When Catherine contacted him asking if he would come to the evening barbecue party, Kim Cheol-soo cheerfully agreed.
My flight was tomorrow afternoon, and anyway, all I could do before going to the airport was drink beer and watch TV in bed.
– okay. Go on time.
Kim Cheol-soo, who was lying on the bed, hung up the phone and smiled.
What if we made food with only fresh ingredients, without seasonings like salt and sugar?
Of course it’s delicious, but it lacks umami.
Kim Cheol-soo thought of relationships as seasoning.
As there are more types of seasonings, the types of dishes become more diverse.
The more relationships you have, the more types of things you can do.
Kim Cheol-soo poured all the remaining beer on the bedside table into his mouth.
He also ran wild with his guitar on the stage of the prodigy.
He also offered Mariam Abacha a contract without compensation.
I also took a risky gamble with Uhuru.
It was agility created by the synergy of long experience, experience, and young brains.
Because if you impress someone, that emotion always brings good relationships.
And Kim Cheol-soo still had one unfinished task.
This is personal investment.
Kim Cheol-soo rolled around on the bed a little more, then got up, called a taxi, and headed to a nearby supermarket 30 minutes away.
All you had to do was physically attend an invitation, but there was no one in the world who didn’t like receiving gifts.
And Kim Cheol-soo was a skilled salesman who had the friendliness to treat people he met for the first time as if they had been friends for decades.
He stopped at a corner of the food section.
What I was looking for caught my eye.
It seemed like quite a few Koreans lived here too.
When Kim Cheol-soo was struggling with loneliness after becoming a wild goose dad, it was a YouTube mukbang that comforted him.
Sometimes, when he needed to eat something but it just wouldn’t go down his throat, Kim Cheol-soo forced himself to eat it, watching them force it down even though it seemed like they were eating so much that it wouldn’t go down their throat.
As a result, I ended up watching foreigners’ mukbangs, and I discovered that they didn’t know much about ‘pork belly’, Korea’s national dish.
It wasn’t until the late 2010s that pork belly became widely known through various channels, and videos began to pour out about foreigners’ reactions to eating pork belly.
In Korea, it was quite an expensive food, to the point where it was called Geumgyeopsal, but in Kim Cheol-soo’s eyes, the price of a 5kg chunk of pork belly was only $12.
As if that wasn’t selling well, it was on sale at a 30% discount.
‘It’s cheap, it’s cheap.’
Kim Cheol-soo began to load up the cart with meat, vegetables, and beer without any pressure.
**
Android’s backyard, where the smell of sausage and meat wafts out.
Andy and Catherine greeted Kim Cheol-soo, who appeared with both hands full of something.
“I’ve been asking for so long, why did you buy so much? “It’s not even a potluck party.”
“Koreans never go to a guest’s house empty-handed.”
As Kim Cheol-soo placed the bundle of envelopes he had brought to one side, Catherine said with a happy expression on her face.
“thank you. “I was already wondering if I should go to the supermarket because there were so many customers.”
“customer?”
Kim Cheol-soo turned his gaze behind them.
Even if there were only 8 employees, he could see more than 20 people.
Catherine said, pointing at Andy with her chin.
“It looks like Andy wanted to show off to someone. “She called everyone she knew around her.”
A person approached them.
He was a man in his 30s, with hair long enough to cover his ears and a sparse beard from when he had shaved, as if he had just come out of the corner of his room watching TV while scratching his groin.
“Is this your friend?”
He pointed at Cheolsu Kim and asked, and Andy nodded.
“huh. “This is my friend.”
Kim Cheol-soo looked at the man closely.
I may or may not have seen it somewhere before.
When the man saw Kim Cheol-soo, he smiled with a happy expression and offered to shake his hand.
“nice to meet you. “It’s Larry Page.”
‘Larry Page? Does that sound familiar? Who is it?’
Kim Cheol-soo also smiled brightly and shook hands with him.
“This is Kim Cheol-su from Korea. “Please call me Charles.”
“Andy, I heard you signed a contract with this guy?”
“That’s it.”
“You’re lucky.”
Larry Page looked at Kim Cheol-soo with competitive eyes and tightened his grip as if provoking him.
However, Kim Cheol-soo was trained through exercise.
As if the clumsy provocation was funny, they laughed and put strength into their hands together.
“Keuhum!”
When Larry Page, whose face was red from pain, relaxed his grip, Kim Cheol-soo tilted his head with an expression as if asking what had happened.
“what’s the matter?”
Larry Page burst out laughing.
Kim Cheol-soo also smiled.
“What a great friend. “What company is it?”
“I work at a place called Hanyoung General Trading Company.”
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“Korea-English general trading company! hmm.”
Larry thought over it once, as if trying to remember.
“Let’s talk again in a bit, Charles.”
When Larry went to where the people were with a can of beer, Kim Cheol-soo looked at Andy and asked.
“who is this? “You only hear my introduction, but you don’t even introduce yourself?”
“He’s become very arrogant after recently announcing his company’s IPO through an online auction. “I guess they think they know who you are if you just say your name.”
It seemed like they were close friends enough to invite him to an event like this, but judging by the way they were talking, he was talking as if they were enemies.
Catherine next to me sighed.
“You and Larry are the same. I’m asking who you are, but Charles won’t be able to understand if you say that, right? Larry Page is one of the founders of Google.”
“ah!”
‘I thought it was a somewhat familiar name!’
Kim Cheol-soo’s face, which skillfully maintained a poker face, was filled with uncontrollable surprise.
“He’s also an unscrupulous guy who wants to acquire this company for $500,000.”
Andy growled.
“So, I called you to show him that his choice was wrong.”
**
Larry Page was surprised by the pork belly dish.
It looked exactly like bacon, but it was light and not salty, and the unique flavor from the strange sauce called ssamjang went so well with the meat.
The joy of trying something new also played a big part.
I thought it would be good for my health if I ate it with fresh vegetables.
“It’s unique.”
“Once your mouth gets used to it, you might not be able to hold back the thought of it and run to a Korean restaurant.”
“okay?”
Larry was filled with curiosity as he watched Kim Cheol-soo cooking.
‘I heard you came three days ago.’
It was a surprisingly great friendliness.
In particular, Larry was deeply impressed by Kim Cheol-soo, who was friendly to even Catherine, who was difficult for him to deal with, as if they had known each other for a long time.
‘He’s a very adaptable person. He speaks English very well.’
Even though Larry was thinking that, he said something else with his mouth.
“Why are trading companies reaching out to IT companies?”
After Andy’s bragging call, Larry called Sergey over and had a long rant about the dullness of Google’s management.
I canceled my schedule and came to see if Andy would change his mind, but I didn’t know how to change Andy’s mind.
“The company management must have a good reason for that. “I’m just an employee who comes to work, Larry.”
“CEOs are usually the ones who make the move when signing contracts like this, but seeing as they sent you, it looks like they are gaining a lot of trust.”
“Well, a little.”
Kim Cheol-soo did not deny it.
“What are you thinking? Are you planning to grow the android and resell it?”
“I don’t think it’s a story worth answering. “Would you like to try ssam with roasted garlic and mushrooms?”
After receiving the wrap handed to him by Kim Cheol-soo, Larry recalled the business card he had received earlier and asked another question.
“Assistant manager (acting manager)?”
“huh.”
After hearing the answer, Larry put the wrap in his mouth.
You’re working on a contract worth ten million dollars, and you’re an assistant manager?
I thought there was only one case where things worked like this.
It is difficult for this young-looking Asian person to be given this authority without planning a related project.
‘You’re pretending not to know.’
If Hanyoung Corporation was truly assessing the value of Android accurately, I thought that Google might have to spend more money than expected.
Larry stuffed the ssam into his mouth.
‘It tastes good.’
**
The party was in full swing, and the excited employees brought out their guitars and sang.
Andy, Catherine, Larry, and Cheolsu sat at separate tables, drinking beer and talking.
“But why did you name it Google?”
“It was originally a googol. Sergei made a stupid mistake while registering the domain and it became Google. “How could you have left out an O!”
“Googol?”
“It means 10 to the power of 100. I thought that if you combined all the web pages in the world, it would be that much. “It started with the ambition to collect them all.”
“I see. You’re very successful now. “What are you thinking about these days?”
“I’m so busy that I often don’t even know what I’m thinking.”
Larry spoke with a grin and lifted the can of beer, and Cheolsu Kim nodded and lifted the can.
The four of them lightly clinked beer cans.
“If the IPO wasn’t an online auction, I would have invested.”
“Is it okay to buy stocks now?”
“It looks like it’s full of bubbles?”
“Bubbles! “It’s undervalued.”
Andy, who was quietly listening to the two, spoke.
“How about investing in Android?”
Catherine, whose face turned red from drinking too much beer, glared at Andy.
She believed that she should not lose more than the stake if she was to consider the benefits later when the business goes well and an IPO like Google is done.
“I have enough money. Andy.”
“of course! by the way.”
Andy looked at Kim Cheol-soo and Larry in turn, then pointed his finger at Larry.
“This bastard. “Today was the first time I saw someone like this sticking next to someone like a leech.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Catherine. You don’t know about this guy, but I know a guy named Larry. Even when this bastard took over Blogger last year, he was persistently looking for the founder of Fire Labs. If you’re not interested, it won’t stick to you like a leech. And the fact that he’s getting this guy’s attention means he has some special ability.”
Larry looked puzzled.
‘This kid has this kind of side to him? It’s surprisingly sharp, isn’t it?’
Catherine asked as she opened a new can of beer.
“so?”
“If we laugh and talk like this and break up, we might become strangers. But if you make them investors, you have a reason to call them as much as you want when you want to see them and when you need them, right?”
“…What do you want to say?”
“When I was having a hard time, I contacted Charles… what should I say? “I think you can receive great comfort.”
“Ugh.”
Catherine sighed in frustration as she saw Andy answering with firm eyes.
I was well aware that Andy felt a human attraction to Kim Cheol-soo, but it was not a good idea to connect business with a personal relationship.
But when I looked at Andy’s eyes, I felt that he would definitely do it.
‘f*cking stubborn!’
Kim Cheol-soo said with a smile.
“If possible, I personally would like to invest in Android.”
“If it’s Charles, it’s definitely okay.”
Larry, who was next to me, spoke urgently.
“I personally…”
“You can’t. Until the contract was officially obtained from Google later. If you want us, you’ll have to give us the right price. “Larry!”
I need to eat rice first.
It was an evening that felt really short.
“In the future, the world will be dominated by mobile devices.”
“For mobile devices to dominate the world, batteries must be innovated first.”
“Everyone is thinking wrong. “What’s important is how appealing the software installed on mobile devices is to people.”
“Eventually, there may come a day when cars will run on electricity, and instead of driving, you can watch movies in your car!”
They passionately discussed the future of IT, and although it was only a short moment, Kim Cheol-soo was able to realize a lot through their story.
Because I saw the future, their story felt very realistic.
“Damn braggarts!”
After saying those words, a drunk Catherine fell down on the table, and the dinner party quickly came to an end.
“Maybe we’ll meet again in the near future.”
Larry left an ambiguous statement, but Kim Cheol-soo understood it accurately.
Perhaps Google couldn’t find any alternative other than Android.
When Larry left, Andy called Cheolsu Kim.
“You said you wanted to invest, right? “We had better finish it quickly while Catherine is stretched out.”
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