Episode 140. Very nice place.
I smiled and said to Kyunga.
“Now you know how to have a social life. haha. Come on, take it!”
Kyung-ah crouched and took the envelope.
“Pin money.”
“Pin money? what? I’m not giving you any money now. What pocket money?”
“It’s my heart. I give because I want to give. If you don’t want to receive it, give it back.”
At that, Kyung-a pulled the envelope towards her chest.
“No, when did I say I didn’t want to receive it? I was just… asking. But why is the envelope so thin?”
She continued, taking out the contents of the envelope.
“Maybe I put one 10,000 won in… huh? it’s a check But why are there so many zeros? One, two… seven? Thousands of dollars?”
Kyung-a looked at her with her eyes wide enough that she was worried that the corners of her eyes would be torn.
“okay. Ten million won.”
“You’re giving me ten million won as pocket money?”
“..why? Am I getting kicked out of the company now?”
“haha. It’s the opposite. I’m giving it to you because you did a good job.”
“okay. He said that you told Team Manager Park the way you entered the lobby.”
“..It did. You shouldn’t be taking that.”
“right. can’t get it But many people get it even though they know it. No one knows even if I take it? Or will there be any problems? What do you mean with this in mind? But, since he resisted that temptation brilliantly, it’s a reward that is unique as an older brother.”
“..haha. To be honest, I was a bit skeptical when I first got it. I’m glad you refused.”
“good job. Usually, I think that no one will know, but in the end, it all comes out. If you had received that, you would have been greatly disappointed in you, let alone being fired. How glad you are to find out that your only cousin can be trusted. So I give it.”
Kyunga nodded her head strongly.
“okay. If I come into the lobby in the future, I will tell Team Leader Park without leaving anything behind.”
mid-July.
CEO Steve Mars was leading the executive meeting with a heavy expression on his face.
“Apad share fell below 3% this month?”
A sales executive answered Steve’s question.
“..yes. The advantage of being able to read competitor’s touch pen, Drill 3, and manga as an e-book was too great. Inventory management is also quite burdensome as there are a lot of people who buy the iPad and then return it and buy the D-Tab3.”
Steve bit his lip.
“I expected that Mr. Robber was well prepared, but it would make such a difference…”
The other executives were also bowing their heads with wretched faces.
Steve, who had been staring at them for a long time, clapped his hands.
“Everyone, turn your head. Have you committed any crime?”
Steve called out the development executive’s name in a powerful tone.
“zone!”
“Although the results were not very good, it is not a complete failure as we have made our presence known to the market. It’s a product designed by the developer of the Drill CPU himself, but it would be strange if such a D-Tab collapsed all at once. Let’s look back on why we failed and try again. The match has only just begun, so there is no need to feel defeated already. It’s not like we’ve had a failure like this once or twice.”
“Before the Drill CPU came out, we just lost to the other PC makers behind the Wintel (Windows + Onetel) alliance. But what about now?”
To that, John answered with a little bit of energy on his face.
“..one in four desktop PCs sold in the US is ours. We are maintaining the No. 1 market share, beating out leading PC makers such as Nell and Umpack by a large margin.”
Steve’s eyes lit up.
“That’s right. Even after years of running in the red, we’ve continued to challenge the desktop PC market. Of course, the decisive factor that brought us to this position was the birth of the Drill CPU, but this result would not have been possible if it hadn’t been for our efforts accumulated before that, or had we given up on the challenge before that. So John!”
“Analyze the pros and cons of all parts in D-Tab3. Core parts such as CPU and display are difficult to replace, so we have no choice but to find a way to surpass D-Tab3 in the rest of the parts.”
Steve said to Reynolds, executive director of strategic planning.
“The light faded a bit as D-Tab3 came out with an e-book comic book, but the e-book publishing strategy for the major textbook we wrote this time definitely worked. Reynolds look for items that can push D-Tab away in terms of content rather than hardware. As for American culture, we as Americans have no choice but to know better than Korean Damoye, right? We need to find content that can properly stimulate American emotions.”
Reynolds nodded.
“We will make sure to find it.”
Steve looked satisfied.
“You just have to take it one step at a time. Don’t be discouraged by one failure. We are Apple. Everyone knows what I mean, right?”
Other executives nodded with enthusiasm.
“All right. The purchasing team will do our best to support the purchase of materials for the development of the iPad 2.”
“The same goes for the budget team. We will execute the budget quickly so that there is no inconvenience in the development.”
Steve smiled.
“haha. Nice to see. Let’s do our best until the day that we will surpass Damoye!”
I got a call from my uncle.
“Jaewoon. Do you know that this year is the 25th wedding anniversary for me and your aunt?”
I honestly didn’t know.
“haha. Of course I knew. I was still thinking about what to do with the present.”
“Hmm, I don’t think so, but let’s just skip it. Anyway, I decided to go to Jeju Island this time to commemorate the 25th anniversary.”
“Jeju Island? Good. We will provide generous support for vacation expenses, so please feel free to rest.”
Then my uncle made an unexpected statement.
“Have you paid for your vacation? If there’s even a little bit of congratulations, you’re here too.”
“okay. My family and I have never been to Jeju Island before. My aunt doesn’t say anything, but she wants you to go too, and she secretly wants you to go.”
Well. It’s a bit busy, but there’s nothing wrong with taking a break from time to time.
“I know. I’ll go with you. When?”
“Really? Departure day this Saturday. It was a short 3 days and 2 nights, so don’t be afraid to wait.”
“I know. Oh, did you find a place to stay?”
“yet. catch me now Wow? It’s good, you know?”
“yes. I will take you to a very good place.”
Saturday, Jeju Island.
Our family was at the entrance to the townhouse given to us by Jin Seon-ho, who took office as Chairman of the Gowon Group a few months ago.
I’m waiting for the bodyguard to come out in front of the heavy silver iron gate that covered the entrance.
The uncle sitting in the back seat asked with a puzzled expression on his face.
“Is this really your villa?”
“yes. At least it would be much better than a hotel suite.”
“I don’t think so. But just looking at the atmosphere, a kid in a place where chaebols would live?”
“haha. The chaebols live in a better place than here. Although this place is luxurious, there are about eight houses. It’s too crowded for chaebols to live. From what I heard from the president, he said that the most prominent people in society bought them.”
“Will you?”
While we were chatting, two men, with their torso tall enough to fear that their shirts might burst, approached our car.
Lower the driver’s window.
He took out a card key to open the electronic door lock of the townhouse.
“I am a resident here, so please open the door.”
After checking the card key, the man politely greeted me.
“ah! You are a resident of House No. 1 at the top. I heard a lot. Representative Kang Jae-woon! Welcome to New World Townhouse. As a special privilege for residents, 24-hour security and hotel-style meals are provided, so please have a comfortable time.”
After the man bowed again, he raised his hand toward the guard room.
The silver iron gate began to open slowly.
Upon entering, the first thing that caught my eye was various sculptures, beautifully maintained trees, and a sports track around them.
Kyung-a saw this and burst out in admiration.
“Wow! If you only have 8 houses, what is all this? You think you’ve been to some kind of arboretum, don’t you?”
“The management fee here is two million won a month. It must be better maintained than any other arboretum.”
Kyung-ah shouted with a surprised face.
“This… two hundred? Oh my God… what kind of maintenance fee is as expensive as the monthly rent of any luxury apartment?”
“haha. Security service, you can eat dishes prepared by famous hotel chefs, and there’s even a park right behind the house. Besides, he takes care of all the housekeeping, so it’s worth it because there’s nothing I can do about it.”
“Your brother doesn’t even live here. But are you saying you are paying 2 million won a month?”
“I am not paying. Kowon Electronics is giving it to me.”
“..because it’s a large company, the welfare is good…I want to join Kowon Electronics too…”
I burst into laughter at the words Kyung-a muttered with a blank expression.
“haha. No matter how large a company Kowon Electronics is, would it give its employees this kind of welfare? It’s just that the treatment I get is a little special.”
Kyung-ah blushed and replied.
“Uh… of course it is. I know… I just did it.”
“Yeah… it’s right… Fuhaha.”
“Stop laughing! This man!”
We arrived at House No. 1 while flirting with Kyung-a.
Townhouses ‘New World’ were lined up sideways along the beach.
Among them, the innermost house with three floors was number one.
After parking and getting out of the car, Kyung-a saw an elevator in front of her and widened her eyes.
“Is there an elevator in the house?”
“What are you going to play with this? Doesn’t everyone in the original house have an elevator?”
“..oppa…you know you look really unlucky right now?”
“haha. Let’s go in.”
When I got on the elevator and went up to the second floor, I saw a marble floor that was so shiny that I thought it would slip when I stepped on it, and a soft carpet on it.
Kyung-a saw the 40-inch LCD TV, which Kowon Electronics had been producing since the end of last year, lying in the middle of the living room, and ran in front of it.
“Wow! This is a very big TV. How. The shape is also very pretty.”
Uncles and aunts were not much different from Kyung-a.
I was too busy looking around, so I left it alone, and was only able to unpack it 30 minutes after arriving.
Ki-moon Yang frowned upon hearing the performance report of Ki-hoon Choi, head of Hwansung Electronics’ PC business.
“Vice President Choi. The PC division didn’t do very well during that time, but at least it wasn’t a loss. 20 billion deficit, why did it suddenly happen?”
“..because of D-Tab.”
“D-Tab? What does that have to do with our PC business? D-Tab is a portable product, and our main product is a desktop PC. The two have completely different personalities, so how can you say it’s because of D-Tab?”
“The reason people buy desktops instead of tablets or laptops that they can simply carry around is that desktop PCs perform better. However, although D-Tab is a portable product, its performance is far better than that of a desktop PC. In particular, the recently released D-Tab3 is equipped with a Drill 3 CPU that greatly surpassed the Pentium Leon, the highest-end product of Wontel, and is taking away a significant portion of the demand for desktop purchases.”
Yang Ki-moon stroked his chin with a serious expression.
“Hmm… is that so?”
Yang Ki-moon, who had been in trouble for a while, opened his mouth.
“Vice President Choi. Can’t a drill CPU be used on a desktop?”
