Chapter 357 - GH Logistics (1) – Part 2
Chapter 357: GH Logistics (1) – Part 2
Gun-Ho asked Jae-Sik,
“You said you are living somewhere in Mapo District, right?”
“Mangwon Town in Mapo District to be exact.”
“Did you lease it with a monthly rent?”
“Yeah. It has two rooms. The security deposit is 10 million won with 500,000 won of monthly rent.”
“You are paid 3 million won per month, right?”
“Right. After tax, I’m taking about 2.7 million won home.”
“You said you are still paying for your debt. With the payment for the debt and for the rent, nothing much would be left.”
“Well, my wife is making money now. We are doing okay.”
“I went to the book café the other day to have coffee, and I met your wife. She looked calm and stable.”
“Calm? Well, she is moody. She used to write poetry; maybe that’s why she is so moody. We both were working as an editor when we first met. We started living together without a formal wedding ceremony.”
“Hmm, yeah, I think you told me about it before.”
“We were separated for a while, and I didn’t want to restart our relationship like this. But we were both suffering from financial difficulties, and we decided to live together again and relied on each other. I once asked her what her dream is. She said that she wants to wear a wedding dress.”
“Ha, really?”
“Anyway, so what did you want to talk to me about? What is GH transportation?”
“We say ‘logistics’ instead. I guess that’s because it focuses on the overall service that they provide, not just shipment. We used to call it ‘express’ in the past, but now we call it ‘logistics’.”
“Hmm, then we call our transportation company ‘GH Logistics’, huh?”
“That’s right. That sounds more like it.”
“GH Logistics… I like it.”
“Okay, then I will talk to the owner of that transportation company in Paju City.”
“Don’t forget to see your wife before you leave.”
“You know I live with her, right? I see her every day at home.”
Jae-Sik Moon walked out of Gun-Ho’s office. He seemed excited.
In the evening, Gun-Ho received a call from Jae-Sik Moon.
“It’s me, Jae-Sik.”
“Did you have a chance to talk to the owner?”
“Yes. That company in Paju City has two employees, and it’s a sole proprietorship. The storage is rented. He currently has two freight trucks and one forklift truck. Since he stores books mostly in the storage, a thermo hygrostat is installed there.”
“Did you ask him about the price?”
“He said he wants 150 million won. It’s obviously a rip-off.”
“I guess he will include the list of his clients.”
“It seems that he has only fifteen clients. The books he has in his storage are owned by publishing companies, not him.”
“He is storing them for his clients, I guess.”
“Yes. He charges the clients with some small fees to store their books in his storage.”
“I will go meet him tomorrow.”
“Can you come in the afternoon? I have some editing work that I have to finish in the morning.”
“Sure. I will see you tomorrow afternoon then. Let the owner know that we are coming to see him tomorrow.”
Gun-Ho wanted to register the transportation company as a business entity after acquiring it from the owner. And it would provide exclusive transportation service to Dyeon Korea. GH Mobile had its own transportation department with truck drivers and they were employees. So, it wouldn’t be able to include GH Mobile as its client, at least for now.
“Jae-Sik Moon might not be able to handle manufacturing work, but I guess he can handle a transportation business.”
Gun-Ho made a phone call to President Jeong-Sook Shin.
“Chief Editor—Jae-Sik Moon—will have to leave GH Media soon.”
“Sir? Why?”
“I’m opening a transportation company, and I want him to work there. You might have felt a bit uncomfortable working with my friend in GH Media.”
“Not at all, sir. He has been very helpful.”
“Well, I’m letting you know this now, so you can prepare to fill up his position.”
“Okay… I will do that.”