Chapter 532 - Wedding Ceremony Later in Life (1) – Part 1
Gun-Ho went to a local bank and withdrew 10 million won and used it to make sales and purchase agreement for the condo that he wanted to buy for Jae-Sik Moon. He didn’t forget to use Jae-Sik Moon’s name in purchasing it. According to the real estate agent, it was okay to make the sales contract with him instead of the condo’s owner.
“Is it really okay that I make this sales and purchase contract with you, not with the owner?”
“That’s fine because the owner gave me the full authority to do so on his behalf. The owner is living a bit far from here—Jungdong Town, Bucheon City. You will meet him when the full payment would be made. Here is the condo’s real estate registration. As you can see, it’s very clean without any lien attached to it.”
Gun-Ho promised to pay the remainder of the payment within a week, and the real estate agent handed over the condo’s entrance passcode.
“Jae-Sik Moon is not my name, but he is a friend of mine. He will be the one who you will see when it is time to make the middle payment and the final payment.”
“Oh, is that so? Well, I’ve seen other people buying a condo without visiting the place, especially condos since a condo’s layout is very predictable. I understand that the buyer let his friend make the decision of picking a condo for him. It’s not very usual.”
Gun-Ho made a call to Jae-Sik Moon.
“Hey, since you don’t seem to budge, I’m here in a condo complex near the East Incheon Station.”
“What are you doing there?”
“I signed a purchase and sales contract to buy a condo with your name.”
“What?”
“I couldn’t buy a 30 pyung large condo because its owner asked for 260 million won for it. Instead, I bought a 26 pyung large one for 180 million won. It has one bathroom, but your parents will feel comfortable living here.”
“Huh? Why did you do that?”
“You will have to come here when it’s time to make the middle and final payments. It’s easy to find the real estate office. You just need to walk heading north once you get off the East Incheon Station. Its name is Jaeil Real Estate. The condo complex is Solbit, and your condo is in the third building at unit 8xx. The entrance passcode is 0719. Why don’t you come and check it out, maybe this evening? The wall is already redone. It’s vacant right now.”
“Oh, my!”
“I deposited 10 million won when I signed the contract. For the middle and final payment, use the money in the company bank account. If you don’t do it, I will lose 10 million won, okay?”
“You don’t have to worry about it. They won’t come to that condo. I’ve already paid off my debt, and dad filed for bankruptcy with the court. So, you don’t have to worry about the creditors. You just need to move to that condo and stay there peacefully.”
Jae-Sik’s mother looked at Jae-Sik’s face; there was still a scared look on her face.
Jae-Sik’s mother had been harassed for her entire life by creditors. Jae-Sik felt sad by looking at his mother’s reaction. He came close to his mother and held her hand and tapped her back trying to make her feel safe.
“You don’t have to worry about a thing, mom. I made lots of money. Just move to the new place, okay?”
Jae-Sik made sure that his mother understood that she needed to put the current home on the market and to get ready to move to a new place before leaving there. His mother nodded her head, but she still looked skeptical.
Jae-Sik came back to his home and prepared dinner while waiting for his wife to come home from her work. When Jae-Sik’s wife came home and saw the dinner being already ready, she looked surprised.
“Huh? Why are you here, honey? It’s not the weekend.”
“Don’t you feel tired? It’s hard to commute from here, right? Dinner is ready.”
“What’s the occasion? What is it?”
“I came to the area to see a condo.”
“A condo? What condo?”
“I bought a condo. It’s a 26 pyung large one in a condo complex near the East Incheon Station.”
“You bought a condo? With what money?”
“President Goo gave me the money to buy that condo.”
“What? President Goo?”
Jae-Sik told his wife the whole story about how he had helped Gun-Ho make money while working for GH Logistics. The story started from the moment when he had to change his residential address to Seonghwan City, which was one of the reasons why he had to live there during the weekdays. He also further explained how he purchased the adjacent farmland around GH Logistics and another landlocked property with his name and then went through the land-use conversion process, and finally sold the entire land to a cosmetic company.
“Oh, so you used your name to buy those lands. I thought they belonged to the company. Well, I guess you sort of earned that money from President Goo. A friend of mine bought a house the other day using someone else’s name, and she later paid the person who let her use her name in the sales transaction.”
“But, it’s still excessive. I just let him use my name, and he bought me a condo that is worth 180 million won.”
“It is indeed excessive, but he is rich, right? There is a rumor that he is a big player in Gangnam District. Even though 180 million won is huge to us, maybe it’s not to President Goo. You can work hard when you go to China thinking that you are paying him back that way. Also, he made money with your help anyway.”
“Hmm.”