Chapter 523: 523
Gun-Ho looked at his watch .
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"It's afternoon already . It's lunchtime . What do I want to eat today?"
At that moment, his phone started ringing . It was Jong-Suk Park .
"Bro, let's have lunch together today . "
"Huh? Where are you right now?"
"I'm on my way to your art gallery . I want to see the wood-carved figures during my lunchtime . I'm almost there . Can we meet at around 1 pm? I think I will finish my tour by then . "
"Really? You are coming all the way here to see the artworks?"
"You probably don't know, but all of the executive officers here visited the art exhibition already . "
"Why didn't they let me know? We could have lunch together . "
"They had to get back to work . They probably don't want you to think that they spent too much time outside the work . "
"Haha . They don't have to think that way . Well, I will come down to the gallery around 1:15 then . Take your time . I will see you then . "
Gun-Ho hadn't visited the art exhibition yet . He tried once yesterday, but he gave up when he saw so many people there . Since he already saw Mr . Sakata Ikuzo's wood-carved figures when he visited him in Yokohama City, Japan, he wasn't so desperate to see his artworks again anyway .
When Gun-Ho arrived at the gallery around 1:20 pm, Jong-Suk was standing at the gallery's entrance waiting for him . He wasn't alone, but he was with a lady who was holding a child .
"Bro!"
"Oh, hey . Huh? Your wife came along, huh?"
"Hello . "
Jong-Suk's wife said to Gun-Ho .
"Oh, wow . Your kid is growing so quickly . She has hairs already . "
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Jong-Suk introduced Gun-Ho to his child .
"Hey, kiddo, this is your uncle!"
The child was so young that she couldn't speak any word yet . She was just staring at Gun-Ho's face with her widened eyes .
"Hey, nice to meet you, kid . I'm your uncle Gun-Ho . "
The child kept staring at Gun-Ho's face without showing any response .
"Let's go and have lunch . There is a good Japanese restaurant across the street . I'm starving . I haven't had anything yet . "
Gun-Ho ordered sushi .
"You know the wood-carved butterfly figure that you gave to me as a present the other day, that was carved by Mr . Sakata Ikuzo . It's in a safe place at home . My wife said that we should keep it very well because it will become one of our family heirlooms . "
"Haha, really?"
"Actually, my wife wanted to come to the art exhibition . The person, who made a present for our first baby, is holding an art exhibition, and she said she had to be here . "
"Haha . I see . "
"Before you arrived, we even took a picture in front of the art gallery as a souvenir photo . "
"I guess that Mr . Sakata Ikuzo's wood carving art exhibition has special meaning to your family . "
The food came out .
Gun-Ho placed the first dish in front of Jong-Suk Park's wife .
"Please have them first . "
"No, it's okay . You should have the first dish, sir . "
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Jong-Suk's wife placed the dish back in front of Gun-Ho . At that moment, the waitress brought the remaining dishes and placed them in front of Jong-Suk and his wife .
"When Mr . Sakata Ikuzo was working with us, he and Director Park were actually very close . Whenever I go on a business trip to Japan and meet Mr . Sakata Ikuzo, Jong-Suk is the first person who he asks me if he is doing good . "
"Haha, really?"
Jong-Suk's wife seemed to be happy to know it .
"Well, let's eat . "
When they started eating, Gun-Ho focused only on food because he was really starving . However, Jong-Suk's wife seemed to be careful about eating the food, maybe because she didn't want to give a bad impression to Gun-Ho .
"Bro, guess what the other executive officers said after they visited the art exhibition . "
"What did they say?"
"They didn't know the GH Building was located in the middle of Gangnam District . They said they felt proud of being part of GH companies when they saw the gallery's name— GH Art Gallery . "
"Is that right?"
Jong-Suk's wife chipped in while smiling .
"I felt the same way . "
Jong-Suk continued to talk .
"The general affairs director and the accounting director said that they heard of the rumor that you are a big player from Gangnam, and now they believe it . "
"Haha . What are they talking about? A big player from Gangnam? There are tons of people who have way more than I have . "
Gun-Ho, however, felt good when Jong-Suk mentioned 'a big play from Gangnam' attached to himself .
After seeing off Jong-Suk and his wife, Gun-Ho came back to his office in the GH Building . At that moment, he received a call from Jae-Sik Moon .
"We had several visitors here in GH Logistics . Someone from the cosmetic company stopped by again, and a few people with a real estate agent came as well . "
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"Did anyone make an offer?"
"That cosmetic company is the most aggressive party so far . They are trying to negotiate the price . Their verbal offer price is 1 . 3 million won . They said that they did some research on the market values around the area, and that 1 . 3 million won was a reasonable price . "
"Sounds good . "
"I didn't give them our answer to that offer yet . I told them that I had to discuss within the company first . "
"You said that?"
"That cosmetic company's owner president wanted to meet with you in person . "
"For what?"
"I guess he wants to see the owner of the property . To him, I'm just an employee who is running the company, and it seems that he wants to talk with the owner who has the full authority to make the critical decision . "
"Well, he is weird . If that's how it works, how would an agent do their job?"
"That owner president already knew that GH Logistics is connected with GH Mobile . He knew your name too . He specifically said that he wanted to talk with President Goo . "
"Really?"
"And, he also said that he won't sign the sales and purchase contract if President Goo is not present . "
"He sounds like an arrogant man . "
"He is actually a legendary figure in the cosmetic industry . I remember that I saw him in a magazine a long time ago . "
"How old does he look like?"
"He is in his 60s . And their director looks like he is in his early 50s . "
"Hmm, they are old enough . "
"I think I've heard from somewhere that he was the creator of several popular Korean cosmetic brands . "
"I'm going to work in Jiksan Town tomorrow . Maybe they could come to visit me at GH Mobile . "
"Okay, I will arrange the meeting then . "
President Jeong-Sook Shin visited Gun-Ho's office in the afternoon .
"Please come and have a seat . Let's have some tea . "
Gun-Ho called for the secretary— Ms . Yeon-Soo Oh— and asked her to bring two cups of coffee .
"Sir, have you visited the art exhibition?"
"I tried yesterday, but couldn't get in because there were so many people . "
"I think I made a mistake in planning this art exhibition from the beginning . "
"Why do you say so?"
"If we were not going to sell the artworks, I should have charged the visitors' admission fees . "
"We are a small art gallery . Isn't it too much to ask if we charge admission fees?"
"Maybe I should have posted sales prices on each of Mr . Sakata Ikuzo's artwork . "
"No one is buying his art pieces?"
"We didn't clearly show that the artworks can be sold . Usually, for paintings and other artworks, their prices are predictable, and buyers could estimate their prices . But, his artworks are so unique that I'm not sure where to start to price them . The visitors seemed to truly enjoy the artworks, but no one asked whether they could buy them . "
"Hmm . I do feel your worries, President Shin . "
"We did put a lot of effort into making this art exhibition happen, not to mention our marketing effort and all that . But when I think of the possibility that it won't generate enough profits to cover the expenses and our labor, I feel so stressed . "
"Well, you did a good thing for the public at least . You gave a good opportunity to a lot of people to enjoy the unusual art pieces . That's a success too in a sense . "