Chapter 20: The Birth of NexMall & The Road to NexOS
📅 Date: May 1993
📍 Location: NexTech Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea
The gaming industry had changed forever.
✔ GameSphere was gone—acquired by NexTech.
✔ NexBox dominated the console market with no competition left.
✔ GigaSearch was spreading across the internet like wildfire.
Jin Hoshino had won the gaming war.
But he wasn't interested in celebrating.
Because his next target was bigger than gaming.
📌 He was about to change the way people shopped forever.
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The Official Launch of NexMall—Online Shopping Before Its Time
📅 Date: May 15, 1993
📍 NexTech Research Lab, Seoul
Jin stood before a massive screen, where the homepage of NexMall was displayed.
✔ A clean, minimalist design.
✔ Instant search and product recommendations.
✔ Secure digital payment system (years ahead of PayPal).
His executives still looked uncertain.
"Sir, online shopping is still a new idea. People don't trust buying things on the internet."
Jin smirked.
"That's why we're launching first. We won't wait for people to adapt—we'll shape their habits instead."
📌 NexMall's Strategy:
✔ Start with gaming-related products—games, consoles, accessories.
✔ Expand to electronics, books, and clothing within the first year.
✔ Integrate GigaSearch to make finding products easier than ever.
By launching years before Amazon, NexMall would become the default online shopping platform.
📢 BREAKING NEWS: NexTech Launches NexMall—The Future of Shopping is Online!
Within days, investors flooded in.
By the end of May, NexMall had already processed over 100,000 orders.
The e-commerce revolution had begun.
And Jin was at the center of it.
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The Next Target: Building NexOS
📅 Date: May 25, 1993
📍 NexTech Software Division, Seoul
While NexMall was taking off, Jin was already planning his next move.
His goal?
📌 A user-friendly operating system—years ahead of Windows and MacOS.
Jin gathered his top engineers.
Behind him, a whiteboard displayed two words:
📌 NexOS
"Computers are powerful, but they're still complicated for most users. We're going to change that."
His lead engineer, Kim Seung-ho, looked skeptical.
"Sir, Microsoft and Apple already control the OS market. Can we really compete?"
Jin smirked.
"We won't compete. We'll create something they can't."
📌 NexOS's Features (1993 Prototype):
✔ A simple, icon-based interface—years ahead of Windows 95.
✔ Built-in internet access (unheard of in 1993).
✔ Automatic updates and security patches.
If successful, NexOS would redefine personal computing.
Jin turned to his team.
"We have one year. Start working."
By 1994, NexTech would enter the operating system war.
And just like with gaming and e-commerce, Jin was already ahead.
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The Global Expansion of NexTech
📅 Date: June 1993
📍 Silicon Valley, California, USA
Jin stepped off his private jet, breathing in the California air.
✔ NexTech had officially opened its U.S. headquarters.
✔ American tech companies were lining up to work with him.
✔ Silicon Valley was watching his every move.
His goal in America?
📌 Expand NexTech's internet services across the U.S.
📌 Recruit top American engineers for NexOS development.
📌 Prepare NexTech's next major acquisition—telecommunications.
Jin had conquered Korea.
Now, he was taking over the world.
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End of Chapter 20