Chapter 406 Greed

Chapter 406 Greed

Chapter 406 Greed
Facing An Rusong's question, Quan Zhihui frowned. To be honest, although she was the one who invited this meeting tonight, and she had always been the one who had contact with An Rusong before, as An Rusong guessed, she herself did not have much power, and she did not have any say in the establishment of the Internet Industry Association.

She is a white glove, someone who stands in front of the stage and does things. Of course, when something goes wrong, she is also the one who is responsible for taking the blame.

Furthermore, let alone specific powers, Kwon Ji-hye is even unaware of many things. She doesn't know why LG Group arranged someone like Yoon Jung to serve as the negotiation representative, nor does she know what kind of power the various forces want to gain in the Internet Industry Association.

Therefore, after An Rushong asked this question, Quan Zhihui frowned. She felt that what the man in front of her said made sense.

"Okay, Chairman Quan," An Rusong reached out to take the document again, wiped off the wine that had splashed on the cover of the document, and then continued, "I'm sorry to disrupt the meeting you organized tonight, but from another perspective, it's not a bad thing to expose potential conflicts earlier. At least, this conflict tonight is equivalent to the three service providers including LG sending a message: We, the Internet companies at the downstream of the industry, are not sheep that can be exploited and squeezed by them. With unity, we can also resist."

Pushing the cleaned file in front of Kwon Ji-hye, he said with a smile, "Chairman Kwon, I don't know who you are working for, but you can trust me. If the person you represent stands on the side of the Blue House, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Internet Agency, then he will not be distressed by tonight's conflict, but will applaud instead."

Quan Zhihui took the document and continued to frown without saying anything.

"Believe me," An Rusong stood up from the bar stool, straightened his suit, and said finally, "For everything that happened here tonight, not only are you not responsible, but you have made a contribution."

After he finished speaking, he extended his hand to the other party and said, "Well, let's end the meeting tonight. I will wait for President Quan's notification on the follow-up matters."

Quan Zhihui had no way to deal with her, so she could only sigh, stand up and shake hands with him.

After saying goodbye to the pub and leaving, An Rushong ran into Jenny, who was standing outside the store.

"What's going on? There seemed to be a conflict inside just now?" Seeing him coming out of the store, Jenny came up to him and asked in a low voice.

"Nothing." An Rusong slowed down his pace, raised his right hand, looked at his still red palm, and said, "I taught a lesson to a guy who didn't even know his last name."

Jenny looked him up and down, and seeing that he didn't look like he had suffered any loss, she didn't ask any more questions. Now, the relationship between her and An Rusong was very complicated. They had an ambiguous relationship with each other, and they were also partners. Most importantly, Jenny was ordered to protect An Rusong as a bodyguard. This order was issued by Leonard himself, so no matter from which aspect, Jenny was very concerned about An Rusong's personal safety.

The two returned to the parking lot side by side. An Rushong got into the trunk of the car just as he did when he came. When the car started, he lit a cigarette for himself and smoked it casually while thinking about things related to the Internet Industry Association.

Judging from the content of the document tonight alone, regardless of whether Lee Min-bo, who pushed for the introduction of this policy, did so in order to completely seize the right to guide public opinion in South Korea, at least the introduction of this policy, especially the establishment of the Internet Industry Association, does have a huge driving force on the development of South Korea's Internet industry and related technologies.

NGN Company was founded some time ago. During this period, An Rushong had dealt with so-called Internet service providers, that is, telecom operators. In his opinion, the antagonistic relationship between Internet content providers like NGN and these telecom operators has actually become very acute.

As operators providing basic Internet services, several companies including SK Telecom naturally hope to collect more "tolls" from NGN content providers. After all, the higher the "tolls" they collect, the greater their profits. In addition, relying on their unique advantages at the upstream of the industry, the three Internet service providers in South Korea are also trying to operate their own Internet products. They not only control the upstream, but also expand to the downstream industry while occupying the upstream.

On the other hand, the downstream Internet companies naturally hope to pay less "tolls". At the same time, they also hope that the three service providers can update their equipment and improve their technology faster so that Internet users can have a better experience when using their services.

Of course, without the establishment of the Internet Industry Association, the Internet companies are scattered and have no support from behind. These Internet companies have almost no say in the pricing of "tolls". Therefore, when the "tolls" are high, the Internet companies can only charge more fees to Internet users to make up for their own losses. The squeeze from the upstream to the downstream of the industry and finally to the end users is the worst model that leads to the collapse of an industry. Therefore, the purpose of the Blue House to set up this Internet Industry Association should not only be to control the entire industry at a macro level, but also to limit the greed of the upstream and downstream industries, and to protect the healthy development of the entire industry in a way that maximizes the rights and interests of Internet end users.

In reality, whether it is the three major upstream service providers or the numerous downstream Internet content providers, they will naturally welcome the support funds provided by the state, but they may not be so easy to accept the "rules and regulations" that are intended to restrict them. The appearance of Yoon Jung tonight is obviously a test from the LG Group.

In An Rusong's view, Yoon Jung, this idiot, is a pathfinder. By throwing him out, LG Group can be in a superior position to advance or retreat. If the Blue House shows a firm attitude, then Yoon Jung can be discarded and sacrificed at any time. On the contrary, if the Blue House's attitude is not so firm, there is still room for maneuver. LG Group, and even the remaining two service providers, can further bargain with the Blue House.

Think about it, as the husband of the eldest daughter of the Gu family, Yoon Jung's status is extraordinary. According to current rumors, his wife is the next chairman of LG Group. People like him are naturally very important. Therefore, once the Blue House shows a firm attitude, LG Group will abandon people like Yoon Jung when making concessions, which can more or less calm the anger of the Blue House.

But the reality is, in the mind of LG Chairman Gu, Representative Yoon is an insignificant little character. For a man like Chairman Gu who holds old feudal ideas, let alone a son-in-law, even a biological daughter cannot be considered a true member of the Gu family. In his plan, the future successor of LG has already been determined.

It was precisely because he had considered this clearly that An Rusong did not give Yoon Jung any face. This was not only because the other party had angered him, but also because he had seen through the Blue House's position and understood what President Lee Min-bo needed. As a member of Lee Min-bo's camp, he naturally had to help President Lee solve his problems.

The Chevrolet drove into the mountain road at the foot of Mount Renwang in the night. When the lights of the villa in the mountains came into view, Jenny knocked on the partition behind her and asked, "They will be back tomorrow, right?"

She didn't say who "they" were, but An Rusong knew who she was referring to. After a brief silence, he said, "Yes, tomorrow."

As a result, before he could finish his words, the phone suddenly rang in the car.

Reaching out to his suit pocket, An Rushong took out his shaking cell phone. He looked at the screen and the message on it showed that the person calling was Bai Jinjun.

Pressing the answer button and putting the phone to his ear, An Rusong smiled and greeted, "Brother Jin Jun, I didn't cause you any trouble, did I?"

"What do you think?" Bai Jinjun asked in a serious tone, but then he laughed again, "Rusong, I really didn't realize that you have a violent tendency."

An Rusong pursed his lips and said, "To be honest, Brother Jin Jun, if I don't act a little rude and tough tonight, when do you think this draft aimed at establishing an Internet industry association will be passed? Moreover, after the draft is passed, how will its original intention be modified?"

On the other end of the phone, Bai Jinjun was silent.

"Brother Jin Jun," An Rusong waited for a few seconds and continued, "NGN is developing well now. If nothing goes wrong, the company will start the B round of financing in the last quarter of the second half of this year. In my plan, once the B round of financing is completed, NGN will speed up the layout of software localization. At the same time, the company will build a large data center somewhere in Iceland, Sweden or Greenland."

"This means that NGN will become less and less dependent on South Korea in its future development," he said after a pause, "and of course, its dependence on South Korea's local Internet service providers will also become less and less. In other words, I am not very interested in the role of this Internet industry association."

(End of this chapter)