# 326
The Legend of Return
Chapter 326. The end of the dinosaurs
“They say that the welfare is extraneous (後生可畏), but the mystery is getting more and more clear. Representative Jang~.”
“Please feel free to talk like you used to. It is thanks to the chairman who takes care of us both physically and mentally.”
‘It’s amazing to see. How can it change like that every day?’
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol sincerely admired Jang Tae-san, who smiled brightly.
It’s only been a few months since we first met, but people have changed again.
As soon as I saw Jang Tae-san, the memory of being surprised came back to me.
It was Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, who had met people in the political and business world who were said to be the best in Korea.
Chairman Lim has never met a man with such kind of eyes and energy at his age.
The more I looked at it, the better it looked and the better it looked.
There was no lightness or awkwardness of the image created by young people of the same age.
There was a sense of composure enough to be revealed at the level of the chairman of a conglomerate.
It went deeper without even looking into his eyes.
The charisma that overwhelms people was subtly emitted.
If it was someone other than Chairman Lim Seong-cheol himself, he would not have been able to speak to him because of Jang Tae-san’s momentum.
‘He’s grown up again.’
Chairman Lim, who has an accurate eye for seeing people, reevaluated Jang Tae-san.
Internally and externally, the growth was frighteningly fast.
I don’t know what happened, but Jang Tae-san’s heavy confidence was transmitted infinitely.
Anyone can see that he is young, but Chairman Lim never treated him carelessly.
It was like that from the first meeting.
He became friends with world-renowned investor Robert Ryan even at a young age.
After that day of drinking, foreign capital investment in Ohjung stocks began in earnest.
It was clear that he was to take on the role of Oh Jung’s white knight, as Jang Tae-san had said.
The financial crisis in the United States caused stocks in all countries, including the United States, to fluctuate.
Still, Ojeong stocks were steadily bought by foreigners.
It was reported that Jang Tae-san also owns Ojeong shares.
Everyone else was in a frenzy because they couldn’t sell their stocks, but Jang Tae-san was different.
Jang Tae-san’s investment changes the course of the ceremony.
Despite his young age, his words were full of weight.
‘A fool who doesn’t recognize such a talented person…!’
Suddenly, swearing toward his son Lim Jun-yong burst out.
After getting a good impression, he hit the candle.
Lim Jun-yong was still immature in seeing people.
He was angry with Jang Tae-san and broke golf.
After that, his son Lim Jun-yong has not been contacted.
On the other hand, Jang Tae-san is growing day by day.
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol had a bitter taste.
More than anyone else, he was cold-hearted in his evaluation of his children.
However, bloodlines were not able to do anything despite the cold evaluation.
‘Should I hand over the stake to Yoona earlier?’
On the other hand, the evaluation of the youngest Im Yoon-ah, who recognized Jang Tae-san’s ability, became more favorable.
I heard that Jang Tae-san and I are still texting each other these days.
Not too long ago, we received reports that they had spent one night together in the US.
There were many women around Jang Tae-san, but Chairman Lim Seong-cheol did not care.
Chairman Lim also had several lovers as well as concubines.
My daughter knows that too.
“Is Yoona doing well?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol naturally lowered his words as Jang Tae-san asked.
“I saw you recently. It sounds like you have a lot of academic stress.”
“okay?”
“I’m thinking of visiting Johann one more time.”
The answer Chairman Lim Seong-cheol wanted came from Jang Tae-san.
“Yoona is wild and smart. Unlike the other guys, he knows how to respect elders.”
“Your parents are nice too.”
“yes? heh heh heh It’s because he resembles me.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol smiled heartily.
However, Jang Tae-san kept his mouth shut.
It was an atmosphere of complete disagreement.
“Chairman, what’s wrong? You’re not the kind of person who would be idle like this in broad daylight at the end of the year…”
“I called because CEO Jang suddenly wanted to see him. There are days in life when you want to eat pork belly with soju.”
This is a long-established samgyeopsal restaurant that Chairman Lim Seong-cheol uses several times a year.
It was around the end of the year lunch, so there were a lot of people outside, but no one was inside.
In the kitchen, only the restless owner and the bodyguards standing in front of the door were visible.
Chee-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I.
Jang Tae-san grilled the meat.
As if he had grilled some meat somewhere, he ordered pork belly dripping with gravy.
“Take a drink first.”
“thank you.”
Jang Tae-san accepts the soju handed over by Chairman Lim Seong-cheol.
Even during the day, he did not refuse.
again rorororok.
After a moment of silence, the glass filled up.
“Have a drink.”
Jang Tae-san poured himself a drink.
“Let’s meet again with a smile next year.”
“Be healthy.”
The two clinked glasses and drank.
“Big~.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol poured bitter soju into his mouth and frowned.
Bitter soju like life that comes to mind sometimes.
I drank it when I was curious when I was young.
In a strict family environment, he lived without access to ordinary food such as pork belly.
It was banned from the diet altogether because it was not healthy because of the overflowing oil.
Former Chairman Oh Jeong-eui strictly controlled everything including Lim Seong-cheol’s diet before he was alive.
Lim Seong-chul, who later succeeded the former chairman as the group chairman, wanted to eat pork belly on a mukbang TV.
That way, I contacted the secretary’s office to find a pork belly restaurant and tasted it for the first time.
It was this restaurant.
After that day, I drank soju with pork belly several times a year.
I drank alone, not allowing anyone to come near me.
When you have a hard day or it rains, think of a glass of soju and savory, greasy pork belly.
When I lost my appetite, I craved this more than any delicacies.
These days, when group crisis signals are detected everywhere, I thought of soju more.
I also wanted to see Jang Tae-san.
So called.
“Are you having a hard time these days?”
Jang Tae-san asked while he was grilling the meat.
“I’m the only one having a hard time~. When America gets a cold, developing countries get the flu or pneumonia.”
Oh Jeong-do, the No. 1 Korean group, was not free from the financial crisis that originated in the United States.
Semiconductors and cell phones, which are the main exports of Ohjung Electronics, faced a crisis.
When the economy contracts, sales of high-priced consumer goods such as large TVs, home appliances and computers decrease.
Consumer sentiment shrinks when the future is uncertain.
In particular, the rapid decline in mobile phone market share was painful to the bone.
Chairman Lim Seong-chul was shocked when he saw a smartphone called iFun.
I tried to follow suit, but it wasn’t easy.
Many of the patents were owned by Apple.
The biggest problem was the operating system.
Oh Jung, who was just taking his first steps, and mobile phone makers around the world tasted despair before they even started in earnest.
I didn’t think that computer functions would be built into mobile phones so quickly.
Hardware, like the camera and call quality, could follow straight away.
However, it was not an easy problem to develop a program that integrates hardware to perform stable functions.
“Big.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol poured the bitter soju into it again.
“Eat.”
Jang Tae-san presented the pork belly wrap with green onion and pepper garlic.
The young guy was quick-witted.
“Thank you. Representative Jang.”
Among the children, only Im Yoon-ah was as kind as Jang Tae-san now.
Unlike the daughters, the son lacked notice or consideration.
Jang Tae-san smiled brightly.
“A glass of alcohol after work tastes like honey.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol, who was savoring pork belly with wraps in his mouth, suddenly had doubts.
Reports on Jangtaesan came up from time to time.
There was a story that all stocks invested, including Oh Jung, became negative.
It was strange if that was true.
Jangtaesan Mountain in front of me now didn’t look shrunken at all.
He also said that he hadn’t done anything lately.
However, the expression and momentum were close to a confident expression, as if having had a big bang.
‘There’s something…’
With a businessman’s intuition, Chairman Lim Seong-cheol tried to figure out Jang Tae-san.
However, Jang Tae-san was obsessed with eating and drinking delicious pork belly and soju.
He didn’t show any signs of hesitation just because he was in front of Chairman Lim Seong-cheol.
“President.”
At that time, Jang Tae-san called Chairman Lim Seong-cheol.
“huh?”
“Just do what you do.”
“What do you mean?”
“Aren’t you worried about iFun right now?”
“!!!”
“It’s the US financial crisis, there is the Fed, so it won’t go bankrupt, and the semiconductor market can take advantage of this opportunity and eat chicken as usual.”
“Grunt…..”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol looked at Jang Tae-san with an absurd gaze at the word chicken.
During the economic downturn, Oh Jeong’s long-term goal was to press down the same industry with price and volume with overwhelming capital and technology.
aka the game of chicken.
Quite a few semiconductor companies were hit by a counter punch from Jung Oh and collapsed.
Japanese electronics companies were representative.
However, no one said anything like that in the interview with Chairman Lim Seong-cheol.
I ordered direct execution, but it didn’t sound good.
In that respect, Jang Tae-san was unstoppable.
‘How far is this child’s ability? The iFun problem… did you know?’
I confirmed that I am friends with Robert Ryan, but I was surprised again today.
The mobile phone market has not collapsed yet.
The iFun craze did not reach Korea.
iFun, which was trying to enter the country, was blocked through a formal procedure called radio wave authentication.
It used the power of the five strokes that were eaten by the administration.
I’ve heard that Apple’s owner, Stephen Matthews, is on a rampage.
Still, I had no choice but to survive.
The IT industry is a market that cannot be recovered once collapsed.
“I don’t like chicken…..”
“I do. Only those who survive in the world of weak meat become masters. Is it a sin to have power?”
“is it?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol was in a good mood at Jang Tae-san’s heartwarming words.
“But… the problem is that it’s both an advantage and a weakness.”
“problem?”
Chairman Lim Seong-chul’s eyebrows twitched at the words behind him.
“Can I give you some cheeky advice?”
“…Let’s try. And isn’t that what you’re doing anyway?”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol responded calmly.
The taste of soju was sweet and bitter.
It is because Jang Tae-san learned the truth about the taste of soju, that the taste changes depending on the mood.
“Isn’t it easy to catch up with Apple?”
“Business management is not always easy. Especially since the IT side changes every day…”
“Didn’t you know there was an opportunity?”
“opportunity? What chance?”
“Didn’t Google’s own Android reach out first at noon?”
“huh? What does that mean? Andrade reach out to us? when?”
It was the first time Lim Seong-cheol had heard it.
He was the owner of Ohjung Group, but he was not the owner of Ohjeong Electronics.
I didn’t know the details of the subsidiaries.
‘Did Andrade really reach out to us?’
Looking at Jang Tae-san’s expression, it didn’t seem like he was lying.
He was young, but he wasn’t the type to talk nonsense.
Lim Seong-cheol’s appetite became more bitter.
“Andrade was unveiled at OHA (Open Handset Alliance) last November. Based on the Linux 2.6 kernel, we know that it provides a new operating system, various multimedia interfaces, and several special libraries. Internet and messenger functions have been added to mobile phones, making them interoperable with future IT technologies. He’s a very charming and explosive guy.”
Andrade’s strength is that he spit it out while drinking soju.
Lim Seong-cheol found that it was consistent with the report he received a while ago.
It was the knowledge of a representative of an investment company.
“In addition, we made it available to anyone by making the source code public. Developers will jump into this lucrative market. Smartphones will rule the world more than you think.”
Jang Tae-san affirms.
“Anyway, it’s just one type of mobile phone that’s evolving. What is the nature of a cell phone? Call and message delivery. I can’t get out of that category yet. Nokia is preparing like that, and consumers will find it interesting, but curiosity is short-lived. And in terms of price, it’s too expensive. You don’t know, but just looking at the report, the price is inevitably formed from at least 800,000 won to 1 million won.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol calmly explained the realistic problem.
“This time, the president is wrong.”
“what? Am I wrong?”
“If the price is released a lot, it is natural that it will go down according to mass production. Calls and messages? It’s important. But consumers are ready to swim in a sea of new information. Imagine having the Internet in the palm of your hand. Then all the content will also come in there. Sooner than you think.”
“haha. Because I’m right. It will take at least five years.”
“It perishes in it.”
“Damned? Ojeong?”
“The president has a lot of wisdom and is quick to make decisions. Employees are smart, so they will thrive without going bankrupt. But… the big giant dinosaurs fall.”
“If it’s a giant dinosaur…”
“A Finnish dinosaur.”
“…you are wrong. Nokia is not screwed. It has a high global market share and many loyal customers in Europe. I will endure.”
“Chairman, don’t you know why the dinosaurs perished?”
‘What is this guy talking about?’
“If your brain capacity runs out compared to your gigantic size, it is inevitable that you will fail. In the next five years, Nokia will be taken off the market.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol could not stand it and yelled out loud.
Nokia wasn’t such a company.
Their new technology was often hard to follow.
It was by no means big enough to be ruined in a few years.
Sales and net profit were also huge.
Tiri-ri-li-li-li-li-li-li.
Just then, Jang Tae-san’s cell phone rang.
“Wait a minute… Excuse me.”
Jang Tae-san held up his cell phone and pressed the call button.
“Everybody got together? okay. I’ll go right in.”
Jang Tae-san talking on the phone with a company employee.
“President. You can go all the way out like you did now. I have a prior appointment, so I have to get up.”
Jang Tae-san gets up from his seat in front of a tycoon in the business world, using a pre-arranged promise as an excuse.
“Go see.”
“see you next time.”
Jang Tae-san lowers his head briefly and disappears outside.
“You look like a cheeky guy…”
Seongcheol Lim licked his lips.
He said he was cocky, but his heart was complicated.
It was not easy to ignore the topic raised by Jang Tae-san.
“A dinosaur with a running brain…”
Jang Tae-san’s words stuck in his heart.
When I insisted on quality management, I remembered the image of the management who protested.
I felt the same way now as at that time.
‘This means that our group is also a brain-running dinosaur…’
Jang Tae-san compared Nokia, but at the same time issued a warning about 5 o’clock.
From the perspective of Chairman Oh Jeong, who practices talent management, it was a painful advice.
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol picked up his cell phone.
I had a guess.
And press and hold the speed dial.
“It’s Hansoo.”
– yes! President!
“Did you know that Android developers came to Ohsung Electronics?”
– ….yes. It seems that you have been reported.
“But why didn’t you see me!!!”
Chairman Lim Seong-cheol was angry.
It was normal for any important matter to be reported to the president’s office.
– That’s what the executive director….. took care of it with the whole decision.
“What? Junhyung!!!”
