Chapter 136 A Bright Future
Chapter 136 A Bright Future
Of course, what Han Meiyan gets from Liu Taimin's inheritance and how much he gets has nothing to do with An Rusong.
An Rushong believed that even if that woman took over the entire Damushan Group, she would not give him tens of billions for no reason, unless he threatened her with something.
Wait, a threat?
Well, if that were the case, I would probably be run over by a dump truck or something when I go out. There is no doubt that crazy woman would definitely do such a thing.
However, An Rushong never coveted the wealth in Han Meiyan's hands. Although he was a scumbag, he only took advantage of women's bodies and never took their money. He never did anything to cheat people of their money or their sex.
The most important thing is that he is confident about his future and believes that in the near future, the wealth he will be able to control will definitely not be comparable to that of a mere Damushan Group.
Don't think that An Rushong is dreaming. In fact, he already has signs of becoming rich quickly.
Just seven days after NGN Farm went online, the number of registered users of NGN software exceeded 700 million. On the same day, An Rushong received a call from Macaulay. The head of the venture capital fund with a background in Draper Fisher Jurvetson apologized to An Rushong on the phone and verbally expressed another venture capital intention to him: GC Fund planned to invest 1000 million US dollars in NGN in exchange for % of NGN's shares.
Since Macaulay has made such an investment intention, it means that his valuation of NGN has increased to 5000 million US dollars. Interestingly, the exchange rate of US dollar to Korean won on that day was exactly 1:1000, which means that according to this exchange rate, the current valuation of NGN is 500 billion won.
Moreover, the offer made by Macaulay was only a verbal offer. If An Rushong was interested in accepting the investment from the GC Fund, I believe the two parties could continue to discuss the specific amount. This is also the most fundamental reason why An Rushong did not directly accept the other party's offer.
In An Rusong's opinion, the offer made by Macaulay last time was more or less out of consideration for Mike's face. In other words, although the offer made by Macaulay last time was very low, in the eyes of the other party, that offer actually had a premium.
But this time, Macaulay was obviously really optimistic about the development of NGN. He really wanted to acquire shares of NGN, so the conditions he offered were more stringent, because there was room for bargaining in these conditions.
Driven by NGN Farm, the number of registered users of NGN software has exceeded 700 million. If this figure is placed in the Chinese application software market, it seems to be just like that, but the problem is that this 700 million is the achievement of the Korean version of NGN.
What is the total population of South Korea now? 4868.4 million, including newborn babies, sick elderly people, and poor people living in remote mountainous areas who cannot even access the Internet. But even so, the number of people registered for NGN software has accounted for more than one-seventh of the total population. With this calculation, is the prospect of NGN companies very bright?
Most importantly, NGN software is still in its infancy. How long has it been online? With the promotion of NGN farms, what if the software is released in English? What if it is also pushed on a large scale in the English-speaking world? What effect will that have?
No one knows this yet, but it is precisely because no one knows that there are countless possibilities. So the question is, what does venture capital do? What do they invest in? In the final analysis, isn’t it this infinite possibility that they invest in?
Therefore, during the conversation with Macaulay, An Rushong did not accept the offer made by the other party, but he did not explicitly reject the other party's intention to invest in NGN. He just asked the other party to carefully consider the valuation of NGN, because he was very sure that the value of his own company should be higher.
As part of the company's development plan, it can also be seen as a response to Macaulay. The day after the two had a phone call, NGN Farm launched four types of props: random seeds that can be obtained by harvesting crops; fertilizers that can accelerate plant growth; and herbicides and pesticides used to remove weeds and pests.
These four props can increase the yield of farm crops, shorten the harvest time, etc., and they cannot be obtained by purchasing, but can only be obtained randomly by harvesting crops or completing corresponding tasks. As for the so-called corresponding tasks, players need to invite friends to register NGN software and enter NGN farms to complete them, and each time a friend is invited, they can get corresponding rewards.
With the emergence of these props, the number of registered users of NGN software once again ushered in an explosive period, and on the Yahoo forum, a post by netizens complaining about NGN Farm also became popular in South Korea in a short period of time.
The general meaning of this post is that the president of the company where the poster works has issued a task to all employees, requiring them to apply for an NGN number and fill in the exclusive number issued by the president in the invitation code column. At first, the company's employees thought that the company was going to set up an NGN group for future communication. As it turned out, the group really existed, but the president's purpose was not to work, but to go to the NGN farm to receive the invitation reward.
Interestingly, the most popular post on the Yahoo Japan forum is a plea for NGN to open a prop purchase function. The poster claims to be a otaku who has no friends in real life, but is obsessed with farm games, so he hopes to spend money to buy props to speed up the development of his farm. Below this post, there is another reply. The poster is also a otaku, and the purpose of playing farm games is for a girl he has always liked but has never expressed to her. Because the girl is also addicted to farm games, and every time the poster's crops are ripe, the girl will come to his place to steal vegetables. Therefore, the poster hopes to buy props to speed up the growth of his crops so that the girl can come to his space more often.
Well, this world is weird. If you don’t go and see it, you won’t know how wonderful it is.
As for An Rushong, he now just hopes that strange people will come to play his farm game, so that his NGN software will become more and more popular, and it would be best if it could become popular beyond the circle.
In mid-November, the weather in Seoul is getting colder day by day, and the temperature difference between morning and noon is particularly large, most of the time the difference can be more than ten degrees. Because of this, seasonal colds have begun to spread in Seoul, and you can hear reminders on the radio from time to time to wear more clothes.
Inside the office of NGN Company, An Rushong watched Jiang Xiuyuan, whose face flushed, cover her mouth and run to the door. He slowly fastened his belt and tidied up the messy desk. He did not hum a little tune and opened the closed curtains until Jiang Xiuyuan adjusted her mood, glared at him fiercely and walked out.
The office area outside the office is now full of people. In the past period of time, NGN Company has been operating while continuously recruiting new members. After one month of operation, the company now has nearly 30 employees, more than half of whom are programmers, who are also the core of the entire NGN Company.
According to An Rusong's plan, once the company gets the first round of financing, the first thing he will do is to buy a piece of land in Baekhyeon-dong, Bundang-gu, and then build a property there so that the company can be moved directly there in the future.
The reason for choosing Baekhyeon-dong in Bundang District is that Bundang District is currently attracting investment and offers generous preferential policies in all aspects. It seems that if the investment amount reaches a certain scale, the government will subsidize the land acquisition fee in proportion.
Another reason is that in An Rusong's memory, Baekhyeon-dong in Bundang District in his previous life seemed to be a well-known innovation center in South Korea. Large companies like Samsung and LG moved their headquarters there or established R&D centers there. If history is not wrong, then the properties in this area will definitely be extremely expensive in the future. Buying a piece of land there now can also be considered an investment.
Of course, all of this is based on a prerequisite, that is, the company must be rich enough. If it has no money, what’s the point of talking about it!
Sitting back in the chair, An Rushong took the glass from the table.
The water in the cup was still warm, but there was a conspicuous lipstick mark on the rim of the cup. Thinking of the ultimate enjoyment he had just experienced, An Rushong grinned and put the cup back.
Who says that little girls are innocent, ignorant, and incapable of dealing with things? That's because no one has tried their best to teach them. As long as you are willing to learn, patiently, and attentively, there is nothing she can't learn.
An Rushong turned on the computer with a happy mood. While waiting for the computer to start up, he picked up a document on the table.
Since the launch of NGN Farm, the company has started new development projects.
At present, all programmers in the company are divided into two project groups. The Russians who joined the company first belong to an independent project group. The projects assigned to them by An Rusong are kept secret by the entire company. The fourteen programmers who continue to be responsible for the development of NGN software functions are recruited later. They are currently working on the development of NGN's emoticons, animated image functions, and voice messages.
According to An Rusong's subsequent plan, there will be another major version update of NGN software within this year. All the functions of NGN will be released in this version update. It is hoped that by that time, the valuation of NGN by various venture capital companies will be able to reach a higher level.
(End of this chapter)