Gun-Ho fell asleep while reading the cartoon book, and he woke up to some loud noise. When Gun-Ho heard people yelling, he walked to the window and looked down. An eighteen-wheeler was in the factory yard and a huge forklift truck was moving busily with Jong-Suk's scream.
"Hey, Mr. Driver! More to your left! More and more. Sh*t! You almost hit the wall! Manager Park! Don't touch that!"
They were making a lot of noise. Gun-Ho could hear all sorts of sound from the forklift truck, freight lift elevator and some other noise from machines and tools.
Gun-Ho walked down to the factory. When the three workers who just came back from Busan saw Gun-Ho entering the area, they walked towards Gun-Ho to greet him,
"Welcome back, folks. The equipment looks great."
Gun-Ho looked at his watch. It was after lunchtime, around 1 pm already.
"Why don't you have lunch first?"
"We will eat our lunch after unloading the shipment, sir."
Director Kim asked for the assistant manager.
"Hey, Mr. Park, let's place an order of our lunch for delivery. I think Jajjangmyeon* will do fine."
"For everyone here, sir? I think we have about twenty people."
"Let them choose from Jajjangmyeon*, Jjamppong*, and fried rice. If you go to the container office, you will find the phone number of a restaurant that you can order those foods from. The number is attached to the wall."
"Yes, sir."
The assistant manager moved around quickly among the twenty workers to take their lunch orders.
"Mr. Park, I will have Jajjangmyeon*."
Gun-Ho shouted to the assistant manager,
"Are you having lunch with us here, sir?"
"Of course."
Gun-Ho sat with his employees, together with the truck drivers and had his Jajjangmyeon*.
When the workers had almost finished their lunch, the assistant manager distributed coffee in a paper cup to everyone there. The coffees were from the vending machine in the container office.
The assistant manager seemed to be feeling good and excited since he was recently promoted to his current position. He was three years younger than Gun-Ho, and Gun-Ho sometimes found himself treating the assistant manager in an informal and comfortable way.
"Sir, why don't you go back to your office and take a rest. The worksite is too noisy and not very organized yet."
As Director Kim suggested Gun-Ho, Gun-Ho went back to his office on the second floor after lunch, and he continued to read the cartoon book for a while. Once he finished the book, he came back to the worksite to see how things were going.
"The forklift truck driver already left?"
"Yes, sir. He left at about 3 pm. The driver for the freight lift elevator left right after he finished his Jajjangmyeon*."
Dyeon Korea hadn't purchased its own forklift truck yet. If they had to buy one, a 5-ton forklift truck should be large enough to handle their raw materials. This time, they leased the huge 30-ton forklift truck to move the machines they received from Dyeon America.
When Gun-Ho looked around, he saw Jong-Suk who was taking a break. He was holding a paper cup of coffee and he was smoking a cigarette while standing near the fence.
"Director Park, you did a great work today."
"It's part of my job."
"Are you coming back here to work tomorrow?"
"Director Kim asked me to come here tomorrow. The people in our factory in Jiksan Town wouldn't like it though."
"Why don't you work in the Jiksan location in the morning and come to this Asan location in the afternoon? That's what I do these days."
"I don't know."
While Gun-Ho and Jong-Suk were conversing about the work arrangement, a Starex van entered the factory gate, and three American men got off from the van. They were the engineers from Dyeon America. Manager Kang picked them up at the airport that morning. Once they got off from the van, they went straight into the office building without noticing that Gun-Ho was standing in the yard.
"Bro, I guess you'd better go back to your office. The American engineers have arrived."
"It's okay. Director Kim and Mr. Adam Castler are in the office."
"I want to talk to them before we start installing the equipment."
"Do it tomorrow. Those engineers must feel very exhausted after the long-hour flight."
Note*
Jajjangmyeon– Korean-style Chinese noodle dish with black bean sauce, vegetables, and diced pork.
Jjamppong– Korean spicy noodle soup with seafood, pork, and vegetables.
Chapter end
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