Chapter 223 Luncheon

Chapter 223 Luncheon

Chapter 223 Luncheon
Nan Xuyu obviously also felt the surprise of Quan Bingxia and Gu Qingyong. He glanced at An Rusong but didn't say anything. Instead, he smiled and said to everyone, "Okay, okay, let's take a seat first and talk about anything after we sit down."

An Rusong and Yu Zhenzhong said nothing, but Quan Bingxia hesitated for a moment and asked, "Chairman Sun Bingdou."

"Ah, Chairman Sun will be here soon," Nan Xuyu said with a smile, "Let's just sit down and wait for him."

Jeon Byung-ha and Gu Kyung-yong nodded and walked towards the table. From their reactions, it was clear that Sun Bing-doo was the protagonist of today's lunch.

Several people sat down at the dining table. As the younger ones among those present, An Rushong and Yu Zhenzhong naturally had to sit at the last seats, while the real main seat was reserved for Sun Bingdou.

"What? Is President Hong also paying attention to Rushong's NGN company?" After taking a seat, Nan Xuyu asked with a smile.

Chairman Hong mentioned here is naturally the current chairman of JoongAng Ilbo, Hong Hee-hyun. This Chairman Hong is not an ordinary person. He once served as the South Korean ambassador to the United States. Less than half a year after taking office, he was forced to resign because of the "X-Files" incident. But after that, with the support of his sister, he officially took over JoongAng Ilbo. At the same time, JTBC TV, which is preparing to resume broadcasting, will also be controlled by him.

As for Chairman Hong's sister, she is the current "boss lady" of Samsung Group, Chairman Lee's wife Hong Luoxi, and the JoongAng Ilbo was originally an industry of Samsung. Yes, despite its name, the JoongAng Ilbo was not founded and controlled by the South Korean government, but is owned by Samsung Group, and the actual controller is Hong Xixuan.

"Yes," Quan Bingxia nodded in response to Nan Xuyu's question, "In fact, since the NGN software launched the pop-up function, President Hong has been paying attention to its development. In the words of our President Hong, the emergence of the pop-up function of the NGN software will inevitably have a significant impact on people's habits of obtaining news to a certain extent."

At this point, he turned to look at An Rusong and asked, "I think President An had this purpose when he added this function to the NGN software, right?"

An Rushong bowed slightly to the other party. He did not answer the question, but just smiled implicitly.

Nan Xuyu looked over, his eyes moved around An Rusong's face, then looked at Quan Bingxia and said with a smile: "Isn't what President Hong said a bit exaggerated?"

The fact is, since NGN Company completed its first round of financing, the staff around Councillor Kong, including Nan Xuyu, have increased their attention to An Rushong. Of course, they have also paid great attention to NGN Company itself.

After NGN launched this new pop-up function, they also thought that this was a tentative move by NGN to get involved in the media, after all, this thing itself has the function of news dissemination. But to be honest, they never thought that such a simple pop-up window could "have a significant impact on people's habit of obtaining news information."

"No, Director Nan, this is not an exaggeration. We all agree with this point of view," Quan Bingxia looked at An Rushong again, then said with a smile.

As for why he agreed, he did not say, because this thing is very complicated to explain, and it is not easy to understand for people who are not majoring in journalism and communication.

Simply put, newspapers are bought by those who pay more attention to the news. Similarly, only those who pay attention to the news will actively click on the news on the Internet. As for those who do not pay attention to the news, or those who are somewhat interested in the news but do not take the initiative to learn about it, they will neither take the initiative to buy newspapers nor open news websites.

The word "active" is emphasized here, that is, those who do not pay attention to the news or do not take the initiative to learn about the news are naturally immune to things like newspapers or news websites.

But pop-ups are different. They don’t care whether their audience is interested in a piece of news. As long as the person uses the software that contains the pop-up window, it can send a specific piece of news to that person.

For example, a person named "A" may not be interested in news, or may not find it troublesome, or may not have the habit of buying newspapers or browsing news on the web, but he needs to use NGN software. Therefore, every time he logs into the NGN software, a pop-up window will pop up and deliver a specific piece of news to him.

Most of the time, "A" will probably just close the pop-up window, and at this time, the news push in the pop-up window is invalid. But if a piece of news pushed in a pop-up window happens to catch "A's" attention, he will click in to take a look. Once this happens many times, when the pop-up window appears again, "A" will try to click in to take a look.

Over time, once the habit is formed, person "A" will go from paying no attention to the news to paying attention to the news, and the main way for him to get in touch with the news is mostly through the pop-ups of NGN.

Quan Bingxia did not give any explanation, but Nan Xuyu did not intend to let go of the topic. But just as he was about to ask further questions, a small group of three or four people just walked in from outside the door.

An Rusong was facing the door, so he was the first to see the group of people coming in. The leader of the group was a middle-aged man in a gray suit. He had a standard square face, small eyes, and deep nasolabial folds. Even with a smile on his face, he still gave people the feeling that he was not easy to get along with. Behind the middle-aged man, there were a man and a woman. The man was a young man in his thirties, wearing a black suit and carrying a briefcase. Just by looking at his appearance, you could tell that he was an assistant or secretary.

The woman looked to be in her early twenties, also wearing a white suit. She had long black hair that went past her shoulders, and a melon-shaped face with light makeup. Her features were delicate and beautiful, and her temperament was outstanding. She gave people a capable and neat feeling when she walked. Well, I guess she was an assistant or secretary.

The moment he saw the middle-aged man enter the room, An Rushong had already made a move to stand up. In his opinion, this man must be today's guest, Sun Bingdou, Li Minbo's confidant and the chairman of KBS TV station. No matter which of these two identities he uses, they are both very important.

The first thing Sun Bingdou did when he walked in was to laugh out loud and say, "Sorry, sorry, I'm late."

An Rushong stood up and bowed, but he was secretly complaining in his heart: You are late so you are late, but you are smiling so happily, saying sorry with your mouth, but there is no apology on your face, how hypocritical!

"Haha, we just took our seats," Nan Xuyu stood up hastily, pushing his chair away and said with a smile, "Besides, it's an honor for us that Chairman Sun can be present at today's lunch."

"Hey, you can't say that," Sun Bingdou waved his hands and looked at Nan Xuyu and said angrily, "I'm not a great person. We're just having a meal together. There's no such thing as honoring me or not."

As he spoke, he had already walked to the main seat at the long table. "Besides, I should be the one to invite you all to today's lunch. This is also the task assigned to me by Mr. Qingxi."

After saying this, he didn't wait for anyone else to speak, and went on to introduce the two people who came with him: "Ah, let me introduce them first."

"This is Meng Wenshi, my assistant," he introduced the man first, and then the accompanying woman, "This is He Jingya, currently serving in the situation assessment team of Mr. Qingxi's campaign committee."

In Sun Bingdou's speech, the so-called "Mr. Qingxi" was heard three times in a row. This "Mr. Qingxi" actually refers to Li Minbo, and Qingxi is his nickname.

After listening to Sun Bingdou's introduction of the two people, Nan Xuyu was polite to them again. After inviting them to take a seat, he introduced An Rushong and the other three.

Then he pressed the bell under the long table, summoned the waiter, and informed him to serve the food.

While waiting for the waiter to serve the dishes, Sun Bingdou chatted briefly with everyone present, mostly exchanging pleasantries. After the waiter had served all the dishes, Nan Xuyu stepped forward to dismiss a few waiters, and then told everyone the main purpose of today's lunch.

An Rushong sat in his seat, listening quietly to what Nan Xuyu said.

According to what this guy said, this luncheon today should indeed have been invited by Sun Bingdou, because the purpose of the luncheon was to require those present to actively cooperate with Li Minbo's political propaganda in the coming period of time.

Whether it is the Chosun Ilbo or the JoongAng Ilbo, their political stance is on the conservative side, but conservative is a broad concept with complex factions. Therefore, even if the two newspapers support the conservatives, they do not necessarily support Lee Min-bo.

Furthermore, there are also different factions within the Chosun Ilbo and the JoongAng Ilbo. Take the latter for example, even though Hong Hee-hyun has been the chairman for so many years, he has not been able to firmly control the entire newspaper.

Where there are people, there is struggle. This sentence is applicable everywhere.

Lee Min-bo has been in politics for many years and has served as mayor of Seoul. He naturally has his own power in South Korea's mainstream media, but this power cannot cover all aspects. Therefore, in the current stage of his final sprint to the presidency, he needs support from all parties, which certainly includes the power of Councillor Kong.

(End of this chapter)