Chapter 587: 587
After President Song left his office, Gun-Ho leaned back on the sofa and thought about Director Jong-Suk Park .
'Jong-Suk… He was born into a family that was running a Seolleongtang (an ox bone soup) restaurant, and I had never seen him studying when we were in school . He was so into comic books at that time, and he loved to have fun . But now I come to think of it, he loved to make things with his hands too . He made a slingshot and a spinning top himself, which looked exactly the same as the ones that were being sold at a store .
A group of kids in the neighborhood once took the spinning top from him, that he made, and I took it back from those kids for him . He was very good at making things with his hands even when he was a child . And he seemed to have developed that skill as he worked at several different factories . Now, people call him MacGyver Park . He earned that nickname .
When he was in junior high, he made a toy gun . He actually modified a toy gun that was being sold at a store, using a broken umbrella's ribs, and he used candles to make bullets . That toy gun worked great . He could break a bottle with it . Suk-Ho Lee asked Jong-Suk persistently to sell that toy gun to him, and Jong-Suk eventually sold it to him for 10,000 won . Suk-Ho carried that toy gun around and aimed at the girls mostly who were passing by on the street until he was caught by the police . The toy gun was obviously confiscated, and Suk-Ho was severely reprimanded by the police . The policeman slapped him in the face . I still remember that . '
Gun-Ho then thought about GH Mobile .
'All of GH Mobile's major clients are large companies such as A Electronics, S Group, Mandong Company, Egnopak, and Chrysler . They are all big companies worth more than a trillion won . By the end of this year, GH Mobile will reach its annual sales revenue of 100 billion won without any difficulty . Next year, I believe we will make more than 200 billion won . We can then register the company with KOSDAQ . Once the company goes public, the value of my shares will increase by more than five times .
Once the price of the stock goes up dramatically, I can sell them partially to a third party organization such as a financial institution, national pension, the Military Mutual Aid Association, a private school pension, etc . I can make a tremendous amount of cash then . '
Gun-Ho felt excited even by thinking about the possibility of making huge money .
Gun-Ho looked down at the company yard from his office window on the second floor . He expected to see several forklift trucks busily moving around, but he instead saw the workers pouring into the yard .
"Huh? Oh, it's lunchtime already?"
Gun-Ho made a call to Chan-Ho Eum .
"Chan-Ho? Pick me up at the building entrance at 12:15 . We will have lunch outside today . "
"Yes, sir . "
Around 12:15 pm when most workers were at the company cafeteria having their lunch, Gun-Ho got out of the company quietly with Chan-Ho . In the car, Chan-Ho said while looking at Gun-Ho's face through the rearview mirror, "Sir, where are we heading to?"
"Let's have Korean grilled beef ribs . "
"Beef ribs? With pleasure, sir . "
Chan-Ho looked truly happy . Chan-Ho was a real meat lover . He didn't like Japanese food though .
Gun-Ho and Chan-Ho went to a popular Korean restaurant in Asan City that specialized in Korean grilled beef ribs .
"Eat as much as you want, Chan-Ho . "
"Yes, sir!"
"How's Tae-Young doing these days?"
"He summoned us last Saturday . "
"For what?"
"There is a VIP guest from Japan, and we will escort him . He is coming on Friday, but I told Tae-Young bro that I might not be able to be there since I have a job already here with you, sir . "
"You are free on Saturday and Sunday . "
"Tae-Young bro asked me to let him know my schedule by Friday evening since I will be informed by then if I will be needed to drive the car during the weekend . "
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"Hmm, I see . By the way, who is that VIP? Is it a politician?"
"No, I was told that it would be a famous actor . "
"An actor?"
"Yes . We will escort him and protect him against some stupid crazy fake fans, or rude and aggressive magazine journalists . It only takes five or six of us to handle a work like that . "
"Is that so?"
"When a reckless journalist jumps to our VIP, we snatch that journalist's neck or snap his arm . It happens so quickly . Tae-Young bro is very good at it . "
"You could injure the guy, and you could end up in jail . "
"That's where Tae-Young bro's skills come in . He is very good at blocking those crazy people without hurting them . "
"I see . Well, just be careful, okay? Look at you . You already finished the beef ribs we ordered . Let me order more for you . "
"Haha . Thank you, sir . "
Gun-Ho had a glass of beer while eating grilled beef ribs while Chan-Ho chose to have a coke though since he had to drive .
"You know what? I want to take a sauna before going back to work . Let's stop by the hot spring in Asan City . Why don't you join me?"
"I… um…"
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"There won't be many people at the hot spring, especially at this hour . It's a weekday . Let's do it together . "
"Yes, sir . "
Gun-Ho and Chan-Ho Eum took a sauna before heading back to work at Dyeon Korea .
Chan-Ho Eum was dropping Gun-Ho off at the building entrance, when Gun-Ho saw Director Kim's car passing the gate .
Gun-Ho asked him, "Are you coming from a client site?"
"Yes, sir . I visited two vendor companies of A Electronics . "
"Any good news?"
"When I told them that A Electronics is using our products for their exporting products, they seemed to be interested and asked me to send them our product test result . "
"Hmm, is that right?"
"I also reminded them of what happened to A Electronics' previous vendor company in Gumi City, that is now under the court receivership, and also that they had used recycled materials . They then said that they wanted to use Dyeon Korea's materials, but…"
"But what?"
"They said, our unit price is too high . Our price— 4 . 8 million won per ton— seems to be too high for them . "
"Hmm, we can't just lower our unit price for them . "
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"Of course not, sir . Once we lower our unit price, it would be really hard to increase it later . Moreover, we can't give lower prices to these two companies only; we will have to lower the price for everyone that's buying our raw materials . It's better that we lose those two potential clients rather than lowering our unit price . "
"The unit price for China and India is lower than that, right? 4 . 6 or 4 . 5 million won per ton, I believe . "
"We export our materials at a lower price which is normal, but we shouldn't lower the price for the domestic market . "
"We will have to give up some potential buyers then? I don't think A Electronics will pay more to those vendor companies just because they use Dyeon Korea's materials . "
"We will see, but I'm pretty sure that those vendor companies will want our raw materials . After filing the product claim against the vendor company in Gumi City, A Electronics adapted a more strict testing process on the products that they were supplied by their vendor companies . If they find even 1 % of recycled materials in a product from a vendor company, they reject the product . "
"The companies selling recycled materials would get hit as well . "
"There are plastics and synthetic rubbers that could be recycled, and there are those that couldn't . It is very tempting for a vendor company to use some recycled materials partially in order to lower their unit price . Knowing the fact, A Electronics' inspection division is frequently visiting their vendor companies now . "
"Mr . Director Kim, why don't you come over to my office and have a cup of tea with me?"
"Yes, sir . I will come to your office after I stop by the bathroom to wash my hands . "
Gun-Ho was taking a rest in his office when Director Kim came to the office . He was with Mr . Adam Castler . The interpreter— Mr . Myeong-Joon Chae— was following Adam Castler to the office as well . Mr . Adam Castler was smiling broadly when he walked into Gun-Ho's office .
"Mr . Vice President Adam Castler seems to be in a good mood today . Please have a seat . "
The three men sat on the sofa as Gun-Ho suggested .
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