People continued to pour into the art gallery. It almost seemed that Korean people felt some sort of pressure to visit this art exhibition in order to be considered as a sophisticated person who had this elegant hobby of enjoying artworks. The secretary of GH Development—Ms. Yeon-Soo Oh was in the support team that was organized as part of a team effort for this art exhibition. She was distributing the pamphlet to the visitors at the entrance. This pamphlet was not given for free. It was 5,000 won, but most visitors were still willing to pay for it.
Gun-Ho received a phone call from Min-Hyeon Kim in China.
"President Goo? Did you receive the congratulatory flower wreaths from Seukang Li and Jien Wang?"
"Yeah, I did. How did they send them here?"
"They actually sent me money and asked me to arrange it for them. So, I contacted Jae-Sik Moon for it."
"Oh, I see. Seukang Li's flower wreath is very popular among the visitors."
"Why is that so? Is it a special flower wreath that is different from others?"
"People just didn't expect to see one sent from China. They think it is interesting to see the wording in Chinese from Shanghai City's Bureau of Cultural Affairs and Art."
"Oh, I see. Maybe I should have changed the Chinese wording a little bit so Korean people can understand better."
"No, this is good. It's very Chinese. I like that."
"I heard you are getting lots of people there."
"Yeah."
"That's really good to know. When I learned that the art exhibition was about the avant-garde arts which I'm not familiar with, I thought not many people would come. I guess President Jeong-Sook Shin definitely has some sense in that field."
"She has been in this art and in the cultural affairs field for a long time. Her way of thinking is different from people like us."
Min-Hyeok continued to talk,
"I heard that Dyeon Korea is vigorously producing raw materials now. Aren't you going to send some to us to China?"
"Give me some more time."
"The storage here that we purchased has been empty for a long time. I only see rats occupying the place."
"We have six machines right now. Let's see when we receive machine no. 8."
When it was lunchtime, Gun-Ho asked Director Kang to come down to the art gallery.
"President Shin, let's go have lunch together. I asked Director Kang to join us."
"I'm good, sir."
"You need to eat. Maybe we can ask Ms. Yeon-Soo Oh to come with us as well."
"We need someone to stay here. Ms. Yeon-Soo Oh and I can take turns to have lunch."
Director Kang came down to the art gallery. He suggested going to a Korean restaurant that specialized in Budae Jjigae*. He said he knew a good place for it. Gun-Ho was tempted. President Shin though suggested having crispy pork cutlets instead. She explained,
"Budae Jjigae is delicious, but after we have that dish, our clothes will smell like that food. We can't receive our guests smelling like Budae Jjigae."
That made sense.
While having lunch, Gun-Ho suggested President Shin moving her GH Media's office to GH Building.
"You will have to operate the art gallery from now on. It would be a lot more convenient if your office is in the same building as the gallery. Otherwise, you will have to continuously drive back and forth between here in Sinsa Town and your office in Mapo Town."
"GH Media can't afford to pay the rent for an office in Gangnam District. We don't generate enough revenue just yet by only publishing books. The art exhibition with Chinese young avant-garde artists' artworks seems to be a success, but there is no guarantee that our next and the following exhibition would result in the same outcome. I will think about moving the office to the GH Building once the next art exhibition succeeds."
"I intend to grow GH Media to a multimedia company."
"A multimedia company, sir?"
"Seukang Li keeps asking me to acquire a Chinese soap opera production company."
"A soap opera?"
President Jeong-Sook Shin seemed to have a lot to think about. While having lunch, Gun-Ho received a text message.
[I will stop by briefly at your art gallery tomorrow. It will be around the time when the gallery closes for the day. I won't be able to see you though since I will just take a quick look around. From Seol-Bing.]
"Do we open the gallery until 7 pm, don't we?"
"That's correct, sir."
"Around 7 pm tomorrow, the actress—Seol-Bing will visit our gallery."
"Huh? Really? How do you know Seol-Bing, sir? Do you know someone in her agency?"
"Yes, I do. Seol-Bing is very careful with being exposed to the public. She will be wearing dark sunglasses. You don't have to greet her."
"Understood, sir."
Note*
Budae Jjigae– A spicy stew with all sorts of vegetables, sausage, and spam ham.
Chapter end
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