Chapter 315 The Eldest Princess
Chapter 315 The Eldest Princess
At night, Shilla Hotel.
Accompanied by Luo Minzhi, An Rushong walked through the hotel lobby and went straight to the elevator. As he walked, he talked with Li Fuzhen on the phone.
The meeting place agreed upon by the other party was at the entrance of elevator No. 1 in the lobby. An Rushong was still confirming the location on his mobile phone when he saw Li Fuzhen, who was wearing a black evening dress, waving at him from afar at the door of the elevator in front of him. Beside her, there were four people, two men and two women, who should be her subordinates.
Over the past period of time, some domestic media in South Korea have also been paying attention to the personnel changes in the Shilla Hotel. According to those reports, after officially taking over the management of the Shilla Hotel and becoming the chairman of the hotel group, Li Fuzhen not only implemented drastic reforms to the hotel's operations, but also made very large changes to the hotel's senior personnel.
In fact, due to concerns about Samsung's strong influence in South Korea, most of these media reports were relatively mild and did not use too direct statements. In An Rusong's view, the so-called personnel changes were actually large-scale personnel purges. Li Fuzhen was not as weak as she appeared to be. On the contrary, she was a very skillful and tough woman.
Today, the president, supervisors and other senior executives of the Shilla Hotel are almost all newly appointed, and their average age is no more than 40 years old. It can be said that they are all young people, and these people should be directly controlled by Li Fuzhen herself.
In other words, the Shilla Hotel is now completely Li Fuzhen's private property, and this is also the situation that Samsung Chairman Lee hopes to see, as a kind of compensation to his eldest daughter.
However, Li Fuzhen is obviously not satisfied with this. She is the kind of person who is always greedy. While taking over the Shilla Hotel Group, she continues to covet the dominance of the Samsung Group. Her ambition is almost known to everyone, and only Chairman Lee of Samsung pretends to be ignorant.
Li Fuzhen's evening dress was light grey, with a white shawl, and the hem of the dress fell below the knees. The style was conservative. Of course, a woman like her didn't need to entertain people with her beauty, and naturally there was no need to dress like those female stars, dazzling and sexy.
However, even such a seemingly ordinary evening dress, when worn on her, can give people a sense of sophistication. At least in An Rushong's eyes, this woman just standing there with a smile on her face gives people the feeling that she is more sexy than those actresses he has slept with.
Of course, this feeling is actually an illusion. This woman's sense of sophistication comes from her identity, not from her own temperament or appearance.
"I'm sorry, President Li, I kept you waiting for so long," An Rusong bowed and then spoke in a respectful manner as he approached Li Fuzhen. Li Fuzhen was older than him and had a higher status than him, so it was reasonable for him to be more respectful in front of her.
"President An, you are too polite. I just arrived too," Li Fuzhen bowed slightly in return and said with a smile.
Just as the two met and greeted each other, a man who was originally standing behind Li Fuzhen turned around, reached out and pressed the elevator button, and the originally closed elevator door opened. It was obvious that this elevator was specially reserved for Li Fuzhen and An Rushong.
"Please come in, President An. I have already arranged a room," Li Fuzhen turned slightly to the side, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Let's go upstairs and talk."
An Rushong smiled, winked at Luo Minzhi, then turned to look at Li Fuzhen and made the same gesture of invitation, indicating that the other party should go first.
Li Fuzhen did not refuse politely. She walked into the elevator first, and the man who pressed the elevator button earlier greeted Luo Minzhi with a smile. As An Rushong's bodyguard, he should be received by this man.
An Rusong walked into the elevator, then turned around and stood side by side with Li Fuzhen facing out. He originally thought that one of the four people following Li Fuzhen would enter the elevator together, but in the end, the four people just bowed to them outside the elevator, and no one came up until the elevator door closed.
Interestingly, the elevator went to the 15th floor, not the top floor. However, since he was a guest, he just followed the host's arrangements, and An Rusong did not ask any more questions.
"Is President An familiar with Colonel Church Leonard?" Li Fuzhen suddenly asked when the elevator door closed and the elevator began to move upward.
"Oh, we're not very familiar with each other, but we have some cooperative projects." An Rushong was stunned for a moment, then replied.
An Rusong didn't find it strange that Li Fuzhen knew about his relationship with Leonard. South Korea was a small country, and people like him and Leonard were the kind of characters that attracted much attention. The meeting between the two of them could not be hidden from some people, such as someone of Li Fuzhen's status and position.
Of course, An Rushong had no intention of hiding this matter from anyone. As long as the US "gate" incident was not exposed, he would not have to worry about the content of his cooperation with the NSA being known to the outside world.
However, Li Fuzhen's words also revealed an unexpected piece of information to An Rushong, that is, Leonard did hold a military position, and his rank was colonel.
"Cooperation?" Li Fuzhen was very curious. She turned her head, looked at An Rushong curiously, and said, "Can I ask what kind of cooperation it is?" An Rushong smiled and did not answer the question.
It is true that the identity and status of the Samsung Princess are extraordinary, but for An Rushong, there is obviously no need for him to please the other party too much, at least there is no need to use his own privacy to satisfy the other party's curiosity.
"Okay, my question was rash." Seeing that An Rusong did not answer her question, Li Fuzhen was not angry. She smiled and said, "However, I am happy to remind you that Leonard's identity and background are very complicated. If you get too close to him, it may cause you some trouble."
"Thank you," An Rushong said with a smile. No matter what the other party's intention was in making this reminder, at least from the perspective of etiquette, he had to say thank you.
"You're welcome," Li Fuzhen said with a smile, "By the way, President An, there are only two of us meeting tonight, so you don't need to use honorifics."
An Rushong nodded. If the other party didn't mind, he certainly wouldn't insist on using honorifics.
"Ding!"
At this moment, the elevator stopped with a slight ding. A moment later, the tightly closed elevator door slowly opened. Two concierges in gray uniforms stood outside the door and bowed in unison.
Li Fuzhen made a gesture of invitation to An Rushong, and after the latter simply gave way, she walked out of the elevator first, then turned right and walked forward along the corridor.
An Rushong first bowed slightly to the two concierges in return, then quickly followed.
After walking a dozen steps along the corridor, Li Fuzhen stopped in front of a double door. When the two concierges guarding the door pushed open the closed door, An Rushong happened to follow.
Inside the door was a small hall that was not very spacious. It seemed that this room was originally supposed to be a small meeting room or a small banquet hall. Li Fuzhen specifically had the dinner arranged in this place. On the one hand, it was quieter here, and on the other hand, it showed that she attached great importance to this meeting.
A long dining table was placed in the middle of the small hall, with a chair on each side. Li Fuzhen took the main seat herself. After inviting An Rushong to sit in the guest seat, she directly ordered the waiter to serve the dishes. At the same time, she looked at An Rushong and said, "When I was at Director Bai's residence before, I talked with President An about some topics related to the domestic Internet. Because of the timing and occasion, I was unable to have a deep conversation with President An, so I specially arranged this meeting tonight."
As she spoke, a waiter had already poured wine into the goblet in front of her. As she spoke, she raised the glass and gestured to An Rushong.
An Rushong raised the wine glass, saluted the other party from a distance, then brought the glass to his lips and took a sip.
"As the chairman of NGN, and the most outstanding figure in the Korean Internet industry in the past two years," Li Fuzhen continued, "and also a capable person beside Director Bai, Chairman An should know about the existence of the draft of the "IT Korea Future Strategy", right?"
As the eldest princess of Samsung, it is not surprising that Li Fuzhen knew about the existence of the draft "IT Korea Future Strategy". On the contrary, An Rushong would be surprised if she did not know about the release of this draft.
"I do have some understanding of this," An Rusong said with a smile, "and this is obviously good news for NGN. Unfortunately, NGN has not yet been listed. Otherwise, the company's stock would have definitely seen a surge in price."
He paused, looked at Li Fuzhen, and said, "President Li said before that he was very interested in the Internet industry. Can I hear your plan? For example, are you planning to enter the Internet industry, or invest in an Internet company?"
"I do have plans to make relevant investments," Li Fuzhen nodded and said, "If possible, the best choice would naturally be to invest in Chairman An's NGN company."
An Rushong smiled but said nothing. Not to mention that NGN Company had no plans for financing now, even if it did, he would most likely not choose Li Fuzhen because the other party could not come up with so much money.
That's right, even though Li Fuzhen is the eldest princess of Samsung and the head of Shilla Hotel, she can't really come up with much real money with her financial strength. Personal assets are one thing, cash is another, and the investment NGN needs is the latter, not the former.
"Since there is no investment opportunity on NGN's side, then the other investment target I have chosen is a woman named Han Meiyan," Li Fuzhen continued. While she was speaking, she kept staring at An Rushong with a half-smile on her face.
(End of this chapter)