Story of a Big Player from Gangnam

Chapter 289: Conversation at Shade House in a country club (1) – Part 2Another group of people came into the Shade House where Gun-Ho’s party was taking a break in. The other team was making so much noise by talking loudly that Gun-Ho felt like the shade house was about to collapse.

“Hahaha. President Kim, I guess you have to buy us a drink today since you made a bogey.”

“I haven’t been myself today. I am so tired because of that b*tch I met yesterday. It was all her fault.”

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“Hahaha.”

Those people were ill-mannered and totally ignored the fact that they were not alone in the Shade House. Jien Wang and Young-Jin Kim seemed to feel very uncomfortable by those people’s presence. One man from that group was talking on the phone and he was extremely loud.

“Hey, Byeong-Tae died today. Are you asking me who Byeong-Tae is? You know that one who graduated from Seoul National University majoring in Economics. Yeah, that’s right. That’s him.”

Gun-Ho couldn’t know who Byeong-Tae was, of course, but he could see that which college a person graduate from was following that person until the day he died.

“Let’s get out of here.”

Gun-Ho, Jien, and Young-Jin walked out of the Shade House. They just couldn’t stand the other party.

Jien Wang asked,

“What was that guy talking about on the phone? He was very loud.”

“Well, he said someone who studied Economics at Seoul National University passed away.”

“What does his college have to do with his death?”

“I am wondering about it too.”

“Well, it is called the resemblance theory.”

“Resemblance theory?”

“People are trying to find the same quality as them on things or on other people. They then evaluate the other person or the thing, and they ultimately want to feel that they are better than others or his thing is better than the other thing.”

“Jien, you are very knowledgeable. You are indeed a professor.”

“That is usually caused by a person’s unstable and insecure mind. You will see. As long as people have that sort of mentality, we won’t be able to be free from overvaluing the importance of graduating from a top university, whether it is in Korea or China.”

“Hmm…”

Gun-Ho thought he could understand about half of what Jien Wang just said.

“People talk about someone who graduated from Seoul National University like he is very close to that person, even though that is not true. It could be found in a political campaign as well. Since Korea is a democratic country with numerous elections per year, you probably want to observe it with this theory in mind.”

“Like what? Give me some examples.”

“If a very good-looking man runs as a congressional candidate, the people who value the appearance greatly with a shallow mind and knowledge will vote for that man. It’s the resemblance theory.”

“Da*n it, an ugly person can’t even run for an election, according to what you just said.”

The three men continued to talk as they walked on the golf course.

“You already experienced some benefits from the resemblance theory.”

“Me? What benefits?”

“You made a lot of money by purchasing a condo around West Lake in Hangzhou City, where only rich people live in.”

Attorney Young-Jin Kim who was listening to the conversation seemed to be surprised.

“Gun-Ho Goo, did you invest in the real estate in China?”

Professor Jien Wang and Gun-Ho Goo continued to talk without responding to Attorney Kim’s question.

“I heard the price of the real properties in Gangnam District, Seoul City kept going higher and higher these days. The same theory applies there too. The citizens in Hangzhou City want to live in a wealthy area around West Lake, as the citizens in Seoul want to live in Gangnam. Once they live in the area, they start showing off. They show off that they live in the same area as other wealthy people, implying that they are part of it.”

“Wow. I’m just so impressed by your vast knowledge.”

“Well, many rich people who accumulated their wealth at an early age know this already. I learned it from reading books. The rich people know this like an instinct and they apply it to their life.”

What Jien Wang just said reminded Gun-Ho of Chairman Lee from Cheongdam Town. Chairman Lee accumulated his wealth at an early age by multiple transactions of the condos in Gangnam District, Seoul City, specifically Apgujeong Town.

Professor Jien Wang turned his head to look at Gun-Ho, and said,