Chapter 499: 499
When Gun-Ho realized that Young-Eun was staring at him, he asked, "What? Something is on my face?"
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"Did you… take out a loan from a bank for that business by any chance?"
"Borrowing money is part of business . A businessman sometimes takes out a loan from a bank if necessary . It's not something you should worry about . "
"Oh, my gosh! People I know from college took a loan of 1 billion or 500 million won to open their own practice . And you say you are borrowing 25 billion won?! You are insane!"
"You have to be insane to be successful in business . "
Young-Eun kept staring at Gun-Ho's face . She looked worried .
"Don't worry . I can handle it!"
Gun-Ho laughed out loud and clinked his glass of beer to Young-Eun's .
"I do trust you, oppa… But 25 billion won is an enormous amount of money . I'm scared . "
"I'm not putting it all at once . There is nothing to worry about . "
Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik met at Incheon International Airport .
"Are we stopping by Shanghai City before heading to Antang City?"
"No, we flew straight to Guizhou Province . "
"Since China is a huge continent, it's going to take a long time to get there, right?"
"It will take about 3 and a half hours . "
"The flight ticket must be expensive too, huh?"
"It's 1 million won for two people . "
"Guizhou Province is not very well known among Koreans, right?"
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"You have heard of Chinese liquor called Maotai, haven't you?
"Yeah, I've heard of Maotai . "
"That liquor is from Guizhou Province . If you look at its bottle closely, you will see 'Guizhou . ' In Chinese, it says 'Guizhou Maotai . '"
"I see . "
Since he was accompanied by Jae-Sik Moon, Gun-Ho purchased economic seats instead of business seats .
"Take this with you . "
"What is it? Is it a weekly magazine?"
"I bought it from a store earlier . You probably need this to kill your time . "
"Haha . Thank you . "
"We will be arriving at an airport in Guiyang which is the capital of Guizhou Province . It's a bit distant from downtown . I talked with the Chinese people earlier and asked them to send a car to pick us up around 11 am, so we can have plenty of time to get ready . It takes another three hours by car to Antang City . "
"It sounds like Antang City is located in a very remote area . "
"Hahaha . It's still a city with lots of high-rise buildings and vehicles . It's about the same size as Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province or Cheonan City where our factory is located . "
"Really?"
The airplane, that Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik Moon were on, arrived at Guiyang Airport in the early morning . They went to the hotel and had breakfast . They then went up to their hotel room to take a shower and took a brief nap . Gun-Ho woke up when he received a call from a young lady around 11 am .
"Xia Zong? Wo Shi Antang Shi Cheng Ji Bashi Gongsi Bangongshi Zhuguan (President Goo? I'm Antang City's intercity bus terminal company's office manager) . "
"Hi . It's nice to meet you . "
Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik Moon walked out of the hotel after checking out . A black Audi was waiting for them outside the hotel, and a young lady was standing in front of the car with a rear-seat door open .
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"Are you from Antang City?"
"Are you President Goo?"
The lady looked like she was in her early 30s, and she was very pretty . Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik got in the car and sat in the rear seat .
"That lady sitting on the front passenger seat is an office manager of the intercity bus company that we will do a joint venture business with . Her position would be a team leader in a general affairs department in Korea . "
"Really? She is gorgeous . "
"You have to be careful . You shouldn't do anything stupid here, okay?"
"I guess she is already married . "
Since Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik were talking in Korean, the lady and the driver couldn't understand their conversation .
While in the car, Gun-Ho made a call to Min-Hyeok Kim .
"I'm on the way to Antang City departing from Guiyang . Jae-Sik Moon is with me . The other party of the joint venture sent a car for us . "
"What kind of car is it?"
"It's an Audi . "
"Audi is so popular in China . "
"If I start the joint venture with them, can you send Ms . Eun-Hwa Jo here? Since she is a Korean Chinese, she will be of great help . "
"I don't think she wants to go there since it is located in a deep inland area . Moreover, she has all her friends and her boyfriend here . "
"Do you think she wouldn't accept the position even if I offer her a higher salary?"
"I don't think that would work . Her life would change dramatically once she moves there, without any friends . She wouldn't go there for a few more dollars . "
"What if your company keeps her and sends her to this location? We will pay her more, of course . "
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"Okay . I will talk to her . "
They stopped by a village for lunch . The village looked about the same size as a small town in Korea . They went into the largest and cleanest restaurant in the area . Dumplings, deep-fried chicken, deep-fried sweet potato, and etc . came out .
"How is it?"
"Not bad at all . "
"If you work in China, you will have to eat food like this pretty often . "
"When you talked with Min-Hyeok earlier, I heard that you talked about a Korean Chinese lady . Who is it?"
"She was initially hired as an interpreter in Min-Hyeok's factory . Ever since Min-Hyeok didn't need an interpreter anymore— Min-Hyeok speaks Chinese very well now— she doesn't do an interpretation work any longer, but she works in the general affairs department . I asked him to send her here . "
"Is she coming?"
"Young Korean Chinese people are not willing to work in this area since it's hard to connect with their friends; it is a remote area after all . "
"What are we going to do then?"
"I told Min-Hyeok to offer her a higher salary . "
"How much more should we offer?"
"Companies here don't officially pay high salaries . The transportation company here runs not only the bus business but the terminal business as well . It's owned by the government . Unlike the terminals in Korea, they are owned by the government . So, the amount of salary for the workers here are restricted . We can't freely raise salaries . "
"Then what do we do?"
"We will have to pay her under the table . You can give her 50,000 or 100,000 won from your salary in cash on a monthly basis . "
"Hmm . "
"You won't get paid much either because of the salary restriction in this country . When Min-Hyeok started working in China for a joint venture here, he got paid by the joint venture and also by GH Development since his salary in China is too little . "
"I see . "
"You will have to be paid also by GH Logistics as well even though you work here for the joint venture . "
"Hmm, I see . "
They arrived at Dong zhan (east station) .
Mr . Runsheng Yan who was the president of Antang City's intercity bus business and also the terminal was waiting for Gun-Ho's party, with his planning manager— Mr . Chun Chang .
"Hey, President Goo!"
"President Yan, and Manager Chang!"
Gun-Ho and the two men shook their hands in delight .
"Oh, President Moon!"
The president of the terminal and the planning manager greeted Jae-Sik Moon .
"The building is old and shabby, but it looks like a Chinese traditional hotel that I saw in a cartoon book . The window in an office is in a round shape . "
"It's huge, isn't it? It's about 10,000 pyung large . We will demolish the entire building and construct a new and modern building from scratch, as a joint venture . Then we will run the terminal business . In case we get bored with the terminal business only, they also offered to give us the license to run a bus business as well . "
"We will demolish this building? It still looks usable . "
Gun-Ho requested the terminal's president to give Jae-Sik Moon a tour around the terminal .
"I've had my tour last time . Could you give President Jae-Sik Moon a tour?"
"Of course, we will . "
The president of the terminal showed Jae-Sik around the terminal .