Chapter 165: Political Achievements
Chapter 165: Political Achievements
The young man seemed very respectful. After he opened the car door, he quickly stepped aside and bowed to An Rushong in the car.
After getting out of the carriage, An Rusong nodded to the young man first, then straightened the hem of his suit and asked, "Lead the way."
The young man didn't say anything, but just made a gesture of invitation towards the left front. An Rushong looked in the direction of the other party's finger and found that there was a thin young man standing about twenty steps away.
Although the young man was thin, his posture was unusually upright. From a distance, he looked like a poplar tree with all its branches chopped off.
The moment he saw the young man, An Rusong immediately walked over. When he was still seven or eight steps away from the young man, he stopped, bowed and said, "Director Lin."
Director Lin's face was as thin as a withered one, giving people a chilling feeling as if seeing a ghost in broad daylight, but his tone was very gentle: "Let's go, Councillor Kong and Director Nan are waiting for you upstairs."
An Rushong walked over with a smile, but was muttering in his heart, "Brother, do you know how to speak? What do you mean by 'wait for me upstairs'? Why does this sound so creepy?"
Following Director Lin to the elevator door, An Rushong saw that the elevator was already waiting there. Two young men in black suits were guarding the door. When they saw them coming, they bowed.
They took the elevator directly to the 17th floor, walked through the corridor, and finally arrived at the door of Room 1719. It took about three minutes. The skinny Director Lin didn't say a word. An Rushong simply couldn't imagine how much psychological pressure Shen Taian would be under working with such a person every day.
Room 1719 is obviously a luxurious presidential suite with a double door design. After entering the room, there is an entrance hall. This entrance hall alone is as big as an ordinary family's bedroom.
After passing through the entrance hall, there is a living room. This living room is slightly smaller and should be a reception room. On the right side of the living room, there is a door. When An Rusong walked into the living room, the door was open. Looking from the outside, you can see that there is a small meeting room that seems to be more spacious.
On the left side of this small conference room, there is another door. The door is ajar, so you can’t see what’s inside. You can only vaguely hear the sound of someone talking.
"Please sit down," Director Lin said casually as he took An Rushong to the sofa in the living room, and then walked back to the entrance. An Rushong heard the sound of the door and guessed that Director Lin had gone out again.
About seven or eight minutes later, the half-closed door was finally opened from the inside, and Councillor Kong, wearing a white bathrobe, walked out slowly. He seemed a little unhappy at this moment, with his wrinkled face drooping, and his already deep nasolabial folds appeared even deeper now. He exuded an aura that said "keep away from strangers".
Seeing Councillor Kong appear, An Rushong hurriedly stood up from the sofa. He did not say a word, but just bowed deeply to the other party.
Just when he stood up again, he was shocked to find that there were two young women following closely behind Councillor Kong. Interestingly, An Rushong knew both of these women. They seemed to be in the same group and debuted two years ago. One of them even played a role in a very popular TV series recently.
Following behind the two women was An Rushong's immediate superior, Nan Xuyu. This guy seemed to be getting fatter and fatter recently, and his belly was so big that it made people feel scared, as if it would explode in the next second.
"Rushong," Councillor Kong's expression seemed to improve when he saw An Rushong standing in front of the sofa. He waved his hand at An Rushong and said, "Sit down. Don't stand there like a child who has made a mistake."
After saying this, An Rushong didn't find it funny at all, but the old man burst into laughter first.
Seeing that he and Nan Xuyu were both laughing, An Rusong could only laugh along, occasionally saying something humorous: "In your eyes, I shouldn't be just a child."
Councillor Kong smiled even more happily. He stretched out his hand and nodded towards An Rushong, then turned to Nan Xuyu and said, "Hurry up and arrange for someone to send them away."
"They" obviously refers to the two women. It can be seen that the old guy is very dissatisfied with these two girls.
An Rushong complained inwardly, does the old guy's bird still have feathers? He actually looks down on the young girl. If I want to hear the sound of leaves rustling in the forest, I don't ask you to be able to sing, but at least you have to be able to do it.
Nan Xuyu bowed to the old man, then led the two girls towards the entrance hall.
"Sit down, don't stand." After sending the two women away, Councillor Kong put on a smiling face again. He walked around to the sofa and sat down. It seemed that he just remembered that An Rusong was still standing, so he greeted him warmly, "We are not outsiders, don't be so reserved."
"Thank you, Mr. Kong," An Rushong bowed to the other party again, and then sat down cautiously.
"Alas, the Republic of Korea is in a turbulent time right now," Councillor Kong said as he sat down. He raised his hands, gathered his hair, and complained in a tired tone, "Those so-called progressives are always thinking about joining the Communist Party and being pro-North Korea, and they are always shouting those unrealistic anti-American slogans, but they can't calm down and see what this country has become!"
What made An Rusong speechless was that when this guy said this, he actually had a look of grief on his face, as if he had really worked hard for this country. "I am already 58 years old this year," Assemblyman Kong gestured to An Rusong and continued, "In order to unite the entire Grand National Party, I have to bow and scrape to those young people of the N86 generation, and pretend to be a grandson in front of those Fifth Republic elders. Tell me, what am I asking for?"
An Rushong didn't know how to respond. He could only lower his head and act as if he was heartbroken and angry.
Of course, he also knew that his performance was fake, and he was sure that the old guy opposite could also see that his performance was fake, but An Rushong was even more certain that the old guy didn't care whether his performance was fake or not, but only cared whether he was acting or not.
"Everything the congressman does is for the Republic of Korea and for the 50 million people of the Republic of Korea," Nan Xuyu's voice came from behind. His performance was even more fake, so fake that he didn't even put on makeup.
Councillor Kong smacked his lips, sighing and mocking himself as he said, "It's a pity that the people today can no longer understand the ideals of people like us."
After a pause, he looked at An Rusong again and asked, "Rusong, I heard that your company is doing well recently?"
"Not bad," An Rusong said, leaning forward slightly, "We have completed the first round of financing."
What he said was to tell the other party that NGN's first round of financing had been completed, and if you wanted to invest, you could wait until next time.
"I read your announcement and it seems that you received a total of $6250 million in financing from DFJ and Apple?" Councillor Kong did not mention the shares. He then asked, "Next, are you planning to build a medium-sized data center?"
"It is a small data center," An Rusong said. "The statement in the announcement is just to boost market confidence, and it is somewhat exaggerated."
He was speaking the truth, because according to NGN's next development plan, they were indeed planning to build a small data center, with an estimated total investment of around US$700 million.
"Isn't it a medium-sized data center?" Councillor Kong frowned and asked, "The estimated investment is 2500 million US dollars. Is it all fake?"
"Oh?" An Rushong turned his head and looked at Nan Xuyu who was sitting next to him, with a look of confusion on his face.
Nan Xuyu coughed dryly and said, "Councilman Liu's second son is currently serving as the district director of Enping District. In order to benefit Enping District and improve its economy, he plans to launch an innovative economic plan, which is the CCEI plan."
After a pause, he continued, "The core of this innovative economic plan is to build a new entrepreneurial park in Enping District to attract new startups from all over the world, including South Korea, to join. Of course, Enping District and even Seoul City will provide certain economic and policy subsidies to this project, mainly to the companies that settle there."
Well, An Rushong understood what he meant.
Councillor Liu is a staunch political ally of Councillor Kong. Previously, the Ministry of National Defense's bribery scandal was linked to the two of them, which shows how close their relationship is. According to gossip from unknown sources, the two seem to be not only classmates, but also from the same hometown.
Councillor Liu has two sons. The eldest son is in the United States and seems to be a businessman, while the second son is in politics. Just as Nan Xuyu said, he is currently the district head of Eunpyeong District in Seoul, which is equivalent to the district mayor in China.
This guy's "CCEI Plan" is probably just a face-saving project and an image project to gain political capital for himself.
Why do I say that? Because Enping District is home to a large number of high-end residential areas, and its commercial atmosphere is not very strong, let alone the industrial atmosphere.
An Rushong guessed that the second young master Liu was probably planning to build Enping District as his voting base so that one day in the future, he could use this voting base to win the election for Congress.
Precisely for this reason, he will probably work hard on this face-saving project. Otherwise, just making such a gimmick will have no hope of securing a seat in Congress.
As for An Rushong, his original plan was to move the company's new headquarters and data center to Banqiao, because in twenty years, it would become a Feng Shui treasure land where major Korean companies would be concentrated. If he went there first, he could get a relatively cheap piece of land.
(End of this chapter)