Chapter 52
cloud computing
Stock markets around the world were destroyed by the corona, and concerns about a recession were emerging, but it seemed like a story from another world.
He ran a company that grew rapidly every day.
“There are over 1.2 million people waiting for mining.”
“You really care about our company.”
“There may be more people on the waiting list in the future. There are billions of personal computers sitting around the world.”
“It is true. Because it’s a rare era where every household doesn’t have a computer.”
As the number of people waiting for mining increased, the payment amount of Source Coin gradually decreased. And now it was 1 every 4 hours.
A level that is difficult to make a profit with moderate electricity rates.
‘If I did this, Korean miners would hate it.’
I was worried about being criticized by miners, but the public’s reaction was rather the opposite.
―Congratulations! 1 source coin every 4 hours from now on!
-Good luck!
– Totally good news!
-Listen to the toast. We who started mining first are the winners!
―These days, I live for the fun of collecting source coins.
―As mining becomes more and more difficult, it is better to collect and not sell!
―Let’s not sell it for less than $5 hahaha
I never thought that mining rewards would decrease and the price of source coin would rise further.
Those who change source coins to $1 from the company have decreased to less than 3%.
Users from countries other than Korea. Most of them were curious to see if it really worked, so they exchanged money in small amounts.
The meeting that followed every day, the public relations team requested it.
“I want to promote the company. There are many companies in Silicon Valley that need our services.”
After the service was opened, the estimated mining amount was a mistake in the judgment of the PR team. However, the policy of increasing corporate customers and expanding services through publicity was right.
“yes. Proceed.”
The PR team promoted Earth Resource’s services through local California broadcasting and social media. Then, various customers came.
“We would like to contract with Earth Resources to analyze the data we hold.”
“Good. welcome.”
By signing contracts with shopping malls and social media companies and providing high-performance computing, sales were generated little by little.
Twenty thousand dollars, thirty thousand dollars.
The amount of money that can never be seen as small as it is in the early days of the business.
“I think we can sign a contract with Stanford University. There are many research teams waiting for the turn of the supercomputer. However, in order to do business with universities, the price must be lower than that of companies.”
“Do by that way.”
Sourcecoin’s payout rate has been lowered, which has created room for margin.
We partnered with universities and had conversations with various companies for contracts.
Financial transaction system, insurance analysis, simulation, uploaded video analysis, cryptographic system development, manufacturing part analysis.
There were a lot of fields where computers were used, and customers were satisfied with the fact that they paid as much as they used computing resources.
After paying $10,000 to open the channel and not actually using it, there is no charge, so the contract was made quickly.
Excluding BioLife, the surplus due to Source Coin is $30,000 per hour.
As soon as the business started as a startup, it was growing very quickly.
“God. I could make $60,000 an hour if I signed up to the places where the negotiations were going on.”
“I need to earn more in the future.”
I was doing business with enthusiasm, and Eddie came and said.
“Boss, why don’t we build our own data center?”
“A data center?”
“Based on Source Coin, an ultra-high-performance computing environment has been created. We are building a large data server within the company to run the software of the companies we are contracting with. With a decent data center here, we can provide complete cloud computing services to our customers.”
“Cloud Computing Services?”
“yes. It was a concept the boss had originally thought of, right?”
“… … .”
Because of Bio Life, I tried to utilize the computing power that was wasted by coin mining.
It was unthinkable to go all the way to cloud computing services with a market in the tens of billions of dollars.
“Well… … , that is.”
“I really admired the boss! I’ve heard a lot of people say that I’m a genius, but the real genius is the boss. It’s been really innovative to try something like this since we brought in Source Coin!”
“… … .”
It was an atmosphere in which I could not bear to say no.
* * *
Lee Jong-yeop’s time to go to work was exactly 9 o’clock.
Even if you are free to leave work, you strictly adhered to the work hours to give the image that you are working diligently.
“Hello Jaehee!”
“Good morning.”
“yes. The weather is getting warmer.”
I greeted the office staff and female staff in a friendly manner.
After breaking up with Yoo Hye-ri of the support team, he only greeted lightly because he had no intention of dating anyone in the company.
“Aww.”
Lee Jong-yeop sat down in his seat.
Waiting in the office doing simple paperwork.
As the corona worsened, there was nothing to do as the surgery schedule of ophthalmology hospitals was delayed.
It was unreasonable to run a business to buy a surgical machine when I was not performing surgery.
‘I’m very bored.’
11 o’clock.
Company employees went up to the roof.
It was Na Sang-guk, nicknamed the late substitute, who is leading the conversation these days.
Na Sang-guk had become an admirer of Source Coin.
“Are you all buying source coins?”
“sure.”
“Buy everything as it comes out. I even built a mine.”
“A quarry?”
“Hehe. My uncle runs a PC cafe. 60 computers. I rented the whole there and turned it back to mining from the beginning.”
“Wow… … You are amazing. It is not easy to mine because the queue is delayed now.”
There was a lot of talk about investment among co-workers.
Lee Jong-yeop reserved his words when he was with male employees.
Be careful that you need to talk about this and that with a group of men to burn calories.
Among the employees who joined the company two years ago, Kim Shin had become a legend.
“Director Lee, how was it when you were working with senior Kim Shin? Did you have any unusual intuition or insight about stocks back then?”
The tech team, a new employee came to talk.
“Intuition? after. It has already been more than two years since I worked with my older brother.”
When Lee Jong-yeop recalled the past, he felt faint.
It was fun when I joined Arcor, was introduced to hospitals, and worked with Shin Kim in sales.
Having a flirtation with young nurses.
Sometimes I even went on a date with a female doctor.
A time when everything was new and fresh.
I didn’t get bored even when I made mistakes and listened to nagging.
“When I was in business with Kim Shin-hyung, we hardly talked about stocks.”
“sure?”
“It was just fun. I wasn’t just in charge of Gangnam, I traveled all over the country if needed.”
“I must have been really close.”
“We were very close.”
Except for the weekend, we saw each other every day.
While preparing for local business trips and academic conferences, we hung out together even on the weekends.
Growing up as an only child, I felt like an older brother.
‘Company life is so boring.’
Lee Jong-yeop had such thoughts on the roof, feeling the cold wind.
As a salesperson, I thought that a plateau had come.
There’s nothing more to learn, nothing more to do.
Spring is coming soon, but I don’t have the energy to work hard.
As much as corona is getting worse, I’m off work every day at the office.
Even if I get off work at 3pm, no one notices.
“manager.”
“yes?”
In the end, I decided to discuss my concerns with team leader Ahn Myeong-guk.
“I don’t like going to work. It’s so boring and boring.”
“okay? So do I.”
“Yes?”
“Where is the person who likes company life? trying to make a living. If you don’t have anything else to live on, just go.”
“… … .”
Hearing the story of team leader Ahn, who is a terrible realist, will not improve anything.
Lee Jong-yeop left work early and came home with a drink.
While drinking a mixture of beer and soju, I watched YouTube videos.
Games, travel, music, skiing… … .
After watching various videos, the last thing I watched was Kim Shin’s daily life.
In Episode 5, which I have already watched many times, Earth Resource’s business has been active since the first day.
‘When will the 6th episode come out?’
I read the comments.
-Five… … . It’s a source coin, so start mining right away.
– Crazy. It’s really interesting.
―It’s the daily life of a super rich that has nothing to do with me, so what’s fun about this?
-thank you. I made $20 today.
―Everybody, don’t sell source coins. It may increase by at least 30 times.
―If there is a guy who is selling it now to pay for chicken, it is certified as an idiot.
There are many comments, but most of them were favorable towards Kim Shin.
Kim Shin-eun in the YouTube video… … It was different from what I remembered.
Confidence and self-belief attitude.
Creating a company to do something new.
‘I envy you. really… … .’
Lee Jong-yeop drank while recalling the past when he and Kim Shin wandered around Gangnam.
I didn’t know how many bottles of alcohol I had drunk without a proper snack. After drinking for a while, before going to sleep.
I opened my phone and sent a text message.
―Lee Jong-yeop: Wouldn’t it be nice if you took me with you? good at anything
―Lee Jong-yeop: Take it and use it. I’ll even run errands.
Then I fell asleep sitting in my computer chair.
When I woke up at dawn and opened my eyes, my head was pounding and I had a severe headache.
“Oops. Why were you sleeping like this?”
I drank the water from the desk.
YouTube videos were playing automatically, and entertainment programs I had seen before were playing.
“Turn it off.”
Lee Jong-yeop thought of going to the bathroom before going to sleep.
I think he texted Kim Shin something.
‘What was it? uh, please… … !’
There is nothing worse than using a past acquaintance to ask a successful person for a favor.
‘Did I do the thing I hate the most?’
Lee Jong-yeop was surprised and opened his phone.
―Lee Jong-yeop: Wouldn’t it be nice if you took me with you? good at anything
―Lee Jong-yeop: Take it and use it. I’ll even run errands.
Seeing the contents of the text he sent, his face turned red. Such a black history! But below that, there was a reply.
―Kim Shin: Are you coming to America?
―Kim Shin: You are welcome when you come. There aren’t enough people to trust here.
―Kim Shin: Come anytime.
My mind was clear as if I had just woken up from alcohol.
On that day, Lee Jong-yeop submitted his resignation to Ahn as soon as he went to work.
It was a decision I made right after my heart told me to.
“What are you going to do for a living if you quit your job these days?”
In response to Ahn’s question, Lee Jong-yeop smiled and said,
“I decided to go to Kim Shin-hyung. I want to live by doing something next to you.”
ardent realist.
Team leader Ahn opened his mouth in surprise and spoke after a while.
“envy.”
“Yes?”
“Get married and have children. I envy you because you can live as you please.”
* * *
Mirae Motors Chairman Jin Myeong-il took his daughter to a business meeting.
When my elderly father was the chairman of the group, he hadn’t come to visit me for 10 years, but after taking over management rights, he attended every time.
“The corona crisis is serious. I think the economic growth rate will slow down a lot this year.”
“How is the situation with the DK group?”
“This year, we have no choice but to drastically lower our management goals.”
“Imports have been blocked, so it has become difficult to obtain raw and subsidiary materials. The unit cost of production has also increased significantly.”
The meeting of businesswomen was full of people who were screaming in pain.
We will gather public opinion from businessmen and make suggestions to the government about difficulties, but it is difficult for each company to guess how much the aftermath of the corona will be.
“Everyone just says it’s difficult. right?”
Jin Myeong-il asked Jin Yoo-gyeong for his opinion.
“yes. It’s a really tough situation.”
“In what way?”
“Even at our company, if there is a patient at the car factory, production may be disrupted for a week. Not only our company, but also the supply of parts makers may be cut off. A recession in the US or other countries is also a concern.”
“That’s right.”
“Above all, it is difficult to even guess when the corona will end as of now.”
Future automobiles are feeling the crisis, but what about other companies in Korea?
Planned capital investments were canceled or suspended, and employment was reduced.
In the case of future automobiles, there will be no danger as it is a company with a lot of assets and a steady surplus.
“Do you keep in touch with Shin Kim?”
“I do it every day through messenger. I don’t get many replies.”
“You can do that when you are in business.”
“yes. So I understand.”
Since it appeared on the news, people in the business world of Korea have also been talking about Kim Shin.
Wealth that corporate presidents envy.
Some acknowledged it, others treated it like a slob.