Absolute Wizard

Chapter 4 Obstacles

As well as additional reports and tests on SlimMX, Cudo was also surprising. It felt completely haunted. But I couldn't excuse myself for doing this now.

That way, the HR department will be negative! ’

No, maybe the worst case.

I'll be fired!

Even though Sony's employment security was assured, it was not a pleasant organization to leave managers in the staff department who sustained several billion losses.

Make it happen!

Ridiculous instructions.

But the instructed Sony researcher had no choice. Now I know that I am standing at the crossroads of life and death.

The problem was here. It is good to carry out the work, but we can't rule it out because we can't know the cause.

In the end, they put their heads together and seriously thought about it. At first, there seemed to be no answer, but not necessarily.

“Why don't we use multiple LEDs to have a similar effect? ”

“A regular LED? It doesn't work that way. ”

“No, you can use a special LED. And of course, the LED part of the circuit has to be designed separately from the main part. ”

“Not only is that not easy, but the cost of manufacturing itself will increase. ”

“Then is there any other way for you to do it? Maybe now is the best time to come up with an alternative? ”

“Okay, let's say that. If you copy it the same way, it'll be a patent-related problem later. ”

“Patents? Josenzing? There's no way to do that, is there? ”

“I'm sure that's true. ”

This was the conclusion.

If there was an alternative, I could change it, but the situation was not so pleasant. Of course, I was still researching SlimMX, but I couldn't find a way.

“Still haven't figured it out? ”

“Yes, I have no idea. This is something that we have to take into account that we're ripping and analyzing. That's what raincomb production looks like. ”

“What's the status on raincomb production? ”

“They say that mainboards and instruments are produced in China, but they are assembled in Korea. Completely redundant work. It's not worth the overhead that's being wasted. Given that, we have to assume it's a security issue. Considering the tremendous losses, we have made such an effort, we should consider it hard to see. ”

The answer was:

There was nothing more I could do.

“Then use a special LED to make it right away. ”

“I understand.”

* * *

Sony is, as you know, one of Japan's leading electronics companies. Of course, the researchers inside were world class.

There was not a lot of experience there. Although LEDs were used to produce complex light effects, they were not nearly impossible.

Shiny.

In their prototype, everyone was surprised to see the light shining in their eyes.

‘There you go.'

Of course, it wasn't compared to SlimMX, but it was working somewhat similarly. But it was not a problem at all.

“Certainly too expensive. ”

“But I can't help it. because those LED circuits and parts are driving the production unit up. But if there's one thing that's good for us, it's that raincomb has a headache. ”

“Production problems? What's that supposed to mean? ”

“Last week, supply within SlimMX Japan was stopped. ”

“What? So you're not selling anymore? ”

“No, that's not it. The production is at all stopped because there are no parts at all. Maybe as soon as the parts that are breaking through come in, they're going to make it. So now that we have a new product.......”

“Can we eat that market? ”

“Yes, no matter how good the product is, what would you do? We don't have any supplies. Moreover, even if we finish this supply safely, it's a problem in the future, so if we target that, we can break Raincomb to some extent. ”

“Okay, then I'll hand it over to Quality Management right away, and I'll report the production right away. And make sure you're ready to go straight into production. ”

“Yes.”

Sony's policy was quite meaningful. Moreover, the SlimS (Sony) X that they created now, as a fake in Sony, was almost exactly like SlimMX.

I thought that customers who waited patiently would have been eaten to some extent if they didn't.

In fact, it worked quite well shortly after the immediate release.

* * *

I could not immediately understand the situation of Japan as well as Cho Min-woo. The changes in Japan's domestic market were not fully organized inside the raincomb to be immediately noticed.

More than that, it's a problem now.

“Hnng, how long until the missing piece comes in? ”

“Right now, we need maybe 34 more months. ”

“34 months? So you can't make the product in the meantime? ”

“Yes.”

“Is there no other way? ”

“Yes, they say it's absolutely impossible at the moment. ”

“That's frustrating. Why didn't you take care of that in advance? ”

“I'm sorry, boss. ”

“No, I don't want to hear that. There must be a reason. ”

“It is said that the production has been completely stopped due to a recent strike inside the factory. ”

“Strikes?”

“Yes, working conditions or something like that. It's kind of like what happens in Korea. ”

Jo Min-woo was too absurd.

“So we're just in time for the damn strike? ”

“Yes.”

“Phew, okay. Let's say that. So how much have you sold so far? ”

“So far, our priority has been the United States, and we have delivered roughly one million units to businesses around the world, including Japan, China and Europe. ”

“A million…..”

Jo Min-woo nodded, expressing a cheerful expression in this story. Calculated in simple sales, it was exactly 150 billion.

If you hit it with a single product, it was really a lot of money. But it wasn't always this good news.

“You said your IMP100 sales have now increased to 10 billion. ”

“But I can't help it. They don't even look at Imp100 after they buy SlimMX. ”

“Trouble.”

“Yes.”

“How many orders did you say there were? ”

“About four million. ”

“Four million…..”

Four million.

It was a huge order.

It was a number that would beat my heart just thinking about it.

When Jo Min-woo realized this, he was only bitter when he remembered Raincomb Church.

“I got really frustrated. I could sell it as soon as I had the goods, but not in that situation. ”

“I'm sorry."

If that was all, I could endure it.

* * *

Even Cho Min-woo wondered if there was another way to deal with the problem of slowing production, but he did not slow down his research on magic.

However, he was surprised when he heard additional reports coming from Japan shortly.

“Yes? What does that mean? Sony gave you the same fake as our SlimMX? ”

“It's called SlimSX, but you can think of it as almost identical, including LEDs and HQS effects. Even designs are similar. ”

“Really?"

“Yes.”

“I don't understand. I don't know about anything else, but HQS isn't going to be easy. ”

“I don't think it's a unit price at all, but it's made entirely from dedicated parts. It was copied unconditionally. ”

“....... ”

Even Jo Min-woo shut up because he was ridiculous. I never imagined Sony would come out like this. No, in the future he knew, Sony had never implemented such a lethal strategy.

So it was harder to understand.

‘How did this happen? ’

Of course, Chairman Yang Duk-Soon was in marketing for longer than he expected, and Sony's march was somewhat lacking.

“That's probably because Sony has invested a lot in this MP3 field. So far, it's hard to stay in a factory facility or anything like that. ”

“Well, could it be the IMP100? ”

“Yes, in just four months, our revenues were close to 300 billion. Given that, there's no way you're staying in a large corporation. The big companies in my country are about to launch their products. ”

Cho Min-woo frowned slightly and had to think about what to do. This wasn't the only problem.

‘I can't get parts right now, so I can't make any more product. ’

In fact, the more I thought about it, the more I was confused.

This is what it looks like.

This was not the bigger issue.

“Furthermore, Sony SlimSX sales continue to be favorable. And that's why it's so complicated. ”

“Are you telling me that when production is delayed due to production problems, we are aiming to sell the gap? ”

“Yes, we sell it that way, and it's not just a hit because we're selling it by dumping the price down to our price. ”

Jo Min-woo heard this far and came to mind. It was an Apple lawsuit that was going to happen in the future.

Of course it's Apple. I tried to sue Aggro, but this is a different case. The question is whether the patent application has been filed in advance....... ’

“Did you patent any design or other circuitry prior to the launch of our SlimMX? ”

“That's probably.......”

The answer was the head of Han Sung-min's team who was quietly attending the meeting.

“Yes, Ms. Grant, I've already filed everything. You can assume that all products made in Sony now are subject to our patents. ”

Cho Min-woo called for joy.

“Oh, really? That's great news! ”

“Yes, in fact, I was going to report this to the boss separately, but now's my chance, so let me tell you a story. The number of patents he filed, including his proposal, was roughly 50. We've got everything on the line, so maybe if we file a lawsuit on this, Sonny will never get out. ”

He could not have imagined that he would hear this answer. But soon after I remembered one thing, I thought I could.

That is, the majority of Raincomb research staff are from Samsung. They were already prepared because they had experience with intellectual property rights when they were in Samsung.

"That's why it's important to have experienced talent! ’

He glanced at the sheep's head with joy.

“Then it's very simple. You can sue Sony right away. ”

“Yes? Right now. ”

“Of course. Maybe after the lawsuit, you'll ignore it. If you want to avoid that, spill it on the press first. It'll scare the lever and take action. And it's going to be quite a hit. Obviously we're going to stop production. ”

“Hmmm, got it. Approximately how much do you think it costs? ”

“600 Billion!”

* * *

When Takara heard that the sale of SlimSX had sold over 300,000 units in the domestic market in Japan, she was really satisfied.

Immediately at the same time, he started selling SlimSX through Sony's worldwide distributors.

Of course, the results that are coming out slowly are also not bad. However, the unit price was too high and the profit margin was not high because the price was too low. But I thought it was enough to kill Raincomb's breath.

‘It's best to take over the market first. If that's the case, there's a way to just push through and kill it in a commercial way. ’

It was mainly used to kill other companies in the past Of course, a listening company like Raincomb couldn't stand it.

If it did, it would be a serious problem for Raincomb.

There was originally a plot, but the part supply was a problem and the contract itself had already been compromised. In that situation, it was clear that selling would be discouraging if your company's products were to take over the market first.

Then it was clear that all orders received for production would go to Raincomb's burden.

‘That's where the raincomb assets are now tied down. If you don't sell in that state, it won't be easy for a while. ’

Takara considers the sequence after considering all the way here. If I let it go like this, I was sure I would make SlimMX in Raincomb.

Then Raincomb would soon be rich again, and he could have hit Sony hard. No, actually, Sony Audio will be shocked.

‘That won't work. Eventually, the only way to inflict additional damage on them is to expand the parts shortage at issue! ’

* * *

Takara summoned the Principal of the Kubo Research Institute shortly after organizing this plan.

“Is there a part of SlimMX that stops the production itself if it disrupts the supply? of course from our company in Japan. ”

“Of course I do. Honestly, it's no exaggeration to say that there are very few products in our Taiwan company parts. ”

“Well, why don't you ask your company to slow down production? ”

“Yes? What are you talking about? ”

and I said, "Oh, I'm slowing down the parts that I deliver to the Raincombs through a different network. This will slow down production even more, right? ”

“That would be possible. But if it becomes known on the outside.......”

“Huhuhuhu, don't worry. I know a lot of other businesses that I've seen. Moreover, it's going to destroy a Josenzing company, and of course it's going to help. ”

“Ha, but.......”

“If you keep pushing like that and the raincomb becomes difficult, we can take over. And that weird technology will be ours. ”

“....... ”

Unlike the head of the planning office, Kudo knew that this was morally wrong, but he had no choice. Now I feel that that is a realistic alternative.

What can I do? ’

After concluding in this direction, the two of them immediately continued to consult.

However, it was at that moment that a single person entered the office with two people.

Bang.

“Khh, this is bad. ”

“What's going on? ”

“Lancombe has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony. ”

“What? What the hell does that mean? ”

“SlimSX, who is from our company, claims to have stolen their products. This is a lawsuit that flew through the courts of my country to the company. ”

Immediately after receiving the complaint, he scattered it around and presented it to Qudo.

“Does this matter? ”

“Wait a minute. ”

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