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Lee Jin-chan said it casually, but Ho-yeong and Won-shik did not hide their surprised expressions.
“Is the war finally starting?”
“I can see that.”
Hoyoung was deep in thought.
It is true that Dell Computer will win in the competition between Dell Computer and IBM in the not-too-distant future.
But for now, it’s a judgment call as to whether it’s the right thing to do with IBM altogether.
Lee Jin-chan, noticing that Ho-young was worried, opened his mouth.
“Ho Young-ah. I think I know what you’re worried about, but I think now is the right time.”
“Why do you think so?”
“I want to take this opportunity to make H&H the best company. So, even if it means betting on the fate of our company, I want to risk everything.”
“Senior, are you sure of Dell’s victory?”
Jinchan Lee nodded.
“of course. Dell Computer will definitely win. I already got some information about him.”
“What information?”
“First of all, Dell Computer says they plan to reduce the price of all products by 5-10% before targeting the European market.”
“It’s still cheap, so you’re lowering it even more?”
“okay. I’m going to completely hit the price. And they said they were going to announce a new high-end line, ‘Alien’.”
Alien was a brand that Hoyoung was familiar with.
It’s a very expensive price, but it was a brand that created a special maniac who likes aliens with monster-like specifications and distinctive designs.
“Looks like Alien is finally getting ready.”
“I heard it sneakily while proposing joint marketing, but you already know it too, don’t you? Well, you’re close friends with Mr. Del. I am also close with Francis.”
Lee Jin-chan was convinced by himself, so Ho-young did not give any further explanation.
“And there’s one more reason Dell has to win.”
“what is that?”
“IBM just can’t afford to stop Dell’s gunfire right now. Currently, IBM is turning its eyes to large-scale servers for businesses and regions or workstations for processing large amounts of information. In fact, it seems that they have shown their will to set the direction for the future rather than the PC market.”
Hoyoung nodded again.
In the next few years, IBM will move out of the PC market and make a full shift towards workstations and professional computers.
After that, Dell and IBM will have each other’s own area and eat the top in each other’s field.
“okay. You’re saying let’s quickly enter the battle that we’ll win anyway.”
“right. That’s it.”
Lee Jin-chan continued with a satisfied smile.
“Certainly, at this timing, if we stand completely on the side of Dell, we will be highly evaluated in future non-commissioned events. Not that we’re inferior to Dell, though.”
“Then there is one thing to check. If we go all-in with Dell, will Dell end its relationship with Microsoft?”
“of course. So I like it this way.”
Hoyeong also smiled with satisfaction similar to Jinchan Lee.
“good. I think you should talk about this with Francis or Del.”
“I have already decided to meet with Francis tomorrow evening. Do you want to go too?”
“I really want to go, but unfortunately I have an important schedule tomorrow. You’ve decided what to say anyway, right? Just come and tell me what you said.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Just a moment ago, Lee Jin-chan’s face was just bright, but now something spleen seemed to flow.
‘Now is the best time for Kronos to become the world’s best operating system.’
He put together the information Jin-chan Lee asked and decided that the release of Chronos 3 was the best time to become the best operating system.
“Senior, when we meet and talk with Francis tomorrow evening, I think it would be good to propose about the alien.”
“Alien?”
“yes. Dell Computer will make top-tier PCs and laptops under the Alien name. Then the most important thing is performance.”
“right.”
“It has already been proven that our Chronos can maximize resource management and hardware performance compared to Windows. In the first place, I hope that only Kronos will be installed in Alienware.”
Lee Jin-chan nodded and replied.
“I see what you mean. Is that how Cronos wants to create an official-like image of peak performance?”
“Exactly.”
Hoyoung nodded.
And he began to ponder what more he could do.
“ah!”
Then Hoyeong remembered something and hit her knee.
“And I think we need to make sure the most important thing and move on.”
“The most important thing? what is that?”
“I think the most important thing is to secure a market share in the country with the world’s No. 1 PC penetration rate.”
“If the PC penetration rate in the world is the 1st… can it be?”
“yes. Korea, Korea.”
Lee Jin-chan made an expression that he couldn’t understand.
“Isn’t Kronos already the number one market share in Korea?”
“Yes.”
“But what else are you going to do here?”
“I think at least Korea should be monopolized, not simply ranked first.”
“monopoly? Do you think that is possible?”
“sure. I have a few ways to do that, would you like to hear it?”
Hoyoung explained to Jinchan Lee and Wonshik Kim how he thought.
As Hoyeong explained, Lee Jinchan’s expression changed every second.
Eventually, when the explanation was over, Lee Jin-chan looked like he couldn’t predict how the results of Ho-yeong’s method would turn out.
“indeed···. Could that be possible?”
“On rare occasions, it can backfire. However, we must make good results.”
“Of course, it’s not that I don’t trust you…”
“You can try it first, but if the atmosphere is strange, you can step out. I will try right away.”
“Yes, I understand. You will do just fine.”
Hoyoung smiled and got up from her seat.
“Well then, if you two want to talk more, then share. As this operation progresses, I will keep in touch with you along the way.”
Hoyoung briefly exchanged greetings with Jinchan Lee and Wonshik Kim, then got up and left the room.
Hoyoung, who came across to the Hermes office across the street, took out his cell phone and dialed a stored number.
“hello? Mr. Lee Joo-yeon?
– Mr. Hoyeong?
“Haha, hello. How have you been?”
– sure. How did you contact me? Is this the first time since the wedding? I thought there would be no contact.
“haha. I’m sorry. It happened because I was busy. Why didn’t you come to the mountaineering party the other day?”
– ah! at that time···. I really wanted to go, but there was an important schedule that I couldn’t leave out.
“I see. Anyway, there’s something I want to ask…”
– What is it?
Lee Joo-yeon asked Ho-young in a voice full of anticipation.
But the answer that came back was enough to disappoint her.
“Are you well acquainted with the people involved in other PC sales companies?”
– Hmm···. sure. I can’t say everything, but I get to know people from companies that are fairly large. In fact, the reason I couldn’t participate in the mountaineering meeting the other day was because there was a meeting of executives from small and medium-sized PC sales companies. I am the head of the quality department, but my father sent me to participate as the president’s representative.
“ah! Yes? I’m so glad.”
– But why?
“I have a request. Can you introduce them?”
– Me?
“yes.”
– why?
“Shall we meet? Do you have time for lunch tomorrow?”
Lee Joo-yeon did not answer Ho-young’s question for a long time.
‘Do you have plans for tomorrow?’
Hoyoung silently waited for her answer.
And then Lee Joo-yeon opened her mouth.
– Well···. Is that a date request?
“yes?”
What Lee Joo-yeon said was something Ho-yeong had never thought of.
Hoyoung barely spoke.
“I’m sorry, but that’s not the case, I want to see you for work.”
– Oh, oh! that’s right? Forget what you heard earlier. I was kidding.
“Haha, yes. Anyway, is lunch okay?”
– How about dinner?
“Sorry, I have a schedule for dinner. If you’re having a hard time with lunch, we’ll schedule another day.”
Hoyoung said firmly.
– Then there’s nothing you can do about it. See you at lunch tomorrow.
“yes. Thank you for your time. We will contact you separately about the location.”
Hoyeong, who was on the phone while looking out the window, hung up the phone and sat down in front of the desk in a swivel chair.
For some reason, I had a feeling that things would work out.
“great. Chronos 3 proceeds like this, and now what we need to focus on is this.”
Hoyoung looked at the documents that Pantech’s Youngyoon Park had sent him.
In the document, there was a title titled ‘Completion of development of the next-generation mobile phone.’
The new mobile phone to be released this time was the first flip phone.
The dictionary definition of flip (fli) means to flip over, turn over.
In fact, flip-type mobile phones were already on the market and being sold.
Motorola, Nokia and even prestige electronics.
However, the flip-type mobile phones currently being sold were not truly foldable mobile phones.
It’s not really possible to fold the cell phone itself, it’s because only the lid can be folded and unfolded to prevent the cell phone button from being pressed in the pocket.
However, the next-generation cell phone successfully developed by Pantech this time was literally a foldable cell phone.
“If this folder phone is released, it will surely go beyond Korea and aim for the global mobile phone market.”
Currently, CDMA-type mobile phones have been introduced in Korea and Japan.
and next year.
Hoyoung planned to introduce CDMA to the North American market along with the folder phone.
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again. again. again.
A woman was walking down the street with the light sound of shoes.
Because she was so beautiful that it was not common to see her around, men passing by often looked back at her without realizing it.
She opened the door of a coffee shop in Gangnam and entered.
daughter and daughter-
Everyone in the coffee shop turned their attention to her as the bell on the door clattered.
“where···. ah! You are over there.”
She looked around the coffee shop to see if the group was already there, saw someone, and approached him.
“Mr. Hoyeong!”
“Is Jooyeon here?”
Seeing that scene, both female employees and male customers at the coffee shop sighed in regret.
‘Well, he’s that handsome, so he must have a girlfriend like that.’
‘A woman like that meets a man like that.’
Meanwhile, Hoyoung was a little surprised to see Lee Jooyeon.
“Do you think something important happened today?”
“Me? Why me?”
“The hair, the makeup, and so on… You seem to have put a lot of thought into it?”
Lee Joo-yeon’s face turned slightly red.
“I-I usually go around like this?”
“okay? I think the makeup was lighter at the last wedding, haha.”
Hoyoung smiled shyly.
“Well, that’s not important right now. Shall we have lunch first? Aren’t you marketable?”
“It’s okay now. But why the hell did people from other PC sales companies say they wanted to meet?”
“I have something I want to suggest to them.”
“what is that?”
“If you listen to one of my difficult requests, I will include a word processor, spreadsheet and other programs when you receive a delivery of Kronos in the future.”
Lee Joo-yeon’s eyes widened slightly.
When purchasing Cronos only, the promotion that came with various programs was a benefit only given to Dell Computer, the first partner.
This is because the low-end PC line was also not able to develop overwhelmingly because of Hansung Computer, a sub-brand of Dell Computer.
If you can receive multiple programs, you will be able to stand on the same starting point as Hansung Computer.
From then on, I could literally lead the product performance and price battle.
Despite such a good suggestion, Lee Ju-yeon did not give up easily.
“I’m looking forward to what kind of difficult request you said just now, given such a benefit?”
“It’s not difficult. Instead, please sever ties with Microsoft.”
“yes? Does that mean I shouldn’t use Windows at all?”
“That’s right.”
Lee Joo-yeon looked at Ho-yeong with a puzzled look, but Ho-young only smiled relaxedly.
