Chapter 204 - New Product (1) – PART 1
Gun-Ho, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo and Jong-Suk Park drank a lot that night.
Gun-Ho asked for Ms. Jang—the hostess of the secret bar, Pine.
“We’d like to listen to Gayageum.”
Two young ladies in a traditional Korean dress entered the room with Gayageum. Once they started playing it, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo closed his eyes to fully enjoy the music. The ladies played two more songs before they left the room.
Gun-Ho said while filling in Mr. Sakata Ikuzo’s glass.
“Mr. Sakata Ikuzo, you have been a great help to our company. I truly appreciate it. The new product passed S Group’s test, and we have already submitted our estimated product cost to them. We are expecting to receive the first product order from them soon.”
“Manager Jong-Suk Park helped me a lot in developing the product.”
“Since you are retired, I believe you don’t have work that you need to start right away after you finish this job with us, do you? What about you work with us for six more months?”
“Are you offering to extend my contract for the next six months?”
“Yes. Manager Park here has a lot to learn from you. I am hoping that you could teach and guide him.”
“Manager Park is a very smart man, and he picks up things very quickly in the industrial field. He seems to be able to make anything he wants. While he is excellent in making things by tightening a screw and welding and so on, he still needs more practice in mixing chemicals and carving moulds.”
“That’s why I am asking you to stay with us for six more months. We would love to have you here with us for an extended period of time.”
“I will give the product recipe to Manager Park one by one starting tomorrow. Please share the recipe between you and Manager Park and do not disclose it to anyone else.”
“Don’t the engineers in the company have to know the recipe?”
“Not really. Competitor companies will always try to find out the recipe.”
“What if we file a patent for your product recipe?”
Jong-Suk asked while looking out the window.
“Bro, how much is this condo?”
“Hey, stop talking about the home, and let’s go out to have a hangover soup. I know a good place; they specialize in a blowfish hangover soup.”
“Blowfish? I like Korean sausage hangover soup better.”
“We can’t just go and eat something we like. We need to think about our guest. He is Japanese; he must like fish.”
“Oh, you are right. Let’s go to that blowfish hangover soup place.”
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo seemed to like blowfish hangover soup.
He thanked Gun-Ho several times for allowing him to experience delicious Korean food.
“Thank you, Shacho-san (president). Because of you, I had a great time in a secret bar and spent a night at your house; I had a very good sleep there. And today, I am having tasty Bokuoguku (blowfish soup).”
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo seemed to be emotional.
Once they returned to Asan City, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo started teaching Jong-Suk passionately.
“Raise the temperature and wrap the extruder’s head with three layers of nets. Let the cooling water flow until it goes about 1 meter before placing the product there…”
Jong-Suk learned enthusiastically. The products on the first day came out distorted. However, from the third day, since Jong-Suk started learning from Mr. Sakata Ikuzo, the products came out really pretty.
“They look good.”
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo nodded his head, showing that he was satisfied with the outcome.
On the fifth day, the S Group personnel arrived at Gun-Ho’s factory to conduct due diligence. They were young researchers of S Group, about the same age as Gun-Ho or Jong-Suk.
“Please give us the test report of the raw materials.”
Jong-Suk handed Dyeon America’s test report to them. It indicated hardness, tensile strength, and so on. They took out Dyeon America’s product themselves and took a picture, and then they performed a quick test like burning it with a lighter.
Jong-Suk demonstrated the product manufacturing in front of them. Once Jong-Suk turned on the switch to raise the temperature, the machine started spouting the cooling water with a loud noise. Vivid-colored products started coming out. The products moved about 1 meter before they got into the cooling water. Steam rose from the products with a sound.
“Wow. They are so pretty.”
The researchers from S Group took pictures of it.
“What raw materials did you use for the mixture that goes into the hopper?”
Gun-Ho who was standing next to Jong-Suk answered the question,
“I’m sorry. We can’t disclose it. It’s the recipe we used to manufacture this product.”