Episode 120. Reasons to go with 4G.
LTE.
Although it is a technology that developed WCDMA, which is becoming the mainstream of 3G.
While the maximum download speed of WCDMA is about 14Mb (megabit)/s, the maximum download speed of LTE is 75Mb/s, which is 5 times faster than LTE.
“LTE? What is LTE?”
Well, the theory of this technology is 4 years away, so it’s only natural that you don’t know the name yet.
“This is a communication standard that I developed. We called it Long Term Evolution, meaning that we should continue to evolve over a long period of time.”
“Have you developed a communication standard?”
The president, who had not spoken for a moment, opened his mouth.
“..I know that CEO Kang is an excellent person, but wouldn’t it be better to make 3G rather than 4G? 3G has not yet been commercialized, but are there any carriers that will start installing 4G? There is no guarantee that the 4G communication standard will be the LTE developed by CEO Kang.”
“There is no guarantee, but I am sure.”
“Are you sure?”
“yes. As you said, it is not yet decided how 3G and 4G will go. But that’s because we haven’t tested which method is the best. If there is only a result of which one is the best, wouldn’t it be clear which 3G and 4G should go?”
“..Yes. Do you mean that CEO Kang has such a result?”
“yes. I’ve compared them all. I have designed a communication chip for testing for 3G communication standards and LTE, and LTE is the best among them. In terms of numbers, LTE is at least 5 times faster than WCDMA.”
President Lee blinked with a speechless face and took a deep breath.
“Whoa.. if I had someone else said that, I would proudly say that I am crazy, but I think that might be the case with CEO Kang.”
“Because it’s really true. 3G will go to WCDMA and 4G to LTE.”
“..it really does happen. Still, wouldn’t it be better to make a communication chip for WCDMA first? If it were 3G, wouldn’t it be easier to convince the telecommunication companies that are customers? I believe in Naya Kang’s words, but from a telecom operator’s point of view, if I tell them to install 4G, they will think it’s a scam.”
“4G is better than 3G, but there is no need to go through 3G. Telecommunication companies will eventually recognize the superiority of our products. And another reason to skip 3G.”
“Any other reason?”
“Yes, not as much as 2G, but 3G has already been patented by many companies. So even if I make chips, I have to pay a lot of royalties. I do the work, and the money is made by other companies. Even if I don’t want to see it, I’m going to go with 4G right away.”
A typical example of making money from telecommunication patents is a company called Wallcom in the United States.
Walcom, which has the original patent for the CDMA method, receives 2.5 to 5% of handset sales from smartphone manufacturers as patent fees, thereby generating huge revenue.
Once the communication standard is decided, all mobile phone manufacturers have to use it.
Since the patents on them are also unconditionally used, communication chip manufacturers must pay royalties unconditionally.
No one has entered the 4G communication market yet.
I was going to start with that first and take care of the patent fees properly.
“…it is. But, as I said before, is there any carrier that wants to open the 4G network?”
I grinned as I recalled the World Telecom.
“there is. At least one. So you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it.”
#I stopped by the main house after a long time.
“Mrs. Soon~ I’m here.”
“Oh. What’s going on today?”
“What day? I just came to see Mrs. Soon.”
“You can’t even make a whining sound. What else is going on?”
“Because there really is nothing. I haven’t been home for a long time… and I have something to say to my uncle.”
My aunt sent me a look that said, ‘That’s right.
“Also. You’re here to see your uncle?”
“It’s not necessarily like that, but it’s a matter of humility. I am hungry. No rice?”
Ms. Soon looked at me and then smiled.
“Nucksal. I’ll just wait for you. Please don’t dress it up.”
“Thank you, uncle?”
“Coming in soon.”
About halfway through the cheonggukjang that Ms. Soon had cooked, my uncle arrived.
My uncle, who had changed into comfortable clothes, sat down next to me.
“Are you okay with your ankle injury?”
“sure. I am completely fine now.”
“yes. Is your uncle doing well?”
“What’s wrong with me? Originally, I only worked on fruits, but now I have expanded my scope to include vegetables as well. I also made a lot of money. Waiting for you to be surprised.”
“haha. How much did you earn?”
Uncle put out two fingers with a smirk.
“Two billion. The money I earned last year, a whopping 200 million days.”
It was less than a handful of money compared to Damoye’s monthly income.
It wouldn’t have been easy for an uncle who wasn’t from the future to make that money.
I raised my thumbs in the air.
“Two billion? and! uncle. That’s great.”
Perhaps he liked my reaction, my uncle’s mouth drew a line.
“haha. yesterday? I gave your aunt a diamond ring too. Hey, the side dishes have changed since then.”
“Good job, Uncle. Even if Ms. Soon pretends not to be, she is a heavenly woman, because she is weak at gifts.”
“Yeah?”
The aunt put down the air filled with rice in front of her uncle and asked.
“Are you two having fun talking about Mushin?”
Uncle replied with a smirk.
“What shall I buy you for the wall, what are you talking about?”
“For me?”
“Yeah, you’ve been through a lot of trouble by my side, can you finish it with just one diamond ring? This time… Okay, how about luxury cosmetics? Do any of your friends have the wife of the interior store owner, and she was so envious that she spent millions of dollars on cosmetics? Let me buy you one.”
My aunt waved her hand.
“Igoma, it’s okay. There are few women in the neighborhood who don’t admire the bag that Jaewoon bought for her and the diamond ring you bought for her. That’s enough, baby.”
“It’s you, but I’m not good enough. I’m going to buy you a good cosmetic product, so choose what you like best in advance.”
Aunt barely pressed the corners of her lips that were about to rise and continued.
“..Okay. Let me pick one.”
After that, strangely, side dishes piled up in front of my uncle.
I realized the power of gifts again.
So after dinner time.
I started a full-fledged conversation with my uncle about the online mart.
“Uncle, don’t you want to try a side job?”
“sideline?”
“Yes, our company is now opening an online mart, and we need someone to take care of the fresh food there.”
“Online mart? What is that?”
“The basics are the same as the online shopping mall I am doing now. If you order something from your computer, you can receive it at home. However, this online mart is slightly different from the shopping mall in terms of the items it handles. They mainly deal with daily necessities. We will sell many items that are sold in large supermarkets in our online mart.”
At that, my uncle put on a worried expression on his face.
“I know what you mean. But then again, are you a kid who competes with large marts?”
“..It’s not a joke about your financial power. Can you stand it?”
“There is no rule that the one with the most money wins. And now I have a lot of money.”
“I know you’re a bastard, but don’t look down on large corporations. It’s not a big company for nothing.”
“I don’t look at it as rude. However, I started because I was competitive enough to want to compete with such great conglomerates.”
“Well, I’m glad. At any rate, do you feel like you want to entrust me with the food to be sold at that online mart?”
“yes. There are processed foods made in factories, and there are fresh foods like fruits and vegetables that come directly from the farm, right? To be precise, I want my uncle to take care of those fresh foods.”
“Hmm. The job itself seems like a good fit for me, but…”
“Right. So I came to my uncle first.”
After thinking for a while, my uncle asked me.
“Is that a job that takes a lot of time, kid?”
“To be honest, it’s better for me to spend that time on my business. Even if I paid a salary, it wouldn’t be as good as what I earn in my business.”
A businessman is a businessman.
He is usually an uncle who is a good person, but when he starts talking about work, he calculates profit and loss properly.
“It’s not just the salary that your uncle can get.”
“Are there any other benefits?”
“yes. If you become an online mart manager, you don’t need to find a separate supplier for the products that your uncle handles personally. You can just buy it at an online store. In a nutshell, the customer management you do now will no longer be necessary.”
His uncle had an expression on his face.
“..that’s a bit tugging.”
“Is that right? So please take it uncle.”
Eventually, the uncle nodded.
“Okay. That manager, I’ll give it a try.”
#Saturday afternoon, May 13th.
Gathering Center, my office.
Oh-chan Jung, president of Hongin Media, received a call over the intercom.
“yes. Mr. Jung.”
“Writer Na-hee Yun has been discharged.”
“okay? Good for you. From now on, I will be able to watch the future stone serials again.”
“yes. But writer Yoo is here now.”
“..Are you all at the center?”
“I just came to our office, and I want to say thank you to the representative.”
“Hmm, I’ve already received enough thanks from my parents…”
“Then shall we send it back?”
“no. Please come up to my office.”
Nahee, who has a bit more cheekbones than she had seen before, came into the office.
She looked at my face and greeted me.
“Hello, uncle.”
“..How long will you look at me and call me uncle? I am the representative of your agency. You should call me the representative.”
“I hate that. If you are the first uncle, you will be the uncle until the end.”
“..are you really here to say thank you?”
Na-hee held out a box with a natural-looking face.
“sure. Take this.”
“This is my next project. I named it Children of Spring.”
“..the next project?”
“yes. I used it when I was admitted to the hospital, and it was a child who would not have come out of the world without you. So, I want you to see it first.”
I just wanted to see the end of ‘Future Stone’, but it’s a new work…
“It is an honor. To be the first to see writer Yoo’s next work.”
“Take it as heirloom, keep it and pass it on to your children. I never give out my original handwritten text to anyone, but I only give it to my uncle.”
“..Thank you. I don’t know until he goes, but don’t cherish it.”
“yes. And this is a thank you.”
She bowed her back deeply.
“Thank you very much. I heard that she almost died because of me. I will never forget this grace for the rest of my life.”
I smiled and answered her greeting.
“If you are so grateful, reciprocate by writing good articles. As a fan, there is no greater reward than that.”
“…Yes, I will. I will write a good article that will make you proud that you saved me.”
“okay. That’s it. Oh, if you’re going to say thanks, go to the secretary’s office and tell Ki-cheol. Without Ki-cheol, both you and I would not have been safe.”
Nahee smiled softly.
“I have already been there. I am a kid with that kind of concept.”
“haha. well done.”
Then Nahee hesitated for a moment and asked me.
“But… can I write here when I graduate?”
“here? Gather the center?”
“yes. I like it here. If I write in a place like this, I think it will be well written.”
“Hmm, giving me a seat is nothing. But are you okay? It can be noisy.”
Nahee nodded her head happily.
“it’s okay. I’m not that sensitive, so I don’t mind if it’s a bit noisy.”
“Okay then, come to me when I graduate. I will give you a seat.”
“okay. You must write hard and complete the stone of the future. Most of all, I am very curious about the ending.”
“yes. I will make a wonderful ending!”
After Nahee left, I opened the box she gave me.
There was a note inside the blue box that seemed to have been directly wrapped.
On the outside was written ‘Children of Spring’ in pretty letters.
As I turned the page and read the first sentence, I immediately fell into it.
– Lewis, a boy destined to rebuild a lost civilization, looked at the sword in his hand and reminded himself of his resolve. His determination to drive out the unstoppable winter for a hundred years and to put spring in its place, to achieve a dream that seemed impossible in a way made him even stronger…
#Gathering Center, the driver’s conference room.
I asked CEO Chae Ki-hwan.
“president. Is the work to increase the touchscreen sensitivity going well?”
“Honestly, it’s not easy. However, we recently increased the number of researchers significantly, and the results are coming out little by little, so things will get better soon.”
“Because you have done well so far, I believe it will be. But today, I’m here to ask you something other than the touch screen.”
“..anything else?”
“yes. Don’t you know that the items sold by the driver are not touch screens but also RF repeaters?”
An RF repeater is a facility that amplifies the wireless signal passing between the base station of the telecommunication company and the mobile phone.
“How is the RF repeater business these days?”
