Story of a Big Player from Gangnam

Chapter 115: Presentation to Attract Companies into the Industrial Park – PART 2Gun-Ho, Attorney Kim, and Amiel started drinking at the restaurant & bar—Pine in Hannam Town. Their room door was opened and three beautiful young ladies in their 20s entered the room. They were wearing a traditional Korean dress.

“Oh, wonderful!”

“This guy looks so happy to see the young ladies.”

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“Who wouldn’t?”

Another young lady entered the room. She was carrying a Geomungo*. She was the same girl who had joined Gun-Ho’s party when he had come to the bar with Chairman Lee. She seemed to recognize Gun-Ho as well; she nodded her head to Gun-Ho.

Richard Amiel from Lymondell Dyeon craned his neck to get a better view of the girl with a musical instrument.

She started playing music; it was beautiful.

Gun-Ho couldn’t tell which music she was playing, but it was touching his heart. It sounded sad and also fantastical.

Amiel was listening to the music with his eyes closed. Knowing Amiel couldn’t see what Gun-Ho was doing, Gun-Ho looked at Amiel’s business card again closely.

His business card said that he was the president of the exclusive distributor in Japan for Lymondell Dyeon and the president of a subsidiary company in Asia. The other side of the business card was written in Japanese.

“So, their products in Korea were from Japan?”

Gun-Ho was thinking about it when Attorney Kim tapped his arm.

“Why aren’t you drinking, President Goo? These pretty ladies poured liquor in your glass already.”

“Sure. I’ll drink.”

When the lady finished playing the Geomungo, Amiel clapped loudly and shouted ‘wonderful.’

The lady sitting next to Amiel told him to drink one more glass of liquor in English. Amiel seemed to be satisfied with the fact that he could communicate with the lady in English. He started talking with the lady.

Amiel also talked with the ladies who were sitting next to Gun-Ho and who was sitting next to Attorney Kim. They all could speak English, and they all talked in English except Gun-Ho.

Gun-Ho couldn’t say anything in English, so he just sat there and kept drinking.

“I’m the only one here who can’t speak English. It’s embarrassing.”

“Oh, you look upset, sir. You just keep drinking without saying anything.”

The lady sitting next to Gun-Ho put a crab meat into Gun-Ho’s mouth.

Gun-Ho asked Attorney Kim to drink one more glass of liquor.

“Hey, Attorney Kim. Tell your friend that I used to work in a plastic factory and the factory used the products made by Lymondell Dyeon.”

Attorney Kim told Amiel that Gun-Ho used to work in a big company where they used the Lymondell Dyeon products and he was now about to start a joint venture with the Chinese provincial government. He added that Gun-Ho and the Chinese government already signed the letter of intent. Attorney Kim seemed to exaggerate a bit, Gun-Ho thought.

“Oh, really?”

Amiel’s eyes widened and he took out Gun-Ho’s business card from his pocket and looked at it again.

“It’s a real estate development company.”

“Yeah. This company is known to be a company without debt.”

“Really?”

Amiel looked at Gun-Ho with his arms crossed.

Attorney Kim tried to add fun to the conversation.

“Hey, President Goo. Tell Amiel that you want to operate an exclusive distribution agency of Lymondell Dyeon for the Korean Market.”

Attorney Kim didn’t wait for Gun-Ho’s response and asked Amiel right away.

Amiel seemed to think about it.

Gun-Ho said while giving a glass of liquor to Attorney Kim.

“That’s not my intention.”

“Then what? This could be your opportunity. Lymondell Dyeon doesn’t give the exclusive distribution right to just anyone.”

“There should be a company that imports Lymondell Dyeon products from the distribution agency in Japan. That’s not what I want.”

“What do you want then?”

“I want to produce their products in Korea.”

“What? You want to manufacture their products here?”

“I understand that they won’t share critical technology with us, but I guess I can still operate a chemical plant that produces chemical compounds.”

When Attorney Kim tried to interpret what Gun-Ho said to Amiel, Gun-Ho stopped him.

“Don’t. If they want to open a plant in Korea, they would select the one that already has experience and ability to do it.”

“What do you mean by ability?”

“A company that already has a factory to produce chemical compounds, for example.”

“I see.”

While Gun-Ho and Attorney Kim talked to each other, fortunately, Amiel was also busy in talking with the lady sitting next to him.

“Could you elaborate on the production of chemical compounds?”