I made a plan to enter the European market.
It was when I was wrestling with the computer.
Baek Min-seok was tapping my shoulder.
“Let’s go have lunch.”
“Is that time already?”
“It’s already past 1 o’clock.”
“really? I didn’t even know the time was passing.”
“The lunch menu is Chungmu Gimbap. Let’s go out and eat.”
“Chungmu Gimbap? Do you cook too?”
“Our teammates have packed it.”
Baek Min-seok said proudly.
Engineers were all men, but there were quite a few women on the software development side.
I went to the playground with him.
The autumn breeze gently brushed my forehead.
Baek Min-seok opened the lid of his lunch box.
The kimbap and pickled squid looked delicious.
“Would it be delicious?”
It was a bite size. Pickled squid and Chungmu Gimbap in one bite.
“I can open a restaurant.”
“It tastes as good as your coding skills.”
It’s time to spend leisurely time with him eating gimbap.
A group of men appeared on the playground.
They were all wearing soccer jerseys.
The red and blue uniforms caught my eye.
Baek Min-seok said while eating kimbap.
“The red uniforms are all cultivation teams.”
“The blue is the engineer team.”
It seems that the cultivation team and the engineer team split up and play soccer.
“Would it be fun?”
“I know.”
The leader of the cultivation team is Seong-yoon Seong. He was wearing a red uniform and was warming up.
The captain of the engineer team is Kang Soo-yeol.
Unlike Seong-yoon, who has a slender physique, Su-yeol Kang boasted of a slender physique.
I didn’t personally interview, but the reason I remember the name Kang Su-yeol is because he also came from the candle school.
Baek Min-seok and I ate kimbap and watched the game.
The strategies of the two teams were completely different.
Seong-yoon of the cultivation team played intelligently.
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On the other hand, Kang Su-yeol of the engineer team came out aggressively.
The cultivation team focused on defense and deployed a raid strategy. On the other hand, the engineer team focuses more on offense than defense.
The defense of the engineer team collapsed without a hitch in the attack of the cultivation team. Because the focus is on offense rather than defense.
Interestingly, if the cultivation team scores a goal, the engineering team makes up immediately.
A tight battle ensued.
The result was a victory for the cultivation team led by Seong-yoon Seong.
They narrowly won by one point.
After the game, I got up.
Baek Min-seok raised his head and asked.
“What do you do?”
“I have a question.”
When I appeared on the playground, young farmers in uniform looked at me with nervous eyes.
I approached Kang Su-yeol, the captain of the engineer team.
A slender body and an angled face were looking at me.
There was something I wanted to ask him.
“Are you growing a beard?”
“Ah yes… … .”
He said, covering his beard with his hand.
It wasn’t just Kang Soo-yeol. All the engineers on the team had mustaches.
I couldn’t help but wonder why he grew a mustache.
“Is there any special reason to grow a mustache?”
Kang Su-yeol hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“In preparation for going to Dubai.”
“Dubai?”
“I think growing a mustache will make you feel friendly.”
Without realizing it, I laughed.
When I laughed, all the young farmers in uniform burst into laughter.
As he said, Arab men grow mustaches.
It is a religious passion to resemble the Prophet Muhammad, who had a beard.
“If you are raising it, try raising it nicely.”
* * *
A month passed in an instant.
Salad container training was also coming to an end.
Lee Dong-chun and his team members started making salad containers in earnest.
The lab people also produced nutrient solutions after completing their education.
The team members who had a weekend study with Baek Min-seok entered the stage of creating an application for the salad container.
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Min Yo-han started working on seedlings with young farmers.
Everything was running smoothly.
I focused on the work to advance into Europe.
It’s time to go home from work.
When I got home, the phone rang.
This is a call from Park Tae-ho, who went to Dubai.
“Taeho, how are you?”
“Yes, I am doing well. Are you able to call me now?”
“Yes, it is possible.”
“First of all, let me tell you about the business.”
“Please speak.”
“I want the representative to come to Dubai.”
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Park Tae-ho’s voice was bright.
“First of all, let me tell you the good news. They sold salad containers in Dubai.”
He did European market research and introduced salad containers to Dubai aristocrats.
There was a Dubai noble who showed interest in salad containers.
They did not doubt our technological prowess.
This is because Jirisan farmers are building large hydroponics facilities in Dubai.
Park Tae-ho’s business was not the only one.
“There is something I learned while doing market research in Europe. Agricultural fairs are coming soon in Amsterdam. What if Jirisan farmers also participated in the fair?”
That was the main reason he called me.
“I was also planning to participate in the Amsterdam Agricultural Fair.”
“The president also had the same thoughts as me.”
Park Tae-ho said in a happy voice.
The Amsterdam Agricultural Fair is the largest agricultural fair in Europe.
It was also an international fair that made up two major mountain ranges with the California Agricultural Fair.
It is a must-go way to enter the European market.
“Application and preparation for the fair will be carried out in Hadong. I will go to Dubai as soon as I am ready.”
“Yes, I will be waiting for you.”
* * *
The next day, at a team-level meeting, the story of the Amsterdam Fair was brought up.
Han Ki-tak opened his mouth.
“Amsterdam is the Dutch capital.”
“The Netherlands, isn’t it a country of windmills?”
Lee Dong-chun looked at me and asked.
“Yes, that’s right. It is a land of windmills.”
In the Netherlands, land is often below sea level. It is a poor environment in which the ground is submerged in water if a little careless.
The Dutch solved the drainage problem using windmills.
In the past, as many as 9,000 windmills were used.
They developed agriculture even in harsh conditions.
It is also the reason why Amsterdam has become the international agricultural fairground among many countries in Europe.
“It is a new feeling to participate in the International Agricultural Fair.”
Baek Min-seok looked at me and said.
He seemed to remember going to the California International Agricultural Fair.
I also had a new feeling.
At that time, I never imagined that a day like this would come.
“Can I possibly be rejected after applying?”
Lee Dong-chun asked cautiously.
I looked into his eyes and answered.
“You may be rejected. It is a fair that brings together excellent agricultural companies from all over the world.”
Lee Dong-chun’s expression darkened.
“But it won’t happen. Jirisan farmers even have international patents.”
“The president is good at joking.”
Lee Dong-chun said with a smile.
“This business trip, Minseok, you have to go too.”
I said looking at Baek Min-seok.
He looked into my eyes and nodded.
He was needed this time. This is because the salad container we made has a function to be managed by an application.
In this exhibition, I wanted to highlight that part in particular.
“I will apply for the Amsterdam Agricultural Fair myself. As a reminder, once your application is confirmed, you must send the salad container there. Please prepare thoroughly.”
“If that’s the case, no problem.”
Lee Dong-chun said in a lively voice.
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Min Yo-han, who was quietly listening to the story, asked.
“Do you do the seedling work locally?”
“Yes, we do the seedlings locally.”
“It’s the same way we did in Antarctica.”
The method is the same, but it will be much easier to work with than before because it is not a cold region like Antarctica.
“Am I not going?”
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Min Yo-han asked with twinkling eyes. I could read the desire to go to Amsterdam from his eyes.
“The desire to go with Mr. John is like a chimney. But you also know that our growing facilities are more important than fairs.”
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Min Yo-han was acting as an advisor to the new cultivation facility being built.
It’s not just advice. We had to check the facilities every day.
Since it is a large-scale cultivation facility that is being made through funding, thorough management and supervision was required.
In Dubai, Jang-Woo Lee was playing that role.
“After the construction of the cultivation facility is completed, I plan to entrust Mr. From Amsterdam to California.”
“you’re right. As the CEO said, our cultivation facilities are the most important. Instead, please keep your promise.”
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Min Yo-han said with a smile.
“And there is one thing I would like to ask the manager of the management support team.”
I looked at Han Ki-tak and said.
“Are you asking?”
“I think young farmers need English education.”
“Well, English is essential. We should all learn together.”
Han Ki-tak looked at his colleagues and said.
Everyone nodded and looked in agreement.
Lee Dong-chun was an exception. He looked anxious.
He seemed to know the reason.
“Where are you?”
“I have an English language disorder. Whenever I talk about English, my stomach hurts as if I was pretending… … .”
Everyone burst out laughing at Lee Dong-chun’s words.
“Father, please only focus on technology. If it’s hard, you don’t have to learn English.”
“Thank you very much. Now the congestion is going down a bit.”
* * *
Preparations for the Amsterdam Agricultural Fair have begun.
As expected, there was no problem with the application.
International patents were useful.
After the application was confirmed, the salad container was also sent to Amsterdam.
Before attending the fair, I had to stop by Dubai first.
It has already been three months since the construction of the cultivation facility started.
I was receiving progress reports from Lee Jang-woo, but I had to check it out myself.
I shared the schedule with Han Gi-tak.
“I plan to leave for Dubai next week.”
“I’ll buy you a plane ticket.”
“After three days there, we go back to Amsterdam. Park Tae-ho as well.”
“All right. We will prepare it without any problem.”
Han Ki-tak said with a smile.
“Oh, is it the day that Hwang Yu-shin is coming today?”
“yes. I have a dried persimmon class today.”
The dried persimmon class was held in an orchard in Mt. Jeonggil.
Jeong Gil-san is Jeong Ga-hee’s father, who owned the largest orchard in Hadong.
He is also the person who helped me when I first started farming dried persimmons.
Again, he readily agreed.
Young farmers were taking dried persimmon lessons from Hwang Yu-shin under the persimmon tree.
This is how to make dried persimmons without sulfur fumigation.
I also took classes among the young farmers.
As I was taking the class, I remembered selling dried persimmons to pay off debt.
I started farming because I wanted to erase my unhappy past and live happily with my family.
Small successes lead to big successes.
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Now, I have gathered many young farmers, and they are taking dried persimmon lessons just like me.
During a break, I found Sung-yoon Seong.
Before leaving for Dubai, I had something to tell him.
He was talking with Kang Su-yeol of the engineering team under the persimmon tree.
The two seemed like close friends even when they were at Candle School.
“My mustache has grown quite a bit.”
I looked at Kang Soo-yeol’s face and said. He covered his beard with his hands in shame.
I thought the idea was cute as a mustache to grow in case I go to Dubai.
“I want to talk with Doyun for a moment, is it okay?”