The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1121



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1121

Team leader Jo Seong-don was curious because he knew these circumstances better than anyone else.

“You don’t like it? I heard that Director Kwon Tae-seong handled this matter firmly.”

“It’s probably because of the Plims stake. There will also be an acquisition of the Collins business unit. There will also be joint technology development for the Annie platform.”

“… Are you talking about the Annie Apartment that is being operated by Oseong Mulsan?”

“Yes. How is that going?”

“The project seems to be moving faster than I thought. Osung Materials has a lot of commercial experience, so they provide feedback quickly, and Osung Electronics Research Institute is persistent. In addition, Dr. Lee Ji-soo immediately reflects that.”

“…Are you saying that the completion level of the animation platform has increased?”

“It’s more accurate to say that the commercial perfection has improved rather than the perfection. Before collaborating with Oseong Trading Company, there were some problems with stuttering, but that has disappeared. No, the qualitative perfection was there to begin with, but it’s more accurate to say that it has improved.”

“So, are you saying that even though the function itself is the same, the actual performance has improved?”

“Yes. That’s a big deal. Dr. Lee Ji-soo also realized the problem after experiencing it for herself. Even customers who feel uncomfortable at the moment will be okay with it this time.”

That’s right.

Before the collaboration with Oseong Trading Company, the animation platform was a technology that was neither necessary nor necessary.

However, things changed a lot when we started working with Osung Materials.

It has now reached a level where it absolutely must be.

However, it was difficult to utilize the complex level of Annie AI because we chose to downgrade to solve the error problem.

This was a change to the level system.

It wasn’t what Director Choi Min-hyeok expected.

“Things are going this way.”

“Yes? Didn’t you anticipate this in advance and proceed with things like this?”

He couldn’t bring himself to say ‘no’ because the polarizing Dr. Lee Ji-soo and Director Choi Byeong-yeon were doing things as they pleased.

To be honest, I was embarrassed.

Even 30 years into the future, as far as I know, this has not happened.

‘What’s the difference?’

The reason was simpler than expected.

Dr. Lee Ji-soo and his own funds.

In particular, he did not interfere at all with what Dr. Lee Ji-soo was doing.

I just set up the environment.

If necessary, we just provided Oseong Materials so that we could test it in the field.

Director Choi Min-hyeok shook his head even though he understood the situation.

He was able to understand the changes in Planning Director Kwon Tae-seong just by checking the changes that were happening.

Rather than feeling relieved that he had finally wrapped up the issue of Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo and the Han-Young Ilbo, he felt regret. He wanted to drag it out a little longer and harass Vice President Lee Dong-soo and Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo.

“Well, let’s stop here. Next up are Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung and Salomon Brothers. Have you found any evidence yet to prove their relationship with the Han-Young Daily?”

“… I’m sorry. No matter how much I search, I can’t find any direct evidence. I expected Vice Chairman Choi Moon-kyung to leave some traces behind, but that wasn’t the case.”

“Tsk.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok clicked his tongue. He thought for a moment and then thought of Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo again. For some reason, he didn’t think he would give up easily.

“Just in case, let’s take a look at Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo. He might try to get back on Vice President Choi Moon-kyung’s side. I wonder if he’ll call Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo to the KM Group, but you never know.”

“…All right.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don also ended up answering differently than usual. This was because he was also trembling at Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo’s obsession. In fact, it would be difficult for Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo to get into another large company, but he didn’t know.

‘Could it be that they are worried about CEO Choi Du-jin?’

* * *

Fortunately, this time, Director Choi Min-hyeok’s guess was wrong.

After submitting his resignation to Oseong Electronics, Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo did not seek out Vice President Choi Moon-kyung.

He went to see CEO Choi Du-jin and complained.

President Choi Du-jin naturally knew that this matter was decided at Osung Electronics.

“Don’t you know what you did at Oseong Electronics? It was so miserable. From what I found out, you did whatever you wanted at Oseong Electronics?!”

“…It’s just office politics.”

“Hey, no matter what, does it make sense for you to organize your own company and work there as you please?! Even I feel uncomfortable just listening to it!!!”

Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-soo averted his gaze. This was already a topic of much discussion within Oseong Electronics. However, the reason this was possible was because of the special nature of Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Because Director Kwon Tae-seong also left him there with the intention of using him as a hunting dog.

“Honestly, think about it. Do you think the management of Oseong Electronics would have just left this without knowing anything? They had a plan. The sale price of the Collins division was a whopping $6 billion. If I had done my job properly, I could have reduced it to $3 billion!!”

“This is crazy. They even say they’ll build a Mars space shuttle.”

“Father, please don’t underestimate my abilities. I was really confident. If only the higher-ups at Oseong Electronics had helped me properly, I would have done well in this matter!!”

“Is that why you borrowed money to invest in stocks?”

“… Yes. Because you need to have power to exert influence within a company.”

President Choi Du-jin was dumbfounded by Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo’s answer.

He didn’t find it all that strange that Director Kwon Tae-seong fired Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo.

As Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo said, I survived until now because of something related to Director Choi Min-hyeok.

But in the process, Osung Electronics really did nothing.

“I can’t do this anymore.”

“… … .”

Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo glanced at President Choi Du-jin for a moment, but this time he backed down obediently.

* * *

It was a strange thing.

After that, Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo did not make any protests to President Choi Du-jin or to Oseong Electronics.

Even Planning Director Kwon Tae-seong had predicted differently than he had that Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo would appeal to the court.

Instead, something else happened to him.

It was Chairman Ahn Geon-min who summoned him.

Planning Director Kwon Tae-seong thought that Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo was going to be a troublemaker until the very end.

However, he was called to Chairman Ahn Geon-min’s study and then had to move again.

Executive Director Ahn Jae-woon also followed behind.

“Don’t worry too much.”

“yes?”

“The place we’re going now is Oseong Materials. To be exact, Oseong Central Research Institute.”

“What happened all of a sudden… … .”

“Not suddenly.”

Executive Director Ahn Jae-woon also recently received reports on the matter related to Director Choi Min-hyeok. He also heard about the incident that Director Choi Min-hyeok caused in the strategic planning office.

It was absurd in itself.

“Recently, Director Choi Min-hyeok… … .”

“… … .”

When Director Kwon Tae-seong heard about Director Choi Min-hyeok from Executive Director Ahn Jae-woon, he was so shocked that he couldn’t open his mouth. He didn’t know that they would have put pressure on the Korean government through the U.S. Department of Commerce.

“This is something I could know because I was keeping an eye on Director Choi Min-hyeok. I probably wouldn’t have known otherwise. Other large companies don’t know the details of what’s going on.”

Managing Director Ahn Jae-woon grumbled and stuck out his tongue at Director Choi Min-hyeok’s abilities. Perhaps because he now knew the dark side of the world, he was gloomy.

But he too kept his mouth shut as the vehicle they were riding in entered a building.

* * *

Stories about intelligent robots utilizing the five human senses continue to come out now, five years from now, ten years from now, thirty years from now.

But there was no actual success, as there was no food at the famous banquet.

Japan’s Honda put a lot of effort into developing intelligent robots, but ultimately failed.

Although American university research labs have been steadily developing robots that interact with people, they have remained limited to research purposes.

MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has made strides, but it’s still at the laboratory level.

No lab has ever actually succeeded.

There were several reasons, but communication was the biggest problem.

Then there was the huge barrier to interpreting the communication.

Even if you recognize it at a 99% level, the remaining 1% is the problem.

No, even if this 1% was solved, ambient noise was still a problem.

This is because customers feel uncomfortable if they are given instructions once and do not respond properly.

But the environment inside this Oseong Industrial Research Institute was a bit different.

[Turn on the refrigerator.]

Then the refrigerator started working right away.

Even after turning off the refrigerator and trying several different things, it often understood.

The reaction speed was so fast that it seemed faster than a person.

The refrigerator was just the beginning.

Many electronic devices, including gas stoves, lights, and audio equipment, reacted as if they were alive.

The director in charge of this project looked like he couldn’t believe it even as he introduced himself.

“It’s true that the sensor technology that detects and the AI ​​that detects judgment are amazing. But equally important is that they’re not frustrating.”

That wasn’t all.

The team leader who had been conducting this study could not hide his sighs in front of Chairman Ahn Geon-min.

Chairman Ahn Geon-min personally put this artificial intelligence electronic product into operation.

It wasn’t difficult.

Any intuitive command will do.

What’s surprising is that it’s not frustrating and there are very few errors.

“Turn the audio up. Next song. Faster. Rewind. Rewind. Stop. Play again. Skip to the next song. Turn it down. Turn it down a little more. Hmm.”

Chairman Ahn Geon-min looked surprised even though he had personally given the order.

I was really amazed by the performance of this prototype apartment and the electronics for the anime.

He conducted several more tests. He couldn’t believe it, so he sent out Executive Director Ahn Jae-woon and Planning Director Kwon Tae-seong to conduct the experiment.

Surprisingly, there were no errors.

* * *

That was really weird.

The atmosphere at the central research institute meeting held in front of Chairman Ahn Geon-min was cold.

Chairman Ahn Geon-min finally opened his mouth, tired of the formal briefing.

“… I don’t know much about it, but was it this easy?”

“… … .”

Silence fell.

The research team leader, including the director leading the meeting, was as silent as if they had eaten honey.

Such research is ongoing in many places around the world.

But no place has ever made something with this level of perfection.

Even just the animation-related chips had to be developed separately.

That development alone would have taken at least 5 to 6 years.

Production was a separate issue.

The reason for the uproar was that KM Industries was actually expanding its non-memory chip production facilities.

It was a solution to some extent to any problem that might arise.

Eventually, one person stepped forward as a representative.

“I think I underestimated the performance of the animation platform that KMBOOK is running. Honestly, I didn’t know it would be possible to this extent.”

It was natural.

Because even 30 years from now, an artificial intelligence platform like this won’t be available.

“… It’s because of Dr. Lee Ji-soo. Honestly, I didn’t know he was such a genius.”

Chairman Ahn Geon-min sighed when he heard the story of ‘Dr. Lee Ji-soo’. He too had heard of her so much that his ears were itchy. He actually checked her profile and even scouted her several times.

Of course it failed.

But it wasn’t necessarily something to be ashamed of.

He still chuckled as he recalled the Pentagon’s mess-up involving Dr. Taylor.

“Well, that’s the same in America. It’s really absurd. How could something like that happen in that country? No, since they knew about Dr. Lee Ji-soo’s abilities, did they try to use Dr. Taylor as the front line?”

Silence fell again.

Because Dr. Lee Ji-soo’s past story was a legend to them too.

In particular, the story of crashing a drone is still being talked about today.

Chairman Ahn Geon-min thought carefully after receiving a few more reports before finally coming to a conclusion.

“You’re talking about establishing a corporation called Plims, but how much of the shares do you think you’ll be able to secure?”

Planning Director Kwon Tae-seong was surprised, but answered right away.

“1% seems like it could be possible right away. But beyond that, I don’t know.”

“You said 200 million dollars for 1%? Anything more than that is difficult?”

“Director Choi Min-hyeok will not respond to that question.”

“Are you saying $200 million is cheap now?”

“… … .”