141. governor(3)
Bush was terribly surprised, but soon came to his senses.
“ha ha ha. My heart is grateful. But do you know how much money I need?”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? No matter how much you need, you can donate more than that.”
Bush tried to be dumbfounded by Ho-yeong’s confident words, but Ho-yeong’s expression seemed to say that what he said was the truth.
However, he was surprised by Hoyeong’s words one more time.
“pasha···. Governor is also a very high position. That’s why the governor is also trying to be re-elected in this election. But somehow I think I know.”
“What do you mean?”
“Isn’t the governor looking higher than that? Like the president.”
“W-Where are you talking about that?”
Hoyoung stopped laughing after seeing Bush’s reaction.
“There is no need to think deeply about this, is it? The governor is a talented person who was born into a prestigious family and took an elite course. Besides, didn’t your father also serve as president not too long ago? Naturally, I thought that the governor, who is his son, would be looking there as well.”
“Keep-”
Bush was embarrassed that he reacted so violently to Hoyoung’s simple guess.
“Did you offer me fifty million dollars? good. I donate that amount too.”
“A presidential election in the United States is not something you can do with just 50 million dollars.”
“Listen to the end. It’s not a one-time thing, but I’ll sponsor that amount every year. How is it? I think this is a good suggestion.”
Bush has been a surprise all day today.
“Fifty million dollars a year. If you’re kidding yourself right now, you’d better stop now.”
“Governor. Do you really think that I will come all the way here from faraway Korea to play pranks because I have no place to play pranks?”
Hoyeong’s tone was soft, but the words inside it were sharp.
It meant stop doubting yourself, and Bush understood it perfectly.
“And this is not corporate sponsorship either.”
“then?”
“I do it with my personal support. If you feel uncomfortable knowing that you are receiving donations from me, you can treat it as an anonymous donation.”
Bush was surprised to learn that the amount of money Ho-young was talking about was not company money, but Ho-young’s personal money.
“How much is your net worth?”
“It is my privacy. Even if you are the governor, wouldn’t it be impolite to ask that?”
Hoyoung said this time in a playful voice.
As Hoyoung cleared the atmosphere, the frozen atmosphere seemed to melt away.
“why···. Why do you want to sponsor me so much money? This is not it. What do you want from me?”
“What do you want? Let’s think about that later. That’s not what’s important now. It doesn’t matter if the governor accepts my money as a donation or not.”
Hoyoung continued with a smile on his face.
“FYI, even if you don’t accept my money, I have no intention of doing ADSL business with IBM. If the Governor can never do business with Dell, I plan to fly back to Korea tomorrow.”
“Are you threatening me?”
“Is it a threat? Think carefully. Did I threaten or make a better offer than anyone else?”
Hoyeong finished talking, but Bush did not answer for a long time.
And after thinking for a long time, he barely uttered a single word.
“well···. please. Sponsor.”
“Please take care of me too. Governor.”
On this day, Hoyoung became the guardian of the next US president.
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“Hoyoung! Long time no see.”
“Dell. How you doing?”
Hoyoung and Del happily greeted each other.
We talked on the phone a few times, but it’s been a long time since we actually met.
“I heard that you have been to America several times. I heard you even came to Dallas the other day? How can you not show your face once?”
“haha. sorry. I thought Dell might have other schedules, so I couldn’t interrupt.”
“If it’s Hoyoung, we should postpone it no matter what happens.”
Del smiled and tapped Hoyoung on the shoulder.
Dell, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, had a very different impression.
‘In the past, he had the image of a sharp knife, but now he seems like a nice young man.’
Dell Computer’s stock soared hundreds of times, making Dell one of the world’s 100 richest people in official counts.
So, rather than managing for aggressive growth, Dell was actively engaging in image marketing to break away from its image as a cheap and cost-effective PC brand.
“Let me briefly tell you about Governor Bush, whom I will meet today. Governor Bush…”
“Wait.”
Del tried to tell Hoyoung about Bush, but Hoyoung interrupted him.
“Actually, I met Bush separately yesterday.”
“You met yesterday?”
“yes.”
Hoyoung told the truth about what happened with Bush yesterday.
Except for all the stories related to sponsorship contracts.
At first, Del was dumbfounded when he heard Hoyoung’s story, but suddenly something seemed to come to mind.
“ah···. Then the rumors I heard the other day must have been true!”
“What did you hear?”
“I’ve heard rumors that IBM is trying to make a whopping $150 million in campaign contributions to the Republican Party.”
“Is that so?”
Hoyoung already knew this, but said it as if he was hearing it for the first time.
“yes. And more frankly, Governor Bush asked me for campaign contributions as well. I was a supporter of the Democratic Party, so of course I ignored it.”
Everything was as Hoyoung had guessed.
“But in the end, the important thing is that it was just a proposal to work with IBM, and I said that I would not do this business unless it was with Dell Computer.”
“Well, who would stick $50 million up their nose? Are you sorry? Would you like?”
Dell said with a serious face.
Fifty million dollars was indeed an amount he was willing to give.
“haha. That’s it. If $50 million was a waste, I wouldn’t have turned down the offer so easily.”
“It is. ha ha ha!”
Hoyoung and Del laughed out loud.
Del was one of the few people who had even a close idea of Hoyoung’s net worth.
For them, the fact that they tried to conciliate with a mere $50 million was tantamount to comedy.
After a while.
Hoyoung and Dell met with Governor Bush and signed a contract to introduce ADSL in Texas.
Dell had already been discussing it for several months, and in the contract Hoyoung saw yesterday, only the name IBM was changed back to DELL normally, but the rest was the same, so the contract itself did not take long.
“You worked hard. Now, it seems that the detailed schedule and construction schedule can be decided slowly over several days.”
“yes. Thank you for signing such a good contract.”
“Our company will also provide the best PC and repeater parts.”
Hoyoung, Dell, and Bush shook hands with smiles after signing the contract.
In this place, there was no talk of donations or betrayal.
Not all the people here were ignorant enough to spoil the atmosphere by bringing up such a story.
The first ADSL contract in the United States with such a different mindset was successfully concluded in this way.
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Bush asked Ho-young to stay with him for a few more days and discuss the details of the plan together.
Even Hoyoung had no reason to reject the offer, so he readily agreed.
However, Bush had a different purpose, the main reason being that he wanted to know more about what kind of person he was by keeping Ho-young close to him.
However, it was not that Ho-yeong was ignorant of Bush’s intentions.
Ho-young was convinced that there would be many benefits to be gained from getting closer to Bush, so he did the work himself through the working-level staff.
As a result, dining with Bush began to become more frequent, and as Ho-young showed his ability and insight little by little over meals, Bush began to be fascinated by Ho-young.
“Finally tomorrow, all the basics will be over.”
“yes. The Governor has stepped up like this, and I really appreciate it.”
However, it wasn’t just to win Bush’s heart that Ho-young visited the base station establishment site in Austin for a week.
The installation location is very important for the base station where the ADSL repeater will be placed to be as effective as possible.
If one repeater handles too many lines, the speed slows down, and if it handles too few lines, the maintenance cost is higher than the operating profit.
“Thanks to this, it seems that the time when high-speed communication will be completed will come earlier. It will be possible to open it before the re-election season arrives.”
“When is the next election?”
“We plan to do it in the winter of 1994.”
“Then you have about a year and a half left. That much is possible.”
“Oh, is that possible?”
“haha. In Korea, it took less than a year from planning to establishment.”
Bush’s face brightened noticeably.
He seemed already convinced that he would serve a second term as governor of Texas in 1995.
The current president of the United States is Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton was a Democratic politician, so if Bush wants to challenge the US president in the future, he must definitely make the electoral college of Texas, which is called the conservative garden, on his side.
Because Texas has the second largest population after California, it elects as many as 38 electoral votes.
And the most appropriate way to get that electoral college on your side is to become governor of that state.
That is why Bush’s face was so bright.
“I didn’t investigate the background, but I found out somehow, Mr. Yoon. The registered base for the investment company you own is Dallas?”
“yes. Dallas was where I first started the company.”
Bush smiled.
“Do you know that it is a social contribution company?”
Hoyeong thought for a moment before answering what she knew.
“I know roughly. Aren’t you referring to a system that selects and gives benefits to companies that have contributed to society, such as companies that engage in social activities or support the underprivileged?”
“you’re right. You know exactly.”
“But why?”
“I think about this sometimes. What does it really mean to contribute to society? Is a company that donates all of its earned money really a socially responsible company? Is a company that hires people with disabilities and the state or federal government buys products produced by them really a social contribution?”
“Yes.”
Hoyoung didn’t know what Bush was trying to say, so he looked at him intently.
He felt Hoyoung’s gaze and continued talking.
“My criteria is simple. Whether it benefits society or not.”
“I think that is a good standard.”
Bush smiled at Hoyeong.
“What I want to say is that Hoyoung’s investment company has already been invested all over the United States and is benefiting our American society.”
“yes?”
“So, I would like to select Hoyoung’s Gaia Investment as a socially responsible company.”
Hoyoung’s eyes widened slightly.
The benefits given to social contribution companies by the state government are not much.
only one.
tax savings.
It is a benefit that saves about 20% of the total tax paid.
It could have been small if 20% was small, but it was a huge benefit for Gaia Investment, which makes huge profits every year.
Hoyoung raised his head and looked straight at Bush.
Bush’s smiling face.
Congo juice was already pouring down.