Villain’s Programming - Chapter 297



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Episode 297 This floor is narrow

Han Jeong-su said with a puzzled expression.

“I know almost everything about Chief Kang Jae-moon. I was very careful when selecting him.”

Dojun tilted his head after hearing that story.

‘And yet you picked it?’

“Is that so?”

“Yes. I contacted and asked everyone who worked with Chief Kang, both his subordinates and his superiors. Do you know Mr. Hwang? I’m talking about Managing Director Laonjena Jeon Min-gyu. When I contacted and asked him, he praised him as an outstanding talent.”

Dojun was dumbfounded.

‘Executive Director Jeon Min-gyu?’

In his previous life, Jeon Min-gyu was the person who took over Laonzena and became its representative. However, in this life, because of Do-jun, history changed and he left Laonzena.

‘If you know Managing Director Jeon Min-gyu and Chairman Han Jeong-soo, you must be living well. Well, since you sold all your Laonjena stocks, you can probably just sit back and relax for the rest of your life. Anyway, this world is a place where bad guys live better.’

When Do-jun made a bitter expression, Han Jeong-su said with a pitiful expression.

“But, something unfortunate happened. It was what Director Kang and Managing Director Jeon Min-gyu said.”

“Something bad happened to you two?”

“Yes. Those two people sold stocks when Laonzena came out and made a huge amount of money. They invested all that money… but it didn’t work out. To say it didn’t work out is an understatement. It just became a piece of waste paper.”

Dojun was puzzled by the story he heard for the first time.

“Where on earth did you invest to get that?”

“I invested in Nokia. At that time, Nokia was dominating the world. I was going to invest, but I gave up. Looking back, I’m glad I did. Nokia completely failed after the smartphone came out.”

“ah!”

In their previous life, Nokia was the world’s number one mobile phone company for 13 years starting in 1998. In this life, it was a promising investment that Kang Jae-moon and Jeon Min-gyu never thought would fail so quickly when they invested.

Nokia quickly lost market share as it failed to keep up with the rapidly changing smartphone market, and eventually sold its mobile phone division to Microsoft.

‘And in this life, it fell apart even faster.’

It was all because of Dojun. It was because Dojun had established the smartphone market for Apple, Android, and Windows faster than in his previous life.

“Come to think of it, CEO Hwang Do-jun is also involved here. Wasn’t CEO Hwang Do-jun the one who predicted and expanded the smartphone market?”

“No, I did. Apple, Google, and MS did well.”

“Haha. There is no one in this world who does not know that the owner of Android is CEO Hwang Do-jun. Is that all? Even Jobs said that if CEO Hwang Do-jun had not existed, the iPhone would not exist today, and Bill Gates said that if CEO Hwang Do-jun had not existed, Windows CE-based smartphones would have failed long ago.”

“It’s just… a formality.”

Han Jeong-su said while looking at Do-jun.

“A greeting? There is a YouTube video where CEO Hwang said in the past, ‘The future is the mobile era.’ This is it, this is it, as I talk about it, I become more and more speechless. CEO Hwang Do-jun. What on earth are you? Are you raising aliens in your basement like Intel? Or are you looking into the future?”

Dojun said with a big laugh.

“Haha. Actually, this is my second time in life.”

Han Jeong-su laughed out loud at Do-jun’s confession.

“Hahaha. Rather than a second life, I think aliens are more likely. Please push for aliens in the future.”

“Is that so?”

The two laughed for a long time as they walked along the white sand beach. Then, suddenly, Han Jeong-su asked.

“But when I think about it, it’s a bit strange. If it were the alien CEO Hwang Do-jun, there’s no way he would tell me something so obvious… No way? Do you know anything special about Chief Kang Jae-moon?”

“Hmm. It’s a special story… … . Maybe that’s possible.”

Han Jeong-su’s expression became serious.

“Could you please tell me something?”

“It’s not difficult.”

Dojun stopped laughing and began to speak in a calm voice.

Do-jun told the story of when he first met Kang Jae-moon. The first thing he said was that they had a showdown over the ‘Pluto Online’ broadcast.

“If it’s a broadcast, wouldn’t it be right to hear from the business department?”

Dojun nodded at Han Jeong-su’s words.

“Yes. The problem was the way the business unit worked. Later, when Kang Jae-moon left, a friend from the business unit who was under him said the same thing that Kang Jae-moon had said. ‘Do people who have only done development their whole lives know business? We are the ones who make money anyway. They have no choice but to listen to us.’”

Han Jeong-su opened his eyes wide.

“Yes? Chief Kang Jae-moon really said that?”

“Yes. If I didn’t misunderstand. Well, honestly, I understand. People in business know more about money than developers, right?”

“… I guess so.”

“If I had stopped here, I wouldn’t have said this. But I heard that Director Kang Jae-moon received entertainment and money from the broadcasting station.”

Han Jeong-su’s eyes wavered.

“Yes? Chief Kang? How could that be!”

“Chief Kang Jae-moon, I heard he’s quite famous in Gangnam Tenpro.”

Do-jun said this and immediately asked Saet-byeol if the ‘black tree’ was okay. He wondered if the ‘black tree’ had grown because of him. However, the black tree was still the same.

‘I was right. I guess it doesn’t matter if I only talk about things that happened in this life.’

“Let me… check it out.”

“Yes. And when you’re sure, check this out. I heard this from someone who was under Kang Jae-moon, so it should be sure. Earlier, you said that Kang Jae-moon quit his job and sold his stocks to make money, right?”

“…yes.”

“At that time, Soccer Online was before FGT, and before FGT, he told his subordinates to sell all of their Laonzena stocks. He said that Soccer Online was going to fail anyway.”

“What? Is Soccer Online going to fail? Isn’t Soccer Online one of the most successful games in the world right now?”

Soccer Online has become a game enjoyed by all soccer lovers regardless of whether they are from Europe, Asia or North America.

Thanks to Dojun’s intervention, Soccer Online became even more successful than in its previous life, and sales were enormous.

“At that time, Chief Kang Jae-moon seemed to have thought differently. Anyway, Chief Kang Jae-moon and most of the business headquarters staff under him resigned from Laonzena. After that, I don’t know… what happened.”

Chief Han Jeong-su swallowed dry saliva. It was a completely different matter to resign along with most of the headquarters staff rather than resigning alone. It was an action that caused enormous losses to the company.

‘This is real? Then why didn’t I know about this? Wait?’

Han Jeong-su now thought of the people from the overseas business headquarters.

“A significant number of them are in our company.”

“is it so?”

Dojun didn’t say anything more.

‘The decision is made by Chairman Han Jeong-soo.’

Dojun and Han Jeongsu walked quietly along the white sand beach.

The one who broke the silence was Chairman Han Jeong-su’s wife. She said to Chairman Han Jeong-su.

“Honey, that thing about setting up a children’s hospital foundation I told you about last time, when did you say that was?”

“Ah. That’s… … .”

Han Jeong-su looked at Do-jun for a moment and then said.

“I’m going to do it as soon as I get back to Korea.”

Dojun paused for a moment.

‘Children’s Foundation?’

In my previous life, many game companies had made various contributions to society. At the end of the year, I even visited orphanages to volunteer to provide briquettes.

Riot Games has also purchased and donated Korean cultural heritage.

‘But the most memorable one was the Next Children’s Foundation.’

Although Han Jeong-su was criticized by gamers for making money without paying, he fundamentally liked children.

That’s why they spent a lot of money to build a ‘Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital’ and supported it on a regular basis.

“okay.”

“But why is that?”

“Sally said she was interested.”

“ah!”

Dojun asked.

“Are you planning to build a children’s hospital?”

“Yes. That’s what I was going to do. But… … .”

Han Jeong-su did not continue speaking.

‘Is there a problem? There wasn’t any problem in my past life?’

The two walked along the white sand beach for a while and then returned to the hotel. And two days later, Han Jeong-su left for Korea and Do-jun left for San Francisco.

* * *

As soon as Han Jeong-su returned to Korea, he began to fact-check the story about Kang Jae-moon that he had heard from Do-jun.

‘That was all true?’

It wasn’t just what Dojun had told me. It turned out that there were also publishing contracts signed with Chinese publishers in return for bribes.

‘It’s also true that he resigned along with most of the business division.’

Han Jeong-su closed his eyes.

“Haa. This is a big problem.”

After checking, I found out that Kang Jae-moon is currently in control of all business divisions.

Right now, the relationship between him and Kang Jae-moon is not bad, so it is not noticeable, but if the relationship had become bad, he could have taken the business division and resigned as a group like he did with Laonzena.

‘No! If you do that, you’re finished.’

If the business unit suddenly disappeared, all the work they had been doing would come to a halt.

‘What should I do?’

The moment I was thinking about it, the chief secretary came in. The chief secretary spoke in an excited voice.

“Sir, ‘Street Style 2’ has signed a publishing contract with China’s Cent!”

Han Jeong-su’s eyes grew wide.

“really?”

‘Street Style 2’ was a game that advertised street basketball. The game itself was fun, but the problem was that ‘street basketball’ itself was a maniac game, so there weren’t many users.

So I thought it would be difficult to export to China, but publishing was successful.

“Yes! Chief Kang Jae-moon personally went to China and made it a success.”

The chief secretary went back after talking a lot.

Han Jeong-su thought after reading the ‘report’ from Chief Kang Jae-moon.

‘Yes. If you think about it carefully, what Hwang Do-jun said was in the past, right? It’s not that Kang Jae-moon is causing the problem now. There’s no evidence that he received bribes after joining Next. In fact, he successfully opened Next games in China.’

Han Jeong-su thought deeply.

‘The past is the past. If there are no problems now… it’s okay.’

But there was just one thing that was unsettling.

‘But… you signed a contract with Baeksent?’

Han Jeong-su thought of the ‘Supercell acquisition’ that Kang Jae-moon opposed. Baeksent was the one that owned 20% of Supercell’s shares.

‘Surely, it’s not related, is it? Hey, it can’t be.’

Han Jeong-su concluded that way. The next day, Kang Jae-moon arrived in Korea and went to work.

Normally, when I went on a business trip abroad, I would rest until the day after I returned, but Kang Jae-moon went to work because he wanted to report to me as soon as possible.

“Chief Kang Jae-moon, thank you for your hard work.”

“Thank you for your hard work. It’s all thanks to you, Chairman.”

The atmosphere was good. Han Jeong-su praised Kang Jae-moon and the overseas business headquarters and then asked.

“But the running guarantee ratio is a bit small?”

“There was no way around it. It’s such a maniacal genre, and even Baeksent had to take a risk. Instead, we promised to promote it with care.”

Han Jeong-su nodded. But a subtle doubt remained in his mind.

‘Surely you’re not saying that you’re getting a rebate or something in exchange for a lower percentage?’

I didn’t think so, but since I had a record, I felt a little uneasy.

‘Okay, then let me just ask you one thing so that I can completely get rid of this awkwardness.’

“Chief Kang.”

“Yes, sir.”

“What do you think about revisiting the Supercell acquisition that you mentioned last time?”

Kang Jae-moon’s eyes widened. Kang Jae-moon spoke with an urgent expression.

“Yes? Supercell? Didn’t I tell you that there is no business there?”

“Still, Clash of Clans is incredibly popular in North America these days.”

Kang Jae-moon spoke strongly.

“No. That company will definitely fail. The current boom will only last a short while.”

Han Jeong-su was surprised. It was the first time he had seen Kang Jae-moon speak so excitedly.

Han Jeong-su is not an easy man to get started on, but he is a man who started a company called Next with his bare hands.

‘There’s something!’

Han Jeong-su decided to dig a little deeper.

“But didn’t a company like Baeksent acquire a 20% stake? Baeksent isn’t stupid, and if it’s a company Baeksent invested in, wouldn’t the future be bright?”

When the topic of 100 cents came up, Kang Jae-moon couldn’t answer and just blushed.

“… … .”

“Chief Kang Jae-moon. I think we should try to acquire Supercell. Try negotiating with the overseas business division.”

Kang Jae-moon bowed his head deeply in response to Han Jeong-su’s words.

“…All right.”

Kang Jae-moon said that and left the chairman’s office. At that moment, Han Jeong-su’s smiling face hardened.

Han Jeong-su immediately called the chief secretary and spoke.

“From now on, investigate everything about the overseas business unit. In particular… everything about how they are acting in relation to this acquisition of Supercell.”

* * *

Dojun arrived in Seattle, USA.

I could have gone straight to New York, but many people wanted to meet Dojun because they heard he was coming to the US.

Everyone from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Jobs wanted to meet Dojun.

‘I’m going to solve everything from the beginning and live comfortably in New York.’

The first place we went was MS in Seattle. Since Sally was with MS, we went there partly to do business.

While Sally was at the office, Dojun met with Bill Gates.

“Bill!”

“Haha. Dojun. How long has it been?”

Do-jun hugged Bill Gates and asked how they were doing.

Bill Gates is not at Microsoft these days. He has created a volunteer foundation and is working there.

‘Didn’t Bill Gates donate $59.1 billion in his past life? He’s doing it now.’

Bill Gates didn’t talk to Dojun about MS anymore. Instead, he said there were many people in the world who needed help.

“I already have so much money that I can spend it and still have more to spare. What are you going to do with this money? I can’t take it with me when I die, so I’m going to use it for places that need help. Do you have a separate place to donate to?”

“Donation?”

Dojun scratched the back of his head. He had never really thought about donating in his life.

Of course, he helped people he had a connection with in small ways, but he did not make separate donations like Bill Gates.

“There is no separate… place to donate.”

“Haha. Aren’t you already a billionaire? Why don’t you start donating this time? Of course, you can donate to the organization I created, but at your level, you can create your own donation organization.”

“Can I… do that?”

“Haha. If you can’t do it, who else can?”

Do-jun had a lot of money. But he didn’t think of himself as a tycoon. So he never thought about something like a ‘donation foundation’.

“I never… thought about it.”

“That’s how it all starts. Just start now. What’s difficult? Well, you don’t have to start with something grand. Just start by helping those around you.”

Dojun nodded.

“Okay, I’ll look into it once I get back to Korea.”

Do-jun, who broke up with Bill Gates, thought of Han Jeong-su while going to pick up Sally.

‘That’s right. There was a children’s foundation created by Chairman Han Jeong-su, right?’

Do-jun found out from Sally a few days ago why Han Jeong-su had been hiding the truth about the children’s foundation.

‘You said you needed more money? In my previous life, I was able to build a children’s hospital without any problems, but in this life, I’m short on money… I guess it’s because of me.’

In my previous life, I was a service provider for ‘Dungeon and Hero’ at Next. I made a lot of money there, but in this life, Laonzena took all that money.

Dojun immediately called Han Jeongsu.

“Hello, Chairman. Did you arrive safely in Korea?”

– Haha. Thanks to you, I arrived safely. Did you arrive in America safely too, Mr. Representative?

“Yes. I am currently at the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle.”

– Wow. MS headquarters. It’s a place that all Korean developers want to go, but you talk about it as if it were your home.

Dojun and Han Jeongsu smiled at each other and greeted each other.

– Yes, sir. First of all, let me thank you.

“Huh? Thank you?”

– Didn’t you tell us about Chief Kang Jae-moon?

“No way? What did Chief Kang Jae-moon do?”

– Yes. Something happened. I’ll tell you everything. But it’s not something I can talk about over the phone. I’ll tell you in detail when I come to Korea later.

Dojun nodded.

“all right.”

– Oh, come to your senses. Didn’t you contact me because something came up?

“Yes. Could I also donate to the children’s foundation you mentioned last time?”

Han Jeong-su was surprised by Do-jun’s words.

– No, this can’t be happening. I really think you and I have something in common. I was going to contact you anyway because of that.

Dojun thought that Han Jeong-su’s words were true and that there was a lack of funds. However, Han Jeong-su’s words were different from what he thought.

– Sir, I have a suggestion. How about investing in Supercell together with the Children’s Foundation?

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