Chapter 610 - Reunion with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Branch Manager (1) – Part 1
It was almost the end of September. The temperatures started feeling cooler, and people began to feel autumn.
Gun-Ho went to work at GH Building that morning. When he opened his email, there was an email waiting for him from the Chinese drama production company— Huanle Shiji— among usual spam emails. Some of their simplified Chinese characters in the subject line came in broken.
When Gun-Ho clicked the subject line to open it, fortunately, the contents were fine.
[Dear President Goo,
We couldn’t produce Huanle Shiji’s financial statements because our accounting staff suddenly quit his job. Huanle Shiji Production Company was established about a year ago, and it started with the capital of 1 million dollars as I mentioned to you earlier.
We have produced two dramas this year. One of them was Xiongdi Meng (brother’s dream). It is a war drama against Japan with a total of 35 episodes. The second drama currently on air is Qiu Ri Yan (autumn feast) which is a modern drama. It contains 33 episodes, and we have two episodes left scheduled to be on air.
Our annual sales revenue for this year is approximately 10.4 billion Korean won if I apply the exchange rate as of today. We spent 12.8 billion won in producing drama and operating the company. The amount of 2.4 billion won operating loss has incurred.
Huanle Shiji currently has short-term debts of 2 billion won, with accounts payable of 400 million won. The two dramas that our company produced were daily soap operas, and they both had low ratings. We are preparing to produce our third drama, and we have a manuscript for it.
Huanle Shiji is composed of devoted and talented staff, not to mention our know-hows and skills that we’ve cultivated. It would be a shame if we have to just let Huanle Shiji dissolved now.
We are hoping to work with you, Mr. President Goo. I’ve attached our next drama’s synopsis to this email, so Mr. Director Woon-Hak Sim, who accompanied you on our last meeting, could review it.
I hope you make a favorable decision, so we could work together.
From Huanle Shiji Production Company’s President Baogang Chen on 29th September, 20xx.]
Gun-Ho forwarded the synopsis to Director Woon-Hak Sim, along with a text message.
[The synopsis just arrived from China. I will have it translated for you.’]
Gun-Ho then made a call to the Chinese language instructor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. He once translated a business plan for Gun-Ho.
“Hi. This is GH’s President Gun-Ho Goo.”
‘Hmm, this might be the power of an art piece.’
After taking enough time enjoying the artworks, Gun-Ho came back to his office on the 18th floor. After having his afternoon coffee, he dozed off until 2 pm as usual. Jae-Sik Moon, who knew that it was about the time when Gun-Ho would wake up from his afternoon nap, called him.
“President Moon? How’s it going?”
“It’s actually fun. I receive the status of ticket sales on a daily basis.”
“Are we getting a lot of customers?”
“Our buses were full last Saturday and Sunday. Since we will have the Mid-Autumn Festival next week, I’ve requested to have one more bus in our reserve.”
“Of course. People will move around a lot during the holiday season.”
“You know what? Even for adding one more bus in our reserve, Antang City has to reach an agreement with Guiyang City. The transportation department’s deputy director will go on a trip to Guiyang City this afternoon.”
“I see.”
“The deputy director at the transportation department is a lady. I nagged her a lot— but gently— to resolve this request as soon as possible. I even offered her to use my Audi, and then she got mad.”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. She was all upset and said ‘we have a car too, you know?’”
“Haha, really?”
“Chinese women, in general, are aggressive and fierce, I think. Oh, and guess what? I finally moved into the condo in Huaxi Huayuan.”
“Really? Do you like it there?”
“Oh, my goodness. You have no idea how I felt on my first day there. It’s 36 pyung large, and when I laid down on the bed, I felt like I owned the world. I didn’t even envy the emperor— Qin Shi Huang.”
“Hahaha. I guess you just need Yang Guifei.”
“Yang Guifei?! My not-so-pretty wife is coming next month.”
“Yeah, she’d better join you as soon as possible because it would be harder if she waits longer to travel carrying a baby.”