Chapter 164
Gun-Ho arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, accompanied by the sales director .
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The interpreter whom the sales director asked for was waiting for Gun-Ho's party at the airport . He seemed to be in his late 20s and he was wearing thick glasses and shabby clothes, and his hair was disheveled .
"This is actually my nephew . He is an international student here in Japan . He is currently taking some time off from school and working part-time . "
"Oh, really?"
Gun-Ho extended his hand to the sales director's nephew for a handshake .
Gun-Ho now looked like the president of a company . Anyone who saw Gun-Ho these days would guess that he would be a rich businessman . He had a nice skin tone that had been well maintained by a skincare shop . He was always wearing expensive high-end clothes . There was no one who would ignore or disrespect him as he had been treated in the past when he was a factory worker .
The interpreter respectfully gave Gun-Ho a 90-degree bow .
When they were greeting each other, Gun-Ho heard a familiar voice .
"Ohisasi Burideseu! (Long time no see)"
Gun-Ho turned his head around and saw the chauffeur from Lymondell Dyeon .
"Oh, hi . How are you?"
Gun-Ho extended his hand to the chauffeur, and the chauffeur bowed to Gun-Ho very politely in a Japanese style .
Gun-Ho introduced the chauffeur to the sales director .
"Director Kim, this is the chauffeur sent by President Amiel from Lymondell Dyeon . He sent him and a car to pick us up . "
"What? Lymondell Dyeon sent a car to the airport for us?"
The sales director was astonished because the last time when he had come to Japan with the previous president—Se-Young Oh of Mulpasaneop to meet the president of Lymondell Dyeon's Japan branch ("Dyeon Japan"), they simply ignored them . He couldn't believe that the same Dyeon Japan's president sent a car to Gun-Ho at the airport to pick him up .
"Let's go to Nihonbashi first . "
Gun-Ho asked the chauffeur from Dyeon Japan to go to Nihonbashi before going to the hotel, where Amiel's office was located . Dyeon Japan's office was situated in Nihonbashi while its factory was in Yokohama .
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When Gun-Ho entered Amiel's office, Amiel was looking at some kind of product drawing . Amiel, who was overweight, was wearing overall pants .
"Mr . Amiel!"
"Oh, Gun-Ho Goo!"
Gun-Ho and Amiel greeted each other by hugging .
The sales director was looking at these two men in amazement .
Once Gun-Ho's party sat at a table, a Japanese lady secretary—who looked neat—brought tea to them .
"Let's have some tea . How have you been?"
"I have been doing good . Attorney Young-Jin Park said hello to you, Amiel . "
"I wish he was here with you . "
"Me too . "
"So you are here to play golf, President Goo? Or you came here to go to that bar again in Shinjuku City?"
"No, Amiel . I am here for business . "
"Business?"
"I acquired an auto parts manufacturing company recently . "
"A factory?"
"Yeah . It's a plastic and rubber factory . The parts we manufacture are usually used for a chassis and engine . "
"Really? Where is the factory located at?"
"It's in Asan City, Chungnam in Korea . We currently have 250 employees . "
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"250? It's a large company then . Is the company well established and old?"
"Yes, the company has been in the business for a long time . They were suffering from a financial crisis when I acquired it . "
"Oh, I see . Running a factory shouldn't be an easy job . Well, you used to be a mechanic, right? I guess you should be fine then . You will succeed . "
"Oh, this is the sales director of our company, and this is our interpreter . Since you, Amiel speak Japanese fluently, I came with the interpreter who can speak Japanese . "
"I see . "
Amiel offered his hand to Director Kim and the interpreter for a handshake .
After the handshake, Gun-Ho and Amiel drank their tea without saying a word for a moment .
Gun-Ho talked to the sales director while wiping the tea off his mouth with a napkin .
"Director Kim, please take out the product drawing that we received from S Company . The one with their new product—AM083 . "
The sales director took out the product drawing .
"This is a product drawing from one of the biggest companies in Korea—S Company—sent to us . They want us to make this product for them, and it requires raw materials made by Lymondell Dyeon . "
"Hmm . "
"Not just raw materials . We need you to mix some ingredients and make a customized compound for us . We have a specific color, durability, and hardness that we need . "
"Hmm . "
"It's a special urethane-related product that we need, so it has to be a Dyeon product . Can you make the compound for us here? I want to make a sample . We already have the necessary mould for it . "
"Hmm . I think I remember this product drawing . A Korean company came and showed me this drawing before . I believe it was Egnopak . "
"Oh, really?"
"There is a problem though . "
"What is it?"
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"In order to make this for you, we need to stop producing one of our products temporarily . As you know, President Goo, our factory in Yokohama is situated inside a city, so we can't increase the factory's capacity to produce more products . We can't expand the factory because it is located in a residential area . "
"Hmm . "
Gun-Ho nodded his head . What Amiel said made sense to him .
"How is it going with your joint venture plan with Egnopak? If Egnopak will produce your products, maybe I can ask them to produce ours . "
"It's not going anywhere . Egnopak demands too much, and that is stalling our joint venture plan . "
"You can find another company then . "
"You don't understand, President Goo . It's not that simple . We have certain requirements for selecting our co-venturer . We consider the potential co-venturer's amount of capital, sales networks, and so on . We even take into account the company's president's strong will to participate in the joint venture and aptitude for it as well . Egnopak satisfied all of our requirements, but its president is just too greedy . "
"Hmm . "
Gun-Ho seemed to make up his mind and dragged his chair towards Amiel and said,
"What about me? I can participate in a joint venture . "
"You? President Goo? Hahaha . It's not that simple . "
"I have money too . "
"It would take a substantial amount of money to start a joint venture with us . You will have to purchase extruder machines from the U . S . or Germany as well . You also need a large yard at your factory to allow a 40-foot container to rotate there . "
"If I have to, I will make it happen . "
"You recently purchased a company in Asan City; you must have exhausted your funds by doing so . "
"I've made things happen, that many people said it would be impossible, in my life . Let's do it . "
"I like the fact that you are highly driven . "
At that moment, the interpreter excused himself to go to the bathroom, and the conversation between Gun-Ho and Amiel had to stop temporarily .
After quite a while, the interpreter came back to the office .
The sales director scolded his nephew—the interpreter—for causing an important business conversation stalled .
"Do you really have to go to the bathroom now that our president is having an important discussion with President Amiel?"
"I'm so sorry, but I had to go; believe me . "
Gun-Ho smiled and defended the interpreter .
"He couldn't help it . We can't ask him to hold it in, Director Kim . Okay, let's continue . "
"Yes, sir . "
The interpreter placed his note and a pen in front of him to get ready for the interpretation .
Gun-Ho started talking .
"President Amiel, why don't you come and visit our company in Asan City?"
"Your factory in Asan City?"
"Yes . You have to see it yourself before you determine whether our company is qualified to be Dyeon's co-venturer or not, right?"
"Hmm . "
The sales director added,
"I've once come here with the president of Mulpasaneop to meet with you, President Amiel . "
"Mulpasaneop?"
"Yes, the company that President Gun-Ho Goo acquired is Mulpasaneop . "
"Oh, really?"
Gun-Ho gave a little push to Amiel again .
"Come visit us . You have to see it before you decide . I don't want you to feel pressured or anything; just come and visit me at my company . We can have another good time at the bar in Hannam Town and enjoy the melody of Gayageum once again . "