Chapter 777 - Dyeon China – Part 2
Min-Hyeok Kim continued, “I watched the TV drama— Shiguang Ru Meng— that was aired in Shanghai City. You know, the drama that you invested in. The Korean actress— Lial Zhiang— became very popular after Shiguang Ru Meng aired in China. But, I don’t see her any longer.”
“Lial Zhiang? Oh, you mean Lia, right? We don’t work with her anymore. After she gained popularity, she asked for a higher pay. I guess many TV drama production companies are not willing to pay her that much.”
“That’s one of the big problems with actors and actresses. Once they become popular, they ask for too much stuff.”
“Have you heard of anything about a movie— Menghuan Yinghua? Have you seen any news about the movie production?”
“I think I have. I’ve been keeping my ear out for that movie since I know that you are investing in that movie production. It seems that the actress who plays the lead female role is Japanese, not Korean.”
“That’s right. She is Japanese.”
“I read news coverage about the movie in a newspaper and also on the internet. People seem to be intrigued by the fact that a real Japanese geisha is playing the geisha role in the movie.”
“Hmm, really?”
“I watched their movie production presentation as well on TV. That girl is gorgeous. And she looks very Japanese.”
Gun-Ho felt good hearing Min-Hyeok highly speaking about Mori Aikko.
“I invested in that movie production significantly. 50% of their production cost is coming from me.”
“How much is that?”
“I initially intended to invest 2 billion won in the TV drama, but I didn’t have to since the TV drama was successful. I ended up investing only 1 billion won there. And, I put an additional 5 billion won in the movie production.”
“5 billion won? That makes your total investment funds in China 9 billion won, including 3 billion won for the terminal project where Jae-Sik Moon is working at.”
“Actually, I had purchased 5 condos in Antang City, Guizhou Province. So, it’s going to be more than 10 billion won.”
“No, it’s not about the construction cost. He wants to play golf with you. It’s his personal interest, I guess.”
“Playing golf?”
“There is a 72-hole golf course in Guiyang City, and he is looking for a friend to play golf with there. He said that when you come and visit the area to attend the board meeting or something, he’d like to have a round of golf with you.”
“Haha. Did you say 72-hole? That must be a giant golf course. I didn’t know Chinese people enjoy playing golf. A golf course in Guiyang City must be in an isolated area.”
“When I told him that the upcoming board meeting has been postponed because of the issues with the terminal construction cost, he looked very disappointed.”
“Really? Well, I don’t have any business interest intertwined with him, so I guess I can play golf with him when I have a chance, or not.”
“For now, when he brings up the topic again, I will just tell him that when you have a chance to visit the area, you will play golf with him.”
“Okay. That’s fine.”
After getting off the phone with Jae-Sik Moon, Gun-Ho thought about the construction company that was building the terminal in Antang City.
‘It must not be a small company since it undertook the construction work building the terminal. That company’s president must have good business connections in the area.
But, why does he want to play golf with me? He probably wants to ask me to make an investment in his business or something. We’ve never met before; there is no way that he is purely interested in hanging out with me. When a person, who doesn’t even know me, wants to play golf with me, that means he has some other agenda other than golf.
I have no intention to make any more investment in China though. I’ve been putting too many funds there. There will be no new investment this year for me. I might reinvest there with the funds that I would make in China, but I won’t transfer any of my funds from Korea anymore.’