CHAPTER 845

Christina Merson quickly made an excuse, as if she felt guilty.

-It’s because I found a way to upgrade Kinect’s cloud service to the next level. I thought it would be much better than losing our customers to Amazon.

“Okay. Then we will support you actively.”

-Let’s do our best. As good partners, and…

Woof!

As she calmly continued her speech, a dog barked.

Yoo-hyun smiled at the familiar sound.

“Is that Alex? He must miss me.”

-He barely saw you for a day. He’s just barking.

“Alex is smart. He remembers everything.”

-Ahem! That’s just what I said. Well, anyway, thank you.

“Of course.”

Yoo-hyun grinned at Christina’s awkward voice.

As Marvin and Christina Merson moved, Son Jeong-ee did not stay still either.

After replacing Huawei equipment through Softbank, he also joined the River Alliance.

He was only slightly involved, but it had a symbolic meaning.

The world was on alert as he stepped in.

-Why does only Son Masayoshi get attention? I also mobilized Silicon Valley companies. How unfair.

Paul Graham immediately complained, but what did it matter?

As long as things went well, it was fine.

Thanks to that, River’s influence spread beyond Korea to Europe, Japan, America, and the rest of the world.

The busier the data center management, which was entrusted to A-One, became.

There was one person who was also hectic.

It was Double Y, the representative of Mirinae Securities, Park Young-hoon.

Mirinae Tower, 10th floor.

The entire place was occupied by Mirinae Securities’ headquarters, which had moved here a while ago.

Park Young-hoon sighed in his neatly decorated office.

“Yoo-hyun, why are you so busy since the beginning of the year?”

“What’s wrong again?”

“Look. Another phone call. There are so many inquiries, I can’t rest, I can’t.”

Park Young-hoon grumbled and turned his phone to silent mode.

It didn’t seem like a very important call.

Yoo-hyun asked.

“Don’t you have a chatbot to handle general inquiries?”

“They are all VIP customers. They can’t be replaced by the internet.”

“Then use the directors. Why do you have to do everything?”

“They are not ordinary VIP customers. Ha! It’s a problem to be successful, a problem.”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

Yoo-hyun was incredulous, and Park Young-hoon waved his hand.

“Not me, River Point.”

“Point?”

“They all smelled money. They want to do business with this.”

“Hmm, it is attractive to have no remittance fees.”

The first thing Mirinae Securities did after getting the internet banking license was simple remittance.

The remittance based on With messenger was very popular in Korea.

This simple remittance became more powerful when it was linked with River Point.

As seen in the news title that heated up the internet a while ago, making the fee free was an example.

It cost a lot of money to send cash overseas due to reasons such as non-computerization, time difference, and intermediaries, but the point was different.

With With, you could send and receive anywhere in the world, and you could instantly exchange points for cash by linking with Mirinae Securities.

The innovation that eliminated the middle process resulted in an amazing outcome that allowed free remittance anywhere in the world.

This alone made River Point’s value infinite, but Park Young-hoon shook his head.

“No. It’s not because of the simple remittance.”

“Then?”

“You have to use River Point to use the data center or get data sharing. That’s why.”

“Because the demand increased?”

Yoo-hyun asked and Park Young-hoon explained in detail.

“Did the participating companies increase? The means of earning are limited, but the needs are soaring, so there is a chance for the value to skyrocket. That’s why they all want to do business with this. How do they do it?”

Yoo-hyun summarized the long explanation.

“They want to print points?”

“They all think we make points arbitrarily.”

“They don’t know much about blockchain, do they?”

“It’s unfamiliar. They must be curious about where the points come from.”

River Point operates based on review advertising revenue and server rental revenue.

With blockchain added, the point became a limited resource.

How to get points?

Like Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you need a mining process.

River Point replaced the mining process with review writing and server rental.

Unless you buy points from the exchange, there was no other way to get them.

This limitation increased the value of River River Review and the importance of the data center, and thanks to that, the River Alliance was able to expand quickly around River Point.

It was the result of a well-built virtuous cycle.

Yoo-hyun chuckled as he recalled the process.

“Doha must be disappointed. He worked so hard to make the materials and give lectures.”

“Oh, speaking of Doha.”

“What about Doha?”

“Tell him to go home. His grandmother is worried.”

“He doesn’t go home?”

Yoo-hyun was surprised and asked, and Park Young-hoon’s expression became serious.

“I saw him go on a business trip to the new data center today.”

“Well, he did.”

“Somehow, Doha seems to have changed a bit since he came back from China. He looks like he has some kind of obsession when he works.”

Park Young-hoon didn’t know the details of what happened in China.

It was because Nadoha asked him to keep it a secret because he didn’t want to worry him.

Even so, if Park Young-hoon said this, it was clear that Nadoha had some psychological problems.

‘He must have been shocked to be betrayed by his beloved brother.’

Maybe that’s why he was whipping himself more.

Tap tap.

Park Young-hoon tapped Yoo-hyun’s shoulder, who was smiling bitterly.

“Anyway, you should care. Don’t leave him alone like he used to be obsessed with work.”

“Okay. I’ll go see him.”

He had some news to tell his dear brother.

That afternoon.

Yoo-hyun headed to the newly built data center in Yongin.

As he climbed up the gentle hill past the city, the second data center built by Naver, the representative IT company of South Korea, with 500 billion won revealed its majesty.

It covered an area of 10 times the size of a soccer field, and the construction manager of the five buildings, including the main building, was Yoo-hyun’s friend Ha Jun-seok.

There were a total of 200,000 servers installed in the building.

The amount of data that could be stored exceeded 50,000 national libraries.

Hyun Jin Gun’s new server chip was going to process that enormous data.

This server was not just for storing data.

It had the infrastructure of cutting-edge industries such as AI, big data, autonomous driving, and next-generation communication.

Using this data center alone would bring enormous added value.

Creak.

As he opened the car door and got out, the A1 employees who were waiting saluted him.

A1 was in charge of both the external security and the internal server setup.

Yoo-hyun entered the main building and exchanged a few words with the Naver officials, then moved to the situation room where Na Do-ha was.

Thump thump.

As he passed through the space filled with servers and reached the situation room, he saw Na Do-ha’s figure through the window.

He was teaching the employees in front of the dense machines on the wall.

He threw off his work jumper as if he was hot and poured out his passion.

“That guy. He’s so hardworking.”

He suddenly thought.

What if Shin Sun Hoo was here?

If he had the skilled and quick-witted him to back him up, Na Do-ha wouldn’t have to strain his neck like he was doing now.

He might have felt more stable psychologically after nurturing him for a long time.

Shin Sun Hoo was an important person to Na Do-ha.

As Yoo-hyun looked at him with a pitying gaze, he made eye contact with Na Do-ha who turned his head.

He quickly sorted out the situation and came out.

A little later.

Yoo-hyun, sitting on a bench in the lounge on the third floor, handed a can of drink to Na Do-ha.

“Here, moisten your throat.”

“I was just feeling dry. Thanks.”

Click.

He looked very pitiful as he sat next to him and gulped down the drink.

“You should take it easy, why are you working so hard?”

“I have to make sure the handover is done well in the beginning, so it’s easier later.”

“Still.”

“The Naver executives didn’t come out today. Did you come to check the setup?”

“Well, I’m killing two birds with one stone.”

As Yoo-hyun nodded, Na Do-ha immediately said.

“The server operation is going well. I think it will be ready to use from next week.”

“That’s fast.”

“I prepared it in advance. I think the cloud speed will be much faster than before.”

“Because of the new server?”

“That too, but we also introduced edge cloud computing this time. It’s a way of processing data directly at this midpoint, instead of moving it over a long distance…”

Na Do-ha seemed to have a lot to tell and explained for a long time.

His eyes sparkled when he talked about work, just like before.

That made him more worried.

‘I thought he would let go a bit after the trip.’

Na Do-ha, who met various people and expanded his human relationships in Japan, was more active in external activities than before.

He gave lectures naturally in front of many people, or enjoyed dating.

He looked very good, but now he felt like he had gone back to his old self, buried in work.

Yoo-hyun thought he knew the reason.

“Do Ha.”

“Yes, hyung.”

“About Sun Hoo…”

As he saw Na Do-ha flinch, Yoo-hyun continued.

“He’s in the US now.”

“…”

“The CIA must have secured his safety. He’ll be there for a while.”

It was the story that Albert Whale, the deputy director of the CIA, told him with gratitude for replacing the communication equipment.

Na Do-ha finished the can of drink and gave a hollow laugh.

“The runaway guy is living well, dodging here and there.”

“Do you want me to find out more?”

“No. I don’t care.”

He waved his hand, but Na Do-ha seemed to feel relieved.

He was glad that he felt a little better.

“Okay. I got it. Come here.”

“Why all of a sudden?”

“Kid. Just come here.”

Rub rub.

As Yoo-hyun pressed his shoulder hard, Na Do-ha grimaced.

“Ow! It hurts.”

“Don’t be a baby. You’re all tense. Your face is full of dark circles.”

“I haven’t been sleeping well lately.”

“That’s why you shouldn’t work so hard.”

“I’m not working hard. There’s nothing like that.”

He shrank his body and pushed Yoo-hyun’s arm away.

At that moment, a ring sparkling on his left ring finger caught Yoo-hyun’s eye.

Yoo-hyun asked in surprise.

“Huh? A ring?”

“Ah… Yeah, well.”

He tried to hide his hand quickly, but Na Do-ha answered awkwardly.

“What is it? Did you get a couple ring?”

“It’s nothing. He just, wanted to.”

“That’s good.”

“What is?”

“It seems like you’re dating a bit. It must be frustrating to have a secret relationship, but meet a lot.”

Yoo-hyun was worried inside.