Chapter 245 New Circle

Chapter 245 New Circle

Chapter 245 New Circle

At nightfall, the heavy snow that had been falling for half a day was still falling. On the sidewalks on both sides of the street, the snow trampled by pedestrians had frozen into a thick layer of ice on the ground. Sitting in the car, you could see pedestrians holding umbrellas slipping while walking from time to time.

In the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle moving slowly in the traffic, An Rusong held the phone to his ear and patiently said to his mother on the other end of the phone: "I know, Mom, Rubin and I will go back the day after tomorrow afternoon. I think we will be home in the evening. It will definitely not delay anything, don't worry."

The Gregorian New Year is coming in two days. Koreans not only celebrate the New Year, but the Gregorian New Year is also a very important festival. On this day, traditional families usually worship their ancestors.

The An family was not considered a prominent family in Yuantong, but they had quite a few relatives. It was just that when they were poor in the past, they did not have many opportunities to visit relatives and friends. Those distant and close relatives from the same clan would not come to visit them easily. Therefore, the family's life was naturally secluded. During the holidays, not to mention offering sacrifices to their ancestors, not even many people came to visit.

But the situation is obviously different now. Before this, An Rushong frequently appeared in newspapers and on television, and all the distant relatives and neighbors in Yuantong knew that his family had become rich. In addition, although An Rushong was not very close to his family, he still gave them a lot of money. Therefore, in the past period of time, the number of relatives and friends visiting his home has suddenly increased.

Just like this year's New Year's ancestor worship, which was only two or three days away, his family called him repeatedly, urging him to go home quickly so as not to miss this year's ancestor worship.

After finally dealing with his old mother's nagging, An Rushong hung up the phone and let out a long sigh.

Although he was unwilling to return to Yuantongli, and even unwilling to interact with his family, he was still a member of the An family. His parents were still alive, and he would inevitably be criticized for not going back during the holidays. In the future, NGN would become a wealthy man that the Chinese people would pay attention to. If he was labeled as unfilial, it would be too embarrassing, so he had to play his part.

Putting the phone in his pocket, An Rushong raised his hand to wipe his forehead, then glanced out the car window.

At this time, a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle was driving into the underground parking lot of a building.

The building is called Jinyong Building, and its specific location is 48-gil, Garak-ro, Songpa-dong. There is a high-end bar called "Glow Party Spot" on the 3rd floor of the building.

The reason why An Rushong came here was because he received a call from Shen Yuting at noon, who asked him to sit here together.

Shen Yuting was someone An Rusong had met at the celebration banquet arranged by Bai Jinjun. He was the director of the Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and also one of the special prosecutors of the "BBK Special Investigation Team."

The other party had arranged to meet An Rusong in order to get closer to each other, so An Rusong had to give him this face no matter what. Most importantly, the other party mentioned on the phone that in addition to him, there were also several friends who had a good relationship with him who came tonight.

In fact, since attending the celebration banquet arranged by Bai Jinjun, An Rushong has been in contact with those who attended the banquet that night over the past few days.

These people are all newcomers who have just joined Li Minbo's camp. Naturally, their relationship with Li Minbo is not as close as that of those so-called "predecessors" with Li Minbo. Therefore, considering the closeness of their relationship, they, the "juniors", naturally have to stick together for warmth.

The fact that An Rushong was highly regarded by Li Minbo was no secret in this circle of "juniors". After all, after the dinner that night, he was specially kept by Bai Jinjun. With this special circumstance, "juniors" like Shen Yuting would naturally want to get closer to him.

In fact, it was only after receiving the attention of Li Minbo that An Rusong's work in building his own social network officially entered the stage of a virtuous cycle. Li Minbo arranged for Bai Jinjun to come forward and form a "circle" for them, and those in the "circle" gradually expanded this "circle" by getting to know each other and introducing friends to each other.

As the core of a similar "circle", Li Minbo is actually happy to see it happen. How does a politician gain political power? Does he expand it entirely by himself? That is obviously impossible. The most effective way is the current form.

A political force that can develop and improve itself can be considered a real force.

At present, in the political power built by Li Minbo with himself as the core, An Rusong should be considered a relatively special one. His position in this power is on the edge, but his importance is very high. In addition, he is also relatively independent because he is the chairman of a unicorn enterprise, and the nature of this enterprise is relatively special. After all, it has certain media attributes.

An Rushong is also able to clearly recognize his current situation. After all, if he wants to further gain Li Minbo's attention, he must rapidly develop and expand NGN Company. Only when NGN Company becomes stronger and more influential, will Li Minbo pay more attention to him.

No, it's not just Lee Min-bo. As long as the NGN company grows to a certain size and the NGN software can become an international application like TikTok, Facebook or "X" in the past, then no matter who becomes the president of South Korea, they will have to give him some face more or less - not because he has a lot of money, but because he can make the whole world "hear his voice."

Never underestimate the power of "voice". In a country like South Korea, if An Rusong had a tool like Twitter and used it to criticize the then South Korean president every day, then no matter how upright and incorruptible the president was, he would probably be in trouble.

Therefore, while taking advantage of the growth of NGN to further gain Lee Min-bo's attention, An Rusong can also use Lee Min-bo's support to further grow NGN and expand his personal connections in South Korea. This is a virtuous circle, An Rusong can use Lee Min-bo's support to grow himself, and his growth can in turn consolidate Lee Min-bo's political foundation.

What is a win-win situation? This is a win-win situation.

Of course, it was precisely because he was aware of the situation he was facing that An Rusong did not think too highly of himself. He always greeted those who wanted to get closer to him with a smile. For example, he accepted the invitation from Shen Yuting without hesitation. Not only did he accept the invitation, he also specially prepared a gift.

The car stopped in front of a parking space in Area B1. Luo Minzhi came over to open the door for An Rusong, and then took down an exquisite blue gift box from the passenger seat. The box was not big, and it had the "Burberry" logo on it. In the box was a Burberry signature pen, a simple but not cheap gift.

The two took the nearest elevator upstairs from the -1 floor to the third floor. As soon as they came out of the elevator, they saw Shen Yuting, who was wearing a light gray down jacket, standing in the corridor not far from the elevator and talking with a young woman in black.

Shen Yuting had obviously been paying attention to the location of the elevator. He saw An Rushong and the other person as soon as they came out of the elevator.

"Haha, Rushong," a smile instantly appeared on his originally expressionless face. He walked quickly towards An Rushong, extending his hand and greeting him.

"Brother Yuting," An Rusong hurriedly went up to him, took the initiative to shake hands with him, and said with a smile, "I'm not late, am I?"

"Not too late, not too late," Shen Yuting held his hand with his right hand, patted his left forearm with his left hand, and said with a smile, "The time is just right."

After saying this, he turned sideways and said, "Come, come, let me introduce you."

He gave up the seat of the woman next to him and said, "This is Prosecutor Song Zhuyu from our Criminal Division 1."

After saying that, he turned sideways again and said to the woman with a smile, "Zhu Yu, this is Chairman An of NGN."

"President An," the woman said, bowing hurriedly to An Rushong.

"Hello, Prosecutor Song," An Rushong returned the greeting and said hello.

This prosecutor named Song Zhuyu should have just joined the prosecutorial team, because she looks very young and immature, and her attitude seems quite restrained when interacting with others.

However, the little girl is quite pretty, with an oval face, fair complexion and delicate features. She is wearing a well-fitting black suit, which not only makes her look tall and well-proportioned, but also gives people a rather dashing feeling.

"Okay, Rushong, let's go in quickly," After the two greeted each other, Shen Yuting patted An Rushong's arm and said with a smile, "If you have anything to say, go in and sit down and talk."

An Rusong naturally would not object. He turned around, took the gift box from Luo Minzhi, held it in both hands and handed it to him, saying with a smile: "It's just a small gift, please don't despise it, Brother Yuting."

Shen Yuting was not polite. He took the gift box, looked at it, and said, "Rusong, your gift makes me feel a little embarrassed."

"I'm not offering bribes," An Rusong spread his hands and said with a smile, "Does exchanging gifts between relatives violate civil servant discipline?"

Shen Yuting laughed and didn't say anything else. He handed the gift box to Song Zhuyu beside him, and then invited An Rushong into the bar.

"Glow Party Spot," just by hearing the name, you know that this bar is a nightclub that can arrange parties and has a relatively noisy atmosphere. I really don't know why Shen Yuting chose such a place. Maybe it's because he doesn't have to worry about being recorded in such a noisy occasion? Or maybe he has a close relationship with the owner here?

(End of this chapter)