203. The essence of networking business
Hoyoung has already earned enough money to overflow.
Of course, it is also true that most of the money earned is reinvested in companies that have good technology or plan to grow significantly in the future.
However, the remaining money was an astronomical number, and Hoyoung invested most of it in real estate.
“There is a place where I have been steadily buying land since the early 90s. That place is Yeongjongdo.”
“Yeongjong Dora… Is it correct to refer to the island right next to Incheon? A while ago, Daeyu Construction carried out a land reclamation project…”
“Five. Do you know exactly? you’re right. I bought most of the land on Yeongjong Island as well as the islands next to it, Yeongjong Island, Yongyu Island, Sinbul Island, and Sammok Island. Yeongjong Island and Yongyu Island are already connected through a land reclamation project. Now, the reclamation project will continue to turn the four islands into one large island.”
Jo Jeong-shik opened his mouth wide open without even realizing it.
He was also one of the central figures in the business world and was very interested in real estate investment.
So, he was investing in the vicinity of the metropolitan area, such as Suwon and Pyeongtaek, in the name of the company.
One of the unwritten rules of real estate investment is not to invest in areas near islands or beaches except for Haeundae Beach, but suddenly an international airport?
“Has this information been confirmed by the government? As far as I know, Yeongjong Island has been on the list for a while, but I know that a new international airport will be built in Cheongwon, Chungcheongbuk-do or in Sihwa, Siheung, Gyeonggi-do.”
“It has not been specifically confirmed, but an airport will definitely be built on Yeongjong Island.”
“How do you do that… May I ask if you are sure?”
Hoyoung laughed.
It was because it was impossible to say that he had seen it from the future.
However, Jo Jung-sik saw that smile as a relaxed laugh, saying, ‘Do I have to explain such a simple thing?’
“The international airport has to be close to Seoul after all. However, the petition was dropped because it was too far from Seoul. Then Sihwa and Yeongjongdo remain. However, Sihwa is deep in depth even though it seems closer to Seoul. It would be difficult to reclaim that depth with the reclamation technology currently possessed by Korea. The water depth between the islands around Yeongjongdo is very low.”
“ah! It must have been simple.”
Reclamation projects require enormous amounts of money and labor.
In particular, the deeper the water, the exponentially increases the cost, and the aftereffects such as cracking of the ground and flooding are serious in the future.
Reclamation technology, which was advanced later, succeeded in reclaiming bare sea with nothing, but it was absurd with current technology.
“yes. So, the international airport project. Are you going to participate?”
“of course. please. President!”
“What. I wish you well. I would also like to ask for technology transfer. haha.”
“It is a matter of course. I will speak well to the staff.”
Jo Jung-sik replied with a smile on his face.
Construction on a massive scale, like building an airport, costs more than trillions of won.
It was a reputation building that was not showing much light due to the construction of Daehyeon or Daeyu.
‘Use this opportunity to grow Myungsung Construction into a company that is not inferior to other large construction companies.’
This was the reason why they had to spend a lot of money to recruit foreign engineers, and they thought that the construction of an international airport would further grow their reputation.
And Hoyeong also thought to herself.
‘great. I guess I can leave the Incheon Airport project to Jo Jung-sik.’
The reason why Hoyoung brought Jo Jungsik here was that technology transfer was also necessary, but in fact, it was to blow his nose without touching him.
He can now claim to be the best expert in the world when it comes to IT, but he was no stranger to construction.
Of course, he could honestly and openly ask Jo Jung-sik for help, but Jo Jung-sik would think that Ho-yeong took care of him again.
It’s a different dream, but I have a good sister and a good relationship with my brother-in-law.
It was a relationship Hoyoung wanted to have with customers and partners in the future.
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Time passed quickly and the hot summer of 1995 was approaching.
June 29, 1995, when Sampoong Department Store should have collapsed in its original history.
Hoyoung watched the news and newspapers with a little nervousness, but fortunately nothing happened.
Through this incident, Hoyoung became convinced that he could definitely change the future.
and today.
Hoyoung was waiting for someone in her office at the Hermes Building.
Lately, Hoyeong has hardly been involved in company work.
Chronos 4 is also being actively developed by H&H. Now, Hangeul 95 also decided to attach the release year instead of the version at the back. Hoyoung did not get involved much.
‘I can’t instruct you from start to finish until when.’
Chronos 4 is the first operating system in which Hoyoung did not hold the frame.
Every year, Cronos has shown innovation by releasing new versions, so consumers may be disappointed that there is no innovation in this work.
However, this process was a problem that must be experienced at least once.
‘This is the timing when Microsoft decided not to make Windows 98, so it’s worth a challenge.’
For consumers, it is very unfortunate that the best operating system cannot be touched right away, but in the long run, this path was a way to create a good operating system even without Hoyoung.
Also, since there are almost no substitutes except for Kronos, the fact that the timing for the challenge was right also helped Hoyoung make the decision easily.
Beep-
– President. A guest has arrived.
At that time, the secretary’s voice was heard over the intercom, and Ho-young answered in a bright voice because the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived.
“Please upload it right away.”
– yes. Okay.
Hoyoung went to the front of the elevator, which was directly connected from the first floor to the president’s office, to meet him.
ding-
After a while, a clear elevator sound is heard.
A woman got out of the elevator.
“Hello! Long time no see. Mr. Yun.”
“Lisa Sue. How have you been?”
“haha. Thanks for your concern.”
The person Hoyoung had been waiting for was Lisa Su of AMD.
AMD immediately established a mobile architecture TF team led by Lisa Su and Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su decided to lead the team temporarily.
In the current situation, Jen-Hsun Huang has better experience and skills, but it was a decision made because he also serves as the graphic architecture team.
Lisa Su led the task force team and actively collaborated with Qualcomm, and as a result, she arrived in Korea with desired results in just a few months.
“ruler. Come over here. Sit comfortably. Anything to drink?”
Hoyeong sat Lisa Su on the soft sofa and asked.
“thank you. I do it with carbonated water.”
Hoyoung laughed.
It is said that carbonated water became popular only in the United States in the early 1990s with a campaign to replace coke with carbonated water to maintain health, but there was no place to get carbonated water in Korea yet.
Fortunately, however, Hoyoung had enjoyed drinking coffee and carbonated water since the future, so he was able to serve it without difficulty because he had a carbonated water machine in the United States.
“ruler. therefore. Did you reduce the CPU size by that much?”
“yes. In fact, I didn’t know much about a company called Qualcomm. Mobile APs were out of my interest, and communication equipment was the same.”
Lisa Su took out a small, square object from her bosom and showed it to Hoyeong, continuing her conversation.
“Do you see this?”
A square black object measuring about 2.5 cm in width and height.
Hoyoung recognized it at a glance.
“Is this the small CPU that was successfully developed this time?”
“Right. But you can’t bring the real thing, so it’s a model.”
Hoyoung nodded.
Even if I brought a real CPU anyway, it would have been useless because there was no equipment to test.
‘If the performance is good at this size, the smartphone can be advanced by 10 years.’
The size of the model Lisa Su showed was enough to excite Hoyeong.
“How good is the performance?”
“It’s about the performance of a Pentium now.”
“Oh, I see.”
Hoyoung was deeply disappointed with the specifications.
At least a Pentium 2 would have to be capable of handling PlayStation-level graphics.
But he didn’t show it outwardly.
Instead, I focused on Lisa Su’s word ‘for now’.
“It sounds like it’s about the Pentium now, but that’s not all, right?”
Lisa Su’s eyes widened as if she was surprised by Hoyoung’s words for a moment, then smiled at Hoyoung and opened her mouth.
“Oh, I wanted to tease you a little, but you got caught right away. Now, I’ve already finished research to bring the performance up to Pentium 2 level. Now, after applying the process, we should be able to produce a prototype in about two months.”
“Also. I was counting on you.”
“Is this still not enough?”
“yes? no. A Pentium 2 of this size is honestly more than expected.”
“Ho Ho. Yes? To be honest, we wanted to make it at least as good as the PlayStation.”
Lisa Su said with a smile, as if she was happy with Hoyoung’s praise.
“Well···. To be honest, it’s still only half-success. Because this CPU didn’t have a built-in GPU.”
Hoyoung nodded.
Because I thought I could do that.
“Still, it would be impossible to fit both CPU and GPU in this size.”
“yes. Right. In fact, even if you increase the length and width to about 4.8cm, you can fit both. But the problem is fever.”
“okay.”
“yes. In order to reduce the size, not only the size of the CPU but also the size of the cooler must be reduced, but it is impossible… There is no way to catch the heat in this volume.”
“okay.”
“With enough time, I think we can solve the overheating problem to some extent… It seems like it will be difficult in a short period of time…”
Unlike Lisa Su, who had a serious expression, Hoyoung managed to stop the laughter that was about to leak out.
‘awesome. This is a problem that Qualcomm had been thinking about when making an early model of Snapdragon, but it has already been discovered. Again, it was appropriate to entrust the CPU to Lisa Su and AMD.’
And Hoyoung was well aware of the conclusion Qualcomm had made at the time.
“The solution may be simpler than you think.”
“Any solution?”
“One CPU chip, and one GPU chip from a distance. How about putting two chips like this? The size I want right now is not just about the size of a pager. I want a much bigger size than that.”
At Hoyoung’s words, Lisa Su clapped her hands.
“Certainly, at this size, it wouldn’t be too complicated with two of them, right?”
“Yes. First of all, let’s release the models to be released in the early stages by separating the CPU and GPU. And while the early models are being sold, we continue to research them. Wouldn’t that be enough time?”
Lisa Su nodded.
Because research was one of the fields she was most confident in.
“I never thought there would be such a simple solution. Are you even a little discouraged?”
“haha. In the first place, I ordered it to be made into a single chip, so you may not have thought of it this far.”
Lisa Su felt like she was losing for some reason, but she didn’t show it.
From her point of view, Ho-young seemed to already know everything and look down on her, far above her.
Even so, Lisa Su did not think that Hoyoung was an impenetrable wall.
I just promised myself that I would keep trying and one day stand on an equal footing.
“Anyway, I’ll leave this to Lisasu and AMD. I hope to have the finished product ready for release early next year.”
“yes. I will try so hard.”
Lisa Su’s bold answer made Hoyoung smile.
“In fact, there is one person I would like to introduce to you today.”
“yes. I heard about it. So he asked me to come all the way to Korea… Is he Korean?”
“no. He is also an American. I happened to have something to do in Korea. Anyway, Lisa Su has to visit Japan and Nintendo with me tomorrow, so I invited her to Korea.”
“okay. Who is that?”
Hoyoung glanced at his watch and said.
“I should be back in about 30 minutes. He is the one who can make the most of the CPU we made.”
“A CPU?”
“haha. First of all, isn’t it necessary to find out what you need to make a product on a PC to see the marketability? Michael Dell. Dell will be here today.”
“Dell?!”
Lisa Su’s eyes widened.
Hoyoung saw that and laughed.
