Chapter 157: A Trip to Korea (3)
After Kim Taek-jin verbally agreed to the takeover request, it was almost noon, and at Kim Taek-chen's kind invitation, the two parties went to a barbecue restaurant called "Tiansha" near NCSoft to have lunch together. According to the usual practice, a bunch of Korean kimchi was served first, Zhang Lexing didn't dare to put down the chopsticks after several glances, and after a while, the lid in the middle of the dining table was opened, a thick iron pot was put up, brushed with a layer of oil, and the fire burned for a while. Immediately, some barbecue ingredients such as beef tenderloin, steak, beef tongue, and beef loin were spread in the thick iron pot, and in the blink of an eye, the aroma of the meat rose, and then accompanied by the sound of the meat "sizzling" on the thick iron pot, and the diners sitting around were all in their mouths.
Zhang Lexing then knew that the original legendary Chinese and Korean barbecue was actually fried in this way, after waiting for a while, the aroma of meat gradually became stronger, under the signal of Jin Zechen, everyone picked up chopsticks and stretched out to the thick iron pot in the middle, Zhang Lexing picked up a piece of beef tenderloin, dipped it in the mixed seasoning sauce in the small bowl in front of him, and then sent it to the mouth, the thick beef taste mixed with sweet and sour taste, but with a hint of freshness and refreshing, really has something unique. This meal can be regarded as a joy for the guests and hosts, but the joy of the guests here is really joyful, and Jin Zechen, as the host, is more forced to smile.
After lunch, Zhang Lexing asked Wang Mengyao to arrange for someone to stay and continue to negotiate the details of the contract with Jin Zechen, while he himself planned to relax and walk around the downtown area of Seoul at will. Park Mi-hee still followed Zhang Lexing and did her duty, and the translation issue of the meeting with Kim Taek-jin had been taken over by Lee Seung-joe's re-arrangement, so there was no need for Park Mi-hee to run at both ends.
Driving across the Han River Bridge, passing through Chongli Gate, came to Gyeongbokgung Palace and other five ancient palaces that are said to have a history of more than 600 years to visit it, Zhang Lexing was a little disappointed after seeing it, especially after thinking of the Forbidden City, I felt that the gap was greater, but this was complementary to the status of the two countries at that time, and the interesting thing is that all the plaques in the palace are Chinese characters, which may be the reason why some sticks believe that Chinese characters are "invented" in Korea.
After leaving Gyeongbokgung Palace, Park Mi-hee introduced that the nearby Namsan Park had a good view, so the convoy turned around along the road and turned around and drove to the nearby Namsan Park.
"Mr. Zhang," as soon as she got out of the car, Park Mi-hee pointed to a small foothill not far away, "that is Namsan Mountain, 265 meters above sea level, which used to be an important gateway to defend the capital, and now there is a beacon tower left over from that time on the top of the mountain." There is an octagonal pavilion, a seoul tower, an oceanarium, a fountain on the top of Namsan Mountain, and a Namsan Library halfway up the mountain. You can take the cable car up the mountain, walk up the steps to the top of the mountain, or even drive up the mountain if you want to...... The highest point on Namsan Mountain is the Seoul Tower, which is 236.7 meters high, built in 1975, and used to be a TV broadcast tower, but later opened to tourists......
It's not too early to see the time, Zhang Lexing chose to take the cable car up the mountain, starting from the cable car ride, but in more than three minutes, he came to the top of Nanshan. As soon as he got off the cable car, Zhang Lexing saw the beacon tower that Park Meixi said at the bottom of the mountain, which looked full of historical vicissitudes from a distance. Walked a short distance, Zhang Lexing and his party came to the octagonal pavilion, at this time the pavilion has stood a few visitors overlooking the scenery under the mountain, Zhang Lexing stood outside the pavilion and looked down the mountain, the scenery is also quite pleasant. After leaving the Octagonal Pavilion, Zhang Lexing and others came to the famous Seoul Tower, took the elevator to the observation deck at an altitude of about 360 meters, looked down the mountain, it was really much more open than the Octagonal Pavilion, and looked to the southwest, you can overlook the Korean Life 63 Building on the south bank of the Han River, according to Park Mi-hee, the height of the building is the same as Namsan Mountain, and with the help of the telescope, Zhang Lexing can even see the sea in front of Incheon.
After some play, the sky gradually darkened, and under the leadership of Park Mi-hee, I came to a nearby restaurant, but under the strong request of everyone, I didn't choose a Korean restaurant this time, I really ate too much kimchi in the past two days, and it was time to change the taste.
The next day, negotiations with NCSoft continued, after all, the long-term interests of both parties were at stake. However, Zhang Lexing did not go to join in the fun, but according to the schedule, he went to the second company, Actoz Company, which is also located in Seoul.
Actoz's office is located on the north bank of the Han River, quite far from the Intercontinental Hotel where Zhang Lexing and others lived, but it is very close to Namsan Park, Gyeongbokgung Palace and other places that I went to yesterday. Maybe it was because Park Mi-hee had called before coming, Zhang Lexing got out of the car and saw a white-collar beauty standing downstairs in the building, looking left and right, Park Mi-hee stepped forward and asked, it was really an employee of Actoz Company, administrative secretary Kang Yuna.
Through Park Mi-hee's translation, Kang Yoona greeted warmly, "Everyone, welcome to Actoz Company......
Led by Jiang Yun'er, everyone followed to the office of Actoz Company on the 8th floor of the building. I heard Li Chengxu introduce before, Actoz Company was established on October 29, 1996, just over a year ago, and now it seems that this is indeed the case, after all, it is still a small company, and it only has a small part of the 8th floor of the building as an office.
Jiang Yun'er pushed open the glass door of the office, and a man greeted him with a smile and enthusiasm: "Everyone is from Asia Interactive, welcome to Actoz Company for inspection!" I'm President Choi Woong. ”
Zhang Lexing stretched out his hand and shook Cui Xiong, and said: "Hello Mr. Cui, my surname is Zhang, and I am here to inspect your company's technical strength on behalf of Asia Interactive, but at a cursory glance, your scale does not seem to be large." ”
Cui Xiong's smile froze, but then recovered, and he continued to smile and said, "After all, we haven't been established for a long time, and we can't compare with your company." Mr. Zhang, why don't we go to the conference room first, and let me introduce you to the situation of Actoz. ”
Zhang Lexing waved his hand and rejected the proposal, and said: "Don't be busy, I heard that you are developing an online game, and I want to see your technical strength with my own eyes." ”
Cui Xiong's face changed, yes, Actoz is indeed secretly developing an online game, a game that pins the company's hopes, before Actoz also developed a stand-alone game in a small way, but the results were not ideal, and later inspired by "Network Genesis", the head of the company's game development department, Park Jong-ho, put forward the idea of developing an online game, so there is now this secret project, it is said that there should be no news circulating, how come people today seem to be very clear about this, Cui Xiong couldn't help but be suspicious.
"Oh, I don't know how Mr. Zhang got the news?" Cui Xiong plans to talk to see if it is the mouth of the company's staff. But Zhang Lexing just didn't answer his topic, but looked left and right and seemed to check the company's situation.
In fact, it is not impossible to let the people of Asia Interactive take a look at the games that the company is developing, after all, the real secret things will not be taken out, and when the game is almost developed, it will have to find someone to publish it anyway, and with Actoz's current economic strength, it is a bit reluctant to operate in South Korea, let alone other regions. What Cui Xiong is really worried about is that the company has internal ghosts, and if the news of the company's development of the game can be leaked this time, maybe even the source code can be leaked next time, which will really be the destruction of Actoz Company. But the person who came was obviously reluctant to tell the source of the news, and Cui Xiong was not easy to use, after all, the future game release might have to count on Asian interaction, he gritted his teeth and decided to agree to Zhang Lexing's request first, and then follow the careful observation, maybe he can find out the clues of the inner ghost.
Thinking of this, Cui Xiong coughed lightly and said, "Since Mr. Zhang is interested, then I might as well take you to take a look." ”
After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the game development department, Zhang Lexing saw that his goal was achieved, and immediately followed, accompanied by Park Meixi, Wang Mengyao and Ma Guanghai, who acted as translators, and the others went to the reception room under the leadership of Jiang Yun'er. Cui Xiong had the idea of finding the inner ghost, so he didn't go directly to the game development department, but deliberately led Zhang Lexing and others to other departments of the company to have a look.
"Mr. Zhang, this is the company's personnel department, and this is Minister Cui Zhiyin...... This is the company's planning department, and this is Vice Minister Kim Nam-so...... "Choi Woong made an introduction, while paying attention to the expressions of the introduced and Jang Lexing, hoping to find some clues from it, but unfortunately he didn't see anything. Walking around, Cui Xiong finally stepped into the game development department that he didn't want to come but couldn't help but couldn't come to.
This was the first time that the president had personally accompanied the company, and the unusual behavior alarmed the staff of the game development department, but most of them just looked up and returned to their work, and only their minister, Park Hyun-ho, stood up to greet him.
Park Hyun Ho glanced at these people who came, they were all strangers, so he turned his gaze to Choi Woong again and asked, "President, ...... you guys?"
"Mr. Jaang, this is Park Hyun-ho, the head of the game development department, let him introduce the game we are developing later." Choi Woong did not directly answer Park Jong-ho's question, but first introduced the two parties: "Minister Park, these are guests of Asia Interactive, you can show the guests the game being developed." ”
Park was stunned for a moment, but his hand was still instinctively stretched out, and he shook hands with the guest mechanically. What the president said just now made Park Hyun Ho a little baffled, and now that the development progress of this game has not yet reached the point where it is necessary to fight for investment, why would the president make such a strange request, but since the president has spoken, he can't say anything.
Park was about to turn around and return to his seat, when suddenly Zhang Le walked up to stop him, winked at him, and said, "Mr. Park, we should meet for the first time." ”
"Ah......" Park Jong-ho was stunned again, of course the person in front of him was meeting for the first time, but this question was so weird, he didn't know how to answer for a while, could it be that the person in front of him had met before, and he accidentally forgot, but no matter how desperately Park Jong-ho recalled, he couldn't remember where the two might have met, so he had to smile awkwardly and said, "It should be the first time we met!" ”
But Park Jong-ho's performance changed in the eyes of Cui Xiong, who had a heart next to him, Zhang Lexing's blinking action became some kind of code, and Park Jong-ho's thoughtful expression became a certain response, and Cui Xiong's heart couldn't help but chuckle: "Could this inner ghost be Park Jong-ho?" It would be bad if that was the case, he was the head of the game development department, and he could get the source code for everything, and if it was him, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”
However, Cui Xiong also knows that if he directly questions Park Jong-ho now, there will definitely be no result, no one will be stupid to admit this kind of thing, it seems that he will have to pay more attention in the future, and he has to put a pair of eyes on Park Jong-ho's side.
Zhang Lexing glanced at Cui Xiong next to him, he didn't know if his deliberate performance just now had fallen into Cui Xiong's eyes, and it didn't matter, he had prepared a lot, I believe Cui Xiong would never miss it. In this way, even if the purpose of the acquisition is not achieved, Actoz will split, and the threat will be greatly reduced.
"Mr. Park, Mr. Park!" Zhang Lexing patted Park Jong-ho, who was still in a daze, and said, "Can you introduce your game now?" ”
"Ah...... Oh! Park came back to his senses, nodded again and again, hurriedly returned to his seat, pulled up the relevant pictures of the game from the computer, and began to introduce: "Mr. Zhang, this is the ...... of the game "Dragon" that we are developing."
Hearing the name repeated from Park Meixi's mouth, Zhang Lexing was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Dragon? I don't think I've heard that Actoz hasn't developed this kind of game, shouldn't it be called "Legend"? ”
Zhang Lexing, who was worried that he had heard it wrong, couldn't help but ask Park Jong-ho directly in English: "Mr. Park, what did you just say about "Dragon"? ”
"It's indeed Dragon!" Park didn't expect the people from Asia Interactive to speak English so neatly, but he immediately remembered that Asia Interactive seemed to have developed from Hong Kong, and he was relieved. In the next introduction, Park Jong-ho simply used English directly, so as not to have someone to translate in the middle, in case something is not right, you may not know.
Park Jong-ho spoke happily in English, but in Choi Woong's eyes, it became a suspicious place, knowing that his English level was not very good, and he still wanted to introduce him in English, didn't he make it clear that he didn't want him to hear it clearly, who knew if Park Jong-ho would take the opportunity to leak something that should not be revealed, Choi Woong's dissatisfaction with Park Jong-ho deepened.
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