144. Welcome, is this your first time in Korea?
Hoyeong had a rule for choosing a good restaurant.
That is, the long-established stores with old signs on the busy streets are generally delicious shops.
Satoshi took Hoyoung to an old pork cutlet bowl (katsudon) restaurant not far from the company, and they had a fairly satisfying meal.
“I’m really sorry that I couldn’t treat you well.”
“no. It’s really delicious here. it’s okay.”
Hoyoung was sincerely satisfied, but Satoshi apologized to him over and over again.
Satoshi was running the business while saving operating expenses as much as possible.
It was a kind of craftsmanship that a company with no sales yet could not waste on a place like this.
‘He has a great passion for games, and he has a good sense of management.’
Hoyoung had a little bit of a crush on Satoshi.
Hoyoung’s right now was not a stake in Game Freak, but a stake in Pokémon, so it was an ambiguous situation to say that Satoshi was Hoyoung’s person now.
“Anyway, thank you for the kind words today. When are you planning to come next time? It would be nice to come and watch the game anytime during the test period.”
“There are many projects to be carried out in Japan, so it may come sooner than expected.”
“Is that so? That’s good.”
“Then see you next time. I look forward to a more complete game then.”
“ha ha ha. Do not worry. I have no doubt that while making this game, it will be a great game.”
Hoyoung laughed inwardly.
He knows the outcome anyway, but there’s no need to tell him.
Hoyoung thought he should come to Game Freak more often than originally planned.
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After breaking up with Satoshi, Hoyoung returned to Korea and decided to go back to the apartment with Miru and take a break.
The plane carrying Smith was supposed to arrive at Gimpo Airport at 3:00 PM tomorrow, so I told Miru to rest comfortably until it departs at 1:00 tomorrow.
However, after returning home, Hoyeong changed into more comfortable clothes and went back to the studio.
He had work to do before resting.
“Eros. How have you been?”
Hoyeong, who put Gaia on the wavelan device, called Eros.
“There was nothing special that made me want to contact you separately.”
“okay? That’s good. How is fame stock?”
“Compared to 10 days ago, shares of the entire Myungsung Group rose by 10.4%. In particular, Myungsung Electronics recorded the highest growth rate among Myungsung affiliates with 12% growth.”
“It’s also a reputation. You mean you’ve already recovered this much? Did you get some more Myungsung Electronics shares?”
“I only got a very small amount. Myungsung Electronics’ market share is immovable. One of the main reasons for the rise in the stock price is that the market is not released at all.”
Hoyoung nodded and said.
“Isn’t that the reason why the stocks of other Myungsung affiliates have made rapid progress in a short period of time?”
“That’s right. It’s hard to find a stock of reputation stocks on the market.”
Hoyoung thought it was a natural result.
During the so-called Jo Hee-chang scandal that took place a while ago, the owner family and major shareholders of Myeongseong lost a lot of initiative over the whole reputation because of ‘Gaia Investment’, which came in frighteningly.
Now, since Hoyoung is not giving any instructions, Gaia Investment is not exercising any special rights as a shareholder, but they will be afraid.
“That’s why I’m giving my strength to hold at least one more stock I’m holding now.”
Hoyoung gave a satisfied smile.
It’s not 100% what he intended, but it’s pretty close.
Now reputation will not be active investment and aggressive success for a while.
In the present period of the most explosive growth, Hoyoung was as good as holding her ankles.
“How is the Lineage server operation?”
“It is pleasant. After opening, the number of concurrent users briefly recorded 10,000, but now it is steadily maintaining around 6-7,000. This is a number that the server is well-accepted.”
“Then how many servers do you think you can run at the same time? Assuming they are the same size.”
Eros had a very short term.
“Up to two is possible, but not more than two.”
“okay?”
“Your CPU is still clocked too low. Although it has many cores and threads in a parallel way, it lacks absolute computational speed.”
Hoyoung shrugged.
If it was a computer specification problem, it was something Hoyoung could not do.
This···. It was a problem that time would solve.
“OK. Okay. I will have to make a few more studios like this.”
He remembered how many empty houses he had bought that had no one renting them yet.
“great. I have to ask Francis one more time for this.”
After confirming that Eros was perfecting the server operation, Hoyoung decided to create a few more studios like this one.
So, if you entrust the operation of numerous online games to be published in the future, you will be able to save a lot of labor costs.
“master. We transmitted everything that happened in the US and Japan.”
Then I heard the voice Gaia made.
Eros collects and analyzes the numerous conversations and information Gaia gave to Eros, which will be of great help in predicting stock price fluctuations in the future.
“great. Then Eros continues to suffer. I think I should go up and get some rest.”
“All right.”
Hoyoung stretched out of the studio and went upstairs.
No matter how Hoyeong was, her stamina was not unlimited.
Even for jet lag, he needed to replenish his stamina.
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next day.
Hoyeong and Miru were at the airport to greet Smith.
“Is this the first time Mr. Smith is coming to Korea?”
“yes. This is my first time.”
“Then it must be the first time seeing the seniors of the president?”
Hoyoung inadvertently nodded his head, then opened his mouth as if he realized something.
“no. I met Jin-chan sunbaenim once before.”
“Is that so?”
“yes. Jin-chan sunbaenim went to the United States to establish H&H America.”
“Aha. It was a natural meeting between representatives.”
“yes. At that time, Smith liked Jin-chan very much, so other seniors will also like it.”
While Hoyeong and Miru were chatting about this and that, the entry gate opened and people began to come in one by one.
“smith! Here it is!”
Hoyoung called Smith, who walked in from the front.
Of course, the flight to the United States was cut off in first class, so I was able to get out first with priority service.
“boss!”
Smith also confirmed Hoyoung’s location with a happy face and approached Hoyoung, pulling a cart.
“It’s been a long time… is not It’s only been four days.”
“haha. You worked hard to come. Wasn’t the plane uncomfortable?”
“sure. It was uncomfortable. A 17-hour flight is not easy at my age.”
Smith tapped his back and made a pained noise, and the two laughed.
“Aren’t you hungry?”
“It’s still fine. They gave me a lot of in-flight meals without stopping.”
“Then, since we don’t have enough time, why don’t we stop by the company and have a meal together?”
“What if everyone?”
“Aren’t there my seniors that I told you about the other day?”
“ah! You mean the founding members of H&H.”
“That’s right.”
Smith grinned.
“yes. I really wanted to meet you. In fact, one of the biggest reasons for going to Korea this time was meeting them.”
“That’s fortunate. Then let’s go quickly.”
They took a car driven by Miru and headed to Gangnam.
As Smith passed the riverside north road, he looked out the window and vomited admiration.
“Oh, Boss. This river is the Han River.”
“you’re right.”
“It’s incredibly expansive. It’s the first time I’ve seen such a large river since I saw the Mississippi when I was going to New Orleans the other day.”
“They say that Mississippi has several tens of kilometers of estuary, isn’t that an exaggeration?”
“no. I have been to all the famous rivers around the world, such as the Thames, the Nile, and the Genjis, but rivers of this scale are not common in the world.”
Hoyoung couldn’t hold back his laughter because Smith was making a fuss.
Among the TV programs in the distant future, a program called ‘Welcome, is this your first time in Korea?’ seemed to come to mind.
“Obviously you will prefer food. You know, Smith enjoys Korean and Japanese food in America, right?”
“That’s right. I wonder what the mainland tastes like.”
“haha. Since you’ve come this far, let’s do everything and take a look at Japan for a while. Anyway, I have something to go back to.”
“Is that so? I’ll have to call my wife when I get back to the hotel later. I think the business trip will be long. chuckle.”
Looking at Smith, who seemed genuinely happy, Hoyeong also raised the corner of her mouth for some reason.
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“hello! This is Kim Joo-jeong.”
“Five! I’ve heard a lot of words. Nice to meet you.”
Kim Joo-jung welcomed Smith.
As Ho-yeong expected, Kim Joo-jung and Smith got along well.
Both of them had similar traits of being hot-tempered but business-minded.
The three talked for a while.
A tough business story. As they talked about interesting stories, a consensus was formed, and soon the two of them were able to freely share their feelings.
“ruler. Now, would you like to have a conversation with the representatives of Hermes Korea and Hermes USA?”
“Just the two of us? Hoyoung, what about you?”
“I’ll go over to H&H for a while and ask if any of the seniors can come later tonight. The two of us are talking comfortably.”
Hoyoung left the two of them in the Hermes representative office and moved on to H&H.
Like Kim Joo-jeong and Smith.
Both of them knew Hoyoung’s intentions very well, so I thought that even if Hoyoung didn’t have to sit in the middle of the conversation, a good enough opinion would come out.
After entering the H&H building, Hoyoung headed straight to the representative office.
“hello. Is your senior here?”
“ah! Director Yoon. There is a representative.”
“thanks.”
Hoyeong briefly greeted the secretary and entered the representative office.
“senior. anybody home?”
“Is Hoyeong here?”
Although Ho-yeong came without making an appointment in advance, Lee Jin-chan greeted Ho-young naturally.
“Your face looks really good. I guess my sister-in-law is doing well these days?”
“Don’t talk. Does this look like a good face? i will die today I will die.”
“Why are you doing that to someone who hasn’t even been married yet?”
“You should prepare for marriage later. Do these words come out or not?”
Lee Jin-chan laughed as if he had suddenly come up with a funny idea.
“I can’t imagine you meeting a woman.”
Hoyeong also laughed without replying to those words.
“Stop talking nonsense, did you know you came across Smith today?”
“Oh, was that today?”
“yes. I told you to have dinner together.”
Lee Jin-chan thought of today’s schedule for a moment and nodded.
“okay. I missed everything for tonight.”
“Today, our members ask everyone who can come to come. I will shoot properly.”
“okay. Everyone has been so curious about who Smith is, and today I will answer that question.”
“yes. I am looking forward to dinner.”
Hoyeong remembered Smith saying that he would like to experience Korea’s drinking culture someday.
And today, Smith will be able to experience that culture very fully, and really intensely.
Hoyoung looked in the direction of Hermes and thought with a grin.
‘Welcome. Is this your first time in Korea?’
