The 3th Generation of the Chaebol Wants to Live Quietly - Chapter 221



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#221.

Director Lee Chang-myeong, while brooding over his grudge against Choi Min-hyeok, discovered someone he knew. It was Team Leader Park Seong-hwan, who was now in charge of the Satellite Team in the Information and Communication Policy Office.

“Oh, Team Leader Park, it’s nice to see you here. Do you remember me? I’m Director Lee Chang-myeong of Oseong Electronics.”

“Oh, yes.”

Team Leader Park Sung-hwan also recalled meeting Director Lee Chang-myeong several times regarding satellite business policy issues. He received a considerable amount of money at that time.

So this position was burdensome.

‘Why this kid?’

Instead, I broke out in a cold sweat.

He also didn’t pay much attention when he heard about the Oculus project from Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong. However, after further investigation within the team, he found out that it wasn’t true.

I urgently met with Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong and talked with him a few more times.

After talking with Team Leader Oh, I realized that the story was completely different from what I had thought. If it had been just a Mugunghwa Satellite event before, it was now another new business that was laying golden eggs.

Team Leader Park Sung-hwan has worked on over a hundred government policy projects so far, but he has never seen or heard of such outstanding results.

Even the great Oh Sung Electronics couldn’t get to this level.

K22

So, the Information and Communication Policy Office, which discovered the value of this work too late, was in chaos.

The Oculus project, which was initially just a formality project, has seen its value skyrocket.

Now, even the Minister of Information and Communication is watching this agenda as a zero priority.

At one point, the Information and Communication Policy Office even considered throwing KM Electronics, Professor Lee Dong-ho, and Professor Song Han-seong into the trash can, but later found out that Sizbel had the license.

To be exact, before the lawsuit in the United States, the Sizbel side had been subtly pressuring the Ministry of Science and ICT with prior threats.

He openly stated that he would sue the Korean government if they did something stupid.

Since then, I have neatly stopped touching KM Electronics.

In the end, this issue was taken care of directly by the new director of the Information and Communication Policy Office, Wonhan Lee.

The reason I came here today was to have a close discussion with Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong under the direction of Director Lee Won-han.

This is because Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong cannot touch issues such as the Integrated Broadcasting Act.

However, that doesn’t mean we can ignore Oh Sung Electronics.

This is because businesses that require a lot of capital, such as next-generation switching systems, require companies with capital power such as Oseong Electronics.

Team leader Park Seonghwan briefly greeted Director Lee Changmyeong and then moved on.

“I’m sorry, but I have something important to discuss with Team Leader Oh.”

“…Is that so?”

Director Lee Chang-myeong, who was treated like cold rice again, has now given up on everything.

What really pisses him off is that even the people he lobbied for are ignoring him.

I wanted to make a fuss right here, but I couldn’t bring myself to touch Team Leader Park Sung-hwan, who had a pale face and was drenched in cold sweat.

‘Director Choi, did that kid threaten the Ministry of Information and Communication too?’

Click.

However, I couldn’t pressure Team Leader Park Sung-hwan in this place where the camera sound was incessant.

‘Ha, so that’s why it was like this.’

Director Lee Chang-myeong found out later why Director Choi Min-hyeok had pretended it was a coincidence and brought in the reporter.

Reporter Pyong Yok-gu also continued to press the camera from outside the range of Director Lee Chang-myeong’s awareness.

Click.

“… … .”

… click.

When reporter Pyong Yok-gu received the intimidating gaze of Director Lee Chang-myeong, he turned the camera towards the stage.

Director Lee Chang-myeong watched Team Leader Park Seong-hwan bow his head politely and then hurriedly approach Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong.

And Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong, as expected, introduced Director Choi Min-hyeok to Team Leader Park Seong-hwan.

At first, Team Leader Park Sung-hwan thought that Choi Min-hyeok was just a third-generation chaebol and was ignoring Director Choi Min-hyeok, but after hearing just a few words, his eyes widened and he bowed.

I was quick to catch on, as I had already heard about it in advance through Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong.

Choi Min-hyeok simply waved his hand in response to the greeting from the overbearing Ministry of Information and Communication team leader.

Choi Min-hyuk was satisfied.

It seemed like a bit of information was leaked, but it didn’t seem that important.

I heard that Sizbel was preparing for the worst-case scenario and even prepared for a lawsuit in the US courts, and I even knew that they had done something against the Ministry of Information and Communication, but I didn’t bother to get involved.

You know very well that Shizbel is much more vicious than me.

It was better because I didn’t have to bother talking about every little detail.

‘Good. Oh, it’s really comfortable. Bringing Sisbel in was a stroke of genius.’

“Oh, Team Leader, thank you for your hard work.”

“I just want you to know that this is all about completing the project as well as possible.”

Team Leader Park Sung-hwan simply bowed to Director Choi Min-hyeok, who had forgotten that he was a successful team leader-level civil servant.

[Director Choi, I ask for your help in the future!]

It was a small sound.

It can’t be helped.

Digital satellite broadcasting services, starting with the launch of the Mugunghwa satellite, have great political influence depending on how they are packaged.

If he could just finish this job well, Team Leader Park Sung-hwan’s dream of becoming Vice Minister was not a dream.

But to Director Lee Chang-myeong, who was watching Director Choi Min-hyeok’s actions, those small words sounded like thunder.

‘This really sucks.’

“What the hell is going on?!”

“… … .”

Deputy Director Ahn Gook-ho, who was fed up with Director Choi Min-hyeok’s actions, kept his mouth shut and didn’t say anything. He honestly felt creepy when he saw reporter Baek Yong-gu continuing to take secret photos.

“Hey, Manager Ahn, are you ignoring what I say too?”

“Oh, no. That, that’s probably because of the satellite broadcasting business. They must be doing that because they know that the satellite business is quite profitable, unlike before.”

“Then why are the Ministry of Information and Communication staff so humble? Even though Director Ahn knows full well how arrogant that guy is, he still does that.”

Manager Ahn Gook-ho, who had done a lot of lobbying, couldn’t have been unaware of it. That’s because the person who went to Danran Bar and treated him like a servant was none other than Team Leader Park Sung-hwan.

“That’s a bit… … .”

Fortunately, it was Team Leader Kim Moon-ho who saved Manager Ahn Gook-ho’s life.

[Let’s start presenting the Oculus Project!]

He took to the stage and began his presentation on the Oculus project.

‘I lived.’

* * *

[There have been many incidents related to this satellite broadcasting project. Many companies have experienced difficulties due to unpleasant incidents, and I understand that there are still many complaints. As one of the people in charge of this project, I would like to sincerely apologize for this.]

But as the announcement progressed, the story that came out was very different from the apology.

Even if Dr. Kim Moon-ho was unaware of the internal conflict within ETRI, he knew how complicated it was.

Now the problem is practically solved.

Once this Oculus project announcement is complete, your position will change.

His shoulders were infinitely proud.

In fact, the talk about new innovations that could play to their strengths only grew louder.

In particular, the new K&M algorithm related to the initial frequency estimator showed completely different performance from existing algorithms.

Leaving everything else aside, there is just one thing that is most surprising.

[This new algorithm allows us to make the hardware that constitutes the initial frequency estimator more compact. Our research team has tested it and found that it reduces the hardware by about 67.3%.]

Groan, groan.

Researchers involved in this study were puzzled by the odd algorithm.

This was a brief test, which means that if we conduct additional tests, it will be reduced by more than 70%.

This means that the structure of related satellite equipment, including decode (satellite STB), will soon be simplified.

[That’s right. It’s not just that the hardware structure is simplified. As errors are reduced, the performance itself improves. And this technology is not only applied to this part.]

New technologies were added one by one to the satellite broadcasting architecture shown in the presentation. Thanks to this, although it is similar in appearance to the existing system, the performance itself is incomparable to that of the past.

[The Oculus system is a more advanced and stable method than the world’s first satellite broadcast, DirecTV in the United States. In particular, it is expected that screen distortion and shaking caused by noise changes will be improved by more than 200%.]

What the simulation results showed was much more meaningful.

The period was so short that the testing had not been properly completed yet.

But that alone excited most of the ETRI researchers who filled the conference room.

One researcher, unable to bear it any longer, even raised his hand and asked a question.

[Now, wait a minute, Dr. Kim, is this the satellite broadcasting system we are designing right now?]

[The skeleton is the same as before, but the content has changed quite a bit.]

[No, when did you do all that work?]

Dr. Kim Moon-ho’s research team was only faithful to the Oculus project, so they didn’t know the details. No, they found out today, but not enough to talk about it.

Team leader Oh Hyeon-jong, who was sitting at the front of the stage, stood up and took the microphone instead, and spoke about licensing issues related to the Oculus project one by one.

He mentioned the part related to the lawsuit of Professor Song Han-seong’s legal representative, Sizbel.

[If Sizbell files a lawsuit, it will be conducted simultaneously in the US and Korea. Therefore, all existing research will have to be stopped.]

In fact, it wasn’t intended for Dr. Oh Hyeon-jong, but Sizbel had already created a stir here and there by completing investigations not only at the Ministry of Information and Communication but also at various research institutes.

[oh my god!]

[So, we had prior consultation with Sizbel.]

Of course, Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong did not say that he had copied it.

Most of the researchers who had no idea who the license holder was were implicitly exchanging glances. I guess it was because they had all done similar work.

It was only now that I realized that Shizbel was involved in this matter.

There were researchers who wanted to dispute the project itself due to the project schedule or cost, but after seeing the Oculus results, they realized that they could not do so.

The original system and the newly revised system, the two systems were not comparable at all.

It would have been best to switch to the more complete Oculus system.

Although the period may be extended somewhat, no researcher had an exact estimate of when this project would be completed anyway.

Considering that the nature of the research would take at least 2-3 more years, it would have been better to do the revision work now.

The remaining issue is that all the existing work needs to be reworked to fit this new Oculus project.

[Oh my god, does that mean I have to edit it again?]

Team leader Oh Hyeon-jong spoke subtly.

[There are quite a few modifications, but it’s not like starting from scratch. The stem is the same. The satellite decoder (satellite STB) also only needs to have its interface modified. That’s not that difficult either.]

[… … .]

All the researchers who were directly or indirectly involved in this work kept their mouths shut as if they had been hit by a bomb.

When the backlash was not as strong as expected, Team Leader Oh Hyeon-jong spoke subtly.

[However, Director Park Jae-ho will take responsibility for this matter. It has already been decided within ETRI, and the Ministry of Information and Communication has tacitly approved it. And it is not all bad news. Thanks to the results of Oculus, the Ministry of Information and Communication will also step in, unlike before. In particular, the enactment of the Integrated Broadcasting Act, which has many potential problems in the future, will also be accelerated.]

Team leader Park Seong-hwan, who actually attended the event, showed a positive attitude.

Only then did the ETRI researcher recognize Team Leader Park Seong-hwan and stop grumbling and resisting any longer.

I have already realized that what I am announcing here is nothing more than a formality.

The fact that the enactment of the Integrated Broadcasting Act is actively underway also means that I have realized that the project I am currently working on is not simply at the research level.

Even the research team that passively participated in this study showed a different look in their eyes.

‘… Hey, this is no joke. The integrated broadcasting law is not a simple matter.’

* * *

The story of Choi Min-hyeok’s first life: digital satellite broadcasting service became available six years after the launch of the Mugunghwa satellite.

There are several reasons for this, the Unified Broadcasting Act being one example.