120. Information and Communication Policy Bureau (2)
Ho-yeong and Kim Joo-jeong waited for Hasegawa and the head of the Information and Communications Policy Bureau at a coffee shop right across from the hotel where they were staying.
‘Japan boasted the worst telecommunications infrastructure until the late 2000s.’
Japan, which Hoyoung remembers, only introduced ADSL technology in the early 2000s, and it took another 10 years for Optical LAN to be established.
So he was puzzled by the fact that Japan was so active.
‘I thought he wasn’t interested in communication technology, but wasn’t he?’
However, he soon shook his head from side to side to shake off his thoughts.
The head of the Information and Communications Policy Bureau will come to this position soon anyway.
He thought it best to ask him directly.
“Ho Young-ah. It seems to have come.”
A black sedan stopped in front of the cafe.
Then Hasegawa, whom I had seen a few hours ago, jumped out of the passenger seat and opened the back door.
A gray-haired middle-aged man came out from the back door.
Ho-yeong recognized at once that he was the head of the Information and Communication Policy Bureau.
He slowly opened the cafe door.
daughter and daughter-
The bell on the door rang, and as soon as he entered, he found Ho-young and Kim Ju-jeong standing up.
“They over there?”
“you’re right. Chief. Those two are from Korea.”
“okay. hello.”
The head of the Information and Communications Policy Bureau bowed his head and greeted Hoyeong and Jujeong, who looked young.
“hello.”
“hello?”
Hoyeong and Jujeong bowed their waists at close to 90 degrees.
“Please sit over here. Anything to drink?”
“I do it with chamomile. I am obsessed with it these days.”
“Yep. How about Mr. Hasegawa?”
“I’ll do it with coffee.”
While Kim Joo-jung was ordering, the policy director and Hasegawa sat on the chairs across from Ho-yeong.
“Nice to meet you. As you may know, I am Ryo Yoshiteru, Director of the Information and Communications Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.”
“Nice to meet you. This is Yun Ho-young.”
“First of all, I would like to apologize for forcing you to come out at this late hour by arbitrarily asking to meet first.”
“it’s okay. Anyway, today’s schedule is all over, so I was going to take a break.”
“Then you interrupted the rest. After hearing about you from the head of the Korea Communications Commission, I couldn’t stay still. They say you have great skills.”
“That’s right. As you may have already heard, it is a communication technology that is dozens of times faster than current PC communication.”
“you’re right. I think it’s really great.”
“thank you.”
First of all, the director of policy, who had luck, opened his mouth after expressing gratitude with a glance when Kim Joo-jung brought the car.
“Now that everyone is seated, I will speak to you right away. It doesn’t mean that a better story will come out just because you’re talking in circles.”
“good. I like to be straightforward.”
The policy director nodded with a satisfied expression and said.
“I want to import ADSL technology.”
“good. It’s because I came here to export technology in the first place.”
The eyes of Hoyeong and the director of policy met.
What each other wants is the same.
But the most important thing remains.
“Then shall we match the conditions?”
“I see.”
“Actually, that’s why I came here myself. For important decisions, I think it would be faster if I came personally. If you go back and forth through the paperwork a few times, it’s not work to waste a day or two.”
He sipped his tea slowly.
Ho-young thought that the head of the policy bureau had a very impatient personality, unlike his sluggish behavior.
“good. Then would it be all right if we listened to the terms first? It seems that there are appropriate conditions that the director has thought of.”
The director of policy looked at Hoyeong and smiled.
He liked Ho-young, who had a cool personality and showed no sign of being intimidated even in front of him, a Japanese vice-minister.
“Let me put it plainly. I’ll give you 10 billion yen. Give me an indefinite license.”
Hoyoung was a little surprised by his words.
Perpetual license for 10 billion yen.
It was a lot of money, close to 100 billion won in Korean currency.
Even this condition was the same price as when Japan imported technology from Korea Telecom in 2001 in a previous life.
However, Hoyeong had no intention of accepting this condition.
“It’s a really good offer, but I can’t accept it.”
The policy director’s brow narrowed slightly.
“You mean this amount is not enough?”
“It is not.”
“Then why would you not accept this condition?”
“Because what I want is not money.”
The policy director put on a puzzled expression.
“What condition do you want if not money?”
“Before I tell you my condition, I would like to ask you one thing.”
“What is?”
Hoyoung narrowed her eyes and said.
“What is the ultimate reason for wanting to import ADSL technology?”
“The ultimate reason?”
The policy director could not easily answer the unexpected question.
“Let me ask you a question that is a little easier to answer. The reason why the country wants to import ADSL technology is to start ADSL telecommunications business in public institutions or public enterprises.”
“Yes.”
“Then, is the purpose of doing telecommunications business to be profit? Or is it the development of Japanese communication technology?”
The Communications Director looked at Hoyeong with admiration.
He thought that Hoyoung knew all of his intentions and asked to confirm.
“The latter, of course. I believe that Japan’s biggest weakness right now is communication technology. Japan has made remarkable progress that is unprecedented in the world over the past 10 years. However, the current economic growth rate is noticeably slowing down. I think Japan needs new innovations now.”
“And that innovation is communication technology?”
“you’re right. Currently, the central government is not giving too much importance to this communication technology. The prevalence of PCs and modern communication technology. I think this is the key that the central government is missing.”
Hoyoung nodded at his words.
He was just saying the right things.
‘Why the hell was the development of Japanese communication technology so slow when this person is the head of the Information and Communications Policy Bureau?’
He couldn’t easily understand.
However, it was not that important to him.
“You think the same as me. My conditions are simple.”
“What is it?”
“Please help Hermes Telecom establish a branch office in Japan. And please allow me to start a telecom business. That is my condition.”
The head of the policy department could not immediately respond to Hoyoung’s words.
Importing technology and allowing foreign companies to set up telecommunications companies in the country.
At first glance, they look similar, but in reality they are completely different.
“All investments will be made by us. As I explained earlier to the head of the Communications Agency, it costs at least several billion yen to install repeaters. Buy technology from us, set up a company, install a repeater so you can use our ADSL service. All this would not be insignificant.”
The director of policy was troubled by Hoyoung’s words.
Hoyoung put a wedge in there.
“And the right to use the ADSL service will be handed over after 10 years.”
“Ten years from now?”
“yes. Plus, we’ll give it to you for free. I will give you all the infrastructure, repeaters, and even subscribers related to ADSL that I will invest in and establish.”
“I beg your pardon?!”
The director of policy could not believe Hoyoung’s words.
“Are you calculating that you will be able to recover all your investment in 10 years?”
“Nobody knows that. Because I don’t know the future for 10 years.”
“Then why these conditions?”
“Instead, when setting up a telecommunications company, please allow us to provide mobile communication services along with ADSL. It’s the same carrier anyway.”
The director of policy thought for a moment before opening his mouth.
“If you make it clear that you will hand over everything about the ADSL service after 10 years, I will allow that too.”
“sure. I will definitely write it down in the contract.”
Hoyoung continued with a satisfied grin.
“If you make a decision, Japanese people will be able to have world-class wired and wireless communication infrastructure without the Japanese government spending a lot of money.”
After thinking about it for a long time, the director of policy finally nodded.
“All right. Let’s do it. Let’s accept the terms. Communications Commissioner. Are you sure you were aware of the conversation earlier?”
“That’s right. All well written.”
Hasegawa had taken out a notebook and pen and was jotting down their conversation.
Hoyoung also asked Kim Joojeong.
“Did you remember the senior well?”
“then. I remember it well here.”
He tapped his head and said.
Hoyoung laughed at the sight.
“Then, we will take this information and ask for permission from the superiors.”
“yes. I wish you good results.”
The head of the Policy Bureau greeted Hoyeong and Kim Joojeong and stood up.
And with his characteristic slow gait, he left the cafe.
The head of the Communications Commission approached Hoyeong, who was still standing, and spoke to him.
“You can expect results.”
“okay?”
“Our director has considerable influence over the central government.”
“You were a wonderful person.”
The head of the Communications Commission quietly whispered into Hoyeong’s ear.
“You have a deep relationship with the current Prime Minister. Enough then.”
As the head of the Communications Commission left, Ho-young seemed to have been able to resolve her previous doubts.
The current Prime Minister of Japan is Kiichi Miyazawa, who has served 12 terms.
While he was prime minister, he boasted great power, but if the bubble economy collapses soon, economic growth will only walk downhill.
‘And I’ll take the responsibility and step down as prime minister.’
He always insisted that Japan take responsibility for World War II, and he was a person with anti-war ideology that Japan’s pacifist constitution must be observed.
Moreover, even while serving as prime minister, he was a person who even expressed an apology to Korea for the comfort women issue during the Japanese colonial period.
He resigns as prime minister, and a politician from the New Japan Party is elected as the next prime minister.
The Japanese New Party, which is close to the right, would have changed all the people of Miyazawa after coming to power.
‘Perhaps the policy director changed then.’
And considering that from the next time the director of the policy bureau, who had no great interest in Japan’s communication technology, was selected, it was quite understandable that Japan’s communication technology was far behind.
“senior. We are going back now.”
“OK. Should we go back and put together what we talked about today, and now we should start promoting the establishment of a Japanese branch in earnest? I don’t know the exact time, but it’s an established fact that we will enter the Japanese market anyway.”
“Yes. I think it will start fairly quickly. Please prepare immediately.”
“i get it.”
Hoyoung and Jujeong exchanged a few more words about work before returning to the hotel.
‘Anyway, I just need to start the business while Ryo is still the director of policy.’
Hoyoung seemed to be able to sleep comfortably today.
In 10 years, ADSL will have sucked up all the honeydew.
Convenience store POS machines and communication where speed is not important are still using ADSL, but I decided not to regret that much.
‘For 10 years, I’m going to spread the ore all over Japan.’
And the mobile communication business that was subtly inserted into it.
Hoyoung thought that ADSL was the bait and he was able to eat only the net worth one after another.
