Money Likes Me Too - Chapter 31



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Episode 31.

Jo Wang-beom couldn’t understand the current situation.

They were like thugs.

‘Representative Cho, you want to keep wearing the National Assembly badge, right? Then you should listen to us. Don’t you?’

I got caught badly hanging out with the third generation of conglomerates for no reason. Once their weakness was discovered, their attitude changed.

Of course, it was my fault from the beginning.

But he was a politician. He was generous to my mistakes. He was forgetful about his own work. He just didn’t like being dragged around. He wanted to get out. Even though there was no other way.

But then, unexpectedly, contact suddenly stopped.

‘what?’

It was good at first, but as time went by, I became more and more anxious. Every day was uneasy. It’s not like I didn’t contact him.

The cannon phone was turned off. The signal went on for a while and then stopped. A few days passed like that.

It was a day in April.

“Has our representative, Jo, come out?”

On my way out of the cherry blossom festival, I met an unexpected face.

“Are you by any chance CEO Lee Jong-seok?”

“That’s right, Congressman. It’s truly an honor to recognize even a merchant like this.”

“Isn’t he the servant of peace? It’s only natural that he knows the names of the residents.”

“You’re a servant. Now you’re going to be our servant.” I didn’t notice that this expression quickly passed through Lee Jong-seok’s eyes.

“So what brought you here?”

Jo Wang-beom’s eyes trembled slightly.

“I have something to tell you, but I don’t want to say it here… Would you like to go somewhere quiet?”

Lee Jong-suk laughed. It was the laugh of a wolf in front of its prey.

***

A few days passed. I returned to Hwapyong. It felt like I was back home.

Seoul was a spectacle.

Gangnam was especially like that. I didn’t know why he went to Jeju Island, but now I think I know.

This incident made me realize this clearly.

‘I almost got scammed.’

Joint investment.

The more I think about it, the more horrible it is. Spending money is so hard. Fortunately, there was no further comment after that. It seems like he understood what I said.

Where else can you learn? The world is wide and there are many conglomerates. There must be a conglomerate network somewhere that can teach you how to spend money much better than those rascals. I just got hurt because I did something useless.

“Phew.”

I took a deep breath and opened the newspaper.

‘huh?’

A column in the editorial section of a daily newspaper caught my eye.

[Cocoa knows Korea’s future.]

The title alone was embarrassing. What is this?’ I immediately looked into the content.

? ······ Cocoa has also invested in movies. Making money is not everything. It is about contributing to the Korean cultural industry with capital and technology. Some say that Cocoa is an unfair company, a monopoly that dominates the mobile platform. However, can such badmouthing continue after seeing Cocoa’s actions? This member of the National Assembly would like to ask. ······

suddenly?

‘Is this a new concept movie promotion? What on earth is it?’

It was absurd.

I remembered the last time I saw Jo Wang-beom. It was during the sunrise event. I only remember him making a fuss. He didn’t seem to have any feelings for us.

I should check. I picked up my phone.

[20:24].

It was late.

‘I guess I can ask tomorrow.’

It wasn’t urgent. I’m not a bad boss who disturbs the rest of his employees who have just left work.

? ······ Cocoa is preparing to establish CocoaNext to realize the power of positivity and optimism and good values. The beautiful world with Cocoa, this member’s heart is already filled with warm anticipation. ······

It was all praise until the end. My face was burning.

“There is no other song like Yongbieocheonga.”

I couldn’t hold it in any longer and muttered.

***

At that time, Lee Jong-suk was also reading the newspaper.

‘See? It’s written well.’

All the content I wanted was included. As expected, he is a politician. He has good relations with the press and is also good at flattering.

“What are you looking at? A column?”

“It’s nothing.”

“If you look at me, there are so many things that the CEO hides from me. Do you know? Sometimes, I feel disappointed.”

Lim Kyung-jun grumbled. Lee Jong-suk answered.

“If you know, you’ll get hurt.”

I couldn’t say, ‘I gave the third generation of the chaebols a proper education and also got them on my side by tying up corrupt members of the National Assembly. This is the result.’

If you know, it really hurts.

Instead of saying that, Lee Jong-seok asked Im Kyung-jun.

“So, is there anything you want to say? If you have something, say it quickly. I have to go out soon.”

Lim Kyung-jun answered hesitantly.

“There is, but it’s nothing special. Would you like to come and take a look?”

“Well, that’s what it is.”

“I’m going to bring it to the meeting tomorrow, but it seems like the CEO (Lee Jong-suk) won’t be coming to work anyway.”

It was a voice mixed with criticism. Lee Jong-seok, who had passed over the topic of going to work without answering, asked back.

“Tesla Motors? DMM Research?”

“Last time, the CEO told me to look for new food, so I looked around a few places. This is the only one that meets the conditions you mentioned.”

“These two?”

“yes.”

Lee Jong-suk narrowed his eyes at the monitor.

First, Tesla Motors. It is an electric car company founded by Elon Musk. When it first started, many people thought it was a reckless challenge. It is a finished car market with many legacies. A hundred years of history is ridiculous. The main sarcasm was that an internet venture entrepreneur who had never changed a tire was fearlessly wandering around.

We have never made a profit before.

It hasn’t changed since going public. It was recording a huge loss of $150 million the year before (2010) and $250 million last year. The stock price only rose slightly due to expectations that a new electric car model would be released soon.

‘This is a stock that the CEO would like.’ Lee Jong-suk thought to himself.

“What’s next?”

“DMM Research is a company founded by Canadian researcher Professor Geoffrey Compton.”

His forehead furrowed further. He sighed.

‘Artificial Intelligence? Deep Learning?’

It’s a field I don’t know much about.

Tesla would have been better. It’s a manufacturing company. It has visible products. It’s listed on NASDAQ. Success and failure can only be predicted if they are visible.

This is a research company.

Even if you just go to the homepage, there is no answer. It is shabby. All there is is one paper of about 5 pages. Even if it is a great study, it is like this. It does not make money. Clearly, no one will be interested. Lee Jong-seok was sure of that.

Where on earth did you find something like this? Lee Jong-suk shrugged.

“But is this correct?”

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Lim Kyung-jun lamented.

“Why did the deputy manager decide that? Take them both.”

“Both?”

“Let the CEO choose. Just remember this one thing. Our CEO is a person with the heart of a beast who likes things that are more absurd. In my opinion, both are absurd enough. Should I make a prediction? I’m sure he’ll tell you to do both.”

After finishing speaking, Lee Jong-suk put on his jacket.

“······Where are you going again?”

“huh.”

“Who is it this time? A congressman again?”

Lee Jong-suk answered.

“No, this time it’s the military commander. The Hwapyeong military commander.”

“Oh, yes. Are you being foolish? Won’t you meet the governor next time?” Instead of answering, Lim Gyeong-jun cursed with his eyes.

***

The next day, I called three people. I showed the column to the team leader who came in first.

“Don’t you have any guesses?”

“No. Not at all.”

It was a truly ignorant expression.

Following Chief Yoo, Deputy Chief Lim Kyung-jun came in. He bowed his head, saying that Lee Jong-suk had not yet arrived at work.

“You must be busy.”

“It’s been like that lately. Oh, and I heard you had drinks with the governor yesterday.”

A team leader intervened.

“The governor is a talker.”

He had many opportunities to meet with local leaders as he was also in charge of external affairs. He had many questions, but decided to move on. It was not an important issue.

“Then can I speak first?”

The first speaker was Yoo Jae-hong.

“As I reported last time, we are going to launch our new CocoaTalk service. If you confirm, we plan to launch ‘Cocoa Story’ simultaneously on the App Store and Google Play Store.”

‘Cocoa Story’ refers to a social network service based on Cocoa Talk.

While Cyworld was gradually losing popularity, Facebook was rapidly expanding its market in Korea based on its real-time feed function and powerful responsive web browsing. That was why the new service was conceived.

“Has it already happened?”

“Yes.”

We also conducted beta testing with employees.

‘If you don’t have anything to upload, at least upload pictures of the kids.’

‘The server is overflowing, so don’t worry about capacity and upload. You know that you have to run the test as is so that you don’t get GG in the main game, right?’

Thanks to that, I felt like I had seen photos of almost every employee’s children at least once during the month. I even got birthday notifications.

Even though I knew it was his birthday, I couldn’t help but give him another present. The money kept going out. I really liked that one.

“There is one more.”

“Go ahead.”

“I didn’t know this when I was developing it, but one of the employees said it would be nice to have something like background music.”

I asked back.

“Background music?”

“Isn’t there a BGM function in Cyworld? I’m trying to do something like that.”

What are you doing?

“We need to connect with music streaming services. We are trying to find a more efficient way, whether it is acquiring a music platform or making a separate agreement.”

In the end, isn’t it all about spending money?

One day, our Chief Jaehong Yoo said such beautiful words. I felt like hugging him.

“Buy it.”

He said it bluntly.

“No, we said that, but our general opinion is that there is no need to buy it since you only need to use digital sound sources.”

Chief Yoo lowered his tail.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Box Music is cheaper now. I don’t know what will happen when the table goes up. There are also more music sources there.”

“Are watermelons more expensive?”

“If I tell you, it will be a long story, but it is actually quite different from what you might think······.”

Then there’s nothing to see. The expensive ones are the best.

“Let’s go to Watermelon.”

He said it bluntly.

“Oh, and just in case, I’d like to add that you shouldn’t even dream of making ‘Cocoa Story’ a paid service or creating a separate revenue model for commercial channels. Our service must be free.”

‘Forever.’ I kept that story to myself.

The last in line was Lim Gyeong-jun.

“Vice President Lim, do you have anything to say?”

Lim Kyung-jun hesitated.

“We have prepared several candidates for new investment destinations for KSH Holdings. Please decide and we will start right away.”

“Shall we take a look?”

“here······.”

“Please give it to both of you. Isn’t this also an extension of work?”

My answer came quickly.

“Sounds good. Let’s do both.”

Lim Kyung-jun opened his mouth. It was the moment he was about to speak. Yoo Jae-hong, who was usually quiet, struck first.

“I don’t know much about Tesla, so I have nothing to say, but I think I should say something about DMM.”

I nodded. Yoo Jae-hong continued.

“I read this paper too. He is a famous person in this field. It is great. But I don’t think this is something we can touch.”

“Why not?”

“Google, Microsoft, these are global big tech companies that can buy the technology with the future as collateral. There is definitely a future, but it is a distant future. It costs a lot of money to get there. We cannot digest it.”

As of now, Yoo Jae-hong has given me a clue. But all I could hear was the words, ‘huge cost.’ That was the end of it.

Last checked.

“Is it really that good (to spend money on)?”

“Yes, it is true that he is a good (skilled person).”

I got caught. I changed direction.

“Chief Yoo.”

“yes.”

“So you don’t want it? This company?”

Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, anyone, it taps into the primal desires of any developer.

“No, that’s not it. So that’s not the problem.”

He was talking nonsense. I dismissed him.

“Okay then.”

“Well, then I’ll have to go to the US. Whether it’s a takeover or a recruitment, I’ll have to meet them and talk to them face to face.”

At those words, I looked at Team Leader Han.

“Team Leader Han? Did you hear that?”

“yes?”

He began to glare at Chief Yoo with resentful eyes. Yoo Jae-hong closed his mouth.

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