Chapter 61: 61
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Gun-Ho, Jong-Suk and Suk-Ho got up late at 9 AM next morning, after the long night of having a drink and a lot of talking .
"I got a headache . "
"Here it is . Drink the water . "
After drinking the water, Jong-Suk felt better .
"Go wash yourself . There are two bathrooms . Pick any of them and take a shower . "
"Hmm, it's nice to stay in a big apartment . "
"Let's have breakfast in my restaurant . But you have to know that there is no such thing as a hangover soup in China . There is no ox blood soup, Yangpyeong hangover soup, or pork rib hangover soup here . "
"Then what are we going to eat?"
"We have a beansprout soup in my restaurant . We can have it with rice . It's not as tasty as the one in Korea, but it's okay to eat . "
The three guys brushed their teeth and took a shower before they walked out of the apartment .
"Huh? There is a swimming pool in this apartment community . "
"Right . It gets so hot during the day here . So some apartment communities provide a swimming pool to their residents . "
"Wow . That's nice . "
Jong-Suk and Suk-Ho took a picture of the swimming pool .
"Let's have breakfast first, and we will stop by several tourist spots including West Lake . "
"What about your restaurant? Don't you have to work?"
"That's okay . The staff knows what they are doing . "
"We don't want to interrupt your business or life here, man . "
"That's fine . No worries!"
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After having breakfast in Gun-Ho's restaurant, the three men went to West Lake, Lingyin Temple and a green tea plantation .
The following day, they visited a silk market and a night market, and they also watched a Chinese traditional performance, etc . They spent three days and four nights, having fun by visiting tourist spots and exploring Chinese cultures . And then it was time to go back to Korea for Jong-Suk and Suk-Ho .
"I'm sorry, Gun-Ho . I guess we took too much time of you . "
"Don't say that . "
"No, bro . You spent too much time and money for us . I am sorry too . "
"Hey, don't think that way . You used to feed me with a lot of drinks before . "
"We brought some Pollock roe and dried seaweed for you . "
"Thank you, guys . These are so precious to me . Since you brought me something precious, I will give you guys something in return . "
Gun-Ho handed a bag to each of them .
"What is this?"
"This is a traditional Chinese tea, and this one is traditional liquor, one for each . "
"Traditional Chinese liquor? Whoa, thank you, bro . "
"Thank you, Gun-Ho . "
Jong-Suk and Suk-Ho seemed to be truly grateful for Gun-Ho's gifts .
After they left, Gun-Ho was back to his routine . He had some spare time before his school started .
"I still have a few more days left before going back to college . Let's take a bike and go around the town . It will be good exercise . "
Since Gun-Ho now could speak Chinese, he often talked with people on the street .
"How's your day? Did you sell a lot today? How much rent do you pay for your store? I am running a restaurant over there . "
"Not very good today . "
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"Where do you buy the tofu? It's delicious . "
Gun-Ho enjoyed street food as well, but he had to choose it wisely . Some of them were really good, while some were really bad for Gun-Ho; the bad ones smelled bad and sometimes he wanted to just throw them out .
As Gun-Ho's Chinese level of fluency improved, he took the HSK test again in Shanghai . The level-6 was probably beyond his current capacity . He passed the level-5 this time .
"Hmm . The level-6 is still difficult for me . Well, but I passed the level-5 . My Chinese is improving . Let's make to the level-6 by the time I graduate from the university . "
Gun-Ho didn't forget to keep an eye on the real estate market .
"I came to China to make money . Learning the Chinese language and going to college is just a by-product . Let's make an inquiry about the current price of my Hwaganghwawon condo . "
Gun-Ho asked Dingming at the counter .
"Ding Shaojie! (Ms . Dingming) Would you make a call to this realtor's office for me and ask them how much the Hwaganghwawon condo cost to purchase . The one with the size of 198㎡ . "
"The Hwaganghwawon condo? It is the most expensive condo in Hangzhou City . "
"I know . Someone asked me about this…"
Dingming made a call to the realtor's office .
"They said they don't have any Hwaganghwawon condo available on the market for now, but it costs at least 3,200,000 Yuan . "
"Hmm, 3 . 2 million Yuan… I paid 2 . 6 million Yuan for it two years ago . Then the price went up by 600,000 Yuan . "
Gun-Ho could feel his body temperature rise .
"I might not hit a jackpot but I surely made a lot of money from this investment . Since I purchased two of them, I made 1 . 2 million Yuan in total, as long as I could sell them at full price . "
Gun-Ho started calculating with the electronic calculator .
"1 . 2 million Yuan is 144 million won . I will let them sit there for one more year . "
Gun-Ho smiled in satisfaction . As Dingming saw Gun-Ho smiling, she asked him out of curiosity,
"G-jjong, why are you smiling? Any good news?"
"No, nothing . Haha . "
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The hot summer days continued .
Gun-Ho went to the bank to deposit .
"So many people are here in the bank as well . It's too hot and so annoying . "
The bank was filled with people, not only with the people who had business with the bank but also with those people who just needed a place to stay cool . Many town people seemed to be there .
Gun-Ho pulled his number, sit on a chair, and wait for his number to be called .
"It's still hot even though the air conditioner keeps running . It's probably over 40 degrees Celsius today . "
"It's actually 39 degrees today . I've heard the government's announcement from a TV earlier . "
A man seemingly in his 50s talked to Gun-Ho .
"39 degrees shouldn't be this hot . "
"I think the government lied and announced it was 39 degrees because factory workers are not supposed to work in this extremely hot weather with over 40 degrees . They are entitled to have their day off, and the government doesn't want to give them a day off . "
"As*holes!"
"By the way, are you from Beijing? You have a Beijing accent . "
Gun-Ho had different Chinese accent from the locals here . Maybe because he studied standard Chinese .
"No, but I used to live in Beijing . "
"Oh, really? I thought you were from either Beijing or Dongbei (Northeast) . "
Gun-Ho liked the fact that Chinese people don't recognize Gun-Ho as a foreigner .
"He will be surprised if I tell him that I am a Korean . Whether being a Beijinger or whatever, I guess I am becoming one of them . "
Gun-Ho chuckled .
After he deposited money into his bank account, he came back to his restaurant .
"Dingming, here is the deposit receipt! I deposited the revenue from yesterday . "
"Oh, okay . "
"Dingming, I will be back later . "
"G-jjong, can we have some ice cream today?"
"Sure . Also in the future, if the government announces the temperature exceeds 40 degrees, get some ice cream for all of us . "
"Okay, got it . "
Dingming gave him a broad smile .
G-jjong walked out of the restaurant .
"I've never used the swimming pool since I came to China even if there is a swimming pool in my apartment community . "
Gun-Ho came back to his apartment and changed his clothes into short pants and went to the swimming pool in his flip-flops .
"Wow, a lot of small kids are here . Their school hasn't started yet . "
The swimming pool was crowded with children of elementary school and junior high school .
"This swimming pool is still less crowded than the one in Korea since only the residents are allowed to use it here . "
Gun-Ho had fun swimming . In the deeper area of the swimming pool, he could enjoy swimming without children .
"Oh my gosh, this is so good . It's a paradise . "
Gun-Ho thought for the moment that maybe he wanted to live here forever .
"Nah . . . , I have to go back to Korea . I have to get married . I don't think I can marry here unless I find a Chinese lady to marry . "
While thinking a lot of things, Gun-Ho tried all kinds of swimming strokes he knew how: a frog, a dog, and a dead body stroke . After he was done with swimming for the day, he took a shower . A lot of elementary schoolers were at the shower facility as well .
"Let's just take a quick shower here and go home . I can take a full shower at home . "
When Gun-Ho walked out of the shower facility while holding a black vinyl bag with his wet bathing suit in it, he saw a man walking out of the same shower facility . He was holding a black vinyl bag just like Gun-Ho, and he was wearing short pants and flip-flops, just like Gun-Ho . The man recoiled when he saw Gun-Ho . Gun-Ho also recoiled when he saw the man .