Chapter 38: The Global Shift
📅 Date: September 15, 1994
📍 NexTech Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea
Jin leaned back in his chair, eyes scanning the reports on his desk. Microsoft was in freefall. Their stocks had lost 40% of their value in less than a week, investors were jumping ship, and lawsuits were already piling up against them.
Bill Gates had gone silent. Not a single public statement.
Jin smirked. "Checkmate."
But he wasn't done.
📌 Key Goals in Jin's Mind:
✔ Finish Microsoft off for good.
✔ Secure a monopoly over the tech industry.
✔ Expand NexTech's control into new sectors.
📢 "Kang-ho, get in here."
His enforcer entered, a cigar in one hand, his other resting casually on the pistol holstered at his hip. "What's next, boss?"
Jin's fingers tapped rhythmically on the desk. "We're taking over Silicon Valley."
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The Aftermath of Microsoft's Fall
📅 Date: September 18, 1994
📍 Wall Street, New York, USA
The New York Stock Exchange was in chaos.
✔ Microsoft's shares dropped another 15%.
✔ Intel, IBM, and Apple were in panic mode, fearing they'd be next.
✔ NexTech's stock had TRIPLED.
One Wall Street analyst was shouting into a phone:
📢 "Buy NexTech! Sell Microsoft! The tech war is over!"
And in Washington D.C., politicians were scrambling to figure out how to contain Jin.
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Hollywood's Desperate Play
📅 Date: September 20, 1994
📍 Hollywood, California
The entertainment industry had been watching the war from the sidelines.
But now?
They were terrified.
✔ Microsoft was gone.
✔ NexTech was dominating the tech space.
✔ If Jin decided to enter the entertainment industry… Hollywood would be next.
📢 "We need to stop him before he expands!"
A secret meeting was held between top executives from Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, and Sony Pictures.
📌 Their plan?
✔ Blacklist NexTech from Hollywood.
✔ Pressure the government to block NexTech's media expansion.
✔ Fund smear campaigns against Jin's reputation.
📢 "We'll paint him as a dictator trying to control the world!"
They thought they could stop him.
They were wrong.
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Jin's Next Move: Entering the Gaming Industry
📅 Date: September 22, 1994
📍 NexTech Gaming Research Facility, Seoul
Jin stood before his newly assembled team of game developers, programmers, and designers.
📢 "We're building the world's first AAA open-world RPG."
His audience was stunned.
✔ The current gaming industry was small.
✔ AAA titles didn't exist yet.
✔ Technology wasn't advanced enough.
But Jin didn't care.
📢 "We'll build the hardware ourselves."
The room erupted. This was insanity.
But Jin had one thing no one else did.
The future knowledge to make it happen.
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The Birth of the NexStation
📅 Date: September 25, 1994
📍 NexTech R&D Division
Jin had studied the gaming industry for years.
He knew exactly how Sony would launch the PlayStation in 1994.
📢 "We'll beat them to market with something better."
📌 The NexStation Prototype Features:
✔ 64-bit processing power (twice as powerful as any console in 1994).
✔ CD-ROM format for bigger and better games.
✔ Exclusive AAA titles developed in-house.
Jin's team worked day and night.
NexStation would launch in 1995.
And the gaming industry?
It would never be the same.
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Hollywood Tries to Stop Him… And Fails
📅 Date: September 30, 1994
📍 CNN Headquarters, USA
📢 BREAKING NEWS: IS NEXTECH A DANGER TO AMERICA?
✔ Articles smeared Jin's reputation, calling him a power-hungry businessman.
✔ Accusations of monopolizing the tech industry.
✔ Government officials pressured to investigate NexTech.
Jin watched the news coverage from his penthouse.
He smirked.
📢 "They're getting desperate."
📌 Jin's Response?
✔ Expose Hollywood's corruption.
✔ Buy out their biggest competitors.
✔ Launch NexStudios, the next giant of the film industry.
📢 "If they want war, I'll give them war."
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The Future of the Entertainment Industry is Changing
📅 Date: October 5, 1994
📍 NexTech Headquarters
Jin's final plans were set.
📌 NexTech's Next Expansion:
✔ Gaming – NexStation (Releasing 1995).
✔ Streaming – A future Netflix competitor (Coming 2000).
✔ Hollywood – NexStudios (Launching in 1996).
Microsoft was already dead.
Hollywood?
They were next.
Jin looked at the city skyline, his empire growing stronger every day.
📢 "This is only the beginning."
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End of Chapter 38