A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 148



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Episode 148 – Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter (4)

Homeroom teacher Seo Yoon-seok lowers his head and sighs.

“No- Whoa- Why on earth do you not want to play soccer? Do you get opportunities like this often, you punks? Huh?”

Hwang Dong-soo raised his hand quickly.

“Teacher! I want to do it!”

“You can’t do it with me!”

“Black.”

The teacher’s gaze lingered on me for a moment.

“Yeah, you’re not…”

Seo Yoon-seok, the homeroom teacher, quickly turns his head and glares at Tae-su.

“Hey, Taesu-ya, you’re the best in your grade, so why don’t you do it? You can go to college, right? You know soccer is popular these days because of the Asian Games and all that.”

“Athletes can’t make money.”

“Hey- Money is everything… Ugh- I don’t know- I’ll pay for your tuition, okay? I’ll help you go to college, why on earth wouldn’t you want to… In the past, you were the type of guy who would jump out of your sleep for money.”

I nodded my head in agreement with what my homeroom teacher said. Taesu was making a fuss about studying to earn money.

Originally, he must have played soccer because he had to pay insufficient tuition and operating fees. It seems he wanted to lend a helping hand to his mother, even if only a little.

“Wait a minute, how can I play soccer like those soccer players?”

“Hey! Where’s anyone who’s good from the start? It just gets better as you keep going! And! Aren’t you talented? You’re the best in our grade?”

“Neighborhood soccer is all the same.”

“Why do you talk so much these days? Hey! The end-”

The homeroom teacher finished the ceremony by shaking his head and left the classroom. I looked at Taesu, who was standing up, and said.

“hey.”

“uh.”

“Soccer players make a lot of money.”

“Hey, I heard that even if you win a gold medal, your pension isn’t that much. I saw that in the newspaper yesterday.”

“That’s the same in our country.”

“huh?”

“Foreign countries are different, you punk.”

“Foreign countries? Can you play soccer abroad?”

Our country doesn’t know much about foreign soccer yet. Sometimes, the newspapers mention Cha Beom in the news, but they don’t seem to attach much importance to it.

“Don’t you know Cha Boom?”

“Cha Boom? I know!”

“Do you know how much the transfer fee is?”

“Transfer fee? What’s that?”

“When a player goes to another team, the value of that player… Why am I sitting here explaining this-”

“So what, how much is it? Ten million won? Twenty million won?”

The laughter is drooping.

By now, the European soccer market has grown considerably and inflation is occurring, but Cha Beom’s transfer fee, which was around ten years ago, was 400,000 dollars.

“Four hundred thousand dollars.”

“400 thousand dollars? How much is that?”

“400 million.”

Taesu blinks his eyes and opens his mouth with a gasp.

“4, 400 million?”

“Uh, 400 million.”

“Wow, I’ve never seen that much money.”

“You don’t usually see that much cash. It’s also unnecessary.”

“Are you saying it as if you saw it?”

Did I only see 400 million?

“Anyway, it’s your prejudice that soccer players don’t make money. I think even the most famous players in Korea would get paid at least 50 million won, but I don’t know exactly.”

“50 million won?”

“Oh, in a year.”

Taesu swallows his saliva and then shakes his head.

“Hey, I guess it’s the players who are known for their hard work. Mr. Chaboom was also really good.”

I wanted to explain that the impact was greater in Germany, but I quickly gave up. I don’t think anyone would accept what I say now.

“Soccer players can make a lot of money while they are students. Don’t you want to make a lot of money?”

Taesu shakes his head.

“Ugh, is this okay-”

Young guy.

No, the kid is acting like an old man who has experienced everything in the world.

I need to make this guy play soccer to complete my plan, and I really wish he was there in the 2002 craze. He was there in the original history. I don’t really want to twist history. The gears seem to be turning already.

“Of course, you have to be there.”

“What are you saying?”

“As I said last time, I’m going to Germany during summer vacation, so keep that in mind.”

“Me? Me?”

“Oh, you.”

“why?”

“Scholarship Quiz Reward Overseas Study.”

Taesu suddenly crumples his expression.

“Miss, can’t I just take that in money?”

“Oh, no.”

“Why? I’ll do anything you say.”

“If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.”

“Hey, I don’t want to go.”

“Yeah, I have to go.”

I ignored the guy who was pouting and pouting and just left the school gate.

It was harder than I thought to convince him, so I don’t know what to say. In the end, I wanted him to start playing soccer only when the money was resolved.

“Hey, why on earth am I going to Germany?”

Either because he doesn’t understand or because he feels wronged that he can’t get it in return with money, the guy quickly follows him and starts arguing.

“You’re a dream.”

“what?”

The guy looks at me with a puzzled face.

“dream.”

“Wh, what?”

I know.

That the guy’s dream is to become a soccer player.

He thought that being an athlete was a job that only those born with warm backs and full stomachs could do, and he tried not to think about it now, but that job was a long-time dream for him.

The twinkling eyes that said, “Cha-boom!” clearly showed me how great an interest soccer was in the boy I knew would become Korea’s future libero.

Of course, Taesu seems to be trying hard to ignore the fact that he is compulsively moving to avoid dreaming.

“I know everything, you punk.”

The guy was staring blankly at me, unable to close his gaping mouth.

“Miss… did I ever tell you?”

A guy who keeps tilting his head.

“I’m going – see you tomorrow.”

The guy stood blankly in front of the school gate, lost in thought for a long time, as if he couldn’t even hear my greeting.

‘dream.’

Over there.

Here and there you can see a cloudy spring sky.

The blue sky and moderate clouds provide some shade from the sun.

Dreams are like that, like the sun that appears and disappears over and over again, even though it seems full of hope.

Whenever.

Who is it?

Because dreams are something that makes you stand still and think like that. It wouldn’t be that difficult to make Taesu dream again.

“My dream is more difficult.”

I wish that even in my dream of becoming a filial son instead of just aspiring to be one, there would be a blue sky like that.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

It is obvious that you can’t jump without learning to walk.

First of all, departure is an opportunity to dream.

Yes, opportunity is important.

At the crossroads of choice, humans always hesitate. Should I go up that wave or should I wait for another wave? If I hesitate, the wave will soon pass and only the long road of waiting for the next wave to come remains.

The same goes for the current Taesu guy and my older sister. My younger sister seems to have luckily caught the opportunity, but I think my mother and older sister still haven’t.

What an opportunity.

For my sister who is confused about which wave to surf, I should create some safe and good waves.

I looked up at the cloudy sky again.

“When autumn comes.”

When autumn comes, the clouds in the sky will clear away and an empty sky will appear.

I walked briskly and before I knew it, I was already in front of our restaurant.

“Did you see Jang Won-han again this time?”

“Oh my – your sister-in-law’s son is so devoted, but my son is so…”

“Yeongrok’s mom said the other day that after eating here for three days, he ended up getting first place in his class.”

“Oh my god, really?”

“Yes! They go to the same school! They learn the same things, so why are our children not getting good grades? It’s because they’re not getting enough food!”

“What are you talking about, Sook-hee’s mom? I always serve food that makes my legs break.”

The chatter of the ladies waiting in a long line to get into our restaurant is quite funny.

Could such a ridiculous rumor really have spread?

Of course, eating is important for people.

There are certainly things that help with everything from health issues to stimulating brain activity.

But how can you say that you are number one in eating? And the kimchi stew you eat at that restaurant doesn’t even have bleach in it, so how different can the nutritional value of the same kimchi stew be?

“Ahem, what good is it if you serve me until my legs break? Did someone like that go to a fortune teller and have their fortune told yesterday? I come to this place because I’m effective!”

When they openly say it’s superstition, women nod their heads.

Similar situations are the same everywhere.

There may be people who came simply because they were curious to see me on TV, but there were also quite a few who came with expectations of something.

“And the food here is good, I’ve eaten there a few times. It’s cheap and delicious, I tell you.”

I nodded my head without realizing it.

My mother’s cooking is the best in the world.

Look at that long line.

I was more confident.

In order to clear the clouds, the restaurant business must first be stabilized.

Mrs. Jeong In-sook.

So, since my mother’s personality is such that she will never let go of her work, I have to make it a little less strenuous and require less work.

The best way would be to hire employees.

“I will pass by.”

“Oh my, oh my!”

Noisy women keep stopping me from talking.

“Oh my- I saw the broadcast, student! It was amazing this time too.”

“Oh, thank you.”

“How do you speak English so well? Our Hye-mi studied abroad but couldn’t speak English well. What’s your secret? Huh?”

“I just worked hard.”

“Hey- Don’t do that-”

A woman opens her purse and takes out money.

I stubbornly refused, saying:

“No, I just worked really hard.”

“Don’t be like that- huh? My daughter has a flight attendant interview this time and she said it’s an English interview- tell me, student-”

I could tell at a glance that it was a house that already existed. Of course, it would be around the level of middle class in Korea during their growth period. Even if it was shown on TV, a house that had been there from the beginning would not be hanging around our restaurant.

“I really liked the English classes offered at the New York Talent Development Institute, and I also watch foreign news channels for at least four hours a day.”

“Oh my, Talent Development Institute, Overseas News. Thank you, student!”

“yes.”

As I passed the woman and went to the entrance, my younger sister was looking at me with twinkles in her eyes.

My little sister came up to me without making a sound and whispered in my ear.

“Who wants to die here for a long time?”

“No, Sister, don’t you have any lectures? Why is a college student here in the first place?”

“The classrooms were completely empty because of the demonstrations and other things, and the professors didn’t come out much either.”

“But why do you take all the tuition?”

“I’m a scholarship student?”

“Well done.”

“Why does that sound sarcastic?”

I smiled and walked past my sister into the kitchen.

I see my older sister doing the dishes.

Knock knock.

When I patted my sister’s back, she looked at me with her sweaty face.

“Oh my, is the river here?”

“Go to school quickly, Sister. I’ll do the rest.”

“Ah- It’s already that time.”

The older sister quickly takes off her rubber gloves and apron.

I sat down casually on the bathtub chair and reached into the red basin full of dishes.

match!

“Son! Oh my- I told you not to do this-”

My mother appeared out of nowhere and lightly slapped me on the back.

“There’s so much work to do, who’s going to do it?”

“That’s right! And why doesn’t Mom tell Kang-i to do it? She keeps telling her sister to do it?”

“Tsk! Hye-ri, you should check carefully to make sure there are no side dishes running out!”

My mother scolded my older sister and then spoke to me again.

“Oh my – it’s no use if that guy keeps hanging around the kitchen.”

I glanced at the plates on which the guests were serving their rice and side dishes. There was already only a third of the mountain of plates left. If the dishes weren’t washed quickly, the guests would end up waiting for their plates.

“Mom, I’ll do it.”

My older sister, who hasn’t left the kitchen yet, comes back to my side.

The mother waves her hand and pushes the older sister out of the kitchen, still putting on rubber gloves.

“No, no, daughter, go quickly! Study hard today too-”

“I’m so busy…”

“Okay, okay. A man can do the dishes and stuff.”

“You said earlier that I couldn’t use it…”

“Aren’t you going quickly?”

“Yeah.”

My older sister slowly left the restaurant with a worried expression on her face. My older sister’s footsteps as she left seemed strangely heavy.

a little.

please.

I wish I had taken better care of my own things.

“Ugh-”

The little sister laughs as she rinses the foamy dish.

“Hehe, when you look at the dishes, you can’t help but sigh?”

That’s not what I meant by a sigh.

“Oh, it just comes out on its own.”

I was thinking about how to persuade my mother who was sitting next to me.

“mom.”

“I’m busy, talk to you later, son.”

“Yeah.”

I didn’t know, but my mother.

You have considerable charisma.

I need to find staff, I need to find staff.

That way, our future prosecutor, Prosecutor Jeon Hye-rin, can study.