"Ho ho ho ho"
Linda Sim laughed her head off.
"It's nice to see you angry. Have a seat. How can a joke be so hot?”
"There's another story to tell!"
I sat down in a little excited state, eating and eating.
"Why would you get so excited so easily?"
"I don't feel like doing anything big with you."
"A man should know how to drink favors. You should know how to drink soju and wine like this."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"This time we become the IPO advisor to Aramco, a lot of bullets come in. I want to make a work based on this. In Korea, my mother's country.”
"What kind of work are you making?"
"We're participating in a big deal in the Korean business community. But as I just took the example of Conrad Hotel, we need a reliable partner in Korea. A partner who can ensure that we can enjoy the profits we invested in with accurate and transparent accounting without deceiving us.”
"But being Aramco's IPO advisor is going to make an international bid. Can you get it? I'm sure all the talented global investment banks will participate."
"Hey, Mr. Choi! We have a good experience that no other investment bank has."
"What experience?"
"We've already arranged a merger between Onicom of the United States and Publicis of France, the second and third largest advertising companies in the world."
"Did you?"
"I also have experience in consulting big deals such as the acquisition of Kraft Heinz by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a food company, and showing off amazing results."
"You've had a good experience. If that's the case in the past, then Aramco will get a good score.”
"There's a big difference between having experience and not having it. So there's an American saying, "Experience is the best teacher."
"Experience is the best teacher? There's a good chance he'll be chosen as an advisor.”
"We also recruited Eric Canton, who was the Republican who assured Trump of his election and who led the Republican Party in the House of Representatives.”
"Then it's as good as it's done.”
"But international bids work. This is where it's easy to use porridge for cooked rice. That's why we value luck."
Then he fiddled with an empty glass without alcohol.
I ordered more cocktails.
The bartender brought more cocktails. And put lemon on top of the glass.
Linda Sim looked out drinking.
The night of Yeouido, viewed from Grill & Bar on the 37th floor of the Conrad Hotel, seemed to be sprinkled with silver beads on the glistening lights.
Linda Sim really seemed like a long-time leader who commanded hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
I asked.
"Did you say the fee would be $1 billion if you were selected as an IPO advisor for Aramco?"
"The deal by Aramco, which accounts for more than 10 percent of the world's oil supply, will be the largest IPO ever with a market capitalization of about $2 trillion."
"Hmm."
"Now we have a doctor who wants to take over a large chemical plant from K Group in Korea. And they asked us if we could acquire a 600 billion won hotel in Gangnam from a real estate rich fund in Gangnam."
"Really? You're selling K Group's K Chemical? Why sell that big factory?"
"The chairman of K Group forced the acquisition of construction companies and airlines. That's why we're selling them for restructuring.“
"Hmm, is that so?"
"But we don't really have much time either. We haven't answered. If you become an IPO consultant for Aramco and get a fee of 1 trillion won, you can think about it. With a reliable Mr. Choi."
"Thanks for the word, but J.S. Invest needs to develop its skills. K Group's K Chemical or the 600 billion-won hotel in Gangnam are places we can't even look at."
Linda Sim said, stealing my glass.
"Where there's a will, there's a way. Have hope. You cute old man!"
Linda Sim put my glass down.
A red lipstick came out around the glass.
Linda Sim stumbled as she tried to stand up. He seemed drunk.
"Oh? I'm falling!"
I hastened to help Linda Sim.
"Go to the hotel. I have a present for Mr. Choi, too.”
I thought Linda Sim was too drunk, not for the purpose of the gift, so I had to take her away. I went to Linda Sim's lodging on the 12th floor of the hotel with Linda Sim. Linda's harsh breath was heard.
Linda Sim's hotel room was clean and tidy.
The Yeouido area was also well seen from here.
As Linda Sim was hot, she hung a mink coat over a dressing table in the hotel.
And took off the purple wool hat and put it on the dressing table.
I thought I could get drunk as much as I wanted with this drunken woman here. But now I was the one who got the date of the wedding with Eunyeong. The world will not forgive the current deviation and my conscience will not allow it.
Linda Sim staggered to her feet and gave her something in her suitcase.
"It's a necktie. I bought it for Mr. Choi, my favorite person in the world.”
"Thank you. I didn't bring any gifts."
"Mr. Choi. Won't you give me luck?”
"What do you mean luck?"
"If I hold you in my arms for the first time in my life, I think everything will go well in Saudi Arabia."
Then Linda Sim hugged me.
"Linda Sim! You can't do this! I'm the one who's about to get married!"
"I know. Enough to feel only your body temperature. I feel like I'm getting energy just by stinging the warmth of the person I liked. If I get energy from you, things in Saudi Arabia will go well.”
"Linda Sim! Let go of your hand!"
"Just for a moment... Stay as you are!"
Linda Sim was crying while sitting tight on me.
I was embarrassed. It occurred to me that this woman's behavior was not a joke.
I stayed still while forcibly releasing Linda Sirim's arm.
Linda Sim, who had been hugging me in this condition for a long time, loosened her arms and said,
"Mr. Choi! Congratulations on your marriage."
"Thank you."
Linda Sim wiped the tears with her hands.
I wash the tissue on the dressing table. I gave it to Sim. Then I hugged Linda this time. Linda Sim looked surprised.
I said, patting Linda on the back, hugging her.
"Thank you for congratulating me on my marriage. From now on, I'll be a good business partner for Linda's review."
Linda Sim had a faint smile.
I unfastened my cuddly arm and picked up a wrapper with a tie.
"I'll leave you alone. Good night!"
"Good-bye!"
Linda Sim raised her right hand and waved it to me.
I opened the door and went out, then turned around again and waved my right hand.
I called the chauffeur.
I sat in the back seat of my car and analyzed Linda's behavior today.
When I saw the haughty Linda Sim crying, it really seemed to me that she had me in her minded.
In fact, Linda Sim and I met only a few times and didn't talk much.
However, it was almost impossible for a woman to show such behavior.
[Did he really do it because he was interested in me?] Or maybe it's a high-level business strategy?]
I had all sorts of feelings.
But it seemed certain Linda Sim was a competent fund manager.
It occurred to me that acquiring a large company's chemical plant or a 600 billion won hotel in Gangnam would not be a dream.
But I decided to wait and see.
I decided to see if I would become an IPO advisor for Aramco and think about my next job.
Because I still have a lot of work to do.
When I opened the door to the house, all the lights were off.
Dad and mom seemed to be sleeping.
I turned on the living room light.
Mom came out, rubbing her eyes. I felt as if I had come out of bed.
"You're late. Dinner?"
"I ate and came."
"Oh, the smell of alcohol! And it smells like cosmetics! You were with Eunyeong!"
"Yes? Ah yes!"
The smell of cosmetics in my body was probably because I hugged Linda Sim.
Linda Sim also seemed more like that because she was a woman with thick makeup.
If this had happened after getting married, I thought that Eunyeong would have misunderstood.
The next day was Saturday, so I didn't go to work.
I went to the bathroom and thought about yesterday's Linda Sim.
I couldn't tell whether she was serious or business.
But I sincerely prayed that if she went to Saudi Arabia tomorrow, she would win Aramco's job.
It occurred to me that Moellis & Co. would come to Korea to work if they really had enough money. It had a hunch that Linda Sim might not speak Korean well, but because Korea is a country of parents.
Then I thought I might have a good opportunity.
"You said you were going to Saudi Arabia tomorrow, right?"
I looked up something on the Internet that Middle Eastern people like.
It has been said that men like Korean ginseng and women like Korean cosmetics.
I decided to give a ginseng set as a gift to help Linda's business.
Since Linda Shim came to Korea to meet with investment bank officials, Arabs would like it if she said she bought Korea's famous Korean ginseng while she was in Korea.
Also, it was easy to carry because it was not heavy.
After lunch, I stopped by a ginseng store and bought two sets of articles of association.
I bought two 150,000 wons.
I left the gift set at the front desk of the Conrad Hotel.
Then I called assistant manager Choi Yuna.
"Assistant Manager Choi?"
"Oh, boss!"
"Is Linda with Shim now?"
"Yes, I'm with you. I shop in Insa-dong and eat street hotteok."
"I got a tie from Linda Sim yesterday. So I bought a ginseng set in return and left it at the front of Conrad Hotel. Tell him to take it when he leaves the country.
"Wait a minute. I'll put Linda Sim on the phone."
Linda's voice was heard.
"Hi, Mr. Choi!"
"Good Etta Noon Linda Sim!"
Linda's voice was very cheerful.
"I got your tie yesterday as a gift. Thank you. So in return, I bought a ginseng set and left it at the Conrad Hotel. Take it when you leave the country."
"Insam? Goryeo ginseng?"
"It's two sets, so you could give it to the Arabs as a gift. You can say that you bought it while you were in Korea. I heard that Arabs like Korean ginseng and cosmetics, too.”
"Hoho, is that so? Thank you."
"Two sets. It's not heavy, so you should know that."
"Two sets? I'm wearing a tie, but if the return package is two sets of ginseng, Mr.Choi has done a business that will lose money.”
"If you can only get a job as an IPO consultant for Aramco, you can lose money."
"Ho-ho, thank you. I think something's going to work out. I got a present from someone I like."
"But do you go alone in Arabia?"
"No. Moellis & Co.'s head office executive will also fly to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I've decided to join you the day after tomorrow morning."
"Good luck."
"Thank you, Barry Much!"
two ties