Chapter 577
Gun-Ho and Jae-Sik Moon continued to talk in the car while heading to Antang City .
Gun-Ho asked, "Did they already find a construction company for the terminal?"
"I don't think so . I was told that they will put the work on an open bid . "
"That's what they say, which might be different from what they actually would do . Maybe the public bid is a pretense . Maybe they already have a construction company that they want to work with . When the joint venture eventually makes a contract with a construction company, you probably want to pay attention to that construction company's president . He must be someone who is closely related to a high ranking officer in the municipal government . "
"Is it like that in Korea too?"
"I don't know, but in Korea, the government always finds a construction company through Onbid if the work is for the government . So, that sort of practice in Korea shouldn't be as prevalent as it is in China . "
"Man, you seem to know everything . It's amazing . "
"Nah… I just keep my ears open all the time . "
The Audi that Gun-Ho was sitting in finally arrived at the old terminal building in Antang City . There were ten old buses parked in the terminal, and many people were sitting at the waiting area for their buses . Jae-Sik brought Gun-Ho to his office—the joint venture's president's office . It was located in a single floor building with a yard . When Gun-Ho got there, Ms . Eun-Hwa Jo ran toward Gun-Ho . She looked excited .
"G-jjong (President Goo)!"
"Oh, Ms . Eun-Hwa Jo! It's really good to see you . How have you been?"
"I'm doing great . President Moon is very kind to me . I'm comfortable working with him . "
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"Please take good care of President Moon . He is my friend . "
"Don't worry about it . President Moon is doing very good . "
"Haha, really?"
When Vice President Chun Chang heard that Gun-Ho was here, he came out quickly from his office .
"Hey, President Goo!"
"Oh, Vice President Chun Chang!"
The two men had a handshake with a smile .
Vice President Chun Chang said, "We will have the contract signing ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock . Try to take a deep rest tonight, and please meet me here at 9:30 tomorrow . "
"No problem . "
"The contract will be signed by GH Logistics' Chairman Gun-Ho Goo and Mr . Runsheng Yan who is the transportation company's president in Antang City, Guizhou Province and also the chairman of the joint venture company . "
"Of course . "
"The director of the transportation department will attend the ceremony as well . He needs to be there to witness the conclusion of the contract on behalf of the government . "
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"Sounds good . "
"And, we will have a press conference about the joint venture establishment between China and Korea at Plaza Hotel at 11 am the day after tomorrow . "
"Got it . You must have been very busy arranging all these events, Mr . Vice President . "
"Haha . Of course, this is my job . "
As a matter of fact, the vice president was having a hectic week in preparing the events . He had to send out invitations, take care of the banners that would be hung during the events, arrange the venues, and all . Since Jae-Sik was a foreigner in China, who wouldn't be very helpful during the preparation even if he wanted to help, he was having a peaceful week . The vice president was the only one who was practically in charge of the event preparation .
When Gun-Ho noticed his swollen lip, he said, "Mr . Vice President, your lip is swollen . I can tell that you have been under a lot of stress lately in preparing the events . "
"Haha, this? It's nothing . I'm perfectly good . Well, we have structured departments already . Why don't you take a tour around the office building? Please allow me to show you around . "
Gun-Ho stopped by each department's office with the joint venture's vice president—Mr . Chun Chang, President Jae-Sik Moon, and his interpreter—Ms . Eun-Hwa Jo . The first department that they visited was the sales department .
"Hi, I'm the manager of the sales department . "
A man who looked like he was in his early 40s greeted Gun-Ho . He looked really smart .
"This man grew up in Nanchang City and graduated from transportation school . He had been working for the transportation company for 12 years before joining us at the joint venture . "
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Gun-Ho then stopped by each department one by one, including the operations department, accounting department, cargo department, etc . , and met with the workers there . The last department that he visited that day was the police station at the terminal .
The chief police officer there looked like a gangster in Gun-Ho's eyes . Inside the police station, there were five or six public security officers working in their uniforms .
"How come the position of the chief police officer here is listed as a position below the terminal's president?"
"The public security officers here are paid by the joint venture . "
"Oh, really? I thought that they would be paid by the Public Security Bureau . "
"That's how it is in China . The terminal in China belongs to the government anyway . We have a different system from Korea . "
"Does that mean that President Moon could hire or fire the public security officers here?"
"Well… He can make a recommendation to the Public Security Bureau about it . "
Gun-Ho realized that two countries have indeed very different systems . Gun-Ho turned around and looked at Jae-Sik Moon and said, "You are now a powerful man, dude . All of the public security officers here are working in a lower position than you . "
"That's not always a good thing though . We gotta pay them, right?"
Gun-Ho, Jae-Sik Moon, Vice President Chun Chang, and Eun-Hwa Jo came out to the station square . A lady with a tough look in a uniform was helping an old bus that was moving backward while blowing the whistle .
Vice President Chun Chang said while looking at the office building, "Behind that building, our new terminal will be built . And, next to it, we will have a terminal hotel . The hotel will be built with 12 floors, and we will adjust the size of the hotel as we figure out the estimated traffic for the new terminal . "
"Hmm . "
"We will select a construction company who will be building our terminal through a public bid, and we will do the construction supervision ourselves . "
"Hmm"
"The construction director will become the joint venture's employee, and he will be placed under Mr . President Jae-Sik Moon . "
"You shouldn't forget about changing the ownership of this land to the joint venture's name . "
"Mr . Chairman Runsheng Yan is currently working on it . He had a meeting with the director of the transportation department yesterday . Since the Land Bureau is also a relevant party in this matter, he also met with the director of the Land Bureau as well . We are anticipating having it resolved soon . "
"How is Mr . Deputy Mayor doing these days?"
"Mr . Deputy Mayor Lixian Zhang, who came up with the idea of forming a joint venture for the project in the beginning, will not be at the contract signing ceremony tomorrow . However, he will be at the press conference and the party afterwards . I'm sure he will be so excited to see you, Mr . President Goo and welcome you here . "
"I've heard that you are doing soil tests right now . "
"This terminal is a public place for the Chinese people . We need a strong and safe building . We've requested the soil tests to Guizhou University . The people in their engineering college are working on it . As you probably already know, Guizhou University is the largest university in the south west area in China . It's located in Guiyang City . They have over 30,000 students . We will proceed with civil engineering work based on their test result . "
Gun-Ho nodded his head while looking around the large station square .