Chemistry

Jung, who had rested all morning, found Zhang Tai Sun before starting the work in earnest.

After entering the base material center room, my secretary gave me a glance after a long time.

“You can go right in. ”

Knock, knock.

Opening the door, Zhang Tai Seon greeted Jung with a big smile.

“Welcome, Team Leader. Have you eaten?”

Zhang Tai Sun was filled with affection from his eyes. The Nazik sighed as he muttered "Our Center Treasure, Treasure ~”.

“Why did you call me? Leave a message or something. ”

“Oh my God, we're a team leader. I shouldn't have taken away such precious time, but I had no idea. ”

“Do as you normally would. How long have you been thinking about my time? ”

“One of our team leaders is getting colder and colder. Be charming.”

“Phew.”

As soon as I sat on the couch, Zhang Tai Lin brought the matter up.

“Michelle was a rookie on the way. Don't let Lim Woo out of the project. Work's broken. The results are amazing. Michelle's coming out of there because you're being bold. ”

“Madam Representative, you are so determined to make the right perfume. Are you asking me to quit the project? I'll take care of all nine, so don't worry about that. ”

After saying something, Zhang Zhang Zhen hurriedly waved his hand at Jung Woo's mood to leave.

“No, that's not why I called. Take your Sunday off. ”

“This weekend? ”

“Michelle invited a team leader to the party. ”

Zhang Tai Lin gave Jung Woo a note with the address.

“It's Audrey's Supportive Cultural Arts Night, a party no one can attend. If you're not invited, even the head of the Research Institute will put you in a gatehouse. Can you feel it?"

“Why would I want to go to such a place? ”

“Michelle liked you that much. You do realize that most of Audrey's clients are women with a lot of money? Young, rich girls are just everywhere! ”

I saw Jungwoo, who had a dreamy look on his face, as if he was serious.

“It's not worth it, the connections you can build at a party like this. Go. Absolutely go. We're gonna be dealing with a lot of customers in the future. Upper class and rope make the most of it. ”

As he vomited the heat, he suddenly covered his mouth and lowered his voice.

“Still, I recommend Michelle to the prodigal daughter. Drink a glass of wine, just take it boldly. ”

“I just want to build a public relationship with the people I meet for work. ”

“With me? ”

“More desperately than anyone. ”

I put my hands on my chest with the expression that Zhang Tai Lin is too strong.

“I'm against that relationship! ”

“Here I go. ”

“No way! It's Jungwoo! ”

Now, Jung leaves Jung behind, with a line of words that almost disappeared from the difference between jokes and truths.

I left the center room and looked at the note in my hand.

A famous hotel in Yeouido.

How do I do this? ’

Jung Woo, who had a lot of experimental plans to proceed next week until evening, left word to Cho Sung-hwan and told him to rest for the weekend.

In a crowded subway.

Seeing that I don't have enough sleep, I'm staring out the window, slammed and drowsy to avoid falling asleep.

It was sunny even when it was time to go home.

Earlier in February, graduation season is coming and spring is coming.

Unlike this time last year when I was frustrated by work, I am now thinking about how to prepare for a party that will be on Sunday.

‘You have no clothes to wear. Oh, the designer? ’

I remembered the Italian luxury suit I had left in the corner of my wardrobe, a gift I received from the president of TS Mall. Oh, my God. I never thought I'd see that dress again.

Jiaying.

When the text came to confirm it was Yoon Iseol.

[I have to practice with the band from tomorrow on because of this month's Korean Concert. [unclear]

[Where do you do it?]

[Paris.]

A concert abroad.

It was so far away from the way she enjoyed having snacks in the town hall kitchen, that I suddenly felt distant from her.

* * *

Day 14 - Conrad Hotel, International Financial Centre

The rainforest from the taxi felt overwhelmed by the splendid power of the 200m skyscraper covered in sparkling glass.

Although he became a well-paid worker, there were a lot of rooms here that wouldn't last a few days on his salary.

As I entered the lobby, I noticed a huge spiral staircase leading up to the fifth floor.

The venue was on the third floor. Instead of the elevator, I climbed up the stairs and looked inside. I felt exotic because there were more foreigners in the crowd.

Is that it?

Jungwoo moved along with the two or three people entering the banquet hall in pairs. Most of the passers-by clothes were glamorous.

Jungwoo grabbed the clothing collar and checked the outfit. A white suit. I left my indigestible hair at home and went into as little fashion as possible.

‘I wish I had something like this. ’

I put the wax on my head that I didn't usually use, and then I just shrugged. While dressing up, my brother asked me if I was going to the club, and I just nodded my head. You wouldn't believe me if I told you I was going to a party full of hooligans.

‘I can't believe I'm standing here. ’

Jungwoo stood at the entrance to the banquet hall and looked inside.

Every place I could reach was filled with ornaments that were beautifully decorated. Round tables lined up underneath the blue chandelier. Strange classical music flows from one side.

“Welcome. ”

A pretty hotel girl with a list asked for her name with a smile on her face.

“Only Woo.”

“Enjoy your stay. The event sequence table is in front of this. ”

“Yep, thank you. ”

In Jungwoo's polite reply, the hotel staff smiled silently. It's not gonna be funny. I thought this was the power of luxury clothes.

I walked into the banquet hall and slowly looked around.

Few people were sitting at the table yet, and they were gathering around the place that was decorated like a cocktail bar on the other side to chat.

‘Someone has to know something. ’

The employee who was passing by with a tray of champagne glasses asked Jungwoo if he would eat it.

“Please.”

A glass filled with an unknown amount of carbonated liquid. I don't know if you gave me this to drink or just to hold it as an accessory, but Jung is in my hands for now. A lot of people did.

"If you're going to invite me, I'm going to head up the Jang Center. Why did you call me? Boringly. ’

It wasn't like I wanted to make a great debut in the social world.

Jung, who swallowed champagne the other day, tasted better than I thought. This is the taste of luxury, and I turned my head to have another drink. Jungwoo had to "cut up" and drink again.

There was a man standing there who didn't think of it.

“Bo-young? ”

In a red minidress with one shoulder exposed, Song Bo-young looks at Jungwoo and quickly turns her back. I roll my anxious eyes everywhere I need to go, but my friends across the street are chatting indiscriminately.

“Bo-young, just a glass of champagne! ”

“Me too!"

Song Bo-young shrugged her shoulders and turned back.

“Jungwoo, what are you doing here? ”

“Low night · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Jungwoo couldn't speak to Song Bo-young's face for a moment. I only added beautiful makeup and accessories to my cute appearance, but I felt like a feminine quality.

You think it's because I put my hair up so nicely? Or a surprising amount of volume drawn from the boldly exposed left clavicle and a full-length dress

‘What am I looking at? ’

Jungwoo once closed his eyes, shaken his head, and asked for Song Bo-young.

“That's you. What are you doing here dressed like that? I'm here for Michelle. ”

“I · · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

“Hey, Bo-young. Hey, what are you doing? ”

A young woman suddenly raises her head next to Song Bo-young, looking at Jungwoo and tilting her head.

“You were talking to a man. Who are you?”

A woman looking up and down at Jungwoo. At first glance, the opponent who dresses up his whole body with expensive jewelry looked about the same age as Song Bo-young, but he seemed to be somewhat familiar.

You're Gangnam, right? ’

Song Bo-young turned around and took off the head of the woman next to her.

“I just know him. You go away. ”

“Oh, my God, who just knows? Handsome. I'll make sure you go away. ”

Song Bo-young opened her eyes to a woman who was handsome and flattered. He spoke like a ventriloquist with very little open mouth.

“Get out of my way. I had a big drink today and fell down, didn't I? ”

“Okay, okay. ”

In response to the rough Song Young-young, the woman used to hold the champagne glass in the tray with the passing staff, keeping her eyes narrow. As I continued to look at Jungwoo, Song Bo-young grabbed Jungwoo's arm.

“Just follow me. ”

“Where?”

“Anywhere!”

The cafeteria on the second floor was the one that arrived along Song Bo-young. As soon as she sat down, she looked at Jungwoo and said,

“A misunderstanding? I was just following a friend. Suddenly, I saw Jungwoo. Party poop. They're getting sloppy. This is what I normally wear. You don't usually dress like this. ”

Jung asked me with a gesture to calm down.

“Okay, okay. But what am I supposed to misunderstand? ”

“That's · · · · · · · · · ·. ”

“Friends are rich? It's not a misunderstanding, it's a fact. I heard this is a VIP party. You really want me to introduce you? ”

Jungwoo's artificial beauty was just a burden to watch.

Song Bo-young swept off her chest and looked at Jung carefully.

“No, I don't. just in case they mistook me for something I usually do. I'm not that kind of mischievous. ”

“You go into the microbiology room, and it's something like that. ”

Even though I dressed like everyone else, I felt the same look.

“I'm joking, I'm joking. I was so surprised. That's what you're wearing. Like a stranger, pretty. ”

Song Bo-young ignored Song's gaze in order to fix her face.

“You're the one who likes Audrey Perfume, right? ”

Then Jungwoo, who saw Song Bo-young, saw the fragrance molecules rising from her neck and wrists and realized that she also sprayed perfume.

“Did you buy one too? Smells good.”

Song Bo-young's ears became even sweeter as Jungwoo smelled the scent.

“It's my mom's. I couldn't buy it all before. I didn't sprinkle a lot. Do I have any tea? ”

“I've been living off the scent every day these days. Knowledge has increased. It feels soft and warm. Fragrance of the SAVON family. Fresh detergent. ”

Jungwoo stopped talking.

“Did you turn the washing machine properly? ”

“I'm good at laundry now! ”

As Song Bo-young inflated her cheeks, she turned to the one she saw every day for a moment. Jungwoo got up from his seat with a giggle.

“Now I think I've misunderstood something. That deviation from Bo-young. I'll keep it a secret from the company. ”

“Thank you very much. ”

“You're welcome.”

Once again, she shook her head, shaking her gaze at Song Bo-young's collarbone line.

“Then I'll see you at work. I play well with my friend who didn't cross two legs. ”

On the way back to the banquet hall, the phone came and held Jung's phone in his hand. It was the first number I saw on the screen.

“Hello?"

- Chief Jungwoo? Michelle's assistant. He wants to see you before the event. Would you like to come this way?

“Where are you?”

- Business on the fifth floor.

“Oh, I'm on my way. ”

He knocked on the door of the business room when he arrived on the elevator and the attendant opened it.

Michelle stands in front of a large dining room. She was instructing the people moving the boxes to do something in French, which the attendant translated by Jungwoo's side slightly.

“You are preparing for the auction. ”

“Auction?”

“I'm thinking of funding cultural artists with the items sold at the event today. ”

Jungwoo waited on one side and looked around at the auctions that lay side by side on the reception table.

Pictures, jewelry, perfumes. They were all expensive items.

‘That looks like 100 million perfumes. Are these paintings worth that much? ’

Two points west, three points east.

I analyzed the chemical components rather than watching because I had no knowledge of art at all. Looking at it quietly, the molecular world seemed to expand a lot.

"Hmm."

They were definitely old paintings. Among the residues that were added on top of the paper was traces of insects and microbes that had been piled up for decades, hundreds of years, as well as paint.

It should be called a tomb of worms, not a painting, because of the addition of preservatives to prevent damage.

‘I would never buy this even if I had money. ’

Jungwoo, who was about to take his eyes off, held his gaze in turn at the three Orientation points, then tilted his head. One of the three points that seemed to be drawn by the same person was due to different chemical ingredients.

‘Oh, well. I think that's the painting. Someone else drew it. ’

In five minutes.

Michelle approaches Jungwoo.

“I'm sorry to keep you waiting. ”

“No, it's eye-catching and nice. Then why did you call me? ”

Michelle told Jungwoo after authorizing him to sit on the dining room couch.

“Audrey will establish a foundation for artists as well as create a sponsorship event for Korean cooks. There is a very good system for the Korean government. Ingan Cultural Property.”

“Oh · · That. ”

When it is pronounced "ingan," I only nodded my head with a thin smile that I felt free.

“I think Captain Lim Wu's steering skills are the same as this ingot's. That's why this foundation is funded. You are eligible to be supported. ”

“Yes?”

I was surprised to hear what I had not thought of.

“A donation?”

“You don't have to be burdened. As a perfumer, I want you to contribute more to the development of the perfume industry. ”

“I'm not a perfumer. ”

Michelle smiles as if she could see it.

“That skill. Without a perfumer, it's a waste of talent, a national loss. ”

“What a loss. ”

Though sweet, Jung shakes his head as if it wasn't a free offer.

“When chemists fall into the category of Ingan cultural goods, I'll think about it. ”

“I knew you'd say no. However, the offer is always valid. ”

The glancing smile rose from the spot. I felt that the only way to repay the CEO for taking care of me like this was to just get the project done properly.

“A banquet, prepared at the finest hotel. Enjoy.”

“Yes, thank you. ”

Jung, who was going out like that, stopped looking at the three oriental flowers and asked Michelle.

“This is all from the same person, right? ”

“Yes, a very famous Asian painter in China. It's by Luishyn.”

“Oh, well. ”

Jungwoo pointed to a landscape like a watercolor painting seen in the middle.

“This picture is because paper fiber is thin and long. The other two are in one direction, and this is a 90-degree intersecting structure. Even though it's an old painting, the papermaking techniques are too different. ”

“Quoi?”

I don't know if you've ever heard that one before. ”I had a rough feeling that it was French. Jungwoo looked at the picture deeply and told me another piece of information that he found.

“And the food? He sometimes has a mixture of burnt bones. The other two are just burning pine. Something doesn't seem right. Unless he lived for 150 years. ”

After saying this, Jungwoo bowed his head and stepped out. Michelle pondered Jungwoo's words and asked the attendant, "Appelez le d? gustateur Art!” I said.

“Oww, when does it end? ”

It was just tiring for Jungwoo to sit and chat with strangers. At this table, the real estate rich, large corporate executives, and the president of small and medium-sized businesses were sitting and chatting nonstop.

“The perfume auctioning today. It's a limited collection, and my wife has to live in it. ”

“I'm going to buy some paintings. ”

“Long Blanc, the French painter? ”

“I'm more interested in Luishyn's work than that. ”

The story of the auction where Jungwoo's monthly salary started at the base price was completely out of interest. After seeing Michelle's invitation, I had to finish, but after eating the banquet food, I wanted to get up quickly.

‘I feel like spending time next to Bo-young. ’

Song Bo-young, sitting on the other side, sat down with a bunch of young women with artificial faces. No matter how rich they are, they don't seem very attractive.

"That's why you're a natural beauty. ’

I saw her yawning looking at Song Bo-young. She also noticed something boring.

- Let the auction begin.

The moderator said that everyone turned their gaze to one place. Since Jungwoo's interest was not in the auction, he picked up his cell phone and sent a text to Song Bo-young.

Sleepy?

Song Bo-young lowered her head, looked at her cell phone, and immediately sent a reply.

[Boring.]

[Me too!]

Auction items are sold one by one. Jungwoo's yawning and Song Bo-young's yawning continued, as well as the text that did not win the boredom.

Jiaying.

[Now this perfume. They're competing. It's worth a look. ^ ^]

I turned my head to Song Bo-young's text.

Audrey's limited edition perfume, "The Fantasy Dream," came up for auction, and as she said, it was a mess.

A cloth, two thousand! The price went up and quickly surpassed 100 million.

Jungwoo gives me goosebumps on his forearms.

‘This is no world for me. ’

The perfume soon sold to a woman for 150,000. It was her who was stuck next to Song Bo-young.

[He has a lot of money.]

Text was followed again.

“Oh, what does your wife say? How do you buy 100 million cigarettes for 150 million? ”

The godfather of the same table real estate industry shook his head as a courtesy.

Jiaying.

[Let's talk about the paper after...? There's a lot of lounge here.]

Jungwoo saw Song Bo-young. She looks at herself with excited eyes.

[You're going to study this golden weekend? You're crazy, man.]

When I sent the reply, Song Bo-young smiled.

Jungwoo wrote, [If you're wearing that suit, you can have snowflakes...] Then the moderator just gives you an earful.

- Ruishin's Figure 3 points. One has been found to be a forgery and two points remain under scrutiny. We appreciate your patience. We'll start with the jewelry.

"Forgery"?

I suddenly got a phone call from Jung.

“Yes.”

- Michelle's assistant. Can you please come to the business room right now?

“Now?”

When Jungwoo stepped up and went to the back door of the banquet hall, Song Bo-young looked at him as if what was going on. Jungwoo shrugged his shoulders and pointed to the upstairs.

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