Jong-seok waited for Choi Jae-kyung at a coffee shop called "A Glass of Rest."
"Mr. Lee Jong-seok!"
Jong-seok extended his hand to see Choi Jae-kyung sitting in front of him smiling.
"Sorry to interrupt you."
"Suddenly, but I'm not sorry. It's always good to get a nice call."
It was Choi Jae-kyung, deputy manager of Samwoo Group's planning office, who had previously sought investment from Jin Yang-woo, who held Jong-seok's hand with a smile.
"Do you know how happy I was when Lee Jong-seok's cell phone number popped up on my phone?"
'I didn't expect you to answer the phone so gladly.’
Choi Jae-kyung said quietly as Jong-seok muttered into his mouth.
"How's Chairman Chin doing?"
"You're doing fine."
Choi Jae-kyung laughed at Jong-seok's remarks.
"Crowl! I envy you."
"What do you mean?"
"Just being able to call you an elder brother is a great benefit to those who do business. If I could have Jin as my brother, I would be the president of an affiliate of Samwoo Group right now."
Jong-seok laughed at Choi Jae-kyung's remarks.
"I don't want to be the president of an affiliate just because I'm older than you.….”
"Of course we don't give it to anyone. But if I add that much to my current position, it's not impossible."
Choi Jae-kyung, smiling, said stealthily.
"I have to say this now, but I think Jin really has a good eye for business."
"What?"
"You know, ten years ago, our company was going to do this business."
"Oh... ...the news says it's going well."
When Jin Yang-woo warned that it was a risky investment, not now, Jong-seok often watched the news about Samwoo Group.
Samwoo Group is a huge group. It is a big group that is also considered one of the best in Korea.
And when such a group falters, so does the country's economy. Even now, a local economy is faltering as the shipbuilding industry that makes ships falters.
Then, if a big group like Samwoo Group is shaken, it is no wonder that the nation is shaken. As a result, Jong-seok, if not patriotic, was worried and looked at the news.
"It was not a payback stage, it was an investment stage, not a payback then. And no one invests in the dream of a rose or a ruined one. That's why our company released a rose dream, and the media under our group's influence reported on it."
"Then are you different now?"
Choi Jae-kyung nodded at Jong-seok's question.
"Looking at what's going on these days, I think it's wrong to invest at that time."
"Really?"
"Who would have thought that the price of oil would be so high, and that price would be fixed at the market."
"It must have been the oil business to ask you to invest?"
"Yes, it would have to be 80 dollars a barrel to get the investment right now...... these days, it goes back and forth from 50 dollars...….”
Choi Jae-kyung, who shook her head with a sigh, continued to look at Jong-seok.
Anyway, Chairman Jin has a great eye for business. Ten years ago, international oil prices were over $100, and you predicted this situation?"
Jong-seok shook his head at Choi Jae-kyung's words.
"Maybe you did not predict it, but did you?"
"Analysis..."--I envy that, too."
"Are you jealous?"
"Analyzing means you have advanced information that can predict the future of the decade. Advanced information to predict this situation ten years ago...... Ugh! I wouldn't be a salary man if I had access to that information for a day."
Choi Jae-kyung, who was smiling and talking, took out her wallet and held out her business card, as if she was in trouble.
"I have a new business card. Throw away what was before and use this...….”
Choi Jae-kyung said Jong-seok saw his business card.
Samwoo Group
Choi Jae-kyung, chief of the second secretary's office
"I thought you were in the planning office before."
"Moving departments is familiar to office workers."
"Congratulations anyway. You're the head of the department.”
"I'm the fastest person in my class."
Choi Jae-kyung, who was smiling and talking, suddenly said.
"But I wonder why you suddenly called.”
When asked if he could see Jongseok for a while, Choi Jae-kyung came out without asking why.
As I just said, networking is important for business people. Choi Jae-kyung was a person who valued personal connections very much. That's why he became the second chief of staff at this age.
And from Choi's point of view, Jin Yang-woo and Jong-seok, who are older brothers and sisters, were important connections.
In addition, there have been rumors that the secret doctor of the Chinese president is Jongseok, and that he is close to the Sky Foundation, the largest casino conglomerate in the United States.
That meant that if Jong-seok became close to Jong-seok, he could build connections with Big Money in the U.S. as well as the best in China's political and business circles.
Therefore, Choi Jae-kyung had no reason not to come out. However, I wondered why he wanted to see himself.
When asked by Choi Jae-kyung, Jong-seok took a piece of paper out of his pocket and held it out.
The paper had a human face on it. It is a picture of a man who was riding in a car with Heo Jeong-sook yesterday.
"He's an employee of Samwoo Group. Do you happen to know him?"
"You did a good job drawing."
Choi Jae-kyung nodded while smiling at the picture.
"You're Kim Sung-chul, manager of the group's management team."
"Do you know her?"
"You're one rider below me, but you're more...... you'll be a few years older."
"What kind of person?"
"I don't know. He's never worked with me.... I'm still in another department."
"Don't you know anything?"
Choi Jae-kyung said after a while at Jong-seok's question.
"I don't think he's a bad guy.”
"Why is that?"
"It's easier for a bad person to be talked about than a good person. So if I don't know him well, he's not a bad guy because he didn't hear me."
Choi Jae-kyung said Jong-seok nodded while thinking for a while.
"Can I get his number?”
"Okay."
Then, Choi Jae-kyung accessed the company's site with his cell phone and immediately found the number and gave it to him.
Looking at Jong-seok memorizing the number inside, Choi Jae-kyung said stealthily.
"Do you know the saying, 'You can't live in debt?'
Jong-seok nodded, knowing what Choi Jae-kyung was saying.
"Would you like a pulse? I'm still one of the hottest oriental doctors in Korea these days."
Choi Jae-kyung shook her head with a smile at Jong-seok's words.
"I'll go get the vein later. Instead, I'll brush it when I need your help next time! I'll call you."
"If it's a phone..."
"That's why I'll call you when I need this or that."
Choi Jae-kyung did not hide her feelings. And Jong-seok liked it.
"I'll listen if it's not hurting anyone or causing a big problem."
"Why would someone like me who gets paid at work hurt? I just want to thank you for arranging a seat for me when my next job and the people you know are connected. You know, I told you to stop fighting and put a deal on it."
Jong-seok, who nodded at Choi Jae-kyung's words, stood up.
"Then thank you today."
When Choi Jae-kyung reached out his hand, Jong-seok, who shook hands with him, watched him go and took out his phone.
Jong-seok, who pressed Kim Sung-chul's number, tried to press the call button, but he lost his appetite.
'If he finds out that I met Kim Sung-chul without a word......my sister won't like it.’
After thinking for a while, Jong-seok shook his head, smacking his appetite.
"I'd rather tell my sister first."
I got Kim Sung-chul's number through Choi Jae-kyung, but......I don't think it would be good for him to secretly meet Kim Sung-chul because of Heo Jung-sook's personality.
No matter how much you think about Heo Jung-sook.
Jong-seok, who was there for a while, called Heo Jung-sook.
"Sister."
[What's up?]]
"I'm in front of my sister's company.”
[In front of our company?] Something... ...it takes what I said yesterday to say.]
"Let's have dinner together. With him."
Huh Jung-sook, who had not spoken for a while at Jong-seok's words, soon spoke.
[I'll ask and call you.]
"I'm a coffee shop called a coffee break in front of the company."
[All right.]
Jong-seok, who hung up, waited for the call to come. And after a while, Heo Jung-sook called.
"How'd it go?"
[He's leaving.]
"Does he know about me?"
[He's my brother, of course he knows.]
Jong-seok's lips crept up at Huh Jung-sook's words.
"Okay."
[Waiting for it. I'll go ahead and call you.]
"Okay."
Jong-seok, who hung up, soon left the coffee shop. After a while, a phone call came and Jong-seok came out.
And as soon as I got into the car I saw yesterday, the car started.
Jong-seok in the car saw a man driving.
"Hello."
"Ah......hum!"
Kim Sung-chul, a man who coughed for a while as if he was a little nervous, smiled and looked at Jong-seok with a rearview mirror.
"I've heard a lot about Jong-seok's brother from Jung-sook, but he looks even more handsome."
"Speak comfortably."
"Well, shall we?"
Jong-seok nodded at Kim Sung-chul's words.
"I heard he's 10."
Kim Sung-chul nodded at Jong-seok's remarks. And Heo Jung-sook said slightly surprised.
"What are you doing so suddenly?"
"Did I pop in?"
Kim Sung-chul smiled and shook his head at Jong-seok's words.
"It's true that I have a son, and it's no shame. That's right. My son is 10 years old."
Jong-seok said to Kim Sung-chul's respect.
"Make yourself comfortable."
"Shall we, then?"
"What's your son's name?”
"Kim Gun-woo."
"Do you mean healthy and carefree?"
"That's right."
Kim Sung-chul, who drove the car while talking about this and that, stopped in front of a small cart bar.
"I don't know if you like the wagons.”
"I like it."
Jong-seok, who got out of the car with a smile, entered the cart bar with Heo Jung-sook.
The cart bar was so good that Kim Sung-chul brought Jong-seok, whom he had never seen before.
It was run by a couple who looked generous, and the stir-fried pork salt was clean without smelling, and the stir-fried squid tasted spicy and sweet.
"Here's a good restaurant."
"It's all right here.”
Jong-seok nodded at Huh Jung-sook's words.
"I think I'll get my hands on some of the stir-fried squid I've eaten."
Mrs. Jong-seok said with a smile, "I was putting food on another table at Jong-seok's horse.
"I'm glad Chef Lee Jong-seok acknowledged it."
When he seemed to know himself, Jong-seok looked at her strangely.
"Do you know me?"
"Of course. I downloaded the entire 119 food rescue unit when we left the store, and I made the food while watching it."
I laughed my head off at my aunt's words.
"So how, how's your business going?"
"Of course. If you mix the tips that Chef Lee Jong-seok gave you, you'll find all the Korean restaurant menus."
Smiling, the old lady brought me a bowl of fish cake soup.
"This is a service."
Jong-seok smiled and picked up a skewer while watching the lady who put down the fish cake soup with a smile.
"That's my tip, too."
Folding, twisting and skewering a wide fish cake was a tip Jong-seok revealed on TV.
In this way, fish cakes don't blow easily and keep their firmness for a long time.
"Of course."
The old lady, who was about to say a few more words as if she were a fan of idols, turned away smiling at her husband's empty cough not to disturb the guest.
"Go, go, go."
When the old lady left, Jong-seok started drinking with Heo Jung-sook and Kim Sung-chul, talking about this and that.
And when the alcohol became a little too much, Heo Jung-sook started to lift her head to see if she was getting a little tipsy.
Jong-seok, who was watching the scene, gently pressed Heo Jung-sook's shoulder with his hands.
Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Then Huh Jung-sook's head bent down.
Sweep!
Jong-seok saw Kim Sung-chul, who held Heo Jung-sook's head with his hands and made her lean on the table carefully.
"Now let's have a man-to-man talk."
"I think you're a little drunk...….”
"I put you to sleep."
"Sleep?"
"I heard you heard about me...….”
"Doctor Han..."
Jong-seok nodded to Kim Sung-chul and said,
"I heard you wanted to break up with your sister.”
At Jong-seok's words, Kim Sung-chul briefly looked at a soju glass, drank a glass, and opened his mouth.
"You know, my brother......I've had a baby, I've lost my parents...….”
"That's an excuse."
At Jong-seok's words, Kim Sung-chul looked at him with firm eyes.
"Excuse?"
"You make a reason to break up. I have a child and I got married once......so I can't date my sister anymore?"
When Kim Sung-chul sighed and raised his glass, Jong-seok poured the wine into the empty glass.
Kim Sung-chul poured alcohol into Jongseok's glass and opened his mouth.
"That's... ...because it's true."
"Hmm......."
Jong-seok, who was watching Kim Sung-chul for a while, opened his mouth.
"That's why you're going to send him in love?”
"Jung-sook is a good woman, so she can meet a better man than me."
Jong-seok, who was looking at Kim Sung-chul, poured soju into a soju glass and opened his mouth.
"Do you happen to know who my girlfriend is?"
"Jung-sook told me that Jong-seok's girlfriend is the famous Hallyu star Lee Soo-mi."
Jong-seok nodded at Kim Sung-chul, took out his cell phone, put it down, and called Lee Soo-mi.
Switching to speaker mode, Lee Soo-mi soon heard her voice as she waited to answer the phone.
[Jongseok!]
Kim Sung-chul unconsciously extended his head to his cell phone at the voice of Lee Soo-mi, who was receiving the welcome scream.
Jong-seok laughed at Kim Sung-chul's appearance and said,
"Sumi, I want to ask you one thing.”
[What is it?]
"Which country's prince would you get if he proposed to Sumi?”
[Huh? Where did you hear that story?]
With Lee Soo-mi's surprised voice, Jong-seok looked at his cell phone with curious eyes.
"What are you talking about?"
[Didn't you call me when you heard that Saudi weirdo proposed to me?]
"Did that happen? What kind of bastard did that?"
[Ah......you didn't call me knowing.]
"What's the matter?"
[Yes... ...that's because a Saudi or a prince asked us to come to the set to marry him.]
"So?"
[So what...]...no! No! No! I shouted out three times.]
"I'll give you a little bit of abuse."
[What if they get caught?]]
Jong-seok shook his head as he breathed a sigh of relief at Lee Soo-mi's words. While this was important, the Purge job was more important now.
"But why did you refuse? A Saudi prince has a lot of money.”
[Why, would you allow it's okay. Huh?]
Lee Soo-mi, who looked upset, laughed.
"It's not that, it's just that I'm curious."
[What are you asking?] Money may have more princes, but he's not Jong-seok. Jong-seok is my favorite.]
Smiling at Lee Soo-mi's words, Jong-seok said a few more words and hung up.
Then Jong-seok saw Kim Sung-chul.
"If I had to send a loved one to a better man...... am I supposed to send Sumi to the Saudi prince?”
"That's... ..no."
"Sumi chose me not because of the terms, but because she loves me. And Jung-sook loves her brother now."
"But... ...you won't allow it at home."
Jong-seok laughed at Kim Sung-chul's remarks.
"Then which parent would easily give their daughter to a bereavement man with a child? It's weird if you give it to me easily. Don't you?"
Kim Sung-chul nodded as he looked at Jong-seok.
"Then will you be on my side with Jung-sook?”
"Are you crazy? I don't want my sister getting married to a man with children.”
Kim Sung-chul looked at Jong-seok as if he didn't know he would say this.
"You too... ...opposed?”
At Kim Sung-chul's words, Jong-seok caught Heo Jung-sook and carried her on his back.
Then he looked at Kim Sung-chul and said,
"So try and persuade him. And please persuade her to be happy. To Sumi, I'm the older brother to Jung Sook now."
Kim Sung-chul saw him at Jong-seok's words.
"Then should I persuade you first?”
"I've already been persuaded by Jung-sook, so let's start with someone else. And..."
Jong-seok moved his hand towards the soju bottle.
Sigh!
Jong-seok, who was looking at the soju bottle for a while, turned around.
"If you cry again, I'll come to you."
Kim Sung-chul, who slowly watched Jong-seok leave the cart bar carrying Heo Jung-sook on his back, sighed and caught the soju bottle.
Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
And surprise was young on Kim Sung-chul's face. The top of the soju bottle falls off and rolls.
Kim Seong-cheol looked at the soju bottle with surprised eyes and saw where Jongseok left.
Kim Sung-chul laughed while watching where Jong-seok left for a while.
"If you don't want to die, you should be nice to Jung-sook."
Kim Sung-chul, who shook his head small, opened his mouth.
"I'd like another soju, please.