
“Whoops. Don’t be surprised. It’s only $2500 for all this great performance.”
“Wow. That’s something to be proud of. How is this price possible?”
2500 dollars is about 2.5 million won in Korean currency, but considering the computer specifications of this level, it was not that expensive.
Desktops with comparable performance currently sold by IBM and Dell computers cost more than $3,000.
“It’s a monstrous laptop made up of many good things.”
“What good news?”
“First of all, the CPU and hard disk are not currently on sale, but are test parts.”
When Hoyoung put on a puzzled expression, Del smiled and continued.
“The CPU is Intel, and the hard disk is Seagate for testing. Intel has completed a CPU for laptops with very little modification of the latest Pentium, and Seagate has created a product that can revolutionize the hard disk this time. The production cost is only half of the standard method. The official release is scheduled for the end of this year.”
Hoyoung unknowingly paired her thighs! he said.
“barracuda!”
“Oh, that’s the name of the project. As expected, we should know about Hoyeong’s intelligence.”
“How does Dell have the output of this project?”
“haha. I have a close relationship with Mark, the CEO of Seagate. We were alumni at the University of Texas together.”
“I see!”
“At the same time, both Intel and Seagate came out with new products, and instead of doing the testing for us, we decided to supply them at a very low price. Thanks to that, I was able to set the price cheaply.”
Hoyoung smiled.
It was because Dell’s feet were nice.
‘After this ECEC, I was going to go to Seagate to talk about the hard disk to be used for the PlayStation, but thanks to Dell, it will be easy.’
When Hoyoung just laughed without answering, Del decided to ask what was going on.
When he was about to ask Hoyoung what was going on, Hoyeong spoke first.
“Dell. Regarding Seagate, I have something else to say. But today, I don’t think that’s the priority, so may I ask you some questions first?”
“I see.”
“Why did you show me this new laptop?”
Dell spoke with an expectant look on his face, as if he had finally gotten to the point.
“I have a suggestion for you.”
“A suggestion?”
“yes. I think it’s definitely a win-win proposition for both sides.”
“Can I hear what your suggestion is?”
Del paused for a moment before speaking.
“Don’t you want to go on stage at the same time at ECEC this time?”
“At the same time?”
“That’s right. If we plan a stage at the same time, demonstrate the Chronos 3 with our laptops, and show the performance of our laptops with the Cronos 3, of course, a great response will come.”
After thinking about it, Hoyeong was able to make a judgment that it was a very good method.
He thought of one more thing about being on stage together.
“Then, how about standing on stage together and merging the booth into one?”
Dell’s eyes widened slightly.
“good. After all, if we are going to display our laptops, we will need an operating system.”
“If you’re going to present an operating system to consumers, you’re going to need a computer, of course. So, we break through the wall between the booth assigned to Dell Computer and the booth assigned to H&H, and turn it into one giant booth.”
Dell exclaimed in admiration as if he hadn’t even thought of merging the booths.
“Oh My God. If that is possible… We will have the largest booth in history.”
“good. Let’s make this ECEC a stand alone for Dell and us.”
Del nodded at Hoyoung’s confident words.