Chapter 687 - Battle (1) – Part 2
Chapter 687: Battle (1) – Part 2
When they were almost done with dinner, Gun-Ho asked Jae-Sik Moon, “How is it going with the new business that you want to open here?”
“We are still searching for a place for it. The places that we liked were asking a high rent, and the places that offered a reasonable rental price were not so great.”
“With 100 million won, you can get a place here that you want, can’t you?”
“Not necessarily. There is a food alley where a lot of young people often come to eat. We saw a shop there on the main road, which is on the market for sale, and they are asking for more than 300 million won. It is expensive, but I’m sure that whatever we sell in that store, we will make money because of the high traffic in the area. A McDonald or KFC will do as well.”
“Hmm, really? But, for a deep-fried chicken restaurant that serves beer along with it, you don’t need a shop on the main road, do you?”
“That’s true…”
“Where are you going to get the ingredients? Are you going to bring chickens from Korea?”
“No, we can buy raw chickens here. We will import spices from Korea though.”
“I see. When you go to see a shop for your business, you probably want to bring a Chinese person, maybe someone from the company. You could easily get ripped off if you are not accompanied by a Chinese person.”
“Yeah, I know. I’m thinking of taking the office manager lady or a staff member from our accounting team when it is time to make a contract for the store.”
“That’s good. Oh, you know what? I think I’d better go back to the hotel now. I didn’t know I stayed here for too long.”
Gun-Ho climbed to his feet and said to Jae-Sik’s wife, “Thank you for dinner. I feel comfortable now after having Korean food. The dishes were so neat and delicious. Thank you very much.”
Gun-Ho didn’t forget to say good-bye to the baby.
“Bye-bye, Soon-Young. I will see you again.”
Gun-Ho then pulled out an envelope from the inner pocket of his jacket and slipped it into the baby’s small hand. The baby held it tightly.
Mr. Runsheng Yan and Gun-Ho started raising their voices, and other people in the conference room stayed quiet without chipping in.
At that moment, the joint venture’s vice president—Chun Chang—suggested for them to take a break.
“Let’s take a ten-minute break.”
After ten minutes, the board meeting resumed.
Mr. Runsheng Yan said, “It cost money to finish the foundation. We have to move on to the next step. We need to design the electricity, environment, sewer system, fire-fighting system, etc. If we don’t have money to pay for the next step, the construction will come to a halt.”
“If the terminal construction needs to be stopped in the middle of the work, the Chinese partner would be responsible for it, not the Korean partner.”
“A new bus line is about to come out for the route that has more than 60% of the load factor. If we don’t receive the second investment fund, it will affect that new bus line as well.”
“The terminal construction and the intercity bus business are two separate matters. You can’t bring the bus business on the table when we are solely talking about the terminal construction.”
“If the Korean partner keeps on insisting on the matter about the terminal construction unreasonably, it would certainly affect the existence of the bus terminal business.”
“You won’t be the judge of whether the Korean partner’s position is reasonable or not. I think what the Chinese partner is insisting on is absolutely unreasonable. We should consult a Lushi (attorney) from another area, not this area, on this matter. We want a Lushi to interpret the pertinent law and our contract.”
“You do whatever pleases you. The joint venture will not pay for the attorney fee though, not even a penny.”
“I won’t send the second investment fund either, not even a penny.”
“Is that how you work with your partner in a joint venture setting?”
“You are not exactly in the position to say things like that.”
The two men raised their voices again. Jae-Sik Moon and Eun-Hwa Jo stared at Gun-Ho Goo. They looked worried and concerned. On the other side of the table, the office manager lady and the accounting manager stared at the transportation company’s president—Mr. Runsheng Yan. They looked extremely worried as well.