185. Cooperation of the Century (2)
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Bill Gates had nothing to say in response to her.
Even in the midst of such a serious situation, Jimmy seemed to be laughing at Bill Gates.
After marrying Melinda, Bill Gates became a completely different person than before.
The old look that was called the Devil of Silicon Valley is almost impossible to find.
“We are still not being pushed behind in other areas besides the OS. In particular, have we forgotten that Microsoft Office still has extremely good reviews from consumers? Windows is Microsoft’s signature product, but not all of it.”
Melinda was a high-end resource with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics and an MBA.
Since it was a case where she entered Microsoft with that specification, had a kind of in-house relationship with Bill Gates and ended up getting married, she was also accurately aware of the current situation.
“But Melinda. It is certain that it will eventually be overthrown. You are not unaware that our office software products are not available at Kronos.”
Melinda stared at Bill Gates and asked back.
“Did H&H ever declare that they would not use our software?”
“…that’s not it.”
“We thought the opposite and did not try to supply Kronos. If you think you can’t make a better OS than H&H, then you just have to make better application software. Isn’t it?”
Bill Gates was momentarily dazed by Melinda’s words.
“Again, Windows isn’t everything to us.”
“But do we really want H&H to use our products? They also make and distribute their own spreadsheets and office programs.”
“Why are you only listening to me? It’s good even if it’s not an office. How many more types of software will be needed in the future… You really don’t think H&H can handle the demand for that much software alone, do you?”
Melinda let out a sigh and spoke again.
“And from my point of view, Yun Ho-young is not such a narrow-minded person. If there is a way for even one more person to use Kronos, he will choose it. No matter how much we use our company’s word processor and spreadsheet, if a better program can come out by competing with our Microsoft Office, I think it’s a good enough person to do so?”
Bill Gates could not answer Melinda’s words for a long time.
It was because there was something I realized from Melinda’s words a while ago.
‘Users… I should have increased the number of users who love our Windows… Since some time ago, I’ve been obsessed with numbers such as sales and sales.’
He looked at Melinda’s face once and Jimmy once before opening his mouth.
“Me too…I think Yun Ho-young would do the same.”
In fact, until now, Bill Gates only thought of Yun Ho-young as a businessman.
That’s why I tried to trick him, not skill, and there were times when I tried to put pressure on him by using his age and position.
Also, he almost copied his program and submitted it to ECEC.
But Yun Ho-young was not like that.
No, it would be more accurate to say that his target was not Microsoft.
From start to finish, he was only concerned with the quality of the operating system, the software itself.
A businessman who only looks at the other party, not his own software, and a true developer who only looks at his own software and develops internal stability.
It’s obvious that it goes without saying which of the two has the better software.
“Yes. That’s right… I was really stupid.”
Bill Gates said self-deprecatingly.
But his tone was quite different from before.
If the attitude a moment ago was like a cry of despair, now he was reflecting on his actions.
“Right. Bill. Will you quickly come back to the smart, confident, cool you?”
At Melinda’s words, Bill Gates looked at her with eyes dripping with affection.
“Melinda…! Thank you very much. really.”
“What have I done?”
Seeing Melinda speak with a light smile, Jimmy admired inwardly.
“Now I’m going to leave. Talk to Jimmy about what to do next. Jimmy is an expert on that, right?”
Melinda smiled and said.
She was someone who knew exactly when to step out and when to leave.
“Wife. Thank you so much for waking us up.”
“I was just saying the obvious.”
Melinda smiled happily and left the study.
Jimmy waited until he could no longer hear Melinda’s footsteps, then spoke softly to Gates.
“I envy you, Chairman.”
Then Bill Gates smiled.
At times like this, he was truly out of his arms.
‘Where did the Devil of Silicon Valley really go… No, is it more fortunate this way?’
Jimmy decided to think positively.
“Jimmy. Then, as soon as the word comes out, we will go ahead with it.”
“What do you mean?”
“I have to go see Yun Ho-young. Let’s go to Korea.”
“Are you talking now?”
Bill Gates shook his head.
“yes. Please get ready as soon as possible.”
“Yep!”
Confirming that Bill Gates was serious, Jimmy nodded happily.
He felt good, as if he had finally returned to the forward-thinking, dump truck-like Bill Gates he knew.
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[Computer emperor Bill Gates, born in the United States, is scheduled to visit Korea]
– Bill Gates, the computer emperor born in the United States, is coming
On the afternoon of the 5th, a visit to Korea begins with a meeting with President Kim Il-sam at the Blue House, followed by a TV interview, and a ceremony to donate cutting-edge software.
a few days later
The Korean media was abuzz with the news of Bill Gates’ visit to Korea every day.
For the name of Bill Gates, the Korean press, corporations, and even the government were in a frenzy.
While people were speculating on the meaning of Bill Gates’ first visit to Korea, H&H’s CS team was also contacted.
In fact, the content itself was nothing special.
Ten requests for a meeting with Hoyoung come in every day.
– I would like to meet Hoyoung Yoon, director of H&H. I will be in Korea between the 5th and 10th, Korean time, so if you have a good time, please contact me.
However, the CS team and the chaos were also chaos.
Because it was Bill Gates who sent the message.
“Director! I got a call from Bill Gates.”
“Bill Gates?”
A member of the CS team came to Hoyoung in a huff and said.
Today, Hoyoung was at work at Hermes, so this employee ran through Gangnam-daero and came to this place.
“yes. Look at this.”
Hoyeong read the note the employee gave her.
“From the 5th to the 10th…?”
Hoyoung glanced at the calendar.
Today was the 3rd, and since Glpier had to go to Japan due to CDMA opening work, the time is the day after tomorrow. That is, only 5 days.
“I think dinner time the day after tomorrow will be fine, but do you know what the hell you are asking to meet for?”
“sorry. All we have heard is what is written there.”
“okay? Okay. Where can I reply?”
“Call us, and we’ll put you right there.”
“All right. Thank you. You have suffered a lot.”
“no. I just did my job.”
The employee nodded and left Hoyeong’s office.
“Hmm… what the hell are you thinking?”
Hoyoung was wary of Bill Gates.
To be honest, it’s because Bill Gates has only tried to harm Ho-young so far.
Of course, he said he couldn’t help it because he was in direct competition, but that doesn’t mean that what he did to him disappeared or was diluted.
Hoyeong thought about it for an hour.
Concerns about why Bill Gates wants to meet him and whether meeting him will lead to more positive results.
Upon reflection, Bill Gates didn’t just create negative things for him.
When I met him the other day in the US, it was clear that Hoyoung had self-reflection on the value of his name and decided on what to do in the future, and thanks to that, he was able to grow to the next level.
“So what, would you like to meet?”
It took a long time to think about it, but the decision was quick.
Hoyoung picked up the receiver and called H&H’s CS team.
“I. This is Yun Ho-young. Please tell Microsoft that hours are ok from the afternoon of the 5th. Yes. thank you.”
Ho-yeong, who hung up the phone, now had a face full of interest.
Microsoft, too, must have recognized that it lost market share to Kronos.
Indeed, it is a face-to-face request in this situation.
I was genuinely curious about what Bill Gates would say when he came all the way to Korea.
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Kim Il-sam, the first civilian president elected by the people of the Republic of Korea.
When he heard the report he had just heard from Choi Gyu-sik, the chief of staff, he put on a look of bewilderment.
“Bill Gates said he wanted to postpone an appointment?”
“That’s right.”
Originally, the first schedule of Bill Gates’ visit to Korea this time was a visit to the Blue House.
So, the private plane that Bill Gates was riding decided to come to the Air Force Seoul Airport located in Seongnam, not Gimpo Airport, and after getting off there, he was scheduled to take a car prepared by the Blue House and go to the Blue House.
However, if I delayed my appointment like this, I had to cancel or change all the schedules prepared by the Blue House.
“Why?”
“An important appointment overlapped…”
“An important appointment?”
President Kim Il-sam widened his eyes, then laughed hahaha.
“Did I mention that I also have other schedules from the day after tomorrow, so if we don’t meet on the 5th, it will be difficult to visit the Blue House?”
“yes. I also talked about it. But if that happens, it’s regrettable, but he said he would give up.”
“Give up? Heh heh… No matter how great a person is, to notify them of a change of appointment like this. I think this is too conceited.”
“I don’t think so. In fact, the attitude of the contact was really polite. In fact, the meaning of this trip to Korea was in that promise, so there was no choice.”
President Kim Il-sam had a suspicious expression.
“What the hell is that promise?”
“He said I should meet H&H’s Hoyoung Yun.”
“Are you Yun Ho-young?”
President Kim Il-sam was also well aware of Yun Ho-yeong.
As soon as he took office, not only about the real-name financial system, which was helped by him, but recently ECEC was in such an uproar that it made no sense to not know about this much news.
“That’s right. He said he would ask for your understanding as it is an important matter that will determine the future course of Microsoft.”
President Kim Il-sam thought deeply.
In his opinion, it was not a bad thing to think that this job was simply dumped by Microsoft (?).
Bill Gates, who leads the world’s best IT companies, and Yun Ho-young, who is the representative of Korea’s best IT companies.
I intuitively felt that the meeting of these two would be a very good picture if directed well.
“Chief Choi. Let’s do this.”
Choi Gyu-sik came very close to President Kim Il-sam.
“Let’s cancel the visit schedule with me at the Blue House. But please proceed with the protocol we set out to do.”
“Why?”
“Furthermore, let’s make it a point to provide a meeting place. We’ll pick up Bill Gates anyway, so the meeting place is naturally our Blue House luncheon. But I will not participate. If I participate, it’s obvious that the two of us will not be together.”
Choi Gyu-sik almost spit out admiration for a moment.
This is because I finally realized what Kim Il-sam was trying to say.
“H&H. Yun Ho-Young. good. I still have debts, and I wanted to see your face in person from before. Let’s support what we do. It is to ensure that the best IT entrepreneurs in Korea never fall for the best IT entrepreneurs in the world.”
“All right. We will proceed like that.”
Seeing Choi Gyu-shik answer confidently, Kim Il-sam nodded with a smile on his face.