Chapter 420: 420
Chapter 420: Wedding (2) – Part 1
Gun-Ho gave a call to his mother .
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“Mom, the wedding will be on March 18th as planned . It’s going to be held at noon . The wedding venue is the Hilton Hotel across the street from Seoul Station . ”
“Hilton Hotel? That one is expensive . I see . ”
“Don’t invite too many people; just invite essential people who you really want to invite . ”
“That’s not fair . Some of them will complain that I discriminate against them because my son is now rich . ”
“Mom, please don’t invite everyone you know, but only those who you really want to come to congratulate on your son’s wedding, okay?”
“Okay . By the way, Gun-Ho, I feel sorry that we are not very helpful in arranging your wedding, as your parents . I will prepare gifts for the bride . ”
“Okay, mom . I will talk to you later . ”
Gun-Ho had a class at the Advanced Center for Administrative Development that day .
Gun-Ho was thinking if he had to let the class know that he would soon marry .
‘I’m not that close to these people . We’ve met only a few times in the class . Should I still let them know? I would get a few more congratulatory flower wreaths at my wedding and maybe some gift money from them if I do, and I don’t need them . Maybe it’s a matter of courtesy . Hmmm . I don’t know what I should do . ’
When Gun-Ho was thinking of whether he should inform the class that he would marry soon or not, a general from the class asked Gun-Ho that he wanted to talk to him in private during the break . He was the quiet type .
“Mr . Class Manager, let me ask you something . ”
The general person pulled out something from his pocket .
“This is a wedding invitation . My first daughter is getting married . I was wondering if I should let everyone in the class know . ”
“Oh, really? Congratulations . Of course, you should let the class know . ”
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“You think so?”
“Of course . Did you bring additional wedding invitations? I will help with distributing them to the class . ”
The general opened his Samsonite briefcase and pulled out a bunch of wedding invitations and gave them to Gun-Ho . He also gave Gun-Ho his business card . He was a commanding officer . ”
‘This man was always sitting at his desk quietly all the time, but he still wants to share his daughter’s wedding event with the class, which is interesting . I should have broken my wedding news to the class before him . Well, the good thing is his daughter’s wedding is at the end of February while mine is in March . ’
The students started getting into the class since the class would resume anytime soon . Gun-Ho went forward in front of the class before the professor came to the class .
“Can I have your attention, please? Mr . General over there who is sitting in the third row from the back has a daughter, and she is getting married on February 26th . He is a commanding officer . If you can make time, I do encourage you to attend the wedding to congratulate him and his daughter . Thank you . ”
The students didn’t seem to be happy to hear the news . The people sitting near the general congratulated him and had a handshake with him .
While Gun-Ho was distributing the wedding invitations, he heard someone making sarcastic remarks in a low voice .
“I don’t even know him . Is he serious about distributing the wedding invitation to the class and expect us to attend his daughter’s wedding?”
Gun-Ho was in his office at the building in Sinsa Town when he received an international call from President Song who was currently on a business trip to Chicago .
“Sir, we arrived in Chicago . The staff from the Korea International Trade Association is already here, and they helped us with setting up our booth . ”
“That’s nice . ”
“Many people at the event showed their interest in our AM083 Assembly . Many of them took our company’s catalogs and my business cards . ”
“I hope we would hear from some of them . ”
“Well, for now, we have received lots of attention . Some people were willing to get into negotiation for our other products . ”
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“Hmm . ”
“We might not receive any product orders, but our products are definitely promoted and well marketed . H Mobis’ president came to the motor show as well, and he stopped by our booth and took a look at our products . ”
“Hmm . ”
“I will keep you updated, sir . ”
“Hold on . ”
“Is there anything you’d like to talk to me, sir?”
“The general affairs director brought me a list of candidates for promotion, and the accounting manager was on the list . What do you think?”
“All of the nine candidates satisfied the requirement to be promoted . So, even if we decide to promote all of them, that should be fine . As for the accounting manager, it’s not something I can decide . ”
“If we promote her, we will have two directors in finance . ”
“We will have to send one of them to another department . ”
“How do you think we should handle it?”
“I’m sorry, sir . I don’t have an answer for that . It’s your call, sir . ”
“Okay . ”
Gun-Ho went to work in Jiksan Town, and he ran across Director Jong-Suk Park in the restroom .
“Jong-Suk, come with me to my office . ”
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When Gun-Ho and Jong-Suk sat in the president’s office, the secretary brought two cups of green tea .
“How are you?”
“I’m doing fine . President Song stopped by the production site the other day, and he said the defect rate has decreased . In order to compensate for our effort in diminishing the defect rate, he suggested that I have dinner with the managers in the production department . ”
“The defect rate has diminished? That’s good to hear . The labor union has been quiet lately, right?”
“They are not quiet at all . They have their own problems now . ”
“What is it?”
“They are competing to win the lead positions within the labor union . ”
“Why is that so? Is it a beneficial position? The company doesn’t give any extra pay to the leaders of the labor union . ”
“It’s because of the expenses allocated to the labor union . The leaders will have the power to manage the budget . ”
“You mean they can spend the labor union member fees as they please?”
“Well, not absolutely, but they can definitely exercise their discretion in managing the fund . ”
“I see . How’s your family doing?”
“They are doing fine . By the way, bro, when are you going to announce the promotion? The candidates are desperately waiting for the decision . ”
“I will do it soon . ”
Gun-Ho made a call to Director Kim in Dyeon Korea .
“Are you in the office right now?”
“No, sir . I’m at Egnopak . ”
“I was going to ask you to have lunch with me . Well, I guess we will have to do it at another time . I will talk to you later then . ”
“Sir, I’m on my way out of Egnopak . I can go straight to GH Mobile without going back to Dyeon Korea . GH Mobile is closer from here . You are at GH Mobile right now, aren’t you?”
“Okay, then let’s meet at Plum Plantation Garden at noon . ”
“Okay, sir . ”
The branches of plum trees at the Plum Plantation Garden were bare in this cold winter . Only the pine trees near the outdoor sitting area were still green .
Director Kim arrived .
“Did you come by yourself?”
“Yes, sir . I came alone . ”
Gun-Ho and Director Kim entered the garden restaurant . Not many people were in the restaurant . When the plum trees were in bloom, the restaurant would be full with people again . It was warm inside .
Gun-Ho, Director Kim, and Chan-Ho Eum sat at the table and ate together . In a situation like this, Chan-Ho usually quickly finished his lunch and gave some privacy to Gun-Ho and whoever was with him, so they could freely discuss business .
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