Chapter 12 12.Broken promise

Incheon Airport.

In the airport lobby, Gu Heng stood tall.

Seeing a group of people coming from a distance, he took a few steps forward and bowed slightly to the middle-aged man in the middle, "Mr. Liu."

The middle-aged man is slightly chubby, and the buttons of his suit jacket cover his figure with some difficulty.

Judging from the appearance alone, he looks like a harmless Smiling Buddha.

Of course, neither Gu Heng nor the group of people behind him had such thoughts in their minds.

In the process of Gu Changzhi taking charge of Jingsheng step by step, this fat man played a very important role.

Seeing Gu Heng, a smile appeared on his face, "I told you that you don't need to come to the airport to pick me up, but you still have to make this trip!"

Although the conversation between the two was brief, and Liu Chen hadn't even introduced Gu Heng's identity, a sharp-minded person could already glean a lot of information from it, and the look he was looking at Gu Heng quietly changed.

Gu Heng did not argue, just smiled and said, "I have already arranged the pick-up car."

"You." Liu Chen first shook his head and then nodded, then turned to face the people behind him and said concisely, "Gu Heng, who used to work in Yunju, is currently serving as my special assistant."

"Okay, let's go." Without leaving them any time to react, Liu Chen motioned to the people behind him to follow him.

Soon, the group left the airport and got into three cars.

After sitting down in the car, Liu Chen looked at Gu Heng beside him and suddenly said, "Tell me what you think?"

"Um?"

"Now that you have decided to join, you should have some thoughts of your own, right? Cross-border investment is not a trivial matter, especially the price Kakao asks for is not low at all. I want to hear your opinion."

Gu Heng did not answer immediately, but hesitated slightly.

"Huh?" Seeing his reaction, Liu Chen became interested and couldn't help guessing, "It seems that you are not optimistic about this business?"

Gu Heng nodded slightly, "At least I have reservations before formally contacting them."

"Why? As far as I know, Kakao's development in South Korea should be very rapid in the past two years."

"I don't deny this, but..." Gu Heng frowned and tapped the edge of the car window with his fingers, "But their asking price and conditions obviously did not take into account the factors that are not beneficial to them."

"Although I have been working in the Internet industry for the past few years, and I also believe that this industry has unlimited potential, one thing that needs to be remembered at all times is that we cannot ignore basic business laws because of our own expectations for the concept of [Internet]. Kakao

The current business situation is not optimistic.”

Liu Chen thought about it silently for a while, neither agreeing nor objecting, but said, "If there are no accidents, we should see Mr. Jin Beomxiu today. Please pay more attention."

He brought people here this time just for negotiation and inspection.

Gu Heng nodded slightly, "Okay."

Seocho-gu.

Several cars slowly stopped in front of the tall building.

Gu Heng opened the car door.

The sunlight outside the car was a bit dazzling, causing him to squint his eyes subconsciously.

Although unlike most well-known companies in South Korea, Kakao's headquarters is not located in Seoul, but is located in the Jeju-do area.

But no matter what, Seoul is the economic core of the entire South Korea, and Kakao still left a corresponding office location here.

That is the tall building in front of me.

As the car door opened, several people in suits walked over quickly not far away.

After a brief exchange, a man about forty years old came to Liu Chen, bowed deeply, and said in somewhat broken Chinese, "Hello, Mr. Liu! I am Nan Zhuren, welcome to Kakao Company!"

Liu Chen smiled and nodded towards him.

However, it is obvious that this person has only learned this one sentence in Chinese, and the subsequent communication still needs to be left to the translators on both sides.

Under the leadership of the person responsible for welcoming them, Liu Chen and his party quickly entered Kakao's company building.

Gu Heng followed Liu Chen silently, looking at this company that had become so famous just a few years after it was founded.

In today's South Korea, the social software Kakao Talk launched by this young company has occupied many people's mobile phones with free communication in just a few years.

If we conduct a random street interview survey now, Kakao should be one of the most well-known companies.

Under the guidance of Nan Zhuren, the group walked through the company's office area and arrived outside a conference room.

Before Nan Zhuren could speak, the door of the conference room was opened from inside.

Several people in formal attire walked out.

But the leader was not the Kakao founder Jin Beomxiu that Liu Chen and Gu Heng imagined, but a lean man in his thirties.

Liu Chen and Gu Heng looked at each other and frowned slightly.

Perhaps aware of the two people's thoughts, the lean man quickly walked up to Liu Chen and took the lead in extending his hand.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, I am Lin Zhixun, the head of the investment, financing and M&A business department of kakao corp. Originally, Mr. Kim Bum-soo was supposed to receive him in person today, but he was unable to come due to some unexpected problems at the Jeju Province headquarters. I am really sorry.

!”

Gu Heng's doubts eased slightly.

As far as he knows, unlike the complicated administrative systems of most companies in South Korea, in Kakao, a young company, there are only three levels: CEO, director and team member.

In other words, at least Lin Zhixun barely passed the grade, although he still seemed very rude.

However, Jin Beomxiu failed to show up today. Is it really as he said that there was a temporary situation in the headquarters?

His eyes flickered over the beads of sweat on the foreheads of the people behind Lin Zhixun, and Gu Heng's doubts that he had temporarily suppressed quietly emerged again.

But this was obviously not the time to care about this, so he whispered a few words in Liu Chen's ear.

Liu Chen nodded slightly to show his understanding, smiled and held Lin Zhixun's hand, "Then I will trouble Minister Lin today."

In any case, this kind of business will not be able to produce results in a short time. He still has enough time to conduct his own observations on this company and Jin Fanxiu.

Liu Chen's statement made Lin Zhixun greatly relieved, and the smile on his face became brighter.

No one knows better than him how much current companies need a sufficient amount of financing, and for some reasons, among the companies that can provide this amount of funds, this Chinese company named Jingsheng is the best.

one of the choices

With this handshake, the atmosphere became much more harmonious in the following time.

Lin Zhixun led Liu Chen and Gu Heng through various areas of Kakao while introducing them to the company's various achievements in recent years.

There are naturally some exaggerations in Lin Zhixun's words, but even if these moistures are removed, the company's growth rate is still astonishing.

Gu Heng listened carefully and answered some questions raised by Liu Chen in a low voice from time to time.

Time passes quietly.

p.s. The next chapter will be later~
Chapter completed!