Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

"Ugh, how annoying... Why didn't you wait for Han Xiaozhou?"

Li Shuo picked her up and tossed her into the back seat of the Rolls-Royce. Nam Gyu-ri couldn't suppress her smile, though she still had to feign arrogance.

"Han Xiaozhou isn't my girlfriend, why am I waiting for her..."

Li Shuo casually replied, then, realizing the implication behind Nan Guili's words, he raised an eyebrow and said, "How about we take her back with us?"

"Oh dear, you know perfectly well that people prefer to hear the first half of the sentence..."

Nam Gyu-ri has one advantage: she is flexible and very docile towards Lee Seok.

This attitude indeed earned Li Shuo a smile. He got into the car, and while reaching out, he instructed Number 3, who was acting as the driver, "To the headquarters building..."

As Lee Seok reached out, Nam Gyu-ri nestled into his arms, then looked up curiously and asked, "Are we going to your company?"

If you really think about it, she's only known Lee Seok for a few days, so she only found some information about Seokgo Group, but she didn't even know that Seokgo Group existed in South Korea.

"Hmm, it's still early, I'll go to the company for a look around..."

"I remember you said you own many companies. Which one are we going to now?"

"Oh, you even know I own many companies?"

"Hehe, of course, you're my husband! I also know that the Shuoguo Group is a conglomerate. In South Korea alone, it has two companies: Shuoguo Construction and Shuoguo Entertainment, and another one, SN Entertainment, in which you have a stake..."

"Well, to be precise, these companies in South Korea are all separate entities. Their parent company is Shuoguo Investment (International) Group, which is registered in the Cayman Islands. It currently has four key subsidiaries in South Korea, ranked by strength: Shuoguo Construction, Shuoguo Trading, Shuoguo Entertainment, and Shuoguo Finance."

"What does Shuoguo Trading do? How come it's ranked second?"

"Shuoguo Trading in China mainly deals in electronic products, but in South Korea, it acts as an agent for the distribution rights of major luxury brands, with Patek Philippe being the core brand. Shuoguo has obtained many distribution rights for Patek Philippe..."

At this point, Li Shuo glanced at Nan Guili and smiled, "Patek Philippe usually doesn't hire spokespeople, but starting in 10, it changed its marketing strategy and began to 'specially invite' some celebrities to promote the brand as customers on various online platforms through 'daily product showcases.' Internally, these celebrities are called 'collaborative stars.' Are you interested in this?"

"What? A Patek Philippe brand ambassador?"

"No, it's a collaborating celebrity."

"It's all the same. International big brands like these can bring a lot of high-end influence to their spokespeople..."

"Ha, indeed, it can effectively enhance a celebrity's image."

"..."

"Anyway, are you interested?"

Li Shuo shrugged and said with a smile that this was actually a reward for his "obedient" girlfriend. After all, pretty girls like Nan Guili usually wouldn't "accept" Han Xiaozhou's advances like they did today, not even as a best friend, not even as ambiguous!

"Of course, thank you, Oppa!"

Nam Gyu-ri cheered and gave Lee Seok a big kiss on the cheek. The latter turned his head, adjusted the angle, and bent down to eat the lipstick...

About 30 minutes later, the Rolls-Royce stopped in an internal parking lot surrounded by office buildings. Li Shuo led Nam Gyu-ri out of the car and pointed to the building in front of them, saying:
"Look, this is the headquarters building of the Shuoguo Group in South Korea..."

"Headquarters building? Is the entire building there?"

Nam Gyu-ri's eyes widened. After all, she was a top-tier celebrity, and her knowledge and experience were many times greater than that of ordinary people. Naturally, she knew that most companies, even some small conglomerates in South Korea, only rented one or two floors of office space. Perhaps some of them were wealthy enough to rent an entire office building, but their company size and staff were insufficient, so they didn't need such a large space.

From this perspective, anyone who can afford to rent an entire office building must be a super conglomerate, and Li Shuo's implication is that "the whole building belongs to his property"!
"Yes, actually we only rented three floors here before. Later, the company did well, and just then the owner of this office building wanted to sell, so the company took out a loan to buy it!"

Lee Seok spoke of it lightly because it happened during his absence from South Korea, and it was also the greatest contribution that women like Lim Se-ah and Seo Hee made to South Korea!

About a month ago, after three months of rapid development, Shuoguo Construction, with its unlimited cash flow from all-rental properties, had a staggering 500 billion Korean won in working capital. Well, more than 95% of that was in the form of various types of loans...

Loans were no problem; as long as the funds were in Shuoguo Construction's hands, it would be the most powerful company. With the help of Lim Se-ah and Seo Hee, the former felt the Shuoguo Group should have a building as its headquarters and thus facilitated connections with several owners of the 26-story office building. The latter, through legal means, forced Shuoguo Construction to undergo a complex process. The specific details are unnecessary to elaborate on, but the result was that Shuoguo Construction bought the entire office building for 2500 billion won, and then mortgaged it to Samsung Bank, obtaining a loan of 3000 billion won…

Later, when Li Shuo, who was still in China, learned of this, he asked Xu Ji on the other end of the phone in surprise, "How come a building bought for 2500 billion can get a loan of 3000 billion?"

Xu Ji chuckled and said, "Naturally, it's because there's more than one homeowner. Everyone's vying to drive down the price, and with Lin Shiya's name on the line, Sanxing's loan amount is naturally very high... Chairman, what are you surprised about? We learned this from you!"

"You learned from me? What did you learn?"

"Don't you recognize this? It's just an enlarged version of Lin Shiya's whole rental revolving loan plan."

When Li Shuo heard this, he remained silent for a long time before sighing in his heart: Indeed, one should not underestimate the wisdom of others, especially those who are both intelligent and capable!

It can be said that Li Shuo was truly impressed by Lin Shiya's "enlarged version of renting out entire apartments" strategy!

“Oppa, you mean you initially rented three floors, and then just bought the whole building?” Nam Gyu-ri’s voice pulled Lee Seok back to reality.

He smiled and nodded, casually saying, "Of course, the Shuoguo Group isn't a newly established company. It has the support of an international parent company, so it naturally has ample funds to operate. Well, initially it only operated Shuoguo Construction, but later it added companies like Shuoguo Trading and Shuoguo Finance. With more staff, it naturally needed to expand..."

As Li Shuo spoke, he led Nam Gyu-ri into the company...

"President!" "Greetings, President!"

The renovated South Korean headquarters features a bright and spacious lobby on the first floor. Upon entering, one can see the Korean sign for "Sukko" and related logos. On either side are six rows of check-in counters and a reception desk. There are three staff members at the reception desk, who immediately come out and greet Lee Seok in unison upon seeing him.

Lee Seok nodded with a smile. This wasn't his first time visiting the renovated South Korean headquarters, and he was quite used to the scene. On the contrary, the big star Nam Gyu-ri next to him was clinging to his arm, seemingly a little nervous.

As Li Shuo walked, he looked at her strangely and asked, "I remember you often film modern Korean dramas, right? Aren't there similar scenes in them? Why are you so nervous?"

"Filming is filming, and besides, I'm appearing in front of the employees as the chairman's girlfriend, so of course I'm nervous!" Her tone was gentle, but Nam Gyu-ri's expression was very serious.

"Relax, it's okay. The atmosphere at my company is great, unlike the typical South Korean companies. There's not that strict senior-junior or superior-subordinate dynamic..."

As Li Shuo spoke, he led Nan Guili towards his private elevator. At that moment, someone walked towards them and bowed to Li Shuo, saying, "Boss, good afternoon!"

"Sister Jin, are you off work yet?" Li Shuo asked with a smile. It was exactly 5 o'clock, which was the closing time for most companies in the Shuoguo Group.

Before him stood Kim Seo-jin, the key figure who introduced Lee Seok to Kim Yeon-ah and Seo Hee. Because of this contribution, as Sukkook South Korea continued to develop, Kim Seo-jin was promoted to head of Sukkook Entertainment's brokerage department, overseeing Choo Ja-seon, Heo Yoon-mi, and a host of e-sports players.

"Uh, cough... not yet, I still have some things to do..." Kim Seo-jin coughed, trying to cover up her embarrassment.

Li Shuo was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized what was going on: his boss would ask anyone if they had finished get off work, regardless of what kind of employee they were, and they would all give a similar answer.

He noticed that Nam Gyu-ri was looking at him strangely, as if to say: "Hehe, you're the boss, whatever you say goes..."

Li Shuo rubbed his forehead, thought for a moment, and then smiled, "Sister Jin, even if you're off work, you have to stay and work overtime. I have something to tell you... Look, this is my new girlfriend, Nam Gyu-ri..."

Normally, when introducing a girlfriend, one wouldn't deliberately add "newly dating," but Kim Seo-jin knows his background, so saying it like that has an explanation to it.

"Hello, Ms. Nan, this is Shuoguo Entertainment..."

"Hello, Minister Kim"

After exchanging greetings, Lee Seok got straight to the point: "Gyuri's contract with her previous agency is about to expire, and I hope she can switch to our company. Given her influence in South Korea, I think we can tailor-make a super S-level contract for her. What do you think?"

"Of course, no problem! Miss Nan's name is known to everyone in the country. Her masterpiece this year, '49 Days,' has won numerous awards. I predict that by the time the drama finishes airing, you will at least be a top-tier actress like Jun Ji-hyun!"

Kim Seo-jin's words contained both exaggerated praise and restraint.

The praise lies in the fact that Jun Ji-hyun is a top film star, the number one advertising actress, and the undisputed queen of the South Korean entertainment industry. In comparison, even Han Hyo-joo, who is hailed as a top star, only works in the Korean drama industry and only started to venture into the film industry this year. As for Nam Gyu-ri, in this year's hit drama "49 Days," she was actually only a co-lead actress, and had less screen time than the other lead actress... (End of this chapter)