Chapter 228 Advance and retreat

Chapter 228 Advance and retreat

Chapter 228 Advance and retreat
However, An Rushong did not panic. He looked at the KD Transportation Group that came to him on its own initiative. This is the largest bus transportation group in South Korea, with more than 1000 large buses in Seoul alone.

If only a few thousand people sign up as volunteers for NGN's charity campaign, companies like KD Transportation Group will definitely not come to them on their own initiative. Even if they want to organize such an event, they can follow NGN's example and start a new one by planning the same campaign on their own.

So, although this public welfare action is so large that it exceeds NGN's current ability to cope with it, it is precisely because of its large scale that it can attract more people to join in.

The most important thing is that if this public welfare action fails, NGN will certainly become a laughing stock in the eyes of the world, but if it succeeds, it will also play a very big role in promoting the development of NGN companies.

In other words, for NGN Company and An Rushong himself, this is a critical moment where crisis and opportunity coexist.

In the president's office, Jiang Xiuyuan took the note paper and looked at the contents written on it. A trace of worry flashed across her pretty face. She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but An Rushong's cell phone on the desk rang first.

An Rushong raised his hands and pressed on the temples on both sides of his head before picking up the phone.

The call was from Nan Xuyu. An Rushong guessed that it was time for the old guy to call him too.

Without any hesitation, he pressed the answer button.

"Are you free now?" Nan Xuyu's voice came from the phone as soon as the call was connected.

An Rushong was about to speak when the landline phone on the table rang first.

He motioned for Jiang Xiuyuan to answer the phone and said, "I have time, Director Nan."

Nan Xuyu obviously heard the phone ringing. He should also know that An Rusong would be very busy now, but he still said, "Go downstairs now. Councillor Kong and I will be downstairs of your company in five minutes."

Hearing him say this, An Rushong could only agree.

After hanging up the phone, An Rushong glanced at Jiang Xiuyuan who was answering the phone. The other party winked at him and wanted to hand him the receiver, but he waved his hand to stop her.

It was difficult to communicate verbally at this time, so An Rushong took a pen and wrote a few words on a notepad. The general idea was to let Jiang Xiuyuan deal with the calls from all parties first. No matter who called, she just needed to write down the other party's identity and the content of the call. As for the specific decision, she would make it after he came back.

After briefly explaining a few words to Jiang Xiuyuan, An Rushong stood up from his chair, took his coat, and hurried downstairs.

Nan Xuyu's car arrived faster than expected. As An Rushong walked out of the main entrance of the office building, he saw a line of five cars driving steadily from west to east. Just by looking at the number of cars in the convoy, he guessed that Councillor Kong should be in one of the cars, because Nan Xuyu did not travel with such a grand ceremony.

The convoy quickly drove up to the front, and the two cars in front drove straight past An Rushong. It was not until the third black Mercedes came over that it slowly stopped next to An Rushong.

An Rushong immediately spotted Nan Xuyu sitting on the left side of the back seat. He bowed first and, while bowing, he glanced inside the car out of the corner of his eye.

As expected, sitting on the right side of the back seat of the car was Councillor Kong, who had a smiling face. His scholarly and graceful demeanor made it difficult to associate him with the word corruption and depravity.

Nan Xuyu did not roll down the window. He sat in the car and gestured to An Rushong to get in.

An Rushong understood what he meant and quickly walked around to the other side of the car and opened the passenger door.

After a while, the motorcade started moving again and drove towards the end of the street. In the car, An Rusong had just fastened his seat belt and had not had time to turn around when he heard Councillor Kong speak directly: "Rusong, the charity campaign you organized this time is very good. Hmm, how many volunteers have signed up now?" "Mr. Kong, the data I just saw shows that there are more than 70,000 people," An Rusong said, turning sideways and looking at Councillor Kong who was sitting behind him.

"Haha, good, very thoughtful," Councillor Kong nodded and praised, "You may not know yet, but this activity you organized has attracted a lot of attention. Minbo just called me and asked about this matter. He thought I arranged it, haha."

His laughter sounded hearty, as if he was very happy, but An Rushong could tell that the old man was making a fuss about him. He was probably blaming him for not reporting this matter to him.

"Mr. Kong, I didn't expect such an event to cause such a big stir," An Rusong said helplessly, "My original plan was just to recruit volunteers to draw public attention to the oil spill, and then to report the scope of the oil spill and the losses it caused in real time while organizing volunteers to clean up the oil. I just didn't expect..."

"Okay, okay," Councillor Kong seemed very kind. He laughed and interrupted An Rusong, saying, "I don't mean to blame you."

After a pause, he continued, "However, this was also an accident. Overall, this activity was well done. If used properly, it will definitely be of great benefit to reversing the passive situation that Minbo is currently facing. However, this kind of thing still requires strategy."

"Mr. Kong, I am already unable to cope with the current situation, let alone a strategy," An Rusong said with a bitter face. "As I said before, I don't have a full understanding of the effect of this action. In my plan, it would be great if there were at most 10,000 volunteers who actually signed up. Therefore, the response plan I prepared in advance was also formulated for actions of this scale."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Nan Xuyu next to him. Seeing that the other person had no expression on his face, he continued, "Now, the volunteer recruitment notice has only been sent out for a few hours, and the number of people who have signed up has exceeded 70,000. If nothing unexpected happens, the number of people who have signed up should exceed 100,000 before two o'clock in the afternoon. NGN cannot support such a large-scale volunteer action in terms of human resources, financial resources, and material resources."

"Of course, the financial and material resources are easier to solve," he said, changing the subject, "because so far, twelve companies, enterprises, and even individuals have contacted me and are willing to donate part of the money for this operation. Just now, KD Transportation Group called and said it was willing to provide 200 buses for the operation."

"So what specific difficulties are you facing now?" Nan Xuyu interrupted him and asked.

An Rusong said without hesitation: "Director Nan, I need a team that is good at organizing and operating such activities. From now on, the specific operation of the entire event needs to be responsible for this team, and my NGN company will only be responsible for the promotion of the event."

"After all, my company is just an Internet company, and no one in the company can do this well," he said at last. "If we continue like this, this volunteer action will probably end up as a farce."

What An Rushong said is true, but also a form of concession and compromise.

The current state of this event has completely deviated from An Rushong's original intention. It is foreseeable that as the scale of the entire event grows and the number of volunteers who sign up increases, its influence in the entire country of South Korea will become greater and greater. At the same time, the various interests involved in this event will inevitably increase, and the number of people who want to get involved will also increase.

To be honest, it's not that An Rushong is self-deprecating or lacks confidence or anything like that, but with his current status and position, he simply cannot control such a big scene. Not to mention anything else, in this process, if someone trips him up, he will fall hard.

Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity to hand over the leadership of this event may be the best choice for An Rushong.

First of all, handing over the initiative of this event would allow him to gain a certain degree of favor from Councillor Kong and even Li Minbo, allowing him to cling to their thighs more firmly.

Secondly, by handing over the initiative of the activity, he can avoid more troubles, including troubles caused by trivial matters and troubles that may be caused by the distribution of benefits.

Finally, even if he hands over the initiative of the event, he will still get the same benefits, because NGN is the initiator of this event, and this will never change. At the same time, the pop-up window of NGN software will still play its current role in subsequent activities, and this will also not change.

In the final analysis, whether it is Councillor Kong or Li Minbo, they both need the political influence that this volunteer action can bring, but for An Rusong, he does not need these things. Compared with any political influence, he values ​​the market awareness that NGN software can gain from this action.

"Haha, it seems that Rusong really didn't do a good job of preparation beforehand. However, young people are bound to be a little rash when doing things." After hearing what An Rusong said, Councillor Kong laughed even more happily. He turned his head to look at Nan Xuyu and said, "How about this, you discuss it with Sun Bingdou later to see if there is a better solution."

(End of this chapter)