< Negotiation (1) >
Namsan Chargeomeori crossed his arms while sitting in the passenger seat of the car.
“Hey, that nosebleeder. He definitely wasn’t an ordinary guy, was he?”
“Yes? Are you talking about the handsome little master who is so charming?”
“Are your eyes rotten? Can’t you tell the difference between guilt and life? What is the poison and madness that makes people feel creepy at that age? You’re definitely not normal.”
Thinking back, that kid, from his eyes to his aura, was not ordinary at all.
“You fearless brat, you looked me straight in the eye, didn’t you? You didn’t even look surprised until the very end.”
So it was weird.
“Rather, he looked down on me. Just like my grandfather. He had such pretty, crazy eyes.”
“You must be mistaken. I don’t know about other people, but how can I compare to my grandfather?”
“Can you look me straight in the eye for more than a minute?”
When their eyes met in the rearview mirror, the attendant was startled and looked away.
One eye is Sa-baek-an, the other eye is Sam-baek-an.
His eyes were sharp like blades, full of murderous intent and hostility, making his age of fifteen seem insignificant.
Standing in front of it made my bones shiver and I couldn’t look at it for long.
“Look, you can’t do it. I told you this is a normal reaction. That kid is abnormal.”
The Namsan Charlemer supported his chin.
“What is that kid really? I don’t like his confident attitude and laid-back attitude.”
It’s like saying you should be jealous of a little kid the size of a bean.
It’s weird, but is that really true?
“You dare to target the house I’ve marked? I’ll have to show that cowardly, snot-nosed fool the bitter taste of the world.”
That kid, if he loses the house he’s after, he’ll die of exhaustion, right?
I really want to see him lying on the street, wailing and making excuses.
“Hey, hey, pay phone over there! Call mom first!”
Squeak.
I feel unusually anxious.
Somehow, I felt like I had to open my eyes and have that house taken away.
Even though I know full well that it can’t be true, I still feel strangely anxious.
Thump thump. Click.
-hello?
“Mom, I! For this birthday present, I want to buy a house instead of an apartment!”
-what?
“It’s a house in Hannam-dong, so if I want to sign the contract right away, I need some money… Ugh!”
[email protected]#$^#*&&$^%%*@$&%!!!!!
Suddenly, a torrent of curses poured out at a volume that almost blew up the phone.
-Do you know what kind of house that is?! @!^@^&%$&*^%*&%!!!!
what?
“Mom, I haven’t explained anything yet······.”
-Shut up! If you’re talking about a ghost den, I don’t want to hear any more!
Ouch!
‘No, how did Mom know that? All I said was that I live in Hannam-dong?’
Not all of those luxury houses in Hannam-dong are probably haunted.
How did you know exactly that I was going to buy that house?
It was truly a thing of the devil.
-Absolutely not! You’re out of luck there! Just buy an apartment! For investment purposes!
“That’s all superstition and rumor! Just destroy the building with a backhoe······.”
-Grandpa, the election is just around the corner! Stop doing useless things and come crawling back home! If you keep being stubborn, you’ll end up with no apartment or food! Hang up!
Click.
Namsan Chargeomeori held back his confused mind.
You said you were going to buy an apartment for me in advance and asked me to choose it myself?
Why are you suddenly foaming at the mouth and opposing me so resolutely?
“I’m going crazy. Wow, why did things suddenly get so messed up?”
If Mom doesn’t give me money, I can’t buy that house!
Namsan Chargeomuri grabbed his hair.
“If that doesn’t work, we should just lie down on the street in our neighborhood and protest.”
There is no other way to convince my mother to give me the money right now.
“Brother, let’s go home right now! Step on the accelerator! Top speed!”
Vroom!
Namsan Demolition Head and his entourage drove off in a car
Bloody negotiations are expected.
* * *
Songgolmae Pawnshop in Myeongdong.
As I entered the store, faded memories came rushing back like a tidal wave.
‘I’ve been here for 10 years.’
To cultivate his eye for things, he followed his teacher around for 15 hours a day and did all kinds of chores.
Besides me, there were often people who came to ask me to teach them a trick, but they all dropped out in the middle.
In the end, I was the only one who learned everything from the teacher.
But it wasn’t easy from the beginning.
Because I was so nervous, I stuttered from the first meeting, made mistakes one after another, and failed several times while trying to recover from my panic.
In the end, he was judged not to be worthy of his teacher’s approval, and was persecuted for ten years while doing odd jobs.
‘This time, I will definitely get my teacher’s stamp of approval!’
This much preparation is enough.
“Whoa, Whoa~. Kids go!”
A hunched old man with white hair and wearing a gray hanbok waved his hand.
Anyway, he was famous for being a very quirky person.
“Let’s send the child out and talk among ourselves as adults.”
“You got it wrong. The customer is not over there, he’s over here. He’s coming right over here.”
I nodded and smiled broadly.
“I want to borrow money using collateral.”
“Oh my, you know some pretty difficult words, young master?”
Where in my attire does the word ‘Master’ come from?
The clothes I inherited from my neighborhood friends and my new sneakers were also cheap market items.
aha.
“You called me ‘Master’ after seeing the attitude of the old man standing behind you?”
“Hoo.”
“Right. You shouldn’t give an estimate based on appearance. If you are fooled by exaggeration, you will miss the pearl hidden in the mud.”
“Oh, oh, oh.”
The teacher pushed up his monocle.
“It’s been a while since we’ve had such an interesting guest. Okay, then let’s start haggling. By the way, I’m not the type of person to even look after a child.”
Don’t I know that?
It’s only been 10 years since I’ve been a swindler!
“It looks like you brought something more expensive than I expected.”
“Do you know what I brought?”
“Stop talking and just take out what’s in your right trouser pocket.”
Anyway, there is no such thing as a fortune teller.
But it was only half right.
“I have two things to put up as collateral.”
“Okay, okay. I’m already curious about what the little guest has prepared.”
I put my father’s watch on the counter.
“Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 1970 Special Edition. Authentic.”
“······.”
“This is a special edition produced in limited quantities to provide the highest level of quality, sophisticated design, and craftsmanship by the Swiss luxury watch company founded by Jean-Marc Vacheron in 1755.”
“······.”
“It’s in excellent condition. Since it’s only been worn a few times, you can tell just by looking at the watch strap that there are hardly any scratches.”
The teacher looked back at Secretary Kim with a bewildered expression.
“Am I the only one who is confused by this situation?”
“I feel the same way.”
“How old is he now?”
“I believe you are seven years old this year.”
“······.”
Whatever.
“How much will you pay for this?”
“two hundred!”
The teacher spoke bluntly.
“They say that even if you originally paid a lot for something, you only get a pittance when you sell it used.”
“I guess you thought I was funny because I was a seven-year-old kid. Should we continue then?”
“huh?”
“I should take five hundred. Honestly, two hundred is too unscrupulous.”
“······.”
The teacher turned his head quickly and looked at Secretary Kim.
Secretary Kim pretended not to know.
“Shall I recite in detail why the fair price should be 500?”
This is what I learned from you.
There is nothing you can’t do.
I started to go over each thing carefully as I had learned.
The more this happened, the more the teacher’s mouth opened wide.
When it came to the polishing agent, the Master finally raised both hands.
“Has this little master been selling only watches since he could babble? Yeah, I lost! Let’s go with five hundred.”
“You should speak up. If you had opened your mouth somewhere else instead of here, you could have easily received eight hundred dollars for it. You know better than that, so why are you acting so pretentious?”
“······.”
“Am I wrong? Why do you insist once again that what I said is valid?”
“Ahem! Shall we move on to the next item?”
I glanced over and saw that one corner of Secretary Kim’s mouth was up.
‘I guess it’s because I don’t think I have anything more valuable to pledge than this watch.’
you’re welcome.
widely.
I handed over the business card of Taesung Group Secretary Kim Young-geol that I had received earlier.
“This is a five million won business card.”
“You came here to sell that piece of business card, what are you going to exchange it for? You can just go to the nearby printing shop and sell it for money.”
The teacher pushed Secretary Kim’s business card towards me.
“For that reason, I can’t give you even a penny for this?”
“Even though the person involved is there?”
I pointed over my shoulder with my thumb.
Secretary Kim was silently watching us with an interested expression.
“Yes, that’s my business card. I’ll greet you. I’m Kim Young-geol, the secretary of Taesung Group.”
“There must be one or two scammers in the world. If you want to receive money, why don’t you prove it properly?”
“Do I really need to prove it? I think you already know who I am.”
The teacher clicked his tongue.
“Okay. For your sake, I’ll take this business card. Two thousand won!”
“Two thousand won?”
Secretary Kim frowned.
“I didn’t know my business card would only cost two thousand won.”
It was an unpleasant tone.
“The business card of the secretary of Taesung Group is not even worth seven bowls of Jajangmyeon. This is disappointing, sir.”
“Where do you get the urge to eat someone else’s money? You’d be lucky if you could exchange a bowl of Jajangmyeon for a business card like this. Two thousand won is a lot.”
I added one word.
“I made a bet with this old man. The loser would do me one favor. I’ll take the business card fee, including that.”
“Huh, then that’s different.”
The teacher looked at Secretary Kim.
“Honestly, how many times can I mobilize the power of Taesan Group for my work? Not even Chairman Cha, but the price of asking for the hand of the Chief Secretary? They should pay me a generous amount of one million won.”
Anyway, this damn hit!
Before Secretary Kim could even open her mouth or raise her eyebrows, I spoke first.
“Okay. Let’s just say there was no talk of trying to build a good relationship with Taesung.”
“But this time, I’ll give you a special deal: this business card worth 5 million won!”
It was a statement that they would recognize the value of a top-of-the-line luxury watch.
“This little master is really no ordinary man, isn’t he?”
Only then did Secretary Kim raise the corners of his lips as if he was satisfied.
The teacher clapped his hands together.
“Okay, so we’re done with this now?”
“Not yet. Do you have another 8 million won business?”
“8 million won? Is there anything that can be sold for more than this watch and the request from the secretary of Taesung Group?”
“Of course.”
“You said earlier that there were two items that had to be taken as collateral?”
“Because it’s not an object. I said I had something worth 8 million won. When did I say I had collateral? Do you want to keep talking intermittently?”
“······.”
The teacher opened and closed his mouth as if he was speechless.
But after a while, he started laughing in vain as if he was really angry.
“Huh, there are customers who don’t even leave their belongings in a pawn shop and instead ask for money?”
“Sometimes information is more expensive than the collateral.”
I placed the black folder on the table.
< Report on Wookwang Construction’s slush funds>
It was a document that Mr. Cheolgu had written.
‘Sir, I told you, you’d better make a few more copies.’
Of course, this is the original.
I secretly brought it with me when I packed my bags and left with my mom.
“This is internal information from the Central Intelligence Agency.”
The teacher and Secretary Kim opened their mouths at the same time.
“Central court?”
“You stole internal information from the Central Intelligence Agency?”
This is usually referred to as top secret information or confidential data.
But so what?
Rather, I was the one who found this reaction strange.
“Why are you acting so strangely? Everyone has this level of ability.”
“······.”
“······.”
The teacher pointed at me with his finger and asked Secretary Kim the same question again.
“How old is he this year?”
Does age matter so much in negotiation?
What’s more important is how and how much you eat.
So, shall we start negotiating properly now?
Again, my goal today is to ‘extort money without giving anything in return!’
< Negotiation (1) > End
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