Chapter 218 - Moving to the New Location (2) – PART 1 !
Gun-Ho’s sister wanted to introduce a girl to Gun-Ho so he could possibly marry her. She was an elementary school teacher, where his sister’s daughter— Jeong-Ah was attending. Gun-Ho’s sister insisted on him meeting her.
Gun-Ho’s sister obtained a level-1 certificate of a social worker after finishing the level-2 certificate. Her husband was doing a transportation work with his own truck, and he was making at least 5 million won per month. Gun-Ho’s sister was having a good life; she was driving Hyundai Sonata and she was actively participating in a school parent association at the elementary school which Jeong-Ah was going to. Jeong-Ah was a popular kid at her school; she was in a good class rank and she had a pretty face.
“Jeong-Ah is nominated for a class president. People think her family is affluent since she is living in a 50 pyung large condo. She is so popular at her school.”
Gun-Ho remembered her mother mentioning about it. Jeong-Ah was loved and cared for by not only her parents but also by her grandparents. She was having a good life.
“When she was living in a rented old townhouse in Juan Town, she was bullied by her classmates. Now, she is a leader among friends.”
Gun-Ho’s mother was laughing while she talked about how well Jeong-Ah was doing in school.
Gun-Ho nodded his head.
When he was in high school, he used to get beaten up by his classmates too. He was bullied and he even lost his umbrella to his classmate on a rainy day. He couldn’t even look at a pretty girl when she was passing by him. He couldn’t be admitted to a decent college and couldn’t enjoy a romantic college campus life because his family was poor. The good life that Jeong-Ah was having now was all possible because of money.
“Human beings are greedy and calculating. They quickly recognize who is poor and who is rich even when they were little, and they rank people in that order. They bully their peers who had a poor family too.”
People judge a person by their appearance, such as what kind of car they drive and where they live. Teachers were not an exception to this tendency.
Jeong-Ah’s homeroom teacher was a married woman and she recommended another teacher she was working with to meet with Gun-Ho.
“He is one of my student’s uncle. He is running a big company. He graduated from a college in China and his parents are living in a 50 pyung condo in Guweol Town. Why don’t you meet with him? You might like him. I was told that he is a good-looking man.”
“Which university did he graduated in China?”
Jeong-Ah’s homeroom teacher called Jeong-Ah’s mother to find out which college Gun-Ho graduated from.
“Which college in China did you say your brother graduate from?”
“Sir, why don’t you go inside the building? It’s too noisy out here.”
“It’s okay. I can’t go inside the building when other workers are working so hard in moving things around.”
“We will set up the office with computers and other office machines tomorrow, so we can start working on Monday.”
“Did you already request for the phone service?”
“Of course. The workers from Korea Telecom (KT) are already here getting ready to start, along with engineers from a computer company, and electricians.”
“Hmm.”
“As you instructed, the cafeteria is ready to serve today. The kitchen lady workers are all here and preparing food for us. Since it’s our moving day, they are cooking special food.”
“That’s nice.”
The moving continued until 5 pm that day. The machines start working while making a loud noise. The conveyor belt began to move, compressors were making a noise, and coolants started circulating.
Manager Jong-Suk Park shouted himself hoarse during the moving.
“You did a great job, Jong-Suk. It has been a long day.”
“Bro, you have to buy me a drink, okay?”
“Of course. You sound like you did all the moving by yourself.”
Manager Jong-Suk Park smiled with his white teeth. He was sweating heavily.
Gun-Ho went to work on Sunday too. It was the second day of the moving.
The office workers were already at the company in Jiksan Town; they were testing their office machines and computers. The workers from the research center were arranging their lab equipment.
“Sir, your office is ready.”
The general affairs manager came to Gun-Ho to let him know his office was ready to use.
“Really?”
Gun-Ho entered his new office. It was a large office with a lot of natural light. He could see a big tree from his window. Some of the books in the bookshelf were not standing straight. Other than that, his office was reproduced and looked exactly the same as his previous office in Asan City. His desk, chair, sofa, and the conference table and chairs were very well arranged. He was not sure who cleaned the office, but it was super clean.
“I smell something. Oh, it’s a scent from the pot of orchids.”
The vendors sent ten pots of orchids to Gun-Ho’s office with a card that says, “Congratulations on your moving to your new factory.” Gun-Ho selected two pots that he liked the most out of the ten and placed one of them on his desk and put the other one on the conference table.