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CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Korea was not just for a business meeting. He mentioned the history of mutual growth between Korea's IT industry and NVIDIA, and expressed his special affection for the Korean market. When he visited Jamsil Stadium, he emphasized to the fans on-site that Korea's PC game industry and technological development were in line with Nvidia's growth, and expressed his affinity for 'Chicken and Beer', a unique baseball culture in Korea, drawing explosive cheers from the audience. In particular, the uniform number he wore, '93', represents the year of Nvidia's founding, and the number '96' worn by Chairman Park Jeong-won, who was the opposing hitter, symbolizes the history of the Doosan Group, perfectly visually embodying the deep bond and will for cooperation between the two sides.

This event was also a venue for strategic exchange with Doosan Group. The two sides, who met in the reception room before the first pitch, went beyond a mere formal meeting to share blueprints for future business, including robotics and AI technology. Chairman Park Jeong-won strengthened the partnership by gifting a sculpture containing Doosan's founding spirit, and CEO Hwang also showed off his closeness through informal communication with the athletes. About 200 NVIDIA employees and baseball fans gathered at the site united under a large banner saying 'Welcome NVIDIA', demonstrating how someone at the cutting edge of technology can reach the public through the universal language of sports.

While Jensen Hwang's ceremonial first pitch action received a brilliant spotlight, the history of records that support the foundation of the KBO League continued in silence. On the same day, at SSG Landers Field in Incheon, referee Kim Jeong-guk proved the spirit of long-term service in professional baseball by accumulating a milestone of 1,500 appearances in a total of 1,500 games. His record of dedicating himself to fair judgment in every game for over 15 years since he first stepped onto the first-team stage in 2010 is as important an axis that supports the essence of the sport of baseball as the advancement of IT technology. This reminds us that even amid the huge waves of technological innovation, the history and records of sports are still completed through human sweat and sincerity.

Also, the league's records continue to be broken. LG Twins' Park Hae-min is on the verge of achieving an unprecedented record of 20 stolen bases for 13 consecutive seasons, becoming the first player in the KBO League. This represents Korean baseball's constant spirit of challenge and players' thorough self-management. The 'innovation' pursued by a global company called NVIDIA and the 'commitment to records' shown by KBO League players in every game are by no means distant values. In the end, both the cutting-edge AI algorithm and the 0.1 second stolen base moment on the ground all share the common essence of 'challenge the limit and accumulate data.'

Even though the ball that CEO Jensen Hwang threw was outside the strike zone, the message he threw hit the mark on the Korean market. He alleviated the tension on the field by joking that it was a 'wild pitch', and showed that he perfectly understood and enjoyed the content of baseball, mentioning Doosan's winning season in a conversation with Chairman Park Jeong-won. This way of communicating clearly shows why he is so influential as a global leader. Beyond technical achievements, it has been proven that the ability to respect and collaborate with each other's culture and interests is the core of the soft power that leads NVIDIA to become the world's best company.