Chapter 173
This is Kim Shin
Korea was a powerhouse in the mobile phone market.
There was Earth Electronics, a country that led to the commercialization of CDMA technology, and LK Electronics was a global player in the mobile phone market until it collapsed.
That’s why you wouldn’t want to give up even though you’re losing trillions every year.
‘It’s a mobile phone with wheels… … .’
Korea is also ranked 5th in the field of automobile production.
‘If we cooperate with Korean companies to increase the size of the factory and create opportunities for a new leap forward.’
A business idea to order an iced americano for 3,500 won at a coffee shop in Hannam-dong.
Let your imagination run wild without any restrictions.
Until now, if it was a new business, Eddie or Myung-Woo Oh took care of expanding it, but it was free to imagine.
Late at night, Choi Won-seok called again.
-Where are you?
“A coffee shop outdoor terrace.”
―I’m just waiting for you to go up the building.
It’s like hitting me… … .
Jason and bodyguards were placed in the seats around the terrace.
“it’s you?”
After a while, Choi Won-seok and his friend walked proudly to the terrace.
“Yes, I am Jo Soo-ah’s boyfriend.”
“Crazy bastard. Does Jo Soo-ah suit you? Don’t cling to the good Jo Soo-ah and squirm, get lost.”
Choi Won-seok talked first, and the friend who followed him created a threatening atmosphere by revealing a tattoo on his thick forearm.
“A person is You have to listen when you speak. Kids who don’t listen to what they say will definitely regret it later.”
It was an atmosphere where violence could be wielded at any time.
First I took off my sunglasses, then I took off my mask and put it on the table.
I drank a cold iced Americano in my hand with my face exposed.
“What are you doing, if you come to the coffee shop, let’s sit down and talk.”
It was only then that they recognized me, and I saw the faces of Choi Won-seok and the friend next to him turned white.
* * *
Choi Won-seok and Lee Beom-seok thought it was easy until they entered the coffee shop.
I didn’t mean to be annoyed by even using violence, I tried to solve it by scratching my pride and humiliating myself.
But the moment Jo Soo-ah’s boyfriend revealed his face.
‘Hey, it’s Kim Shin.’
‘Why is Kim Shin-hyung here?’
Choi Won-seok was knowledgeable about financial technology and economic news.
I watched the events that happened in Haneul below, and I knew that I had given dozens of trillions of dollars to a group of opposite sex through Bio Life and other businesses.
My father worked as a retainer in Busan and exerted great power in the region.
‘You’re Kim Shin? Is Kim Shin in front of me right now?’
Just yesterday, Shin Kim, who said he drank beer with President Biden, is here.
I swallowed my dry saliva from the tension.
* * *
Concerned just in case, bodyguards were waiting next to each other and in key locations.
The two had gone through a hidden metal detector as they entered the terrace.
Although they did not carry firearms like in the US, they were well prepared for security.
A bit of a bad mood.
The moment I revealed my face, from then on, the two of them became truly docile sheep.
From facial expressions to surprise, astonishment, and fear.
“Sit down on two chairs.”
When I asked to sit down, I pulled out the chair and sat down carefully.
“I am Jo Soo-ah’s boyfriend. I don’t see them often because I’m doing business in the US.”
“Ah yes. You did.”
Choi Won-seok answered politely with his head slightly bowed.
It was completely different from the harsh tone I heard on the phone.
Looking at his current appearance, there was no model student with whom he could communicate well.
“They say they have no plans to meet, but you keep calling, making Sua very uncomfortable.”
“sorry. I was really wrong. I will not do that again in the future.”
Most of the reflection and apology from the wrongdoer was hard to believe. But if it’s the words of the one who’s been suppressed in power, you can trust it a little bit.
A friend with many tattoos who came with Choi Won-seok said.
“My friend made a mistake to die. I will never do that again by my side.”
“really?”
“Yes, if you call and bother me, I’ll break his fingernails so he can’t do it.”
* * *
Choi Won-seok and Lee Beom-seok heard that it was okay to go, and quietly and carefully left the coffee shop.
It was a coffee shop that I entered without hesitation because I was angry at first and tired from driving long distances.
After seeing Kim Shin, my surroundings came into my eyes anew.
Foreign bodyguards were placed in the streets and alleys and inside the coffee shops.
‘If I didn’t recognize you and cursed at you, my life would have been ruined.’
Choi Won-seok knew to some extent how the world worked.
The chaebols said that they were going to cut back on Kim Shin, but my heart was pounding at what would have happened if the building owner’s son had touched it.
It doesn’t matter if the public curses at me, but if a group of the opposite sex moves, the police, prosecutors, and even the National Tax Service will all attack.
Relief that you have passed the worst crisis of your life.
As we were walking to the parking lot, Lee Beom-seok said.
“Did you say Jo Soo-ah?”
“yes.”
“Don’t even think about contacting me again. I don’t want my life to end because of you.”
Lee Beom-seok went around punching here and there. That’s why I knew who I shouldn’t touch.
“Yes, I have no intention of contacting Jo Soo-ah anymore.”
Choi Won-seok let out a long sigh.
He had deep lingering feelings for Jo Soo-ah, but the moment he saw Kim Shin, he was blown away.
No matter how much he pursued him, there was no possibility of him liking him.
* * *
There are still two days left before Joshua’s vacation begins.
I arrived a little earlier, but thinking that she was not that far away made me feel strange.
-Kim Shin: What are you doing?
The reply came after a while.
―Jo Soo-ah: We are having dinner at Su-an’s network in Cheonan.
―Kim Shin: Gamjatang restaurant? You usually dine until late there.
―Joshua: That’s right. Nurses also have a lot per week. I only drank a little beer, but there were a lot of stories about my brother at the dinner party.
―Kim Shin: My story?
―Joshua: I heard you didn’t know you would be as successful as you are now. My brother talks a lot about his days as a salesperson. Not only Sue Eye Hospital, but other hospitals as well.
Since I often go up and down in the media, I felt that people who knew me would be able to tell a lot about me.
Even if I said bad words, I didn’t care.
However, Jo Soo-ah’s attitude bothered me.
I’m sure she likes me, but it feels like she’s keeping her distance so she can leave at any time.
‘Maybe they don’t trust me.’
This feeling persisted, so I consulted with Lee Jong-yeop.
Lee Jong-yeop gave a very clear answer.
“older brother.”
“yes.”
“Let’s assume that while my older brother was attending Arkor, he was in a relationship with a young and pretty female heir of the opposite sex group.”
“Can that happen?”
The difference between an Arcor salesperson and the successor of Lee Sung Group suddenly felt enormous.
I’ve experienced it myself, but it was when I bought triangular gimbap from a convenience store after thinking about it a bit.
“you’re right. But your current position is so high that it cannot be compared to the successor of the opposite sex group, right?”
“ah… … .”
“You’re not an immature person in your early 20s, but you’re the age you know enough to know the world. Jo Soo-ah feels insecure and thinks that he can leave him at any time.”
“It could be.”
The story that he lived only thinking about my feelings, but Jo Soo-ah is considering the reality that may be unsettling.
She might be ready to let me go if I tell her she’s leaving because she has a better woman.
‘Because they’ll think it’s a choice for me, not for themselves.’
I didn’t know that if there was a girl I really liked, I would be happy to let her go when I met someone better.
Even if you come back someday, warmly accept me.
There was a realization that came at that moment.
‘Jo Soo-ah has already been through marriage with Han Chae-won.’
When I was attending Arkor, the person who liked me the most in the world was Jo Soo-ah.
I didn’t show emotion, I just didn’t know.
“Jason.”
“Yes, boss.”
“I have a place to go now.”
I got behind the wheel of the Benz.
I got out of Seoul, where cars are blocked even in the middle of the night, and took the Gyeongbu Expressway.
In the passenger seat, Jason was giving instructions over the radio to the bodyguards.
At least 10 Benzes were moving together.
‘long time no see.’
I drove on a highway that I had been tired of on a business trip to the provinces, and entered the Cheonan Interchange.
Gamjatang restaurant near Sue Eye Hospital.
I like bone hangover soup, and this house has a special taste, so I always eat it every time I come to Cheonan.
“Jason, hold on.”
“Yes, boss.”
After hesitating for a while in the car, he texted me.
-Kim Shin: I have something to tell you.
―Joshua: What is it? I’m nervous when my brother says that.
-Kim Shin: I have a request. Will you please listen?
―Joshua: … … to say
I said I like you many times, but those words didn’t seem to convey the complex emotions well.
I decided to send an honest text message.
―Kim Shin: I want you to be my family.
―Joshua: Family?
―Kim Shin: I have no family.
I send text messages, but my heart was contained as it is.
―Kim Shin: And even if there was a family, there was only one. I want you to be the kind of person who grows old while living together.
―Kim Shin: After breaking up with Han Chae-won, I thought I would live alone for the rest of my life. I was confident in living alone.
―Kim Shin: But I want to live with you. I mean for life
30’s, 40’s and 50’s.
Beyond that age and into old age, I wanted to be with Jo Soo-ah.
―Kim Shin: I’m sorry for suddenly saying this without being able to make many good memories.
* * *
Sue ophthalmology dinner party.
Tears fell from Jo Soo-ah’s eyes as she read Kim Shin’s message.
“Ughhh.”
Seeing her suddenly crying sadly, the nurses sitting next to her comforted her.
“Sua, what’s going on?”
“Do you have work at home?”
I got along well with Jo Soo-ah, who usually took care of the new nurses when I came to the hospital.
“It’s nothing.”
The dinner table became quiet when Jo Soo-ah covered her phone with her hand and cried, saying that it was nothing special.
Doctors and nurses were all staring blankly.
Originally, Jo Soo-ah was pretty, but this year, for some reason, she became even more beautiful.
Everyone was watching the beauty crying, and the young, unmarried doctors noticed and quietly got up.
‘I’ll soothe you.’
‘This is my chance to get closer to Jo Soo-ah.’
It was a time when fierce competition was about to unfold between young doctors.
The door of the gamjatang shop opened, and a man and a bodyguard entered the shop.
The man lightly bowed his head towards the hospital director.
“Hello, Director Gu Suk-jeong.”
“yes? who… … .”
“This is Kim Shin.”
Kim Shin took off his mask for a moment and showed his face.
The people at the dinner party, the customers at the restaurant, and even the employees stopped what they were doing and looked at them.
There were quite a few people who knew Kim Shin in the past, but now his status was different.
He met Kim Shin, whom he had seen on the news, in person.