Chapter 354 - Strategic Change (3) – Part 1
On Monday, as soon as Gun-Ho arrived at work in Dyeon Korea, Mr. Adam Castler came into Gun-Ho’s office accompanied by the interpreter—Mr. Lee.
“You must have something you want to talk to me about. Please have a seat.”
Gun-Ho asked the secretary—Ms. Seon-Hye Yee to bring some tea for them.
“How do you like living in Korea so far?”
“It’s good. Everyone including you has been very kind to me.”
“What would you like to talk to me about today?”
“I’ve just received a call from Dyeon America that they will send an audit team here.”
“An audit?”
“Upon the completion of their investment-in-kind, Dyeon America sends its people to verify their investment. Their investment-in-kind will be completed when they send machine no. 7 and no.8 which will be shipped to Busan Port soon. They will check the machines from no. 1 to no. 6 and see if they are all in a good working condition.”
“Hmm. I think it is a good policy that they have.”
“In addition to checking the status of the machines, they will also look at the quality of the products that were being produced here. They will evaluate the adequacy of the current number of employees given the current sales revenue. Handling of the revenues and expenses will also be looked at. Oh, they will also check if taxes are properly being paid.”
“Hmm. How many people should we expect to see?”
“There will be two people.”
“How long will they stay?”
“Considering the size of the investment in Dyeon Korea, I suppose that the audit will take about two days.”
“Okay. I will talk to Director Yoon so we can take good care of the audit team with food and accommodation while they stay here in Korea.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are we getting the company uniform from the same store where GH Mobile is getting theirs?”
“Yes, sir. We just change the company logo on it.”
“Do you think the cooking lady can handle the cafeteria by herself? We will have more workers joining us soon.”
“I think she will handle fine for now. But, I think we will need to hire one more security guard. We have tons of raw materials stored in the facility. Director Yoon will bring you the approval request for it.”
“Sounds good.”
Since Gun-Ho was commuting from Seoul, he got off work early, around 4 pm on the days when he worked in Dyeon Korea. If he left for his home in Seoul later than 4 pm, he would be stuck in heavy traffic around Yangjae Town even though he took a highway. When it was 4 pm, Gun-Ho walked out of his office carrying a newspaper with him, that he didn’t finish that day.
“I will read it in the car. It’s really nice that I can read a newspaper on the way home since Chan-Ho is now driving for me. Where is he by the way?”
Gun-Ho looked around. He couldn’t find Chan-Ho Eom. Gun-Ho asked the general affairs manager who was passing by Gun-Ho’s office.
“Have you seen Chan-Ho Eom? He doesn’t even pick up his phone.”
“I saw him at the production team.”
When Gun-Ho went to the production team, he saw Chan-Ho staring at a machine while crouching down on the floor.
“Chan-Ho, what are you doing there?”
“Oh, Mr. President!”
Chan-Ho stood up quickly from his crouching position and ran to the Bentley. He quickly brought the car in front of the building entrance.
When the car was passing by the seawalls in Asan City, Gun-Ho asked Chan-Ho,
“Chan-Ho Eom! Are you interested in working in the production worksite?”
“Oh, no, no. I was just watching it. It was interesting. I don’t think I can work at the production site. I will have to stay in one place all day long, right? I don’t think I can handle it. I love driving. While I drive, I can look at a lot of things like seawalls over there. And, when you don’t use your car, I can even take a nap.”
“Are you sure? I guess you like driving then. Do you have a girlfriend?”
“Nah, I don’t. Tae-Young bro doesn’t have one either.”
“Is Tae-Young’s security staffing company doing well?”
“He seems to have difficulty in running the company. People like me and Tae-Young bro don’t know anything much other than using our body since we have been exercising in our entire life. It’s really hard to change our career even if we want to.”
“Hmm, really? How much do you get paid by working at the bar in Hannam Town?”
“I don’t know. Tae-Young bro takes care of any monetary matter for us. Four of us work for that bar in Hannam Town. The work itself is easy and comfortable. We go to work at 6 pm and stay there showing customers the way to their room, and we get off work at 10 pm. We sometimes have to drive customers’ cars if they are too drunk to drive. But usually, we are off work at 10 pm. The bar provides us dinner too. You know the aunt is very nice.”
“Aunt? You mean Ms. Jang?”
“Yes, Ms. Jang. We call her aunt.”