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Published at 5th of August 2019 01:25:06 AM
Chapter 166
Geisha Mori Aikko started dancing along with the sad melody from Shamisen .

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'Mori Aikko, I missed you so much . I am crazy about you . '
Gun-Ho picked up a glass of sake that was placed on the table in front of him and gulped it down .
The sales manager and the interpreter were lost for words; they couldn't take their eyes off Mori Aikko's dancing . The interpreter seemed to forget why he was there in the first place . Even though Amiel said something, he didn't interpret for Gun-Ho, but he was just watching Mori Aikko dancing with his mouth open .
Once the dance ended, Amiel clapped passionately .
"Oh, wonderful!"
Gun-Ho clapped along with Amiel . The sales manager and the interpreter seemed to forget to clap .
Gun-Ho could hear Mamsan's laughing .
"Hahaha . Goo-Sajjo-san, did you like Mori Aikko's dance?"
"Of course . I loved it . Mori Aikko, I will pour liquor in your glass to show my appreciation; please take it . "
Mamsan answered on behalf of Mori Aikko .
"A dancing geisha is not supposed to take any client's offer of drink . Please understand and forgive us . "
"Then why don't you pour the liquor in my glass instead?"
"Hahaha . Actually, she is not supposed to do that either; however, since You, Goo-Sajjo-san is our special guest, I will let her . Aikko, fill in President Goo's glass with liquor . "
Mori Aikko approached the table where Gun-Ho was sitting at . She went down on her knees and picked up the bottle of liquor . Gun-Ho felt like he could hear Mori Aikko's breathing when she came close to him . He felt dizzy, and his hand that was holding his glass was shaking .
"Hahaha . Goo-Sajjo-san, you seemed to be drunk already . "
Gun-Ho gulped down the liquor that Mori Aikko poured for him .
After drinking the liquor, Gun-Ho picked up a flower from a decoration piece placed on the table and handed it to Mori Aikko .
Mori Aikko hesitated to take it .

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"You can take it . "
As Mamsan allowed her to take the flower, Mori Aikko took it from Gun-Ho with two hands .
"Arigatto Gojaimasseu (Thank you in Japanese) . "

After drinking another glass of liquor that he filled in by himself, Gun-Ho said firmly .
"Mori Aikko, I want to put your hair up . "
The interpreter couldn't understand what Gun-Ho just said .
"Sir, what do you mean by putting her hair up? Are you saying to lift her head up?"
The sales director was also looking at Gun-Ho with a puzzled look on his face .
"You can just interpret it as you hear, literally . Tell her that I want to put her hair up . "
The interpreter interpreted what Gun-Ho said without understanding what that meant . Once the interpreter told Mori Aikko what Gun-Ho said in Japanese, Mamsan's face hardened . Mori Aikko was sitting on the floor with her face down, but she seemed to be surprised as well .
Mamsan soon pulled herself together and smiled . She was an experienced and skilled hostess after all .
"Hahaha, you often make me laugh with your joke, Goo-Sajjo-san . "

"I was not joking . I really meant it . "
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am . "
"Mori Aikko, why don't you give us a moment?"

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"Hai (Yes in Japanese) . "
Mori Aikko left the room after giving a bow .

"There is a certain procedure in putting a geisha's hair up . Moreover, you are a foreigner, Goo-Sajjo-san . Mori Aikko is a maiko, (an apprentice geisha) and she is a dancing geisha; she is different from the usual geishas . "
At that moment, the interpreter and the sales director seemed to understand what putting her hair up meant .
"I am dead serious, Mamsan . "
"If you really meant it, why don't you talk with one of my friends—Ji-Yeon Choi? Since you and I have a language barrier to discuss deeper about it . "
"Who is Ji-Yeon Choi?"
"She is a restaurant owner in Akasaka district in Tokyo . She is a friend of mine . Hahaha . "
"Wasn't she a famous actress from Korea?"
"Do you know her, Mr . Interpreter?"
"I don't know her personally, but I used to work part-time at that restaurant, and I've heard that she was a very famous actress in Korea . "
"Hmm . "
The sales director seemed to know of her and said,
"Ji-Yeon Choi was a very famous actress in the old days . So, she is running a restaurant here, I see . You probably don't know of her, President Goo . You were very little when she was still active in the entertainment field . "
"Hmm . "
Amiel suddenly chipped in the conversation to complain .
"Don't you have fun without me by talking in Korean between you three . "

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Gun-Ho smiled and clinked his glass to Amiel's .
"Thank you, Mamsan . I will certainly talk to your restaurant owner friend . Let me fill your glass for you, Mamsan . "
Mamsan took the glass of liquor and clinked it to Gun-Ho's glass .
"Hahaha . Goo-Sajjo-san, thank you for your understanding . You are broad-minded and manly . "

It was the day Gun-Ho was scheduled to return to Korea . Gun-Ho instead decided to let the sales director go back to Korea first .
"Director Kim, why don't you return to Korea first? I will stay here for a few more days and talk Amiel into visiting our factory in Korea . "
"Sir, even though Amiel let us take their raw materials, we are not capable of making the compound with those by ourselves . "
"What if I can bring an engineer from Lymondell Dyeon headquarters in the U . S . ?"
"That could be considered as revealing their technology to us . If so, they might ask us to pay them a royalty for using their technology . Amiel wouldn't ask you for it because he is a friend of yours; however, Lymondell Dyeon headquarters could ask for it . "
"Hmm . I see your point . "

Gun-Ho thought of meeting with Amiel again in person, and then he decided not to .
He instead decided to make a phone call to Amiel because he didn't want to lower his bargaining position by looking desperate to Amiel .
"Amiel? How are you doing? Did you drink too much last night?"
"No, I didn't . I think you drank too much last night . "
"Why don't you come to my factory in Asan city during the weekends? We can have a round of golf and listen to Gayageum together . "
"Golf and Gayageum? Those two words make me feel so happy . I can't go there this weekend though because I will have a guest coming from headquarters this weekend, but maybe I can go next weekend . "

Gun-Ho sent the interpreter home too . Gun-Ho's stay in Japan could become very uncomfortable without an interpreter since he could speak neither English nor Japanese . However, he didn't care because there was no important matter he had to take care of in Japan for that moment .
Gun-Ho was sitting at a café inside New Otani Hotel while looking into a blank space when the Korean restaurant in Akasaka crossed his mind .
"The owner's name was Ji-Yeon Choi . "
Akasaka District where the restaurant was located was not far from the New Otani Hotel where Gun-Ho was staying . He could walk there from the hotel . He slowly walked towards the restaurant . The restaurant was a luxurious and sizable Korean restaurant with a neat interior .

It was after 1 pm when Gun-Ho arrived at the restaurant . There were not many customers inside the restaurant since it was slightly after lunchtime .
Gun-Ho asked one of the staff that he wanted to talk with the owner .
"She is not here right now . "
"When is she coming back then?"
"She usually stops by the restaurant after 8 pm to check the sales . "
"Can you leave a message to her for me then? Please tell her that a person from Seoul really needs to meet with her . "
"Which name should I tell her?"
Gun-Ho gave his business card to the staff instead of telling his name .

Gun-Ho did some sightseeing to Roppongi Hills and Meiji Jingu until the evening that day before he went back to the restaurant in Akasaka . When Gun-Ho entered the restaurant, the same staff who he talked to earlier greeted him and told him that the owner was there .
The owner was talking with a female customer . She was wearing an expensive coat, and she was stylish; her outfit and appearance seemed to tell that she was once a famous actress .

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