Chapter 184 The Best
After hanging up the call with Macaulay, An Rusong took Jiang Xiuyuan's arm again and went upstairs with her.
Back in his office, An Rusong first pressed the power switch of his desktop computer, and then, before the system started up, he dialed Lawyer Thomson's number.
The phone was dialed and no one answered until it hung up automatically. An Rusong wasn't in a hurry, he turned around and continued tinkering with his computer.
Log in to the NGN company's server backend and check the relevant data of the NGN software.
After completing NGN's first round of financing, with the capital injection of DFJ and Apple into NGN, especially with the international promotion of the "Photo Wall" application, the number of registered users of NGN software has grown by leaps and bounds. With unprecedented growth, in just one week, the number of registered users of NGN software has exceeded 65 million.
If there is any problem, it is that the current registered users of NGN software are still mainly concentrated in Asia, and they are Japan and South Korea in Asia. What is interesting is that now, the number of registered users in Japan has completely Exceeding the number of users in South Korea, Japan has also become the largest audience for NGN software.
An Rusong retrieved the user growth data for the past week and was about to make a curve chart to understand the data growth more intuitively when the cell phone he had just put aside rang. I got up and looked at the caller ID. The call was from Lawyer Thomson.
Putting the mouse aside temporarily, An Rusong pressed the answer button on the phone, then pressed the speakerphone, and then heard Thomson's unpleasant voice coming from the speaker of the phone: "Hey, Ann, my friend, I'm very sorry, I was just answering an international call. I couldn't answer your call in time."
"Don't mind, Thomson," An Rusong took out a pencil from the pen holder and said with a smile while spinning it on his finger. My presumptuous call has disturbed you.”
"Haha, Ann, I think we don't need to be so polite between us?" Thomson said with a smile.
"You are right," An Rusong said, "Then I will have something to say directly."
"OK," Thomson said.
"That's it, Thomson, I encountered an attack today," An Rusong said bluntly, "Someone tried to throw a bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid into my face."
< br>"Oh, shit!" Thomson cursed subconsciously, and then asked urgently, "Are you okay?"
"Of course it's okay, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to call you," An Rusong said, "I just got a little injury on my hand, it's not serious."
"Thank God," Thomson said , “I have to say that the security situation in Seoul is really getting worse and worse. What is said on TV is absolutely correct. Those pro-North Korea guys can't do anything well except betray the country. They can't improve the economy and can't handle public security. They really should step down."
"Hey, hey, Thomson. I don't want to complain to you about this," An Rusong quickly interrupted him and said, "I just want to ask you to Do me a favor."
"Do you want me to help you keep an eye on the police and solve the case as soon as possible?" Thomson said, "No problem, I will keep an eye on this matter, but Ann, you are the best. Don't put too much hope in those policemen. I'm not saying they are trash, but they are really not much better than trash. "
"No, no, no, I don't have any hope of solving the case." The pencil in his hand flew out, and An Rusong reached out to grab it back, while continuing, "I mean, I hope you can help me introduce two bodyguards, the ones that are more reliable, the price doesn’t matter.”
"Oh?" Thomson seemed to hesitate for a moment. After a moment, he said, "Ann, please wait a moment. It's not convenient for me to speak here. I'll hang up first. I'll call you again in five minutes. "
"Okay, Thomson," An Rusong didn't ask any more questions, just responded and hung up the phone.
The phone was temporarily hung up, and An Rusong turned his attention to the computer monitor, and at the same time began to think about his plan in his mind.
As early as when negotiating with DFJ and Apple on financing issues, John, as a core partner of DFJ, had talked about the issue of NGN software profitability.
At that time, John’s suggestion was to learn from China’s Tencent and establish a voluntary paid membership system. At the same time, the profit model of pop-up advertising could also be considered.
At that time, An Rusong, considering that the current main task of NGN software was to attract as many registered users as possible, that is, to focus on attracting traffic, so he rejected John's suggestion. He believed that NGN Whether the membership system launched is voluntary or not, and no matter how often advertising pop-ups appear, it may affect the user experience, thereby adversely affecting the rapid promotion of NGN software.
But having said that, it is true that An Rusong does not want to launch a membership system in the near future, and it is also true that he does not want to launch advertising. However, he is not very resistant to the launch of NGN pop-up windows, but in In his expectation, NGN's pop-up windows should not be used for advertising, but should be specially used to push hot news.
Yes, in An Rusong’s plan, the pop-up window of NGN software should be the same as Yahoo’s news hotspot, which is specially used to push the hottest news at the moment, but whether a certain news is hot or not , but it needs to be decided by NGN. In other words, it is actually a tool controlled by NGN and used to guide public opinion.
In a country like South Korea, if you want to occupy a place in the political environment of intrigue, you must have a tool that can speak for yourself. For now, An Rusong is not sure that he can build a portal website that competes with Yahoo. All he can rely on now is an NGN software. Therefore, relying on the pop-up function of NGN software to try the water is very difficult. An effective method.
However, even so, An Rusong originally did not think about launching this pop-up window function in the near future, because pop-up windows, regardless of whether they are used to publish advertisements, will inevitably have an impact as soon as they appear. User experience is inevitable. Therefore, An Rusong's idea was to wait until NGN really developed to a certain extent, at least until it had a sufficient number of users internationally, before launching the pop-up function.
By that time, users' dependence on NGN software will be high enough, and they will naturally be able to tolerate the existence of pop-up windows.
But now, An Rusong can't wait any longer. He urgently needs something that can be used to amplify his voice, so that those who want to ride on his head will be more excited. There is some fear of him. Furthermore, only with this tool can he launch an effective counterattack against certain people's provocations.
“Beep, beep, beep”
While thinking, the phone at hand rang again.
As expected, Thomson called back. Just like before, An Rusong pressed the answer button and selected the hands-free function.
"Hey, An," Thomson's voice came from the phone. He seemed to be in a relatively empty place, because An Rusong seemed to have some distortion in his voice.
"Hey, Thomson," An Rusong responded.
"Do you understand the bodyguard industry, Ann?" Thomson asked on the phone.
"Do you have any suggestions?" An Rusong asked.
"Well, it seems you don't understand," Thomson said with a smile, "Then, can you tell me your request?"
"My request is very simple," An Rusong did not ask. , for him, it is useless to inquire too much, let alone any benefit. Thomson is a lawyer, and a senior barrister. In An Rusong's view, he only needs to tell the other party his request and then obey it. The other person's suggestion is enough.
As for the issue of commission, that is not within the scope of An Rusong's consideration. If Thomson can find a good bodyguard for him and help him avoid all legal problems, he would rather pay him more. A lot of money.
"Thomson, the bodyguard I need must have an Asian face, preferably Korean or Korean," An Rusong said, "In order to effectively protect my safety, I hope you can introduce me to The bodyguards are the ones who can wear weapons and are available at any time It won’t cause me any trouble.”
“Hey, Ann, your request is not simple,” Thomson laughed on the phone. “On the contrary, your request is very difficult, and I can even do it. I think what you need is not bodyguards, but mercenaries.”
"Whatever you say," An Rusong said with a smile, "Anyway, these are my requirements."
Thomson pondered for a while and said: "So, how much salary are you willing to pay for such a bodyguard? "
"As I said, I don't know much about this business, so you can give me a suggestion," An Rusong said.
"An, frankly speaking, according to your requirements, the income of such a bodyguard must be above the 90th percentile in the entire industry," Thomson said, "To put it more seriously, To be more specific, the annual salary is not less than 120,000 US dollars. Considering that you also need bodyguards to work in South Korea, the annual salary needs to be increased on the original basis. If additional expenses such as commissions and subsidies are added, then the annual salary of a bodyguard will probably not be less than 200,000 US dollars."
"I want the best, Thomson. The strongest ability, the least trouble," An Rusong said, "For this, I can accept an offer of three hundred thousand dollars per person per year."
"Oh, my friend," Thomson smiled, "with such an offer, if you can accept a long-term contract of more than three years, then you can definitely get the best bodyguard, yes, the best."< br>
"OK, I need two, preferably a boy and a girl." An Rusong said.
"Wait for my news," Thomson said, "There will be feedback tonight at the latest."
(End of this chapter)