Chapter 182

* * *Junmin took out his phone after meeting Janghae.“Geunsoo.”- Yes, senior?“Where are you?”- I went to Maru’s school to pick him up. I think it’ll take some time though.“What’s up?”Junmin received word of Maru’s situation through the phone. “Alright, I’ll take care of it, so take Maru down there as soon as you can. You’ll be there by dawn if you leave now.”- You care about him a lot, huh?“I care about him just as much as I cared about you. At least he didn’t leave home like someone else. There’s no helping the fact that I’d care a lot more about him than someone else who ran away penniless.”- Wow, sounds like one crazy dude. You’re talking about Ganghwan, right?“Shush, just hurry up. Teacher’s probably waiting.”- Understood.Junmin took out his notebook and checked his schedule. Thankfully, he was free until next weekend.“Alright then.”Junmin took out his phone again and called Lawyer Park, he immediately hung up after getting a voice message. Just a few minutes later, he got a call back from Lawyer Park.- What’s up?“Do you have time?”- Time? What do you mean by time?“You remember meeting the chairman of this one high school because of Maru’s case?”- Chairman? Oh! Of Woosung High? Of course, I do. We drank quite a bit together.“I was wondering if I could see him today. For a favor.”- A favor? Are you planning on branching out into schools now?“Not at all. Just come to restaurant Yongjung for now. You like their fried rice, don’t you?”- Are you trying to flex on me? Meeting at a place like that just for fried rice?“So? Not coming?”- No, of course I am. By the way, what would you even have done if I didn’t have a retainer agreement with you? Do you think you can just call people like me out in an afternoon?“I know you’re not that busy with your current case, so get over here. You can leave your current work to someone under you.”- Ugh. So, you’re planning on seeing that chairman now?“I mean, it’s dinnertime. Might as well meet him here.”- I’ll try asking him then.“Don’t ask. Make him come here.”- I hate how you always make such troublesome requests.“But you always do them.”Junmin closed his phone and waited. Lawyer Park was a very straightforward person, he always told you what he could and couldn’t do. If the man was hitting back with a joke like he did just now, then it meant that he could do it. Junmin drank from the tea the employee gave him as he waited. After about thirty minutes, Lawyer Park entered the room. The man took off his blazer immediately and hung it over his chair.“So hot. It’s Spring already.”“It’s just March. Isn’t Spring still a bit of a way off?”“I get hot easily.”“Anyway, the chairman?”“He’s coming soon. He didn’t understand what I meant by the CEO of JA production, so I just told him you’re someone big in the entertainment business.”Lawyer Park complained about the lack of food immediately after taking a sip of cold water.“I’ll order a full course once the chairman arrives, so be patient.”After about twenty more minutes of waiting, the chairman arrived as well. The man had a smile on his face, but his eyes were betraying his true feelings. Junmin stood up to greet the man with a smile.“Hello. The name’s Lee Junmin.”“Nice to meet you. I’m Cha Iltae.”Junmin ordered the food immediately as the chairman sat down. Since he ate with Janghae earlier, Junmin settled on some fruit for himself instead.“I’m a bit shocked by the sudden call.”“I apologize. I should’ve scheduled a meeting at a later time, but I wanted to see you in a hurry, which is why I contacted you through him.”Junmin pointed at Lawyer Park as he spoke, who smiled as he picked up a piece of chicken.“I see. But why did you want to see me…?”“You’re probably very busy, so I’ll cut straight to the chase. It’s about the acting club.”“Acting club? Woosung High’s acting club?”“Yes.”“What about it?”“I wanted your help regarding them.”“Help… Are they disappearing or something?”“Not necessarily, I just heard that the school’s kicking them out of their clubroom. So I wanted to get a shipping container into the school to give them some storage space. I was wondering if that would be okay.”The chairman gave Lawyer Park a little glance. The two of them started off on an incredibly bad footing, but they ended up becoming good friends by the end of the school violence incident.“This friend pays people back in multiples. If it doesn’t harm you much, I think it’d be good to take him up on his request.”“If you say so, Lawyer Park. There’s space for a shipping container behind the school, so the acting club is free to use one.”“Thank you. Oh, and one more thing.”“What is it?”“Could you pass along a message to the principal?”“What?”“To allow the acting club to split in two later on. A student will probably request for such in the near future. I hope you can allow this to happen.”“Two acting clubs? Why?”“Well… Let’s just call it greed.”“Mm, it’s not very difficult, so I can easily do it. Is that really enough?”“Yes. More than enough.”“Haha, I was actually quite nervous. Lawyer Park introduced you as someone amazing, so I thought your request was going to be equally troublesome.”The chairman became noticeably more relaxed.“I can fulfil requests like these anytime, so please contact me whenever you want.”“Thank you. Ah, let’s get back to eating, shall we? Before the food gets cold.”Junmin smiled.