At noon, a grand celebration banquet was held in the private room of the Shilla Hotel.
Compared to the time in Japan, although he wasn't as excited as earning 2.2 billion us dollar, being able to secure Miracle MU meant the second step of Lin Hao's return plan was complete.
The first step was betting on Brazil 2:0 in the World Cup final.
Both the first two steps were going smoothly, now it was just about what came next.
"Mr. Lin, congratulations," Kim Soo-ah said with a smile, holding a wine glass and walking up to Lin Hao, "By securing the game you wanted, you can surely achieve great things."
"Haha, thank you." Lin Hao clinked glasses with Kim Soo-ah.
Kim Soo-ah was wearing a black professional suit, black stockings under a short skirt, and high heels.
The peaks on her chest could already rival Inoue Izumi, and coupled with a pair of long, beautiful legs, she had a strong 'big sister' vibe.
Shen Yuxuan and Yang Qian'er, who were nearby, watched Lin Hao and Kim Soo-ah chatting and laughing, feeling a bit annoyed.
Yang Qian'er, especially, still couldn't let it go.
'I'm a great beauty too, yet he didn't want me even when I offered myself, and now he's chatting so intimately with a South Korean girl, just like in Japan.'
"Lin Shao, I've already arranged for you to meet Kim Tae-woo," Yang Qian'er walked over and said, first glancing at Kim Soo-ah.
The latter, seeing that the two were about to discuss business, tactfully walked away.
"It seems there are still many smart people in this world, Kim Tae-woo isn't stupid either," Lin Hao said, looking at Kim Soo-ah's alluring back.
"That kind of plastic surgery monster with fake breasts, what's so good to look at?
If you want to see, come to my room tonight and I'll show you the real thing," Yang Qian'er said directly when she noticed Lin Hao looking at Kim Soo-ah's back.
In his previous life, Lin Hao had seen countless women, and of course knew that Kim Soo-ah had gone under the knife, not just her face, but her chest too.
But what kind of bold words were these?
Hearing Yang Qian'er's words, Lin Hao almost choked.
Did she have to be so direct?
"Uh, never mind, help me arrange to meet Kim Tae-woo this afternoon."
After saying this, Lin Hao quickly ran off.
Who knew what else Yang Qian'er would say if they kept talking?
"Little pervert, lustful but no guts," Yang Qian'er cursed under her breath, watching Lin Hao's hasty retreating figure.
In the afternoon, Lin Hao met Kim Tae-woo in the reception room of his presidential suite.
Lin Hao smiled and said, "Mr. Jin, we meet again."
Kim Tae-woo asked somewhat uneasily, "May I know why Mr. Lin is looking for me?"
"We are all smart people, so I won't beat around the bush," Lin Hao said, "Do you think the company led by Li Junxiu has a future?"
Lin Hao directly threw out a question that Kim Tae-woo hadn't anticipated.
Before this, Kim Tae-woo had various guesses, such as the handover of Miracle MU, or wanting to inquire more about Webzen from him, or simply wanting to poach him, but he never expected him to ask about Li Junxiu.
Regarding Lin Hao's question, he had actually been a bit unhappy with Li Junxiu for a while.
They had founded the company together, with him in charge of technology and Li Junxiu in charge of operations.
Originally, their cooperation was quite good.
However, this year, when Miracle MU was declining, he wanted to develop a new game, but Li Junxiu disagreed.
In the end, the game got worse day by day.
By the time they wanted to research new games, the company's accounts no longer had much funding to support the development of new games.
Later, The9 finally came looking, and after several months of negotiation, he still didn't agree.
When Lin Hao came offering 2000W us dollar, he wanted to agree then and there, but was stopped by Li Junxiu.
Later, things went wrong again, and 2000W us dollar turned into 1000W cash.
Seeing that Kim Tae-woo wasn't speaking, Lin Hao continued.
"I'm sure you know this yourself, so I won't comment on him," Lin Hao said, "With this time, there will be a next time.
You don't want to experience something like this again, right?
I want to open a game company in South Korea and will inject one hundred million us dollar in funding for game development.
If you are willing to come over, this company can be handed over to you to operate.
You just need to focus on developing games, and you don't need to worry about operational matters at all."
Hearing Lin Hao's words, not only Kim Tae-woo in the room was shocked, but Yang Qian'er, Shen Yuxuan, and Kim Soo-ah nearby were also very surprised.
Yang Qian'er and Shen Yuxuan both knew that Lin Hao had just won one hundred million us dollar, but he spent 1000W buying a game, and now he was going to invest one hundred million us dollar to start a game company.
Was he just going to spend almost all the money like that?
Wasn't he going to think about it more?
As for Kim Soo-ah, she couldn't be more shocked.
Lin Hao spending 1000W us dollar to buy a game had already surprised her immensely.
An ordinary rich second generation couldn't possibly come up with that much money, and now he was going to take out one hundred million us dollar, which was hundreds of billions of Korean Won.
Moreover, Lin Hao looked completely relaxed and unconcerned.
"Mr. Lin, did you say one hundred million us dollar?" Kim Tae-woo asked uncertainly.
"Of course, I don't want to use other monetary units to convert my funds," Lin Hao replied, "And this one hundred million us dollar will all be used for game development.
For game operations, promotion, advertising, etc., there will be separate funds.
Mr. Jin, are you willing to take on the position of President?"
Hearing Lin Hao's words, Kim Tae-woo still found it a bit hard to believe.
A company worth over one hundred million us dollar would be under his control as long as he agreed.
Kim Tae-woo took a deep breath, thinking of Li Junxiu.
A company that didn't actively develop was destined to have no future.
'Let's just do it,' he thought.
"Mr. Lin, I agree," Kim Tae-woo stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Hao.
"Haha, you're welcome.
From now on, we're all on the same team."
Although Lin Hao said this, Kim Tae-woo's attitude remained very respectful.
In South Korea, the concept of hierarchy between superiors and subordinates is deeply ingrained, reflected in all corners of society, including life, school, workplace, civil service, etc.
Someone who is impolite or disrespectful to their seniors can easily face social death.
Lin Hao also had his reasons for letting Kim Tae-woo manage the company.
Kim Tae-woo was a technical person, easily controlled.
Moreover, although he was made President, he would only be responsible for development work.
Other matters, such as finance, human resources, etc., would be handled by others.
As for operations, advertising, promotion, etc., Lin Hao had no intention of doing any of that in South Korea.
The South Korean market was too small; the main market was still China.
South Korea only needed to handle the development.
After the game was released, it would be launched in the South Korean market as usual, but the main focus would still be on China.
The gaming atmosphere in South Korea was very strong, and the gaming industry was a pillar industry for the country.
In later generations, many well-known games came out, such as Dungeon Fighter Online, Crossfire, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, etc.
For now, he would plant a seed.
If he could develop one himself, that would be great.
If not, he would acquire those games when they were still weak.