In a small conference room.

After sipping the tea in the cup, Gu Heng placed his right hand on his chin and listened silently to a debate in the conference room.

"Although Daum is suppressed by Naver in the search and portal markets, it does not mean that Daum has a gap that Naver cannot catch up with in terms of technical strength."

Li Ran, who was wearing a light blue shirt with sweat stains on his forehead, pointed at the demonstration screen behind him.

"But technology that cannot be converted into market competitiveness is commercially meaningless." Not far from him, someone said.

"That's not the case. Daum's team and technical capabilities left behind by its development over the years will be of great benefit to Kakao in its subsequent work on its own business."

Li Ran shook his head, picked up another piece of material, and said slowly, "Kakao has made great strides in the past two years, and all businesses are moving forward, but one thing that needs to be vigilant is that this has made Kakao Talk, the core software

The burden has become more and more complicated. If Daum’s mobile software is used as the core and some businesses with weak social relevance are separated from Kakao talk, it may be a better development.”

"In addition, Daum, as the earliest portal website in South Korea to develop online novels and online comics, may have more in-depth cooperation with our group itself in the future on various copyrights such as film and television adaptations."

After listening for a moment, Gu Heng put down his tea cup and leaned forward slightly, "But one thing that cannot be avoided is that the merger of Kakao and Daum will dilute our interests, and the group's stock price may also be slightly put under pressure."

Jingsheng’s investments in South Korea in recent years can be roughly classified into two categories.

The first is investments made to supplement the development of the group's own business, such as the acquisition of film and television production companies, and the streaming media platform Wavve launched in cooperation with SK Telecom and others; the second is investments made to seek financial returns, such as the acquisition of Kakao

Shareholding and several additional capital injections.

Jingsheng's investment in Kakao has also been reflected in the group's stock price as Kakao's valuation has skyrocketed in recent years.

From a superficial point of view, apart from its size, there is not much about Daum that is eye-catching. All of Li Ran's analysis is more of a vision of the future.

But after hearing Gu Heng's words, Li Ran's eyes flashed with joy.

With a slight cough, he pressed the remote control and let the demo screen switch to another page, "Kakao Corp promises to release some Kakao games."

"Control your facial expression better next time."

After leaving the conference room and entering the elevator, Gu Heng glanced at Li Ran and twitched his lips.

Li Ran coughed twice in embarrassment, "I know."

The question Gu Heng raised in the conference room just now was the content that Gu Heng asked him to negotiate with Kakao in recent days.

On the surface, it is to make things difficult, but in fact, it is more like singing a double act to people in other departments of Jingsheng.

The elevator descended slowly and reached the first floor.

Outside the company's office building, the sunset was already shining.

From time to time, loud whistles can be heard on the streets, signaling the arrival of the evening rush hour in Seoul.

There's going to be a traffic jam again.

Gu Heng sighed silently in his heart, and then said goodbye to Li Ran.

When I returned to the downstairs of my residence, there was only a lilac afterglow left on the horizon.

Picking up the meat and vegetables he bought overtime from a nearby merchant, Gu Heng got out of the car.

As soon as he closed the car door, he looked up and was startled.

"Aunt Jingshu? What are you doing?" Looking at He Jingshu coming out of the unit building, Gu Heng's heart suddenly tightened.

Seeing that it was him, He Jingshu showed a slight smile at first, but then became solemn.

"Come here."

Seeing Gu Heng approaching, she asked, "What's going on upstairs?"

Gu Heng's lips moved slightly and hesitantly said, "My friend, please stay with me for one night. I didn't know you were coming over, so..."

"Borrowing for one night?" He Jingshu narrowed her eyes.

"Xiao Heng," she sighed softly, "have you forgotten who is from Seoul?"

As a girl born and raised in Seoul, does she need to stay with a Chinese like you in Seoul?

Gu Heng was speechless for a moment, "She caught a cold in the rain last night and couldn't leave for a while, so I let her stay."

"Going to get wet in the rain by yourself?" He Jingshu gave him a roll of her eyes, "Li Zhien stopped doing this kind of thing after he entered elementary school."

"What I said is true."

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about your authenticity," He Jingshu waved her hand, "I originally brought you ginseng chicken soup, but I left it for her, just in time to replenish her health."

Gu Heng said helplessly, ".I understand."

"I was going to talk to you today about Zhongxun's future college affairs. Forget it, you go up and take care of her first. I'll call you in the evening."

"Okay, Auntie, walk slowly."

He Jingshu nodded, took two steps, and then suddenly turned back.

"Xiao Heng"

"Um?"

"That girl Yun'er looks thin." He Jingshu hesitated for a moment and said half a sentence.

"Yeah." Gu Heng thought she was still talking about the cold, so he subconsciously responded, "She is usually in good health and eats a lot."

Seeing his wooden reaction, He Jingshu almost couldn't breathe.

Staring at Gu Heng, she said angrily, "I mean, can't you be gentler to her?"

"Should I be gentler to her?" Gu Heng frowned.

"You, just take care of yourself." He Jingshu pointed at him, turned around and left helplessly.

Watching her leave, Gu Heng frowned and entered the unit building.

Today's He Jingshu is really weird.

He vaguely felt that Lin Yuner seemed to have said something extraordinary to her.

The numbers in the elevator jumped and it soon reached the seventh floor.

When I returned to my residence, the living room was empty, except for a thermos box on the coffee table.

It should be the ginseng chicken soup that Ha Jingshu mentioned just now.

After looking around the living room, Gu Heng put down the bag in his hand and opened the door of the master bedroom.

As expected.

Approaching the small ball of quilt bulging on the bed, Gu Heng sat down on the floor beside the bed.

He reached out and touched the quilt, ".Yooner?"

no response.

He smiled helplessly and touched her again, "I was in a meeting at the company just now and I didn't see Aunt Jingshu's call. It's my fault this time."

The quilt was opened, and Lin Yoona, with messy hair, sat up from the bed.

Gu Heng was slightly startled.

Her face was a little too red.

It's just so bright red.

"You" Gu Heng said hesitantly.

"I will die with you today!" Lin Yuner shouted in annoyance, and directly stretched out her hand to pinch Gu Heng's neck.

Unfortunately, after catching a cold, she really didn't have much strength in her hands.

Gu Heng easily grasped her hand into his palm.

After a long stalemate, Lin Yoona gave up and buried her face in the quilt again, "If I don't die with you, I'll die myself."

"What's going on?" Gu Heng let go of Lin Yuner's hand and touched her hair, "If there is any misunderstanding, I just need to tell Aunt Jingshu. She is not an unreasonable person."

"How is it possible to explain such a thing clearly?" Lin Yuner responded in a muffled voice.

"What on earth did you talk to her about?"

There was silence in the bedroom for a while.

"Take a bath." A voice as soft as a mosquito's groan came from inside the quilt.

"Take a bath." Standing in front of the rice cooker, He Jingshu clicked her tongue softly.

"What are you mumbling about?"

After taking out two bowls of ginseng chicken soup, Li Zhongxin looked at his wife and asked doubtfully.

If his memory was correct, it seemed that before he went to serve the soup, He Jingshu was already standing in front of the rice cooker with an empty bowl and a rice spoon.

"Oh, nothing."

He Jingshu came to her senses and quickly scooped out the couple's rice.

Now Li Zhongxun only gets out of class at night, and Li Zhien and Gu Heng live alone outside, so only the couple eats dinner at home.

After returning to the dining table and sitting down, Li Zhongxin took the rice bowl from He Jingshu.
To be continued...