The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 1154



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1154.

Dr. Lee Ji-soo can count the men she respects on one hand.

Dr. Helen also planned to install her own spy in KM Electronics just in case.

That’s what Manager Choi Gu-man said.

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“If you listen to me, I will continue to be kind and helpful to you. Oh, I’m not asking for anything particularly strange. Hmm, I just want to know the status of KM Electronics from time to time.”

“…Why do you need that information?”

Manager Choi Gu-man was surprisingly strict. He didn’t know how to joke around and was the type who only cared about work. To put it badly, he had a bit of an old-fashioned personality.

Dr. Helen frowned. She was secretly trying to beautify the situation. It would be hard for most men to refuse.

She was actually prettier than someone straight out of a Hollywood movie.

If Dr. Lee Ji-soo is an oriental beauty, she is a western beauty.

Depending on your point of view, she could be prettier.

“… I’m a little disappointed. Is it because I’m married?”

“I don’t know what you are talking about.”

Manager Choi Gu-man didn’t know why he had to talk about such useless things instead of work. However, he was a bit surprised by Dr. Helen’s fluent Korean.

It was the result of Dr. Helen studying Korean hard because she was jealous of Dr. Lee Ji-soo.

Dr. Helen was able to figure out what kind of style Chief Choi Gu-man had just from a brief conversation.

‘All the employees under Director Choi Min-hyeok are like this.’

She was the one who couldn’t admit that she was worse than Manager Choi Gu-man.

Because she’s no pushover either.

In the end, I just talked around like that.

“I like you, Director Choi. Do you need me to explain more?”

“Ah, um.”

Only then did Chief Choi Gu-man look at Dr. Helen. He looked her up and down. Only then did he make an awkward expression.

“Okay. Can I tell you the information related to Director Choi Min-hyeok?”

Dr. Helen smiled beautifully.

“Yes, if you do that, I will do my best to help you.”

“…All right.”

Chief Choi Gu-man did not distrust Dr. Helen’s words. Director Choi Min-hyeok was someone Dr. Helen would like. However, he did not know that he would express his feelings like this.

‘Because they’re different from Korean women. Wait, I heard that Dr. Lee Ji-soo also likes Director Choi Min-hyeok. Could it be a love triangle?’

When I thought about it like that, it was really complicated.

He gave up on his complicated thoughts.

***

Manager Choi Gu-man unexpectedly got hold of a spy from KM Electronics and received help from Dr. Helen, who was full of enthusiasm, to expedite the work.

The reason was simpler than expected.

First of all, since we prioritized schedule over development costs, we proceeded with the work haphazardly without worrying about money.

Moreover, Dr. Helen provided theoretical and even practical help here.

She took this job to heart.

There are many variables that can occur depending on the shape of the patch antenna, so it was difficult to rely on just theoretical help.

Then efficiency began to improve.

The mathematical work was daunting.

Dr. Helen performed the tiresome task without the usual complaint.

“… … .”

Only then did Manager Choi Gu-man realize that Dr. Helen was sincere.

Because of that, I couldn’t finish the work here.

So I notified the patent team.

After receiving a report on the status of this project from Manager Choi Gu-man, Director Lim Ki-seok formed a separate antenna patent team and pushed forward with manpower.

Here, the legal team also raised their hands. They thought that the work they were doing was highly patentable. To be exact, they thought so because it was the work that Director Choi Min-hyeok was doing.

The patent was a haphazard attempt at patch antenna patents, referencing previous MP3 cases.

The progress of the work has been greatly accelerated by the patch antenna that has just been released.

More than half of them were garbage patents, a waste of money, but I didn’t care.

I thought I only needed to get one core patent out of hundreds of patents.

In fact, several of those patents were really important.

In Director Choi Min-hyeok’s previous life, he would have been sued for several billion dollars.

Only then did Manager Choi Gu-man realize that things were getting serious.

He once again showed his hungry spirit and worked from Monday to Friday.

But his family didn’t criticize him.

Instead, when he got off work at 2 a.m., his whole family came out and waited for him.

The high school son treated me like a knight would treat his lord.

“hmm.”

Manager Choi Gu-man felt awkward about it, but he didn’t show it.

He thought this was really fun.

I also talk to Dr. Helen regularly, dropping her information and seeing her reactions.

Dr. Helen listened very seriously to the information regarding Director Choi Min-hyeok.

She even took notes.

‘… It’s a little scary.’

As he had no knowledge of antenna engineering, he simply did as Dr. Helen told him.

But, they say that if a dog studies for three years, it will be able to recite poetry.

As a human being, I have gained specialized knowledge in antenna engineering.

Dr. Helen summarized the key points and taught them beautifully.

‘Oh, right.’

Manager Choi Gu-man eventually sought out KM Electronics’ training center curriculum to learn more about the knowledge he lacked.

Dr. Helen was thrilled by it. She didn’t care about Dr. Lee Ji-soo or Director Choi Min-hyeok at the moment.

I realized that this was quite important because of the size of the patch antenna.

It was fun to solve mathematical theories.

It was incredible how they fit together like a puzzle since Director Choi Min-hyeok had already decided the answer.

So the two succeeded in patching the antenna.

Chief Choi Byeong-yeon quietly applauded the two men’s fight.

He spared no effort in providing all the support necessary for this work.

Even if Dr. Helen blows a billion dollars because of her mistakes.

***

Director Choi Byeong-yeon glanced at Director Choi Min-hyeok while looking over the antenna development log. He was curious about Director Choi Min-hyeok’s inner thoughts as he was absorbed in the story he had told.

“How did you know?”

“What are you talking about?”

“This is the value of a patch antenna.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok himself did not talk about that part.

But Director Choi Byeong-yeon realized it himself.

“I can’t help but know. That’s why we made space for a patch antenna while insisting on using the existing antenna on the SLT-MP3.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok was delighted by this situation, but also found it absurd. He had only provided a clue. However, Director Choi Byeong-yeon brought about the result on his own.

The results were so outstanding that rather than praising them, I began to suspect that Director Choi Byeong-yeon was actually a regressor.

“What I mean is, did you know it would be successful?”

“Oh, I honestly didn’t know that. However, Manager Choi Gu-man is not the type of person to give up easily, no matter what he does. That’s why I left the key management to him during the development of Collins.”

In fact, Manager Choi Gu-man did not give up even at that time.

It’s still the same now.

Director Choi Min-hyeok honestly did not know whether the development of the patch antenna would be successful.

‘I don’t know about 15 years from now.’

At that time, the mobile market value was so large that astronomical amounts of capital were gathered.

It was difficult to compare it to a time when markets were not being created like they are now.

Moreover, he was unable to pass on specific technical information.

I just passed on information that might provide a clue.

Based on that information, Director Choi Byeong-yeon produced an excellent next-generation antenna results report.

“I can’t believe things can be this easy.”

“It’s something I should naturally do as the director of the research institute.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok stared blankly at Director Choi Byeong-yeon. He was someone he didn’t know well in his previous life. However, one incident became the stake that protected the company in his current life.

“If I had kept the director at Oseong Electronics, I would have really regretted it.”

“Hahaha, thank you for your kind words.”

Additionally, there were some interesting facts in this report.

“Are you continuing to buy wireless LAN patents as well?”

“Of course. It’s a technology that Director Choi Min-hyeok told me to keep.”

“But Lucent, no, AT&T’s response might not have been as easy as you thought?”

He tilted his head at the word ‘Lucent’. It was a company that would be established at the end of this year. It was a place that hadn’t even been established yet, so of course he couldn’t know.

“It was already difficult. But AT&T’s situation is complicated. They recently announced that they would establish some telecommunications-related companies due to restructuring, so I took advantage of that opportunity.”

“That’s amazing.”

Director Choi Min-hyeok was impressed by Director Choi Byeong-yeon’s story overall. The work he had vaguely instructed was all underway.

‘The results are even considerable.’

It was a performance that was not much different from when he purchased the MP3 patent.

‘… It’s fun. It’s really fun.’

***

Patent Team member Ko Jeong-ho slept for two days because of the time difference, but his fatigue did not go away. Still, he was happy to meet his college classmates.

Everyone envied him.

It’s not that I didn’t enjoy a dreamlike opportunity after joining the patent team.

Because his business trips to the US were his life.

The reason was simpler than expected.

The patent team’s manager-level superiors also had some information from other companies.

Once they moved, it was difficult to purchase patents like before.

Either they were calling out outrageous prices or they were trying to get information.

Because that information is worth money.

So the related patents could never be sold.

In the end, the alternative chosen was a new employee.

Employee Goh Jeong-ho was one of the employees who had left KM Group after joining it. At the time, he thought that continuing to work at KM Group was a stroke of genius.

Of course, I had to go to KM Electronics and wait for a while again.

‘It’s a trial.’

My friend said the same thing.

In fact, there were some who couldn’t hold out at the time and went to other companies.

What a coincidence, that person happened to be a college classmate.

‘You can even see tears.’

In particular, everyone’s mouths dropped open after hearing the story of his business trip to the United States.

Because the new employee was traveling around the United States, enjoying luxury hotels and meeting people from the company.

Fortunately, the results were good.

‘People fall for you easily because of your clumsy personality.’

But it was true.

Because he sold the small business name on the fake business card he sold and bought the patent he wanted.

But this was all thanks to good timing.

There is internal confusion within the company over the sale of AT&T’s business units.

So I thought, “It’s just me,” and sold the patent for a pittance.

Just like when a Japanese company handed over its MPEG-2 patents.

“hello.”

I gave each member of the patent team a gift I had purchased during my business trip to the United States.

Manager Kim Hong-jun was delighted with the gift of wine. It was the gift he had really wanted.

“Oh, thank you. Did you have a nice trip to America?”

“So-so.”

“Go to the team leader. I’m sure he’ll really like it.”

“yes.”

***

Mr. Goh Jeong-ho proudly straightened his shoulders. The technologies he had purchased included backscatter detector systems, technologies related to spread spectrum code waveforms, and basic patents related to duplex wireless communications.

It is a technology that still has many shortcomings.

But this was something the patent team could manage.

Director Im Gi-seok was on the phone with a representative from an outsourced research company.

“Didn’t you give separate funding for the communication link part for dynamic bandwidth allocation? Yes, that’s it. Send the data right now.”

“I’m busy with something else right now… … .”

“Ha, here you go again. If you keep doing this, I’ll cut off all your research contracts right now. I’ll tell you again, that patent isn’t important. It’s just something we’re doing experimentally!!”

The other party suddenly became silent. They were shocked by the pressure from Manager Im Gi-seok.

Manager Im Gi-seok took advantage of the gap and slipped out the carrot again.

“Isn’t it better if we both like each other? Just do what we say. Don’t think of anything else. Then we’ll hand over a few more projects. Yes, a project worth 1 billion won!”

Only then did the other person agree.

Manager Im Gi-seok has been clicking his tongue at the prickly reactions of his partner companies lately.

Because of Director Choi Min-hyeok’s fame, they thought that if they did it, they could make money too.

‘Maybe so.’