Chapter 202 – Meeting the Girl From the Past.

When she woke up in the morning, Jung-a saw that she had become so pretty and wondered what this was all about.
When I told her that this was an ability I developed when I returned to the past, I was Junga, who now completely believed me.

I looked at the time and it was already past 9:00.
Today is Saturday, so I only work in the morning, so I called the company and told Mrs. Hyo-seon that I might not be able to come in today because I have urgent business.

Jeong-a and I went out to eat bean sprout soup and she was doing her hangover, but she said that Jung-a should go to her house.
I was also curious about how young Choi Song-yi would be, so I agreed, and she took a taxi to Jeong-a’s house.

Jeong-a’s house lived in an old apartment a little way from Gangnam to Seongnam.
She said it was Jeong-ah’s mother’s four houses.

When I met Choi Song-i, she was Choi Song-i when she was 24 years old, and now she is Jung-ah, who is 24 years old.
It felt like some kind of joke of fate.

Upon entering the house, a woman in her mid-40s greeted us with a bewildered expression.
Her aunt knew that Jung-a was going out to her bar and she said it was the first time she had brought a man to her house like this.

While she was sitting on the floor, a cute child came out holding Jeonga’s hand, dressed as a pretty princess, with her hair braided into two braids.

“Greetings, Song. It’s her mom’s friend, Uncle Seongjin.”

I put my hands on her belly and said ‘Hello’ and greeted her at 90 degrees, but I felt a tear in the moment.
When I saw Choi Song-i, I saw Choi Song-i, whom I loved in the past.

I cautiously approached Songyi Choi, greeted her, and hugged her.
She used to be Choi Song-i, who had a gentle and kind personality, but even now, when Song-i sees me as a stranger, she doesn’t shy away from it, and she comes into my arms.

“Song. Hi? Let’s see each other often and be close. Understand?”

When I kissed Choi Song-i on the cheek, she smiled and nodded her head saying that Choi Song-i would understand.
Jeong-a and her aunt prepared lunch for me while I played with the matsutake for a while.

I wonder how much it was ready, but after the lady finished it in the kitchen, Jung-a came and sat next to me.
When Jung-a came next to her, Song-i and her mother went to Jeong-a and hugged her.

“It’s the same song I used to know. She is kind and gentle.. She asked who Songi resembles, but she resembles Junga. It’s nice to see you two holding each other like that. I’ll protect you, so Jung-a, don’t go out to the store from today. If she says the boss won’t come, she says I’ll take her. She says she did. Understand?”

Jung-a said she knew. She smiled brightly and leaned her head on my shoulder.

I ate lunch and spent time playing with Junga and Song until the afternoon.

After eating her lunch and washing her dishes, Jung-a’s mother noticed me and Jung-a, and said she was going to play, and she went outside.
She sent Jung-ah back to her heaven once again and said that she would come often to Jung-ah, who held her for dinner, and she returned home.

On Monday, when I went to work, I asked Hyo-seon to find a place at a chicken franchise in the best part of Gangnam.
Aunt Hyo-seon asked why, but when I asked her to just find out, she put on a curious expression and said she knew.

But somehow, Aunt Hyo-seon, who I was weird with, immediately reported this to her mother, and I had to answer her mother’s call.
She couldn’t bear to lie to her mother, so I got a girl, and she told the truth that she was going to open a store so that she could make a living.

Her mother sighed and said, “Have you increased the number of women again?” She told Aunt Hyo-seon to give her a chicken franchise and asked someone to bring her.
But I told my mother not to mind because she was like that because I just felt sorry for her and wanted to help.

My mother was still worried, asking what her name was, how old she was, how she found out, and what she was going to do in the future.
I couldn’t bear to tell the truth, so she told me not to worry because she was just a girl I knew somehow, and I had no thoughts of marriage or anything like that.

My mother seemed to want to ask more questions about my vague answer, but she said nothing more when she saw that I drew the line.

I called Jung-ah and told her not to go to the store from today because I put in the application form for a chicken franchise under Jung-ah’s name.
Jung-a cried over the phone and said thank you, and I deposited 50 million won into her bank account so that she could live for the time being.

I called Kwang-sik hyung-nim, briefly explained about Jung-ah, and received Choi Seol-ran’s phone number.
When I called Choi Seol-ran and said that I would bring Jeong-a, Choi Seol-ran smiled happily, and she said thank you rather, and she ended the call by saying that she would take good care of Jeong-a in the future.

Even though I stole the lady from the lady dealer, Choi Seol-ran didn’t feel bad at all, probably because he had heard about me from Kwang-sik hyung-nim.

I made Jeonga’s chicken franchise a priority, and since I had to visit Junga’s house often, I moved her to a spacious apartment in Gangnam.

Jung-ah was so happy on the day we moved in that she cried for a long time in my arms.
Jung-a’s mother also treated me like a son-in-law, and her bedroom was equipped with a king-size bed and my underwear in case I came to sleep.

Song-i called me Mister and she liked her so much, and from a certain point on, she said as a habit that she would marry me when she grew up.

Jung-a laughed like a joke at first and said yes, but she said that Song-i was serious and I hugged Song-i and liked it so much that she replied yes. Began to do.

I thought it was funny to see Jeong-a like that, so I told her child not to do that, but Jung-a said that there was something called her destiny, and she said she was uneasy, and she glared at me.
I told her not to worry because fate had already changed, and Jung-a sighed and said that she would understand, and she hugged me even more passionately.
As if she were promising that she would not take me away from her own daughter..

After Junga moved to Gangnam, I slept over two or three times a month at her house.
As if living in a two-family house, no one knew about Jung-a except her mother, and it was thrilling and fun to meet her behind the scenes of other women.

Time passed and October arrived.

Now, with the presidential election approaching three months away, the campaign has begun in earnest.
I was still focused on my company work and studying for the college entrance exam.

Then one day, Kwang-sik hyung called me.
Finally, Kim Hyun-sam wanted to meet me.

Thinking that something had come, I replied yes and set a date and time to meet.
On that day, Kwang-shik sent a car to pick me up, and we were able to meet at a Korean restaurant in Jongno.

When I arrived at Hanjeongsik’s house and was guided in, Gwangsik-hyung had already arrived and was waiting for me.
I said hello to Kwangsik hyung and exchanged stories.

Kwang-sik hyung-nim had recently completed the acquisition of two construction companies, and had handed over all of the stocks in the existing companies to me.

Now, Mirae Construction’s share ratio is 67% for me and 33% for my father.
In a word, it was said that Mirae Construction, which was reborn as a large construction company by merging three mid-sized construction companies, had completely become my company.

And Kwang-sik hyung gathered 6 private moneylenders and was busy with a lawyer to take over a mutual credit union.
Perhaps, after Kim Hyeon-sam becomes president, he will take over the mutual credit unions immediately and receive government support to merge several additional mutual credit unions.

Gwang-sik hyung-nim excitedly talked about this, and I listened earnestly while doing various calculations in my head.

If Kwang-sik hyung-nim said just now, our Mirae Construction would soar into the sky next year.
In an instant, there was a high possibility that our main business would become Mirae Construction.

It’s good to make a lot of money no matter what you do, but on a symbolic level, my main foundation was Kim Hee-kyung Food.
While talking with Kwang-sik about mutual credit unions and Mirae Construction, I came to the idea that we should expand further by launching new menus for the Kim Hee-kyung Food franchise.

I was immersed in the story for a while, but the door opened and Kim Hyun-sam came in.
Me and Gwangsik-hyung jumped up from our seats and greeted Kim Hyun-sam with a 90 degree bow.

But when I said hello to Kim Hyun-sam and looked up, a surprising person entered.

It was Kim Se-joong, president of the Pyeongmin Party.
He is the person who will later become the 15th president following Kim Hyun-sam.

I was surprised the moment I saw Kim Se-joong, but I nodded my head calmly because I could vaguely guess why I came to this place with Kim Hyun-sam.
Looking at me like that, Kim Hyun-sam sat down with a hearty smile on what was good.

“As expected, Seongjin-gun doesn’t seem too surprised. Well, he’s the one who tipped me to negotiate behind the scenes with Chongje Kim here…”

“Oh~ Is this the Lee Seong-jin you talked about?”

At Kim Hyun-sam’s words, Kim Se-joong looked at me and pretended to know me, and Kim Hyun-sam replied yes.

“Nice to meet you. Seongjin-gun. My name is Sejoong Kim.”

“Hello? Mr. Governor. It is truly an honor to meet such a living witness of history.”

“A living witness of history? What does that mean?”

“You will go through all the hardships and become the next 15th president. And for your achievements, you will surely receive the Nobel Peace Prize.”

“What? Nobel Peace Prize? Haha.”

“Look at that. What did I say? Didn’t I say he was a great friend? So far, everything has been done as this friend prophesied. Chairman Joo-Hyun Jung is also my friend, whom I prophesied from last year. And he saved my life, and this friend informed me of the Park Jung-eon and Haneulhoe incident in advance. That’s why I was able to drive it out in the last general election. If President Kim keeps this friend close to him, there will definitely be good results.”

Kim Se-joong, who was listening to Kim Hyun-sam’s story seriously, looked at me with sharp eyes.
With a slight smile on my lips, I calmly lifted the tea from the table and drank it.

Kwang-sik hyung was already frozen from the moment Kim Se-joong came in and was in an immobile posture.
The next two presidents are sitting in front of us now.
So, in a situation where Gwang-shik had to look good somehow, he couldn’t say or act recklessly.

Kim Hyun-sam introduced Kwang-shik, who was so hardened, to Kim Se-joong, and Kim Se-joong looked at Kwang-shik with an observing gaze.
After the greeting, the meal came in, and we ate while briefly talking about the current situation.

I wanted to talk about the IMF with Kim Se-joong in front of me, but I couldn’t because I couldn’t because I would lose a great opportunity to earn money if the IMF didn’t come because of my story.
I prayed for the people who were about to die and started talking about the presidential election.

The two governors continued to ask for my opinion, and I explained what was going to happen in as much detail as possible, thinking that today’s meeting would rather allow me to continue my relationship with President Kim Se-jung in the future.
Of course, the two of them didn’t know what was going to happen and knew it was a strategy I came up with, but…

Even Kwang-sik hyung made sure to impress Kim Se-joong, and we were able to part in a friendly atmosphere.

I decided to provide Kim Hyun-sam with 1 billion political funds and 1 million publicity wet tissues for free in this presidential election.
And then he promised to cover all of Kim Se-joong’s political funds in the presidential election.

In doing so, he asked Kim Se-jung to yield the presidential seat to Kim Hyun-sam in this presidential election.
Since the two of them had already reached a behind-the-scenes agreement, they went back satisfied when they got a big enough benefit from me.

On the coming Monday, I immediately contacted Young-hee’s sister and ordered that wet tissues for the presidential election with Kim Hyun-sam’s face on the outside be produced by the end of November, and the sudden supply was good, so I called each company or company that had been ordered. We asked for your understanding and started producing from the quantity of Kim Hyun-sam.
At least one month before the presidential election, the factory worked non-stop because it had to be delivered to the offices of candidate Kim Hyun-sam across the country.
Even the amount to be delivered to Kim Hee-kyung Food had to be turned around for Kim Hyun-sam.

A few days later, I quietly met Kwang-shik and delivered 1 billion won in political funds to support Kim Hyun-sam.
By the way, Kwang-sik also said that he handed an additional 500 million to Kim Hyeon-sam because of the mutual credit union.
I praised Kwang-sik hyung, saying that it is good to handle things clearly, and that he did a good job.

After meeting Kim Hyun-sam, I came to think about the expansion of Kim Hee-kyung Food, which I had been thinking about while talking with Kwang-shik that day.

The first thought that came to mind was adding a new franchise to Kim Hee-kyung Food.
The first item that came to mind was, of course, pizza.

Pizza Hut was already in Korea, but it wasn’t that active yet.
It was only after 1994 that it became widely known to the public, so it was now recognized as an expensive food.

If we can develop a menu that suits the taste of Koreans, such as Omino Pizza or Miss Pizza in the future, and can lower the price, it is certain that it is a very meritorious item, but mozzarella cheese has not been popularized yet, and people around them eat pizza properly. Few people even saw it.
As a result, it seemed that the initial research cost to create pizza would have to be considerable.

Menus like bulgogi pizza and shrimp pizza were in my head, but they weren’t as easy to make as tteok skewers or chicken.
First of all, pizza thought about adding a new menu to Kim Hee-kyung Chicken, with the planning team in mind to do research soon.

Many menu items such as soy sauce chicken, garlic chicken, and pa chicken came to mind.
Adding a new item seemed much more realistic at a time when the chicken franchise was already thriving.

I went to work on Monday and instructed my subordinates to investigate famous chicken restaurants across the country.
A few days later, a list of famous chicken restaurants across the country appeared on my desk, and I reviewed it slowly.

There were places that had already become famous as franchises, and there were many shops that I didn’t know about.
Then there was one place that caught my eye.

It was Gochon Chicken.
It was a place that started business last year and became famous for soy sauce skin.

We were thinking about introducing soy sauce chicken following Gochon Chicken, but suddenly a good idea came to mind.

Gochon Chicken in the future will become quite successful as a franchise.
It was to become a fairly solid franchise company that had more than two logistics factories and expanded its franchise abroad.

However, at this point, Gochon Chicken was just starting to do business and the story of the franchise was just starting to come out.
Then I thought, why don’t I just buy Gochon Chicken?

I immediately called a lawyer and asked him to investigate Gochon Chicken and prepare for the takeover.

After a few days, I finally met the president of Gochon Chicken for the first time.
A gentle-looking man with a good heart came out to the meeting and talked with us with a face wondering what the hell was going on.

When I asked the boss to sell Gochon Chicken, he shook his hand saying he didn’t sell it, but when I offered 2 billion won, his eyes widened.
From the perspective of the president of Gochon Chicken, the store he is currently running would only be worth about 100 million won for the deposit, interior expenses, and license fee.

My initial plan was to acquire Gochon Chicken and bring the sauce and batter know-how.
However, as a result of meeting the president of Gochon Chicken today, I could see that he is a very sincere and trustworthy person.

He said he would not sell it, but when he heard that it was 2 billion won, I immediately offered a better condition to the conflicting president.

Gochon Chicken was acquired by Kim Hee-kyung Food, and the president took over as the franchise president.
In short, Kim Hee-kyung Food now has three franchises: Kim Hee-kyung Tteok Skewers, Kim Hee-kyung Chicken, and Gochon Chicken.

It would be okay to introduce Gochon Chicken’s soy sauce chicken to Kim Hee-kyung Chicken, but it seemed okay to go out with a new brand and a new image.

So, I suggested to the president of Gochon Chicken that it would be like to work hard to develop new products while continuing to do business at Kim Hee-kyung Food.
While presenting this to the president of Gochon Chicken, I thought that sooner or later we should set up a research institute to develop a chicken menu, and I thought that it would be okay if I put President Lee in the position of director.

When we said that we would be in charge of franchise expansion, promotion, and logistics, the president of Gochon Chicken thought for a moment and then readily said he would sell Gochon Chicken.

He felt the great merit of being able to make 2 billion won right away, being able to continue selling the chicken he had researched and made, and being able to publicize it nationwide using our franchise.

And it was the wet wipes that shined here as well.
I felt a great merit that I had developed the wet wipes and that I could receive the wet wipes first.

In a situation where wet wipes have been on the market for only three months, most chicken shops across the country have yet to stock up on wet wipes.
Because even if I wanted to buy it, I couldn’t.

I had adjusted the quantity of wet wipes sold on the market, and the price for retail was set quite high, so the cost burden was greater than expected to buy and use retail wet wipes at the store.

However, when he said that he could receive the wet tissue first, the president of Gochon Chicken jumped right in to sign it.

I additionally pointed out the interior part of the current Gochon Chicken main store, and the president of Gochon Chicken, who was listening to me, admired my business skills, saying that they were really excellent.

That’s how I was able to add a new brand called Gochon Chicken to Kim Hee-kyung Food, and with this, I was able to attach another wing to our franchise.