198: Break through (7)

“Oh, boss!”

“Yeah, no exaggeration. Are you here for breakfast?”

Cheol-woo entered the store. According to Ahn’s biorhythm, which was set on time for work, it was natural for him to come to the bakery early.

But after the bakery opened, it was the first time I saw Cheol-woo at this time. I always had breakfast at home with my family, and even if I woke up early, I was never the one to go to work early.

How can I be active at such an early hour while on vacation? It was to live a long time in the world.

“Don’t worry, eat. I’m just here to help my father.”

While having breakfast, I glanced at Soyeon, and after hearing something from Soyeon, she drove Dain to her house again. And she had fled to the bakery where Jae-young was.

Jae-young, who was baking bread in the morning and organizing the items delivered at dawn, glanced at Cheol-woo. He was also very curious about what Soyeon had said.

Manager Ahn, unaware of such circumstances, stood in front of the breakfast buffet with a taste bud. In his hand was a tray of white paper.

Manager Ahn chose the same menu every morning. I liked to eat it like a sandwich on freshly baked quinoa cranberry bread with cheese, au telle sausage, compote, etc.

There were a lot of fresh ingredients set out in a buffet style, but his choice was always the same. There is nothing in the world to envy if you add freshly brewed strong Half City coffee to it.

If you become addicted to this taste, you will never go to another bakery. Just like Manager Kwak, who creeps in so slowly.

“Oh! Boss.”

“Don’t worry, eat. I’m here to see my father.”

Manager Kwak, who came in wearing a loose tracksuit, was also surprised to see Cheol-woo. After seeing Cheol-woo, who seemed too cumbersome to answer, he hurriedly ran to the place where Manager Ahn was.

“What happened?”

“I don’t know, I just came in.”

Contrary to his usual neat image, Manager Kwak with a magpie house on his head followed him. Manager Ahn, who was bothered by it, kicked him out, saying it was distracting.

“I wonder if something happened to the company?”

“In that case, Manager Jang would have called us already. No matter how big a thing happens, you are never the one to make the move. Our manager…”

“That’s right!”

The two put their heads together and chewed bread. Regardless of whether he did or not, Cheol-woo and Jae-young put their heads together and nodded.

“What did your mother say?”

“If Dain throws it out, they say it was dug up in the family register.”

“Is that all?”

“Did you do anything more than that?”

“…well.”

Fortunately, it didn’t look like anything was going to happen. Her shoulders, which had been shrunk by the sense of crisis that had come after a long time, seemed to be stretched out again.

“But why is your mother so sensitive?”

“Is that so? I don’t know well… Hurry!”

“Maybe, my father too.”

“Yeah! This son of a bitch makes fun of Abby. Just go there!”

“Is this a bit suspicious?”

Cheol-woo looked at Jae-young with suspicious eyes. He desperately looked away from those eyes.

“But, isn’t your father having a hard time?”

“It’s hard work, what could it be? The whole family is healthy, and the store is doing well… But actually, I’m feeling a little out of breath these days.”

“Yeah, are you feeling down?”

“Yeah, would you say that I have no motivation? Am I too hungry now? haha!”

At Cheol-woo’s question, his expression darkened slightly. As he grew older, he used to feel a sense of emptiness in life these days.

“It’s because it doesn’t have a goal.”

“Goal, what goal?”

Cheol-woo answered his words as if he was sure. That’s why his ears perked up.

“Since the surroundings flowed without any problems, the tension was relieved. In fact, that is the most dangerous time.”

“How do you know that?”

“…I met Chairman Kang a few times, and he said that.”

“Chairman Kang, you mean the president of your company?”

“Yeah, he’s a yangban who has gone through everything from pre-natal and air battles.”

“Hmm! If something like that was said, it would make sense. Looking back, I don’t think I’m as desperate as I used to be. Even if the business of the store does not go well, there is no need to worry.”

Just as he advised his friend Chang-sik that it was the words of the director, Cheol-woo compared his experience to Chairman Kang. As it was said that it was from a person with authority, Jaeyoung readily agreed.

“Look. It’s because you don’t have a goal.”

“It’s a goal, so what should you aim for?”

“It is simple. It would be appropriate for my father to earn enough money to buy the building where this store is now. The difficulty level is appropriate, and the motivation is sufficient…”

“This way…, with my hands…?”

“yes! If you are earning now, even considering the cost of building uplift, it will be enough in a few years. It will be faster if you get a bank loan.”

“Ego! If it’s debt, it’s a mess now. Without it, I just live with what I don’t have, and I don’t want to buy a building until I’m in debt.”

Jaeyoung shook his head and stuck out his tongue. Thanks to his bank loan, he had nothing to hold in his hands even when he bent his back.

There is nothing in the world that is harder to eat than other people’s money, but compared to bank money, it was easier. If you owe the bank, you will be a burden to your children even if you die.

“Then take it a little bit slower. It’s a building, not something to run away from.”

“It must be so…”

Jaeyoung looked around the room without saying a word. Two of the five-story buildings were occupied, but all but the first floor were leased.

The rest were used as officetels. Just counting the amount of money that goes out for rent at the store gives me an idea of ​​how much the landlord is receiving rent.

There was no safer place to invest than this, considering the rapidly rising prices around it. The question was whether they could make as much money as the market price that fluctuates like that. Even without a bank loan…

“There’s nothing I can’t do…”

“Yes. If a stingy man draws a knife, he has to be at least the owner of the building. It’s not that my father wasn’t good enough. Even if it fails, there is still a lot of money left.”

“···great! Don’t buy me this bastard’s building. So I’m going to give it to your mom as a gift. Huh!”

Jaeyoung smashed the table and made a big decision. But suddenly, the conclusion took a different path.

Cheol-woo’s rental account was already in So-yeon’s hand. It was his gift for his troubled mother.

However, Jae-young also said that after buying the building, he would give it to his wife. Again, it was true that men were trick bears, and that all money was swept away by women.

‘phew! Good thing you bought the building…’

Cheolwoo sighed inwardly. I have already bought this building from the time I signed a contract with the store.

However, it was difficult to explain, so he kept it a secret from his family. She thought the day would come, but she didn’t know it would turn out this way.

The surrounding market price will rise more steeply than Jaeyoung thought. The surrounding market price, which the thugs had forcibly held, caused a huge surge as they disappeared.

Perhaps it was expected that there would be a greater increase than in the previous life. In that case, it was impossible to buy a building even if I worked for the rest of my life with just the income of the store.

‘But, if I just tie up the house price, that’s enough. Huh!’

You mustn’t let your son know he’s the owner of the property. Buying a building with your own strength is your pride as a head of the household.

He had already spoken with the previous owner of the building. On the document, there was a strange corporation on behalf of Cheol-woo.

‘Anyway, in the end, it goes into your mother’s hands.’

I didn’t know if that could be happiness. But Jaeyoung also wished for at least one of her back pockets into the car park.

“Damn, I’m sick of it. It is difficult for anyone to make a monthly rent…”

“Shh! I will listen.”

Manager Kwak, who was eating breakfast while listening to the rich man’s sweet story, grumbled. It felt like my stomach was twisted when I easily talked about someone’s lifelong dream.

Talking about how long it will last, or Maya, itself was envious. No matter how meticulously he planned, he only had a feeling of skepticism, ‘Will this ever come true before I die?’

“The rich are the owners of the building in pairs . . .”

“Maybe even your mother is true.”

“Ah! Dirty world.”

Manager Kwak nervously chewed the bread. Seeing that, Manager Ahn shrugged his chin and said.

“I became the owner of the building, and I wish I could meet a pretty sexy girl like Dain.”

“You said you were going to get married by arrangement…”

“The reality is, it’s unavoidable. How can I be successful if I have to run to die naked?”

“What kind of sexy taryeong is that guy?”

“Damn, can’t a guy without a dream even dream? It’s not reality, it’s a dream. Why are you fucking with my dreams, Jiral…”

They talked about the same dream and goal, but the reality was very different. But because they had youth…

“Honey! What is youth?”

“So the bottom line is stock!”

The two grunted hard and chewed the bread. very rough…

“You guys, stay here!”

As soon as Park left the hospital, he headed to a savings bank in a remote place in Seoul. Until just two days ago, when he was moving secretly like this, he had never led the team leader.

But after going through this, I always kept him by my side. As Cheol-woo had intended, Park had come to trust him.

After Cheol-woo left, Park forced himself to stand up. He was in a torn down house and he could have been swept away by further collapse.

When I went out, the scenery around me was truly a spectacle. As if it had been demolished by a large excavator, the surroundings were completely devastated.

There was a police guard outside the alley. When asked ‘what’s going on?’, he replied only as an order from the superior.

And then he was admitted to a nearby hospital. No matter how much he corrects, he is too old to go through such a turmoil, and his stamina has no choice but to diminish.

So I spent the night resting on the bed in the hospital room. Again, the team leader stood by him.

As soon as the morning came, Park was discharged from the hospital. He even insisted on coming here.

‘This is the wallet the old man hid.’

I parked the frog on the side of the narrow road and waited for inspiration. The small savings bank he entered had a small placard.

“Congratulations! Achieving 300 billion won in total assets of savings banks!”

If it was 300 billion won, it was an amount that could be covered with Park’s small business. He created such a savings bank, rolled money, and laundered money.

‘It’s too big for a pocket. Huh!’

I understood why Cheol-woo told him to keep Park. It was to gain his trust and find out the location of the money he had scrambled.

‘This old man! This time, I didn’t meet my opponent well.’

If you throw yourself down with such force and swing it around like this, no matter how clever you are, you have no choice but to make mistakes. Park was already playing on the palm of a man named Jang.

“Next, go to the 00 Savings Bank!”

“Yes! old man.”

Following Park’s empty-handed inspiration, two bank employees with gas guns around their waists followed with a large bag. As soon as they painstakingly put their bags in the trunk of the car, they moved on to the next location.

“Hey, Chief Seo!”

“Yes, old man.”

“Isn’t there a way to solve that guy named Chief?”

Park, who was looking out the window, asked out of nowhere. No matter how much I thought about it, it was a waste of money.

“I think it will be difficult. I’m sorry.”

“…what would it be? I’ve never seen such a guy again in my life. Home with your feet in the world… Huh!”

Park did not ask any more questions. No matter how much money you have, you can only touch it if you are alive.

I couldn’t even close my eyes and leave to the underworld to save a few pennies. As for life, the older I get, the more I want to live even for a second.

They went looking for savings banks and loan companies near Seoul. And finally, he called Cheol-woo.

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