Chapter 504: 504
Gun-Ho entered his home in Dogok Town . He felt exhausted .
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"Young-Eun must be home since it's Friday . "
Young-Eun was looking at her smartphone while lying on the sofa in the living room when Gun-Ho opened the front door . She quickly got up when she saw him coming in .
"You came back . "
"How have you been?"
"You look tired . Did you eat?"
"I don't have an appetite, but strangely, I think I want to have a bowl of Sujebi (a soup with flour dough) . "
"Sujebi? I will cook for you . Why don't you take a shower while I'm cooking?"
Gun-Ho went to his room and changed clothes, and came back to the kitchen .
"Hahaha . You are living in Gangnam District— one of the most expensive areas to live in this country . Even if you could have all sorts of expensive food, you want Sujebi, huh?"
"I think I ate too much oily Chinese food during the trip there . "
"You can find lots of semi-prepared convenience foods including Sujebi at a market . It's easy to cook . You just need to boil water and put all the ingredients found in the package . "
"I will be back after taking a shower . You haven't had dinner yet, right? Let's eat together . "
When Gun-Ho came back after taking a shower, dinner was ready . It seemed like Young-Eun didn't cook Sujebi from scratch, but she cooked with the semi-prepared Sujebi that she bought from a market . She placed a side dish of Yeolmu-Kimchi (kimchi made with young summer radish) .
"You are not having this with me just because I wanted to have Sujebi, are you?"
"Don't worry about it . I'm not picky about food . When I worked in Africa, I used to eat Sujebi pretty often . "
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"Hmm, really?"
"But I had another food in mind for today's dinner . I wanted to have grilled pork belly . "
"You did? Then, let's have a small bowl of Sujebi and go out to have grilled pork belly . "
"We don't have to go out to eat . I can go to the supermarket and buy 600 grams of pork belly . We can have them at home . Let's have it around 10 pm for our late-night meal . "
"Sounds good . "
After having Sujebi, Gun-Ho fell asleep . Gun-Ho woke up to the smell of grilled pork belly . He was not sure how long he had slept . On the way to the bathroom, he saw Young-Eun cooking pork belly in the kitchen .
"You woke up . "
"Yeah, the smell of pork belly woke me up . "
"Have a seat . Let's eat . "
"Oh, you didn't forget to buy lettuce . Grilled pork belly goes great with lettuce . "
Gun-Ho sat at the dining table .
There was a glass of coke in front of Young-Eun while Gun-Ho had a bottle of beer in front of him .
They sat at the dining table facing each other .
"You didn't have good food in China?"
"I did . But it's not easy to have Chinese food all the time for two or three days in a row . It's too greasy for me . Now, I became a greasy man because of all those greasy foods I had for the past few days . "
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"A greasy man? Hahaha . "
Young-Eun laughed out loud .
"So, you decided to invest in China?"
"I signed the letter of intent with the transportation company in Antang City, Guizhou Province in China . Antang City's deputy mayor and their department of transportation's director attended the signing event . The transportation company is a government-owned company . "
"So, you are going to build a terminal there?"
"I will do both building a terminal and also running the bus service business . I don't have to invest all at once in the project, but just need to invest one step at a time . "
"Did your friend, who accompanied you on that trip, decide to go to China to oversee the business?"
"Yes, he did . Once he settles there, his wife will join him . "
"Doesn't his wife have a job here?"
"There is a book café in the building where my office is in Sinsa Town . She is working there . "
"A book café? Then you will probably sell the book café, huh?"
"No . That book café is a part of the business that GH Media is running, where President Shin manages . She is an employee of GH Media . "
Young-Eun ate a lot of grilled pork belly . Gun-Ho commented when he noticed it, "You are eating like someone who hasn't eaten anything for a while . "
"My husband is a big player from Gangnam . I'm not supposed to feel starving . Eat more, oppa . "
Young-Eun filled Gun-Ho's empty glass with beer .
"Oppa, I have a favor to ask you . "
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"What is it?"
"Can you spare a small office space in your building for me? A 10 pyung large office will do . "
"10 pyung? I need to check with Director Kang . I'm not sure if we have a small office like that available . It seems like we split a 30 pyung large office space into tiny offices to rent them out . "
"I prefer a 10 pyung large office . "
Gun-Ho was wondering what she wanted to do with a small office .
"What are you up to? Are you going to use it for a research lab?"
"Hahaha . You can't have a research lab in that small space considering all the equipment and all that . "
"Then what are you going to do with the space?"
"I want to use it as a medical volunteer work center for KOAF . "
"Don't they have an office?"
"They do in Mapo Town . They are paying a high rent there, in addition to the salaries to their employees . "
"How many employees do they have?"
"They have two full-time employees— the head of center and one lady staff . "
"So, the office is being run with the funds that they receive from people's donation . But once they pay for the rent and salaries for two people, they are not left with much to use for the actual medical support . "
"That's right . "
"Oh, I actually applied for the membership with a membership fee of 100,000 won . "
"Oh, that was you . The head of the center told me the other day that someone joined the organization and is willing to pay 100,000 won membership fee . "
"Is the head of the center also a medical doctor?"
"No . He is more like in the administrative work side . He used to work for an NGO that supports medical volunteer work . The center's chairman and the vice-chairman are medical doctors, but they work part-time . "
"Did you say that you are a non-executive director there?"
"Yeah, I'm a director and also a vice-chairman of the center . "
"The chairman must be someone you know from your medical school who used to be senior to you . "
"How much do you charge for an office in your building?"
"The building is being managed by Director Kang . I remember that he told me the other day that we charge 120,000 won per pyung . The price varies, though depending on the location . "
"The monthly rent for a 10-pyung large office should be 1 . 2 million won then . I think it's too expensive for the center . I guess we will have to find another office space . "
"I thought you were asking me to lease the office to the center for free . "
"I can't do that to you . "
"It's okay . I can do that for you, Mrs . Goo . "
"Never mind . "
"Just let me know when you need it . "