Chapter 212 December
When Mike, Macaulay, and Jin Bingqiu came over, it was already twelve o'clock. Although they knew Jin Bingqiu in his previous life, It was the first time to see a real person, so An Rusong was quite curious about this person.
Today Jin Bingzuo has just entered middle age. However, although he has a square head and a big face, he looks younger than his actual age. At first glance, he would think He was just thirty-six or seventeen years old and looked like a successful young man.
Before, An Rusong had learned some basic information about Jin Bingqiu from Macaulay, and knew that this guy’s success was not without reason. He was a top student at Harvard Business School, and he had a lot of experience in life. The first job resume I got was from Goldman Sachs Group.
Of course, personal talents are secondary. The most important point is that he married an extraordinary wife.
Kim Byung-cho’s wife is named Park Jung-ah. She is the Prime Minister during President Kim Dae-chung’s time, a former major general of the Korean Army, the founder of South Korea’s largest steel conglomerate “Posco”, and the daughter of Han Tae-joon, the former president of the Alliance for Freedom and Democracy.
In addition, Kim Byung-joo is Park Jung-ah’s second husband. Her ex-husband is named Jeon Jae-yong, and he is the second son of President Jeon.
It was with the support of his wife that Jin Bingzuo was able to develop so fast and smoothly. During the Asian financial crisis in 1998, he participated in the Korean government's foreign debt issuance work, and took this opportunity to officially join the Carlyle Group.
In the second year after joining the Carlyle Group, he personally led the Carlyle Group’s acquisition of Hanmi Bank. If there was no strong support from his father-in-law, who would believe it?
Furthermore, the year before last, Kim Byung-joo returned to Seoul from the United States and founded the private equity fund "MBK Partners". In just two months, he received 1 trillion won in financing, even if It was said that part of the money came from the Carlyle Group, but how could he have gotten the rest without his old father-in-law's endorsement?
Of course, all of these are secondary. For a person, his or her own intelligence and talents are certainly necessary resources for personal development, but interpersonal relationships, social circles, and even nepotism are also personal necessary resources for development.
After all, for a person, the result of success is the most critical. As for how many unbearable and dirty things there are in the process of success, it is obviously not that important.
For today's party, Jin Bingzhuo should obviously be the protagonist among the four. After all, one of the two purposes of Luo Quan's return to Seoul was to have contact with him. Mike and Macaulay also seemed to be very interested in MBK controlled by Jin Bingqiu.
But what’s interesting is that after hearing that An Rusong was the chairman of NGN Company, Jin Bingzuo showed a strong interest in him. This guy even asked in front of Macaulay The issue of the second round of financing of NGN Company has arisen. It can be seen that Jin Bingzhuo has paid attention to the development of NGN Company and is interested in participating in NGN Company's second round of financing.
Although Jin Bingzuo is suspected of poaching, Macaulay obviously doesn't mind. First of all, NGN has just completed its first round of financing. The financing of US$62.5 million is enough to sustain it for a long time. In the short term Opening the second round of financing will harm not only the interests of DFJ and Apple, but also An Rusong's personal interests. Considering that he holds the largest number of shares, the damage to his interests will be the most serious.
Secondly, the financing agreement signed between DFJ and NGN Company includes funds with priority for the second round of financing. Therefore, even if An Rusong opens the second round of financing, DFJ still enjoys the same valuation when the valuation is the same. Absolute priority, even if the private equity funds controlled by Jin Bingzuo participate, they can only be ranked behind DFJ unless they offer a higher premium.
Of course An Rusong will not start a second round of financing in the near future, so in the face of Jin Bingzuo’s insinuations, he can only say that if there is a chance in the future, he will definitely choose to cooperate with "MBK Partners".
This lunch was the first time An Rusong met Jin Bingzuo, and a preliminary connection was established between the two. Also during this lunch, neither An Rusong, nor Luo Quanyi, nor Macaulay directly discussed any cooperation issues with Jin Bingzuo.
After all, these people have just met each other for the first time. If they come up to talk about cooperation and financing, it will not only seem too rash, but also show their eagerness, which will definitely be detrimental to subsequent cooperation.
However, now that there is preliminary contact, it will be much easier to contact each other in the future, and establishing preliminary contact is the real purpose of this lunch.
Also at this lunch, as the founder of a large private equity fund, Jin Bingzuo also introduced several currently popular investment projects, of course, all in South Korea.
For example, Celltrion Group is actively preparing to go public. This is a biologics company that mainly produces monoclonal antibody biopharmaceuticals. It is also the largest pharmaceutical production outsourcing company in South Korea. Jin Bingzhu is very optimistic about it. The future development of this company, therefore, believes that buying a certain share of the company's shares when it goes public will be a very smart investment.
An Rusong still knows something about Celltrion Group, because in his previous life, this biologics company was a great company. Its founder, Xu Tingzhen, was one of the top ten richest people in South Korea. In fact, in the era before An Rusong was reborn, the most wealthy people in South Korea basically started to emerge in this era, such as Jin Bingzuo and Xu Tingzhen. Of course, if NGN If there are no major problems in the development of the company, after more than ten years, the name An Rusong will probably occupy a place on South Korea's rich list.
No, it is not the rich list of South Korea, but the rich list of the world.
Just like today's NGN Company, it has just completed its first round of financing, and its overall expansion and development can only be considered at the beginning. However, in the international financial investment community, NGN has become a relatively popular existence.
What does this mean?
There is no doubt that this shows that the development prospects of NGN Company are very bright, and it has attracted the attention of the international financial investment community.
On the day after this meeting, Luo Quan also took the nine o'clock flight back to the United States. Although the two parties had known each other for a short time and had only met twice, An Rusong still asked Macaulay about the departure time of the other party's plane and made a special trip to the airport to see him off.
Ordinary people's lives are dull. Today's An Rusong may not be considered an ordinary person, but his life is not full of excitement every day.
In the days after sending Luo Quanyi away, An Rusong focused all his energy on the company.
On November 25, the NGN software underwent a minor version update, and the emoticon package program was officially launched online. At the same time, NGN software users around the world also received the first update since installing the NGN software. The official pop-up window, and the content pushed by this pop-up window to NGN users is how to use the emoticon pack.
On the day the pop-up window function was launched, Macaulay called An Rusong specifically and asked him if NGN Software was preparing to launch an advertising business. After all, pop-up windows are the best carrier for advertising. , taking into account the current number of registered users of NGN software, if the company officially launches advertising business, it is estimated that it will get a considerable revenue channel.
But An Rusong gave a clear negative answer. He once again explained to Macaulay that NGN would not, at least in the short term, use advertising business as the company's profit point. This version The pop-up function introduced in the update was not originally used for advertising.
Today, even if the rules of different rights for the same shares are not taken into account, An Rusong is also the largest shareholder of NGN Company. He holds absolute control of the entire company. Therefore, Mai, who represents the interests of Defengjie Company, Cowley could only make circumstantial suggestions to him, but could not ask him to make any decisions.
Furthermore, now DFJ Company does not have the idea of interfering in NGN Company’s business decisions. It can even be said that DFJ Company will not interfere in NGN Company’s business decisions before entering the second round of financing. The two parties are now in a The absolute honeymoon period of collaboration.
Also on November 25th, the two bodyguards arranged by Blackwater Company officially arrived in Seoul. In the first few days after arriving in South Korea, they did not immediately go to work. I walked around the main area and got familiar with the situation here.
At the same time, An Rusong spent another sum of money to buy the property below the Songquandong mansion and used it as a residence for two bodyguards so that they could protect themselves nearby.
To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that the courtyard over Fangbeidong was so eye-catching and had been promised to be used by Wen Caiyuan, An Rusong would really want to move there, wouldn’t he? In addition, the courtyard was not only in good condition, but also spacious enough. Most importantly, An Rusong really liked it there.
In this dullness, time slowly entered December.
This December is destined to be a noisy and lively month for the entire Republic of Korea. The competition for the new presidential candidate has become fierce during this month, and the overt and covert battles between conservatives and progressives have also begun to change. It's getting more and more intense.
First, at the beginning of the month, progressive lawmakers passed the so-called "BBK Special Prosecution Law" in the absence of Grand National Party lawmakers. Immediately afterwards, President Lu directly signed and approved the passage of the bill, despite strong opposition from the opposition parties. Subsequently, the Grand Inspection Office formally established a task force and launched a series of investigations into Li Minbo, a presidential candidate.
(End of this chapter)