194. 3D
1994 is already over.
After Hoyoung and Jo Namsik made a great compromise, until the end of the year, Hoyoung had a lot to do.
‘We can’t prevent all disasters, but let’s do what we can.’
First, he thought that memorable and major disasters should be avoided if possible.
So, what we did was to prevent the Seongsu Bridge from collapsing.
Preventing the Seongsu Bridge from collapsing was easier than expected.
Since the cause of the collapse was poor construction, poor supervision, and a typical man-made failure of repair work, Hoyeong easily solved it in two ways.
First, it took over Dongwoo Construction, the construction company of Seongsu Bridge, which was in danger of bankruptcy due to not receiving many orders at the time, and returned it to Myeongseong Construction.
The reason why Seongsu Bridge was not repaired properly was safety insensitivity, but a big reason was that Dongwoo Construction didn’t have the capacity to repair it in an emergency situation that was about to go bankrupt, and that reason was blocked at the source.
And secondly, he mobilized Cho Hee-chang’s personal connections to meet with the mayor of Seoul, set up a repair plan for the Han River bridge, and put it into action.
As a result, on October 21, 1994, when the Seongsu Bridge should have collapsed, a peaceful day passed without anything happening.
‘good night. Although weak, I can change the future with my strength and knowledge.’
Hoyoung was able to be sure of what he had been thinking about until now through this incident.
In fact, the fate of Myeongseong Electronics and Myeongseong Group changed drastically because of what Hoyoung had done now, and the seniors who worked with Hoyeong were walking a completely different path from their previous lives. It was proof that he could change the future.
But what Hoyoung wanted was certainty.
That their intervention can prevent natural disasters or huge accidents.
Ho-young was able to prevent another disaster by a simple (?) method of buying a cruise ship even in the Chungju Lake cruise ship fire accident that occurred a few days later on October 24, 1994.
Even so, he did not only do it in a direct way.
Continuing to talk with President Kim Il-sam or Cho Hee-chang, he suggested strengthening the law on safety, and thanks to that, the bill that inspects whether more than the number of people burned on ships or vehicles and punishes those who violate them is 15 years older than the previous life. I was able to obtain the splendid achievement that was proposed above.
And, crucially, Ho-young introduced Park Young-yoon of Pantech to Jo Nam-sik of Myeongseong Electronics.
Currently, the company that produces the best-selling mobile phone in Korea, no, in the world, is none other than Pantech.
Although it is treated as an affiliate of Hermes Telecom and does not have worldwide recognition, at this time when CDMA mobile phones are exploding, the cell phone that people around the world naturally use the most is the folder phone made by Pantech.
Motorola and Nokia hurriedly produced and sold mobile phones that could be used in CDMA communication, but were not using their strength because they did not reach Pantech in terms of design or call quality.
and Jo Nam-sik.
Hoyoung did not trust Namsik Jo 100%, but Hoyoung knew better than anyone that he had a natural flair for mobile phones and high-tech gadgets.
So, Ho-young spoke to Young-yoon Park and asked him to teach him the technology to make a cell phone comparable to Pantech’s at Myungsung Electronics.
Park Young-yoon unexpectedly readily agreed to Ho-young’s request.
There are no competitors, so there is no tension.
Pantech and Myeongseong Electronics obtained a strategic alliance, and from the outside, it seemed as if Jo Nam-sik was getting cell phone technology for free, but in reality, it was fundamentally blocked from attempting to do something different in the cell phone field. .
Hoyoung was fully enjoying this situation.
This situation where everything goes according to his will.
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Did you say that summer is hot and winter is cold?
In 1994, which had a summer of record-breaking heatwaves, a cold wave raged in the winter as well.
And the last day of 1994.
Hoyoung was spending his last days in Tokyo, Japan, not Korea.
A banquet hall where a busy event is being prepared.
Hoyoung entered the banquet hall with Miru.
As soon as he entered the banquet hall, he looked around to see who he was looking for.
“Hoyoung!”
Then, as if responding to Ho-young’s call, someone spotted Ho-young and ran to Ho-young waving his hand.
“zone!”
The person who ran in front of Hoyoung was John Carmack of id Software.
“It’s been a really long time. How can you not come to America for so long?”
“I know. I had so much work in Korea that I couldn’t find time to go.”
“haha. I heard about it. Even in the US, Kronos is going wild right now. You said you had a grand integration agreement with Bill Gates? Really, aren’t you usually a great person?”
Hoyoung nodded without denying John Carmack’s words.
“right? Even when I think about it, I think it’s kind of great. To conclude such a deal with that Bill Gates? Perhaps if Bill Gates had resisted desperately, Kronos’ market dominance or development would have been 10 years later.”
“Wow! Posing! And what you just said is that even if Bill Gates fought desperately, he would have dominated the market in 10 years.”
“Five! zone. You are smart too.”
At Hoyoung’s shameless reply, John Carmack looked at Hoyoung with a puzzled look for a moment.
“haha!”
“ha ha ha!”
And the two of them held their belly button and laughed without saying who came first.
The two of them laughed for a while, wiping away their tears, and finally calmed down and resumed their conversation.
“Are you doing well with the Doom project?”
At Hoyoung’s question, this time John Carmack put on a smug expression.
“Who am I? I am John Carmack. See how it turns out later at the presentation ceremony.”
“okay. I’ll look forward to it. What about Shigeru?”
“Shigeru-san is in the final rehearsal backstage right now.”
“So Shigeru-san finally made the announcement. He said he didn’t want to do that.”
“haha. will that work for you? He is an unavoidable symbol of Nintendo, and he is also the main pillar of this PlayStation project.”
Hoyoung nodded her head.
where he is now
This was the event where PlayStation products were unveiled and announced.
Originally, the development of the PlayStation was scheduled to be completed around May 1995, but under Shigeru’s desire to release the best game console as soon as possible, the project was delayed by almost 6 months, and the announcement was made today, the last day of 1994. will be.
And today, the announcement day of the PlayStation means that it was the day when id Software’s ‘Doom’ was announced.
John Carmack’s face was full of confidence.
Is it because it is a game made by all the employees of id Software, including John Carmack, with the intention of making people buy a PlayStation to play Doom, rather than being able to play Doom by buying a PlayStation?
Even he was not releasing Doom for the PC for the PlayStation project.
The plan was to produce and distribute it for the PC from then on when the PlayStation sold enough.
“Where are our seats?”
“That’s right, it’s the VIP seat in the front.”
John Carmack naturally led Hoyoung to the front, closest to the stage.
“Since Miru is with Hoyoung wherever she goes, I left one spot here for Miru. Please sit here.”
“thank you.”
John Carmack kindly provided Miru with a seat.
Hoyoung laughed at John Carmack, who looked brighter today, and sat down to wait for the presentation to begin.
As I passed the time chatting with John Carmack, I started to fill the seats one by one.
and how long has it been
Chak- pat!
All the lights in the auditorium were turned off, and only one light illuminating the center of the stage came on.
“Oh oh! I guess it starts.”
People all focused their attention on the stage.
Tumble, tumble, tumble.
And a man in a suit comes onto the stage.
With a mouthful of his signature humorous smile, he took a bite.
“hello! I am Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo.”
Wow!
When Shigeru Miyamoto bowed his head in greeting, the audience cheered.
Looking around the venue, Hoyoung thought that Shigeru Miyamoto was amazing.
ECEC, which Hoyoung has announced so far, has been one of the largest electronic technology exhibitions in North America.
Even if you’re not interested in Hoyoung, it’s such a big exhibition that people come from far away from Canada to participate in the event.
However, even though this was a solo presentation of Nintendo’s PlayStation, where no other companies or products participated, hundreds… No, thousands seemed to be enough.
‘How many people will gather if I hold a solo presentation next year or the year after that with the new Chronos?’
Hoyoung looked up at the stage again, vowing that he would definitely do a solo presentation at his next presentation.
“To be honest, after developing the PlayStation, I thought about it for a long time. I wonder if I can put this item on the market or not.”
Everyone in the audience made a puzzled expression.
Because I couldn’t understand Shigeru’s words.
“If we announce the PlayStation, no one will buy our Famicom from then on!”
Shigeru’s non-joke joke spread laughter in the audience.
“I’m not good with words, so I’ll stop with the introduction. Everyone, please pay attention. A gaming machine that will change your life. It’s a PlayStation!”
As Shigeru’s words dropped, something came up from the stage floor, and Shigeru picked it up.
It was a PlayStation with a gray body.
“This game machine is not the simple game machine you have ever seen. It’s the epitome of ultra-high technology. All screens. The specifications of this machine are…”
Shigeru continued his explanation.
The specs of the PlayStation and the vision for the future.
The audience were all watching with interest, but they seemed to want to watch the demonstration video.
And Shigeru knew that all too well.
“Playstation is literally a game machine. A game machine is useless without a game. haha. So we have prepared several games that you can play with your PlayStation. However, among them, I would like to introduce a game that can be called the representative work of the PlayStation first.”
Shigeru paused for a moment.
While he was taking a break, the light on the display board began to light up.
Shigeru confirmed that the display board had sufficiently warmed up.
“The first PlayStation exclusive game made by id Software. It’s Doom!”
A play video of ‘Doom’ was played on the display board.
“…”
People watched the video, but there was no reaction for a very short time.
It was because everyone doubted whether this screen was real or not.
However, soon a few people realized that what they were seeing with their own eyes was real.
Then, very quietly, very quietly, he began to shout.
Such a small shout gradually grew louder and eventually began to cover the entire presentation hall like an overflowing river.
“Wow!! and! The best!!”
“What the hell have we just seen! I can not believe it!”
“id software? What the hell kind of game is this game made of? what? An American company?!”
Hoyeong was also among the enthusiastic people.
Doom, as he remembers it, was a very crude game.
A 256-color game that is only 16 megabytes in size.
However, the character moving on the screen now was an unbelievably 3D character.
Of course, the quality is incomparable compared to the games that will come out in the future, but at this point, this kind of game could change the era.
Hoyoung looked back at John Carmack with a face full of emotion.
Then John Carmack spoke to Hoyoung with a proud face.
“Look. Didn’t I tell you to wait?!”
Hoyoung couldn’t even think of denying John Carmack’s words this time, and just nodded his head.
