The Magician’s Memorial - Chapter 301



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301. Rocket (5)

A few days later.

We had an idea meeting with Minjeong Cheon.

We talked non-stop for 10 hours, and were not able to finish the meeting until morning.

“Among the ideas that can be commercialized right now, we pass them on to each affiliate through the planning office.”

“Now I feel relieved.”

“The idea meeting is over, let’s talk about the projects. How many projects are in the final stages?”

“The deep learning AI training for Baduk is in its final stages. We are playing against Baduk pros in private, and the win rate is over 96%.”

A large event that can promote AI not only in Korea but also around the world.

Since this was an event that Minjeong Cheon had been hosting for several years, expectations were high.

“Then we can hold a large-scale event soon. Recruit the world’s No. 1 Baduk player or a player with symbolic significance and have the game be played live.”

“There are still some areas to improve, so I think it would be good to proceed around the middle of this year.”

“It’s good to be perfect in everything, but if you miss the optimal time, no matter how perfect the product is, it may not receive attention.”

“We can really make improvements within three months. And we need that much time to recruit professional players, decide on a venue for the match, and negotiate with the broadcasting station.”

“Okay, let’s proceed like that. But don’t try to do it all yourself; leave the work to other people as much as possible.”

The projects that Cheon Min-jeong was in charge of were all important.

Therefore, I couldn’t entrust all the work to her, and I had to spread the work out as much as possible.

“We have already handed over most of the work to the artificial intelligence research team at the IIT Korea campus.”

“Are you comfortable with the artificial intelligence team coming to Korea?”

“So, now I understand why the Chairman asked me to go to the United States and conduct research. The speed of the project went much faster because we were able to see each other face to face.”

The faculty and researchers at the IIT Korea campus were truly world-class.

In particular, the field of artificial intelligence could be said to be unrivaled, and many experts who had received support from Taewo Group and SAVE Investment Company joined the IIT Korea campus as faculty or researchers.

“As we continue to recruit experts, it will become easier in the future. Ah! How about selling League of Champions skins?”

“Wow! I really didn’t expect that. We recorded close to 1 billion won in sales just one day after the skin was released. There are still skins for the world competition scheduled to be released, so I think we can raise enough to raise even 10 billion won.”

“It would be a shame to be satisfied with 10 billion won. Taewo IT, Electronics, and Telecommunications will support part of the prize money for the competition. Then, the winning prize alone will be close to at least 20 billion won.”

“That much? Wow! It’s more than the prize money for winning most major tournaments.”

“Wouldn’t there be a lot of users who would turn professional if the prize money was this high? And it would also serve as a justification for companies to actively create professional teams.”

The prize money of 20 billion won was just the beginning.

After the world competition begins, more users will be interested in League of Champions.

Then, in the next year’s world competition, more skins would be sold and, of course, the prize money would be higher.

“I need to quickly go prepare for the competition. But that doesn’t mean I’m neglecting other projects! I’m coming up with competition-related ideas in my spare time.”

“Who said what? Go ahead.”

It was Cheon Min-jeong, who was half awake.

She had great fun hosting a world competition for her favorite game, and when I gave the signal, she ran outside as if she were competing in a 100-meter race.

“Shall we sleep here today?”

The place where the idea meeting was held was a hotel suite.

Although the room was decorated as a conference room, it had a shower and a king-size bed, so I was able to get enough rest.

dump!

I threw myself on the bed.

It was a moment where I felt like I would fall asleep if I just closed my eyes.

Ji-ing! I had to wake up again to my phone ringing early in the morning.

[Mr. Kim! Finally it worked! I finally succeeded! Ahhh!]

A sound that makes your eardrums explode.

The person who called me was Musk.

And there was only one thing that was good enough for him to shout like this.

“Did the rocket launch succeed?”

[After the fourth launch, it was finally successful. Thanks to Mr. Kim’s investment, I was able to develop the rocket without worrying about money.]

Musk was quite excited.

But I was calm. This was because the news of development success came later than expected.

Even though I invested so much money, I succeeded in a time that was not much different from before the regression.

Of course, there were some changes from before the return.

At that time, the size of the rocket was reduced due to lack of funds, but now that the investment was sufficient, a more complex and larger rocket was launched than the initial design.

“Now is the start. When is the fifth launch scheduled? Wouldn’t we need at least two successful launches in a row to be recognized?”

[We are already assembling the rocket for the 5th launch. The fifth launch can be attempted within July at the latest.]

“Now we can take a break. If the fifth launch is successful, you have to return to the United States, right? We also need Musk’s help in developing electric vehicles.”

In collaboration with Apple, Taewo and Kai Automotive were producing electric vehicles.

However, we alone were not enough, and Musk had to quickly complete the electric car to create synergy.

[I’m still planning to visit the United States soon. We will complete and produce electric vehicles within this year.]

“If necessary, we can build a bridge to produce electric vehicles through collaboration with GM.”

[If necessary, I will request it. Right now, I just want to enjoy the success of the rocket launch without thinking about anything else.]

“Congratulations again. Those guys who said ‘Space

[Even so, I am going to the United States this time to see the faces of those people.]

“It’s a shame I can’t go with you. I’ll see you in America next time I get a chance.”

Musk could not hide his excitement even the moment he hung up the phone.

How happy would you be that you succeeded in something that seemed truly impossible?

And I was equally happy.

The value of SpaceX will increase tens of thousands of times more.

There is not much time left until the shares I own will be worth tens of trillions of dollars.

* * *

Centrian Pharmaceutical Company headquarters located in Incheon.

After hearing the good news, I quickly traveled to Incheon to congratulate Dr. Jang-Woo Kim and CEO Jeong-Jun Seo.

“I heard that you succeeded in mass producing Tamiflu. Thank you for your hard work.”

“It was possible thanks to the full support of the Chairman. And Dr. Jang-Woo Kim, who developed Tamiflu, helped us, so of course it was a project that had to succeed.”

“Hehe, it was a company that had sufficient development capabilities even without me. It had much better equipment and manpower than I expected. In terms of facilities alone, it was comparable to an American pharmaceutical company.”

Dr. Jangwoo Kim praises the excellent facilities.

Centrian possesses equipment that new pharmaceutical companies can never have.

Given how much money I had invested to be able to own a large amount of the latest equipment, of course I had to get this kind of reaction.

“Sales of Tamiflu started to skyrocket. It was a really good time for us to start mass production.”

“This epidemic was called ‘swine flu.’ It started in the United States and began to spread rapidly not only in the Americas such as Mexico and Canada, but also in Europe and Asia.”

“Unfortunately, we cannot sell Tamiflu in the Americas and Europe. One of the conditions for obtaining joint production rights was to sell it only to Asia.”

At first glance, it might sound like a bad condition.

It was a joint production right that we only obtained after spending a huge amount of money, but they said we could not sell it to America and Europe.

But it was by no means a bad condition.

Because the world’s largest consumer of Tamiflu was Japan, the next country.

And since Chinese consumption is rapidly increasing every year, we were able to sell all of our production even without entering the American and European markets.

“As if word had already spread, orders have come in from Japan.”

“The news of successful production hasn’t even come out yet, so you’re talking about this already? How much is the current expected production per month?”

“We can produce 2 million units.”

2 million per month.

The price of one Tamiflu capsule is approximately 2,000 won.

Assuming that all production was sold, the company could generate 4 billion won in monthly sales alone.

This was a huge amount of sales for a new pharmaceutical company.

However, the sales amount did not meet my expectations.

It’s not like they paid a huge amount of money to acquire joint production rights just to generate sales of 4 billion won per month.

“If we stop producing all other drugs and only produce Tamiflu, how many units can we produce per month?”

“If every factory produces only Tamiflu, in theory it is possible to produce up to 10 million doses. But is it okay to produce that much?”

“You have to row when the water comes in. We have orders from the Korean government and Japan, so what can’t we do?”

Tamiflu shortage.

Although Tamiflu usage has not yet been high enough to be considered a shortage.

Soon, there will come a time when Tamiflu will be purchased at a premium worldwide.

It was natural that products would be sold out as soon as they were produced, and even lobbyists would come in asking for them to be delivered first.

“If inventory accumulates, we will purchase all from Taewo Group. So please produce Tamiflu at all of our factories.”

“There are quite a few drugs that we have already signed production contracts for.”

“You just have to pay a penalty for that problem.”

“Wouldn’t that reduce the company’s credibility?”

“That won’t happen.”

Reliability is low.

Rather, you will be told that you have excellent situational prediction skills.

Even if we had to pay a penalty, producing Tamiflu was beneficial in many ways.

And as for the penalty issue, if the swine flu began to spread in earnest, a situation would arise where it would be impossible to request a penalty.

“Is that really okay?”

“If they bring up the issue of penalties, they can just play the media and say that they couldn’t produce more Tamiflu because of that company. Then, they will end up on their own.”

“Do you think the swine flu will spread around the world to that extent?”

“This is just the beginning.”

“We will trust the Chairman and have all our factories produce Tamiflu.”

“Please produce as much as possible in two shifts, day and night. If necessary, Taewo Group will provide financial and manpower support.”

CEO Seo Jeong-jun looked embarrassed.

You probably think I’m producing too much Tamiflu.

But that thought would disappear after a few months.

And the WHO would provide a huge amount of advertising without spending a single penny.

This is an advertisement declaring a pandemic, the spread of an infectious disease between continents.