Chapter 634 - High School Friend— Suk-Ho Lee (1) – Part 1
Manager Hong came into Gun-Ho’s office.
“Sir, we have received the profit and loss statements from each GH company.”
“Good”
“I’ve organized the statements in Excel, so you can easily see them all at once.”
“Good job.”
Gun-Ho looked at the document. It contained each GH company’s sales, product costs, general administrative expenses, operating profit, net profit before tax, and other expenses. Some of the numbers were marked with percentages that were placed between parentheses, such as product costs and operating profits.
“I will take a look at the document. Thank you. You did a good job.”
“I will bring it to you quicker next time, sir.”
“You don’t have to rush it. It’s okay to take your time.”
“Also, when I sent out the information about each GH company’s bank account and the person who is in charge of accounting, to each GH company, GH Mobile’s accounting director— Ms. Director Min-Hwa Kim— suggested having a meeting between each GH company’s worker who is in charge of accounting.”
“That sounds good.”
“Having a female executive officer in a large company like GH Mobile gives the other GH companies’ workers a good impact. The workers believe that they can have a fair competition in GH companies.”
“Of course. We don’t discriminate against workers based on gender. They will be recognized and promoted to a higher position if they are competent and work hard.”
“Thank you, sir. I will get back to work.”
Once Manager Hong left Gun-Ho’s office, Gun-Ho looked closely at each GH company’s loss and profit status.
‘Last month— in September— GH mobile generated 9.5 billion won, Dyeon Korea 4.8 billion won, GH Logistics 120 million won, GH Media 250 million won, GH Parts Company in China made 800 million won, and GH Development made 820 million won. Dyeon Korea made a significant growth. GH Media is also doing well; I didn’t have to make any additional investment in machines or real estate to make it happen.
“You seem to lose some weight. You looked better last time. Is something going on?”
“I think I’m just stressed a lot lately.”
“Stress? Something is going on in the company?”
“No, I’ve been just so busy with the process of transferring to a four-year college.”
“Oh, you are transferring to Korea University of Technology and Education, huh? I thought you will have to take the exam to transfer after you graduate from your current college.”
“Yeah, I have to submit the application by the end of next January, but I have to take the TOEIC test.”
“TOEIC? Did you take the test?”
Jong-Suk Park let out a deep sigh.
“What’s wrong?”
“I took the TOEIC test twice. I made some progress on the second one, but my score is still 700 something.”
“700 is low? What is their requirement? It’s not like you are trying to take classes overseas, and the classes would be offered in English. Why do they want a high score on an English test?”
“The minimum TOEIC score that they require is a bit over 600.”
“That’s good then, right? Yours is over 700.”
“The thing is that the university will accept only two of three transferee students. I have to compete with other transfer applicants. If other applicants score 800 or 900 in TOEIC, the college will select that person over me.”
“That’s why you’ve been under a lot of stress? It was stressful enough to lose weight, huh? What are you going to do? You can try next year after improving your TOEIC score.”
“I will get a high score at the interview.”
“Hmm, really? Well, I think the interview will work favorably for you since you have extensive work experience, and you are currently working as a plant manager of a factory.”
“That’s one of the factors that they consider in evaluating the applicants. I also have many certificates related to the field.”
“That’s right. You do have a lot of certificates including welding. How many certificates do you have?”
“I have six in total.”
“That should be more than enough.”
“I’m worried that maybe I have to compete with someone who has seven or eight certificates.”
“Look. Usually, a young man in their early or mid-20s would apply to transfer to a four-year college. I don’t think those boys have that many certificates at their age. In my opinion, you will get admitted this time. Don’t worry about it.”
“I’m having a hard time sleeping these days. Maybe the professors who would interview the candidates will reject my application because of my age. Maybe I’m too old for a college student.”
“If the college rejects you, who has extensive hands-on work experience, just because of your age, you don’t want to study in a college like that. Don’t get stressed, and ease your tension. Worrying about something that is not under your control won’t help anything. Just focus on what you want to do.”
“Thank you, bro.”
Gun-Ho tapped Jong-Suk’s back before leaving the production site. Jong-Suk looked indeed anxious, and Gun-Ho wanted to cheer him up.