My 1999

"Assistant Sun, is this a South Korean portal?"

Sun Mingzhen nodded.

"This is Duoyin.com, which, together with Yahoo! South Korea and Lycos Korea, is one of the three major portals in South Korea."

Among the three major portals, only Duoyin.com is the rising portal in South Korea.

Needless to say, Yahoo and Lycos are American portals with branches in China, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

In April this year, it was announced that it would acquire Spain's Tala.com for US$6.5 billion.

Ambitious to challenge AOL and Yahoo.

But after the Nasdaq crisis, it definitely fell badly.

"Does South Korea have a specialized Internet search company?"

"have."

Sun Mingzhen opened the IE browser and entered the URL, and a webpage appeared.

"This is 'NAVER', a website that specializes in Internet searches."

In his previous life, he had little understanding of the South Korean Internet.

I don’t know that this NAVER will be the three giants of South Korea’s Internet in the future, and its status is equivalent to South Korea’s Baidu.

“Is it a startup?”

"Yes, but Samsung SDS holds a lot of shares in Naver."

Xu Liang was a little disappointed. With the name of Samsung, he knew that there was no shortage of money.

The only thing that can be taken advantage of is that now is the time during the Nasdaq crisis, when the valuation of Internet companies has generally fallen to the bottom, to try acquisitions.

"You seem to know Naver very well?"

Xu Liang was keenly aware of the strangeness.

Ordinary people will never care about the share composition of an Internet company.

Seeing his sharp eyes that went straight to the bottom of his heart, Sun Mingzhen hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

"I was originally the deputy director of marketing at Naver. After the Nasdaq crisis broke out, Naver lost 8 billion won and the company laid off more than half of its employees. I was one of them."

Xu Liang was a little surprised.

After gathering his thoughts, he glanced at the computer screen.

"If I come to acquire Naver, do you think I can succeed?"

Sun Mingzhen thought for a moment and shook her head.

"It's hard."

"Why?"

"Lee Haizhen, the founder of the company, is a very controlling person. Except for Samsung's representatives, two of the three partners when the company was founded were kicked out of the company by him."

Xu Liang nodded.

"Do you know how much equity Samsung SDS controls in Naver?"

"I joined Naver later, so I don't know it very well. But there are three people who definitely know it."

"who?"

"Cha Bo-geun, Kim Young-quan and Beom Ji-sung. When they were at Samsung SDS, Lee Hae-jin founded Samsung's first internal startup company, Naver, with them."

“Does Samsung SDS allow internal entrepreneurship?”

Sun Mingzhen nodded.

“At that time, Samsung SDS had a system where one year could be used to conduct research on specific projects without any limit during the working period.

So Li Haizhen persuaded Cha Baogen, Kim Young-quan and Fan Zhixing, who had just joined the company, to form a search engine technology research and development team, and it took two years to develop Naver. "

Xu Liang thought for a moment.

"You just said that two elders were kicked out of the company by Li Haizhen? Who are they?"

"Kim Young-chuan and Beom Ji-sung."

"Do you know the reason?"

"I heard it was because of financing. After Naver was established, Samsung SDS invested a lot of money, and then the four founders relied on their own investment for development. Because they were never able to achieve real profits, Kim Young-quan and Beom Ji-sung planned to introduce venture capital, but Li Haizhen always disagreed. .

Later, several people had a big quarrel, and Jin Yingquan and Fan Zhixing left the company. "

“People from Samsung didn’t intervene in this dispute?”

"I'm not a core member of the company, so I don't know very well."

The names of corporate departments of South Korean companies are different from those in China.

‘Minister’ is equivalent to the head of a certain department in a domestic company and is a middle-level leader.

Xu Liang thought for a moment.

"Do you know the addresses or contact information of Kim Young-quan and Fan Ji-sung?"

Stopping here, Sun Mingzhen keenly sensed the opportunity.

As an ambitious woman, she is not willing to be just a meager assistant, but hopes to take a leadership position in the future, take full control of her strength, and become a strong woman that others envy.

Suppressing the excitement in my heart, I said quickly.

"I don't know, but I know some people in Naver and I can ask the president."

Xu Liang nodded, "I'll call Park Guanhao later. You don't need to go to work these days to investigate this matter. If you succeed, I will credit you with a great contribution and enter the president's office to assist me in managing the company."

Xu Liang saw through her thoughts and made a promise.

Sun Mingzhen was overjoyed and quickly thanked her.

Xu Liang browsed the South Korean Internet again, and after having a general understanding, he left the Internet cafe.

Return to hotel.

"You can go back."

After Sun Mingzhen nodded, she quickly took out a gold-gilded business card from her bag and handed it over.

They were all in Korean and English, and Xu Liang didn’t recognize them either.

"What's this?"

“This is the business card of ‘Alice Agency’ that President Park asked me to give to you.”

"Alice Agency?"

Sun Mingzhen looked as usual.

"This company provides the 'Women's Body Art Award', which can meet the president's various requirements."

Xu Liang thought for a while and suddenly realized.

Looking at the packaging, it’s not called prostitution, it’s called the ‘Female Body Art Award’.

Throw it back casually.

"Thank you, President Park, for me, I don't need it."

Sun Mingzhen subconsciously caught the business card, with a hint of astonishment on her face.

It’s not just the first time or twice that she’s been approached by a pimp. Regardless of whether she’s a man or a woman, this is the first time she’s met someone who clearly refuses.

"Mark my words, get to the addresses or contact information of Kim Young-quan and Fan Ji-sung as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."

"Go ahead."

"Goodbye, President."

After bowing, Sun Mingzhen walked out of the room.

——

After arranging for Huo Gang and others to stay, Xu Liang picked up his mobile phone and called Jiang Xiaoyang.

"Have you signed the contract with Yingke?"

"Already signed. US$1 million, New Dream Series A financing rights."

"When will the payment be made?"

"I've bought you a month."

Xu Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

He really has no money now.

New Dream’s second round of expansion has swallowed up all the remaining funds.

Although Hongmeng still has some money, it can only barely survive.

Hanhua can't count on it at all.

"Any news from the bank?"

"I've already called and asked. Tomorrow, Beijing Capital Bank will examine the financial situation of our new dream. If everything goes well, you will be able to get the money in seven days."

"So fast?"

"Of course, you don't want to see what I am capable of?"

Hearing Jiang Xiaoyang's arrogance, Xu Liang smiled and said, "Thank you very much this time."

"Do you only express your gratitude verbally? You are too stingy."

"Haha, of course not. I will bring you a gift when I return from South Korea this time."

"I don't want a gift. Didn't you say you would cook me a meal? Just make it richer then."

"No problem." Xu Liang agreed.