“Nice to meet you. My name is Abdullah Sama.”
He is a man with a long beard that resembles a wolf.
“This is Kim Deok-myung.”
“I have heard a lot from King Ismail. They even did falcon hunting together.”
Abdullah said with a smile.
The last time I was falconing with the king of Dubai, Ismail Salah, I remembered.
It was not the purpose of falconry, it was a place to evaluate me.
“I heard you bought a salad container.”
“Yes, I am very satisfied.”
Abdullah smiled brightly.
“Can I check the salad container?”
“Sure.”
A salad container in a date palm grove.
It was as if he had kept some treasure.
When Jungwon Construction sent construction materials, it also sent a few salad containers from Jirisan farmers.
It was an item sent as a sample in preparation for advancing to Europe.
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One of them was placed in the gardens of the Dubai nobility.
Butterhead and Kaypira are growing.
Unusually, they were growing salads at wide intervals.
I looked at Abdullah’s face and asked.
“Is there a small amount?”
“No, absolutely not. What we are cultivating now is also a lot.”
Abdullah said waving her hand.
“It is enough to eat abundantly every day with my family. We are satisfied with this amount.”
It was a facility designed for farmers.
It was strange to see that something that I had never thought of for personal use was being used for a personal family.
“Are you managing with an application?”
I looked at the smartphone he was holding and asked.
He hid his smartphone behind his embarrassed face.
“I heard from Park Tae-ho that it can be managed with a smartphone.”
“Oh, what’s wrong? Does that mean you’re not using it?”
“Yes, I am only using the dashboard that comes with the salad container.”
“May I know why?”
Abdullah hesitated for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“It’s a shame, but I’m not used to smartphones yet.”
It was like that too.
Because it’s still late 2009.
Even if they use a smartphone, there are many people who do not use it properly.
“Can I have a look?”
He handed me the smartphone.
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Next to me was Baek Min-seok, who was in charge of all the programs of the Jirisan farmers.
He simply linked his smartphone to the salad container.
The salad container management screen appeared on the screen.
[Light 8,500lux]
[Temperature 17 degrees]
[Relative Humidity Range 70%]
[Concentration of carbon dioxide 380ppm]
[Normal water flow]
[Nutrition fluid normal]
Abdullah Sama looked at the screen in surprise.
“Does this happen?”
“There are even more features. It even sends an alert when the salad container is not working properly. You can also look inside through the camera.”
“There are such advanced features, but I haven’t been able to use them.”
“Now, it will be much more convenient to manage.”
After checking the salad container, we moved to the drawing room.
A woman in a black chador handed us mint tea.
“I heard from Tae-ho. You said you wanted to meet me?”
“Yes, I have something I want to say to Mr. Kim Deok-myeong.”
His co-workers were also paying attention to his mouth.
“There are other people who want to buy a salad container besides me. But there is one problem.”
“Is it a problem?”
“As I said before, the size of the salad container is a bit large. Do you have any smaller ones? Park Tae-ho said there was only that size.”
Abdullah Sama glanced at Park Tae-ho and said.
“Park Tae-ho is right. Currently, the salad containers produced by farmers in Jirisan are only 40 feet tall.”
“Is it impossible to be small?”
he asked, tilting his head.
“After listening to the words, I want to make small things.”
“That’s good.”
Abdullah Sama said with a twinkle in her eyes.
* * *
Through Abdullah Sama, I discovered a new side of salad containers.
There are people who want to use salad containers for personal purposes.
It seemed to work not only in Dubai but also in Europe.
I also wanted to display my personal salad container at the Amsterdam Fair.
That evening, I returned to the hotel and called Korea.
Lee Dong-chun answered the phone.
“Chief, what’s going on?”
“The salad containers made by local farmers in Jirisan are all 40 feet, right?”
“Yeah, we’re making it based on 40 feet.”
“When I was teaching young farmers, I saw a small container. What kind of thing is that?”
“To make the practice a bit smoother, I used a small container.”
“How many feet is that?”
“I used a 10-foot container. It’s the smallest standard.”
“Can you send it to Amsterdam? as soon as possible.”
“Available. But where are you going to use that little thing?”
“It will be something that will target the European market.”
“European farmers seem to like small things.”
Lee Dong-chun said with a characteristic smirk.
It will definitely be a viable product in the European market.
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The next day, we headed to the Royal Palace in Dubai.
It was after Lee Jang-woo and Baek Min-seok went to the scene.
I got into a Rolls Royce and entered the palace.
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Mohammad Salah was waiting for me.
“Are you relieved of your addiction?”
“Yes, I had a good rest thanks to you.”
“You didn’t start working right away when you arrived in Dubai, did you?”
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Mohammad asked with a playful look. It seemed impossible to avoid the eyes of royalty in Dubai.
“Actually, I’ve been to the site for a while.”
“The situation on site is also reported every day. Korean technicians are very meticulous.”
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Mohammad said with a satisfied expression on his face.
I met him today because of a report on the cultivation facility.
I was giving him a report every day.
Today is about a face-to-face interim report.
I informed you about the progress of the growing facility and its upcoming schedule.
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Mohammad nodded and listened to the story.
After the report was over, I told him.
“There are items brought from Korea.”
I took the stuff I prepared from my bag. This item is specially prepared in Korea.
This is the local honey harvested this year. Honey was contained in a hexagon-shaped glass bottle.
“Isn’t this honey?”
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Mohammad asked, holding a hexagonal glass bottle.
“This is Korean native honey, honey that I picked myself.”
“Can I have a taste?”
“Of course.”
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Mohammad scooped the honey with a wooden spoon and took a bite.
“It smells as good as cider honey.”
Sidr honey is honey obtained from the flowers of the Sidr tree.
The Sidr tree is a tree native to the Arab region and its flowers have a sweet scent.
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On my first visit to Dubai, I tried cidr honey.
It was exceptionally viscous and had a strong floral scent.
Korean native honey is as viscous as cider honey. The biggest difference is that you can feel the different floral scents.
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Mohammad also tasted honey and distinguished the different scents.
He said, taking another spoonful of honey.
“My mother also likes honey. I think you will like Korean honey as well.”
Since ancient times, Arabs have valued honey.
There is even a story about honey in the Quran, the Islamic temple.
I prepared five local honey for him.
“Are you giving me everything?”
“It’s a sign of gratitude.”
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Mohammad looked very satisfied.
i told him
“I think it would be good to introduce Korean honey to the people of Dubai.”
“I think Korean native honey can be compared to Sidr honey. I’m sure the people of Dubai will like it too. Is there anything I can do to help?”
“It’s a gift, not a bribe.”
“Then, was the dried persimmon you gave me a bribe?”
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Mohammad burst into laughter at the same time.
He said as if he had a good idea.
“How about introducing dried persimmons to the people of Dubai? I was impressed with the dried persimmons Mr. Deokmyeong gave me before. Even my father sometimes asked me. He said it tastes better than date palms.”
“As you said, let me introduce all of the dried persimmons and local honey to the people of Dubai. Soon it will be time to make dried persimmons. Next time I come, I will bring a bag of dried persimmons and honey.”
“I’m looking forward to it.”
When he presented dried persimmons as a gift, he was considering exporting them.
The mere fact that Dubai royalty ate dried persimmons would be good marketing.
“I received a precious gift, so I have to give it as well.”
“A gift?”
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Mohammad got ready to go out.
He changed from traditional Arab attire to casual attire.
“Where are you going?”
“Look forward. Let me show you Dubai at a glance.”
“Dubai at a glance?”
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Mohammad called Hazard to prepare tea.
A Mercedes-Benz four-wheel drive car was waiting for us in front of the Royal Palace.
As usual, Mohammad drove the car himself.
I wondered where he would take him.
A four-wheel drive car drove through the desert.
It reminded me of the time when I was going to meet the king of Dubai, Ismail.
There was a place for falcon hunting in the middle of the desert.
I asked Mohammad.
“Aren’t you going to go falcon hunting again?”
“I don’t like falconry like my father did.”
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Mohammad said with a faint smile.
Several cars were following us.
They looked like soldiers protecting the prince.
We entered the depths of the desert.
The vast desert stretched out like the sea.
A strange thing appeared in the middle of the desert.
It is a huge hot air balloon decorated in red and green.
“Isn’t that a hot air balloon?”
“I’m going to ride this and go high in the sky.”
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Mohammad said looking at the hot air balloon.
Then a blue-eyed white man got off the hot air balloon.
“You can take off at any time. Just speak.”
It seems they were preparing before we arrived.
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Mohammad looked at me and said.
“This is my present.”
A hot air balloon ride in the middle of the desert. It looked like fun.
“The hot air balloon should be taken when the sun is low. Now is the time.”
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Mohammad looked up at the sky and said.
He seemed to have planned to come here with me from the beginning.
I went on a hot air balloon ride with him.
When the hot air balloon pilot pulled the lever, fire spewed from the burner beneath the giant balloon.
As the air heated, the balloon rose into the sky.
The hot air balloon pilot was concentrating on the flight, looking at the sky and the instrument panel.
“Isn’t it different from when you’re on an airplane?”
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Mohammad asked, looking at the scenery outside.
As he said, it felt completely different from getting on an airplane.
It’s like hanging on a balloon and flying.
It seemed to reach the edge of the sky.
As we reached the altitude of 1,200 meters, we felt a refreshing feeling in the cool breeze.
In the midst of the endless desert, Dubai, which looks like a space city, looked cute too.
“Can you see them running down there?”
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Mohammad said, pointing to the desert.
There, the scene was being staged.
Dozens of animals were seen running in herds.
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Mohammad said looking at the running animal.
“They are called Oryx.”
“The horns are very long.”
“It is a characteristic of Orix. ”
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Mohammad said with a smile.
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Oryx is an antelope native to Africa and the Middle East.