Chapter 330 Partnership
Chapter 330 Partnership (2)
After hearing the question raised by Liu Shanyong, An Rushong instantly understood what was going on. There was no need to ask. The suggestion he made to the Zhao Jingsheng brothers to start the takeout business must have been spread by the brothers and somehow reached Liu Shanyong's ears.
The Zhao Jingsheng brothers are not well educated. They are real gangsters who climbed up from the streets. Even though Zhao Jingsheng is more rational, he is still uneducated. Short-sightedness and ignorance of the current situation are defects that are destined to exist in him. Therefore, the two brothers do not understand the value of An Rushong's original suggestion.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Zhao brothers, the food delivery business is no different from street sweepers and movers, and is a marginal industry with low income but very hard work. But what they didn't think clearly is that the food delivery industry does not mean that they have to deliver food by themselves. Fundamentally speaking, the advice given to them by An Rusong can actually help them gain a first-mover advantage in an industry.
No matter what kind of industry it is, as long as it can be called an "industry", even if it is the business of collecting feces, once you have a first-mover advantage in it, you will definitely be able to make a fortune. This can be said to be inevitable.
Unfortunately, the short-sighted Zhao Jingsheng brothers declined An Rushong's suggestion. Not only did they decline the suggestion, they also leaked An Rushong's proposal.
Although An Rushong didn't know how the Zhao Jingsheng brothers leaked the suggestion, the current reality is that Liu Shanyong got the news and was obviously very interested in the suggestion.
Well, An Rushong is indeed not very interested in running a food delivery platform. He is indeed an ambitious man, but not an overly greedy one. The NGN project has already consumed too much of his energy, and he does not have the extra energy and financial resources, or motivation, to set up another food delivery platform.
Of course, the most important point is that South Korea is a small country with a limited market. Even if a food delivery platform is established, its development prospects are foreseeable.
Like in the past, Meituan could afford nearly one million stable riders. In addition, the domestic market has more than just Meituan, there are many similar food delivery platforms. The reason for this is that the domestic market is huge, with a population of more than one billion people, so naturally the cake can be made big enough.
The total population of South Korea is less than 50 million, which is nearly 30 times that of China. If converted proportionally, the same Meituan can only afford tens of thousands of stable riders if it moves to South Korea.
Of course, if we really want to calculate the industry prospects, we cannot use such a simple and crude method, but the reality is that with the domestic market size in South Korea, it is impossible to cultivate a Meituan.
However, it is inaccurate to say that there is no profit opportunity in setting up a food delivery platform in South Korea. It’s just that An Rushong is not very interested in it.
The problem now is that even if An Rushong is not interested in this business, he is unwilling to hand over his idea to an irrelevant person for no reason. In his eyes, Liu Shanyong is that kind of insignificant person. At least, his friendship with the other party is not that level.
He lit a cigarette and took a puff. Taking this opportunity to adjust his thoughts, An Rusong asked with a smile, "Why, Brother Shanyong is interested in this?"
An Rushong was indeed not interested in providing business advice to Liu Shanyong, but the problem now was that he did not take the initiative to provide advice to the other party, but the other party came to him with his advice. Well, since the Zhao Jingsheng brothers were not interested in his advice, there was naturally no need for him to be a bad guy and deliberately remain silent in front of Liu Shanyong.
"Haha, of course." Liu Shanyong raised his hand and stroked his head vigorously, messing up his meticulously groomed hair, and laughed, "You know, I'm not like you. You have a company that everyone is optimistic about to generate income for you. At the same time, my family doesn't run any decent business, so I've never had much money."
"Me too, Brother Rusong," Shin Sang-woo originally didn't want to sit down, he was thinking of going to the lively place outside, but when he heard Liu Shanyong talking about business straight away, he could only sit down on the other side of An Rusong and interrupt.
"I heard your suggestion from Shen Taian before, and I kept it in mind." Liu Shanyong glared at this guy, signaling him to shut up, and then continued, "But let alone Shen Taian, even Zhao Jingsheng can't explain clearly what your overall plan is. So, I have no choice but to come to you."
"Brother Shanyong, you haven't figured out what's going on yet, but you already have an idea?" An Rusong laughed, "Aren't you afraid that my suggestion is not feasible?"
"Haha, I believe you," Liu Shanyong said with a smile, "Besides, I came here specifically to find out the truth from you. Later, you can tell me your idea in detail. As for whether it can really work, I will naturally make the judgment."
At this point, he touched An Rusong's leg with the back of his hand and added, "To be honest, I found a knowledgeable PM today. I..."
"I found it, I found it," Shin Sang-woo interrupted again. He raised his right hand, pointed his index finger at his nose, and said proudly.
Being interrupted by this guy again, Liu Shanyong picked up the ashtray on the coffee table and pretended to throw it at him. An Rusong knew that the "PM" Liu Shanyong mentioned should refer to a professional manager, and since this professional manager could gain Liu Shanyong's trust, he should not be an unknown person.
But then again, the "second generation of officials" like Yoo Sun-yong and Shin Sang-woo are indeed not comparable to the children of ordinary families. Look at them, when they like a project, they don't have to think too much, they just find a professional manager to do an evaluation. If nothing unexpected happens, if these two really come up with that food delivery platform, they will not directly participate in the operation. They just need to directly control the shares and have the real decision-making power.
The reason why An Rushong was able to run NGN company smoothly was mainly because he had the foresight brought by his memories of his previous life, but when it comes to real management ability, he may not be able to compare with an experienced and qualified professional manager.
In fact, An Rushong also had some ideas. He planned to wait until NGN completed the second round of financing, and then hire some professional managers with strong qualifications to be responsible for the operation of the company. As for himself, he only needed to take charge of the overall situation, which mainly involved the judgment of future technologies and major acquisitions.
Three people were talking in the private room. After about two or three minutes, waiters came over with drinks, snacks and fruit plates. Then, after another three or four minutes, a middle-aged man in a light gray suit and with half-white hair, came rushing into the room with seven or eight girls in cool clothes.
"Haha, okay, people are coming." When these people came in, Liu Shanyong was holding a glass of wine and drinking with An Rusong. When he heard the knock on the door, he put the glass down, and when these people came in, he reached out and patted An Rusong's thigh, and said with a smile, "Come on, let me introduce you."
While he was speaking, the middle-aged man had already walked quickly to the large coffee table. With a smile on his face, he bowed to the three people one by one.
"This is An Rusong, Chairman An, my brother." Liu Shanyong obviously had no intention of getting up. He just sat on the sofa, waving at the girls and saying, "Rusong, this is Ha Yunbin, who used to be the head of the business department at NAVER, but left last year for some reason."
He didn't say what the reason was. Of course, An Rushong didn't care either. He wasn't that curious.
"Hello, Mr. Ha," Liu Shanyong and Shen Shangyu sat on the sofa without moving. An Rusong was not as impolite as these two guys. He stood up with a smile, took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party, and said, "Nice to meet you."
"Hello, President An," Ha Yunbin hurriedly took two steps forward, got as close to An Rusong as possible, stretched out both hands to hold his outstretched hand, and kept saying, "It's my honor to meet you."
"Okay, okay, we're not outsiders, no need to be polite," Liu Shanyong pointed to the seat on the other side of him, "Minister He, please sit here."
Then, he looked at the girls who were approaching and said, "Come, all of you come and sit down."
He pointed his sliding fingers at two tall girls with long hair, "Mei Xu, you and Yun Cai come over to accompany my Rusong brother."
After saying that, he moved closer to An Rusong and said with a smile, "This is a group that just debuted recently, called..."
This guy obviously forgot the name of the group. In the middle of his conversation, he looked at Shin Sang-woo and asked, "What group are they in?"
Shin Sang-woo spread his hands, he didn't know what that meant.
"Forget it," Liu Shanyong waved his hand and said to An Rusong, "Anyway, Mi Xu and Yun Cai are the best looking among them. You can have them today."
An Rushong smiled but said nothing. He did not reject Liu Shanyong's kindness, and the two girls who sat next to him were indeed very pretty, of relatively high quality. But one thing is certain, not just the two girls sitting next to him, but all eight girls in the private room had had plastic surgery on their faces.
The girls were indeed pure and pretty, but An Rushong was now used to eating delicacies from land and sea, and his taste had become quite picky. He really looked down on ordinary, vulgar girls.
(End of this chapter)