18- Seonghan Paper Co., Ltd. with Myeongdang (1)
#18. Sunghan Paper Co., Ltd. (1)
“What are you doing here?”
Ji-hyeok and Dong-soo put on suits and left the shrine to go to Pyeongtaek, when Seo-yeon came to visit.
Seoyeon said with a fresh expression.
“I have something to ask you.”
“You ask on the phone, what are you looking for here? Anyway, I have somewhere to go now, so see you later.”
“Where did I come from? And, I have to answer the phone to ask.”
It was only then that Jihyeok checked his phone and saw that there were a lot of missed calls.
“Ah… I’m sorry. I couldn’t see him because I went to the bathroom with Dong-soo. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Is it a casting problem?”
“It’s not casting, but before the final selection of the scenario, Jihyeok-ssi was also brought to see. Casting is important, but the scenario itself is more important.”
Jihyuk replied with a sour expression.
“CEO Jin takes care of the scenario. I have a knack for seeing people, but I’m not very good at that.”
“No, but it’s a joint investment, but you said you would invest without looking at the scenario?”
“I believe in CEO Jin and invest in him. It’s okay, so decide for yourself.”
“No, but that is not the case. Also, if I made the decision by myself and then the movie was ruined, wouldn’t you resent me?”
Jihyo answered without hesitation.
“No.”
“Ha… but I can’t. Jihyeok should also see and decide. You know when you go into the bathroom and when you leave, and how people’s minds change…”
It wasn’t a proverb that was particularly appropriate to the situation, but Jihyeok didn’t know Korean proverbs well, so it roughly made sense.
“Anyway, not today. I have an important place to go.”
Only then did Jin Seo-yeon look Ji-hyeok and Dong-soo up and down, and then said with a more calm expression.
“Come to think of it, where are you two going to the sauna wearing your suits? Are you going on a blind date?”
Jihyuk sighed and said.
“I am going to the grave of Dong-soo’s mother. Let’s go, Dongsoo.”
“Yes, brother. See you next time CEO Jin.”
Embarrassed for nothing, Seoyeon didn’t say anything and just brushed her hair.
Dong-soo turned around and looked at Seo-yeon several times, as if he liked the pretty Seo-yeon.
Ji-hyeok, who was getting into the car with Dong-soo, stuck his head out and said to Seo-yeon.
“If you have a scenario in your hand, please give it to me. I will read it as I go.”
After thinking for a while, Seoyeon said what was going on as Dongsu climbed into the back seat of the new SUV she bought.
“This is confidential, so you can’t leak it carelessly. By the way, please give Secretary Go a ride as you leave.”
“Are you going to follow me to the grave?”
“So what? I need to finish selecting the scenario right now, and my co-investor is very busy. Go quickly.”
Jihyeok shook his head, but didn’t say anything about getting down.
***
Ji-hyeok felt a little tired from Seo-yeon’s constant chatter all the way, but surprisingly, he and Dong-soo got along well, so they exchanged stories.
Seo-yeon asked Dong-soo if he was a shaman when he said that he had lived in a shrine all his life.
After driving for an hour, we arrived at a small village in Godeok-myeon, Pyeongtaek-si.
Although it is located in Gyeonggi-do, it was very quiet because it was not yet developed.
“Brother, you have to walk from here.”
“okay. Get your food.”
“Yes, brother.”
Jihyeok turned his head and said to Seoyeon, who was sitting in the back seat.
“Wait here.”
“Yes, what. I’ll be looking around the town. Please contact me when you are done visiting the tomb.”
After walking for about thirty minutes from the village, we arrived at the tomb of Dongsu’s mother, halfway up a low hill.
Arriving at the oxygen, Jihyeok let out a small exclamation as he looked at the village below the mountain.
“Your mother picked a good seat.”
Dongsu scratched his head and said.
“He bought the land here for me a year before he passed away. At that time, I just liked that I had a fortune, but it turns out that my mother knew the day she would die.”
“You must have. Let’s start with me first.”
Dong-soo placed fruit and pollack on the stone table and poured a glass of beopju.
Dongsoo, whose face is usually full of laughter, has a serious expression, which is rare at this time.
Dongsu got up after bowing and complained once more.
“Mom, aren’t you having a hard time making offerings to the spirits there too? Don’t worry, I’m living a good life. My older brother here bought me a house and sent me a married family. To get married and live a normal life, that was my mother’s wish.”
What parents in the world have different wishes?
For children to have a decent family and live happily.
It must have been the wish that Dong-soo’s mother wanted to achieve the most before she died.
Ji-hyeok also bowed to Dong-soo’s mother and chanted quietly.
“Dong-soo’s mother, I will take good care of Dong-soo. Don’t worry, I’ll buy you a house and send you a married house as Dongsu said.”
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Dong-soo, who heard that, said with a happy expression on his face.
“Hyung-nim, you promised me in front of my mother, so I can’t bite you anymore.”
After that, Ji-hyeok, after drinking several cups of Beopju while complaining for some time, asked Dong-soo as he went down the mountain.
“By the way, Dongsu, what is the person you want to meet?”
“Ah… He’s a large paper mill nearby, and he’s someone I’ve known since my mother was alive.”
Ji-hyeok, who had doubts that it might be a woman, was a little puzzled that his intuition was wrong.
Ji-hyeok rather felt a little relieved that his six senses, which had developed tremendously after receiving the blessing, were wrong this time.
Miracle is like a great miracle, but it was because there were times when I was afraid of too much ability.
Jihyeok said.
“You are working in a factory… If the cost of clothing is too much for you, has your business become a bit difficult?”
Dong-soo scratched the back of his head for no reason and said.
“I don’t know the details either, but if you listen to Jisoo… Ah, Jisoo is his daughter.”
Jihyeok thought to himself that his sixth sense was correct once again.
“If you listen to Jisoo, you say that the man is having a hard time these days… The salaries of the employees have also been delayed, but they say they are not thinking about solving it.”
“So, you’re saying that the one who asked to meet that old man… wasn’t you, but his daughter?”
Dong-soo scratched his head once again.
It was an unspoken affirmation.
“Okay, let’s go and meet.”
“Thank you, brother.”
***
Jihyeok, who came down to the village, burst out laughing at the scenery in front of him.
“Representative Jin?”
“Oh, Mr. Come on, this is over.”
“What are you putting on your face?”
In front of Ji-hyeok’s eyes, Seo-yeon and secretary Ko were lying on a bed with mask packs on, along with the village grandmothers.
At that time, Dong-soo found someone and smiled broadly.
“It’s Jisoo!”
“Oh, Dongsoo. Did your mother come?”
“Oxygen has already been used. Oh, this is the guru I am serving right now.”
Jisoo was startled and lowered her head.
“hello. Dongsu’s friend Jisoo. I heard that you are coming today, but I didn’t know because you look so young. sorry.”
Jisoo was not a great beauty, but she was a woman with an elegant face and a bright expression without wrinkles.
“no. But, what is all this now?”
“Ah… It’s a new product from our factory, and we were doing some prototype testing with the village elders. It’s all over now, so please wait a moment.”
Ji-su took the questionnaire and approached Seo-yeon and secretary Ko.
Jihyeok couldn’t help but tilt his head.
According to Dongsu, it was definitely a paper factory, but it was a mask pack…
After finishing the survey first, Seoyeon approached Jihyeok with a glazed face.
“Mr. Jihyeok, this mask pack is really great. My skin is naturally very dry, so I get it taken care of separately at the shop, but I often do mask packs too, right? But I think the mask pack I did here is better than any mask pack I’ve tried so far.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah, is it really great? Looking at it earlier, I think I know the woman who handed out the mask pack over there. Can you get me this pack?”
“I’m seeing this for the first time today.”
Seoyeon said with a disappointed expression.
“I see······.”
“Dong-soo’s friend, so ask Dong-soo.”
“really? Mr. Dong-soo!”
That’s how Seo-yeon and secretary Go accompanied Ji-soo’s factory.
***
As Dong-soo said, Ji-soo’s father’s factory was quite large.
It was a factory that processed pulp to make paper, and it seemed to have settled here to supply wood and pulp coming through Pyeongtaek Port.
In fact, it was quite far inland from the port, but I guessed it was because of the relatively cheap land price.
Upon entering the office building next to the main factory, Ji-soo’s father welcomed Dong-soo and his group.
Contrary to concerns, Ji-soo had heard Ji-hyeok’s story, and he calmly told the factory’s circumstances.
“It is because the international pulp price skyrocketed and the deficit became too large. Still, from the next contract, we will deliver at a higher price, so if you hold on a little longer…”
“If you are Dong-soo’s friend’s father, you are an adult to me too, so please speak comfortably.”
“Heh heh, can I? He’s not an ordinary person, but a master worshiped by Dongsu…”
“I don’t know how the initiate said it, but he only had a small talent. Let go of words whenever it is convenient for you.”
Jisoo’s father nodded and continued.
Perhaps because of Jihyeok’s words, the hard tone of his speech softened a little.
“It is true that Sunghan Paper, which has endured the IMF, is having a hard time right now. But the situation is not dangerous enough for my daughter to worry about.”
Then, the index intervened.
“Dad, let me be honest. How did you pay off the mortgage this month, but what about payday next month?”
When I heard the story, it seemed that everything was borrowed except for debentures.
“Isn’t that what Abbie takes care of?”
Ji-hyeok was able to grasp the situation to some extent while watching the women quarreling for a while.
A liquidity crisis occurred as a result of the failure to reflect the increase in product cost due to the rise in raw material prices to the previously contracted delivery volume.
This is often the case with small manufacturers.
However, there was a bit of a strange part here.
Listening to Jisoo’s words, there is a clever plan to overcome this situation, but Jisoo’s father seems to be reluctant to use that method.
What was even more strange was that the woman’s current crisis was about simple financial difficulties, so why did she ask Dong-soo to let her meet her?
“Jisoo, President Park. Weren’t you curious about me?”
Only then did Park Seong-han, Ji-soo’s father, realize that he had acted indecently and apologize to Ji-hyeok.
index said.
“Teacher, in fact, we own some land in the back of the village in the name of our company.”
Park Seong-han jumped up and said.
“You can’t sell it yet?”
“Dad, why? The price has gone up too. Let’s clear our debts and launch a new product.”
After hesitating for a moment, Park Seong-han slowly opened his mouth.
“I bought that land because Dong-soo’s mother told me to buy it before she died. When I bought it, Dong-soo’s mother asked for trust. Sell it in exactly 10 years.”
“Guru, please convince my dad. It looks ruined right away, but it doesn’t make sense that I can’t sell it because of what the lady left.”
It was only then that Jihyeok realized what this woman wanted to ask me.
For some reason, Dong-soo’s mother recommended Park Seong-han to buy land near the village, and even set a sale date.
Nine years had passed since Dong-soo’s mother passed away, so next year it would be 10 years.
Jihyeok asked.
“Where is that land by any chance?”
Sunghan Park said.
“It is about 20,000 pyeong around Dongsu’s mother’s grave.”
“That will surely solve the funding problem.”
“I guess so. It is 500,000 won per pyeong, so you will receive 10 billion won. However, the loan on it is 7 billion won, so it is not as big as my daughter thinks.”
“okay. Then don’t sell it.”
The one who was most surprised by Jihyeok’s words was Jisoo.
“Do, Master, we are really going to perish.”
Jihyuk smiled and said.
“Mr. Jisu, 10 billion is obviously a lot of money, but it is too much of a loss to exceed 10 billion won for 20,000 pyeong per person.”
Park Seong-han said to Ji-soo.
“Did you hear? Stop talking about selling the land. I’ll sell it next year and let you do a lot of research on a new product you like.”
“What’s the use of all the new products when you’re going to go to the factory right now? And to be clear, no debentures, Dad.”
“Kuh, kuh hmm…”
When Park Seong-han smoked a dangcheong, an arrow flew at Ji-hyeok.
“Master, how can you say that? Dad hardened his heart because of Master Dosa. We are really doomed.”
In the end, Jisoo was filled with tears.
Dong-soo, who saw that, was startled and asked Ji-hyeok.
“Brother, do you have any other reason not to sell it?”
“It is as I said. It’s a very good spot, but it’s a waste to sell it for 10 billion won. If you build a factory, your business will prosper, and if you build a house, it will be a land where blessings will come from generation to generation. There was only one shaded place, and that’s where your mother was.”
“Ah… but shouldn’t we sell it first and put out the fire in an emergency?”
Jihyeok turned his head and said to Jisoo and Park Seonghan.
“That’s why…”
Jihyeok hesitated for a moment, and Park Seonghan pricked up his ears and waited for the next words.
“Could you please look at the financial statements? If possible, the status of corporate assets.”
“Yes? That… that’s why all of a sudden…?”
Jihyeok said with a rare bright expression.
“It’s a company with great assets, so I thought I would invest in it. Of course, if the boss approves.”