Chapter 858: Antang Transportation Company’s Board Meeting (1) – Part 1
Gun-Ho received a call from Jae-Sik Moon in China.
“President Goo? It’s me. The Chinese partner wants to hold a board meeting this coming Thursday. Is it okay with you? You should be here. Their National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held soon, and they want to finish the board meeting before that. If you can’t make it this Thursday, they want to know when you would be available for the meeting.”
“Is the terminal building completed?”
“The building itself is done. They are doing some finis.h.i.+ng work inside the construction now, which cost a lot.”
Gun-Ho hadn’t been busy lately. He had plenty of spare time, so he thought that it would be nice to go on a trip to Guizhou Province, China.
“Did you say Thursday? That sounds fine. I will be there.”
“I will prepare the profit and loss doc.u.ments as of October. I will make the report by the board of meeting.”
“Sounds good. After the profit and loss report is made in the meeting, we will need to talk about any issues that either party has. Did they mention anything about it?”
“I was wondering about it as well, so I asked around, but I couldn’t find anything yet. If I learn something about it before the board meeting, I will give you a call.”
“Okay. Since the board meeting will be held on Thursday, I will arrive in Guizhou province, China on the day before that— Wednesday. Sent me a car to the Guizhou airport by then.”
“Okay, I will do that.”
Gun-Ho gave a call to President Geun-Soo Son in SH Investment Partners.
“I’m going on a trip to China this Wednesday. Do we have enough funds to handle the stock during my absence?”
“Will it be okay that I give you a call about it after today’s stock market is closed? There are some people who are selling a significant volume of the stock today. I’m buying those stocks right now, so I will have to see how things go at the end of today.”
“Do you think that those people are inst.i.tutional investors?”
“I’m not sure, sir. I don’t know what types of investors they are, but I’m trying to maintain the stock price around 5,600 won by buying their stock.”
“Hmm.”
“I’ve been monitoring the stock movement all day today, and I’ve noticed that they stop selling their stock when the price goes below 5,600 won before resuming their selling activities. I think that they set up the automated selling request.”
“Hmm. Buy the stock at 5,600 won as well.”
“Yes, sir. I will give you a report on it as soon as the stock market is closed for today.”
Gun-Ho looked outside the window from his office on the 18th floor. The weather was warm today. Gun-Ho walked out of his office building without any specific plan about what to do. He then took the subway. It had been a while since the last time he took the subway.
“How much is the subway fare these days? I have no idea how much it is.”
Gun-Ho took the subway line no. 3 and got off at the Dongguk University Station.
“I will get off here and have lunch. I will then take a walk at the Jangchungdan Park.”
Gun-Ho had his lunch at Hamheung cold noodle restaurant located near the Dongguk University Station, by himself. After having a cup of coffee to finish his lunch, he took a walk at the Jangchungdan Park.
“A lot of people are here, maybe because of the path to Nam Mountain. I see many office workers too. They seem to take a walk here during their lunchtime.”
Gun-Ho was walking at the park along with many other office workers. After a while, Gun-Ho felt warm, and took off his jacket; he then hung his jacket on his shoulder.
“I see other people who are doing the same thing.”
Some of the office workers, who were walking near Gun-Ho, glanced at Gun-Ho from time to time. It seemed that they were wondering if Gun-Ho was working at the same company as them. Gun-Ho actually looked like a typical manager or a team lead in a company. That reminded Gun-Ho of what Young-Eun had told him before.
She had said, “You looked like a mediocre salaryman who was working for a big company.”
Gun-Ho took it as he looked like someone who adjusted himself well in an office worker’s life, rather than a businessman. As a matter of fact, he acted as such a person. For example, he rarely yelled at people. He barely got upset either. He tended to pay attention to people when they talked, and he often gave feedback to them by saying, “Hmm, really?” or “Hmm, I see.” He was not tall or short either. His weight was normal for his height as well.
“I look mediocre. Is that why Young-Eun liked me at the beginning of our relations.h.i.+p?”
In fact, Young-Eun felt comfortable when she met Gun-Ho for the first time. He didn’t look rich, but he looked like a mediocre office worker. He didn’t look arrogant either like some medical doctors did in her work field. He wasn’t very attractive to her though. But, as she got to know Gun-Ho better, she learned that he was unexpectedly a wealthy man who knew how to respect women.
Gun-Ho seemed to be someone who had a strong ability to make a living. Young-Eun thought that he was a good man as a spouse because he wouldn’t let his wife suffer in life. She had seen a lot of medical doctors who opened their own practice and failed. Most of them eventually became someone with a low credit score. Those people seemed to know how to get a good grade in school, but not very good at making a living. Also, Gun-Ho looked like someone who would limitlessly understand and respect her choices in life such as keeping her career as a medical doctor and other stuff.
Young-Eun had a better educational and family background than Gun-Ho, but he seemed to be superior to her in other areas in life. Also, she was certain that he would respect her family as well.
Gun-Ho hadn’t disappointed her so far. He was doing very good as a husband. Moreover, Young-Eun’s friends were jealous of her having a husband like Gun-Ho who owned a public company that was registered with KOSDAQ, and also owned a building in Gangnam District. Her friends were melted in Gun-Ho’s thoughtfulness and care towards Young-Eun when he bought her a luxurious vehicle— Genesis.
Young-Eun was also a very good wife to Gun-Ho. She was intelligent, and she was not arrogant. She wasn’t very high maintenance either. She hadn’t changed after marrying Gun-Ho either.
Gun-Ho kept walking in the park. The office workers, who were walking there as Gun-Ho, were probably thinking about how to get a better position at their work and make more money, so they could buy a home someday. On the other hand, Gun-Ho was thinking about how to make 1 trillion won.
‘I don’t want to make that much money through my business, but I want to possess 1 trillion won as an individual. In order to achieve that goal, I’m putting my foot forward one step after another every day.
I started the joint venture, and made one of my companies a public company. And, I recently established a private equity fund firm, and I’m buying the stock like a crazy person. This is my first step to get closer to my goal— 1 trillion won. I will someday help my neighbors and other people who are in need of help, and also I want to contribute to society. But that will have to wait until I achieve my 1 trillion won goal.’