101. don’t like it?
“You don’t like it?”
“yes?”
“I don’t like it. Would you like me to know where it is and follow it?”
Jimmy couldn’t hide his bewildered expression.
Jimmy, who was instructed by Bill Gates to make an appointment with Ho-young, immediately contacted H&H America, and received an answer saying that Ho-young was in the United States.
That’s why I flew to the place where Hoyeong was.
“there. Are you saying you don’t know? Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, said Mr. He said he wanted to meet Yoon in person. We will take you to Redmond, Washington, where our head office is located, in the highest quality by chartered plane and exclusive limousine.”
“Did you say Jimmy? It seems that you don’t know what you’re talking about, but it means that I have no desire to go there.”
“Why?”
Until Jimmy came to H&H, he hadn’t even expected that Hoyoung would refuse, so he couldn’t answer Hoyoung’s words properly and gave up.
“First of all, doesn’t it make sense to go to Washington right now, without having arranged our schedules first? If I exaggerate a little, even if the President of the United States comes, I will not make an appointment in this way.”
“that···. Sorry about that.”
“And the second. Of course, Bill Gates is famous, and you know he’s not, but did you think I could easily convince you to fly naked on a plane to what you could call a competitor in some way?”
Jimmy couldn’t answer easily.
He had no choice but to admit that he had come here too complacently.
In fact, he was very unfamiliar with this situation.
No matter what field they were in, when they heard that Bill Gates wanted to meet them, they welcomed them with open arms.
That’s why he thought that if Bill Gates asked Ho-young to meet him in person, he would agree to it at once.
“sorry. When I said I wanted to meet you because I heard that you were from the United States, not Korea, you readily agreed, so I guess I took it too lightly.”
“I readily agreed to it because he said he would come directly to my place, and he made an appointment two days in advance. Please consider the fact that I also have my own schedule.”
Hoyeong’s words were extremely natural, so Jimmy couldn’t refute anything.
“All right. Can I use the phone for a minute?”
“As much as you like.”
Jimmy left the office with Ho-young to make a phone call, and Ho-young watched him leave with a happy face.
“Director. Although the sales of Windows 3.1 are sluggish this time, it is still Bill Gates of Microsoft, one of the US giants. Would it be okay if he refused to meet me in this way?”
He spoke to Hoyoung in a cautious voice, as if he was worried about Miru.
Hoyeong looked back at Miru and smiled.
“haha. Nothing will happen. Considering the personality of Bill Gates, there is a high possibility that you will become more comfortable.”
“Are you comfortable?”
“yes. If Jimmy were to tell Bill Gates exactly what I said, maybe he would… Wait a minute. I can hear you coming.”
Hoyoung stopped talking when he heard Jimmy’s footsteps.
“Mr. Yoon. I just finished talking to our boss.”
“yes. What did you say?”
“I ask if you have time the day after tomorrow. He said he would come here himself.”
When Hoyoung heard Jimmy’s words, he winked at Miru with a look on his face, and Miru admired inwardly.
“Could you wait a moment? I’ll check the schedule the day after tomorrow.”
“All right.”
Jimmy’s pride was hurt inside.
They say their boss is coming, but it’s not that they’re trying to adjust the schedule, they’re checking it out.
He thought Hoyoung was a little arrogant.
‘The real arrogant ones are you guys.’
Hoyoung had penetrated Jimmy’s heart.
Hoyoung didn’t like the arrogance of saying that when they asked to meet, other companies or individuals always had to make time.
But he thought he would do it.
This is because I thought that provoking the Bill Gates could have the opposite effect.
“Day after tomorrow. I’ll be fine. I have to catch a flight back to Korea in four days, but luckily it’s before that.”
“All right. Then when and where shall we meet?”
“The time is as soon as you arrive, and the place is to meet here.”
“All right. Then I will tell you to see you the day after tomorrow, and I’ll see you then. Can I call you in about an hour before we arrive?”
“yes. That’s enough. Thank you for your understanding in many ways.”
“no. Enough then.”
Jimmy lightly bowed his head and strode out of the conference room.
“Director. That Jimmy seemed to be in a very bad mood…”
“it’s okay. Because that’s what I meant.”
“Is that so?”
Miru was a little puzzled.
It’s been several years since he’s been with Hoyoung.
It was because it was the first time I had ever seen Hoyoung intentionally upset someone.
“haha. Don’t bother too much. Maybe Bill Gates knows enough about why I did this.”
“All right. You must have planned everything.”
“no. don’t you?”
“yes?”
Hoyoung smiled.
“I have no idea what the hell you are trying to say to me. I’m not coming here for a leisurely chat, but I’m coming to make a suggestion. I can’t guess at this point.”
“Isn’t it possible that you are coming to make a takeover offer?”
“It’s not impossible, but it won’t be.”
“Maybe?”
“yes. If you’re here to make a takeover offer, it’s probably one of two things. They came out with high-handedness and said they would buy us all, or they gently coaxed and persuaded us to sell the company. But it didn’t seem like either of those things.”
Miru nodded.
“you’re right. Now that I think about it, it didn’t feel that way.”
“yes. So, I had no idea what the hell he was thinking. What. He said he would come the day after tomorrow anyway, so I guess I’ll be able to find out when I really come and meet him face-to-face.”
“All right. I won’t care too much.”
Hoyoung answered Miru’s words with a smile and went back to his office.
Before he could think of anything else, he had a mountain of documents to deal with before returning to Korea.
.
– ha ha ha! Did you have that kind of attitude? This is what we did wrong. You weren’t angry there, were you?
Upon returning to the hotel where he was staying, Jimmy called Bill Gates and told him about what had happened today and Hoyoung’s attitude.
But contrary to his expectations, Bill Gates burst into laughter.
“yes. I came out pretending nothing happened.”
– okay. Well done.
“What do you mean we were wrong?”
-Mr. Yoon’s attitude would be something like this. don’t look down on us Let’s meet on an equal footing. Isn’t it true that we approached H&H looking down?
“that···.”
– Anyway, I’ll be on a plane the day after tomorrow, so I’ll see you then. If anything happens, please contact me right away.”
“All right.”
Jimmy hung up the phone and buried himself on the sofa.
All he did today was chat with Ho-young for a while and tell Bill Gates about it, but he was strangely fatigued.
.
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two days later. Jimmy was at H&H America with a man who appeared to be barely in his 20s.
It was Bill Gates who looked like a young man while being guarded by numerous bodyguards.
“Thank you so much for coming this far. Nice to meet you. This is Yun Ho-young.”
“Mr. Yoon. I knew. I remember the presentation at ECEC as impressive.”
“I am ashamed.”
Hoyoung was waiting for Bill Gates on the first floor and greeted him warmly.
And Hoyoung and Bill Gates greeted each other politely and respectfully for the first time.
Jimmy had to look for a long time to see if Ho-young, who was talking to Bill Gates, was the same person he was talking to two days ago.
“I think it’s rude to have customers stand on the first floor too much. I’ll take you to the reception room. Come this way.”
“yes. thank you.”
Hoyoung and Bill Gates stood side by side and had a friendly conversation on the way to the drawing room.
The two met for the first time today, and even though they were the actual heads of competing companies, to a stranger, they looked like people they knew and were close to from the beginning.
Eventually, when the two arrived at the drawing room, Bill Gates opened his mouth.
“Can we talk alone from here on out?”
“Only the two of us?”
“yes. No secretaries, no bodyguards. Where no one can hear.”
“I am good. like. From now on, no one will be allowed into this room. Procrastination. Did you hear?”
“yes. I listened carefully. Do not worry.”
Jimmy was a bit taken aback by Bill Gates’ sudden behavior, but he took a step back as soon as he believed in Bill Gates.
“ruler. Come in.”
“thank you.”
Even the moment they entered the drawing room, the two of them exchanged laughter amicably.
They entered the drawing room, and Miru stood at the door like a watchman.
It was as if his body was telling him that no one could enter without his permission.
And inside the drawing room.
“ruler. May I sit here?”
Bill Gates pointed to a chair with a smile on his face the entire time.
“You do as you please. You can sit where you are comfortable.”
Hoyoung also answered with a smiley expression from a while ago.
“then. Shall we act like this?”
“I see.”
Bill Gates and Hoyoung hardened their expressions.
I couldn’t find the eyes that looked at each other a little while ago.
“The customer service is poor.”
“If you really came as a guest, I would have treated you.”
“Puhaha. I really can’t stand this.”
“Did you come all the way here because you wanted to say something?”
“Are you saying we want to get straight to the point?”
“yes.”
Bill Gates looked at Hoyoung with a slight frown, and Hoyoung caught his gaze straight.
“okay. great. It’s nice to have a cool personality. I love it.”
At Bill Gates’ grin, Hoyoung nodded slightly as if he had heard a great compliment.
Bill Gates laughed at Ho-young and continued.
“Isn’t there a lawsuit going on because of the similarities between Kronos and Windows?”
Bill Gates went on to say the word lawsuit without changing his complexion.
“Please drop the suit. Then I’ll let you work on the project with me. And I will give you 45% of the sales revenue by dividing the stake in the business, not just a participant, 55:45.”
Hoyoung laughed out loud at Bill Gates speaking shamelessly, but he kept his complexion and opened his mouth.
“A project? What project are you talking about? Please be specific.”
“This is a project to create an operating system using C++.”
“What if it’s a new operating system?”
“Hoyeong. How do you think the IT market will change in the future?”
Bill Gates did not immediately answer Hoyoung’s question, but continued.
“I think the IT market of the not-so-distant future can be largely explained in three ways. Games, the Internet, and… mobile.”
Ho-young thought it was Bill Gates as well. What he just said was a word that eventually penetrated the future market.
“So, in the end, is the operating system you want to make a mobile operating system?”
“Exactly.”
Hoyoung was fascinated by Bill Gates’ words for a very short time, but quickly lost interest when he heard what he said next.
“The project I am planning is Windows CE. It is a real-time operating system for embedded systems.”
Hoyoung couldn’t easily find words to reply to Bill Gates’ confident words.
Windows CE.
It was an operating system that started out enthusiastically and could have responded to some extent at first, but it was the name of an operating system for mobile devices that failed miserably due to extreme convenience, design failures, and various errors.
