Episode 122. D-Tab2 released.
#Gowon Electronics Vice Chairman Jin Seon-ho visited my office.
“Come on, Vice President.”
“haha. The office is nice.”
“Yes? It’s all thanks to the Vice President.”
“It’s not something I just gave, but what is my virtue? I bought this building because CEO Da Kang was capable. What.”
“haha. is that so? Please sit over here.”
“Why did you come all the way here?”
“I have something to say to CEO Kang. Do you remember the story she had when she turned over 10% of the stake?”
“Ah, are you saying that you will entrust the memory semiconductor and foundry divisions to me?”
“right. The preparations are almost over. So, from now on, CEO Kang will take charge and raise him well. I’ll make sure to support you.”
“…well, vice president. Can I make another suggestion?”
“Other suggestions?”
“yes. Actually, I am planning to set up a foundry company in the US.”
“A foundry company? why?”
“The Super 301 should be withdrawn, but I was thinking of using it as a bait.”
Vice-Chairman Jin, who was lost in thought for a moment at my words, nodded.
“You mean making a deal with the U.S. government to build a factory.”
Besides that reason,
In any case, the US was the world’s largest CPU consumer market.
It was necessary to get along well with the US government in the future.
The best way to do that was to build a factory in America.
“yes. We are going to invest 10 billion dollars, or 10 trillion dollars, to build a factory, but to set up a company anyway, you can’t head out of the ground. You will need a lot of people. So I decided to start by acquiring an existing foundry company. But if that happens, it will become a competitor to the Kowon Electronics foundry.”
“..I guess so.”
“I am making this proposal because it is a bit ambiguous to raise the foundry division of Kowon Electronics with my own hands. You spin off the foundry division and hand over 100% of the stake to me. Instead, we will hand over 40% of the foundry company’s stake in the United States to Kowon Electronics.”
It was a good suggestion for Vice Chairman Jin.
Unlike the memory semiconductor division, which was only in the red, the foundry division was making quite a profit.
It was entirely thanks to my drilling volume.
It was not strange when it turned into a loss if it went to another company.
If you accept this offer, I’ll give you a damn business anyway.
It was like getting a stake in a company that was sure to succeed.
Vice Chairman Jin had a face that was deeply troubled.
I waited for him to open his mouth.
Eventually, Vice Chairman Jin’s eyes turned to me.
“It would be best for CEO Kang to take charge of our foundry business, but if that’s not possible, that suggestion is not bad.”
Chairman Jinbu paused for a moment, looked at me quietly, and opened his mouth.
“..accept that offer.”
“okay. I will arrange the shares as soon as possible. Now that our foundry business is worth more than 4 trillion won, it would be fair to assume that we invested in CEO Kang in advance. What can I say instead, but can’t the memory business continue to take over? Isn’t there anything in particular that overlaps with CEO Kang’s business? If the performance is good, the offer to hand over the stake is also valid.”
Vice Chairman Jin’s complexion brightened greatly.
“thank you. Representative Kang.”
“yes. But I also have a favor to ask you.”
“What? Tell me.”
“I heard that Kowon Electronics has a subsidiary called Kowon Information.”
“Kogen information, don’t you want to lose it?”
“Are you going to buy CEO Kang?”
“her. When I think of putting something up for sale, CEO Kang comes to me first. Doesn’t that mean you’re going to buy Ko Won Electronics later?”
“haha. If you do well, will you give me an electronic stake? I have no reason to pay my own money.”
“Well. That’s also correct. But now, do you want to start a wired internet business?”
“yes. I recently acquired World Telecom. I think synergy would be good if wired and wireless were combined together.”
“I heard the news too. The former chairman of Doosung Telecom was right. haha. There will come a day when that guinea pig will suffer like this. It’s a long-lived thing to see.”
“..you seem in a good mood.”
“I don’t get along very well with the former president because we run into each other over the oil refining business. Especially since we are the one being pushed. By the way…”
Vice Chairman Jin continued speaking in a subdued tone.
“The Fair Trade Commission’s refusal to approve Doosung Telecom’s takeover of World Telecom is Kang’s representative work, isn’t it?”
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you it had nothing to do with me, would you?”
“Of course. Chairman Koo, the gentleman is not such a sloppy person. There is no way that we could have kept our hands and watched until the Fair Trade Commission made a decision to deny approval. Clearly, who wrote the hand? And who will represent Kang? Because it took over World Telecom. Perhaps all the CEOs of chaebol families think so.”
“okay. In fact, it took a little bit of my effort.”
“right? It is also representative of Kang. haha. The former president has met the owner properly!”
“It’s not something I’d like to do so much because President Koo will be grinding my teeth.”
“Hey, he’s a person who doesn’t forget his grudges, so there’s nothing wrong with being careful. Let me know if you need any help. I will help you wherever I can.”
“haha. I’m glad you said that. By the way, how much can you hand over the highland information?”
Vice Chairman Jin fell in thought and opened his mouth after a while.
“Originally, I was supposed to receive 300 billion won, but I’ll cut 50 billion won and hand it over to 250 billion won. This 50 billion won is a discount in the sense of leading the semiconductor business, so please take care of our memory semiconductors.”
At 300 billion won, it matched the market value I researched beforehand.
“yes. Let’s make sure we can return to the black this year. Instead, you must keep your promise to give them a share.”
“Sure. As soon as we return to the black, we will hand over an additional 5% stake. And if we achieve the world No. 1 in the memory semiconductor sector, we will hand over an additional 10% of the stake.”
“It’s 15% in total. You’ve made up your mind.”
“okay. It’s such a desperate situation, and that’s how much I believe in Kang’s ability. So do your best.”
The front page of USA Today, a leading American daily.
『 Just four months after the release of D-Tab1, which took the world by storm for tablet PCs, D-Tab2, which has surprisingly improved performance, is released.
Workstation-class performance was obtained using a driving clock of 1.1Ghz Drill 2 CPU.
It boasts a clearer and more beautiful picture quality than its predecessor by adopting an IPS mode LCD that does not change the image even when viewed from 90 degrees left and right.
In particular, this LCD is a display that solves the problem of press marks, which was almost the only drawback of D-Tab1.
The only downside is that American citizens won’t have a chance to try this amazing product for a while.
This is because Damoye CEO Kang Jae-woon said that it could not be released in the United States due to a special tax to be levied on CPUs used as parts. 』
Below that, Jaewoon’s official interview was also published.
【The US government is planning to impose a special tax of 50% on the Drill 2 CPU, which is a core part of our D-Tab2. I attach great importance to the US market and love US users, but if you sell at the price we set, the more you sell, the more you lose. But we couldn’t do that, because raising the price would be an immoral act of shifting our damage to American citizens. For this reason, we have no choice but to stop exporting to the United States, so we sincerely apologize to many users in the United States who have been waiting.]
And the next day, D-Tab2 was officially released.
The first release countries were English-speaking countries excluding the United States and Korea.
From that time on, American society, especially college students, who are the main users of D-Tab, began to rumble.
Anthony, a Cornell University student, was surprised when he unintentionally checked Naiworld’s minihompy.
This is because there were dozens of comments under the page where he posted the architectural design image he drew with D-Tab.
↳ You drew this with D-Tab, right? Maybe D-Tab2?
↳ No way, it has been officially announced that we do not sell in the US. A deal to impose special tariffs on CPUs that go into D-Tab2. Because of that, the more you sell, the more you lose.
↳ Wow. You bastards of the administration, what the hell are you doing with your business!
↳ Yes. All civil servants are like that. After all, should I even buy a D-Tab1?
↳ There is not much difference in price, so why buy 1?
↳ There is no way. By the way, they say that they will cut off exports soon, so I may not be able to buy even one in the future.
↳ Are there any such cases?
…Anthony was checking the comments and involuntarily shouted out loud.
“D-Tab2 won’t be released in the US? lie!”
Ben came into the classroom and asked Anthony with excitement.
“Anthony, did you hear that? D-Tab2, we’re not releasing it only in the US!”
“So! Does this really make sense?”
“Ha… I saw a review from a friend in the UK and it exceeded my expectations. The CPU is driven by the clock at Ghz. They said that they used a good display that has good colors and doesn’t show any press marks when touched.”
“Shit. I really want to try it!”
“me too! But why are you saying it won’t be released in the US?”
“A deal for our administration to impose special tariffs on CPUs entering the D-Tab. Because of the tariffs, the more they sell, the more they lose, and they say they cannot release it in the United States.”
“Why on earth did our administration make such a decision? What’s wrong with that country’s CPU?”
“I don’t know… but, anyway, shouldn’t it be like this? The administration is undermining America’s greatest value, individual liberty.”
For Americans, freedom was the most important value to the extent that it was guaranteed in Article 1 of the Constitution.
America itself was born out of immigrants who came to the country for freedom.
They fought the War of Independence to protect their freedom.
Because the United States was the only country that even allowed the possession of firearms that could cause great harm to others in order to guarantee that freedom.
Damoye’s declaration that D-Tab2 would not be released due to the invocation of Article 301 caused a great stir in society.
Ben shouted excitedly.
“okay. right! Anthony. Will you stay like this?”
“If we don’t stay like this, what should we do?”
“..I don’t know either, but I have to do something first.”
Anthony looked up after thinking for a while.
“..Let’s find out a little bit about the bill to impose that special tax.”
“okay. Let’s do that first.”
Blizzard’s headquarters in the United States.
When I went to America, I was meeting Blizzard CEO Brian River.
Brian asked me with a worried face.
“Mr. Kang. Do you really think D-Tab2 won’t be released in the US? The announcement caused a stir at the board of directors. There has been a lot of talk about whether Diablo 2 should be developed for Windows again even now.”
If D-Tab2 doesn’t sell well worldwide, Blizzard will also sink.
But I smiled and continued.
“Mr. River. Even if D-Tab2 is not released in the US, it will not hurt you.”
