Chapter 605 - Drama Production Company— Huanle Shiji (3) – Part 2
Min-Hyeok said, “President Goo, Dingding will join us for dinner. When I told her that you would be here, she wanted to be here too. She will arrive soon.”
“Haha, that’s nice.”
After a moment, a tall and slender woman in qipao walked into the restaurant. It was Dingding.
“Mr. President Goo! It’s really good to see you!”
Dingding extended her hand to Gun-Ho for a handshake. China had a different culture from Korea, and it was common practice for a woman to ask a man for a handshake to greet.
“You seem to become more and more sophisticated.”
“Haha, thank you, I guess. Why don’t you come with your wife on your next visit to China? She will like it here. Suzhou is a popular tourist destination, offering a lot of tourist attractions.”
“Maybe I should when I have a chance to do so.”
Gun-Ho then introduced Dingding to Director Sim.
“This lady is President Kim’s wife. She used to teach English at Shanghai International School before she married President Kim. She is Han Chinese. She is running a business right now.”
“Oh, really?”
When Dingding started talking to Director Sim in her fluent English to make a conversation with him, Director Sim waved his hand, saying he couldn’t understand a thing.
Min-Hyeok Kim explained further to Director Sim about his wife’s job, “My wife is running a sales company here, of Dyeon Korea. The company is selling raw materials of synthetic rubbers called elastomers and also plastics. Dyeon Korea is a joint venture company with the global enterprise—Lymondell Dyeon—in the U.S. President Goo owns half of the joint venture, and Lymondell Dyeon owns the other half.”
“Is that right?”
Director Sim learned again how rich and able Gun-Ho was.
The food came out. Most of the dishes that were coming out one by one were new to Director Sim. Director Sim didn’t like the food on the street that they had earlier, but the dishes in this restaurant were very tasty. He liked every single one of them. The expensive Chinese liquor—Baiju—was served as well. They had a long day as they traveled a good distance from Shanghai to Wuxi and to Suzhou City, not to mention that they had to walk a lot. For some reason, they were all able to drink several glasses of strong liquor.
“It’s a 50 million dollar project. I need to send them 25 million dollars on my part.”
“25 million dollars? It’s more than 25 billion Korean won. I suppose that it will take a long time to recover your original investment. Since it’s a Cash Cow business, you won’t lose your investment funds, but your funds will be tied up for quite a while.”
“I believe so, but I have a plan.”
“Jae-Sik seems to be expecting his wife to join him in China soon.”
“I think so. His wife is now seven months pregnant, and they are preparing to give birth in China.”
“Haha. If he was in the U.S. and his wife gave birth there, their child would become a U.S. citizen automatically according to their birthright citizenship. But since China doesn’t follow that, having a baby here won’t give them anything.”
“Well, it still could give a lot of benefits to the baby. The baby will know and understand China better by being born on Chinese soil and growing up here.”
“You are right. That’s not bad at all.”
“Jae-Sik’s couple had an ultrasound, and they will have a daughter. It was confirmed by the hospital that we will have a son.”
At that moment, Min-Hyeok interpreted the conversation to his wife— Dingding—and he added at the end, “Dingding, let’s have a baby. We want to grow our family too, don’t we?”
Dingding smiled without giving him any word on it, but instead, she lightly hit Min-Hyeok’s shoulder with her small wrist.
Dingding seemed to know more about Gun-Ho’s family, and she asked, “You said your wife is a medical doctor, isn’t she?”
“That’s correct.”
“It is a nice occupation. In China, a medical doctor is well respected too. I hope I could meet her in person someday.”
“We will have our chance to get together. The thing is that my wife doesn’t like to travel. That’s one obstacle that I need to overcome or she has to. Well, she still did her medical volunteer work in Africa for two years though.”
“Oh, she stayed in Africa for her volunteer work? She should be well respected for her commitment.”
Min-Hyeok noticed Director Sim feeling excluded while Gun-Ho, Min-Hyeok, and Dinding were having a conversation in Chinese. Min-Hyeok interpreted their conversation in Korean for Director Sim.
“President Goo’s wife is a medical doctor, and she spent two years in Africa doing her medical volunteer work.”
“Oh, really? President Goo’s wife is a doctor?”
“You didn’t know? Yes, she is a medical doctor, and she is currently working at the Seoul National University Hospital.”
“Oh, I see. It seems that both of you—Mr. President Min-Hyeok Kim and Mr. President Goo—are married to great ladies.”
Director Sim thought this time that Gun-Ho was not just a man with a lot of money, but he was a gentleman with high social status.