Chapter 134
Gun-Ho made a call to a travel agency that he had always been using for his previous travels .
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"Hi, I need two flight tickets to Tokyo . Also, could you make a reservation for a hotel? I like New Ontani Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo . Please ask them to include breakfast as well . "
Gun-Ho changed a lot over the years .
He was now proactive and no longer hesitated when he worked . He used to be indecisive, and he always felt inferior to others in most situations . He even stuttered sometimes when he felt nervous or pressured . However, he was no longer that person . In the Western world, people say, "Money talks" as a person gains power if he has a lot of money, to say what he wants, and people would listen and pay attention to him . Gun-Ho proved that saying was true . Gun-Ho felt confident all the time .
Attorney Young-Jin Kim felt sorry, and he felt somewhat owed to Gun-Ho when he found out that Gun-Ho reserved the luxurious 5-star hotel for him .
"President Goo? I found a Japanese-Korean interpreter for us . He will help us while we stay in Japan . "
"Really? That's awesome . "
"He is one of my colleague's younger brother who is a Ph . D . student in Japan . "
"I will pay him per day . "
"No, you don't have to . I will take care of it . "
"By the way, do we take a limousine bus from Haneda Airport to Akasaka?"
"No, we don't have to . Amiel will send a car to pick us up at the airport . "
"Really? That's very nice of him . "
"Okay, then . See you at the Incheon International Airport tomorrow . "
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Gun-Ho and Attorney Young-Jin Kim arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo . It was a beautiful April where Sakura flowers were in full blossom . When Gun-Ho walked out to the waiting area at the airport, he saw two people who were waving a white paper with Young-Jin Kim's name on . Attorney Young-Jin Kim walked toward those two men .
One of them was the chauffeur who Amiel sent to pick up Gun-Ho and Attorney Kim, and the other person was Jeong-Rok Han who was a Ph . D . student at Tokyo University .
"Hi . I'm Jeong-Rok Han . Jeong-Ryeul Han is my older brother . "
"Oh? That's right . You look just like your brother . I work with Attorney Han . "
"My brother told me a lot about you . Please talk to me in a casual way; I am younger than you, and you work with my older brother . "
"This is President Gun-Ho Goo . He is with me . "
Jeong-Rok Han gave a 90-degree bow to Gun-Ho . The young man was wearing glasses .
"I'm Gun-Ho Goo . "
Gun-Ho didn't even twitch his head when he introduced himself to this young man . Gun-Ho now knew how to behave like an important and superior person .
"Oh, this is a chauffeur from Lymondell Dyeon . I just met him here too . "
The chauffeur looked like in his 50s . He greeted Gun-Ho and Attorney Kim with a broad smile . Since Gun-Ho and Attorney Kim both didn't speak Japanese, they just said hi in Japanese and let Jeong-Rok Han take care of the rest of the parts .
During the ride from Haneda Airport to Akasaka, Jeong-Rok Han did all the talking; he seemed to be having a lot of fun .
"New Ontani Hotel is a great hotel . I did some interpretation work there last winter when two congressmen from Korea came to Japan . They stayed at New Ontani Hotel as well . The hotel has a beautiful garden that had been there for 400 years . It is a traditional Japanese style garden and it is very famous for its beauty . "
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Gun-Ho asked,
"How old are you, Mr . Jeong-Rok Han?"
"I'm 31 years old . Please consider me like your younger brother . "
Jeong-Rok Han slightly nodded his head when he talked . With that gesture, he looked more like a Japanese man .
When Gun-Ho arrived at the hotel, he quietly asked for Jeong-Rok Han .
"We will stay in Japan for the next three days . I guess you will have to help us a lot, and I appreciate it . "
Gun-Ho gave 100 dollars in cash to Jeong-Rok Han .
"Wow! 100 dollars! Thank . . . thank you, sir . "
Jeong-Rok Han grabbed Gun-Ho's luggage right away and carried it for him . Gun-Ho was amazed at how much things had changed .
"I was nothing but a factory worker who graduated from a low-ranked college in the countryside, a few years back . And now, a Ph . D . student at Tokyo University is carrying my luggage for me . "
Gun-Ho smiled bitterly .
At the lobby, Gun-Ho saw Amiel; he was already there to greet Gun-Ho and Attorney Kim .
"Hey, Gun-Ho and Young-Jin, good to see you guys here!"
The three men shook the hands of each other pleasantly .
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Young-Jin and Amiel talked to each other in English, and the Korean-Japanese interpreter—Jeong-Rok Han seemed to be astonished by Young-Jin's fluent English . Because of the Language difference and capacity, Amiel talked with Young-Jin most of the time in English, and Gun-Ho usually talked with Jeong-Rok in Korean .
"Mr . Jeong-Rok Han, is there any good restaurant that you want to recommend around here?"
"There are many bars outside the hotel that you might like . For food, you can either eat at one of the restaurants at the hotel or if you'd like to have Korean food, there are Korean restaurants around here too . I know a good Korean restaurant that specializes in Seolleongtang (an ox bone soup) .
"Really?"
Gun-Ho took his party to a restaurant at the hotel, called Suksimjeong .
"I've googled a good place to eat here, and this restaurant is good at grilled food on a hot plate . Let's have dinner here for today and then have a desert outside the hotel . I will treat you all with dinner . "
Gun-Ho's party enjoyed grilled food at the restaurant; it had a nice atmosphere .
"Wagyu (Japanese beef) is really tasty just like people said . It has the right tenderness, and it is very delicious . "
Amiel suggested that,
"Let's do this . Let's first visit the Dyeon Japan factory in Yokohama City . Since President Goo is here, I want to hear his opinion about the factory . "
"My opinion? What do I know to give such an opinion?"
"You'll probably tell us some of your insight once you see the factory . You used to work in a plastic factory, right?"
"Well, I'm not sure about it . However, since we are here, let's have a tour of the factory . Is that okay, Attorney Kim?"
"Sure . I've never had a tour at a factory before . It should be interesting . "
"And the day after tomorrow, we'll go play golf in a golf field that is located in Inchihara City . What do you think?"
"Sounds good . Let's do that, and we'll be going back to Korea on the third day . "
"Also let's have a drink after playing golf, and the person who lost at the golf game will buy us drinks; I mean a lot of drinks . "
"Sure . "
Gun-Ho's party went to Yokohama City to see the Dyeon Japan factory . The factory was not big unlike Gun-Ho expected, maybe because it was located in an area close to a city, and the price of the land must be expensive . However, the interior of the factory was very clean . Every single worker at the factory was wearing a grey-colored uniform and a hat . The extruders were making a loud noise .
"Our factory is located close to a residential area, so we tried to lower the noise level but we failed to do so . Whenever the factory makes a loud noise, we get complaints right away . "
"Really? How many products do they produce per day? And what about sales?"
Gun-Ho thoroughly checked things and made a note .
Young-Jin asked Gun-Ho with a smile,
"Hey, you are not starting a joint venture with them, right? What are you writing all those for?"
"I'm just interested in it . It could be useful someday, right?"
At the unit where chemical compounds were made, the workers were wearing a mask . Young-Jin Kim and Jeong-Rok Han stopped at the unit entrance, probably because of the chemical smell and powders that were flying in the air . Gun-Ho looked closely at the ingredients listed on the vinyl bag of chemical compounds .
"Amiel, is it okay if I take pictures of the factory's interior?"
"Pictures? Hmm… Well, we don't usually allow photographing the factory; however, I will let you do it, President Goo . Just keep them to yourself . "