Chapter 276 Three Purposes
After everyone took their seats in front of the booths, the waiter naturally brought menus. Although the person who invited to meet today was Leonard, An Rusong was the one who took the initiative to ask to be the host. Therefore, after receiving the menu from the waiter, he first invited Leonard to order and met with him. At the same time, he made some recommendations on the side.
However, the meeting between the two tonight was not for dinner, so Leonard simply ordered the dishes recommended by An Rusong and then pushed the menu back. Out of politeness as a host, An Rusong replenished some dishes before returning the menu to the waiter.
"Sir, are you still used to living in Seoul?" After sending the waiter away, An Rusong spoke first and asked with a smile.
"Haha, Mr. An still doesn't know me well," Leonard picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "This is not my first time in Korea. Of course, this is my first time in Seoul. Once, because when I visited several times before, this place was still called Seoul.”
"Oh?" An Rusong made a surprised expression. Of course, he did lack understanding of the other party.
"My father used to be a member of the military stationed in South Korea, and I have lived here for many years," Leonard continued. "The reason why I was able to take over the affairs of East Asia this time has a lot to do with my experience. Big connection.”
An Rusong nodded. This is not surprising. If the deputy director of East Asian affairs in the NSA has no understanding of the situation in East Asia and has never lived or worked in an East Asian country, then the intelligence work of the NSA There is definitely no efficiency to speak of.
"President An," Leonard's eyes focused on An Rusong's face, "I know you East Asians like roundabout and tactful ways of talking, but in this meeting tonight, I hope that we can Get rid of this habit and communicate in a more direct and open manner. ”
Putting the teacup in his hand back on the table, he smiled and said: "Actually, I would rather be friends with you than just a collaborator driven only by our own interests."
When he said these words, he was always looking into An Rusong's eyes, which made his words sound sincere, even from the heart.
An Rusong seemed greatly touched. He nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course, Mr. Leonard, this is also my expectation."
As for what he really thinks in his heart, he just regards what the other person said as nonsense, the kind that goes in one ear and out the other - he will choose to sleep with a collaborator, such as Han Miyan, but he will not choose Becoming friends with collaborators is like becoming friends with the Zhao brothers. Since they became friends, they have broken off all kinds of business cooperation as much as possible.
An Rusong's past life experience taught An Rusong that it is not a wise choice to cooperate with friends in business or treat partners as friends. The final result is either being cheated by others or failing to become friends. It's always a choice between two.
Besides, who is this guy across from me? The NSA's deputy director of Asian affairs is engaged in intelligence work and is a spy. If he chooses to cooperate with the other party, it is already very dangerous. Should he be a damn friend with the other party while cooperating?
"Then let's talk more directly." I don't know if he believed An Rusong's statement, but Leonard continued, "I have three main purposes for meeting with you in a few days."
Just as he was speaking, the waiter brought the first dish, and he had to stop temporarily. After the waiter left, he continued: "The first purpose is to express gratitude to President An, I have received good news from Commissioner Jenny. Your cooperation has greatly facilitated our work. From the perspective of the other party, I must admit that because of the monitoring network provided by NGN, the NSA’s intelligence work in East Asia and even throughout Asia has been greatly promoted. At least, in the 2008 work report, Our report card will look better.”
An Rusong smiled slightly, which was a response to the other party. He learned this from the woman's professor when he was receiving training from Min Xianxiu. As a good listener, you should not only stay focused when the other party is speaking, but also provide silent feedback to the other party through changes in facial expressions from time to time, thereby enhancing the emotional value of the other party's speech.
"From a personal standpoint, I would like to express my gratitude for your cooperation," Leonard continued. "In your words, this report card is a 'good start' for me after taking up my current job. .”
"A good start" he said in Korean. Don't worry, his Korean pronunciation is quite authentic.
"This is what I should do," An Rusong said with a restrained smile, "Of course, if this can help you, I will feel even more honored."
At this time, another waiter came to serve the food. Leonard said nothing more. He picked up the teacup in front of him and gestured towards An Rusong as a toast.
"The second purpose of tonight's meeting is to make two suggestions to President An," Leonard continued after the waiter left. An Rusong made an inviting gesture towards the other party.
"First, I hope that NGN Company can speed up the promotion of software localization," Leonard said, "especially in Asia. I have heard that NGN Company intends to expand in Singapore, Japan, etc. before the second round of financing. If this is true, I hope Chairman An can speed up the progress of this work.”
An Rusong could understand the other party's intention. Today, NGN Company's main servers are still rented equipment from Korea Telecom, and the data center also belongs to Korea Telecom. If the NSA wants to fully monitor the communications of NGN software, it still needs to be Quite a few restrictions.
The most important thing is that after NGN Company promotes software localization, the number of user registrations of its software will inevitably increase, which will also further expand the scope of NSA's monitoring. At the same time, the realization of data center localization can also provide greater convenience for NSA monitoring.
"As for my second suggestion," after saying this, Leonard did not give An Rusong a chance to speak. He continued, "I hope President An can consider becoming an American citizen."
After hearing his second suggestion, An Rusong was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the other party would make such a suggestion.
"Of course, this is just a suggestion," Leonard said with a smile, perhaps sensing his astonishment. "The decision of whether to accept it or not rests entirely with President An himself."
After a pause, he added: "However, Chairman An, you can trust me. My proposal will be beneficial to you and NGN Company, and it is directly related to my meeting with you today." The third purpose.”
In fact, for An Rusong, whether to become a U.S. citizen is not a difficult decision. Anyway, he has no feelings for the Republic of Korea, and South Korea also allows dual nationality. Although the permission mentioned here has very harsh conditions, the so-called "harsh" here is only for ordinary people.
But for An Rusong, once he becomes a U.S. citizen, he will inevitably face a problem, that is, the issue of paying taxes, because in the U.S. tax law, there is a "global income principle", which roughly means, That is, any citizen with U.S. citizenship, no matter which country he is in, must pay income tax to the United States.
Of course, because South Korea has signed a tax treaty with the United States, if An Rusong paid taxes in South Korea, he can apply to the U.S. tax agency for a refund of the overpaid portion of the taxes he paid in the United States. But even so, he still has to file and pay taxes in the United States. Otherwise, the US tax bureau is not easy to mess with. They are even better than the NSA.
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“The third purpose of tonight’s meeting with Chairman An is to convey to Chairman An some of NSA’s compensation policies for important cooperative agencies,” Leonard said. “For any agency that cooperates with NSA, especially For commercial organizations like NGN, which can provide massive intelligence information to the NSA, the NSA has a considerable amount of subsidy funding, ranging from US$7 million to US$45 million every year.”
An Rusong listened very attentively. After all, this topic involved money. The most important thing is that this money was obtained from the NSA.
"Given the importance of NGN, this subsidy can be of the highest standard," Leonard said with a smile. "However, if you want to get the highest level of funding subsidy, there is another prerequisite, and that is that I have The second suggestion mentioned is that Chairman Ahn must have American citizenship.”
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"Furthermore, if Chairman An holds American citizenship, he can not only get the highest level of funding subsidies from the NSA, but also a series of related support policies," Leonard added, "As I just said That’s right, this is definitely beneficial to Chairman An.”
In fact, just hearing Leonard mention the subsidy, An Rusong had already made a decision in his heart. To be honest, if he can obtain dual citizenship of South Korea and the United States, it will only be good for his future development, and there will be no harm.
Why do you say that? Don't forget that the land An Rusong is stepping on is the so-called "Republic of Korea." In this magical land, the first-class people are not Koreans, but Americans. Although after acquiring American citizenship, he, a person with yellow skin and dark eyes, cannot really become a so-called "American", but at least in South Korea, this American citizenship can still provide him with a certain degree of asylum.
(End of chapter)