Chapter 50
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Gun-Ho came back to his hotel room and gave a lot of thought to whether he should acquire that Korean restaurant or not .
"I think I could make about 10,000 Yuan per month with that restaurant . It is certainly not enough for Mr . Byeon who has a child studying abroad . "
Gun-Ho thought for a second that Mr . Byeon might be a con-artist .
"He is probably not a con artist . He looks rather like an inept businessman due to his prolonged office job career . Moreover, his nephew is running a restaurant in Noryangjin and I know the location . He wouldn't con me, and I am not the type of person who can easily be deceived . "
Gun-Ho took a cigarette .
"Should I take over that restaurant? Maybe I could get a two-bed apartment here and take a walk along West Lake every day . I can get the restaurant for 50 million won out of my 480 million won, and purchase a real estate with the remaining 400 million won . According to Chairman Lee, the price increase of real estate reflects the economic growth rate . So if China's economic growth rate is 30% for three years, the real estate price will increase by 30%, right?"
Gun-Ho calculated quickly .
"If I invest 400 million won in real estate and get 30% gain after three years, I can return to Korea with 520 million won in hand . Even assuming I blew the restaurant business here, I could still hold 520 million won . It's better than placing the money in a bank savings account . "
Gun-Ho was thinking while walking around the hotel room .
"Chairman Lee also said there could be a real estate boom which would raise even more real estate price . If the real estate price goes up by 50% after three years, I could go back to Korea with 600 million won . For the three years, I could learn the Chinese language and make that much money . I think that would be a good deal . "
Gun-Ho drank two cans of Tsingtao beer that was on the table and fell asleep .
It was the day scheduled for Gun-Ho to return to Korea .
Mr . Byeon came to Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai to see Gun-Ho off .
"So, have you thought about it?"
"I haven't decided yet . "
"We say, 'Think Long, Think Wrong . ' Don't think too deeply or too long . Just make a decision . To be honest with you, you can't do anything with 50 million won in Korea . "
"Haha . Well…"
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"Why don't we make a provisional contract? You can give me a small amount of money as earnest money . "
"Provisional contract… Let's just make a contract!"
"Huh? Did you just say you want to make a contract?"
Mr . Byeon was stunned . He didn't expect this since Gun-Ho had been just thinking without giving him any clear reaction to the restaurant deal .
"Did you bring the contract?"
"Yes, I did . "
Mr . Byeon pulled out the contract from his envelope that he seemed to carry everywhere and always .
"Wow . The decision came slow but once the decision is made, things have proceeded very quickly . "
Gun-Ho and Mr . Byeon made a contract in the waiting area of Hongqiao International Airport .
"The name of the seller is Hee-Yeol Byeon, CEO of Mando Food Co . , Ltd . ?"
"Right . It was hard to directly run a restaurant as a foreign individual, so I formed a company with a Chinese person just to make it look like the restaurant is being run by a company that is partially owned by Chinese . On the paper, I own 90% and the Chinese person owns 10%, but it is just for the paper . "
"Oh, I see . "
"Umm… What about the earnest money?"
"You said there is a Kookmin Bank here in Hongqiao, right? I will bring the money . "
Mr . Byeon seemed satisfied .
According to the contract, Gun-Ho was supposed to pay off the remaining sales price ten days later .
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"The contract is written in Chinese . Once you go back to Korea, have it translated and notarized, and take it to a bank . You will need that translated contract when you send me the money . You can use up to $10,000 without reporting anything for travel, but if you have to send more than $10,000 abroad, you need to file a report . "
"I understood . "
"Oh, take this one too . You might need it . "
"What is this?"
"It's a copy of the business license . You will need this to make an Alien Resident Certificate as well . "
"Oh, I see . "
"I could receive the money in Korea, but it is better for you to send me to China with all these paperwork . This will prove that you acquire a business in China and you will need it when you have to send money from China to Korea as well . "
"I see . Well, thank you . "
Gun-Ho put the copy of the restaurant business license in his bag .
Once he came back to Korea, Gun-Ho notified the landlord that he would vacate his room . He wouldn't need room to stay in Korea anymore . He had the sales and purchase agreement of the restaurant and the seller's business license written in Chinese translated into Korean and notarized . He would need them when he had to send money to China .
"Let's go to Incheon to see my parents . It has been a while . I wouldn't be able to see them often once I move to China . "
Gun-Ho took the subway line 1 and got off at Incheon Juan Station . Before he went home, he stopped by a market and bought beef leg bones from a butcher's shop .
"I want to get something more . "
There was a pharmacy .
"My mom and dad like Bacchus; let's get two boxes of it . "
Since he already notified the landlord to vacate the room, there might be someone entering his room to take a look while he was not present, so Gun-Ho brought all the important papers with him in his travel bag . It was heavy . By adding the beef leg bones and two boxes of Bacchus, it became even heavier .
"I can leave the bag to the parents' home when I leave for China . "
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Gun-Ho kept walking while passing by Juan North Elementary School and a church, and it was tiring .
"My home is so distant from the station . If I make money, I will move my parents to somewhere closer to the station . This is too exhausting . "
Gun-Ho's father used to work in a production line for a company in the Juan industrial complex when he was young . After retiring, he opened a small snack restaurant . When it didn't work very well, he took a job at a subcontracting company as a manual worker . He then injured his waist at work during an underground drainage work, so he couldn't work any longer and couldn't make money anymore . That resulted in financial difficulties in the family .
"My dad collapsed once of a heart attack . He was doing better now . Thank God . "
Gun-Ho walked up to the third floor of a townhouse with his heavy bag because there was no elevator . He knocked on the door once he arrived at his home .
"Who is it?"
It was his mother .
"Mom, it's me . "
The front door opened wide . Gun-Ho's mother looked happy to see him .
"My son is here! What is all this?"
Gun-Ho could smell Doenjang-jjigae . It seemed they were about to have dinner .
"Gun-Ho is here?"
Gun-Ho's father came out in his pajamas . He looked better than the last time Gun-Ho saw him .
"We were about to have dinner . Let's eat together . "
"It smells really good . Here it is . "
"What is this?"
"Beef leg bones . "
"You didn't have to bring these expensive bones . Oh, you bought us Bacchus too . You must be tired by carrying all these heavy stuff . "
As his mother took what Gun-Ho brought, she smiled .
Mother's Doenjang-jjigae was really good .
"It is so nice to have homemade food . It has been a while . "
"Eat more . I just cooked the rice too . It should be good . "
Gun-Ho had two bowls of rice with Doenjang-jjigae . His parents looked happy while watching their son eating .
"Why don't you eat? Why do you keep staring at my face?"
"We are just happy to see our son eating . "
"How are you, dad? How are you feeling?"
"I feel much better because of you, son . I would have died if you didn't send me the money for my surgery . "
"Don't say that . "
"Your father is receiving the old-age pension of 200,000 won every month, and he goes to Jongno 3-ga District every single day . "
"Jongno 3-ga? For what?"
"There is Tapgol Park there where old people are gathering together all the time . "
Gun-Ho chuckled while having his dinner .
"By the way, what is that travel bag?"
"My clothes and books . I will leave them here . I'm going to China . "
"China?"
Gun-Ho's mother and father looked at Gun-Ho in surprise .