Chapter 37 Order 1
Chapter 37 First Order
At night, Songquandong Xinghecheng residential area.
In the spacious living room, a KBS TV program was playing on the open TV. In the picture, Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, MC Mong, Eun Ji-won, Kim Jong-min, and Lee Seung-gi were gathered in the parking lot to check on everyone's cars.
When An Rusong walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath blanket, the show happened to be in the part where Lee Soo Geun showed everyone his bank passbook with a balance of 1200 yuan, which attracted everyone's ridicule. Lee Soo Geun took the opportunity to put on a sensational performance, but was ruthlessly exposed by Kang Ho Dong.
Sun Manzhu, who was sitting on the sofa with her knees hugged, was laughing so hard at the show that Li Caicao, who didn't understand Korean, looked confused. In the past, she seldom watched TV in the living room, after all, she couldn't understand Korean at all.
But in recent days, she has appeared in the living room more and more frequently. As for the reason, probably only Mr. An wrapped in a bath blanket knows it well.
The program broadcast on TV is the new variety show "Two Days and One Night" which officially starts airing tonight. This episode is the previous episode of "Chungbuk Yongdong".
On the sofa, Sun Manzhu occupied the left side, while Li Caicao occupied the right side, leaving a large empty space in the middle.
An Rushong came out of the bathroom and went to the study first to get the laptop that belonged to Sun Manzhu. Then he returned to the living room and sat down between Sun Manzhu and Li Caicao without any hesitation.
At this time, on the TV screen, Kang Ho-dong had already opened the door of Eun Ji-won's car and took out a paper bag from the seat inside. He first took out a pair of red shorts from it, teased the holes on it, and then, amid the laughter of everyone, he took out an ugly, hairless "yellow chicken" from the bag.
"It's out, it's out!" Sun Manzhu became excited when she saw the yellow toy chicken. She stood up from the sofa, jumped and cheered, "Our screaming chicken! Our screaming chicken!"
An Rushong held the notebook in one hand and protected her with the other, fearing that she would accidentally fall off the sofa.
On TV, Kang Ho Dong accidentally pinched the "yellow chicken". Suddenly, a miserable scream was heard on TV, which scared several guests present. After they reacted, they began to scramble for this novel toy.
The guests didn't play around for long, about two minutes, and then the Screaming Chicken was taken away by the strong and big Kang Ho Dong.
In this episode, the product placement of Screaming Chicken ends here. It will appear again in the third episode of the show, and the duration will be about two minutes.
In other words, with less than five minutes of advertising time, and with an embedded soft advertisement that did not reveal the product manufacturer or contact information, the toy factory earned 1.5 million won in advertising fees.
This is the price An Rusong has to pay when the future of the program is still unclear. If he waits until "Two Days and One Night" becomes really popular, with just such a product placement and such a small advertising fee, he probably won't even be eligible to participate in the bidding.
After the Screaming Chicken was put away by Kang Ho Dong, Son Man Joo began to grumble in dissatisfaction again. She thought that the time her product was displayed on the show was too short and that the investment of 1.5 million won might not be worth the money.
An Rushong knew that this woman was simple and spoke without thinking, so he didn't bother to argue with her. He just pinched her face, rubbed her head, and turned around to write his own code in his notebook.
An Rushong had actually already completed the karuta website for Liu Taihe, Shen Taian and others. He even did some basic testing at "Gwan".
However, he was not in a hurry to report the good news to Liu Tai and others and take credit for it.
The same job, the same quality, the same fee standard, the difference between completing it in one day and completing it in ten days. Most of the time, the faster the job is completed, the more satisfied the employer is. On the contrary, if the job is completed quickly, the employer may feel that he has suffered a loss.
This is human nature, it's the same everywhere.
An Rusong didn't plan to cooperate with Liu Taihe for a long time, so he didn't need to prove his ability to the other party. His logic was: in front of a potential opponent that he was not sure of defeating, it was a wise choice to keep a low profile.
Now, python2.7 is running on the notebook in front of An Rushong, and he is writing the source code for starting Tcpserver.py on the server.
That's right, he was planning to create an instant messaging software similar to ICQ, a pure Korean version.
This was a huge project, and An Rushong did not intend to complete it entirely by himself. As long as he had more money on hand, he planned to set up a company, hire some programmers, and have him provide ideas to develop the software as soon as possible.
In An Rusong's previous life, Kakao Talk dominated the Korean instant messaging software market. With this software, Kim Fanzhu rose rapidly and became the so-called richest man in South Korea in just over a decade.
An Rusong was very ambitious and he didn't think he had enough time. So, without the funds to start a company, he had to do some work by himself. After all, it was a phenomenal variety show. The funny content quickly attracted Sun Manzhu's attention. She was amused by the guests' jokes and had long forgotten about the advertisement.
Of course, she did not notice that at the other end of the sofa, the woman who was nominally her stepmother had secretly put one of her white and tender feet into the bath blanket that An Rushong was wrapped in.
"Didi"
Just when An Rushong was getting so angry that he almost lost the energy to type code, a cell phone suddenly rang from the direction of the study.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, An Rushong stood up, glared at Li Caicao, and hurried to the study.
The mobile phone was on the desk. An Rushong picked it up and glanced at the screen, which showed "Unknown call".
He looked at his watch. It was almost six o'clock in the evening. He wondered who would call him at this time. After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the answer button and put the phone to his ear.
"Hello, may I ask who is this?" A voice with an awkward accent came from the phone. The other party was halfway through speaking. It was estimated that he could not remember the name of the person he was talking to. While making the call, he also had to check business cards and other things. "Is this Mr. An from DreamToys?"
Hearing the other party's stumbling words and unclear pronunciation, An Rusong wanted to hang up the phone. But when the other party finished speaking, he immediately changed his mind. He vaguely guessed who the other party was.
"My name is An Rushong. May I ask who you are?" An Rushong replied, but he did not speak Korean, but authentic English.
Yes, the other party was a foreigner, and most likely the husband of the foreign girl, Jaslin, whom he met when he met Cui Li'e a while ago.
As expected, the person on the phone immediately switched to English and said cheerfully, "Hello, Mr. An, I'm sorry to contact you so late. Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Mike Justin, you can call me Mike."
"Hello, Mr. Mike," An Rushong took the opportunity to greet him.
“Hello,” Mike continued, “My wife recommended one of your products to me. Oh, my wife’s name is Jaslin, and you’ve met before.”
"Ah, Mrs. Jaslin, of course I remember, and the little angel Irene, haha," An Rushong laughed.
"Haha, thank you," Mike thanked him and said, "Mr. An, I am very interested in the toy called Screaming Chicken that you produce. I hope to place an order and start a discussion with you as soon as possible."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Mike. This is good news for me and the toy factory I work for," An Rusong said. "I can arrange a meeting at any time, but I still hope to know the quantity of your order and the quality standards you require in advance."
"You're welcome, Mr. An. I believe this order will be a good deal for us," Mike said with a smile on the phone. "We hope to get 2 pieces. As for the standards, the company I work for is mainly responsible for trade between South Korea and the United States, so the toy standards must comply with the ASTM F963 standard and the corresponding CPSIA regulations."
After a pause, he continued, "Mr. An, do you know anything about these two standards? If not, you can send me an email and I will send it to you later."
"That's not necessary," An Rusong said with a smile, "Of course we understand these two basic standards. In fact, we have done relevant tests before. Whether it is physical performance tests or toxicity, combustion and other tests, they all meet the import standards for returned toys. Mr. Mike can rest assured about this."
On the other end of the phone, Mike said something to someone, then he quickened his tone and said, "This is really good news. Mr. An, if you don't mind, I would like to visit your toy factory tomorrow and we can sign the order contract in your office."
"Of course I don't mind," An Rushong agreed without hesitation. Then he told the other party the address of the toy factory and hung up the phone.
After ending the call with Mike, An Rushong walked out of the study immediately. He quickly walked behind the sofa, held Sun Manzhu's face, and gave her a deep kiss on the lips.
After the passionate kiss, he said to Sun Manzhu, who looked confused, "Baby, we received our first order of 2 pieces, and they are to be sold to America!"
"Ah!" Sun Manzhu was stunned for a few seconds, then let out an excited scream.
(End of this chapter)