The Peninsula chaebol started by rescuing Samsung's little princess.

Chapter 121 My sister-in-law slipped me a note?

"Thank you so much, Chairman Li, for the honor of attending!"

"President Cui, you're too kind. With such a warm invitation, how could I dare not accept?"

"This must be your wife, right? She truly has a captivating presence!"

"Not at all, your girlfriend is the most dazzling jewel of our peninsula!"

Who would have thought that the two who were fighting to the death not long ago would now be sitting at the same table eating?

"Brother Taiyuan, this must be your first time meeting Haorong, right? You two met under unusual circumstances, it's all fate!"

Lee Jae-yong went to great lengths as a middleman this time, not only personally arranging the hotel but also bringing his wife along.

Choi Tae-won and Lee Ho-young each brought along Noh So-young and Lee Yoon-hyung, and the dinner party seemed to be going very well.

When the two sides met, a round of polite small talk was inevitable, which was quite hypocritical.

Even though they secretly wished the other person dead, they said all sorts of nice things against their will!

"I heard SK's stock price has recently rebounded?"

Not long after sitting down, Li Haorong, the victor, asked the first question.

"It's rebounded somewhat, but it hasn't reached its previous level yet!"

When he said this, Choi Tae-won's molars were almost ground to powder.

It takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them.

SK Group has gone to great lengths to suppress this public opinion crisis.

Although the two sides shook hands and made peace, Lee Ho-young removed his negative comments about SK from Mars.net.

But netizens still have a good memory before even bigger scandals break out.

They felt that SK Group was engaging in public relations and deliberately deleting comments that were unfavorable to them.

So SK sought government endorsement, severely punished those spreading rumors, consulted university scholars for verification, and made great efforts to educate the public, which partially eliminated some of the negative news.

Even so, some people still firmly believe that base stations emit radiation!

"It's alright. With SK Group's capabilities, it's only a matter of time before the stock price returns to its original level."

Lee Ho-young, the culprit, was actually comforting Choi Tae-won at this moment.

This scene looks exactly like a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken!

"Hopefully. I wonder when Chairman Li's Mars Technology will go public? I'd like to buy some shares and wait for them to appreciate."

Choi Tae-won once again addressed Lee Ho-young as "Chairman Lee," which was clearly intentional.

Because when he first mentioned it upon meeting Lee Jae-yong, he noticed that Lee's expression was unnatural.

He suffered a great loss this time, and naturally he was resentful.

However, he currently has no way to deal with Mars technology and can only endure it for the time being.

However, this doesn't mean he won't cause trouble. Sowing discord between Lee Jae-yong and Lee Ho-young is just a piece of cake for him!

"It's only Series B funding now, so it's probably still a long way off. But if Chairman Cui wants to make money, I do have a connection!"

Lee Ho-young hadn't missed the fact that Choi Tae-won would glance at Lee Jae-yong every time he addressed him.

But he was too lazy to pay attention to it, and even less inclined to engage in pretense with Choi Tae-won, so he went straight to the point about why he had come to see him today.

Previously, Li Haorong's condition was that he wanted to collaborate with Cui Taiyuan on a project.

Now that Li Haorong has spoken up, Cui Taiyuan naturally takes the opportunity to agree.

"President Li, tell us about it!"

How is SK's current 3G project going?

Upon hearing this, Choi Tae-won's expression immediately changed.

If 2009 was the first year of 3G in China, then 2002 was the first year of 3G in the Korean Peninsula.

Both the Korean Peninsula and Japan were among the first countries in the world to launch 3G, with the three major operators launching 3G services in 2002.

However, contrary to high expectations, the rollout of 3G did not go smoothly.

"If I can't do anything on my phone using 3G, why should I pay for 3G?"

"These things are free on wired networks, so why are they charged on mobile phones?"

"This content is too complicated for me, and it takes too much time!"

Similar comments are constantly heard, but the root cause is that users don't have the demand!

This has resulted in the proportion of 3G users in the peninsula being much higher than in Europe and the United States, but still a small minority among the general user base, estimated to account for at most 10%.

SK has always been confident in 3G. Unlike KT, which is a WCDMA operator, and LGT, which is a CDMA operator, SK operates both WCDMA and CDMA networks.

The investment is huge, but the return on investment is nowhere in sight. The Korean Peninsula conglomerates are not state-owned enterprises and cannot tolerate such losses indefinitely. They urgently need to find a way to make money from 3G networks.

"The current situation isn't great, but the future is definitely bright!"

Choi Tae-won is a man of some foresight, and he spoke frankly in response to Lee Ho-young's question.

"But many companies die the night before their bright future!"

"Did Chairman Li come here specifically to make fun of me?"

"Of course not. I also believe 3G will be the future, so we plan to launch a mobile version of MarsNet next year!"

"What does this have to do with SK?"

"Of course, the reason why you have difficulty promoting 3G is because there is no demand from users. But with the launch of our mobile Mars network, it will definitely bring a large wave of 3G users. Do you still think that this has nothing to do with you?"

Li Haorong's words undoubtedly hit the nail on the head.

Currently, SK's non-short-message business mainly includes music, wallpapers and desktops, information services, games, community, and business. These are already 3G applications that SK has painstakingly explored.

If MarsNet launches a mobile version, it is estimated that a large number of MarsNet users will switch their mobile phone plans to 3G.

"How do you want to cooperate?"

After realizing that Li Haorong hadn't set a trap for him, Cui Taiyuan immediately became interested and quickly asked more questions.

"I hope our Mars.net can partner with SK Telecom to launch a Mars-exclusive data package—basically, a discounted price!"

"No problem, this is beneficial to both of us, and we can definitely cooperate!"

In Choi Tae-won's view, he had no reason to refuse such a mutually beneficial business deal.

But isn't it a bit too much for Li Haorong to treat this matter as a condition?

Little did he know that this was extremely important to Li Haorong.

MarsNet has already taken over the computers of the vast majority of young people on the peninsula, so why hasn't Li Haorong created a mobile instant messaging software?

That's because it's not worth it!

Currently, a text message on the Korean Peninsula costs only 20 won, but mobile data charges are ridiculously expensive, typically in 30MB or 50MB increments.

Forget it.

Unlike later generations, where data plans start at tens of gigabytes or even unlimited data.

Therefore, users now have to conserve their data traffic; it's much simpler to just send text messages to each other.

It won't cost much to chat with your girlfriend all night!

However, if SK can launch a dedicated MarsNet data package and lower the price of data, the situation will be completely different.

MarsNet's built-in chat function and "dating" mobile version are definitely more attractive than monotonous text messages!

By continuously cultivating the usage habits of Mars.net users, Li Haorong, who has made advance preparations, will launch the Mars Chat software when the mobile era arrives in a few years. This will allow current Mars mobile network users to seamlessly transition to the new software.

This way, he can seize the market before his competitors can react and completely dominate the instant messaging market on the peninsula!

This is the real reason why Li Haorong values ​​this collaboration!

This was a deal where both sides felt they had gotten a great deal, so they talked very happily and things went very smoothly.

Before they had even finished their meal, the two had already finalized a collaboration.

As for the details of how the two parties will cooperate and the price of the data package, those are matters for the subordinates to discuss!

After the dinner party ended, the guests were all in high spirits, and Cui Taiyuan and Li Haorong had already become sworn brothers, putting their arms around each other's shoulders.

Before parting, Choi Tae-won even took the initiative to hug Lee Ho-young.

"We should go!"

Seeing the car that was supposed to pick them up, which had been waiting for a long time, Lu Suying, who hadn't said much tonight, couldn't help but urge them on.

"Why are you rushing me?"

Choi Tae-won immediately cursed.

"Sister-in-law is right, take care, Taiyuan!"

"Alright, Haorong, see you later!"

Only then did Choi Tae-won finally release Lee Ho-young, and even then, he didn't forget to wave goodbye to Lee Ho-young.

"Goodbye, Chairman Li!"

At this moment, Lu Suying walked over and took the initiative to extend her hand to Li Haorong.

"Take care, sister-in-law!"

Without much thought, Li Haorong shook hands with Lu Suying and said goodbye.

However, his expression changed when his hand touched Lu Suying's hand.

Because he clearly felt that there was a foreign object in his hand, which, judging from the feel, should be a piece of paper!

After Lu Suying stopped, the note naturally ended up in Li Haorong's hands.

"Goodbye, Chairman Lee!"

When Lu Suying saw that Li Haorong had accepted the gift, she immediately smiled.

Li Haorong looked at Lu Suying in front of him, and then glanced at Cui Taiyuan not far away, thinking to himself: No, do you chaebols all know how to play this game?