Chapter 219: Moving to the New Location (2) – PART 2 !
It was Monday.
The office workers seed to be satisfied with their new office. It was clean and luxurious. They walked around the office carefully not to damage anything. The production field looked good too. It was organized better than the one in the Asan factory.
Gun-Ho had the first eting with managers and directors at the new building in Jiksan Town.
“How many employees did we lose due to the moving? I understand that there are so workers who said they wouldn’t be able to commute to our new location.”
“We have all of the office workers, but many of lady workers in the production field quit the job. We lost about 30 workers from the production field only.”
“It shouldn’t cause any problem to the production. Please post a job advertisent to fill the vacant positions imdiately. We will have to encourage younger people to apply for the jobs, so please list the benefits we could provide them with the job posting.”
“Yes, sir. We will state that we provide lunch, commuter shuttle, a bonus of 400%, and financial aid for their children, etc.”
“Director Yoon, you can start demolishing the factory in Asan City.”
“The factory in Asan City?”
“Yes.”
“The Asan factory is old, but it still can be used. We don’t have to demolish it. Why don’t we just remodel it instead?”
“No, tear it down please.”
“Umm, okay, sir.”
“In Asan City, we will build a new factory that would look exactly the sa as the factory here. That factory will be used for a joint venture with Lymondell Dyeon once it is confird.”
“Did you say a joint venture, sir?”
“It hasn’t been confird yet, but Lymondell Dyeon is reviewing our application to do a joint venture with them.”
When the eting was over, Gun-Ho received a call again from his family. They said they set up the eting with that elentary school teacher for this coming Saturday. Gun-Ho’s mother added,
“I decided to make you marry soone by the end of this year.”
After mother, Gun-Ho’s sister called. She gave Gun-Ho the place where Gun-Ho was supposed to et with the girl.
“You will have to co to the café at Ramada Songdo Hotel this Saturday at 2 pm. The school teacher lady will be there. You should co without question, okay?”
Gun-Ho didn’t know what to say, but he felt curious at the sa ti.
“Who knows? Maybe I will et a lady who I’ve always dreamt about.”
Gun-Ho didn’t want to upset his family, so he said yes that he would co to see the girl. Gun-Ho thought that he would have to et Chairman Lee after he t with the elentary school teacher.
Two books written by Japanese authors were published by GH dia. These books were about self-developnt. President Jeong-Sook Shin sent these two books to Gun-Ho’s office.
They were thin books with about 250 pages.
“Who would read a book like this?”
Gun-Ho called for an accounting manager; she was a lady who Gun-Ho thought might be interested in reading a book like this.
“We just published this book by GH dia. Who do you think would buy this kind of book to read?”
“Wow, it’s a new book. It’s still warm.”
The accounting manager slled the book.
“People prefer to read a thin book like this these days. If a book is thick, they don’t want to even pick it up from a bookshelf.”
“Really?”
“Can I try it first?”
“Of course, go ahead.”
The accounting manager seed to be excited to take the book with her.
It was Saturday.
Gun-Ho drove to Ramada Songdo Hotel in Incheon. There were three ladies sitting at the café while waiting for Gun-Ho.
“Hey, Gun-Ho, over here.”
Gun-Ho’s sister recognized Gun-Ho first. There were two other ladies sitting with his sister; one was in her 40s and the other one was in her late 20s or early 30s. Gun-Ho could know intuitively that the lady in her 40s was Jeong-Ah’s horoom teacher and the other younger lady was the one who Gun-Ho was supposed to et with.
“Hello.”
“How’s traffic? Please have a seat here. This is the lady I was talking about.”
The older lady made such a fuss.
“Oh, you look so handso. I was wondering who would be that good-looking man entering the café, and it was the person we were supposed to et here.”
Gun-Ho’s sister seed to get her hair done for today, and she was wearing a very colorful outfit. She certainly looked different than those days when she worked at a factory with depressed face. She looked more like a lady from a loyal family. Money did so magic.
The young lady in her early 30s looked up to Gun-Ho quietly. Gun-Ho was looking down at her while still standing. She didn’t look very attractive to him.
Gun-Ho’s sister introduced two ladies to Gun-Ho.
“This is Jeong-Ah’s horoom teacher, and this lady here is the one who I talked to you about. She graduated from Gyeongin National University of Education. She is very popular in school. Students love her.”
“Nice to et you.”
Gun-Ho said placidly.
Jeong-Ah’s horoom teacher said,
“Your brother looks different from you. I thought he was a movie star. Sir, you are running your own business, right?”
“Yes, I am.”
“What sort of business do you have? I’ve heard from your sister that you have an auto parts factory.”
Gun-Ho’s sister stopped her there.
“Let’s stop here. We’d better let them talk to each other alone.”
“Oh, that’s right. Haha. I just wanted to get to know him. He is so handso.”
Jeong-Ah’s horoom teacher stood up to leave along with Gun-Ho’s sister.
“Okay, we will leave you two here then. Good luck to you two.”
After two ladies left the scene, Gun-Ho was sitting with the lady who was in her 30s. Gun-Ho couldn’t think of anything to talk about with her.
“Please have so tea.”
“Okay.”
The lady seed that she didn’t know what to say either because she was just fiddling with her cup of coffee.
“Did you study the Chinese language in college?”
“No, I majored in accounting.”
“I was told that you went to a college in China.”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Gun-Ho felt like people sitting at the next table were glancing at them. Gun-Ho wanted to leave the café. Gun-Ho started fiddling his cup of coffee as well without saying a word.
Gun-Ho thought he had to say sothing because otherwise, he could look so rude to her.
“Is Incheon City your hotown?”
“No, my hotown is Suwon City.”
“Do you commute from Suwon then?”
“I stay in a OneRoomTel during weekdays in Incheon and go back to my ho in Suwon on weekends.”
“Oh, I see.”
Gun-Ho couldn’t find any other question to make a conversation with her, and he let out a slight sigh.
‘I wish the lady who is sitting in front of was Mori Aikko.’
Gun-Ho thought of Mori Aikko who was smiling at him.
Gun-Ho felt pressured that he had to say sothing to the lady.
“How long have you worked as a teacher?”
“It has been five years.”
“You get used to teaching children by now then.”
The lady lifted her head and laughed. It was the first ti Gun-Ho saw her laughing. Gun-Ho didn’t think his wife had to be pretty, but he really didn’t like this lady who was sitting in front of him. It seed that the lady knew Gun-Ho wasn’t attracted to her.
“Maybe we should be going now.”
“Sounds good.”
Gun-Ho stood up and then the lady stood up to leave. She was surprisingly short. Mori Aikko was short, but this lady was way shorter than Mori Aikko.
“It must be hard to teach children, right?”
“No, it’s okay. It’s doable.”
The lady seed to be disappointed. She expected Gun-Ho to ask her to have dinner or take a walk or sothing, but he didn’t suggest anything. Gun-Ho felt sorry for her because all he could think of was Mori Aikko.
“Maybe I am too into a geisha. I might lose my opportunity to et a great girl because of a geisha.”
Gun-Ho then thought,
“Nah. I want a girl who is at least average looking and a bit taller than her.”
Gun-Ho asked the lady.
“Where are you heading to after this eting?”
“I need to et with my friend. I am heading to Bupyeong District.”
“Oh, you do? I am supposed to et with my friends in Seoul too.”
Gun-Ho laughed and the lady laughed along with him.
That was the end of Gun-Ho’s first eting with a girl, set up by his family, and that didn’t go well.
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