Chapter 130
Gun-Ho's face hardened for a second and then he smiled .
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"Min-Hyeok, it just happened that way . "
"No, you are different from us, Gun-Ho . You are becoming a legend among our friends . "
"Let's take a picture together . There is a student riding a bike over there . Let's ask him to take a picture of us . "
Gun-Ho and Min-Hyeok posed for a picture while putting arms around each other's shoulders . The Yangcheng Lake appeared in the background of the picture .
Gun-Ho was going to return to Korea right after the board meeting, but then he decided to meet Professor Jien Wang before leaving China . He wanted to see his friend and have a drink with him . He made a call to Professor Wang .
"Gun-Ho? Are you in China? Where are you? Are you in Kunshan City?"
"Yeah, I came to Kunshan City to attend the board meeting . I just wanted to see you before going back to Korea . I'm thinking of going to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou City to see you . "
"Really? Come! I want to see you, friend . "
Gun-Ho headed to the express bus terminal in Shanghai to take a bus to Hangzhou City . Min-Hyeok came along with Gun-Ho to see him off .
"I'm sorry, Min-Hyeok . I really wanted to get the approval to raise your salary at the board meeting . "
"Don't worry about it . 5,000 Yuan I'm receiving now here is enough for me . I can't get a raise without other employees getting their raise too . "
"Take this . You probably need this . As you work in a position as a president, you will face an unexpected situation where you need to spend extra money . "
Gun-Ho slipped an envelope with 1,000 cash in into Min-Hyeok's pants pocket .
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"Don't do this . I can't take it, Gun-Ho . "
Min-Hyeok pulled out the envelope from his pocket and gave it back to Gun-Ho, and Gun-Ho tossed it back to Min-Hyeok after he got on the bus .
"Bye, Min-Hyeok! I will see you later!"
"Gun-Ho, this is not… hmm…"
The bus that Gun-Ho was on slowly left the express bus terminal and headed to Hangzhou City when Min-Hyeok picked up the envelope from the ground, that Gun-Ho tossed towards him . Gun-Ho could see Min-Hyeok through the window; he was standing still while looking into a blank space .
"Min-Hyeok seemed to lose a lot of weight . Just hang in there, my friend . You will have good days soon . "
Once he arrived at Hangzhou City, Gun-Ho made a call to Professor Jien Wang . However, the phone kept ringing without being answered .
"He is probably in a lecture . "
Gun-Ho had stopped trying to call him, and he started walking around West Lake instead when he received a call from Professor Wang .
"You are already here? I have to give a special lecture to MBA students right now . Can we meet at the lobby of Mangho Hotel after an hour?"
Gun-Ho decided to stay around the West Lake area for a while before heading to Mangho Hotel since he had one-hour spare time before meeting Professor Wang . When he continued to walk along the West Lake, he saw a farmer who was wearing a triangle straw hat; he was selling lotus seed . It was not something he could easily find in Korea .
"How much is it?"
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"It's two Yuan per bag . "
Gun-Ho walked toward Mangho Hotel while eating the lotus seed piece by piece .
Professor Wang arrived at the lobby of Mangho Hotel with a huge briefcase; he probably came straight from his lecture .
"Hey, Gun-Ho! Good to see you, my friend . "
"Hey, Jien . Let's have a drink . "
"Of course . Having a drink with a good friend always makes me happy . "
The two men headed to a restaurant called Punghaechancheong which Professor Wang recently marked as a good restaurant while putting arms around each other's shoulders .
"Give us one bottle of Jian Nan Chun, please!"
The two friends drank while having a lot of fun talking to each other .
"How's Attorney Young-Jin Kim doing? He is really a good friend . I heard he is busy these days in working on the joint venture case for Lymondell Dyeon . "
"Yeah . I've met the president of Lymondell Dyeon's Japan branch as well . They haven't yet made a contract or anything official . "
"When two parties try to have a joint venture together, they shouldn't keep on insisting on their own terms . Having a joint venture together is like having a marriage; the two parties should understand each other's position and interest, and try to work it out . Don't you think?"
"Well, it's easier said than done . It's all about money . "
"I actually recommended President Amiel of Lymondell Dyeon's Japan branch to have a joint venture with China . But he said no . He said that China doesn't have advanced enough compound mixing technologies and he couldn't rely on the quality of China's chemicals and molding techniques . "
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"China has many global companies . "
"However, after giving some thought to it, I sort of agree with President Amiel's view now . "
"Why is that so?"
"The problem that China has is not about the technologies or resources, but it's more about the ethics of people who are running the companies . "
"I believe there are a lot of well-respected businessmen in China . "
"Of course there are many . However, there are way more unethical businessmen in China than in Japan or Korea . That is a big problem . I am embarrassed to tell you this but some Chinese people even make a fake egg and sell it . What would happen if they use pigments for their compounds, which were sold by an unethical seller? They would have to export those products too . "
"Hmm . "
"I could see it in a different angle because of Amiel . I think a person like you should do a manufacturing business rather than a rental property business . Manufacturing business can create a lot of jobs, so it could serve well for the welfare of the country . "
"Jien, I am not that smart and I don't have that much money to start a manufacturing business . I'd better cut my coat according to my cloth . "
Professor Jien Wang ordered one more bottle of Jian Nan Chun .
"President Goo, why don't you start a manufacturing business? It is not necessarily a doomed business . I know that everyone these days wants to get into an IT business, entertainment business or game industry . However, the basic industry which supports a country's economy strongly is a manufacturing business . "
"I see what you mean, Professor Wang . I will think about it when I see an opportunity . "
"Oh, by the way, Seukang Li will more likely move back to Shanghai soon . His industrial park project is highly recognized as a success . "
"If he moves back to Shanghai, which position he would take?"
"He is a deputy mayor of a small city right now . If he could move to Shanghai, I believe he will probably take the position of a director of the bureau . That's a high ranked position because Shanghai is a big city . "
"Of course . Shanghai is a big city with probably more than 10,000,000 populations . "
That day, Gun-Ho and Jien Wang drank a lot and went to karaoke to continue their fun night .
The karaoke was surprisingly crowded by a lot of pretty girls .
"How come there are tons of pretty girls here today?"
They asked the owner of the karaoke .
"Oh, there was a model contest sponsored by a cosmetic company in the area . These girls are participants of the model contest from other regions, and they are here to make some extra money .
"Are you saying that these model contest participants came to the karaoke to make money?"
"That's right . Our karaoke is an expensive high-end karaoke with a lot of foreign customers . So these girls all came here expecting to make good money by working here tonight . There are many students among them . Choose any girl you want to have fun with . "
"Hmm . "
Professor Wang clicked his tongue .
"President Goo, let's get out of here . "
"Why? I like here . It's getting fun . "
"There are too many people here who could see us . Let's go somewhere quiet . "
Professor Wang walked out of the karaoke while carrying his big briefcase . Gun-Ho thought it was a shame to miss the fun opportunity and followed Professor Wang out of the karaoke .