Chapter 546: 546
Gun-Ho went to work at his office in GH Building, Sinsa Town .
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His secretary— Ms . Yeon-Soo Oh— brought steamed rice cakes to the office .
"What is this?"
"The lady who is running the book café on the rooftop brought these to us . She gave some to GH Media downstairs as well . "
"Really?"
"She also gave them to the machine room in the basement where Team Lead Jeong is working at . "
"What's the occasion? It must be a good thing . "
Gun-Ho pretended that he had no idea why the "lady" in the book café distributed rice cakes .
"It's probably so . "
Gun-Ho went up to the rooftop . It had been a while since the last time he went up there .
Ever since the rooftop was rebuilt as a green resting area with a subsidy provided by Seoul City, it became one of the favorite resting spots for the young workers in the building where they spent time for a cigarette or having a cup of coffee in the book café . The book café hadn't really been used for a reading place among the workers who were working at one of the companies occupying the building, but most of them came to have a cup of coffee . That enabled the book café to make a good income . Every single penny that the book café made was being deposited in GH Media's bank account .
Since it was morning time, there were not many people in the book café . There were two men, who seemed to be the workers working at one of the companies in the building, smoking a cigarette . They looked younger than Gun-Ho, maybe about 30 years old . Jae-Sik Moon's wife was doing some cleaning in the book café .
When she saw Gun-Ho entering the book café, she looked surprised, and then she smiled and greeted him .
"Hi . "
"Thank you for the rice cakes that you sent to our office . "
Jae-Sik's wife used to avoid eye contact with Gun-Ho by lowering her head, but now she was different . She even smiled at Gun-Ho when she talked with him . Even her appearance looked different . Her skin had improved . A person's financial capability seemed to affect that person's physical appearance .
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She said, "I was told that you had helped us a lot in preparing our wedding . Thank you . "
"I haven't done much . You don't need to thank me for it . "
"Also, I learned later that you came to our wedding with your wife . I do really appreciate it . "
"Of course . My wife and I had to attend your wedding to congratulate you . Oh, by the way, is Mr . President Moon leaving for China tomorrow?"
"Yes, he is . "
"And you are leaving probably within two or three months, aren't you?"
"Yes, that is the plan . "
"Life in China will be very different from the one here . You will face lots of challenging things in your daily life . They speak a different language, for example . Also, foods and weather are very different from here . Well, you will experience a lot of interesting things as well . You will have fun as well . "
"I guess I will get ready to adapt to the new environment by the time for me to leave . "
"So, you are planning to give birth in China? I'm not sure about the quality of their medical service . The area you are going to is a provincial city in the west . "
"I have a friend in China . According to her, they have a high-end hospital for foreigners . "
"Oh, really? That's good to know . "
Jae-Sik once told Gun-Ho that his wife used to write poems . Knowing the fact and talking with her for a moment, Gun-Ho realized that she was an intelligent woman . Gun-Ho was sure that Jae-Sik and his wife would succeed in China .
"Mr . President Moon is a very smart man . He has helped me a lot . And, you— Mrs . Moon— have been running the book café very well . I'm very confident that Mr . President Moon and you will do great in China . I have no doubt about it . "
"Oh, thank you . Hahaha . "
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Jae-Sik's wife laughed while covering her mouth with her hand .
Gun-Ho came back to his office on the 18th floor . He was eating a piece of the steamed rice cakes when President Shin entered his office .
"Mr . President Goo, you seem to be very busy lately . It's hard to see you these days . "
"Yes, I've been busy recently . "
"We've just printed out our second costume play magazine for the month of August . "
"It's not even August yet, but you've already printed it?"
"Magazines usually come out ahead of time . "
"How did we do with the July edition? How many did we sell?"
"We sold 3,500 of them . It's a big success for a magazine business . "
"Really?"
"The August magazine contains many of the photos that Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda took . Also, we will offer a postcard with some costume play pictures on it to every buyer of our magazine . Also, I placed an advertisement in the magazine for our book— the series of world history cartoons— which is an already-proved bestseller by Amazon . com . I used a full page for this advertisement and in color . I really like that we could place an advertisement in the magazine without paying for it . Hahaha . "
"Do you think the children— our main readers— can afford to buy those expensive books?"
"Not them, but their parents will buy those books for them . Their parents will see the advertisement and will buy the books so their children can learn world history by reading the cartoons . "
"Hmm, I see . "
"Sir, your parents must have bought you some educational cartoon books when you were little, haven't they?"
"My parents? They couldn't afford it since they had to work hard to make a living while I was growing up . "
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Gun-Ho continued to talk, "It seems that the art gallery in the basement is closed . Don't we have any art exhibitions in progress?"
"It's a summer vacation season . Once the weather becomes a bit cooler, we will have an art exhibition with three experimental artists . We will also present installation art as well . "
"Installation art?"
"I'm sure that it will draw a lot of attention from the public with a unique presentation of spaces . The art exhibition will be aiming at expressing the female sex culture that had been suppressed, using various objects . They want people to recognize the different angles to it . "
Gun-Ho almost asked President Shin what the object was, but he decided against it . He didn't want President Shin to think that he had been so ignorant that he didn't even know what object it was .
"Does it mean that all of those experimental artists are female?"
"That's correct . Those female artists all have a strong propensity for feminism . "
"Do we have a target market for that kind of artworks?"
"We might or might not have one . "
"Well, I don't quite understand the art world . I'm just hoping that the art exhibition will make another success . "
After taking a sip of her green tea, President Shin said, "It was really nice to see you and Young-Eun at President Moon's wedding the other day . You two looked very good together . "
"Thank you . "
"But I couldn't find you two afterwards . After finishing my meal, I looked for you, and you two disappeared . "
"Haha . We quickly finished our meal and headed to Yeonan Pier . "
"I see . "
"I will soon be a father . "
"What? Oh, my gosh . Is it true?"
"Yes . Young-Eun had an ultrasound the other day and received the confirmation that she is pregnant . She is two months pregnant . "
"Young-Eun is still a baby to me, and I can't believe that she will have her own! Congratulations, Mr . President Goo . "
"Thank you . "
"We can't just let this day pass like a usual day . I want you to buy me lunch . "
"Haha . Sure, I will buy you lunch . Let's meet at the sushi restaurant across the street at noon . "
"Okay, I will be there . Oh, I will come with Mr . Yoshitake Matsuda . "
When Gun-Ho finished two daily morning newspapers in his air-conditioned office, it was already almost noon . At that moment, he received a call from GH Mobile's President Jang-Hwan Song .
"I just came back from the meeting with A Electronics' research center's chief officer in Suwon City . "
"Oh, you did?"
"We received six product drawings from him . "
"Did you say six product drawings? That's a lot . "
"Even though there are six of them, all of the six products are very similar to each other . They only vary in size and length . They are all special ring products . "
"Are they urethane-related products?"
"No, sir . They are elastomer materials . "