[Episode 26] Reasons for complaints
Si-woo Lee, who met Kim In-sik and returned to the junk yard.
Upon entering, a vehicle from the city was parked in the yard.
The text on the Matiz car says ‘Yongin-si Cheoin-gu Office’.
I checked it and found a man and a woman who appeared to be officials.
“Are you from the city?”
In response to Siwoo Lee’s question, a young man in casual clothes nodded his head.
“Complaints keep coming in.”
“What kind of complaint was it?”
“Ah, there was a complaint about seeing scrap metal piled up over the wall… I don’t think there will be any need to worry about this complaint in the future.”
“… okay.”
“Where is the representative? … .”
“I am the representative of this company.”
The man nodded his head, remembering Dowoon Lee, whom he had seen a few months ago.
It must have been his son.
“Have you checked the fine notice?”
“Yes, I checked and paid. Do you have any other complaints?”
“There is absolutely nothing. Well, I can’t see it even if I check the things to be corrected.”
The man once again looked around Nuri recycling.
It wasn’t even burning garbage.
And the situation is not that the junkyard is all covered with soil.
Siwoo Lee also followed the man’s gaze and glanced at him.
My father made countless efforts to deal with the complaint.
With no funds, even cement was laid on the soil floor.
However, it was impossible to remove scrap metal due to complaints while the unit price was at the bottom.
Si-woo Lee, who had personally checked the complaints that had been harassing his father, bit his lip.
“Another complaint came in and came to confirm. Now, even if the same complaint comes in, we will respond appropriately.”
“thank you.”
“I’m telling you in case you don’t know, but it might be a way to raise the wall a little bit higher. I said the same thing to the former CEO, but it was not corrected and a fine was imposed.”
It was dangerous to raise the wall.
It was said that if there was a strong typhoon, the risk of the fence going over would increase.
“If the wall is raised higher here, there is a high risk of falling over the rainy season. Perhaps my father was concerned about that, too.”
“Ah, so is he. But we are also civil servants. When a complaint comes in, I have to explain it so that the complainant can understand that there is nothing wrong.”
As long as this was a profession, they had no choice but to impose a fine if it was not corrected even after a warning.
A 3 m fence surrounded the entire junkyard.
If the wall was raised higher here, it would cost quite a bit.
After the farewell ceremony, the officials left the junkyard.
After meeting them, Siwoo Lee entered the office and took a deep breath.
A list of guests written in the notebook.
I had to transfer money quickly.
“We apologized to our guests. I will transfer it today or tomorrow.”
“You suffered.”
Thankfully, thanks to Park Tae-moon, I was able to smile a little, but Lee Si-woo was still in a bad mood.
I knew there were complaints coming in, but my father didn’t tell me what kind of complaint it was.
Jang Seong-woo is probably aware of the complaints.
‘Now is the right time to clean up the yard again.’
This was an opportunity when he had ample funds, and now that most of the scrap metal was gone.
If it was the money I had to spend anyway, I shouldn’t have spared it.
“Director Park.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Can you identify a company that builds walls? We have to deal with it when we have time.”
“Let’s see. By the way, if you want to build a new wall, you’ll have to demolish it and build it again… … .”
“If we do the construction even a little bit, we will be able to make the public officials understand even if there are complaints. I don’t know when I’ll start building things again… We have to prepare in advance.”
The first thing to do was to find a company that specialized in wall construction.
Money is still plentiful.
‘Don’t make excuses. That way, I will be able to push for sure.’
Myungsan Steel and The S were companies that would unconditionally take the side of Nuri.
The S was not going to cut off the deal with him, who had greatly helped in uncovering the corruption of Director Gong.
And there was no need to talk about the famous mountain iron system.
Si-woo Lee held his cell phone in his hand and transferred money to the account written in the ledger.
* * *
All the employees left work and silence came to the junkyard.
Si-woo Lee, standing in the center of the yard, looked at the old wall.
A wall that encloses a space of 1,000 pyeong.
It was a place that Siwoo Lee and his father built by hand when they just started selling junk.
There was no place in Nuri recycling that my father had not touched.
Shi-Woo let out a deep sigh.
‘I want to have a drink.’
After about 10 days, it was Lee Do-woon’s 49th.
That day, I was going to take a day off.
I have already informed the staff and asked for the understanding of the guests one by one.
Si-woo Lee, eager to drink, opened the door of the junkyard in pajamas and went outside.
Entering the sushi restaurant alone, he sat down and placed an order.
“One sashimi and one soju, please, sir.”
“Are you alone today?”
“Well, that’s right. They all have families.”
After I said the last words for nothing, I felt even more lonely.
The owner of a sushi restaurant hurriedly caught a flounder and served sashimi.
Then I put it down in front of Si-woo Lee and brought two soju glasses.
“Am I alone?”
“Why are you alone? Anyway, I can’t do business today, but I’m going to close early. You too come and sit down.”
The owner of a sushi restaurant and his wife.
It was a small shop run by two people.
At the boss’s words, a middle-aged woman who came out of the kitchen cleaning up and sat down.
“Would you like some spicy soup? You two are drinking. It will be done soon.”
“Good spicy soup.”
As a middle-aged woman entered the kitchen, the owner of the sushi restaurant took soju and poured a glass of soju for Si-woo Lee.
“Are you going to be 49 soon?”
“yes. A little over 10 days left. Do you remember?”
“then. The president and I have known each other for 9 years, and you should remember this.”
Shin Doo-pil, the owner of a sushi restaurant, always thought that Lee Do-woon was great.
Raising a son alone without a wife was not easy.
It’s also been raised so that it doesn’t fall apart like this.
“So much time has passed already.”
“Time goes so fast. Would you like a drink?”
“Yes, sir.”
braided-
the sound of clinking glasses.
Upon hearing the clear sound, Siwoo Lee poured the alcohol from the soju glass into his mouth.
“Wow, it’s written.”
“There is nothing more bitter than soju if you drink it when you are in a bad mood. You are great too. I was a little worried when I said that I would succeed this boss, but I didn’t know that I could hold out this well.”
“You have to endure. It’s a company that my father worked hard to build.”
“As I said last time, this boss will be proud in heaven.”
“is that so… Some people say that I am an illegitimate person.”
He accepted it as if it was nothing, but rather as if it were something you liked, but the word disobedient was ingrained in Si-Woo Lee’s heart.
He was busy arguing not to open his hands to his father and to earn money for college tuition.
No, I didn’t see my father often because I was busy.
If I had known it would be like this… … .
“who? What kind of bastard says something like that?”
“there is. such a person… … .”
“The child of such a rotten bastard… don’t mind. Because it’s nonsensical.”
Dupil Shin knew it well.
How the two rich people depended on each other and how much they trusted each other.
How proud Lee Do-woon speaks of his son.
“Siwoo, I don’t know you well, but this boss boasted about you a lot. Without you, this boss wouldn’t have come this far.”
It was a comforting word.
Perhaps because of alcohol, Siwoo Lee began to pour out his loneliness and longing for his father.
Dupil Shin listened to Siwoo Lee calmly.
During the one month period, Siwoo Lee had a very difficult time.
The position of the president is such a position, and my father has felt this kind of pressure.
‘My father must have felt the same way.’
loneliness.
Si-woo Lee thought that he realized it too late.
If only I had known sooner… … .
Even though it is now irreversible, such assumptions were floating around in Siwoo Lee’s head.
“Come here often if you want a drink. If there are no guests, I will pour you a drink.”
“Thank you, boss.”
After the three of us drank four bottles of soju, Siwoo Lee got up from his seat.
I had to work tomorrow, so I couldn’t drink without a drink.
“Check please.”
“Just go. It’s because you’re living today.”
“still… … .”
“it’s okay. I’ll call you, so please wait.”
* * *
Siwoo Lee entered the junkyard with slightly staggering steps.
After locking the door again, Siwoo Lee entered the office and closed his eyes as he felt the spirit of alcohol rising.
‘father… … .’
I thought that tears were going to come out of my eyelids for nothing, so Siwoo tried his best.
There is still a long way to go, and much work to be done.
“Pooh woohoo.”
I took a deep breath and the smell of alcohol wafted through me.
Siwoo Lee suddenly took out his cell phone from his pocket.
‘Should I give you a call after a long time… … .’
In Siwoo Lee’s head, the faces of some of his close friends came to mind.
Among them, there was a face that stood out in particular.
Even though there was not much contact, Lee Yeon-ah warmly approached me.
For some reason, I wanted to hear her voice.
Siwoo Lee, who had been fiddling with his phone for a moment, shook his head.
It was 11 pm now.
Drinking at this time and contacting the opposite sex was a nuisance.
In the end, Siwoo Lee shoved his cell phone back into his pocket and went into the room and collapsed on the bed.
* * *
Early in the morning of the next day, Si-woo Lee came out, swiping his stomach with his hands because of a sore stomach.
‘Ugh… Scrap production… … .’
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＜Create Scrap＞(lv. 2)
[Produced scrap] : 2,000kg
Upgrade Conditions (6,000/80,000)
└ lv. promoted to 3.
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It weighed 6 tons in just 3 days.
All the scrap steel made through ability was rebar.
And that amount was worth about 2 million won.
The unit price for passing the famous iron is 340 won.
If the original price was 320 won, it was about 1.9 million won.
The difference in unit price of 20 won made a difference of about 100,000 won.
‘Would you like to get a cup of tea today?’
Before the employees went to work, Si-woo Lee, who knew the amount of scrap metal, called Jun-sik Jin.
[Yes, President.]
“Today, I was just going to remove one heavy and one light car. Please give me a ride.”
[Can I go by the bullet train?]
“no. I think you should just come by a tong truck.”
[yes. Then we will go in this afternoon.]
drop.
Si-woo Lee hung up the phone and went about his usual routine.
Before the employees went to work, they had to mix the scrap made from scrap metal so that it didn’t get dirty.
“Ugh… I’m heartbroken… … .”
After mixing things up, Siwoo Lee went into the office and drank a glass of water.
At that moment, Sa Hae-jin entered the junkyard, cheering.
“Hey, Siwoo!”
“What’s going on?”
“I trusted you and sent the scrap metal to Nuri, so why did it turn out like this? I heard that The K adjusted the unit price, what happened?”
The K Besteel started moving in earnest.
Now that war has been declared, there is no need to wait any longer.
“How much did you raise?”
“The unit price is the same as ours!”
“Then we’ll raise 10 won too.”
“What, what?”
The unit price that Nuri Recycling agreed to give was 280 won.
Except for the tax bill, of course.
The customers were buying the weight at 270 won.
If The K Besteel moves in accordance with this… … .
‘It’s okay if I raise the unit price too.’
“Weight 290 won, light 270 won. There’s no problem with that, boss.”
Sa Hae-jin’s expression, which was in full swing, hardened at Lee Si-woo’s words.
The unit price for purchasing from Woori Resources was likely to be between 250 and 260 won.
And it showed a difference of only 10 won compared to other junk shops.
“Ji, are you serious?”
“Why would I lie to my boss? Oh, and I’m going shopping today. I myself.”
“ah… … .”
“See you later, boss.”
