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The chairman then spent some time to hear some other companies' president; they mostly commented or suggested something they found necessary in doing business together .
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"This is a rare opportunity for us all to get together like this . Let's have lunch together . "
The chairman took the participating presidents to a ginseng chicken soup restaurant that was situated near the S Group .
The chairman was a bit overweight and he seemed to know how to enjoy food . Even with his age of 70, he ate chicken bone too by chewing it with his teeth . The chairman filled the presidents' glasses with liquor . They were drinking soju which was inexpensive and popular in Korea . The S Group's chairman was one of the top five richest men in Korea and he was surprisingly easygoing . Gun-Ho was told that the chairman's favorite food was Jajjangmyeon* and he sometimes enjoyed a ginseng chicken soup on a special occasion .
"He is indeed a tycoon . "
The chairman looked at Gun-Ho . It seemed that he remembered Gun-Ho by Gun-Ho's answering his question earlier .
"What did you say your company name was? It was GH something . "
"It's GH Mobile, sir . "
"Since you are a very young president, you are probably working so hard in expanding your company . Please let me fill up your glass with liquor . "
"Thank you, sir . "
Gun-Ho held his glass with two hands to show his respect .
The S Group's president who was following around the chairman while carrying a bottle of soju said to the chairman,
"He is the one who acquired Mulpasaneop recently . His company developed our new product as well . "
"Oh, really?"
The chairman tapped Gun-Ho's back with his thick hand .
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After the meeting held by the S Group, Gun-Ho headed back to his TowerPalace condo in Dogok Town . Tomorrow was the interview day for the new employees of GH Development, so he decided not to return to Jiksan Town, Cheonan City but he would stay in Seoul . Gun-Ho was having a fruit while watching TV when he received a call from an unknown number .
"Is it a spam call or an advertisement?"
He answered the call,
"Hello?"
"Umm, are you President Gun-Ho Goo?"
"Yes, I am . Who am I speaking with?"
"Umm… I am the manager of BM Entertainment Management . "
"BM Entertainment Management?"
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"Yes . We actually have met in Shanghai before, when we were waiting for the director of the bureau of cultural affairs and radio broadcasting, film, and television . "
"Oh, oh, I think I remember that . What made you call me though?"
"I'd like to meet with you, sir . You gave me your business card back then, and your company address is Jiksan Town in Cheonan City…"
"Why don't you tell me on the phone instead?"
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"No, I really like to meet you in person, sir . "
"Then, can you come to Sinsa Town in Gangnam District tomorrow? I will be in Seoul tomorrow . "
"Sinsa Town? Where should I go in Sinsa Town?"
"You can come to GH Building on the 19th floor . It's GH Development . You will find the building at the entrance of Garosugil Road . "
"GH Building? Okay, I will be there tomorrow . "
The next morning, Gun-Ho went to GH Building in Sinsa Town . It seemed that his office was just cleaned up, maybe because the cleaning crew heard that their president was coming that day . Gun-Ho could see some moisture on the sofa .
When Gun-Ho arrived at the building, the security guard in a uniform ran to the entrance and greeted Gun-Ho . He held the elevator for him as well . When Gun-Ho entered his office, there were Manager Seong-il Kang and Team Leader Soo-Nam Jeong waiting for him .
"Team Leader Jeong is here too . "
"Yes . I heard you are coming to the office today and I had to come to say hello to you, sir . "
Gun-Ho received a brief report from Manager Kang .
"The interview will be held at 11 am today, right?"
"Yes, sir . "
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"Am I expecting to see three candidates for each position?"
"That's right, sir . "
"Manager Kang, please prepare an envelope with 50,000 won in it for each interviewee who will be coming today, so they can use it for their transportation expense . "
"Okay, sir . Will do that . "
Gun-Ho was sitting at his office by himself and reviewing the application packets of the final six candidates . They were all highly qualified people .
"If I was one of the candidates for the position, I wouldn't have been able to compete with these people . "
Gun-Ho first thoroughly reviewed the application packets of the three candidates for the accounting staff position . They all had the computerized accounting level-1 certificate, not to mention all sorts of finance-related certificates . One of them had a tax accountant license . And one of them used to work in a foreign branch office of a financial institution and could speak English fluently .
Gun-Ho then looked at the three candidate's job applications for the secretary position . They all had TOEIC (Test Of English for International Communication) scores exceeding 950 . By looking at their pictures on the job application form, they were all very good looking people . One of them graduated from college abroad .
"All of them are better qualified than me . Who am I going to select?"
Gun-Ho gave a hollow smile .
"We have only one open position for the secretary job, and 750 people applied for it . The person we will hire will win in a competition 750:1 . It's much harder than becoming an actor or actress, I guess . Is it really that hard to get a job in Korea right now?"
Gun-Ho leaned back in his chair .
"749 people who wouldn't get a job today with my company will apply for another job somewhere . They all had a very good qualification at a similar level . They will be very disappointed and they would feel nervous and anxious about getting old without having a job for a while . Egnopak's president's son would know what it feels like? Mulpasaneop's president— Se-Young Oh's son would have had this sort of experience in his life?"
Gun-Ho looked at clouds outside the window . The clouds were flowing in the direction of the wind .
"However, these people who are applying for a job in Sinsa Dong, Gangnam are in a better situation than the one I used to be in . I mostly looked for a job in a province and had a job interview here and there for a small factory job . And I lived in a tiny OneRoom . "
Gun-Ho closed the job application file .
"Our government is encouraging young people to start their own business . However, I think they'd better stay unemployed rather than starting a business even though that will worry their parents . Starting and running their own business is not easy at all, and if they fail and go bankrupt, they would become a person with a bad credit score . Once they stay that way with a bad credit score, there wouldn't be many things that they can do . At first, a bank will ignore them . Look at the Jae-Sik Moon's case . He is an intelligent man but once he became a person with a bad score, people considered him as he was a swindler who deceived his friends from high school . That's our current society . "
Gun-Ho sipped his cup of green tea .
"If I hadn't touched the YS Tech company's money for a few days, what would I have been doing now? If Chairman Lee from Cheongdam Town was not cruel enough to take the debtor's pot when he was young and still working as a hard money lender, he wouldn't have become the current Chairman Lee as he is now . "
Gun-Ho's eyes suddenly welled up with tears .
"Okay . Throw your stone to me—Gun-Ho Goo or Chairman Lee in Cheongdam Town if you want . I would yell that this was the only way I could go as a person who was born into a poor family . "
Gun-Ho closed his eyes .
Note*
Jajjangmyeon – Korean-style Chinese noodle dish with black bean sauce, vegetables, and diced pork .