I got a call from Mr. Lee Won-kyu in the evening.
"It's me. This is Lee Won-kyu."
"Well, do you have any good news?"
"There's a 65-pyeong sale in The Hill, Hannam, and there's someone who wants to empty their house after Lunar New Year."
After the Lunar New Year and after mid-February, it will be difficult for me to move in.
That could have put me in an awkward position.
"I have to empty it by the beginning of February..."
"For now, I understand. My landlord is coming to Korea for the holidays, so we'll discuss it."
"It looks like the landlord's out of the country."
"Yes, he said he had a business in a country in Southeast Asia."
"Please tell him we can't sign the contract unless he vacates the house in early February."
"Okay. And there's a Sunkyung apartment in Daechi-dong, Gangnam. Won't you catch it?"
"I did, didn't I? We have to catch more than one man to do other things."
"Okay, then I'll meet the landlord and tell him again."
At the beginning of the year, I thought it would be better for Eunyeong to go bowing to her parents.
I sent a message to Eunyeong.
[Are you staying at home for New Year's Day?]]
[We celebrate Lunar New Year's Day. Then why do you ask?]
To bow to my father at the New Year's.
[You don't have to. There was something about my dad anyway.]
[What did you say?]]
[Tell him not to think about coming to the New Year's bow because it's a busy day. You don't have to take the date.]
[Yes, then let's skip the New Year's bow of my house, too, Eunyeong.]
[All right.]
By the way, can we use the KBS Open Hall on February 25th?]
[It's possible. First, I made a reservation for February 25th February 25th.]
[Did you set the time?]}
[It's 12 o'clock. Are you okay?]
[Good work.]
[No trouble at all.]
[You'll be home resting on New Year's Day, January 1st. Shall we go to Ganghwado Island on January 1st?]
[There's a special show for the New Year's Day. I can't go because I'm in charge of hosting.]
[Ahyo, our operation is so hard to see.]
[Ho-ho, there's a YouTube video of me on the air, so watch it.]
[Okay. Send it to me.]
After a while, Unyeong sent a short video clip.
It was also a video clip that showed the beauty of Eunyeong.
Maybe Eunyeong sent it to me because she came out pretty.
Then I decided to go to Yangpyeong on January 1st.
I thought I should go to Yangpyeong and give three times as much to the chairman of G Group since I can't meet Eunyeong on January 1st.
I was also curious about the health condition of the chairman of G Group.
The next day came.
It was December 30 when we went to Songchu for the year-end party.
The staff came out past nine o'clock.
Normally, I go to work before 8 o'clock, but I came out late today because of the year-end party.
I called Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook.
"Go to Shinsegae Department Store in Yeongdeungpo with J.S. Invest's corporate credit card."
"Do you have anything to buy?"
"Buy me 50 100,000 won gift certificates."
"What? Fifty?”
"Get 5 million won worth."
"Okay."
"Take your receipt and come back."
"Okay."
I sent Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook and saw the Internet in the president's office.
I looked over the window at the office.
Chang was also looking at the newspaper with his chair tilted back to see if he had anything to do.
I went out to the office.
asked Chang.
"Shouldn't you send a verbal ticket to the unlisted people?"
"I will send it to the Lunar New Year. If you send it now, it'll take another Lunar New Year."
"That's what I told them to do, and I told them to buy 50 gift certificates for 100,000 won for personal use. I just sent Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook on an errand to Shinsegae branch in Yeongdeungpo."
Zhang said with a smile.
"I'd say it'd be great if I gave it out to the staff. But once you give it to me, it becomes customary... We have to give it next year."
"Well, we can do that based on performance."
"But..."
"And by the way, what happened to Hanjin Shipping?"
"You're in court receivership. Last September."
"You don't know how the results came out after that?"
"I don't think we'll know the outline until February or March next year, whether it's bankruptcy or rehabilitation. Wouldn't this usually take about six months?"
"Is it true that Choi Soon-sil has been placed under court receivership?"
"Not necessarily. When we went into court receivership in September, we lost over 300 billion won a quarter."
"Oh, it was a huge company, but... what do you think it's gonna be? Will you be able to revive it?"
"As far as I can see, the total amount of debt is larger than the total amount of assets, we're going to go bankrupt rather than revive it."
"Wouldn't there be an M&A issue in it?"
"Well, maybe the forces will do it once. Come to think of it, I've never had an M&A issue.”
"Well, is that so?"
"Why? You want to go in there, boss? But wouldn't it be dangerous? What would you do if you were suddenly suspended?"
"If the court results come out in February or March, we'll have a bump in January.”
As I said this, my eyes flashed for a moment, and it seemed that Chang was startled.
The eyes of the legendary super ant must have been creepy.
And I thought to myself.
[What the president asked is not the court's decision. You wouldn't even care about that. It would be whether or not the forces will touch it.]
[Who's going to touch Hanjin Shipping, which is already in the ventilator? It's such a big company, so if you touch it, it's a heavyweight company that's over the welterweight and middleweight.]
I said with a smile.
"I don't want to go into dangerous management. I usually don't like managed stocks or coin stocks physiologically. Someone can touch you at least once during court receivership, but I'm just asking because you don't have it."
"First of all, I'll take an interest."
Song was chatting with someone on his smartphone.
I said with a smile when Song finished Kakao Talk.
"Sir, we have G001 Fund and G002 Fund that bought G Electronics and G Development, right? Please print out the account balance for today."
"The balance, the present price, and the unrealized profit and loss ratio should all come out, right?”
"Yes, I'd like to give an interim report to a customer who's invested in the money while we're celebrating the New Year."
"Okay. Your grades are the best. Combining the two funds, the unrealized profits are 10 billion won. It's because I bought it when I got caught by the EMSET boss."
I put the balance sheets of the two funds that Song had drawn out in my pocket in the suit.
Hong Ji-young and Choi Yu-na said they would go to Songchu first.
Song also said he would stop by somewhere and went out.
Jeong also went out to the hair shop first.
I left when Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook bought me a gift certificate.
Assistant manager Kim Hyung-sook turned off all the office lights and computers.
I went to the parking lot with Director Chang and Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook.
Jang went to the place where his car was, and I took Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook next to him.
Then slowly, he left the IFC building and headed for Songchu.
As I drove, I asked Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook.
"How's your brother?”
"Yes, I'm fine. I went home for a little bit on Christmas, and I also brought home a canned tuna set that my company gave me as a gift."
"Your mother must have liked it."
"Yes, you liked it. I thought my disabled son wouldn't be able to get a job in his lifetime, but he was so happy to see such a gift burn at the end of the year."
"Then do you have two brothers?"
"Yes, I had a brother, and he died young. So there are two."
"Excuse me, may I ask your father's job?"
Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook did not answer. He didn't seem to want to talk.
Even so, it was strange that the president of the company he is working at did not answer the question.
"You don't have to say it if you don't want to."
"Oh, no. My father... I worked as a factory worker. It was a extruder."
"Are you home now?"
There's no answer again.
I answered slowly after a long time.
"He's at home. Once you've fallen, your father's not feeling well either."
"Really?"
The conversation was cut off for a while and then I said again.
"Then you'll be in charge of life entirely.”
"Mom makes money, too."
"What's your mother doing?”
I thought Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook's mother went to a restaurant like my mother. If my mom didn't work at the restaurant, I and Junhee wouldn't have been able to go to college.
Kim Hyung-sook said after a long time.
"Mom... He works as a convalescent."
"A nurse?"
"You're too old to work in a restaurant. My mom and dad got married late and gave birth to us all late."
"I see."
Come to think of it, the house seemed to be two men and two women with disabilities and making money.
I was struck with admiration.
Because acting manager Kim Hyung-sook seems to have a worse environment than my home, but she goes to a good university in Seoul and is qualified as a tax accountant.
"Did you say you live in Bucheon now? I think I saw my resume during the interview, but I don't remember."
"Yes, that's right. I live in Bucheon."
"Isn't it hard to get to work?"
"No, I took line 1 and it'll be short from Noryangjin to Yeouido if I take line 9."
"It must cost a lot of money to see your father fall down once."
"I can manage my hospital bills because I have health insurance, but that's the problem with my dad because he's mentally ill."
"Is your mental state similar to your brother'sir.
"That's not true, but once you go out, you can't find your house."
"Really? I'm worried about that, too. Can't I wear my home address around my neck?"
I'm sorry, sir, but can we talk about something else? I would like to avoid talking about our dark family history during the year-end party.”
"Oh, I see. I shouldn't have said that.”
"Mr. President, you like music, don' May I play some music?“
I turned on the FM radio in the car.
Assistant manager Kim Hyung-sook only listened to music with her eyes closed.
Before I knew it, the car entered the pineapple.
I put the address of the pork barbecue restaurant that Assistant Manager Hong told me on the Nebbi. I turned off the music as I entered the narrow road from the main road.
Assistant manager Kim Hyung-sook, who was just looking ahead, suddenly asked me a question.
"The boss wears a couple ring. When do you have a ceremony?"
"I'm thinking about February after the Lunar New Year."
"I see. Congratulations.“
"Do you have a boyfriend who promised you a future?"
"I've been seeing someone for a long time."
"How long have you been dating?"
"I think it's been seven years."
"Really? It's been a long time. May I ask what kind of person you are?"
"I'm a tax accountant."
"A tax accountant! That's a good job. Seven years would've been the first year of college.”
Assistant Manager Kim Hyung-sook only smiled cynically at my words.
New Year's Day