The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1153



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HY automotive engineers couldn’t draw more than that because their vision was based on vehicles.

It was something I realized only after seeing it in person.

Eventually, an emergency was called for the HY car.

If a joint development deal with some degree of urgency were concluded, the technology could have gone to GM, or even Toshiba.

If that happens, it will be a disaster for HY cars.

Now, even if I didn’t like it, I couldn’t let go of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s hand.

Even though we couldn’t talk about such intimate details, we could tell the general atmosphere.

‘This is ridiculous.’

After learning about the internal situation of HY Automobile, which was in turmoil, Executive Director Park Yong-hyeok ended up laughing in vain.

It was only then that he realized that the business that Director Choi Min-hyeok was doing was not simply piecemeal, but was carried out according to a major flow.

This work was also secretly intended to put pressure on HY Automobile.

In that sense, Director Choi Min-hyeok’s recent strange behavior can be sufficiently explained.

This is something that happens suddenly.

‘That’s not it. I’ve already started developing the game.’

Only then did Executive Director Park Yong-hyeok sigh after learning of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s actions.

He also knew that Director Choi Min-hyeok was great, but he thought it was only a one-time thing. He didn’t think the next event would follow suit.

But I thought there was something more to it.

This trend will not end.

‘I just don’t know what it is.’

MP3, MPEG-2, Plims, app services, that’s the big category.

However, HY automotive engineers were not completely fools.

[The wireless LAN sensitivity is not very good. The antenna is also a problem. It may seem like a small thing, but it is actually difficult to ignore.]

Executive Director Park Yong-hyeok checked with Manager Jeong Hyeok-su. The antenna was definitely problematic. It was okay to use, but the design was the issue.

This problem could be easily solved by building it into cars, but demand would decrease.

[Well, I wonder if he doesn’t know this. If he were Director Choi Min-hyeok, he would have come up with an alternative.]

[… I’ll check that out.]

Chief Jeong Hyeok-su felt that this matter was bigger than he had thought. If there was a problem, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to use that as an excuse to find fault.

‘There’s no need for me to do it.’

***

Director Choi Min-hyeok was startled when HY Electronics suddenly brought up the topic of antennas.

He realized it was time to look at the long antenna attached to the SLT-MP3.

I just passed it over because I didn’t develop it myself, but now I realize it.

“… It doesn’t look good. Wait, I think we talked about the antenna before, but are the results out yet?”

It wasn’t an explicit instruction, but rather a suggestion that an antenna might be needed.

It was a story full of everyday worries.

Director Choi Min-hyeok also recalled his memories belatedly and exclaimed, “Oh no.”

“Ah, that… … .”

But surprisingly, Team Leader Jo Seong-don took out the SLT-MP3 from his pocket with a confident expression. This one didn’t have an antenna.

No, it wasn’t that it wasn’t running.

Director Choi Min-hyeok was able to guess right away when he recalled his memories from his past life.

“… Did you succeed in developing a patch antenna?”

“… As expected, you know.”

Team leader Jo Seong-don was rather surprised. Although it looked simple, it was a technology that was really difficult to develop. It was a technology that would come out 15 years after the mobile market opened.

But Director Choi Min-hyeok was equally surprised. He even purchased stocks in affiliated companies with key technologies needed for smartphones.

But patch antennas were a bit different.

The bigger problem was that he himself was not familiar with this patch antenna technology.

‘I only know a little about antenna shape, theory, and directionality. And things like antenna materials… ‘

He did pass that information on to Director Choi Byeong-yeon.

But the information was fragmentary and had many ambiguous parts.

I’m talking about the level of petty chatter between executives.

In fact, that is why he also forgot that fact.

Because we still have plenty of time before we get into smartphone technology.

I didn’t really want to know about the antenna side, and I didn’t want to get involved.

“…What on earth is going on?”

Team Leader Jo Seong-don saw Director Choi Min-hyeok, who was unexpectedly surprised, and gave him a project report on the antenna while secretly delighting, saying, “I hit him hard!”

It contained a chronological history of antenna technology development.

The start date was the day he had just talked to Chief Choi Byeong-yeon about it as a small talk.

“… … .”

Director Choi Min-hyeok stuck out his tongue when he found out that the main character was ‘Manager Choi Gu-man.’

‘Director Choi Byeong-yeon must have given her the opportunity, and Manager Choi Gu-man must have carried it out. Dr. Helen is here too. But why is Dr. Helen hanging around here? She must be so busy with the autonomous driving technology, but I think I should meet her in person. What on earth is going on?’

***

As the sale of the Collins business was confirmed, Manager Choi Gu-man continued to write the myth of the salaryman at KM Electronics due to his contribution of $6 billion.

There was no need to look for it within the company.

First of all, the family’s response was different.

It all started with my son, a first-year high school student who was going through a difficult teenage period.

At some point, I started ignoring myself.

He crossed the line by making a ticking sound.

He wondered if school bullying might be the problem.

But the teacher in charge didn’t show any such signs at all.

Rather, he said that beating the kids was the problem.

The same goes for his wife. She also seemed to be fed up with him. He wondered what would happen if the topic of divorce came out of his mouth.

This changed as Collins’ business grew.

But there was a crisis.

It’s because the position has changed.

My wife sometimes wondered if it might be better to move to another large company.

“That’s right. The Collins business you worked so hard for is being taken over. In other words, I told you to quit the company.”

“no.”

“But think about it carefully. I think the company has already done the math on stock options and stuff.”

“I said no.”

“This is a great opportunity to change jobs. I heard that headhunters keep contacting you.”

The reason she does this is because a scout once came to her house in person.

She also looked quite surprised at that time.

But Manager Choi Gu-man resisted all temptations.

He thought that Director Choi Min-hyeok was his king.

But one day, Director Choi Byeong-yeon called him.

“Manager Choi, how are you?”

“What could be the big deal?”

“I heard you moved?”

“Because I made a lot of money.”

Director Choi Byeong-yeon tilted his head.

“Congratulations. But I still have some complaints. Considering what you’ve done, I can’t be satisfied.”

“That’s not it.”

Chief Choi Gu-man smiled bitterly. Chief Choi Byeong-yeon was sometimes overly obsessed with his employees. He even tried to look into their family history.

He also didn’t feel much resistance because he knew the personality of Director Choi Byeong-yeon.

Even though Director Choi Byeong-yeon has such shortcomings, his strength is that he really pushes hard when he has to.

The fact that the Collins business continued was also secretly because Director Choi Byeong-yeon had made some advance preparations.

So I said that because I couldn’t wait for him to be persistent and stubborn.

“One day, the way my family treated me changed. The eldest son even greeted me, something he never did before. My wife became a completely different person.”

Especially at night.

My wife prepared quite a bit before the couple’s event. She even took care of the atmosphere. She even took medicine, no, an aphrodisiac. It got worse after we moved.

“… Actually, at some point, I stopped looking at my bankbook. I felt uneasy because too much money was coming in. My wife took care of the moving.”

“I see. I was worrying for nothing. Actually, I called you here for one reason. Director Choi Min-hyeok has come up with a new project, but it’s a bit ambiguous.”

Research Director Choi Byeong-yeon recalled what Director Choi Min-hyeok had said as a small talk. Director Choi Min-hyeok had said it lightly. But he didn’t think that way.

Only then did Manager Choi Gu-man tilt his head.

“…What project are you talking about?”

“This is it.”

The plan presented by Director Choi Byung-yeon was a concretization of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s idea. KM Electronics had initially reviewed the satellite item, so they consulted with experts in that field to flesh it out.

“…Antenna? If you just outsource this, oh, it’s a bit different.”

“Director Choi Min-hyeok said it was a patch antenna. But it’s a bit different from the existing antenna, so it’s a bit of a problem. Even if I ask him directly, no one knows. They just say it’s theoretically possible.”

Theories related to patch antennas have already been published.

However, it was not easy to commercialize.

The patch antenna design was not simple either.

But the information I needed was already in the report.

That is, the dielectric constant of the substrate, the height of the substrate, and the antenna operating frequency.

There was even some theory required for patch antenna design.

These were all stories that Director Choi Min-hyeok had heard from Dr. Helen in his previous life.

“They said we have to develop it separately. They’re not even sure if it’ll be successful.”

“… No matter how I look at it, it seems like it was an idea proposed by Director Choi Min-hyeok, but you still say that after seeing this?”

“I didn’t show you that. I just told you the general story.”

“… Are you telling me to start by digging in the bare ground?”

“… I guess that’s how it’s going to be. Just tell me the necessary manpower, equipment, and capital. I’ll prepare anything. For example, I can push in 10 billion, no, even 50 billion in capital. But there has to be results.”

“… … .”

Manager Choi Gu-man was speechless for a while. He thought that this was too much. However, he was the only one in the company who could do this job.

Even Collins, which has become common now, started out like this.

“…All right.”

“Oh, one thing to note. Dr. Helen is said to be a communications expert. You can probably ask her for theoretical advice.”

“…yes.”

This is what happened in the beginning stages.

Even Chief Choi Gu-man didn’t think it was a complete mistake. This was because he knew that Dr. Helen was a genius, no less than Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

***

Director Choi Min-hyeok visited Director Choi Byeong-yeon and asked him about this matter.

And I heard the previous story from Director Choi Byeong-yeon.

This is ridiculous.

The incident was created by using stories that were leaked at a drinking party.

That sounds plausible too.

“It won’t be easy.”

Director Choi Byeong-yeon smiled brightly.

“If I don’t get started on this, I have no reason to be the director of the institute.”

“That’s true. Then can I hear the rest of the story?”

“Manager Choi Gu-man is a person who knows his own abilities well. He is also realistic. He does not do things that he cannot do. However, if there is a possibility, he does not give up. The starting point was, of course, Dr. Helen.”

Dr. Helen continued to monitor Director Choi Min-hyeok because of the strange atmosphere between him and Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

That was the reason why she followed Dr. Lee Ji-soo to Korea.

She received a patch antenna report from Chief Choi Gu-man on this car.

In fact, it was a trivial topic for her.

It didn’t matter even if I didn’t know much.

Because it is easy to infer a theory based on the ideas that Manager Choi Gu-man talks about.

I handed over the formulas and information needed for the design to Manager Choi Gu-man.

[thank you.]

Chief Choi Gu-man was secretly surprised. He knew that Dr. Helen was smart. However, he thought that there was a limit to that.

But it was only then that I realized how much of a genius she was. She had lost her sense of direction and was no different from the landmarks she had created for me.

Then it picked up speed.

But Dr. Helen didn’t stop at just giving advice. She frequented Manager Choi Gu-man’s lab to look into KM Electronics’ internal information. But she didn’t tell Director Choi Min-hyeok.

‘Was it because of the surveillance on Dr. Lee Ji-soo?’

Actually, the way Dr. Lee Ji-soo looks at himself has been quite different recently.

Of course it wasn’t affection.

It was closer to respect than that.

But that was the problem.