＜ New Challenge 03 ＞
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“welcome! professor!”
Entering the wine bar [Rose], Hyun-joon was warmly welcomed by the president, Soo-yeon Yoon. When Hyeon-jun appeared, she greeted Hyeon-jun with a smile on her face.
“Oh, I’m a little late, sorry.”
Then President Yoon Soo-yeon shook her hand saying no.
The smile on his lips was still there.
“no. professor. First, let’s go this way.”
Then, she guided Hyun-joon to the VIP room inside.
But unexpectedly, it wasn’t just Hyun-joon.
Other people had already arrived there, and they were sitting here and there holding seats. On the other hand, Hyeonjun looked right and left and his eyes widened slightly.
People sitting in a U-shaped array of soft sofas, each taking their place.
As soon as Hyeon-Jun appeared, they also showed curiosity and looked at Hyeon-Jun.
At this time, Hyun-jun was able to find people with very familiar faces there.
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“Oh, how are you?”
“Yes, how are you? professor.”
People standing up one after another.
Fund manager Choi Dong-wook of [Richard Global Asset Management], Bae Sang-yoon, team manager of [Thomson Andson Asset Investment & Securities], Graham Park, a Korean-American investor, and Park Chang-hoon, CEO of [Ocean Food Bio] stood up immediately after sitting down and smiled and shook hands with Hyun-jun. I did.
After Hyun-jun finished shaking hands, he finally shook hands with a strange gray-haired man in his mid-50s.
He’s the first man I’ve ever seen.
“Professor, this is Jeong Il-seo, vice president of Sangmoon Group. This is Professor Hyunjun Choi.”
So, is this man the Vice President of the Commercial Group?
As such, President Yoon Soo-yeon acted as the host (organizer) and introduced each other, and Hyun-joon immediately exchanged business cards with Vice President Jeong Il-seo.
“professor! Then, Professor, please sit over here.”
At the same time, the place President Yoon Soo-yeon guided was unexpectedly the most central seat. In the U-shaped sofa arrangement, he suddenly recommended Hyun-jun to the innermost seat.
Hyeon-joon flinched for a while at the wind.
I immediately looked left and right.
To the right is CEO Park Chang-hoon, fund manager Choi Dong-wook, and team leader Bae Sang-yoon taking their seats.
To the left, Graham Park, Vice President Jeong Il-seo, and President Yoon Soo-yeon took their seats.
No, but he himself is not a guest.
President Yoon Soo-yeon is the host (organizer).
Even so, as if Hyun-joon became the host, Yoon Soo-yeon, the president, recommended a central seat.
Hyeon-joon looked at his surroundings again and had no choice but to sit quietly in his seat.
Soon after, President Yoon Soo-yeon opened her mouth just as she was standing there.
“Then, since you are all gathered, I will speak first. Oh, I am deeply grateful to Professor Choi Hyun-joon, who readily accepted the request even though I did not tell him about the members beforehand.”
President Yoon Soo-yeon lowered her head at the same time.
Hyunjoon was startled.
“Oh, no.”
Hyeonjun also immediately bowed his head and responded.
In fact, President Yoon Soo-yeon, whom Hyun-joon knows. Aside from being the owner of a wine bar, isn’t she someone who plays a role in connecting people in the right place at the right time?
But what purpose did she have to gather so many people and arrange this kind of event?
What the hell is that?
Of course, since I talked about the acquisition of Sangmun Group first, it must be related to that side.
But when I arrived here at [Rose], I felt more and more strongly that this meeting was like a secret gathering.
“Then, before discussing the details, I would like to explain a little to Professor Hyun-Jun Choi, who does not know much about this. I would appreciate it if others would be patient with me even if it is a little boring.”
And at that moment, Hyeon-jun immediately made a judgment about the situation to some extent.
In other words, everyone except himself knew something about this meeting.
It is not that the meeting itself was suddenly made, but that it is already a meeting in progress.
And it feels like a bit of a coincidence that he came to this gathering.
After all, is it because of those articles?
Those articles that revealed the size of their assets.
Is that why I was suddenly invited to this gathering?
Hyeon-joon’s curiosity started to grow again.
President Yoon Soo-yeon, who has some great personal connections.
It was something that Hyeon-jun knew very well that she was not an ordinary woman.
In the current situation, she was suddenly turning into a person who threatened the top 50 upper class group in the business world.
In particular, it was a situation where only people who could really do something were gathered, so there was a bit of tension.
On the other hand, Hyeon-jun decided to first listen to what Yoon Soo-yeon had to say.
“But Professor, don’t be too burdened. This is not a place to conspire against a traitor.”
Then, she looked at Hyun-joon and smiled.
Then she thought about something for a while and then went to a table a little way from her seat.
Right there, he opened a bottle of wine very skillfully.
Soon after, he quickly removed the cork and approached Hyeon-jun with a wine bottle in his hand.
A U-shaped table was placed in front of the U-shaped sofa, and through the empty space in the middle, they immediately came right in front of Hyun-jun.
At this time, she didn’t use the decanter that was placed on the other table and came straight away with a wine bottle.
In general, decanting is a process that enhances the taste and aroma of wine, that is, the process of bringing wine into contact with air. But she omitted it.
“First of all, before I tell you, as a thank you to everyone who came here, I am opening a very good wine.”
Then, she was pouring red wine very slowly and very carefully into a transparent wine glass set on the table in front of Hyun-jun so that he could taste it. Come to think of it, isn’t it the appearance of transparent wine glasses and various fruit snacks placed in front of other people?
“Professor, may I ask for a tasting first?”
President Yoon Soo-yeon speaks in an elegant voice right after pouring a little wine.
“Oh, me? thank you.”
Come to think of it, I felt as if I was being treated to something in this seat, this seat of honor.
As such, it is the first thing to recommend tasting.
Meanwhile, Hyeonjun slightly shook his wine glass.
The purpose is to feel the fragrant wine fragrance through the nose.
In the meantime, Yoon Soo-yeon, the president, was giving a brief explanation about wine.
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“I don’t know if you know, but let me tell you a little bit about this wine. As stated on the label here, this wine is called Chateau Petrus. The name ‘Petrus’ is derived from the name of Saint Peter, the first pope. The portrait on this label is that of Saint Peter. Because it is a very rare wine, it is said that the best vintage among them has a very strong vitality even if it is kept for more than 50 years.”
So, is this wine Chateau Petrus?
Meanwhile, Hyeonjun tilted his head as if it were wine he had never heard of.
Even so, Hyeon-jun glanced around and raised his wine glass. Then, he shook it again and mixed the air again, and in the meantime, he directly felt the scent rising as the wine swirled, and Hyun-joon opened his mouth right away with his strange eyes sparkling.
“But, by any chance, is this wine naturally a wine that does not require decanting?”
Then President Yoon Soo-yeon nodded right away.
Hyeon-joon learned a lot from coming to the wine bar several times.
When Hyeon-Jun asks such a question, President Yoon Soo-Yeon looks slightly satisfied.
“yes. It’s a rather old wine, so it doesn’t need decanting at all. Breeding is already enough.”
In other words, it means that contact with air at the moment of opening the corok stopper is sufficient.
Also, is that the reason why I poured very slowly when pouring the wine earlier?
In other words, it is a very old, very rare, top-notch wine.
In an instant, Hyeonjun’s eyes widened slightly.
I felt something strange.
Did you say Chateau Petrus?
In particular, wine bottles with old labels depicting the portrait of Saint Peter.
So just in case, Hyeon-jun tried to recall his memory.
It’s a name I’ve heard somewhere, but I can’t remember it right away.
In the end, Hyeon-jun, who had no other way, felt the scent once more, put a sip of wine in his mouth, rolled it slightly, and held it still.
But at that very moment.
and! What the hell is this!
This intense, this variety of flavors!
Sweet fruity scent.
Caramel flavor mixed with butter.
And even a very deep taste that is unknown and complex.
It was the first wine like this for Hyeon-jun, to the point where he wondered if this was simply wine.
It was like opening my eyes to a new taste of wine.
Wow!
It’s really good!
“Professor, how are you?”
“It’s really, really good.”
When Hyun-joon replied with a surprised expression, President Yoon Soo-yeon nodded with a smile.
Soon after, she poured some more wine into Hyun-joon’s glass. I started pouring wine into other people’s wine glasses in turn.
And in the midst of that, CEO Park Chang-hoon, who was sitting next to Hyun-joon, he was secretly talking about it.
“Professor, congratulations.”
“yes?”
“You did a tasting of that wine, so it’s something to celebrate. That wine is a very, very famous wine. At that price of wine, you could easily buy a car.”
what? what?
Hyunjoon was surprised again.
Was it such an expensive wine?
“There have been several Wall Street financiers in the past who have wasted their fortunes on the taste of wine. I can say that it is the best. Especially for that wine, even if you have money, you can’t buy such an old vintage. It’s the kind of wine that sometimes pays to be called. Wait! I will give it a try too.”
Meanwhile, CEO Park Chang-hoon was holding a wine glass in his hand, showing a very reverent attitude. Then, very carefully tasting the wine. At this time, in the image of CEO Park Chang-hoon, who closed his eyes and felt the deep taste, Hyun-joon’s mouth slightly rose without his knowledge.
Is it really a precious wine that you have to drink like that?
So Hyeon-jun also grabbed a wine glass again.
The taste that I tasted a while ago.
I couldn’t forget it, and I intend to savor it again.
Come to think of it, this very new and mysterious taste even gave me the feeling that it was very suitable for this place where we were discussing the affairs of the Sangmun Group.
And at this time, exclamations from all over the place.
“Wow, too!”
“Wow! It seems like a new experience!”
“They say it’s the best wine, and it lives up to its reputation!”
“Chateau Petrus, definitely the key to heaven!”
and after a while
After calming down to some extent, President Yoon Soo-yeon went to her seat and sat down and opened her mouth again.
“Then, I will start by telling Professor Choi Hyeon-jun about my circumstances.”
And finally, her story was beginning.
