Chapter 465: 465
In the afternoon, Gun-Ho received a call from GH Logistics' Jae-Sik Moon .
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"President Goo? I heard that you just came back from your trip to China . Director Park told me that . "
"Right . How is the business there? Any news?"
"The process to combine the pieces of parcels is completed . "
"Oh, really? Then you will soon apply for the land use change?"
"You know what? I was told that we no longer say the term 'land use change . '"
"Then what do we say?"
"We say that we apply for permission for development activity on land . Since we are changing its land use, we need to pay for the new registration fee accordingly . The thing is that since it's farmland, we will need to get another permission in order to convert it into non-farming uses beforehand . "
"You will have to go back and forth the town hall for those steps, huh?"
"Well, a construction company or a civil engineering firm can take care of the entire process for us . "
"Then find a civil engineering firm . We will probably need them for other works like flattening the land by filling low spots . "
"Okay, I will do that . "
"How are the sales these days?"
"It's better than winter . We started getting more work once we entered April . "
"How much increase are you seeing?"
"You can say that we are making about 100 million won of sales revenue by running 27 trucks . "
"Sales work must be hard, isn't it? Getting more trucks was the easy part . "
"Yeah, it is indeed hard . I have to travel all around the country, and I have to get along with everyone . I admire Dyeon Korea's Director Kim . I think he was born with the right aptitude and ability for sales work . "
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"Haha, you think so? Well, I think you are right . He is very good at buttering up too . "
"Buttering up? He is in his 50s, right? Who would he possibly butter up?"
"Director Kim who is in his 50s butters up Egnopak's president who is in his 60s . I couldn't believe it when I witnessed it . "
"Really? He is that good, huh?"
"Director Kim always starts his conversation with Egnopak's president with the story of their old days . He never goes straight into business . "
"Hmm, that's how to handle a business with old people, huh?"
"Sometimes he even gives a massage to Egnopak's president . "
"Wow . He is good . "
"Have you seen a salesperson who is selling medical equipment to old people, which cost several million won? Those salespeople talk with old people in a more affectionate way than their own children . "
"I see . That's how they successfully sell the equipment to old people, huh?"
"Yeah, they address their potential buyers as father or mother, and they often give a massage to them too . Of course, old people will buy whatever from them . "
"I should learn from them . I'm sorry that I'm not that good . "
"No, don't say that . You are doing great . You already procured 27 trucks, and you bought farmlands at a low price and combined those to make one huge piece of land . Once the process to convert it into non-farming use is completed, and we add it as part of the business, that is a great success . "
"Haha . Thank you for putting it that way . "
"The reason I went on a trip to China is because I was offered to be a business partner for a transportation project in Guizhou Province in China . "
"A transportation project?"
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"Yes . They want to build a bus terminal and do an intercity bus business . "
"Really?"
"They want me to build a terminal with my funds which would be a substantial amount of money, and retrieve those funds by selling commercial stores in the terminal building . "
"What about the bus business? You can keep it?"
"I think so . "
"A bus business should be good as long as you have a license to run it . At least, you don't have to travel around to find a client . "
"Are you interested in it?"
"Well, not necessarily . I don't even speak the Chinese language . Also, constructing a terminal building will cost an enormous amount of money . I believe that sort of project can be done by the government like a local government, or a conglomerate . "
"The initial investment funds are 50 billion won— 25 billion won from China and 25 billion won from Korea . "
"See? It should be done by a local government or a conglomerate . "
Gun-Ho went to work at his office in the building in Sinsa Town . He didn't forget to take the wooden butterfly figure with him, which Mr . Sakata Ikuzo gave for Jong-Suk .
When he entered his office, he asked for Director Kang .
"GH Media's President Shin wants to move her office into our building . Do we have any available office for her?"
"The construction company on the seventeenth floor is three months behind on rent . I already gave them a notice that if they couldn't pay the rent by the end of this month, we will start the eviction process . "
"I guess their construction business is not good, huh?"
"They developed a single-family subdivision in Gimpo City, but they seem to have a hard time selling them . I heard that they are thinking of moving their office to Gimpo City . "
"Did you verbally give them the notice for eviction?"
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"I actually sent them a written notice with a certification of contents . "
When he heard of the word 'certification of contents,' Bangil Gas crossed his mind . About five years ago when Gun-Ho was working for Bangil Gas in Yangju City as a bookkeeper, he once sent a certification of contents to a customer at the post office .
"Please communicate with them in writing . Do not meet with them in person and yell at them or anything like that . "
"Understood, sir . "
Gun-Ho looked at his calendar on his smartphone .
"Today is the day when President Shin comes to the book café . I will send her a text to meet with me . "
Gun-Ho sent a text message to President Shin asking her to swing by his office .
In the afternoon, President Shin showed up at GH Development's president's office .
"It seems a 60 pyung large office will become available on the seventeenth floor . "
"Did you say 60 pyung? That's too big for us . I don't think we can handle the rent for that size . "
"GH Media will grow soon . Who knows? Get the 60 pyung large office . You will need it . There is no other vacant office anyway . "
"Okay…"
"The company, which is currently occupying that office, is three months behind on rent, and Director Kang already gave them a notice . We will have the answer by the end of this month . "
"Okay . "
"And, I want you to take a look at this . "
Gun-Ho showed President Jeong-Sook Shin the box with Mr . Sakata Ikuzo's wooden butterfly figure in it .
"What is this?"
"Open it . "
President Shin carefully opened the wooden box .
"It's a butterfly . Is it taxidermy?"
"Touch it . "
"Oh, my gosh . It's made of wood . "
"What do you think? It's very well crafted, is it?"
"This is amazing . It's delicately carved . "
"He is having an art exhibition in an art gallery in Yokohama, Japan . He will display some of his carved artworks like this one and also a wooden dragonfly, a bird, a frog, etc . "
"Is that so? I guess there are lots of talented people in Japan . "
"Do you know who made this?"
"Who is it? Is he a professional sculptor?"
"He is not a sculptor . He is actually a world-renowned engineer . He used to work in the famous chemical company— Lymondell Dyeon . "
"Lymondell Dyeon… It must be related to your company, right?"
"That's right . He once worked with us in developing a new product in our factory in Jiksan Town . "
"Oh, I see . "
"So, what do you think? Would you visit Yokohama in Japan next month?"