The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

242. God of Coding (Complete)

Hoyoung had the biggest concern about retirement in terms of work.

‘Will the company really run well without me?’

The year of 1999, when Hoyoung lived a life of living without going to work, was like the last experiment to solve that question.

And the experiment was successful.

The systems that Hoyoung had built over 10 years, and the many people who made up those systems, had the ability to carry out their duties 100% in their place.

‘Thanks to that, it’s been a while since I left Kronos.’

Hoyoung completely withdrew from development after Chronos 99 in 1998.

However, it would not be an exaggeration to say that regardless of Hoyoung’s participation, Cronos already dominated the entire earth.

The penetration rate of personal PCs, which started in the early 1990s, has grown explosively and now exceeds 50% worldwide in the year 2000, and it is now impossible to work without a computer in a company or individual office.

And Kronos had a market share of over 90%.

Cronos has already taken a considerable share in one part of life.

However, H&H was not completely successful, but it was that it was not showing great power in the so-called office war.

Hangeul 98. And Hangeul Office, which bundled Hancell and Hanshow, had a disappointing share of 70 to 30 compared to Microsoft’s Office, which gave up operating system development and focused on office development.

But Hoyoung didn’t care about that.

This is because H&H was already an insignificant company except for the operating system.

H&H’s game division, led by Kim Jin-taek, was already making its name known all over the world beyond Korea, and furthermore, it had the world’s best technologies, including security programs, servers, and cloud systems.

And to be honest, although Hoyoung still has the largest share in H&H, strictly speaking, it was a company created with seniors, not his own.

Ho Young-man’s company was Hermes Group, no matter what anyone said.

Hermes Group introduced optical LAN services to Korea and the United States and stood tall as the world’s leading telecommunications company.

This is because they have already spread incredibly fast internet not only to major Asian countries such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, but also to Europe represented by France, Germany and the UK.

Also, as smart phones are starting to spread, Hermes Telecom’s wireless communication technology was sure to shine even more.

Hoyoung decided that the focal point of all of this was the launch of the smartphone.

Human life will be divided before and after the release of the smartphone, and even without Hoyoung’s involvement, it was thought that a smartphone would naturally create an environment where numerous companies compete with each other and develop further.

That’s why he tried so hard to accelerate the development of the smartphone, and eventually he did it.

Hoyoung said that he would organize everything and retire, but he did not intend to disappear from the world at all.

Hoyoung intended to live as a developer by constantly creating, testing, and releasing the programs he wanted to make.

The fact that he dared to say the word “retirement” was nothing more than an act of promising himself that it was time to stop intervening in human history.

I was worried about the opinion of Su-min, who had just been married, but fortunately, that was for nothing.

Su-min understood Ho-young’s thoughts a hundred times and replied that he would help Ho-young find true happiness.

Thanks to that, Hoyeong was able to gather more courage.

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In his office on the top floor of the Hermes Group headquarters, Hoyoung packed only the necessary items and put them in a box.

Although he hadn’t come in for the last few years, he had worked here for at least a few years before that, and Hoyeong had few things to pack.

When I retired from a drama or movie, I remembered leaving the company with a box full of arms, and I had been looking for a sturdy box, but the box was not even half full.

Hoyoung took a light box and looked around the office for the last time.

I will never enter this room again.

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Just then, the door to the president’s office opened, and several men entered.

They were all happy faces.

“Ho Young-ah. Are you going?”

“yes. senior.”

“hey. too much. When you go, can’t you just say hello and go?”

“I know. How long have we been together Whenever I see you, I think of you very much.”

Contrary to what they say, their affection for Ho-young is evident from their facial expressions.

They were Hoyoung’s seniors, including Lee Jin-chan, Kim Jin-taek, and Kim Joo-jeong.

“No, just because I’m retiring means I’m not working at the company, it doesn’t mean I’m going to cut off contact with my hyungs. I gave everyone a smartphone as a gift, so you can call them. No, if you want to see it, you can make a video call.”

Hoyoung asked back with a puzzled expression, but the seniors’ expressions showed clear regret.

“Still, isn’t it different from being able to see each other’s faces like this every day and having a drink in the evening often because you’re in a place where you can touch your nose if you fall face down?”

“Oh, I’m not moving, and if you want to see me, you can come to Bundang and call me.”

Hoyeong also said it as if nothing was wrong, but he already knew what the seniors were trying to say.

Aside from the fact that Hoyeong is not working, it must be the feeling of emptiness and regret that comes from not belonging to the same group as them.

“okay. Hoyoung. You should contact me often. envy you you are white now You will have plenty of time to drink, come out when I call. haha. Oh, of course, ask Sumin for permission, haha.”

When the atmosphere was about to become depressed, Lee Jin-chan shivered and tried to change the atmosphere.

“By the way, do you have any short-term plans now? You won’t just be at home.”

“I want to go to America.”

“USA?”

“yes. Do you know Smith’s representative in the United States? This time, as I retired, Smith decided to retire as well. Sumin and the Smiths decided to travel all over the United States and do a bit of an American tour.”

“In the end, you decided to do it. He is also a very capable person.”

For a moment, they talked about Hoyoung’s plans for the future.

Then I wanted to stop talking for a while… Soon, he too became sentimental and opened his mouth to Hoyoung again.

“Hoyeong-ah.”

“yes. senior.”

“Thank you.”

Hoyoung asked at Jinchan’s unexpected words.

“yes? What?”

“It’s just everything. I’m the representative of H&H because you took care of me because I’m the oldest, but in the end, I think you were our focal point. Maybe if it weren’t for you… Aren’t we all scattered and doing different things by now?”

Hoyoung almost agreed to his words for a moment.

In fact, in the world where Hoyoung once lived, everyone would enter different companies or start their own companies.

“From the computer research club room to now. It really couldn’t have happened without you. On behalf of all of us, I would like to thank you. Thank you, Hoyoung.”

Hoyoung knows better than anyone that they are sincere.

Because he was sincere in his heart thinking of them now.

The seniors said that they couldn’t have come this far without Ho-young, but this was what Ho-young wanted to say on the contrary.

‘Could I have come this far without these people?’

This was a thought he had been thinking about for a long time, and Hoyeong’s conclusion had been drawn long ago.

“senior. Thanks to the seniors, I was able to come this far happily and happily. I am grateful.”

Even though they were over thirty now, they eventually shed tears.

The sincerity of caring for each other.

Given that there are so many people with whom he can share his sincerity, Hoyoung thought he could say that this life has already been successful.

As Ho-young’s next chairman, Kim Ju-jeong, who was in charge of the president, decided to take over, and Mi-ru decided to assume the position of vice chairman of Hermes Group.

He wanted to retire and travel to the US with Ho-young, but his wife, Hee-jin, opposed it.

In fact, Ho-young recommended Mi-ru to be the chairman because he knew everything about Ho-young, having been with him like a shadow, but Mi-ru calmly judged that his ability was not up to that level, and was satisfied with the position of vice-president who could support Kim Joo-jung instead. did.

“So far, thank you very much. And I wish you better in the future.”

Everyone hugged at Hoyoung’s words.

But everyone was well aware of it.

That the time that has come so far is only a tiny fraction of their life.

And that the time remaining is even longer and more important…

With the seniors seeing him off, Hoyeong left work for the last time.

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The world changes rapidly.

And at the core of that change, there is an event or person that can be called the nucleus of change.

From the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel to the invention of the steam engine.

Newton, Einstein, and Yun Ho-young.

25 years seems far away, but time has passed.

One day in 2025.

Once again, the world was buzzing with the name Yun Ho-young.

“So. The reason we came all this way today is because Dr. Ho-Young Yoon, who retired 25 years ago, decided to appear in public today?”

“Yeah dude. If you are a reporter in the IT department, you should listen to the news quickly and study history. How long are you going to live like that?”

Two reporters were having a conversation in a presentation room.

The place where they are is the presentation room prepared in the ‘Yoon Ho-young Memorial Hall’ established by the Hermes Group.

The Hermes Group started distributing a press release a month ago, saying, “Dr. Ho-Young Yoon, who retired 25 years ago, will return with technology that will surprise the world once again.” As a result, numerous reporters and numerous audiences gathered here. .

“Even though I don’t know much about IT because I came here from the Political Department, I know the name of Dr. Ho-Young Yoon well. I heard it appears in textbooks these days? He is the one who made the world’s first smart phone and laid the foundation for high-speed Internet, turning Korea into an IT powerhouse.”

“right. Well, if you don’t know Dr. Yun Ho-young in Korea, you’ll hear spies.”

“By the way, if you retired 25 years ago, aren’t you very old? He retired when I was five years old, so what…”

The reporter who seemed to be the senior of the two looked at the successor and clicked his tongue.

“Oh, do you really want to study? Send it back to the political department. Dr. Yun Ho-young retired 25 years ago when he was just your age. I’m only fifty-five now It’s still in the middle of the day, if you look at your age.”

“yes? Did you just retire at 30? No, are you saying that you are only 30 years old when you have achieved so many achievements?”

“okay. That’s what it sounds like. He’s that kind of person, so he’s finally able to broadcast simultaneously to the world with an announcement like this… Shh! I guess I’m going to start now.”

As soon as the senior’s words were finished, all the lights were turned off, and only the lights on the stage were turned on.

The young reporter looked up at the stage with a serious face quite different from before.

“everyone. hello? Long time no see.”

At that time, a person suddenly appeared on the stage as if it had come to life.

“uh?! Someone showed up.”

“Looks like it’s starting now!”

“Yoon Ho-young! It’s Yun Ho-young!”

The audience who came to this place were of two types.

People from the industry or academia that dominate the modern era of IT.

And the other is the people who are no different from his fans who remember and remember Ho-young.

But at this moment, both types of people started to get excited.

“First of all, I would like to express my infinite gratitude to the Hermes family and the H&H family for creating this event. And I would also like to thank my wife, Sumin, who has no days off from taking care of me and my children for the rest of her life.”

On stage, Hoyoung calmly began to tell her story.

It wasn’t even an announcement of great skill.

I’m just talking to the audience calmly.

Still, it wasn’t a topic that would become a huge topic again.

The story that the weather is so changeable these days that it is difficult to do fishing as a hobby recently, the story that it is very fortunate that all the epidemics that have been prevalent around the world since around 2020 have all been put to an end in the fall of 2021 with one heart, etc…

‘What on earth did you call us to talk about?’

‘Is this all? Is it just because of this that the Hermes group made such a fuss?’

People started to wonder what this was doing in their minds.

I thought I would bring something great to say that it was the return of Hoyoung, a genius developer, the father of smartphones, and an eye to see the future, but this was very disappointing.

However, at that time, the senior reporter felt a sense of incongruity on stage.

‘what? What the hell is so strange about it? Is this because of disappointment in Yun Ho-young…?’

While he was thinking about it while looking only at the stage, his successor said to himself in a low voice.

“Wow···. You look really great. The real thing is much better than the picture. But is that face right now that of a 55-year-old man? Exactly the same as what you saw in the picture! Same.”

And at that moment, he was able to realize the identity of this sense of incongruity.

“uh?! That’s right! Ha, I’m not old at all. Chairman Yun Ho-young’s face on stage right now is his face in his 20s!”

The voice of the senior reporter must have been loud, and the people around him started to hear his story.

When the buzz gradually spreads and all the audience in the presentation room look at the stage with eyes full of questions.

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A middle-aged man sitting behind him tapped him on the shoulder and said.

“haha. I didn’t worry about when I had to go out, but thanks to that, it made things easier. I’ll give you a present, so let’s talk about it one more time when we go out. I will leave my first interview to the reporter.”

And the middle-aged man jumped up from his seat and shouted toward the stage.

“Gaia! great job. You don’t have to act anymore.”

“Yes, Hoyoung.”

And Hoyoung’s body seemed to sway slightly on the stage, but before she knew it, it changed into a beautiful woman dressed in a suit.

Even her voice had changed from Hoyoung’s to a woman’s voice that matched her appearance.

Tumble, Tumble.

Even while the middle-aged man was stepping up on the stage, the audience couldn’t help but watch him without saying a word.

The middle-aged man on stage was already over 50, but he was a middle-aged man with an actor-like aura.

“everyone. Greetings again. This is Yun Ho-young!”

Still, the audience just stared blankly up at the stage, bewildered.

“And let me introduce you. This is the perfect artificial intelligence Gaia! Before this presentation began, I made a ‘favor’ to Gaia. With my youthful appearance and my voice, I ask Gaia to ‘think’ and ‘judge’ what she would say on stage if she were me, and then ‘act’ on stage.”

“hello. Take good care of me. This is Gaia.”

Gaia bowed her head, but the audience did not respond.

after a moment of silence.

“Wow! crazy it’s crazy. Aside from the realistic hologram technology, are you saying the artificial intelligence acted on its own?”

“Request? Did you hear that I’m asking you now? A favor to artificial intelligence? It’s not even a movie!”

“I don’t know, I don’t know anything. But I know one thing. Yun Ho-young made history again today!”

For a while, people’s reactions continued.

Hoyoung leisurely waited for their reaction to subside before opening his mouth again.

“Artificial intelligence technology has endless uses. The smart phone you use, the wearable smart devices you wear and wear these days, as well as industrial sites, self-driving cars, etc… everyone. welcome. Welcome to a new world with perfect artificial intelligence!”

The audience was enthusiastic about Hoyoung’s words.

And it seemed that this enthusiasm would not abate for some time.

Hoyoung, who had left while applauding, returned with such tremendous cheers.

In the future, when people think of him, they will think of many things.

richest man in the world.

Or the romanticist husband of a woman called the godmother of the Korean music industry.

Or the father of the smartphone.

And the god of coding.

The world has never forgotten him and will always remember him.

Hoyoung’s achievements are not a page in history, but an ongoing one.