The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1096



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1096

“Tsk, don’t even think about hiding it from me. You’re one of the people who knows Director Choi Min-hyeok the best.”

“That’s it.”

“I will help if needed.”

“…yes.”

Only then did Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo look at Vice President Choi Moon-kyung’s expression.

He realized one thing belatedly after seeing Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung’s stern expression.

‘It’s because of the stake. Well, if Director Choi Min-hyeok were to absorb his father’s stake, the first thing he would do would be to bring down Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung. Tsk.’

“Thank you. I will do my best.”

“Okay.”

The conversation between the two ended here.

As they talked to each other, they naturally realized their problems.

* * *

Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo was in deep thought after meeting with Vice President Choi Moon-kyung.

He thought that if he used this opportunity well, it could actually be a blessing in disguise.

In the end, he decided to take Vice President Choi Moon-kyung’s advice and visit the Han-Young Ilbo first. He visited the Han-Young Ilbo headquarters with Manager Cheon Seon-gu and pondered over how to start.

But there was no need to do that.

The very phrase ‘reporting about Director Choi Min-hyeok’ was a cheat key.

As soon as he got this information from the desk, reporter Woo Yong-gu came down and guided him to Editor-in-Chief Choi Kyung-jin.

Editor-in-Chief Choi Kyung-jin, who was recently put on respirator thanks to the Hanbo Group, was happy to welcome Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo.

“You want to report what’s happening within Oseong Electronics? Are you saying that it has something to do with Director Choi Min-hyeok?”

Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo did not look particularly comfortable even when the other person welcomed him.

He also knows the facts about the rags.

But for now, there was no other alternative.

Because the only person who can help him is the Han-Young Daily.

“…Actually, I was originally a KM Electronics person.”

The complaints of Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo, which started like this, were quite specific and detailed.

Of course, this happened because of the conflict with Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Of course, the content was more eventful than expected.

“… While saying this, there were many things that happened. Director Choi Min-hyeok is a truly vicious person. He does not forgive anyone who falls out of favor with him!”

This was all a story from my own perspective.

But these words were applied directly to editor-in-chief Choi Kyung-jin.

Editor-in-chief Choi Kyung-jin swallowed dry saliva and focused on Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo’s story. He even took Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo’s side.

“To be honest, the reason the conglomerates are pouring huge amounts of money into the media is for the purpose of instigating all sorts of things. It would be a good idea to use it to bury the unfair circumstances of Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo.”

“I am truly wronged. I have never caused any harm to Oseong Electronics. Furthermore, the matter with Director Choi Min-hyeok has already ended. However, Director Choi Min-hyeok continues to harass me using past events as an excuse!”

“But that’s the kind of method that the chaebols mostly use. They make sure to bury anyone who falls out of favor with them.”

“Is that so?”

Editor-in-Chief Choi Kyung-jin worked hard to slander Director Choi Min-hyeok to the best of her knowledge.

“In the past, media companies were really media companies. But things have changed a lot since conglomerates started investing in media companies. They started exercising absolute power. There’s nothing to be afraid of. That’s what Director Choi Min-hyeok is doing now.”

“… Then, what should I do?”

“It’s about revealing the truth. It’s about exposing everything that happened when Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo was at KM Electronics. Including all the bullying by Director Choi Min-hyeok. And one question: When the restructuring was done at that time, weren’t there more people who were harmed?”

“Of course!”

“Okay. Let’s talk about that.”

Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo explained in great detail the story of the restructuring and its victims after Choi Min-hyeok became the planning director.

His explanation was, of course, entirely from his perspective.

Director Choi Min-hyeok’s actions were explained as the tyranny of a third-generation chaebol, and he emphasized that he was a good employee.

‘This is awesome!’

Editor-in-chief Choi Kyung-jin was delighted. He even took out a recorder and listened to what Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo had to say. Of course, he knew very well that what Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo was saying was biased.

‘What does it matter? Once the story is told, it’s over.’

* * *

The KM Electronic Information Team was recently established in secret.

This organization moved like KM Security.

Strictly speaking, it was a corporation, but it was Director Choi Min-hyeok’s private organization.

Although it was a relatively new organization, the organization was still unstable.

However, these organizations have recently been able to monitor key figures related to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo is also one of them.

Although the number of supervisors has decreased due to Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo’s recent silence, they are still keeping an eye on him.

They instructed reporter Choi Gwang-su of the Han-Young Daily to obtain detailed information.

I reported the contents back to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

“… He really is an amazing person.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don also no longer defended Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo.

“Honestly, I never imagined it would turn out like this.”

“No. Maybe even a slight change would have made things like this.”

“Are you saying that Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo did this?”

“Yes. I would have done so if there had not been a major restructuring issue within the Oseong Group related to the sale of the Collins division. This guy is quick-witted.”

“but.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don also sighed as he recalled Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo’s days at KM Electronics. He remembered how Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo survived in the organization.

Especially, what he did by using the person named Choi Hoon-yeol as his chief executive officer.

Director Choi Min-hyeok clicked his tongue.

“It’s the best material for a series of articles.”

“The topic of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s article next week has changed.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok stuck out his tongue as he listened to the recorded conversation that reporter Choi Gwang-su had secretly leaked.

“Reporter Choi’s skills are no joke. How could he have stolen even the recording?”

“I think it’s because it’s directly related to the article series about Director Choi.”

“Not only is Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo suspicious, but this person’s actions are also suspicious. If this gentleman who only has a sense of humor went to Han-Young Ilbo, he must have gotten the information from somewhere.”

“Are you doubting Oseong Electronics?”

“I don’t know about that. If it was done openly, it would be a problem. But tacit neglect is a bit different.”

“So you’re saying that you can’t trust Oh Sung Electronics?”

“It’s not a matter of trust or distrust. The important thing is the fight for leadership. They probably want to change the situation where we are leading. That way, they can reduce the price for selling the Collins division.”

“Even if we cut it by just 10%, it won’t be easy.”

“Yes.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok was troubled. He did not think that Oh Sung Electronics had betrayed him. To be exact, he had to see that they were doubting his abilities.

‘Because the Han-Young Daily dug into that point.’

Then, all that was needed was to show the results.

He soon gave one instruction to Team Leader Jo Seong-don.

“I’m talking about the next-generation mobile communications standardization work. Please check how far along it is.”

“…All right.”

* * *

Among the next-generation mobile communication technologies, FLIMTS was one of the means to overcome problems that arose during the existing CDMA standard process.

This is a problem that arose due to development and commercialization led by private companies.

It was decided that international organizations would take the lead in establishing the same technology and frequency bands worldwide.

Plimtz was a technology developed for that purpose.

However, the situation changed somewhat when Director Choi Min-hyeok introduced the next-generation mobile communications standard.

Fortunately, Director Choi Min-hyeok hinted at his intention to release the next-generation mobile communication technology standards for free.

On the surface, Director Choi Min-hyeok appears to be a fool who has revealed everything he has done to create next-generation communication technology standards.

In fact, because of this, international organizations have borrowed Director Choi Min-hyeok’s next-generation mobile communication technology standards.

But this was like a poisoned chalice.

The reason is that Director Choi Min-hyeok’s technical standards achievements were faster than those of international organizations.

Next-generation mobile communication equipment, including switches, are also being introduced one after another to the world.

However, there were some problems with the commercial viability of this equipment itself.

Because of limitations in time, capital, and technology.

But that doesn’t mean the technology itself disappears.

International telecommunication organizations were forced to make full use of this system.

This was the reason why the private and government research institutes affiliated with this organization had to join hands with ETRI Korea, to which Director Choi Min-hyeok had entrusted the work.

Therefore, ETRI’s status is now incomparable to the influence of domestic research institutes in the past.

In the field of communications alone, it was world-class.

Thanks to this, Director Oh Hyeon-jong was able to gain world-class fame.

When he was contacted by Director Choi Min-hyeok, he acted as if he were a division commander of private soldiers.

Director Choi Min-hyeok was shocked to see Director Oh Hyeon-jong bowing 90 degrees at the entrance of ETRI. To be exact, it was not because of that, but because of the gazes of those around him.

The ETRI researchers passing by all looked at Director Oh Hyeon-jong with eyes of disbelief.

“I told you not to do this.”

“That can’t be. He deserves to be treated that way. Otherwise, people won’t know the real you. That’s not good for ETRI.”

“Oh, there’s no need to act like this.”

“No. Look.”

What do you see?

The eyes of dozens of ETRI researchers were all filled with shock.

Director Choi Min-hyeok couldn’t stand this atmosphere, so he quickly walked into the building. However, he also glanced at the buildings going up around him.

“Intel recently proposed a joint research project on communication chips. As an alternative, we decided to build a separate building, but I think it’s for technical security reasons… … .”

“Intel?”

“Yes. It’s because of the dedicated switchboard chips that go into the next-generation mobile communications.”

It wasn’t just this.

Intel was more interested in developing high-performance CPUs for next-generation mobile communications.

Director Oh Hyeon-jong glanced at Director Choi Min-hyeok.

“Compared to existing communications, next-generation mobile communications will need to process a lot of data, so their performance will need to improve significantly. Existing CPUs cannot handle it, so dedicated chips are needed.”

“Is that so?”

Director Choi Min-hyeok stopped talking up to this point and just listened to Director Oh Hyeon-jong’s story in silence. His story was very different from Director Choi Min-hyeok’s memories from his past life.

A global manufacturing chip company was joining hands with ETRI to conduct joint research.

However, this was possible only because of the relationship between Director Choi Min-hyeok and ETRI.

Director Oh Hyeon-jong frankly admitted that point.

“If it weren’t for Director Choi Min-hyeok, this work would have been difficult to carry out.”

“Is that why you contacted me to ask me to visit you often?”

“Yes. So, we need to make sure that Director Choi Min-hyeok is treated well. Just say the word. I will do whatever it takes.”

Director Oh Hyeon-jong’s confident attitude was completely different from before.

That is, a timid personality.

But he couldn’t help it.

Because opportunities like this don’t come around often.

Director Choi Min-hyeok clicked his tongue, even though it was an environment he had created.

“But please don’t make it so burdensome. Just do your best to meet my demands, and that will be enough.”

“Of course.”

“Then let me ask you one thing. What happened to the security authentication algorithm?”

“Oh, that’s… … . Sorry. I have so much going on right now… … .”

“You wouldn’t have omitted it from the standard, would you?”

“That’s not it.”

“Tsk.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok clicked his tongue. Security issues were an issue that could not be overlooked. After much thought, he finally called Helen.

[I am contacting you, Director Minhyeok Choi, regarding the issue of next-generation mobile communications security certification.]

[… I’ve prepared that separately. The porting work is also almost finished.]

[Good. Please send me some information.]

[all right.]

[…yes.]

After hanging up the phone, Director Choi Min-hyeok tilted his head. Helen’s reaction was quite different from what he had expected.

‘Wasn’t it you who distanced yourself from me?’

* * *

Next-generation mobile communications provide multimedia information such as voice, video, and text.

Therefore, security is an essential part of this system.