Chapter 327
"Those lands that are surrounded by other lands cost about 600,000 won per pyung while the lands like this location are 1 . 2 million won per pyung . "
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"That makes this land 1 . 2 billion won . "
"Correct . The landowner already affirmed that he would not negotiate the price . So I guess the land price is firm . Why don't you think about it, and let me know if you decide to take it . "
"Okay, will do . I will actually need to think about it . "
The realtor gave his business card to Gun-Ho with his phone number on it .
Gun-Ho liked the land .
'The land is in a simple square figure . It's on the six-meter wide road, so it's very accessible with a car . Moreover, the bus station is close . But the price is too high . If the land is really 120 billion won, that means all those farmers in this area are very rich . When I lived here in Incheon City, my family rented a small townhouse just because we didn't have 100 million won at that time . So do Min-Hyeok's and Jae-Sik's families . With 120 billion won, I can purchase five of the Hyundai HomeTown condos that Min-Hyeok recently bought for his parents . '
'Once I purchase this land, I can ask my mom and dad to watch it for me . I don't want someone to cultivate some grains in my land . Also, I need to deter anyone from dumping trash or some construction wastes on the land . After a few years, once the area gets developed, I can build a facility . Even though I own the foundation to run the facility, I can have my sister to actually run it . She has a level-1 certificate of a social worker . I guess she will fit right in the job . Her husband can stop driving a truck doing transportation work for other companies and work with my sister here instead . That would look really nice . '
The following day, Gun-Ho made a purchase contract for the land . He took his parents to the land to show it .
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"I bought this land as an investment . The previous owner is cultivating some chili peppers here . I told him that once he harvests the current peppers, he shouldn't continue to do it any longer . Why don't you come to this land from time to time and see if anyone uses the land . "
"I think I want to grow something here, maybe some chives . I heard I can easily sell them . "
"Mom, that's hard labor work . "
"No, it's okay . I want to use the land . I think I will cultivate some garlic or spring onions with your dad . "
Gun-Ho's mother looked excited .
Gun-Ho was driving back to Cheonan City when he received a call from President Jeong-Sook Shin of GH Media .
"Sir, Mr . Ding Feng's art exhibition is finally scheduled . I already sent out the information to the press . You will see the news about his art exhibition in most of the newspapers starting today . "
"Did you prepare the information to be on the news?"
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"Yes, we prepared them . Actually, the chief editor—Mr . Jae-Sik Moon—wrote the article to be on the newspaper . His writing is so good that I believe they will post it without any problem . While we prepare the article on our own, sending it out to the press was handled by a service provider . "
"Good work, President Shin . I will stop by the art exhibition . "
"Sir, please send us an orchid plant to the art exhibition venue on the first day of the exhibition with your name on it . "
"Well, I will send three of them, not just one, with three different company names: GH Mobile, Dyeon Korea, and GH Development . "
"That sounds great . Thank you . "
Gun-Ho spent his time in GH Mobile that afternoon . He was reading a newspaper . While Dyeon Korea subscribed to only one economic newspaper since it was a newly opened company, GH mobile received three different newspapers . There was a news article about Mr . Ding Feng's art exhibition with one of his oriental paintings .
"So, this was written by Jae-Sik . "
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Northern school literati paintings that use a lot of colors are more popular in China while southern school literati paintings are prevalent in Korea . Mr . Ding Feng's art exhibition will give an excellent opportunity for art lovers to enjoy northern school literati paintings . ]
"Man, Jae-Sik is good . "
Jae-Sik's father was a blue-collar labor worker, but he loved writing a poem . Yes, he was a poet . He was not a financially savvy person, and Jae-Sik's family had suffered from poverty . Jae-Sik was bullied during his school years, and his only happy time during those days was when he read cartoon books by himself . Once he entered high school, he read novels all the time, which he borrowed from the school library .
"Well, I guess Jae-Sik was somewhat influenced by his father who used to write a poem . Jae-Sik is doing great as a chief editor . "
Gun-Ho closed his eyes and reminisced about his days in his middle school and high school .
Won-Chul Jon was living in a nice condo at that time, and he hung out with Byeong-Chul Hwang and Suk-Ho Lee . Gun-Ho was living in a shabby townhouse, and he was friends with Min-Hyeok and Jae-Sik who had about the same home environment, and Jae-Sik's family lived in a basement of a townhouse . Gun-Ho sometimes spent time with Jong-Suk who was two years younger than him as well since he liked Jong-Suk's mother's Seolleongtang (an ox bone soup) .
Min-Hyeok and Jae-Sik were often beaten up by Won-Chul and Suk-Ho in those days, and they didn't even try to fight back, maybe because of their sense of inferiority which came from the different financial situation of their families . Fortunately, Gun-Ho had a larger frame at that time, maybe because of Jong-Suk's mother's Seolleongtang, and he wasn't often targeted for bullying .
The children at that time didn't call Jae-Sik with his name, but instead, they just called him like, "Hey, basement . "
And they often asked Jae-Sik,
"Hey, you, basement! Carry my school bag for me!"
Whenever someone mentioned the word "basement," Jae-Sik lowered his head with his slumped shoulders .
Won-Chul Jo's family lived in a nice condo . His mother was a pharmacist, and she ran her own pharmacy in the town . Byeong-Chul Hwang's parents were both school teachers, and Suk-Ho Lee's father owned a lumber mill . These three people lived in the same condo, and they all went to college in Seoul . Currently, Won-Chul Jo was a manager in a big company; Byeong-Chul Hwang graduated from KAIST and worked as a researcher in a research center in Pangyo . As his parents were both school teachers, Byeong-Chul had the highest grade in high school . Suk-Ho Lee, whose father was running a timber mill at that time, owned a bar at Gyeongridan Street until recently with his parents' financial support, and he was now doing some business in China . Min-Ho Kang, who joined a civic organization, had lived in a different condo . His father was a politician; he was a member of the city council at that time .
Gun-Ho's father was a labor worker in an industrial complex, and then he later worked as a security guard . Min-Hyeok's father was a bus driver, and after he retired, he now drove an art academy shuttle for children . Jae-Sik's father was a labor worker who always wrote a poem, and Jae-Sik hadn't contacted his parents for a while now . His father had a bad credit score and that affected Jae-Sik's life badly .
It seemed like the life of the father and his son looked alike . The son seemed to follow his father's footprints in some way . Surprisingly though, Gun-Ho was the most successful among these high school friends, and he was running his own companies .