153. What Happened at the Wedding (3)
Hoyoung went outside the banquet hall and answered the phone.
“hello?”
– boss. Can I make a phone call?
“smith?”
It was Smith who called Hoyoung.
Calculating the time difference, it was now morning in Texas.
– Oh, are you having a little trouble answering the phone right now? Then I’ll come later…
“No, it’s okay. Rather, thank you for calling me at the right time.”
– Is that so? I’m glad then.
“What did you call about?”
– I’m contacting you to tell you that construction of a base station in Texas has begun.
“It has finally begun. I thought it might be delayed for a while because of the related legislation.”
Hoyoung said in a pleasant voice.
Even if the base station site was all set in the US last time, it was a situation where business permission was waiting for business permission to start because business permission was obtained immediately.
No matter how much Gov. Bush is on Ho-young’s side, politics is not alone.
In particular, it was expected that the passage of the bill would take a long time, since it is necessary to obtain the consent of numerous state legislators in the same case to proceed with a project that seems to be of great benefit to a specific company, such as this project.
– It seems that the powerful ally used some strength.
“ha ha ha. It is worthwhile to make it on our side.”
Bush had already flown in donations of about a million dollars.
Ho-young sent the donation at this timing because he wanted to use the money to lobby state legislators, and Bush was able to move the base station construction date two months closer than Ho-young expected, as if he had correctly grasped Ho-young’s intentions.
– yes. Now today we will be negotiating with the local telephone operator.
“good. Please feel free to contact us if you have any special questions.”
– Old story.
Smith answered cheerfully and hung up.
Hoyoung looks at the phone and smiles, then goes back to the banquet hall… I paused.
“Gaia. From your point of view, do you think Lee Joo-yeon and Ha Su-min are interested in me?”
“When I figured out the conversation patterns and behavior patterns, the probability of that seems to be over 80%.”
“Also.”
Even in his previous life, Hoyeong had no relationship with a woman, let alone a girlfriend.
Having a good attitude toward women and being quick-witted are two completely different things.
Hoyoung had already noticed the strange behavior (?) of the two women.
“No, when the heck did you both see me… Lee Joo-yeon, even if you have seen me at official events several times… Isn’t Ha Soo-min the first person you saw today?”
Hoyeong was even a little dumbfounded.
Right now, Hoyoung wasn’t particularly thinking about dating.
It was because he still thought that dating was premature.
‘but···. I haven’t met a woman even once in my previous life.’
Hoyeong smiled self-deprecatingly and headed back to the banquet hall.
“Why did it take so long?”
“Because of the ADSL thing in the US. They say construction is finally starting.”
“Oh, is it faster than I thought?”
“Right.”
Jin-chan called and greeted Ho-young.
“Mr. Hoyoung. ADSL is entering the US?”
“yes. It’s still only in Texas, though.”
“Wow···! That’s amazing. It is very unusual for a Korean company to import original technology into the United States.”
“Strictly speaking, ADSL was originally an American technology. I happened to be able to purchase a patent. In other words, it is a reverse export.”
“It must be possible because you have a good eye for technology, right? Thanks to Hermes, the entire Korean industry is now evolving. And thanks to that, our company has developed further.”
Certainly, Lee Joo-yeon was a person in the industry, so the conversation went well.
However, for some reason, Hoyoung couldn’t understand what he was saying, so he was concerned about Ha Soo-min, who was sitting at the end of the table with a sullen look on his face.
“Ha Soo-min, don’t you have any hobbies?”
“yes? A hobby?”
Ha Su-min, as if he didn’t know that Ho-young would talk first, said in a startling tone.
“yes. What field are you interested in? I usually do it when I have time.”
“I···. I like hiking.”
“Climbing?”
It was an unexpected answer.
Because it was not an easy hobby for a woman in her early 20s to have.
“At first, I started to build up my stamina. I need stamina to dance and sing on stage… So I went. There is a charm that the mountain has.”
Ha Su-min had been sitting without saying anything until now, but when Ho-yeong started talking to him, he smiled and spoke easily.
“The mountain is good. I used to go to the mountains often, too, but I haven’t been in the last few years.”
“okay? What mountain is it?”
“Mostly Mt. Cheonggye or Mt. Namhan. When I made up my mind, it was Mt. Bukhan and Mt. Gwanak. Because I am a native of Seoul.”
In his previous life, Hoyoung often went to the mountains.
It takes a lot of stamina to do programming well.
Once I started a project, it was not uncommon to not see the sun for days and days, and there were many cases where I worked on it for two nights.
So Ho-young, who desperately felt the need for stamina and tried to exercise regularly, but she hated running extremely, so she naturally climbed the mountain.
“It’s hard to find someone my age who likes mountain climbing, but it’s amazing.”
“Iknow, right. If we have time later, let’s go hiking together.”
“okay.”
Ha Su-min smiled and asked if the conversation with Ho-young was good.
Even if it wasn’t, she had a look that seemed to shine with an innocent face.
When she laughed, it was almost as if the hall was slightly brightened.
‘cute.’
Looking at her, Hoyoung thought she was cute without even realizing it.
Even Lee Joo-yeon thought that Su-min Ha, who might become her rival, was pretty.
“Then, shall we make a mountain climbing party together?”
Lee Jin-chan, who was sitting in the middle of the table with Kim Mi-ae and quietly listening to the conversation, spoke.
“Is it a climbing group?”
“Yes, of course it’s my wedding, but meeting like this is also meant to be, so I thought it would be good to develop it into a meeting in the future. But it’s a pity to just have a step-meeting, and to exercise, we’re going to meet at least once every month or two and go hiking.”
Lee Jin-chan’s suggestion was first answered by Lee Ju-yeon.
“Is that good? Can I wear it too?”
“sure. What I do is ask the kids who are dancing on the stage over there, so let’s make a climbing group together. By the way, is Juyeon okay?”
“Why me?”
“Actually, Jooyeon is the only person I know among the people at the after party. I hope it won’t be awkward.”
“What is the problem with that? You can get to know me better from now on.”
Lee Joo-yeon answered Lee Jin-chan’s question as if it were a non-trivial question.
“That’s right.”
“Right. In fact, it’s like we don’t even know anyone other than Miae unnie. Are you joining us too? I can’t help it when I have a schedule, but I will attend hard when I can attend. Isn’t that right Sumin?”
“yes. Right.”
And everyone at the table looked at Hoyoung in unison.
Everyone except Hoyoung has already agreed.
Hoyoung wasn’t so blind as to say he didn’t want to go to the meeting at this point.
Eventually, Hoyoung nodded.
“I’m fine too. I’ll make sure to go out when I’m not working.”
“great. They said that the bullhorn would be removed at once, so let’s set a date quickly after coming back from our honeymoon.”
“okay.”
“like.”
Lee Jin-chan almost laughed at Lee Joo-yeon and Ha Su-min, who were in a bright color when they said that they would get together again soon, but he managed to hold it in.
And I thought while looking at Hoyoung.
‘You attend when you’re not working? In the first place, I’ll set the date when you can, Hoyeong.’
He couldn’t help but smile on the inside.
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Lee Jin-chan and Kim Mi-ae’s wedding party ended naturally after a while.
Since the plane to go out on their honeymoon was right in the middle of the night today, they had no choice but to leave behind their regretful hearts and scatter to their respective places.
However, what was different from when we gathered was that there were many people who exchanged contact information with each other.
It has been almost two years since CDMA mobile phones were introduced in Korea.
The high-quality and cheap entry-level mobile phone released by Pantech was becoming a necessity for young people and was changing the lifestyle of the Korean people.
Just before they said goodbye to each other and parted ways, Ha Soo-min called and stopped Ho-young, who was about to return without regret.
“Hey, wait!”
“yes. Mr. Sumin?”
He handed Hoyoung a crumpled memo from his pocket.
“this···.”
“What’s this?”
“It’s my number.”
Hoyoung asked with a puzzled expression.
“Did you give me your phone number earlier?”
“That’s a cell phone managed by my record label.”
“Then what about this?”
“I secretly have it separately…”
Hoyoung seemed to know what number this was.
Even business people tend to have separate phones for work and personal use.
Ha Soo-min thought it would be a similar case.
However, the purpose is to avoid being monitored by the agency, so the intention is a little different.
“thanks. I’ll give you a call. But can a top star give me his personal phone number like this?”
It was a question Hoyoung asked without really thinking about it.
However, Ha Su-min barely uttered a single word with an expression as if he was about to cry.
“Because I also want to get to know you better from now on.”
Hoyeong smiled without realizing it.
Apparently, this was what Lee Ju-yeon said to Lee Jin-chan a while ago.
He wasn’t saying it to himself, but it was clear that he had cared about being asked if he could come into a meeting where he didn’t know anyone.
“okay. Get to know me better.”
“yes···. yes!”
Ha Su-min’s face turned red and he hurriedly left the banquet hall.
Hoyeong looked at the exit of the banquet hall for a while, then looked at the note Ha Sumin held in his hand.
No matter how tightly Sumin Ha was holding the paper in his hand, the paper was wet with sweat.
This time, Hoyeong didn’t have to hold back the laughter that came out after eating.
“ah···. This is difficult.”
However, Ho-young, who opened the note, immediately exclaimed in regret.
The letters of the phone number written on the note were wet with sweat and smudged, so I couldn’t make out what they were.
“Should I ask the senior about this later?”
Ho-yeong realized that Lee Jin-chan had left to go on a honeymoon.
“I’ll ask if you come back later.”
Hoyeong, who folded the sweaty paper and put it in her inside pocket, also left the banquet hall with brisk steps.
The first wedding after-party in my life.
Hoyoung thought this was more fun than he thought.
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While Lee Jin-chan was away for a three-week honeymoon, Ho-young decided to assume the temporary representative position of H&H.
The most important task at present was the development of Kronos 3.
In fact, H&H was already recognized as a medium-sized company.
And most of the work has already been systematized, so even if there is no representative, if there is a target, it can be carried out without difficulty.
However, despite this, the fact that Lee Jin-chan dared to ask Ho-yeong to serve as the interim representative was actually a request with an ulterior motive (?).
‘I guess they want me to drastically speed up the development of Chronos 3.’
Normally, even if Hoyoung wanted to focus on Chronos 3, it was not easy because of other priorities.
However, as long as he is attached to H&H, even if it is half-forced, he will be able to pour Hoyoung’s ability into Chronos 3.
And Hoyoung decided to agree with Lee Jinchan’s cute plan.
It was Hoyoung who traveled to too many places these days and met too many people.
“I need healing too.”
Being able to focus on coding comfortably.
It was like a break for Hoyeong.