Chapter 835
The lobby of the headquarters was very spacious and high.
The chandeliers hanging from the ceiling sparkled like jewels, and the interior decorations made of gold captured the eyes.
It was more splendid than the combined glory of Ilsung and Hansung.
There were also various facilities for the employees.
Restaurants, outdoor swimming pools, arcades, sports centers, and so on.
Many leisure spaces that resembled a large recreation center were connected to the main building.
Trudge trudge.
As Yoo-hyun looked around, Zhao Zhi spoke to him.
“As you can see, Huawei prioritizes providing the best environment for its employees.”
“Do they use them a lot?”
“Of course. Some employees even want to live in the company.”
“Ah, I see.”
Yoo-hyun responded vaguely to the absurd remark, and Zhao Zhi continued his explanation.
“The foundation of this is the employee stock ownership system. Through this, Huawei grew from a bottom-up start-up to a global company with 150,000 employees and $39.6 billion (47 trillion won) in sales. And…”
The employee stock ownership system was the core management philosophy of Huawei.
Unlike other owner companies, Huawei’s chairman Wang Xiaoming only owned 2 percent of Huawei’s shares, and distributed the remaining 98 percent to the employees.
That was not all.
He introduced a rotating CEO system to prevent the inheritance of management rights, and elected the board of directors by voting, creating a horizontal corporate culture.
It was a much more intense guideline than the internal innovation that Yoo-hyun had done at Hansung, and it was directly issued by the chairman.
This was the secret of Huawei’s success that was known to the public.
But was it really so?
Vice President Woo Jung-cheol intervened.
“I heard that Huawei gives field beds to new employees.”
“Yes. That’s right. They are so eager to work because the dividends are guaranteed.”
“What a desirable culture.”
“Thanks to that, Huawei’s unique wolf culture, which responds flexibly to changes like a wolf, has firmly established itself. This is the secret of Huawei’s domination of the global communication market.”
What a joke.
Yoo-hyun was disgusted by the conversation of the two.
Although they wrapped it up beautifully on the outside, Huawei was a structure that exploited its employees.
A large portion of the shares that entered under the name of the employee union flowed into the funds of the Chinese Communist Party.
Huawei was the lifeline of the Chinese Communist Party.
Thanks to that, Huawei easily seized the domestic market in China, and became the global number one by slashing prices with state subsidies and margins from domestic sales.
How could such a company talk about a success story?
Shake shake.
As he shook his head and met Zhao Zhi’s eyes, Yoo-hyun calmly pointed to the front.
There was a sign on the large door covered with leather.
“This is the network exhibition room.”
“Yes. The staff are waiting. Shall we go in?”
“Sure.”
Yoo-hyun agreed cheerfully and moved his feet.
The network exhibition room was a place where Huawei introduced its communication equipment to customers.
Since the stability and performance of the communication equipment were important when actually connected to the network, they could test the network connection directly here.
Yoo-hyun came here for this process, which was called the examination.
‘There are quite a lot of equipment.’
As the name of the exhibition room suggested, the main equipment produced by Huawei was stacked on the shelves.
They were all equipment that was actually operating, and the type of base station and how they were connected could be checked through the front screen.
The screen showed 24 major base stations in the Huawei campus area, and various equipment connected to them like spider webs.
It was a condensed version of the actual communication network, not a virtual one, but a real connection diagram.
If there was a problem with the communication connection, they could check it right away.
After mentioning the overall structure, the staff explained the communication equipment.
“The base station equipment we are showing you now can support up to 600 wireless and wired terminals with a wide range. And the max throughput is per second…”
It was a rather long Chinese explanation, but there was no difficulty in understanding it.
It was thanks to Shin Sun-hoo’s real-time interpretation.
Shin Sun-hoo did not just interpret, but also demanded the necessary parts for the test.
“Excuse me. Please prepare a compatible connector for this cable.”
“Yes. I understand.”
“We will use the new product we brought for the server. The test will be done by sending the prepared video to the terminals connected to the internal and external networks through the communication network. And…”
He also showed his skill in moving the field engineers with a neat explanation and instruction.
Thanks to that, the work progressed smoothly.
Click.
As he turned on the power after connecting the cable, the server lit up.
A small orange circle was connected to one of the 24 base station icons on the screen and blinked.
So far, it was very smooth.
Yoo-hyun spoke after receiving the okay sign.
“To verify the performance, we want to check if it is also connected to the long-distance network in Korea, not just the adjacent network.”
“Of course. We have to test it. We can help you right away since we have long-distance access.”
“Thank you very much.”
At Zhao Zhi’s command, the staff joined in.
On the screen, Nadoha’s phone using the internal network and a phone in Korea connected to the external network rose up as dots and connected to each base station.
The junction that switched the external and internal networks was the Huawei communication center.
He had to visit in person to access this place, and he had crossed the ninth ridge.
He just had to access the target he wanted.
-You just have to send a lot of data to the server in real time. To get the communication speed, you have to split the communication path in parallel. Then you’ll go through the path you want.
Hyun Jin-gun said it easily, but it was not an easy task.
He had to send more data from one server with the data he brought than more than 10 commercial servers sending at the same time.
For this, Hyun Jin-gun installed a structure optimized for parallel operation in the server chip.
“Then let’s start.”
As Yoo-hyun signaled, Hyun Jin-gun nodded and pressed the button.
Tick.
The test began with the sound of operation.
Hyun Jin-gun held the server that was operating at high speed, and Nadoha focused on the phone that received the video.
Shin Sun-hoo monitored the progress on the laptop connected to the server.
He did not think it would not work.
He had already found the backdoor without any problem in the same way with various types of communication equipment, and prepared a backup plan for any possible situation.
The goal was the information on the hot key that controlled the main communication equipment.
If he could find out that, he could disable the backdoor of the Huawei communication equipment that was already installed.
Vroom vroom.
The video edited through the server was transmitted in real time through the connected network.
The screen showed the soaring market share of the communication equipment, and an alert rang.
Beep!
The Huawei engineers looked somewhat surprised by the server performance that far exceeded their expectations.
Everything was going as planned.
‘But why do I feel so anxious?’
Maybe it was because there were too many eyes watching, but he felt nervous.
Yoo-hyun wiped the sweat on his forehead and looked around.
While everyone’s eyes were on the screen, only one person was looking elsewhere.
Jao Zhi, who met Yoo-hyun’s eyes, slightly lifted the corners of his mouth.
What is it?
Yoo-hyun’s eyes narrowed at the strange feeling.
There was no problem with the data transmission.
As he wanted, the data was delivered to the connected devices, passing through the routes of various base stations.
He had enough time to extract the hot key through the backdoor, but the completion sign did not appear.
Tadadadadak.
Shin Sun-hoo tapped the keyboard, and Hyun Jin-geon and Na Do-ha moved busily in their seats.
As time passed, everyone’s expressions became harder.
Hwik hwik.
Hyun Jin-geon finally sent a sign asking for more time.
Something definitely went wrong.
What should he do?
From now on, it was not a simple test.
He had to finish it without arousing any suspicion.
Yoo-hyun was about to step forward.
“Hello.”
A simultaneous greeting from the employees was heard.
He turned his head and saw the face of a man with white hair combed to the side.
Wang Xiao-ming.
The hero who made Huawei the top company in 20 years was standing there.
He was a retired officer of the Chinese People’s Army, and his posture was straight even though he was over 60 years old.
Jerk jerk.
He approached Yoo-hyun with many executives like wings on both sides.
“You have a guest.”
“Yes, chairman. This is Yoo-hyun Han, the representative of Reverb, whom I reported to you before.”
Jao Zhi introduced him with a bow, and Wang Xiao-ming’s eyes turned to Yoo-hyun.
“Nice to meet you. Is there anything uncomfortable?”
His eyes were smiling, but the atmosphere was cold.
His whole body sensed that it was a moment to be careful.
If he made a mistake here?
He thought it would be a big trouble, and he changed his plan quickly.
“No. I did the test well, and I just finished cleaning up.”
“Already?”
“Yes. You responded so well. I think this experience will be a great help in the future.”
“Then I’m glad.”
Wang Xiao-ming smiled and Jao Zhi reported the details to him.
In the meantime, Hyun Jin-geon and Na Do-ha, who came closer, whispered.
“Yoo-hyun, it’s not over yet.”
“Hyung, just a little more.”
He knew what they were thinking.
But now was not the time to proceed recklessly, but to stop boldly.
Even if he got nothing, he had to do that.
“Stop. Just listen to me this time.”
As Yoo-hyun cut off firmly, Wang Xiao-ming’s eyes turned to Yoo-hyun again.
Would it be an overstatement to say that his eyes looked sinister?
Strangely enough, he kept feeling like he knew something.
His voice cut through the rising anxiety.
“How about a cup of tea if you have time?”
Why Wang Xiao-ming?
He was puzzled, but Yoo-hyun had no choice.
He had gone too deep to get out.
“I would be honored.”
Yoo-hyun answered politely, and Wang Xiao-ming smiled faintly.
Yoo-hyun swallowed his saliva and stared at him.
Huawei was the world’s best communication equipment company.
It was absurd for the chairman of such a company, who was at the top of the company, to spare time for the representative of a small company that had no influence in the communication field.
Wang Xiao-ming was not a sociable person either.
There must be something.
‘Did he know from the beginning?’
Yoo-hyun sat on the sofa in the chairman’s office, fiddling with the teacup, and considered the worst situation.
Wang Xiao-ming, who watched him with interest, said.
“What are you thinking so deeply about?”
“This tea is so delicious. I think it has the deepest aroma of all the teas I’ve ever tasted.”
“Ha ha. Is that so? I’ll give it to you as a gift since it suits your taste.”
“I’m embarrassed. I’ll drink it well.”
Yoo-hyun lightened the mood with a smile and drank the tea.
In fact, he had no chance to feel what it tasted like.
What did he want?
That was the only thought in his head.
Wang Xiao-ming, who was enjoying the tea, opened his mouth.
“I heard you need a super-fast communication network for your data center.”
“Yes. That’s right. That’s why I wanted to check out Huawei’s equipment.”
“How was it?”
“It was satisfactory in terms of performance. Of course, I have to set it up in Korea and test it more.”
Yoo-hyun gave a positive answer, but left some room to see his reaction.
The chairman had no reason to care about such a deal, but Wang Xiao-ming dug deeper.
“So, are you willing to use our equipment?”
“If the price is right and the performance is good, there is no reason not to use it.”
“Of course. Unless you came for another purpose.”
Wang Xiao-ming spat out a meaningful word, and wrinkles formed around his eyes.