Chapter 240 Chapter Report

Chapter 240 Chapter Report

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"Mr. Qingxi, this is what I should do," An Rusong said, bowing modestly in response to the other party's praise. "I am just fulfilling my obligations as a citizen of the Republic of Korea."

Hearing him say this, several people present laughed. Li Minbo put his glasses back on and said, "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be so reserved when speaking."

Then he said, "Come, take a seat first. I will take Ri Hai and Yong Tang out first."

For Lee Min-bo, Jeon Kaka and Lu Taiyu are naturally his political allies, and they are also the people who firmly support him in the Grand National Party. However, political allies are always just political allies, and they are not his own people in the true sense. Therefore, he still has to avoid each other in many things.

However, he asked An Rushong to take a seat, but An Rushong couldn't just sit down like that. He just stepped aside and waited quietly for Li Minbo to send the two former presidents out.

Just three or four minutes later, Li Minbo sent Quan and Lu out the door and returned to the living room. At this moment, An Rusong clearly saw a tired expression on his face, although that expression only flashed by.

"Sit down, sit down," he walked back to the sofa and first pressed his palm towards An Rusong, motioning him to sit down. Then he straightened the front of his suit, slowly bent down and sat down, saying, "Actually, I wanted to meet with you two days ago, but there have been too many trivial matters recently, and all kinds of matters that need to be handed over and handled have piled up. I really can't spare the time, so this meeting has been delayed until now."

"Mr. Qingxi should pay more attention to rest, after all..." An Rushong took the opportunity to flatter.

Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the other party interrupted him and said, "Let's not talk about this. Rusong, I have been paying attention to your NGN software for some time, especially during the operation of the volunteer action. I have learned about it in detail from many aspects."

As he spoke, he gestured to Bai Jinjun who was standing aside. The latter turned and left, going to a room in Neijin. When he came out a moment later, he had an extra document in his hand.

Li Minbo was not in a hurry. He waited for Bai Jinjun to hand him the document before he flipped through it and said, "The feedback I got is that although your NGN company was established only a few months ago and the NGN software was launched only a short time ago, the development speed of the entire company and the number of registered users of the software are growing very rapidly. As far as the current situation is concerned, NGN seems to have become a domestic Internet product. Even if it is not the best, it is definitely one of the best."

The documents in his hands were all data related to NGN software. The thick stack was enough to show that he indeed paid great attention to NGN software.

"Nowadays, everyone is talking about the Internet economy and information technology." Li Minbo put the documents aside, and his eyes seemed to be a little tired. He took off his glasses again, pinched the space between his eyes with his hand, and then continued, "However, people like me from the pre-war generation can no longer keep up with this trend, so my understanding of this aspect is limited. But the reality is that for the current national economy, this field is a top priority, so related work must be done."

At this point, he stopped, glanced at Bai Jinjun and said, "Tae Hee also suggested to me before that the Cultural Industry Promotion Agency should include support policies related to information technology, or software. I have also discussed with experts in related fields, and the consensus among experts is that the development of the information technology field may become an important engine of economic growth in the future. Although you are not an expert or researcher in the relevant field, you are a practitioner in this field. Compared with those professionals who only engage in academic research, your cognition is obviously more intuitive, more sensitive and accurate, so I would like to hear your views in this regard."

"Oh," An Rushong hesitated for a moment after hearing what the other party said, and said, "Mr. Qingxi, the topic you raised is very broad. Where should I start?"

"Just tell me what you think. For example, why did you decide to develop this NGN software?" Li Minbo put on his glasses for the second time and said, "For example, what is your future plan for NGN Company?"

An Rusong thought for a moment and said, "It's like this, Mr. Qingxi. The reason why I decided to develop the NGN software was mainly because I was inspired by similar instant messaging software such as MSN, ICQ, and OICQ. My idea at the time was actually very simple. I just wanted to develop an instant messaging software suitable for Koreans and mainly in Korean."

"Is it that simple?" Bai Jinjun interrupted.

"It's that simple," An Rusong nodded, "However, this was only at the beginning. As the NGN software was actually developed, put into operation, and achieved certain results, mainly after having a certain number of registered users, some new ideas and designs were slowly formed and began to be intentionally implemented. For example, the popular farm game and the photo wall application."

He paused and continued, "There's nothing strange about this. After all, all inspiration comes from practice." "In this regard, there is actually no good experience to introduce. NGN has come to this point today because of many coincidences," An Rusong spread his hands and said, "Compared to NGN's past, I would rather talk about its future."

Li Minbo seemed to be a good listener. He looked at An Rushong with a smile on his face and a hint of encouragement in his eyes.

"In my vision, the future NGN company will not be limited to operating an instant messaging software. It will be built into a comprehensive Internet technology company that integrates computer technology development, data processing, basic software services, application software services, Internet cultural activities, Internet information services and other multi-field businesses." An Rusong said, "Of course, these are the long-term goals of the NGN company."

"Haha, young people's ambitions are big enough and they are ambitious," Li Minbo turned his head and smiled at Bai Jinjun.

"Well, instead of your mid-term goals, let's talk about your short-term goals first," he turned around and smiled at An Rushong again.

"As for the near-term goals, they are relatively simple," An Rusong said. "First, we need to spend the $6250 million raised in the first round of financing. I plan to build a new headquarters for the NGN company and a medium-sized data center. At the same time, we will build several overseas data centers outside of Korea, including Singapore, Japan, and Frog Island. And through further promotion, we will push the number of registered users of NGN software to more than million."

"Oh?" Perhaps attracted by the number of 2 million, Li Minbo's eyes lit up and asked, "How long will it take to achieve this short-term goal?"

"The company's new headquarters is already being selected, and the relevant equipment for the data center is also being purchased," An Rusong said. "As long as the funds are in place, these tasks will not be difficult. The main tasks are to establish overseas data centers and attract new registered users. These two tasks are more troublesome. After all, these businesses need to be promoted overseas, and NGN companies have only been established for a short time and lack the foundation and experience in dealing with foreign governments."

"The problems you mentioned should not become obstacles to the development of NGN companies," Li Minbo said. "Information technology companies like NGN companies should receive support and assistance from the Software Promotion Agency, the Digital Culture Industry Group and the Information Promotion Fund."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Bai Jinjun behind him.

Bai Jinjun understood what he meant and immediately explained the situation of these departments to An Rushong.

The so-called Software Promotion Agency and Digital Cultural Industry Group are actually subordinate agencies of the Culture Industry Promotion Agency. The original purpose of establishing the Culture Industry Promotion Agency was to expand and strengthen South Korea's cultural industry and make it a new pillar of South Korea's economic development.

Just now, Lee Min-bo mentioned a person named "Tae-hee". This person is actually one of Lee Min-bo's staff. His full name is Im Tae-hee. This person is an expert in the financial field and also a specialist in policy analysis within the Grand National Party. Not long ago, he just made a recommendation to Lee Min-bo, that is, to recommend a person named Yoo In-chon to serve as the director of the Cultural Industry Promotion Agency.

As for the Information Promotion Fund, it is a special fund at the government level, established specifically to support the development of a certain industry. Although the Information Promotion Fund was established not long ago and is not large in scale, it still allocates more than 500 billion won each year, which is used to subsidize certain information-related companies.

Bai Jinjun told An Rusong that the Cultural Industry Promotion Agency has established branches in Tokyo, Singapore, China and other countries and regions to provide services specifically for Korean export-related companies. Therefore, if NGN companies need to establish branches or data centers overseas, they can apply for help from the Cultural Industry Promotion Agency, and can even apply for special subsidies from the Information Technology Promotion Fund.

Although the amount of subsidy is not too much, it is still a sum of money. The most important thing is that the support from the Cultural Industry Promotion Agency is very powerful. With its official assistance, NGN companies can achieve twice the result with half the effort if they want to establish branches and data centers overseas.

(End of this chapter)