"Thank you for your call. I will go to Japan this Friday and stay there until Sunday. I really miss Mori Aikko too."
The branch manager of the stock brokerage firm arrived.
"Wow. Your factory is amazing. It looks better than the building in Gangnam District, Seoul."
"Was it easy to find the way here?"
"It was easy enough. The factory is located on the main road. I just followed Bong-Joo Yi Road and it led me right here. Why do they name the road after Bong-Joo Yi?"
"The athlete—Bong-Joo Yi is from the area here."
"Oh, I see. That's why they named the road after his."
"Well, why don't you have a seat?"
"Thank you."
The branch manager sat on a sofa while placing his briefcase on the coffee table.
"Well, since it's lunchtime, everyone is out for lunch at the company cafeteria. Even my secretary is out for lunch, leaving me with no one who could prepare tea for us."
"Oh, don't worry about it. I've had my tea on the way at the resting area."
The branch manager started pulling out papers from his briefcase. The weather was hot and the branch manager was wearing a business suit with a tie. He was sweating.
"I've prepared three portfolios for your asset management. The first one is a plan with 70% of risk and 30% of safety. The second one is 50 and 50, and the third one is 70% of safety and 30% of risk."
Gun-Ho read the portfolio carefully. Each program listed the duration, estimated returns and description of the program. They were not a printed pamphlet or anything like that, but it was typed in Excel. He probably made it just for Gun-Ho.
It seemed that the secretary—Ms. Hee-Jeong Park came back from her lunch. She brought green tea to Gun-Ho's office.
"Are you already done with your lunch, Ms. Park?"
"Someone told me that you have a guest in your office, sir. So I finished my lunch as fast as I could."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt your lunch. I shouldn't have come at lunchtime."
"No, it's okay."
Secretary Hee-Jeong Park gave a slight nod to the branch manager and left the office.
After reviewing the document that the branch manager brought, Gun-Ho said,
"I will go with the plan no. 3. The safest one."
"I knew you would pick that one. The big players with substantial cash, they usually picked the safest one."
"Really?"
"Sir, I feel bad that I used your lunchtime. I'd like to buy you some lunch today."
"Oh, no. I should treat you. You came all the way here from Seoul to see me after all."
"No. I will treat you, sir. I insist. You are a very important client to us. I brought my company's business credit card."
The branch manager waved the credit card.
"You are not just an important client but you are the most important client to us."
"You are the branch manager in the Gangnam area. You must have other clients with a substantial amount of cash."
"Even in Gangnam District, we call the people with several tens of billions as a big player. You have hundreds of billions won, sir. You are the biggest player, sir."
"Well, let's just go to have lunch."
Gun-Ho took the branch manager of the stock brokerage firm to a Korean restaurant that specialized in a set menu with seasoned wild vegetables, which was nearby Seonggeo Mountain.
"Wow. I like this place. It has fresh air and pleasant breeze. I guess the big players usually live in a city with nature like here, not in a busy city like Gangnam."
"I didn't choose this area to live in. My factory just happened to be located here, that's all."
"Oh, have you applied for the KOSDAQ registration? Your company is registered with DART (Data Analysis, Retrieval, and Transfer System), but I believe it's not with KOSDAQ. Am I right?"
"I'm thinking of going public maybe after three years. I will first have to increase our sales revenue and reduce debts."
"President Goo, if you could let us do your KOSDAQ registration, I will do my best to make it successful."
Chapter end
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