178. Face-to-face (1)
The power of the Internet in Korea was great.
Internet newspapers as well as all kinds of communities were busy spreading the news of this ECEC, and the ripple effect was enormous.
As it became a hot topic on the Internet, newspapers and broadcasting naturally took an interest in it, and even people who were not very interested in IT began to take an interest in H&H, Kronos, and Yun Ho-young.
‘It’s not good to live quietly now.’
However, Hoyoung’s reaction to this was simple.
Anyway, this was what I expected.
No, I thought it was fortunate that nothing bigger than I thought had happened.
“phew···. I’m glad though. There is no word from the media to come for coverage or to meet with a high-ranking official.”
Hoyoung let out a sigh of relief.
“Why are you happy about that?”
“Because it’s going to be annoying.”
“annoying?”
“yes. It’s better for the company and for me to hide in the dark as much as possible.”
Lee Jin-chan had an expression that he couldn’t understand.
“why? There are people who are iconic like Bill Gates of Microsoft and Dell of Dell Computer, right? It also helps with marketing.”
“I do too much to be a symbol of our company.”
Hoyoung smiled and said.
In fact, he didn’t mean to ask Jin-chan to understand.
It is Ho-yeong who is not only the owner of Hermes, but also the owner of Gaia, but Lee Jin-chan does not know that fact.
“I can’t help it if you don’t like it. Why are you concerned about those two things?”
“In the current situation, when a request for an interview came in from the media or when they said they wanted to be invited to a government event, there was no reason to refuse, so I had to accept the invitation and interview.”
“You can refuse.”
“There is nothing good about showing dislike to the media and the government at this timing because they just refused.”
Lee Jin-chan nodded, as if he finally understood what Ho-young was saying.
“President. May I come in for a moment?”
“Come on in.”
At that time, Miru knocked on the door of Hoyeong, Jinchan, and Smith’s office.
“What’s going on, chief?”
“There are two things I need to tell you right now.”
“What is it?”
“First, there is a Hankook Ilbo reporter here on the first floor. They say they are requesting an interview with the president.”
“yes?”
Hoyoung was dumbfounded and even tried to laugh.
“Then what about the second?”
“I just got a call from Korea.”
“Who are you?”
“This is Jo Min-sik, the senior secretary for political affairs.”
Hoyoung just laughed.
“haha···. Could it be that the President asked to see me?”
“you’re right.”
“To do it, it would be harder to get away if things had grown to this level. It was a vain expectation.”
“yes?”
Miru tilted her head, not understanding what Hoyoung meant.
“no. Then, is the Hankook Ilbo reporter waiting for you down there?”
“yes. If you tell me a time when you can have an interview, I will come back to you at that time.”
Hoyoung laughed.
“no. I’m fine right now Could you tell me to wait a minute in the drawing room? I’ll get ready and go down.”
“All right.”
Miru lowered her head slightly and left the office.
“there’s nothing we can do.”
Hoyoung looked at Jinchan and shrugged.
“You said you were in trouble a while ago?”
“I did it because I didn’t want to be bothered. Isn’t it inevitable at this point?”
Hoyoung laughed.
“If you can’t avoid it, you have to enjoy it. What.”
That was Hoyoung’s mindset now.
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A few days after Hoyoung successfully finished the interview.
Hoyeong received a call from Sumin Ha, who arrived safely in Korea.
– Do you know that there is an uproar in Korea because of Mr. Hoyeong?
This was Sumin’s first words when he called Hoyoung from Korea.
“What’s the fuss?”
– Right now, newspapers, news, and the Internet are everything. I didn’t even know you were such a great person. Shall I read the headline? Korea’s pride. Hoyoung Yun of H&H.
Ha Su-min laughed as he spoke in a way that made fun of Ho-young.
“The media is always exaggerated.”
– Even if you are a chief, will you become more famous than me?
“No way.”
– No way. I need to get excited too. I was meeting a great person.
Hoyoung is a little embarrassed. Ha Su-min was so cute, he laughed softly and said.
“Oh, I think you should do this. Didn’t you say you have a lot of schedule today?”
– Right. But now I’m doing my makeup.
“Then put on your makeup. I’ll call you later. I have to go to the meeting now.”
– I know. Call me later. miss you.
“Me too.”
After hanging up the phone, Hoyoung laughed to herself and stood up.
As I said to Sumin, it was because there was an important meeting today.
And just in time, Smith opened the door of the room he was sitting in to pick up Ho-Young and said.
“boss? Are you ready?”
“yes. You came just in time.”
“sure. Today is not an ordinary day.”
“Yes? I thought this day would come, but I didn’t know it would come this soon.”
“So do i. Not only neighboring states such as Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, but also New York and Pennsylvania sent people to introduce ADSL.”
Hoyoung nodded happily.
“You’re sending reps from the west side of California and Arizona tomorrow?”
“That’s right.”
The aftermath of ECEC was not unique to Korea.
When it became known that H&H, represented by Ho-young, and Hermes Telecom were brothers, each state in the US inquired about the introduction of ADSL.
So Smith set up a place where he could explain the product and, if possible, even discuss the terms of the contract in detail.
“like. Although no one would deny our service.”
“Yes. In fact, it is dozens of times faster than the existing PC communication, but the rate is rather cheaper because it uses a flat rate, so residents are not the only ones complaining.”
“If this continues, it will not take long for ADSL to spread across the United States.”
“Yes.”
Because Ho-young knew the future of ADSL, he was able to take it for granted.
Later, with the introduction of optical LAN, ADSL was eliminated as a means of PC communication for home and business use, but its existence was maintained until the end.
Card machines and ATMs at various convenience stores and shops required very little data, so ADSL was used rather than expensive optical LAN, and the royalty alone was an unimaginable amount.
“The boss is not even an American, but he is opening up a new America.”
“haha. Will that happen?”
“yes. This is a new America… No, I think it will be a full-fledged start to open a new world.”
Hoyoung smiled brightly.
It was because he felt like he was one step closer to the future he dreamed of.
‘What would Smith look like if he knew that Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Western Europe would go on at the same time?’
Ho-young was very curious, but now he has a very important meeting ahead.
I decided to check that fact a little later.
I can’t ruin the meeting by frightening Smith.
“Poop.”
But imagining Smith’s expression of surprise, I couldn’t help but laugh.
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An old man sitting with a somewhat crooked posture on a luxurious sofa that is seemingly incredibly expensive looked at several daily newspapers and said to the man sitting in front of him.
“So, this Yoon Ho-yeong and you know each other well?”
“That’s right. President. It’s not just an acquaintance, it’s a close relationship.”
The man who answered is the current CEO of Myeongseong Electronics.
It was an adjustment ceremony.
The old man sitting in front of him was his father, Cho Hee-chang, the chairman of Myungsung Group.
Even before he collapsed, Cho Hee-chang was the owner of a sturdy physique that was not like an old man.
It would have been closer to the chubby side than the skinny one.
But is it the aftereffects of being knocked down once?
He was getting thinner.
Cho Jung-sik thought that his father’s shoulder, which was like Taesan, was too small.
“I’m a foolish person…. So what you mean. You mean you want to scout authors for our company?”
“no. I don’t mean that. He’s not the kind of person who will come just because Yun Ho-young says he’ll come.”
Jo Hee-chang’s moment left an impression.
Speaking of Myungsung Group, it was a company that everyone in Korea was eager to join.
However, when his eldest son cut with a single knife that Yun Ho-yeong would not come, he felt uncomfortable.
“So, what the hell are we going to do?”
“I’d like to entrust the MD.”
“MD? How is that different from asking to be recruited?”
Jo Jung-sik shook his head.
“It is not to come into the company, but to ask for an outside MD. I would like to give it about 3% of sales.”
“What? Request? Can you give me 3% of sales?”
When Jo Hee-chang tried to get angry, Jo Jung-sik hurriedly said,
“President. You may know that sales of white goods such as refrigerators and washing machines in Woori Electronics increased tremendously this quarter.”
“What are you talking about now? Do you want me to give you a compliment?”
“That’s not it. In fact, he gave the idea to the refrigerator, washing machine, etc… That was all Yun Ho-young.”
Jo Hee-chang’s eyebrows twitched.
Cho Hee-chang’s surprise was all the greater because the white goods division, which had been nothing but porridge since Cho Jung-sik took over as president of Myeongseong Electronics, was taking over the market like a storm with new products coming out one after another.
Of course, he thought his eldest son had done it, but to think that all the ideas belonged to Yun Ho-young.
He didn’t even have the energy to get angry.
“after···.”
He took a deep breath and collected his thoughts.
His body was sick and senile, but his head was still tight.
In the current situation, I judged that Yun Ho-young’s existence would be beneficial if it was beneficial, not harmful.
“Yoon Ho-young? Please tell me to see your face.”
“yes. President.”
Jo Jung-sik replied with a bright face.
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The two weeks passed by like lightning.
Hoyoung moved all over the United States without a day off for two weeks.
It was to the point where I thought I was tired of flying around once every two days on a domestic flight.
During those two weeks, Hoyoung personally visited and inspected numerous companies that had invested in the United States.
I stopped by Blizzard, id Software, Next, as well as Disney.
This is because the Lion King will be released this year in 1994.
The Lion King was also almost finished with production, and was in the process of final editing.
According to his memories of his previous life, the world box office performance was close to 1 billion dollars, so even if Ho-young took it, it would have been around 700 million dollars, so Ho-young looked a little more closely and confirmed that there was not much difference from what he had seen in his previous life. .
No, on the contrary, it seemed that better direction and scenes were created with generous production costs.
– korea. Passengers who will be boarding a flight to Korea, go to Gate 34 now…
While reviewing the eventful schedule in the United States, Hoyoung suddenly woke up to the boarding announcement reverberating in English.
“Chief. Shall we go back to Korea then? Are you ready to board the plane?”
“of course. Shall we go in then?”
“good.”
Hoyoung was of course in first class, so he was able to get on the plane before all the passengers.
He thought as he stepped onto the plane.
‘It’s finally a face-to-face with Jo Hee-chang. I shake everything off in this face-to-face.’
Of course, one cannot ignore the potential that has built up a reputation for decades, but strangely, Ho-young did not have the slightest thought that he would be defeated by Jo Hee-chang.