He seemed to be a rather strict man. Harry Alexander showed me the hand shape to sign.
“(All right.)”
“(Then let’s go in.)”
Harry Alexander rang the bell.
Moments later, a gray-haired man opened the door. Judging from her tanned face, she seemed to be doing a lot of outdoor activities.
“(If I don’t like the offer, I’ll send it back right away, so I know that.)”
Through the cracks in the open door, I could see a well-tended garden and valuable collections.
‘It looks similar to items from a shipwreck.’
There seemed to be room for negotiation.
What’s on my face?
The saying that if you don’t like the proposal, you send it back right away, it also means that if you like the proposal, you accept it.
‘As expected, there is room for negotiation.’
“(Excuse me.)”
The landlord ushered Harry Alexander and me into the living room. He was expected to serve a common cup of tea, but he slumped in his seat without serving anything.
“(Boss. Have you thought about it?)”
“(What do you think? You told me to think about how much I will get out? Do you think I’m doing this for money?)”
If you said that first, the money-crazy person was right. However, looking at the items inside, he didn’t look like a person who was so sorry for money.
In the old but well-maintained living room, there was a cabinet with several collectibles on the wall. A variety of objects stood out, from quaint and sophisticated pottery to silver coins from the Middle Ages.
Two trophies were placed on top of the cabinet, one from the amateur golf game and the other from the amateur kayak team event.
‘You must be an active person and like sports. Judging from the fact that he participated in the team event, his personal relationship seems to be on the smooth side.’
The reason you’re being stubborn is probably because you don’t like selling the house. I thought I might be a finite person more than I thought.
“(I’m asking how we can do it, the boss will put this house up for sale.)”
“(How can you do it?)”
Harry Alexander expressed disapproval at the 20-question question. If you tell me what you want first, you can get it right, but it wasn’t easy to match what the other person wanted.
Besides, if you get it wrong, you can get a negative score, so keeping your mouth shut was an appropriate choice.
The only thing I had that the expert Harry Alexander didn’t have was that I had a lot. In order to find out what the other party wanted, we decided to turn the fire first.
“(I guess you like sports.)”
“(Suddenly, what is it?)”
Because it was the first time, the other person was polite.
“(I can see the trophy. It’s the president’s trophy, right?)”
“(Kuhmm…)”
He cleared his throat and looked at the trophy. Next to the trophy was a photo of him laughing with his colleagues.
“(Do you like sports?)”
“(I am doing weight training.)”
Ever since I was filming Della Foster’s music video, I have been working out constantly. I wanted to maintain a great body, and it was also a promise I made to myself.
It was a promise to live a new life that thinks and moves on its own instead of Kim Jae-gu, who lived a soft life with a soft body.
“(Weight? Isn’t that boring?)”
“(You get used to it. It’s fun because I’m starting to build muscle in my forearms these days.)”
“(I also do one forearm.)”
He immediately raised his forearm. For his age, his forearms were definitely thick.
I also strengthened my forearms to inflate the muscles.
“(Do you want to try arm wrestling?)”
I don’t know where the hell it started. Arm wrestling with a man in his 50s.
“(hahahaha. Arm wrestling.)”
“(Do you think you’ll lose? This is a young person…)”
“(Would you like to try it?)”
I just tried to get lucky with sports and collectibles, but suddenly I ended up doing arm wrestling. The opponent put his arm on the table.
“(Catch it.)”
I left my jacket with Harry Alexander and rolled up my arms.
“(Are you sure you want to?)”
Harry Alexander asked with his eyes shining. He would also be curious about the results.
‘Do you think I’m going to lose to a man in his 50s?’
“(Wouldn’t it be nice to win?)”
“(Ha ha ha. Confidence is good.)”
“(Mr. Alexander, please signal.)”
“(Don’t look at me as on the same side, look at the referee properly.)”
“(All right.)”
He clasped his hand tightly and held the table with the opposite hand. The opponent also grabbed the table tightly.
I could feel the table shaking slightly.
“(This is not going to collapse, right?)”
“(What nonsense.)”
Harry Alexander came out and looked at his expression.
“(Then let’s begin.)”
“(sun.)”
“(3, 2, 1, start!)”
The grip strength of the four major powers was transmitted. It was an unbelievable strength for a person in his 50s. I didn’t even squeeze it, I grabbed the opponent’s fist and pushed using my shoulder strength.
“(Stop it…)”
The opponent groaned and endured. Does the word old age come from here? It was good to keep an eye on the art of arm wrestling because of the previous recreational arrangements. It was clear that if he had only strengthened his arm, he would have passed it already.
“(Huh!!)”
The opponent started pushing. But I couldn’t lose either. I stood up, attached my triceps and armpits, and endured. In an instant, I felt the power draining from the other person.
‘Now.’
I pushed forward without missing a moment. Then, the opponent stumbled and fell halfway over and began to endure. I could see a tendon coming out of my forearm, but I couldn’t help it.
‘It’s not polite to look at the other person here.’
Even if you drag it on, it’s the same as bullying. I held my breath and tensed my muscles.
thud!
The back of the opponent’s hand touched the floor.
The opponent stumbled, so he pulled his arm and supported it. My right hand was weak and trembled slightly.
The man muttered as he was helped to get up.
“(Whoa. Even if I was 10 years younger.)”
“(If I was 10 years younger, I wouldn’t have been able to compete with you.)”
“(Those who do weights thought it was beauty muscles, but I’ll have to look at this again.)”
This level could be lifted.
he chuckled.
The atmosphere was a little relaxed, probably thanks to a bout of sweat. He said he was thirsty and fetched water and held it out to me and Harry Alexander.
“(Let’s drink one cup at a time.)”
Harry Alexander looked at me admiringly.
“(Thank you. Have a good drink.)”
The taste was special, perhaps because it was the water I drank after sweating. Sweat dripped from my forehead, so I took off my sunglasses and took out a handkerchief and stole it.
When I put on my sunglasses again, the other person stared at my face.
“(What’s on my face?)”
“(I think I saw it somewhere…)”
‘Is this a Della Foster music video? Or is it a video of an interview about finding a shipwreck?’
It was only two episodes, but my face was well known in America.
“(I’ve been on TV a few times lately, so there are often people I know.)”
“(TV···. TV. Ah! The man who found that treasure ship!)”
It was the latter.
“(Yes, that’s right.)”
“(They say it’s from the British era, did you find anyone to buy it from?)”
I thought you might be interested too.
“(For now, I want to have it.)”
He sighed and let out a sigh.
“(If you have something you’re interested in, you can sell it.)”
Anyway, there were only a few things I could keep around as souvenirs. Isn’t it possible to live with all the things piled up in the house?
Then his eyes started to glow.
“(Can I see it first before passing it on to others?)”
“(Is there anything you’re interested in?)”
“(You have to see that.)”
That’s right.
“(We’ll contact you when the sale starts.)”
“(It’s a promise.)”
I haven’t gotten what I’m getting yet, but I can’t make a one-sided promise. It wasn’t difficult to get in touch, but now it was time to do what I had to do.
“(Before that, why don’t you start by talking about the land sale?)”
“(That’s right. That’s why I came.)”
I don’t know if it’s because of the arm wrestling or the artifact, but the attitude has changed to be quite amicable.
In this situation, there was no need to break the atmosphere by talking about the disadvantages of refusing to sell.
“(I want this transaction to go smoothly. Please let us know what you want and we will try our best to match it.)”
He rubbed his hand against the wall.
“(As you can see, this house is a house with stains from the hands I grew up with when I was a child.)”
“(You took good care of it.)”
“(Since I retired, getting up in the morning to sweep the yard and coming back in the evening to clean the house has become a pleasure in life.)”
Come to think of it, there was no sign of his wife. Although it was in the picture, there was no sign of the woman anywhere I moved.
“(My wife also lived here.)”
His complaints began. Beginning with his childhood in this house, and how he came to be with his wife. And what memories he made with his children in this house, and how his wife died, he continued to talk about.
“(May the souls of the deceased refrain.)”
“(It’s all in the past.)”
his eyes reddened. With his children independent and his spouse leaving, he may have needed someone to listen to his story.
I intend to investigate whether it is true or not, but if he is right, I did not want to destroy the house with such memories.
“(Your wife must have gone to a good place.)”
“(That’s right. He was a good person.)”
He looked at the picture on the display case. In it, his wife was photographed smiling brightly and holding the championship trophy together.
At that time he was much younger than he is now.
he laughed bitterly.
“(Time passes and the world changes, but maybe I just wanted to settle for memories.)”
He paused for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“(I know that even if I rebel, I will push through this place by any means. But I have a favor to ask of you.)”
“(What is that?)”
“(Could you move the house?)”
“(Do you mean the house?)”
“(Yes. Once the construction starts, the neighbors will disappear anyway. There is an area that we looked at when the neighbors started selling their land one by one.)”
Relocating a house was just as difficult as building a new one. But I wanted to do it.
“(Okay, then we’ll find a way to move the house.)”
“(Is that possible?)”
“(I’ll put in a request for now.)”
The story ended well.
As a condition of moving the house, a sales contract was signed for an appropriate amount. Moving expenses would come in quite a bit, but it wouldn’t be an excessive amount.
As we climbed into the waiting car, Harry Alexander stroked his chest.
“(Things worked out so quickly. I think I was negligent.)”
“(I was lucky.)”
What would have happened if I had lost arm wrestling there? I was curious, but I never intended to lose.
‘I should be that old too.’
I thought that I should become an energetic old man with strong arms even when I get older.
***
Regarding the moving of the building, a request was made to Taesan. It may seem like a work assignment, but it didn’t matter because I was personally commissioning it.
Because I wasn’t even a shareholder in Taesan in the first place.
‘It’s best to entrust it to someone you can trust.’
Lim Cheol-hyeon couldn’t budge on Im Han-ul, and Im Han-ul was a friend who would step out of his way unconditionally if it was my job.
Therefore, we decided to ask Taesan for the amount that Taesan Construction could handle.
‘Besides, there’s an American branch.’
As a global company, it had a branch in the United States.
Taesan Industrial Co., Ltd., the parent company, had a branch in the United States as a trading company, and Taesan Construction Co., Ltd. was also assigned an office and shared it.
So far, I haven’t received any major construction work in the US, but it seemed that I received and carried out the small projects well.
From now on, Fred Balman’s subordinate will be responsible for contact between Taesan Construction and the land seller. If there is a problem, I gave you a number to contact you directly, so I hope there is no big deal.
I sat in a San Francisco hotel room and took a sip of cold wine. Because it was winter, the heat in my body rose and I felt better.
I looked at the Korean news headlines while drinking wine.
There were articles criticizing Dokgo Group, Hwangryong Group, and other companies in the alliance.
‘Dokgo-jin made a good save.’
However, the accusatory articles related to Dokgo Group were stronger. If you look at the number of headlines, there were far more Dokgo groups.