Chapter 277 Scam

Chapter 277 Scam

Chapter 277 Scam
In Myeongdong, at the intersection of Euljiro and Myeongdong Street, a black Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle slowly pulled up to the side of the road.

In the car, An Rushong put down the newspaper in his hand and waited for Luo Minzhi to open the door before he bent down and got out of the car.

Behind the Mercedes-Benz he was riding in, a Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle of the same model and color was parked right next to the road. Han Sulan, who was wearing a black down jacket and had a short braid, was the first to get out of the car from the driver's seat. She then quickly walked around to the other side of the car and opened the door for Sun Manzhu and others who got out later.

The first person to get off the car was Ru Bin, who had already had her New Year holiday, followed by Li Caicao, whose belly was already showing, and finally Sun Manzhu.

Today, several women in the family are coming to Myeongdong for shopping. An Rushong certainly doesn't want to accompany them, but he still walks with them like a gentleman.

After a few women got off the car, they walked along the sidewalk. Just when An Rushong was about to tell them to go back early, his phone rang unfortunately.

Taking the cell phone out of his pocket, An Rushong glanced at the screen. The call was from lawyer Thomson.

With a helpless expression, An Rushong spread his hands towards Sun Manzhu who happened to be walking beside him. The latter glanced at his mobile phone screen, saw Thomson's name, and motioned for him to answer the call.

As NGN was preparing to advance its software localization strategy, in order to better utilize legal weapons to protect the company's own interests, under the leadership of An Rusong, NGN not only worked hard to establish its own legal department, but also signed a package agency agreement with Baker & McKenzie, an international law firm.

At present, Attorney Thomson is serving NGN. He is currently in Singapore, handling legal matters related to NGN's application for a Singapore branch.

An Rusong pressed the answer button, put the phone to his ear, hugged Sun Manzhu gently, and said, "Don't hang around for too long, take good care of Caicao."

Sun Manzhu nodded, then turned around and greeted Li Caicao.

"Hey, Thomson," An Rusong hugged Li Caicao again and said to Thomson on the other end of the phone, "What did you say just now?"

Thomson's voice came from the phone. He didn't give An Rushong a chance to speak and kept talking for more than three minutes. Most of the time he was complaining about the cunning, stinginess and pettiness of Singaporeans. The rest of the time he was talking about how hard he worked. Until the end, he told An Rushong that things were going smoothly. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be able to help NGN get the ICP license by the day after tomorrow.

The ICP license is a business license issued by the Singapore government to companies. Without it, it is illegal for a company to engage in Internet-related business activities.

In Singapore at that time, it was not as easy to obtain such a certificate as it would be in later times. The Singapore government's control was very strict. From this point of view, Thomson's complaint was understandable.

Of course, don't think that the smooth approval of the ICP license is entirely due to Thomson. An Rusong knows very well that the reason why the license was approved within a week was also due to the help of NSA. However, there is no need to disclose such inside information to Thomson.

While he was talking to Thomson on the phone, Sun Manzhu and the others had already left. An Rushong returned to the car only after the women had gone far away.

During the call, Thomson had already brought the topic to the issue of money. In addition to representing NGN in the legal affairs of opening a Singapore branch, his trip to Singapore also involved contacting DFJ's people on behalf of An Rusong to take over the funds invested by DFJ and Apple in NGN and remit them into South Korea.

It is now the end of January. In the past short period of half a month, the exchange rate of the Korean won against the US dollar has plummeted by 1% from its original level and has broken through the high line of 1500 US dollar to Korean won.

While the Korean won was depreciating rapidly, international oil prices were rising rapidly as if inflated. In just over a week, international oil prices had jumped from a high of $100 per barrel to a new high of $120 per barrel.

The depreciation of the won and the surge in international oil prices have put increasing pressure on the Korean economy. In recent times, major Korean newspapers, especially financial newspapers, often see articles calling for government intervention. People in the financial industry have also frequently called on the Blue House to introduce policies to stabilize the won exchange rate. However, President Roh only has a dozen days left before he steps down, and his control over the parliament has completely collapsed. To be honest, it is a blessing for him that the parliament did not come up with an impeachment case against him. How can he still have the ability to promote the implementation of any policy?
Although An Rushong is not really close to the core of power in South Korea today, he has already touched the edge. Therefore, he can see some things more clearly.

The current economic crisis triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis has indeed caused trauma to the Korean economy, but it is not that serious. At least, its impact on the Korean economy is far less severe than during the Asian financial crisis. From the government's perspective, there are still some trump cards that can be played.

But President Roh and the progressives he represents have controlled the South Korean government for too long. They have gone too far down the path of being pro-North, anti-Japanese, and even de-American. So, the owner holding the "dog leash" has felt unhappy and wants to pull the leash back and kick the disobedient dog twice to remind it of what pain feels like.

Therefore, let alone the fact that President Lu’s economic performance was unsatisfactory to begin with, even if he was truly an economic genius, he could do nothing at this moment.

It has been nearly ten years since the Asian financial crisis in 1998. South Korea has accumulated enough capital. I dare not say anything else, but at least it can stabilize the won exchange rate to a certain extent. However, the corresponding policies cannot be launched before President Roh leaves office. Instead, they can only be officially launched after President Lee Min-bo takes office.

An Rusong saw this point and decided to transfer the investment from DFJ and Apple to South Korea and convert it into won at this time. In order to avoid trouble, he could not short the won or make a profit by loan when the won depreciated. But it was still feasible to go long the won when the won exchange rate was still unstable.

If nothing unexpected happens, after Lee Min-bo officially takes office as president, the Blue House will definitely actively promote the introduction of policies to stabilize the exchange rate. At that time, the appreciation of the won-dollar exchange rate will become inevitable.

When An Rushong hung up the phone, the Mercedes-Benz had already entered Gangnam Street and was heading towards Seocho-daero.

At this time, An Rusong was going to Zhouhu Residence in Namhyeon-dong, which was also the residence of Kim Myeong-shin.

Yesterday, Jin Mingxin called him specifically and said that she knew a very famous shaman master and had finally made an appointment for him, so she wanted to go with him to see the master.

The shaman master that Jin Mingxin mentioned is naturally Wen Caiyuan, Master Wen, and what she said about "I finally made an appointment for him" was actually what An Rusong asked Wen Caiyuan to do.

Now Wen Caiyuan has become a real "Master Wen". Because she accurately calculated the victory of "Voter No. 1", she even got interviews from some TV stations. Most importantly, some time ago, Master Wen publicly declared that international oil prices will continue to rise this year, and $100 per barrel is not its upper limit. It will at least rise to $150 per barrel.

When Master Wen made this prediction, the international oil price was less than $100 per barrel. Now, it is already $120 per barrel, and the upward trend still shows no signs of weakening.

Because of this, there are quite a few people who believe in Master Moon, or should we say, are superstitious about him. According to Moon Ki-ha, even Park Won-chun, who just won the election for mayor of Seoul, and Kim Tae-ho, the current governor of South Gyeongsang Province, have secretly come to visit Moon Chae-won.

As for Kim Myung-shin, she is probably now one of Moon Chae-won's most loyal believers. With An Rushong's cooperation, every "guidance" from Moon Chae-won to her is accurate. Just imagine, how can she jump out of this trap?
In the previous two meetings, Moon Chae-won had revealed a message to Kim Myung-shin, that is: although An Rusong is a noble person in her life, he is not a "good man". Her good man is a man who can bring her to the peak of her life, while her noble person can only help her reverse her fate and provide her with protection.

From Jin Mingxin's subsequent reaction, it can be seen that she is still very fascinated by An Rusong, and she even struggled for a few days on the issue of choosing a "good man" or a "noble man". The reason why she and An Rusong went to visit Master Wen together this time was to let Master Wen meet An Rusong in order to confirm whether the master had made any omissions.

Regarding today's meeting, An Rushong was not worried that Jin Mingxin would find out anything. This woman seemed smart and had a high opinion of herself, but in fact she was very stupid. To describe her in one sentence, her ability was far from supporting her ambition, but she couldn't see this clearly.

Not to mention that he has a "Master Wen" to cooperate with him. Even if this "Master Wen" does not exist, he can deceive this woman into forgetting everything.

It's strange to say, An Rushong has many women now. Although he is more "lustful" towards these women, he still regards them as his women. But for Jin Mingxin, he simply regards her as a tool: a tool that can help him realize his ambitions and at the same time, vent his desires.

(End of this chapter)