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Inside the conference room.

"3.6 million preferred shares, for $60 million, your company's price is really unacceptable to us, this is completely beyond your company's valuation range."

"But Minister Ho, you need to take into account that Kakaotalk has a user share of more than 80% in South Korea, and the huge market represented behind this should also be part of the value assessment, and we have already started to explore the profit model......

Gu Heng tapped on the table and interrupted the other party's words.

"Minister Liu, we both know very well about the huge number of users of Kakaotalk, otherwise we wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet in this conference room, wouldn't we?"

"Unfortunately, we don't seem to see any proper business model in this growth in user numbers, and Kakao lost more than 15 billion won last year alone, more than three times the year before, so what about this year?"

Looking directly at the man across the long table, Gu Heng asked, "How long is $60 million enough for Kakao to burn?" Do you want Jingsheng to take the so-called preferred shares and sit back and watch this investment be squandered by you? ”

"Either lower the price per share, or make adjustments in the nature of authority, and if you are not willing to concede anything, then our negotiations will probably continue to be consumed for a long time."

Gu Heng put down his pen and ended his words.

Looking at the bearded man in his forties at the head of the long table, sitting casually, he frowned slightly.

Such consultations have been held several times in the past week.

Although this is a process of testing each other's bottom line price, the current speed of progress is indeed too slow.

Jin Fanxiu would appear once in a while, but he rarely spoke, so that Gu Heng could not guess what was in this person's heart for a while.

Consultations in the conference room continued.

It wasn't until noon that it came to an end for the time being.

Kim Beom-so got up and nodded to everyone in the conference room, and took the lead in leaving.

Gu Heng glanced at his departing back, lowered his head and picked up his materials and documents.

"Assistant Gu, if you don't mind, stay and have lunch together?"

Looking back at Lin Zhixun with a smile on his face, Gu Heng raised his eyebrows and asked with a chuckle, "Minister Lin has a treat?" ”

After several meetings and negotiations, the company's business did not advance much, and the relationship between the two people, who were only ten years old, was much more familiar, and they were quite sympathetic.

"Swipe the card in the company's canteen to ensure that you are full." Lin Zhixun raised the card in his hand.

"Minister Lin is really ...... to his friends Atmosphere. ”

Gu Heng put away the papers, and the two of them walked out of the conference room and headed towards the cafeteria of Kakao Corp.

Lin Zhixun walked half a step in front to lead the way, and from time to time there were company employees who greeted him.

After simply ordering two lunches, the two found a corner and sat down.

Gu Heng tried the taste of curry pork fillet rice, which was unexpectedly good.

"It tastes good."

"That's nature."

"Minister Lin is in the company, and he seems to be very popular." Gu Heng asked casually.

"It's just that I usually do more things, so there are more people who know me." Lin Zhixun didn't have any smugness on his face.

"As I said, Kakao is already exploring new ways to make money, and is there any new direction for it to be determined in addition to the ongoing acceptance of advertising and paid emojis?"

"Huh?"

"Otherwise, Mr. Kim Beom-so wouldn't be able to sit still like this, right?" Gu Heng's tone was casual, like a friend chatting.

"It's still being discussed within the company." Lin Zhixun's words were very cautious.

Seeing Lin Zhixun's acquiescence, Gu Heng's fingertips tapped the table a few times, "You might as well let me guess...... Game? ”

Lin Zhixun's eyes became surprised when he looked at him.

"It's just that I suddenly thought that Mr. Kim Beom-so started with games, so I guessed it." Gu Heng explained simply.

"Not everyone would guess that."

At this point, the two stopped going deeper on this topic and turned to a normal chat.

"Assistant Gu, next time you can try the non-smelted beef rice from another window, the new chef's skills are really good."

"Minister Lin, you don't really plan to invite me to the cafeteria all the time, do you?"

"Haha, it's my rudeness, well, next time, next time I ask Assistant Gu to go to Myeongdong, there is a ginseng chicken soup that is quite good."

"That's barely enough for friends." Gu Heng smiled.

"It's a pity that I didn't have a chance to go to Huaxia and let you invite me to dinner."

"Minister Lin can jump ship to Jingsheng, and I will welcome him." Gu Heng half-jokingly.

"Are you sure you want to say something like that in the company building in Kakao?" Lin Zhixun leaned back with a smile.

He was about to say something to Gu Heng, but his eyes happened to see a figure in the distance.

Slightly stunned, he didn't know what he thought, he subconsciously glanced at Gu Heng, a subtle smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and suddenly said,

"Recently, the company is planning to find a spokesperson for young idols."

"Idol endorsement? The younger group should enjoy it, and investment in this area is always unavoidable...... But you still care about this? ”

"I've heard people from the advertising department mention it," Lin Zhixun smiled, "At your age, you should know more about idol stars, right?" ”

Gu Heng subconsciously remembered Li Zhien, who gave him a headache at home, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't know much." ”

"Huh? Didn't you hear Nam Joo-in say that you and Lin Yuna from girlhood seem to have a good relationship? A few days ago, we were standing together and chatting. ”

"Huh?" Gu Heng paused for a moment before reacting to what he was referring to.

"Well, sort of...... Friends. ”

He was a little unsure of how to define his relationship with Lin Yun'er's girl for a while.

"It's really a friend, then I'll rest assured," Hearing his answer, Lin Zhixun nodded reassuringly, and waved into the distance, "Minister Huang!" Let's have a meal here! ”

"Huh? What to put ......"

Gu Heng said as he turned his face to look in the direction of Lin Zhixun's beckoning.

His voice stopped abruptly when he saw the three figures coming towards them.

However, Lin Zhixun didn't notice Gu Heng's abnormality, he smiled at the leader of the arrival, "Haha, I saw the three of you just now." ”

"I originally wanted not to disturb you, but suddenly I thought that Gu Heng and Miss Lin Yun'er seem to be friends too, so it's good for a few of us to dine together, you say, Gu Heng?"

Lin Zhixun, who thought he had played a good organizational role, looked at Gu Heng with a smug face.

Looking at Lin Yun'er, who appeared at this moment for some reason, the smile on Gu Heng's face was really a little reluctant,

"Hmm...... It's pretty good. ”

Ask yourself, if he were to choose the person he was most reluctant to face at the moment in the whole of Hancheng, then the girl with an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth in front of him would become his undoubted answer.