Game Market 1983

“After a while. This plane will arrive at Gimpo International Airport. Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and put your seatbelts on. ”

When I came to Korea in '88, it was a frightening and cold winter, and now it's a very deep summer. By the way, Mr. Kim Han-seok from Mantra will meet you at the airport himself.

Now that you mention it, can you make your way to the hotel comfortably?

July 13, 1992.

About a month after Laon's first anniversary, I went to Korea alone.

While preparing for landing, Yuki muttered as she packed her suitcase for her evening trip.

“A honeymoon, a month's worth of business...”

In fact, it was a tight schedule for the month, but it seemed to be a little sad since the beginning of the marriage.

I wanted to come with me whenever possible, but it looked like I could see him putting another vacation on the company in the backyard after his honeymoon.

“Do you want to come to Korea next weekend if that's okay? ”

I was sorry to see him so depressed, so I asked him politely, but a smile burst out of Yuki's head as if he was waiting.

“Can you come by yourself instead? ”

“Of course!! ”

“Yes, I'll arrange a plane ticket. See you in Korea. ”

“Hooray!"

Just a moment ago, she seemed like a strayed puppy and was delighted enough to run around the living room with my permission.

And I cried my pants off when I left for the airport this morning.

The plane circled over the sky at Gimpo Airport and slowly rolled onto the runway.

Ugh! I feel this every time I go down in the air. I hate it.

And after a while. When the plane stops on the runway, the door opens. I can feel the hot air all over my body, choking my breath.

It's a shame it was casual light.If I had worn a suit to be polite, I would have died in the scorching sun.

“Thank you, sir. ”

I also bowed my head and turned, smiling at the beautiful stewardess who bowed my head lightly, and the stewardess called out to me.

“Oh, you know what...”

When she accepted the cold canned drink with a shy look, the paper stuck together at her fingertips. Oh, yeah?

With her eyes closed, she turned her face red behind her, and spread a note on the bottom of the can of beverage coming down the stairs.

It contained the frequently used hotel contacts of the stewardesses.

“Oh... did I just get hunted? ”

Turning your head toward the stairs, the stewardess who handed me the note disappeared into the Huddak plane, avoiding my gaze.

It means I did everything I could when I didn't have a cell phone.

As her colleagues watched, I even threw the note in the runway, so I put the note in the back pocket, and then another note was touched in my pocket.

“Huh? ”

As I tilted my head and pulled out another note, it was a letter Yuki had hidden from me this morning.

Her letter started from the first line by drawing an X mark on the article Jun-hyuk.

Joon-Hyuk... Oh, not anymore. To the one I love...

Now you're sleeping next to me.

He's been smiling all night, laughing at what he's dreaming about.

I can't sleep at night thinking I'm gonna be alone in a big house tomorrow.

I hate you when this happens.

I'd like to pinch your cheeks a little, but I'll bear it.

I don't know when I'll see this, but it's very hot in Korea right now.

Don't stay out too long. I put an empty bottle of water in my bag, so if you go to a restaurant, you can drink it often.

Please don't be sick until I go to Korea next week, and be healthy.

Make sure you call me tonight. He won't eat. He'll be waiting by the phone.

Yuki folded the letter filled with his heart and put it on the tip of his nose, and a pleasant aroma appeared.

She must have sprayed the perfume she used often.

I smiled as I felt her consideration in distant Korean land.

&

“Kang Jun-hyuk, it's been a long time. ”

After escorting the carrier out of the country, the Mantra staff next to Representative Kim Han-seok hurried to pick up his luggage for him.

“It's been a long time, Joon-Hyuk. ”

“How have you been? Jules?”

“Oh, it's awkward to hear that Joon-Hyuk is the boss. ”

“You don't have to worry about that. I have people's eyes, and I'm comfortable with this. ”

When I first confronted Representative Kim Han-seok in front of the staff, he introduced me to the staff with a satisfactory smile.

“I don't know about you, but you should take care of her, since she's like the silver woman who gave us Mantra Soft. ”

Then, some of the staff opened their eyes wide.

“So this is the Dragon Emblem, the developer of the series...”

“Yes, it is. ”

“Th-this is an honor. I've been a fan since I was a family man. I thought you were very old, but you're much younger than I thought. ”

I was 30 years old now, so it was not hard for him to say because I looked a little older or more similar to the employees in Mantra.

But Kim was not like that.

Whether the employee was offended by what he said or not, he immediately paid attention to the employee.

“Jules, don't do that. I was right when I was young. ”

“I didn't have enough staff training. It's all my fault. ”

As the representative of his company ducked in front of me, the employees silently kept their mouths shut if they felt anything strange. I never imagined things would get this heavy.

A moment later, after boarding the black Granger in front of Gimpo Airport, the car that carried us slipped out of the airport and into downtown Gimpo.

“Would you like to go straight to the hotel? Or headquarters?”

“Let's go to headquarters. I've been doing research on Raon. ”

“Yes, I'll do that. ”

Starting with console-specialized gaming magazines, Mantra was growing up to be the leading gaming company in South Korea by publishing with various gaming companies in Japan.

In 1988, the dragon emblem edition and the final frontier 1 were translated, and the following year the legendary series of heroes from Final Frontier 2 and Calcomb produced a favorable response for domestic users.

Then last summer. Coming close to the heart of the domestic gaming industry with the simultaneous launch of 'Raon’ from the Pentagon, Mantra currently had a huge impact on the gaming industry in South Korea.

A small publishing company in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, was growing into a medium-sized company with only 80 employees who had just moved into a tall building in Gangnam.

“Mr. Kim. I'm impressed with your business. ”

“Was all this my own strength? Joon-Hyuk was very helpful. I heard you got married last month, but I'm sorry I couldn't meet you because it was your father's birthday. ”

“No, thank you. ”

“Thank you. Please come into the office. Miss Lee, just get me a cup of coffee here. ”

“Yes, I understand. Jules.”

‘Miss Lee’ made me feel like my hands and feet were shriveled by what I had heard for a really long time.

Good thing it's the '90s. Jules, if you call your subordinates names like that, you're gonna call them hangouts Reggie, it's gonna be a real disaster...

“Joon-Hyuk, have a seat over here. ”

Leaning against the couch in the middle of the main room, Representative Kim Han Seok sat across from me with a smile.

“Nice office you have here. I have a good view...”

I smiled at the Han River as I looked out the window at Asrai.

After a while, outside the main room door, a knock rings, and Miss Lee comes to the table with two cups of coffee on the tray.

“Be careful, it's hot. ”

She wore red lipstick or trend-sensitive lipstick to a young washer, although it was a light makeup on her neat hair, and she glanced at me.

Soon after giving Kim a hot cup of coffee, she got up and lowered her waist lightly.

“Thank you, Miss Lee.”

Ugh, and that crooked comment... I looked up at her expression, and it wasn't a happy expression to call her Miss, either.

“Hey, what's your name? ”

“Oh, I'm Soyeon. ”

“Thank you, Soyeon, for the coffee. ”

Then Soyeon smiled brightly, expressing her stiff face.

“Thank you."

“Jules, please call your name rather than the expression 'Miss.’ It feels good to be called by a person. And I'd like you to show some respect to your employees, if possible. When you start respecting your employees as a delegate, the atmosphere of the company gets really good. ”

“Oh, I can see that. I'm sorry, Miss... no, Miss. Thank you for the coffee. ”

“Thank you, Jules. ”

The woman who brought us coffee stepped back, and I started looking at the report handed over to Representative Kim.

Representative Kim Han-seok was a gamer of a person who loved games before he was the owner of a company. And that remained true to Mantra's performance.

I checked the documents and asked him at the same time.

“How does Raon react in Korea? ”

Then, without a delay of 0.1 seconds, an answer flew out immediately.

“Excellent.”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“Invincible.”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Am I talking to someone who represents a company right now?

Or is he calling the passing Raon Panboy and telling a story? I didn't come to Korea to hear a compliment about Raon.

My eyes naturally turned to him, looking at the report in his absurd answer.

“Jules.”

“Yes?”

“Usually if you ask me this, I need you to tell me how you are doing. ”

“Yes? Oh, yes. It's...”

In my daily life, Representative Kim Han-seok began to unfold another chart that lay on the collapsed table.

“Ah, that was after the launch on August 15th. It's sold about 400,000 so far. ”

“What about the super family of our competitor, Mintendo? ”

“Yes?”

“Have you not done any volume research on competitor mintendo? ”

“Oh, no. I did. Hold on a second. ”

Representative Kim also connected an external phone while sweating through documents in an air-conditioned, cool office.

Beep--

“Miss... no, Miss Soyang. Could you come back to the main office, please? ”

“Yes, I understand. Jules.”

Immediately after the answer came from the phone, Soyeon came in with a knock at the door of the main room.

“Soyang, do you know the sales performance of your competitor, Mintendo? ”

Then Soyeon nodded once, and immediately opened her mouth looking at me.

“On January 22, this year, the super family was officially distributed domestically through one of the largest domestic corporations, Future Managers, and sold about 32,000 units last month. The price is 189,000 won, which is about 9,000 won cheaper than our Raon. ”

“They were released five months later than us, but they were almost caught up. Like Jules said, I don't think it's invincible. ”

Representative Kim Han Seok replied with an awkward smile on my words.

“However, the prevalence is still ahead of us, and as there are many Third Parties coming to the Pentagon, we will be more advantageous in the long run. ”

“Who guarantees that? ”

“Yes? Oh, well...”

Then Soyeon, who was listening to our conversation, suddenly intervened.

“Excuse me, I have something to tell Director Kang Jun-hyuk. ”

You answered Kim's question suddenly, and now you're giving an opinion?

“Ahhhh! Soyang. It's not a place for you to get involved in a conversation. ”

“No, thank you. I don't care about that. Speak comfortably. ”

Soyeon was encouraged by what I said. After clearing his throat for a moment, he said to me.

“Raon, which we currently sell mainly, is too expensive to sell domestically. ”

... Did Mr. Kamauchi of Mintendo ever hear a single word from me as a subordinate?