The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1143



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Especially after the MP3 industry ecosystem was created, Director Choi Min-hyeok was like a hero who surpassed world-class rock singers.

Thanks to this, the pace of technological development has accelerated.

Unlike the useless development environment in the early days, the technology has now stabilized to a certain extent.

All you have to do is create a simple program on your PC and stream it to your MP3 player.

[hello.]

These characters appear on the screen.

Director Choi Min-hyeok focused on a stable program environment rather than such things.

“… It’s faster and more stable than before.”

“We started from scratch, starting from the compiler.”

It wasn’t just something new, it was made from scratch.

This meant that it was now okay to sell these development tools.

In fact, domestic engineers in this field still lack technical skills.

No, it was absolutely impossible to make.

But engineers in Silicon Valley were a different story.

They joined KMBOOK voluntarily.

Director Choi Min-hyeok, who has a great reputation.

I came to this company after seeing the image of Director Choi Min-hyeok.

Moreover, Dr. Lee Ji-soo demonstrated his genius and led them well.

“Is that what Dr. Lee Ji-soo did?”

“It’s also thanks to Director Choi.”

“Me?”

“I’m talking about compensation for developers. It’s not lacking at all compared to other Silicon Valley companies. But more than that, it’s because their perspective on the future is different from other companies.”

“It doesn’t seem like much has been done.”

“Instead, it was featured a lot in the major American media. It had some negative connotations, but it wasn’t all that negative either.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok changed the subject while sticking out his tongue.

“We should speak directly. We should see that Dr. Lee Ji-soo’s capabilities are greater.”

“That’s true. Dr. Lee Ji-soo is really… … .”

Director Choi Byeong-yeon, who was swallowing his words, could not hide his surprise at Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

But he glanced at Director Choi Min-hyeok and inwardly admired him. To be honest, even he himself viewed this matter negatively.

But now that the MP3 ecosystem has been established, I think I understand why Director Choi Min-hyeok is doing this.

To sell MP3 players, you had to build a factory and source parts.

There is also the problem of developing the chips separately.

Although this task was difficult, it was not impossible.

Because Nintendo and Sony did that.

But the application was a little different.

Moreover, games were not the only thing available on this MP3 player.

Director Choi Byeong-yeon had already felt this point in advance and carried out several projects.

Director Choi Min-hyeok glanced at Director Choi Byeong-yeon and said.

“What do you think? Our team leader, Jo Seong-don, was also secretly against this.”

Team leader Jo Seong-don became furious.

“I’ve never done that before!”

Director Choi Min-hyeok found Team Leader Jo Seong-don, who was always getting angry, cute.

“Why are you doing this? I thought there were almost no people in favor.”

“that…….”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don flinched. He rarely expressed his opinions. At that time, he simply opposed Director Choi Min-hyeok’s opinion, which was too extreme.

But that eventually came back to haunt me.

Director Choi Min-hyeok chuckled.

“It’s okay. You might not be familiar with this concept.”

Playing games on a terminal wasn’t that awkward.

It also means that terminal companies sell games in pack form.

Because Nintendo did it.

But the public release of the MP3 player game was a different matter.

Because I’ve never tried that before.

Director Choi Min-hyeok smiled brightly.

‘You’ll be surprised to learn that this is a stepping stone.’

It was natural.

Because what Director Choi Min-hyeok ultimately wants is a smartphone ecosystem.

Moreover, the time is now ripe.

‘I didn’t know that Senior Vice President Kim Hyun-woo would feel grateful. I should have checked and moved on from this, but I actually didn’t. I just hung on to the bubble-filled Plims and Annie.’

Actually, I didn’t do it because I wanted to.

Because it was a desperate measure.

The problem was that I overlooked the current situation.

Thanks to Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo, I was able to remind myself.

Before, I couldn’t do it because of my preconceptions, but now it’s different.

Because when everyone talks about this business, I think it could be true.

“That’s good. Since the results of this work were not good, I’ll give the planning team another chance. Please review it carefully.”

“…All right.”

***

The KM Electronics planning team did not simply develop products.

He also took on big, big tasks, such as selling the Collins division.

The planning department has been in a state of chaos recently because of what Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo did after joining Salomon Brothers.

This is because Oh Sung Electronics and HY Electronics have been in constant contact to avoid any misunderstandings.

Manager Bae Jong-dae did not like this atmosphere.

“I don’t know why you make things so complicated.”

Manager Jeong Seong-geun grumbled.

“There’s money at stake.”

“I know. But it’s time to stop now.”

“I guess it’s because they’re so big. If you’re not careful, there’s a difference of hundreds of billions.”

“Hey, Manager Jeong has changed a lot too.”

“Because I learned from what Manager Bae did.”

An instruction given at this time.

This is a matter directly related to the app program.

The sudden order given by Director Choi Min-hyeok was somewhat connected to the sale of the Collins division.

Because it will be a new business.

Team Leader Jo Seong-don spoke about this during a meeting for the first time in a long time.

I wasn’t that surprised.

“It’s a game… … .”

“It’s not exactly a game. Games are a field. What’s important is the app ecosystem. You know that commercial-grade development tools have already been released, right?”

“Yeah, but I didn’t think that would really work.”

That’s right.

We’re not ready to build an app ecosystem yet.

Because we’re just now starting to hear about products equipped with IPS-LCD.

But, Director Jeong Seong-geun thought differently.

“The program that was outsourced to the company wasn’t something that was just given to us.”

“yes.”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don also felt at ease. He thought the planning team members would object, but they didn’t. They understood his feelings as they were.

***

Deputy Director Jeong Seong-geun began analyzing the results based on the previous instructions and results given by Director Choi Min-hyeok.

It wasn’t that difficult.

The gaming market is also constantly changing.

‘Nintendo is staggering?’

The reason was PC games.

I’m talking about online games.

Strategy simulation games were also a disaster for Nintendo.

But the real disaster for Nintendo is the PlayStation.

It’s still in operation these days, but the atmosphere is completely different from Nintendo.

Deputy Director Jeong Seong-geun focused on this part. In some ways, app games are similar. If Nintendo and PlayStation become mainstream, app games can become the same.

The only problem is the platform.

It wasn’t that difficult.

Because Director Choi Byeong-yeon recently asked about reviewing development through outsourcing.

Actually, we had discussions with Sehan Information.

No, it also progressed.

To be exact, Sehan Information actively stepped forward and carried out the work.

The results are out, too.

However, mass production was put on hold due to licensing issues.

Deputy Director Jeong Seong-geun brought this up at the meeting.

“From what I’ve found out, it seems like Sehan Information hasn’t given up on app games yet.”

Vice Minister Park Sang-ki tilted his head.

“What do you mean? Wasn’t that project just a temporary thing?”

“In our case, yes. Because we haven’t made any money yet. However, Sehan Information’s position was different. Because receiving our development tools and KOS is more competitive than other products.”

“Ah, you mean technological competitiveness. But that technology isn’t even ours.”

“On our side, we approached it with the concept of licensing, and app sales are handled separately by the seller.”

Deputy Director Jeong Seong-geun has never forgotten the instructions given by Director Choi Min-hyeok.

It was different from other planning teams.

He talked about the profit model based on the instructions and projects given by Director Minhyeok Choi.

Chief Bae Jong-dae stuck out his tongue.

“It’s not just about talking. If you do this well… … .”

It could have been a huge hit.

Like MP3.

But Manager Jeong Seong-geun was humble.

“Well, it wasn’t me. Director Choi Min-hyeok has been the one who came up with all the ideas and technologies so far. It was also taking into account the outsourcing done by Director Choi Byeong-yeon.”

“You can’t just look at it that way.”

“It would be nice if you could say it like that.”

Only then did Team Leader Jo Seong-don come to a conclusion.

“Good. Let’s sort this out and report it to Director Choi Min-hyeok.”

“…All right.”

After the meeting was over, everyone came to Manager Jeong Seong-geun and started to show affection towards him.

Especially Chief Bae Jong-dae.

“I told you he’s really good. If anyone sees him, they’ll think our team leader is Deputy Manager Jeong Seong-geun.”

Deputy Manager Jeong Seong-geun looked at Team Leader Jo Seong-don, who was sighing, and slightly lowered his head.

“… No. As I always say, it was something I did in accordance with the instructions given by Director Choi Min-hyeok.”

“Tsk.”

Manager Bae Jong-dae was dissatisfied with that, but he didn’t say anything.

It is definitely a combination of all the projects that Director Choi Min-hyeok has put out so far.

They were all similar.

‘If there is an existing instruction, does that mean there is a connection between them all?’

***

Director Choi Min-hyeok was also impressed after looking at the planning team report.

‘That’s right, Nintendo’s downfall will really start next year. That should pave the way for Sony’s PlayStation.’

But something changed during that time.

The reason was because of Director Choi Min-hyeok. He himself was the first to push for high-performance mobile CPUs, and the development of mobile CPU technology through ARN was also intertwined.

There is even a reason why we developed a CPU that combines MP3 and MPEG-2 codecs.

In a way, this mass production of CPUs through KM Industries could be seen as having set the fire burning.

Director Choi Min-hyeok stuck out his tongue as he recalled the basic information of this incident.

‘This makes you think I’m behind the conspiracy.’

This is especially true when outsourcing is done to a partner company.

They achieved relatively smooth results, but failed commercially.

It was because Director Choi Min-hyeok was working too quickly.

If the program they created had become a huge hit, things could have been different.

This is also linked to the work of gathering those who fell through the restructuring of the KM Group.

But this was not what Director Choi Min-hyeok himself intended.

He stuck out his tongue at how things had become so confusing.

I had already contacted Chairman Choi Yong-wook, but I was at a loss for an answer.

“Just go to the chairman and ask him to check.”

Team leader Jo Seong-don was worried about his stiff attitude.

“Is that okay? After all, it is true that I took out the KM Group’s restructuring targets without saying anything. This could easily be misunderstood.”

If that were the case, it would only make the story that Senior Vice President Kim Hyeon-woo made into a conspiracy theory more plausible.

Director Choi Min-hyeok could not have imagined that things would really turn out this way.

“… Are you trying to say that I intentionally carried out the restructuring in order to poach KM Group employees?”

“that is…….”

Because there are actually stories like that going around.

The source is clearly Vice President Choi Moon-kyung.

Director Choi Min-hyeok was also in a difficult position. At the time, it was not intentional, but it actually happened that way. At least, that was the picture that was shown through the results.

“… I don’t know. First of all, don’t create unnecessary misunderstandings with your grandfather. You will make your own judgment. The important thing is to create an app ecosystem. We can’t let you fail like the existing partners.”

“…yes.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok thought of it from a different perspective rather than a simple misunderstanding. He thought of Director Yoo Jin-seok and did not think it would fail. It could possibly become a milestone for KM Electronics.

‘It’s time to get started in earnest. In fact, it will be incredibly profitable. This should be seen as the successor to the Collins business. I don’t know if my grandfather will know that.’

***

Chairman Choi Yong-wook also belatedly confirmed through Director Jang Seung-il that Director Choi Min-hyeok had separately called in the KM Group’s restructuring targets.