Chapter 140
Gun-Ho thanked Office Manager Se-Gil Lee and told him that he wanted to buy him lunch .
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"I can't . I need to prepare the application for the court receivership . The paperwork is like several hundreds of pages because I need to document the company's entire assets . This company is not a big company with only 50 employees, but the number of its creditors is over 150 .
"That many?"
"Yes, because we need to include even a supermarket owner where the company bought a bottle of soy sauce on credit that hasn't been paid yet . "
"I see . "
Gun-Ho, instead of buying him lunch, put 20 dollars in a white envelope and gave it to him so he could use it for his meal later .
"You don't have to do this . "
As the office manager said it, he took the envelope quickly with a smile .
"If you happen to have any further questions, just come and see me here . We, an office manager of a law firm, know better the practical side of the court receivership than a lawyer . If you go to a certified legal consultant's office to apply for court receivership, that consultant wouldn't actually work on the case, but his assistant would do all the work . That's how it works . "
"Oh, really? Well, that kind of makes sense since the actual work of collecting necessary information, filling in the forms, filing the application, etc . would be done by a worker like you . "
"Since I have to complete this application as soon as possible, I sometimes work here all night . The application for the court receivership needs to be filed before we could apply for a receivership stay order . "
"A receivership stay order?"
"We can file the court receivership and a receivership stay order simultaneously . Once a court's receivership stay order becomes effective, creditors can no longer bother the company to get paid for the debt . The court protects the company from being bothered by creditors temporarily . This needs to be done as soon as possible . "
"Oh, I see . Well, I guess I shouldn't take too much of your time . I will leave now . "
"According to your business card, your office seems to be around Gangnam station; so, it's close to our office . Let's have lunch or dinner together in the near future . "
"Sounds good . Thank you . "
When Gun-Ho came back to Seoul, he was again lost in thought .
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"What am I going to do with Mulpasaneop?"
While he was thinking about Mulpasaneop, he received an unexpected call from Chairman Lee .
"I know you have been busy, but do you not go fishing anymore?"
"Oh, no, sir . I will go fishing whenever you come to the fishing site . "
"I've seen Mr . Jong-Suk Lee come to the fishing site and do fishing by himself . He looked lonely . "
"I will come fishing this Sunday, sir . "
After getting off the phone with Chairman Lee, it occurred to Gun-Ho that he had been so distant from Jong-Suk even though he didn't intend to .
"He had been a friend to me when I worked at a factory and when I needed a friend . However, I guess I left him alone for too long . I haven't really talked to him lately . "
Gun-Ho made a call to Jong-Suk right away .
"Huh? Bro! I feel like it is the first time in years that I heard your voice . "
"How have you been?"
"I am doing fine . I've heard you went to Japan to play golf recently . "
"I went there once . It was sort of for business . "
"I thought you forgot about me completely . "
"How can I possibly forget you, man? I'm going fishing this Sunday . Why don't you come with me if you don't have any prior engagement?"
"Even though I have a schedule set up already, I will go fishing with you . "
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"Chairman Lee will come fishing as well . "
"Okay . Just bring me a roasted chicken and soju . "
Sunday came around .
Gun-Ho loaded his Land Rover with his fishing gears and headed to Pocheon City . Gun-Ho was going to Pocheon because he wanted to see Chairman Lee; he didn't really care much about fishing .
"He is a surprisingly wise man . With his extensive life experience and natural wit, he has a remarkable insight about business and even about life in general . "
When Gun-Ho arrived at Pocheon City, he stopped by a restaurant to pick up two roasted chickens, Gimbab and soju before heading to the fishing site .
Gun-Ho then arrived at the fishing site that he used to come very often .
It was May . Trees started budding under the sun .
Chairman Lee, Manager Gweon and Jong-Suk were already at the fishing site .
"Bro! Long-time no see . You seem to have gained some weight . "
"Hey, I brought roasted chickens and soju that you ordered, man . They are in my trunk . "
Chairman Lee who was fishing turned around and laughed .
"Hello, Chairman Lee . How have you been? Hi, Manager Gweon . It has been a while . "
"Good to see you . You must have driven a long way from Seoul to here . "
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"I took the Dongbu Expressway . It didn't take long to get here from Seoul . The traffic was light since it is Sunday . There should be very heavy traffic on Saturday . "
"Let's see how many fish you could catch today . Manager Jong-Suk Park seemed to be excited since President Gun-Ho Goo is here today . You look happy . "
"Wasn't I happy before?"
Jong-Suk responded sulkily .
"You are always happy, of course . You just look happier today with President Goo's presence . "
"We will be on the other side of the lake for our lure fishing as always . "
"Sounds good . "
"Manager Gweon, we will come here after an hour . I brought roasted chickens . "
"Oh, you did? That's nice . "
Manager Gweon smiled broadly .
Once Gun-Ho and Jong-Suk sat on the other side of the lake, they just did fishing without saying a word for a while .
"Are you getting any bite? I don't get anything today . "
"Me too . Just keep trying . You will catch a big fish today . Huh? I got a bite!"
Jong-Suk pulled in a fish . It was a bass the size of a soju bottle . It was vigorously flapping .
"This fish came out from the water to say hello to you, bro . "
An hour passed by . Gun-Ho still hadn't caught any fish . Jong-Suk, on the other hand, caught two fish already .
"I guess you have practiced fishing a lot during my absence . "
"It's just luck . Luck helps make money too . "
"You are right . Luck is one of the critical ingredients for a lot of things . I guess I was lucky too in making money . "
"Bro, how come that luck thing doesn't come to me?"
"Haha . A person will get a very important opportunity three times in his lifetime . Just hang in there; you will have the opportunity to make money . "
"That opportunity thing worked very well with you . It was an excellent decision that you gave up taking the government job exam . "
"I didn't choose to give up on it . I was just not smart enough to keep trying . "
"You wouldn't have been able to buy a condo if you worked as a government employee; it would take you forever to buy one with a government employee's salary unless you take some bribe or commit embezzlement . Your condo in TowerPalace, that's not going to happen to a government employee . "
"Let's not talk about condos anymore . Let's just focus on fishing . "
"Bro, didn't you tell Manager Gweon that you would come to their side after an hour?"
"It has been an hour already? Let's go then . "
Gun-Ho and Jong-Suk went to the side where Chairman Lee and Manager Gweon were fishing, and they placed roasted chickens and Gimbab on the grass .
"Chairman Lee, please try this chicken . "
"I am not a big fan of roasted chicken . I will just have some Gimbab . "
The three men except Chairman Lee started devouring the roasted chicken with soju .
"Please take only one glass of soju since we all have to drive when we go home . One glass of soju will go away after two hours of fishing, so it should be okay . "