It's almost seven o'clock in the evening.
I went to Conrad Hotel coffee shop with Assistant Manager Choi Yuna.
Long after seven o'clock Linda Sim appeared.
Linda Sim appeared in a black mink coat and a purple wool hat.
Dark eyelashes and red lips remained.
At a glance, she looked like a woman from a foreign country.
"How are you, Mr. Choi!"
"Hello!"
I got up and said hello.
Linda Sim took off her leather gloves and reached out her hand.
A thickly painted red nail was revealed on the white hand.
Linda Sim gave Choi Yu-na a welcome hug.
Linda Sim sat on the chair.
Her body smelled of deep perfume.
"Mr. Choi is getting more sophisticated and stylish."
"Thank you. Linda Sim is also becoming sophisticated and stylish."
"Tank you!"
Choi Yu-na said with a smile.
"Linda Sim. She's our boss. Can we call him a boss rather than Mr. Choi?”
"Mr. President? I like Mr. Choi. Isn't that the only way to be more affectionate? Aren't we? Mr. Choi?"
Then Linda Sim sat cross-legged and winked with one eye.
If the female employees in our office sat cross-legged and winked, it would look strange, but Linda's behavior was very natural.
I changed the subject.
"The meeting must have been long since you were late today."
"The Korean investment bank asked for the IPO of a company they invested in. A terrible company."
IPO refers to public disclosure of enterprises. It stands for Initial Public Offering.
I don't know what kind of company it is, but if I had asked Moellis & Co for an IPO, it would have been listed on NASDAQ.
"What's the name of the company?"
"That's a secret to the client.
Linda Sim said, sitting with her chin in both hands, staring me in the face.
His face was full of laughter.
"Let's go. Shouldn't we have dinner?"
"I'm tired of hotel food. Let's go to a Korean restaurant."
I led Linda Sim to a Korean restaurant.
I went to a restaurant that specializes in galbi. I ordered three servings of sirloin here.
When she saw the meat being baked, Linda Sim said.
"I prefer food that is sizzling before my eyes rather than food that is already cooked. Isn't it delicious when the meat or the stock is cooked like this? Isn't that right, Mr. Choi?"
"Isn't it cruel to compare a drink to a ripening food?"
"The stock would be more cruel. This meat may have killed only one cow, but when a big hand like you moves, a lot of ants die, right?”
Talking about this at a meal made Linda Sim think too much.
"I'm not a big hand."
Linda Sim put her face close to my face and said with a coquettish smile.
"Do you want me to make Mr. Choi a big hand?”
If you listen to me carefully, I will make it with my big hands. This woman always seemed to be playing with me.
"Good, Delicious! Korean food is always delicious."
Linda Sim and assistant manager Choi Yu-na also drank well. I also drank two bottles of soju.
I only had one glass of tea while declining to take in.
And I tried not to drink anymore, but I ended up drinking two or three glasses.
I thought it was wrong to drive home.
Linda Sim said with a smile.
"If you don't drink with a beautiful woman in front of you, you're not a real man."
I drank a few more drinks because I didn't want to show my weak side in front of women.
"I heard you're going to Saudi Arabia."
"I have a big case. Have you ever heard of the name Aramco?”
"Isn't that the name of the oil company?"
"That's right. Mr. Choi is smart as expected. Originally founded by Standard Oil in the United States, it is now a state-owned company in Saudi Arabia.”
"Are you trying to import the oil?”
"Why? Interesting? Can a theme or operational owner understand the global business in a country on a narrow peninsula?"
Assistant manager Choi Yu-na, who was next to her, shouted, "Is it embarrassing to hear?"
"Linda Sim! Mr. Choi is the boss of our company!"
Linda Sim looked at me and said, without answering Choi Yuna's words.
"If you're interested in global business, buy a second drink!"
"As you say, I'm not interested in the global business because I'm a planner or theme stock. But I flew all the way here from the U.S. and bought a second round.”
"Sounds good! I always like Mr. Choi, who treats beauty!"
I wasn't going far, I was just going to go to the Conrad hotel bar and have a cocktail.
I thought it was safe.
Moreover, if I took a woman in a multimillion-won mink coat, I thought I would spend a fortune.
We finished eating and came out.
"Don't go too far. Let's go to the Conrad Hotel Bar. There's a grill and bar on the 37th floor and it's nice to see the night view.“
Assistant manager Choi Yu-na said.
"You two are talking about business and I don't have to join you, do I?”
"Why? You coming with me?"
I asked you to come with me.
Linda Sim said when she saw assistant manager Choi Yu-na.
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow. Tomorrow is Saturday, so the company is off, right?“
"Yes, I'm not going to work tomorrow."
"Then while you're here, let's go to Insa-dong together. I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow. I have to talk business with Mr. Choi tonight, so see you tomorrow."
Linda Sim gave the impression that she was forcing Choi Yu-na away.
Assistant manager Choi Yu-na also gave the impression that she was deliberately avoiding her seat.
Linda Sim and I went to Grill & Bar.
We both sat by the window with a night view of Yeouido and ordered red wine.
"You're going to Saudi Arabia the day after tomorrow?“
Linda Sim didn't answer what I said, but she put her elbows on the table and just looked at my face with her chin up.
And said, whining.
"Cute!"
How cute! I thought I was older than you, but I felt like a woman who talked carelessly. On the other hand, I felt that this was a high-level business strategy.
Linda Sim said, bumping her glass against my glass.
"You're getting married? Congratulations."
"Thank you."
Now it seemed that this woman was saying something that seemed to have come to her senses.
"I heard the marriage partner is announcer Park Un-young, the beautiful girl with the KBS sign. I searched for the picture and it was beautiful.”
"Thank you."
However, Linda's words seemed to convey loneliness.
"If I had known you earlier than Park Un-young, you would have chosen me.”
"Didn't you come here for a second time to talk about business?"
"Ho ho ho ho. I did. Let's toast to the wedding celebration before we talk about business!"
We both had a toast.
Linda Sim said, emptying a glass of cocktail at a gulp.
"I'm trying to write a new record in the history of the world's stock market."
"What does that mean?"
"You said Aramco, Saudi Arabia, was state-owned? It's state-owned, but the imperial family owns 100%. Our Moelis & Co. is going to take over Aramco's IPO."
"So you're going to play the role of an officiant."
In Korea, companies that want to register on the KOSDAQ stock market are through their host companies and securities companies. The host securities company submits a new registration application to the Securities Dealers Association, right? No one can predict the demand by examining a giant Aramco."
"I suppose so.“
"We have a global IPO experience. I also have intimacy with the Trump administration."
"But is that a lucrative business? Isn't it a business that only pays commission?"
"Hey, Mr. Choi. Do you think Aramco is like a small store in Korea? It's a company that accounts for 10 percent of the world's oil supply."
"You must be paying a lot of IPO fees."
"Do you know how much that fee is?”
Then Linda picked up the fruit side dish with a fork and put it in my mouth.
"Oh, oh, oh. I'll take care of it."
"You should get what a beautiful woman is giving you!"
Linda Sim then changed her legs again and crossed them and dipped the fruit with a fork.
Then he put his face close to my face and said,
The smell of Chanel perfume grazed me.
"That fee is a little over a billion dollars! It's over 1 trillion won in Korean money."
"He, is he?"
"It is a great place to not only help the public but also to provide extensive management advice."
"A lot of money.”
"Mr. Choi! Moellis & Co., where I am, is not a big investment bank in the United States. But if we get this Aramco job, we can stand tall. It's an investment bank that can do that again."
"Then I'll wish the Aramco thing that Moellis & Co is pushing for to come true.”
Then I hit the glass with red wine on it.
"Thank you."
Now we spoke informally to each other.
I put my horse up to distance itself from Linda Sim, and this woman continued to speak informally. I couldn't help but speak informally.
Come to think of it, if anyone saw it from the side, they might look like friends.
I didn't know this was Linda's talent.
The person who needed to be close was naturally like a woman who had the ability to drag her into her own lullaby.
"But being Aramco's IPO advisor has nothing to do with my business.”
"Why, when we get money, it's easier to do business."
"That's money coming into Moellis & Co. What's it got to do with me?"
"Mr. Choi wants to have a hotel like this? Or do you want to have a manufacturing company run by a large company?"
I heard this woman say something stupid.
"What are you talking about?"
"There are times when Korean conglomerates or some big real estate agents give us their hands. It's because our financial power is still stronger than Korean financial firms and asset managers."
"Well, maybe."
"For example. How much did American AIG Group, the owner of this Conrad hotel we're now in, say when they sold it to CXC Capital, a pan-Hanjin price?"
"I remember it was 400 billion."
"That's right. If there's another 400 billion won sale like this, would you be willing if Moellis & Co. invested 300 billion won and Mr. Choi invested 100 billion won to form a consortium? Won't there be?"
"Where are we?"
"I heard JS Invest's English pamphlet, which Assistant Manager Choi Yu-na sent me by EMS mail, has 147.2 billion won in operating assets."
"Well, that's true, but..."
"Did you forget Moellis Enko? Do you want me to give you an asset mortgage? Ho ho ho ho. You cute old man!"
Maybe because I was drunk, Linda Sim looked really sexy.
A diary ring on my finger flashed as I covered my red mouth with my hand when I laughed.
"If Mr.Choi and we take over a hotel like this, we'll let Mr.Choi run. We are not interested in management. Because he's a financial investor."
"I don't know anything. It's just Lingar Sim Malta who invests in theme stocks or operational stocks."
"You can hire someone you know to manage. What did YS say? I told you I can borrow your head even if I can't borrow your health.”
"Hmm."
"And you're a great brand owner, aren't you?"
"Brand?"
"I can carver everything just because I'm the husband of a KBS beauty. It's a huge brand. With just that, people will recognize you as the president of a big hotel.”
I was in a bad.
Given the spouse of a sacred marriage as a brand, it is said.
"You're going too far. You see people as brands!”
But Linda Sim continued to laugh coquettishly.
"Also, Mr. Choi has Linda Sim, chief fund manager of Moellis & Co., a global investment bank, as the government."
"What, what!"
I jumped to my feet in anger.
Linda's Tears