The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

93. The beginning of a legend (2)

“Linise?”

“You know? Have you read that manga?”

Unfortunately, Ho-yeong had heard the name Linez, but had never seen the cartoon.

No, not only Hoyeong, but most of the people who did not know that Linenz was based on romance comics.

“no. I’ve never read it, but I know the atmosphere roughly.”

“okay? Although Linez is a cartoon, it is a fantasy masterpiece with great narration. The vast worldview and the tightly woven relationships between the characters…”

Kim Jin-taek briefly praised Linez, and Ho-young listened silently to the story before opening his mouth.

“Senior, do you really want to make a game based on that manga?”

“right. It’s because everything from the story to the worldview is well-organized.”

“I know. I will.”

“really?”

Kim Jin-taek did not hide his happy expression.

“Actually, I knew you would say no. You are very busy, and there is an atmosphere inside our company that discourages development, saying that there is a risk of stealing users because the genre is the same as the legend of the wind.”

“I don’t think you need to worry too much about that. After all, the target audience is different. The legend of the wind should be serviced targeting users of a lower age and female users with cute graphics and casualness, and Linenze should target users in their late 20s to 30s or older who will now play games in earnest. I will.”

“right! Even though I say that, everyone doesn’t understand?”

Currently, the marketing of online games has not yet been properly established.

It was natural in a way that people couldn’t take that into account.

“ruler. Then I guess I’ll have to go get the copyright for that manga first.”

“Copyright?”

Kim Jin-taek didn’t seem to understand Ho-young’s words at once.

‘The level of copyright is at this level, so that kind of thing has no choice but to happen.’

Currently, Korea’s copyright consciousness has reached the bottom and is almost non-existent.

Linez also made an unprecedented hit after starting the service, but later a discord with the original author occurred because they did not sign a proper copyright contract.

At that time, the original author filed a lawsuit claiming the right to the end, and eventually even related stocks were hit, and eventually an agreement was reached on the condition of a lump sum payment of 1 billion in cash, a significant number of company stocks, and treatment as an executive at the executive director level. there was.

“Copyrights are important. If copyrights are not properly arranged, unexpected damage may occur in the future.”

“It’s copyright… So, would it be appropriate if we said that they would give us a percentage of our sales?”

“no. You shouldn’t have a royalty agreement like that, you should have a perpetual attribution agreement. The amount… 300 million won would be appropriate.”

“300 million?!”

Kim Jin-taek screamed in an instant.

300 million was a lot of money to buy two apartments in Gangnam.

“No, you mean you have to pay that much money just to bring a story and a world view?”

“It’s not just a story. The copyright issue is something that needs to be finalized as neatly as possible, even looking ahead 10 or 20 years into the future.”

Kim Jin-taek, in fact, did not fully understand, but soon agreed to Ho-young’s words.

It is because, while living with Ho-yeong for many years, if you follow Ho-yeong’s words, even if you do not see any gains, you will never lose anything.

“Okay. Then I will tell Jin-chan that I will make a related team, and I will solve the copyright issue. Now, the problem is persuading Jin-chan. I am already against the Lineage project, but I have to ask for a budget for copyright fees.”

“Ah, is Jin-chan senior also against it?”

“yes. It looks like they don’t want the development staff splitting up right now. I want you to focus on the legend of the wind for a while.”

“Well···. Yes? Then wait a moment.”

“yes?”

Hoyoung took out a piece of paper from a drawer, signed it, and handed it to Jintaek Kim.

“what’s this? check?”

“yes. 300 million.”

“300 million?”

“I will pay the copyright fee for Lineage. Jin-chan sunbaenim, there must be a lot of other things to worry about right now, but I have to invest some money. Instead, when Linez is developed later, I will recoup the investment.”

Kim Jin-taek grabbed Ho-yeong’s hand.

“Thank you very much. If Jin-chan sunbaenim knows that you think this much, he will allow the project.”

“I am also investing because I think the Lineage project will definitely succeed.”

“Yeah, thank you for thinking that way. Then I should go see Jin-chan first.”

“yes. Please call me to see what the senior answered.”

“i get it. thank you!”

Kim Jin-taek went back to H&H with light steps, and Ho-young thought he had to change his future plans.

In order to make ‘Linez and the Legend of the Wind a global hit, it is urgent to spread the internet around the world. I’ll have to look into senior Ju-Jeong and ADSL technology exports first.’

The game industry is an indispensable huge industry in the IT market.

Of course, entering a game first does not guarantee success, but Hoyoung already knew which games worked well.

And H&H was on its way to success.

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“Did you hear that rumor?”

“What? What else is going on?”

Two office workers dressed in suits were talking while drinking coffee from a vending machine.

“You really don’t know? Haven’t you heard who will be appointed as our boss this time?”

“It’s the first I’ve heard of it. Who the hell are you?”

The man who spoke first lowered his stance and looked around to see if anyone was listening.

“Executive Director Jo Nam-shik.”

The other person who heard the man’s words was dumbfounded and burst out laughing.

“no? Is that what you mean by sneaking up like that? It’s a fact that everyone knew. The fact that Executive Director Jo Nam-shik will later become the president.”

“Because that’s not the end. From the next reorganization, the former has two presidents.”

“What?”

“It’s a co-president system, but with Executive Director Jo Nam-sik and another person…. Jo Jung-sik is the boss.”

“really? Where did you hear that?”

“It’s a story I heard from Miss Choi in the Human Resources Department, so I’m sure.”

The man who heard the story could not easily understand.

This is because President Cho Jung-sik was already sitting in the position of president of the company.

It was managing not only products but also organizations such as insurance and finance.

“Then what about water products?”

“Well, I heard that the president of Electronics wanted to do it so much that he asked the president to go to Electronics even if he gave up everything else. The chairman must have believed in the earnestness of President Cho Jung-sik and told him to transfer only the product position to another executive and go into the former.”

“Wow···. Is it bloody to hear rumors? Then, if there are two presidents, what will the division of duties be like?”

“I think the semiconductor will be executive director Cho Nam-shik, and the rest will be CEO Jo Jung-sik.”

The man who heard the story was empty without knowing it! and sighed.

“Then, will the mobile phone and PC business be entirely owned by CEO Cho Jung-sik?”

“That’s how it is.”

“Wow···. Nam-shik Cho, executive director, did everything he could to save the PC business, but it’s like looking at the roof of a dog chasing chickens.”

“Shh, be careful with your words. It would be a big deal if I heard such a thing in the ears of the managing director.”

The man looked around in surprise for a moment, and when he confirmed that no one was there, he let out a deep sigh.

“Eh, but what would change for low-level employees like us? Let’s have a quick drink and go to work.”

“okay.”

The two men quickly drank coffee and went back to work.

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“father!!”

“noisy. Can’t you go back?”

“I can’t go back if I don’t hear Father’s answer!”

“This guy!”

Jo Hee-chang’s office.

Jo Nam-sik was standing in the middle of the office, like Jeong-seung.

“Didn’t you answer me! Say no! What more do you need?”

“That is not the answer I want to hear.”

“jackanapes. After all, aren’t you asking me to give you the answer you want to hear!”

Jo Nam-sik looked only at Jo Hee-chang and spat out words with difficulty.

“It would be a really big mistake to entrust the former to you. I’m not saying this because I’m a competitor. I am saying this with the company and the group in mind, so please think again.”

Jo Nam-shik said sincerely to Jo Hee-chang.

However, from the point of view of his father, who had raised Jo Nam-sik up until now, Jo Nam-sik’s behavior now seemed to be nothing but a child who was upset that his older brother was doing well.

Jo Hee-chang decided to tell him that he thought it would not be solved by bullying his youngest son.

“Think of Jeongsik’s achievements over the past year. I did not allow you to do the electronic business that you wanted to do from the beginning, and entrusted it to you. Isn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

“Then, didn’t you see well that they created their own software team and produced results for the electronics?”

Jo Nam-shik could not respond to his father’s words.

This is because saying that Jo Jeong-sik had achieved results was the same as saying that he did not achieve results in the end.

The closest person to Jo Jung-sik’s success was Jo Nam-sik himself, who has been losing to him lately.

“that···.”

“That’s not all. As far as I know, the supply of PCs and the Internet to all affiliates of the group is almost complete under the leadership of Jung-sik Lee. Isn’t this what you, the former president of electronics, were supposed to do?!”

Jo Hee-chang spoke in a soft voice this time to his son, who was unable to answer.

“However, I acknowledge your drive and foresight in semiconductors a hundred times. That’s why I want to leave it up to you in the semiconductor industry. But think about it. If Jeong Jeong-i, who was already the president of the company, is demoted to vice president, don’t you know what the public will say? And if you are entrusted with the semiconductor business as a vice president, you will eventually have to follow the direction of the president, Jeongsik Jeong… I didn’t want you to be swayed by Jeongsik when it comes to semiconductors. That’s why they chose the unprecedented system of two presidents. Do you understand this father’s heart?”

Even after hearing Cho Hee-chang’s story, Jo Nam-sik did not answer.

However, unlike the combat atmosphere a moment ago, it felt much more relaxed.

Jo Hee-chang waited for a long time until Jo Nam-shik said something.

After a while.

Jo Nam-sik finally opened his mouth.

“father. Then, if I compete on performance like my brother and win, will I be able to claim the former as my own again?”

A blush appeared on Jo Hee-chang’s face.

What Jo Nam-shik just said was what he wanted to hear so much.

“right! go beyond your brother And win. No, you shouldn’t be full of sexuality to the extent of winning. tread thoroughly To the extent that I will never be able to pass your seat again!”

“All right. Let’s go back.”

Jo Nam-sik took a step that seemed to have been rooted in the spot and went out of the office.

Jo Hee-chang smiled with satisfaction alone.

In order to get such a reaction from Jo Nam-sik, he made a super strong decision to appoint Jo Jung-sik as the president of the electronics company.

“If you were born as a man and don’t get angry enough to have your things taken away from you, then you don’t deserve to be the owner of fame.”

He even liked that Jo Nam-sik was so angry with him.

At some point, no one was angry with themselves.

There was no one who disagreed with his opinion.

I thought that Jo Nam-sik, who was angry with his father and the chairman of Myeongseong, had the boldness.

“ruler. Try sprinting somewhere.”

He was a believer that only stifling competition could lead to great progress.

‘If Namsik overcomes this ordeal, he will surely become a better manager than me.’

Looking at the place where Cho Nam-sik stood, he firmly believed that the future of Myeongseong would be brilliant.

However, he never knew and could not have predicted.

The fact that his choice this time greatly changed the future of his reputation.