Chapter 569 - GH Mobile’s Sales Revenue Increased (2) – Part 2
When Gun-Ho asked Assistant Manager Il-Gi Seong why he didn’t accompany Director Kim to meet with the potential clients— A Electronics’ vendor companies— since he was the one who gave the list of those companies to Director Kim after all, Assistant Manager Seong said, “I actually accompanied Mr. Director Kim at first, but I had to come back when I had a headache and stomach ache. I went to see a doctor at Asan Hospital and just came back from there.”
“Oh. Why are you still here? You should have gone home early and taken a rest if you feel sick.”
“I actually gave a call to the general affairs manager from the hospital for getting off work early today, but when I received a call that one of our clients was on the way to visit us, I had to come back to work. I feel better now after seeing a doctor earlier anyway.”
“After you meet with the client, you should go home, okay? And take good care of yourself. You are one of the most important assets to our company. Many people have highly spoken of you to me. Our former research center’s chief officer recommended you for the special training in the U.S., and also Director Kim selected you to work with him in the sales department. So, I’ve been keeping an eye on you, Mr. Assistant Manager Seong. You should keep up maintaining good health.”
“Thank… Thank you, sir.”
Assistant Manager Seong seemed to be touched when Gun-Ho told him that he was one of the most important assets for the company, and that Gun-Ho was personally keeping an eye on him.
The meeting regarding the preparation for the joint venture’s business in Antang City, Guizhou Province was being held. Jae-Sik Moon was sitting at the middle seat at the conference table as the chairman of the preparatory committee. Next to him, Mr. Chun Chang, who would soon take the position of the vice president of the joint venture, was sitting. He was the vice-chairman of the committee. The vice-chairman said, “We now have the investment funds of 450,000 dollars as a start, and the bus license has been issued by the transportation department as well. Therefore, this preparatory committee will be merged into the joint venture company as we no longer do the preparation but will start our joint venture’s actual business.”
Every time when Mr. Chun Chang said something, Jae-Sik’s interpreter— Ms. Eun-Hwa Jo— interpreted it for Jae-Sik. Mr. Choi from Social Science Academy, who was working as the interpreter for the Chinese business partner, hadn’t consistently attended the meeting. He sometimes came and sometimes didn’t.
“We will first have to determine the organizational structure of the joint venture company. We need a department that will operate the bus business. It will be called the operations department. We will also need a management department and accounting department. In addition, we will have a passenger transportation department, and also a construction department for the terminal construction. Within the construction department, we will have a construction team.”
“Hmm.”
“The members of this committee are mid-level managers of the Antang City’s transportation company. The transportation company’s sales manager— Dongji Wang— will take the position of the joint venture’s sales manager. The freight department’s Chiaodong will be assigned to the manager position of the passenger transportation department…”
Jae-Sik was sitting there listening to them. He didn’t really have anything to add anyway. He was just watching and learning how Chinese people structure a company.
“Lastly, Mr. Jae-Sik Moon, who is from Korea representing our Korean co-venturer’s interest, will be the president of the joint venture company, and I will be the vice president. If you have anything to add or object, please say it now.”
No one said anything. Jae-Sik could just hear people swallowing.
“Since I don’t hear any objection, the joint venture will be organized as such then. If you all agree to it, please give a big round of applause.”
The people sitting in the meeting room clapped loudly. Jae-Sik Moon clapped along with them.
“Sounds great. Thank you.”