The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1103



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1103

Information and communication research within ETRI has changed so much that it can be divided into before and after Director Choi Min-hyeok took over.

The many research institutes that emerged during this process were proof of this.

To be exact, it is because the existing research institute was expanded and reorganized, and its size grew.

The Telecommunications Network Research Institute is a representative example. If development is done, voice, video, and data can be sent and received at high speeds through ultra-high-speed telecommunications networks.

This kind of research could not be separated from the next generation of mobile communications.

There were more related studies.

Because there are areas such as the fastest national network and the fastest communication test network.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho was able to lead this research thanks to the CDMA achievements. This was because he was classified as one of Director Oh Hyeon-jong’s closest associates.

On the surface, he was one of the executives leading ETRI.

“… I was really surprised when I found out the truth. There is someone like Dr. Kim Moon-ho.”

To be exact, it was pointed out that he survived by acting like Director Oh Hyeon-jong’s line even though he was on Director Park Jae-ho’s side.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho frowned when he took a sip of his drink.

“Are you trying to fight me now?”

“Oh, that’s not what I meant.”

“Then what is your intention in saying that?”

“Ah, that’s how outstanding Dr. Kim Moon-ho is.”

When Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung was flustered, Chief Secretary Kwon Jae-hong stepped forward.

“The Vice Chairman’s words were not meant negatively.”

“Then what did you mean? Are you saying that I committed embezzlement along with former Director Park Jae-ho?!”

“Oh, that’s not what I meant.”

Secretary Kwon Jae-hong also took a step back. He was also embarrassed while talking to Dr. Kim Moon-ho. The engineers he knew were not this prickly.

‘Isn’t it?’

Dr. Kim Moon-ho sighed inwardly. To be honest, he was worried about Director Park Jae-ho’s actions, so he kept a certain distance.

In particular, he was not even outwardly with Director Park Jae-ho.

It was a life of keeping a thorough distance from others.

Thanks to this, he gained the trust of Director Oh Hyeon-jong.

‘No, that’s not it?’

In some ways, he moved as if he was in the middle within ETRI.

In fact, even at this time, I had expressed negative opinions about Director Choi Min-hyeok.

In fact, when Director Park Jae-ho was faced with a crisis, he quickly ended any remaining relationship with him.

Thanks to that, I survived well.

However, it was not the case that there were no complaints at all.

What disappointed him most was that the real power of ETRI was handed over to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

But he didn’t show it because of Director Oh Hyeon-jong.

Vice President Choi Moon-kyung made a subtle point.

“Director Choi Min-hyeok’s work is, frankly, difficult to understand for anyone. He is not from ETRI, but a manager. However, he is actually receiving more attention within ETRI.”

“… That’s true.”

Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung was delighted with Dr. Kim Moon-ho’s attitude. He also judged that this was an opportunity he would never have had if he had not met Director Park Jae-ho.

“If the current situation continues, Director Choi Min-hyeok’s influence will grow even more. If that happens, ETRI’s communications sector will become subordinate to Director Choi Min-hyeok.”

“… … .”

Dr. Kim Moon-ho did not give any answer. That was the part he was dissatisfied with. But the problem is that there is no alternative.

However, he also knew about Director Ban Min-hyeok and his group.

Especially Vice President Choi Moon-kyung, who is right in front of him.

He is the one who will be kicked out of KM Group if Director Choi Min-hyeok inherits the management rights of KM Group.

But he didn’t show it that way.

It was that careful.

Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung actually liked that aspect. He had never heard of Dr. Kim Moon-ho behaving in this way before.

“I don’t know about anything else, but I’m talking about the next-generation mobile communications standard. If that goes ahead, it absolutely cannot happen. If that happens, Dr. Kim Moon-ho will never have another chance.”

Dr. Kim Moon-ho hesitated for a moment. But his worries did not last long.

“What do you want to do now?”

“How about closer cooperation with the US side? The US government side should join hands with the research institutes.”

“It’s still in progress.”

“No, I mean a research institute recognized by the U.S. government.”

“…Are you talking about the US government?”

Vice President Choi Moon-kyung obtained a variety of information while working with Salomon Brothers, including information related to the U.S. government.

He couldn’t actually tell us where it came from.

“The U.S. government is also not on good terms with Director Choi Min-hyeok. If you help Director Choi Min-hyeok with his work, we will give you something worthwhile. For example, U.S. government-level support related to next-generation mobile communications.”

It was a joint venture between the U.S. government, a prestigious U.S. university, and ETRI.

If you can just take on the role of a control tower that controls this, you will become a world-class expert.

In fact, Director Oh Hyeon-jong is playing that role.

However, the person supporting this is Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho was somewhat embarrassed. He understood what Vice President Choi Moon-kyung was saying, but he was troubled.

But the worries didn’t last long.

The people he thought of were the beautiful Helen and Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

He too couldn’t shake off his pounding heart for a while after seeing the two people.

If he could take the lead in the next generation of mobile communications, he might have a chance to work with these two beauties.

He pushed out Director Choi Min-hyeok, who was stuck there.

As the desire grew, it was difficult to endure.

“… I’ll think about it. But don’t expect anything.”

“Just do your best. If this can be done, the U.S. government will support Dr. Kim Moon-ho!”

“… … .”

Dr. Kim Moon-ho did not respond. He could not readily believe Vice President Choi Moon-kyung. However, he did not completely ignore his suggestion.

‘Is it possible?’

* * *

Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung doesn’t know this, but he always had an informant following him.

That’s the KM Electronic Information Team.

At first, they also did not know who Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung had met.

By the way, Dr. Kim Moon-ho is a fairly famous figure within ETRI.

This is something that can be found with just a little bit of research.

Information about Dr. Kim Moon-ho was immediately reported to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

“…Dr. Kim Moon-ho.”

It was a surprising piece of information for him.

Team leader Jo Seong-don also tilted his head after conducting additional investigations into Dr. Kim Moon-ho.

“That’s strange. He definitely doesn’t look like the type of person who would meet Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung.”

However, Director Choi Min-hyeok has been betrayed many times in his past life. He was especially victimized by Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung’s tricks.

That was the reason why he insisted on giving incentives and stock options to his key talents.

“You might not know it from the outside.”

“Yes? Do you think that Director Choi thinks that Dr. Kim Moon-ho is a traitor?”

“Traitor… … .”

Director Choi Min-hyeok also did not know at the time that Dr. Kim Moon-ho was a traitor. It was difficult to say that he had turned his back on him simply because he had met Vice President Choi Moon-kyung.

“But we need to consider the worst case scenario.”

“… Okay. I’ll check with my ETRI acquaintance.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard. It’ll be enough to just keep the situation for now.”

“But wouldn’t it be possible to steal the next generation of mobile communications technology?”

Director Choi Min-hyeok chuckled.

“Do you think that’s possible? If you knew how many labs are involved in this project, you wouldn’t be saying that.”

“Oh, right.”

Only then did Team Leader Jo Seong-don show an embarrassed expression.

The person leading the next generation of mobile communications was indeed Director Choi Min-hyeok.

However, Director Choi Min-hyeok could not make the entire next-generation mobile communications his own.

Director Choi Min-hyeok said again.

“However, you can never know how the situation will unfold. So, be alert and thoroughly examine people like Dr. Kim Moon-ho.”

“…All right.”

* * *

Even after receiving Vice President Choi Moon-kyung’s proposal, Dr. Kim Moon-ho did not take any particular action.

But some of the researchers working under him were a little different.

In particular, Manager Kim Ju-sik, true to his personality, did not like Director Choi Min-hyeok.

“Dr. Kim, have you seen Helen and Dr. Lee Ji-soo? What do you think? They really killed it!”

I did kill him.

However, the problem was that the target was Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Manager Kim Ju-sik could not admit that point.

“I can’t figure out how Director Choi Min-hyeok can commit fraud. Even if he’s good at investing, he’s not an engineer. He must have used tricks!”

This is the conclusion I came to after watching the lecture myself.

This was because of the jealousy towards Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho would have always nagged Manager Kim Ju-sik, but this time it was different.

“Manager Kim also hates Director Choi Min-hyeok?”

“Is it just that you don’t like it? Honestly, isn’t there too much nonsense? It’s clear that someone below read the script verbatim!”

“But in the lecture hall… … .”

“Hey, if you memorize the script and announce it like that, anyone can do it. Dr. Lee Ji-soo probably tampered with the script. He was scammed by Director Choi Min-hyeok.”

Manager Kim Ju-sik’s guess was not completely wrong. He felt that Director Choi Min-hyeok sometimes spoke without understanding the meaning, as he was very experienced.

But that actually happened.

Director Choi Min-hyeok only gives important ideas based on memories from his past life.

Even he did not, strictly speaking, fully understand the entire next-generation mobile communications standard.

However, Dr. Kim Moon-ho, who did not know this, was dumbfounded and stared blankly at Manager Kim Ju-sik for a while.

However, Manager Kim Ju-sik was not saying this on his own.

“I’m not the only one who says this. There are surprisingly many people. To be honest, I have doubts about Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong as well.”

The gist was this.

It was a conspiracy theory that Director Oh Hyeon-jong joined hands with Director Choi Min-hyeok to bring down Director Park Jae-ho.

The conspiracy theory was that Director Oh Hyeon-jong took control of ETRI and Director Choi Min-hyeok manipulated ETRI as he wished through Director Oh Hyeon-jong.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho was initially taken aback and did not answer, but soon agreed.

‘Oh, there is a faction opposing Director Oh Hyeon-jong.’

That’s right.

Among ETRI researchers, there were many who followed Director Oh Hyeon-jong, who was a commoner, but there were just as many who disliked him.

Director Oh Hyeon-jong was a man of principle, so he was not aware of any shortcuts.

In the end, there were quite a few people who had to give up their own vested interests because of Director Oh Hyeon-jong.

There was no way those people would like Director Oh Hyeon-jong.

He had heard what Manager Kim Ju-sik said before, but this was the first time he had thought about it so seriously.

This is because he was looking for an opportunity to rise to the top of ETRI by any means necessary.

Dr. Kim Moon-ho couldn’t help but feel confused after hearing various stories from Manager Kim Joo-sik. He also heard Vice President Choi Moon-kyung’s suggestion, but he didn’t completely believe it.

‘It’s difficult to continue like this.’

Unfortunately, Vice President Choi Moon-kyung was very different from Director Choi Min-hyeok.

I don’t know what Director Choi Min-hyeok did or how he did it, but it was very different from simply exercising influence within ETRI.

However, he was concerned that it was a research institute supported by the U.S. government.

Even though it may be difficult now, if the opportunity arises, things could be different.

For example, when Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung attacked ETRI from the outside with that force, he was able to seize the opportunity by moving from within.

However, that was only after a certain environment had been created.

It’s a perfect environment.

After much thought, he finally answered Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung.

[Honestly, I don’t know who Vice President Choi Moon-kyung is. I can’t make a decision here. However, Director Choi Min-hyeok already has real influence within ETRI. I hope you take that into consideration.]