61. Duon Eighty Three
When I left the Siheung warehouse and arrived at the house in Namseo-dong, my mother checked the watch and said to me.
“Are you here already? Did your nighttime self-study end early today?”
“I, Mom… .”
“… ?”
“Actually, I’ve been to some places other than that school.”
I smiled at my mother’s surprised expression.
“You shouldn’t be so surprised already. Now I’m going to tell you something even more surprising.”
There was tension on my mother’s face, and I, too, erased the smile from my face and opened my mouth with a serious expression.
“Mom, I want to try investing in that real estate.”
“Invest in real estate? So, you mean to buy land?”
“yes.”
“You need money to buy land, so what kind of money do you mean to buy land?”
“I, that’s… .”
“Are you talking about the 17 million won you received from the bank last week?”
“actually… There’s more than that, but I’m not sure yet.”
“Then you mean you don’t even know how much money you have?”
“yes.”
My mother smiled slightly at my answer.
Maybe you think I’m joking.
My mother said as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders.
“Jeong-ho, your mother agrees with anything as long as you don’t do anything bad.”
Yes, this is enough.
When the money is ready, I can explain it to my mother in detail and get permission.
early morning the next day.
As soon as I woke up in bed, I turned on my computer and checked my email.
Dr. Kim’s email, which I had been waiting for all morning, arrived.
This was the reply to the inquiry I sent last night.
Trembling, I clicked on his email.
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To Chae Jung-ho.
Jungho asked me to reply as soon as possible, but my reply was late because I had some things to check.
I’ll start by answering the questions you asked first.
We have not yet received the contract renewal contract sent by Jung Ho.
Because we didn’t get the contract, the company’s lawyers have to delay responding.
However, Jungho-kun’s situation seems urgent, so I personally wanted to help.
This time, while renewing the contract, I was able to proceed without any noise, so I was not without a feeling of gratitude.
So I talked to the division manager I work for.
If Jungho hands over all copyrights of CJH’s algorithm to Wolfram, he is willing to pay up to $140,000 in return.
If you agree to the $140,000 offer, there are several steps involved.
The first thing we need to do is cancel the contract we didn’t receive.
Please print out two copies of the contract cancellation file attached to the email, sign it, and send it to our head office.
The second attachment, the contract to transfer the copyright of CJH Algorithm to Wolfram, also sign and send to us in the same way.
As soon as we receive these two documents, we will prepare a check for $140,000 and send it to you.
Thank you.
James Kim
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At 140,000 dollars, it is about 200 million won at the current exchange rate.
Since it was much less than the expected amount, it was right to ask for more, but time was running out.
It was because they did not know when the factory site that former managing director Moo-ik Choi had put out would be sold.
I wrote a reply to Dr. Kim.
During the day, I clicked the send email button with the words that I would sign two documents and send them to Wolfram.
As I sat down at the table for breakfast, I said to my mother with a nervous expression.
“Mom, you know what I told you yesterday.”
“yesterday?”
“Yes, I am investing in real estate.”
“… !”
“I made up my mind.”
After my long explanation, Young-mi’s father’s company problems, the situation in which Young-mi had to move to her mother-in-law’s house, and the story she had with Dr. Kim of Wolfram, my mother thought for a moment before opening her mouth.
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
“Really?”
The mother smiled and nodded her head.
It was surprising.
I prepared a lot of stories from last night to convince my mother,
This feels a little out of whack.
My mother said while stroking my hair.
“My mom believes in our Jeong-ho. As long as you’re not doing anything bad and harming other people, do whatever you want to do.”
“Thank you, Mom.”
“But do you really have to go now to sign a contract? After school today, can we go in the evening?”
I shook my head and said.
“Mom, I really don’t want to miss this.”
“Real estate contracts are not that simple. There are a lot of things to check, so it will take some time.”
“It was decided to be taken care of by Yeong-mi’s father’s company. This has a lot to do with the company’s work.”
Real estate agency in Daeya-dong, Siheung-si.
The land area was 4,300 pyeong, the warehouse building area was 620 pyeong, and the total sales amount was 210 million won.
I signed the contract for the sale of the real estate.
The contract amount is 17 million won.
This is the money I received from the Korea Exchange Bank last week.
Unfortunately, the plan to buy a car was thwarted.
The balance of 193 million won is to be paid in two weeks.
I had to pay the balance more quickly than I thought, and this was a decision considering Balhae Sports, which needs a warehouse right away.
Choi Moo-ik, a former managing director who had signed the sales contract, said to his mother.
“Your son is now a high school student, aren’t you giving up your property too early? Heh heh heh.”
The mother shook her head with a calm expression.
“It’s not my money. We live on the money our son earns himself.”
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Not only Choi, but also Yeong-mi’s father’s eyes were focused on me.
I said, waving my hands.
“I was just very lucky. I used to make computer programs, and there were people who wanted to buy them.”
Young-mi’s father said with a surprised expression at my words.
“then… You said you made over 200 million dollars from computer programs?”
“I was really lucky.”
Choi helped me with my answer.
“Uncle, the world has changed now. How much money are computer startups making these days?”
After finishing the contract, I headed straight to school, and when I entered the classroom, the 4th period Korean language class was in full swing.
As soon as the Korean class was over, Youngmi came to me and said,
“Jungho, are you okay? What happened?”
“Looking at you smiling, it doesn’t look like you’re sick… Why are you late?”
It was Incheol.
I said scratching my head.
“Nothing happened. It’s just that I’m late because I’m going somewhere.”
Yeong-mi still looked at me with worried eyes, and In-cheol grabbed my arm and said.
“I was waiting for you at the bus stop today, and we were late too. sorry? I’ll get the apples at the kiosk, so let’s go to the kiosk!”
The author, who was next to Incheol, said.
“Oh oh! Is Jungho shooting? I’m late today too, so can I get an apology from Jung-ho?”
“Hey, aren’t you late because of me?”
At my words, Ji-eun said with a clever expression.
“That doesn’t matter now.”
“Then what’s important?”
“The important thing is that I am ready to receive an apology!”
“what?!”
So I headed to the canteen with my friends, and robbed a week’s worth of pocket money at the canteen.
It’s only Tuesday, how am I supposed to survive this week?
A little while ago, I paid over 200 million won and I was worried about only 12,000 won pocket money… .
It’s a bit of an ironic situation.
It was when I returned to the classroom after filling up my stomach at the canteen.
Youngmi said as she sat down next to me.
“Why are you really late?”
I took a piece of paper out of my bag and handed it to Youngmi.
“It’s too late to prepare this.”
“Oh oh! What is this? Did you draw this yourself?”
I nodded at Yeong-mi’s question, and Yeong-mi looked at the paper for a while and then said to me.
“But what kind of tree is this?”
When I lay in bed to sleep last night, I could hardly sleep.
After tossing and turning, I finally turned on my computer and checked my email.
Of course, there was no reply from Dr. Kim.
CJH Algorithm’s 5-year contract renewal contract was already signed three days ago and sent to the United States, so Wolfram has no regrets at all.
In other words, Wolfram could reject my offer to hand over all copyrights to the CJH algorithm, and even if they accepted my offer, it was also uncertain whether they would offer enough money to purchase the Siheung warehouse.
I repeated checking my email every 5 minutes, and it wasn’t until 2 am I turned off the computer.
And I pulled out a piece of white paper.
It was to soothe a nervous mind.
In the past life, when the symptoms of epileptic seizures became severe, I received psychotherapy using pictures.
It is said that by expressing hidden desires or emotions with pictures, it is said that the wounds in the heart are healed.
I don’t know how effective it was for the actual treatment, but thanks to that, my drawing skills improved quite a bit.
Even a psychologist who majored in art told me that I had a talent for painting.
I started drawing trees on white paper.
It was a pine tree with two large branches stretching out like open arms. Starting from the root, I drew the overall outline of the tree, and drew small branches and pine needles one by one.
A promise with Youngmi in the past life.
A promise to live together in a village at the foot of Mt. Sorae.
I felt sorry for not being able to keep that promise, and I put it in the picture by pressing down on the tip of the pen.
I said to Yeong-mi who asked what kind of tree it was.
“It’s a tree I’ve seen many times before, but I saw it again yesterday.”
Youngmi said while still keeping her gaze fixed on the picture.
“But I really like this picture. Can I have this?”
“Yeah, I drew it for you.”
Only then did Youngmi turn her gaze to me and say.
“really?”
When I nodded, Youngmi said with a smile on her face.
“thank you.”
Youngmi turned her head toward the painting again.
After looking at the painting for a long time, Youngmi offered me the painting.
“uh… ! you can have it… .”
At my words, Youngmi smiled and said.
“I want you to sign it.”
“sign?”
“Yeah, it needs to be signed by the author.”
“haha! is it?”
I picked up a pen and wrote in the lower right corner of the picture.
＜1997. 12. 10. by CJH>
ten days later.
Friday, December 20.
A check arrived from Wolfram for $140,000.
Monday, December 23rd.
I grabbed a check and went to the Korea Exchange Bank.
The exchange rate that day was up to 1995 won per dollar, and the total amount paid after deducting the fee was 277.17 million won.
It was a whopping 80 million won more than the number expected at the exchange rate two weeks ago.
That afternoon, I went to Siheung with my mother.
I met Choi Moo-ik, former managing director, and paid the balance a day early, took the documents he prepared, went to the registry office, and completed the transfer of ownership.
The warehouse building and the surrounding grounds are now officially my property.
When I got home from work related to real estate, a number of gift packages were laid out in front of our door, and a man in a neat suit was standing next to it.
the first person you see
But I could guess who he was.
It was because he had a face similar to that of Choi Moo-ik, who I met in Siheung a while ago.
He nodded to his mother and opened his mouth.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Choi Moo-sik from Balhae Sports.”