Chapter 388: 388
Chapter 388: Single House in Yangpyeong County (2) – Part 1
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The loan was approved and 720 won was deposited in GH Logistics’ bank account .
Gun-Ho had initially invested the sales proceeds which were made when he sold his condo in Buldang Town into GH Logistics . GH Logistics was established and started its business with that initial fund .
Gun-Ho had bought this condo located in Buldang Town when he had to drive to commute to GH Mobile and Dyeon Korea from his home in Seoul City . He initially rented a 26 pyung large condo there and paid a monthly rent, and then he decided to purchase a 30 pyung large condo so he didn’t have to make a payment on a monthly basis, which he perceived as additional work . He eventually sold this condo for 300 million won and put it into GH Logistics .
With 300 million won, he acquired the existing small transportation company in Paju City and bought freight trucks to procure the work from the factory in Eumseong Town . There were 80 million won left in the bank account . He now borrowed 720 million won from the bank using the GH Logistics’ land as collateral, and he now had 800 million won in total in GH Logistics’ bank account . Jae-Sik felt encouraged and confident to make the business successful when he saw the balance in the company bank account .
‘Unless it has to be a special car or a luxurious foreign-made car, we can purchase any vehicle with a few tens of million won . If we buy them in installments, we will be able to buy more trucks . ’
As Gun-Ho suggested, Jae-Sik used 30 million won out of 800 million won to pay off his personal debt to the Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperative . Jae-Sik now had no debt at all, no credit card debt or no bank loan . He had suffered from the consequences of having a bad credit score, and he would now start with a clean slate . Before paying off his last debt to the Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperative, he had already paid off other debt such as the loan interest . He used part of his salary as he worked in GH Media as a chief editor, and he also used the award that he received when his novel was selected for it . He was able to pay for the security deposit of the townhouse that he was living in right now with the monetary award as well .
Once Jae-Sik paid off his debt, he had time and energy to think about his surroundings .
His wife must have her own debt as well, but he didn’t ask her about it . Her family was not financially affluent either . She also lost contact with her father, who was also a person with bad credit . Since she hadn’t received any news about her father’s death, she believed her father must be living somewhere .
Jae-Sik hadn’t even tried to find his father who he lost contact with . His father hadn’t financially taken care of his family, and he passed on the poverty to Jae-Sik . He was the very person who let Jae-Sik gain a nickname—Mr . Basement—in high school . He didn’t pay Jae-Sik’s tuition or living expenses, but Jae-Sik had to pay for his father’s debt . His father had spent time writing a poem or something rather than trying to provide for his family .
Jae-Sik was told that his mother was still living in Incheon City in an old and shabby townhouse basement on welfare . He had a sibling with special needs, and he died before he turned twenty . Jae-Sik’s mother collapsed in shock when his sibling passed away, and she had been mentally unstable ever since .
‘I have no debt any longer . I have to recover my credit status before I could help anyone . ’
Jae-Sik worked so hard while staying in the upstairs room of GH Logistics . It seemed that he took the time as his opportunity to make his family whole again .
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Jae-Sik purchased ten heavy equipment such as excavators, hydraulic shovels, crane trucks, bulldozers, and payloaders . He sent two out of them to the factory in Yangju City that Jong-Suk Park introduced to him and sent three to the company that Tae-Young Im recommended . He had the remaining five equipment parked in the GH Logistics’ yard .
GH Logistics would generate 30 million won per month with the current workload even though it wouldn’t produce any profits yet .
It was Sunday .
Gun-Ho was driving his Land Rover heading to Yangpyeong County .
“Artist Choi must be really good at cooking a noodle dish . She would cook a warm noodle dish today . Is it buckwheat noodles? Well, the weather is chilly these days; it will be very nice to have warm buckwheat noodles in this weather . ”
Gun-Ho continued to drive to the direction of Seojong Town after passing Paldang Bridge from Yangsu Town .
“Bukhan River looks really nice . It seems that artists usually pick a beautiful place to live in . ”
Beautiful houses started emerging one by one on the way . Artist Choi’s house was a small single house situated on a hill . It was a one-story house . She had a small yard with a lot of plants . When a dog started barking loudly, Artist Choi came out of the house .
“President Goo! Come on in . Thank you for coming . Was it easy to find the house?”
“Yes, it was . It took me no time to find it . I saw your name at the entrance . ”
“Yes . My name is sort of an outdated name . Please come in . Jeong-Sook Shin and the Japanese man are already here . ”
Gun-Ho didn’t forget to bring a housewarming gift . He bought a box of pears on the way here .
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“Oh my, I love pears . Thank you . ”
Gun-Ho entered the house after taking off his shoes . Jeong-Sook Shin and Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda were sitting in the living room, and they stood up when they saw Gun-Ho coming into the house .
“You are right on time, sir . ”
“It’s good to see you . ”
Gun-Ho had a handshake with Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda . Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda showed the seat that he was sitting on to Gun-Ho and said, “Please sit here . You can have a very nice view from that seat . ”
He was right . The seat was facing the yard . Gun-Ho could see the flowers in the yard and a mountain in the distance through the floor-to-ceiling window .
“Nice, huh? That’s my favorite seat too . I drink a cup of coffee and listen to music while looking outside the window every day . ”
“You are living in paradise . ”
Gun-Ho looked around the living room . The room was uniquely decorated with some flower vases and a crane figure hanging from the ceiling . It did certainly look like an artist’s space . In the kitchen, there was a young lady who was cooking noodles .
“Young-Eun, come here . I want to introduce someone to you . ”
The young lady was wearing a black striped apron . When he saw her, Gun-Ho was startled .
‘It’s her!’
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Gun-Ho couldn’t feel his heartbeat .
The lady wiped her wet hands with a kitchen towel and greeted the guests . The way that she wiped her hands reminded Gun-Ho of her wiping her hands after taking care of his mom at the hospital .
“She is my niece . She is a doctor at Seoul National University Hospital . She is my precious niece . I have only one niece . ”
Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda’s eyes widened .
“Oh, she is a medical doctor? Sodesu Ka (Is that so)?”
“Young-Eun, this is Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda . He used to work as a correspondent for a Japanese newspaper in Korea . He now works as an art dealer . ”
The young lady smiled broadly and gave a light bow to him .
“This is President Gun-Ho Goo . He is a businessman, and he owns an art gallery in Gangnam District . ”
The lady smiled broadly again and gave a slight bow to Gun-Ho as well . It seemed that she hadn’t recognized Gun-Ho yet . She then went back to the kitchen and continued to cook .
“She is my sister’s daughter . Her name is Young-Eun Kim . She used to live in Sillim Town before moving to Myeonglyoon Town . ”
Artist Choi brought some tea . The tea was red in color .
“It’s a tea made of Cornus . I harvested its fruits myself from the mountain behind my house . Cornus is known to be rich in vitamins and promote kidney health . Please enjoy it . ”
While having a cup of Cornus tea, Artist Choi continued to make small talk, “My house is not very spacious, isn’t it? I felt it became larger though for the past several days . It was cramped with tons of my artworks before I had the art exhibition at GH Gallery and in Yokohama City . ”
“Do you paint here?”
“No, I have a studio . It’s actually a storage, but I use it as my atelier . You can take a look at it later . ”
“It will be an honor to visit an artist’s atelier myself . I will send you Japanese art magazines to your atelier . ”
“Oh, Japanese art magazines? Thank you so much . ”
Artist Choi then excused herself and went to the kitchen to help her niece to cook .
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