Chapter 337: 337
Gun-Ho was in his car on the way home when he received a phone call from YS Tech's president—Mr . Young-Sik Park .
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"President Goo? It's Young-Sik Park . "
Gun-Ho used to work at YS Tech in their accounting department years ago . However, the relationship between Gun-Ho and YS Tech's president had been clearly reestablished . Gun-Ho was no longer YS Tech's employee, but rather YS Tech was working for Gun-Ho's company in producing some products for it . In this new relationship, YS Tech's president showed his utmost respect for Gun-Ho .
Gun-Ho didn't forget how he made his seed money in the first place to accumulate his current wealth . The seed money was made when he was working for YS Tech . Gun-Ho always felt grateful for that opportunity and YS Tech's president's generosity in handling the aftermath . That was why Gun-Ho always tried to give YS Tech enough work, and he called YS Tech's president as a brother to show his feeling of closeness and friendliness .
"Oh, brother . It's good to hear from you . How are you?"
"We got another work from GH Mobile in manufacturing a protector for Mandong Company . I do appreciate it . I don't know how to thank you . "
"Don't say it . It's not me who decided to outsource the work, but President Song decided to give YS Tech the work . "
"If it was not for you, President Song wouldn't have made such a decision . He knows you and I are close . "
"How's YS Tech doing these days?"
"We are doing well . Thanks to you . We will be soon reaching 10 billion won for our monthly sales revenue . I feel so happy these days . Let's have lunch or something . "
"Haha . Sure . "
Gun-Ho thought of those old days when he went to YS Tech for the first time in attending a job interview .
"At that time, I was working in a tiny company—Bangil Gas in Yangju City . I was extremely excited when I was informed of a job interview with YS Tech . I still remember the day when I received a call from the YS Tech's accounting manager saying I was hired and asked me to bring the necessary documents to the company . It was one of the happiest days of my life . The accounting manager's child must be four or five years old by now since she took a maternity leave when I was still there . "
Gun-Ho suddenly wanted to visit Bangil Gas .
"Are they still in business? Its owner and his wife were running the company together at that time . I'm not sure if they would still be there . I will stop by Bangil Gas tomorrow after my work in the morning . Yangju City is now conveniently connected to Pangyo and Guri City . I can take that road . "
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The next day, Gun-Ho headed to Yangju City after a quick stop at work . It took him more than two hours to get there, but he felt so excited to see the place again where he used to work several years ago .
"Here is Uijeongbu City . I used to study computerized accounting in a private institution over there until late at night . I still see the institution's business sign . I guess they are still offering classes . The courses were sponsored by the government at that time . "
Passing the Yanju City Hall, Gun-Ho headed to Baekseok Town .
"Oh, I see the sign to Gwangjeok Town . "
The OneRoom building which Gun-Ho had lived in was still there . It was a newly constructed building at that time . Now, the same building looked old and shabby .
"The convenience store is still there . I used to buy snacks and soju, and drank alone in my small room and cried a lot too . I was devastated . I still remember the feeling of hopelessness in those days . "
Gun-Ho's eyes became filled with tears .
Gun-Ho stopped by Dongil Tech . He worked at their factory by washing plastic drums and crushing plastics . A significant number of drums were still accumulated there and forklift trucks were busily moving around while making a loud noise .
"I used to wash at least 150 of those plastic drums every day with toxic chemicals . Am I able to do the same work even now? I had to apply pain relief patches all over my body including my wrist and shoulders every single day . I wonder if Won-Chul Jo or Suk-Ho Lee have ever worked with that kind of job before . What about GH Mobile's executives or Dyeon Korea's executives? Has anyone of them ever done work like that before?"
Gun-Ho had mixed feelings .
He felt like he heard the voice of Chairman Lee from Cheongdam Town .
'Those hard days in your life shaped you today . '
Gun-Ho thought of going inside the factory for a second and then decided not to . He came back to Gwangjeok Town . Before heading to Bangil Gas, he purchased some cosmetic gift sets for women and men at a store around the township office . He then went to Bangil Gas .
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When he arrived in the area where he thought Bangil Gas was located, he couldn't see anything . Bangil Gas vanished .
"Here was a container office where I used to do the accounting work for them . It's gone . "
When he saw local people who were working in a chili pepper farm, he asked them,
"What happened to Bangil Gas?"
"They closed their business . The owner is doing another business across the main street . He is running a hardware store there . "
"What's the name of the hardware store?"
"It's Eunhyeon Hardware . A dandy gentleman is looking for Bangil Gas . That's interesting . "
Gun-Ho parked in front of Eunhyeon Hardware and looked inside the store . There was a lady on a chair and she was dozing off . Gun-Ho could recognize her . She was the Bangil Gas' owner's wife .
"She aged a lot . "
When Gun-Ho entered the store, the lady jumped out of her chair in surprise .
"How may I help you?"
She thought Gun-Ho was just a customer .
"Ma'am, how have you been?"
"Huh? Do I know you?"
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The owner's wife seemed not to recognize Gun-Ho .
"I'm Gun-Ho Goo . I used to work for Bangil Gas . "
The lady stared at Gun-Ho closely for a while before her eyes became widened .
"Oh, my gosh! Oh my goodness! Are you Goo Jooim?"
It had been so long since he heard that position title—Goo Jooim . He couldn't help but smile .
The lady shouted toward the underground inside the store .
"Honey! Honey! Come quick!"
"What! Why are you fu*king yelling at me? I'm so busy here in repairing this crap!"
"Goo Jooim is here! Goo Jooim!"
"Who is Goo Jooim?"
The owner came out to the counter . He was wearing work gloves .
"Hello, sir . "
Gun-Ho said hi to the owner . The owner blinked his eyes slowly a few times while looking at Gun-Ho .
"Honey, you don't recognize him? He is Goo Jooim, Goo Jooim!"
"Oh, Goo Jooim! Oh my, I almost didn't recognize you . You look great . You must make some good money, huh? Where are you working now?"
"I was in the area and wanted to stop by to see you both . You both look healthy . I'm so glad to see you . "
"Did you move back to Incheon City? I remember you said your father was ill at that time and you had to move in with your parents in Incheon City . "
"I'm in another city now . It seems you close your Bangil Gas business . "
"Yeah, not many people buy gas these days so I decided to close it . We are barely making a living by running this hardware store now . "
"Are you two getting along these days?"
"This woman is still bothering me a lot . She is a major stressor . "
"Ha! It's funny to hear that from you, Mr . Stressor . You should feel lucky to live with me . If it wasn't me, you wouldn't have a wife at all!"
"Haha, you haven't changed a thing . Well, I brought you something . I purchased these at a store in Gwangjeok Town . I sometimes thought of you . You had been very kind to me . "
"Wow! These are expensive stuff . I've been living with this guy for thirty years now and I've never received a gift like this from this man . And you brought this expensive gift for us . "
"Haha . I hope you stay healthy and have a happy life together for a long time!"
Gun-Ho walked out of the store while waving his hand to them . He could hear them behind his back,
"Goo Jooim, thank you!"
"Thank you, Goo Jooim!"
While driving back home, Gun-Ho felt great .
"They are good people, even though they argue with each other too often . "