Why Should You Get MARRIED?!
Chapters. 08
“Alright, he's an artist who rented on the second floor of The S 3 cafe building. We knew it when the first day of The S 3 opened. Haven't you?? Then let's talk about the project The S.”
“Tumben you can make friends and want to drink together with people you haven't known for a long time?” Seung-Yoon has known So-Hee for more than seventeen years, and he was So-Hee's older brother when he was studying in Sydney. While still a lawyer So-Hee joins the law firm owned by Seung-Yoon's father.
“She's a good person just like you.” So-Hee is busy with her laptop.
Seung-Yoon folds his hands together in front of his chest while looking at So-Hee as if to find out more about Kang-Joon. “Only that?”
“Hem? What does it mean?” So-Hee is confused by Seung-Yoon's ambiguous question.
“Not so, let's continue with your plan.”
“As already in the proposal I sent yesterday, I plan to make instant coffee and merchandise sold online and overseas. When I release I plan to hook BTS for collaboration as well as its brand ambassador.”
“Why BTS? Are you an ARMY?” Seung-Yoon asked in a joking tone.
“Aigoo.. sunbae knows BTS too. Emm.. Why BTS? Because they are idols who are worldwide, so I think they are the right people.” So-Hee is in serious fashion, despite having known Seung-Yoon for a long time but So-Hee is always professional whenever discussing his business with the investor, Ji Seung-Yoon.
“Not going out a lot of money to be able to make them a brand ambassador?”
“I think the costs we spend to hook them can be said for future investments. Going back to the original goal, the target consumers for this project are young people around the world, so from the beginning of launching I wanted this product to quickly float in various countries, he said, so I think getting BTS is the right marketing strategy to see their current popularity.” So-Hee explains in detail the idea of the project she is building.
“OK, but idols or actors, actresses in our country are indeed a lot of worldwide, then why did you choose BTS?”
“According to my observation there are two groups in our country that have many overseas fans, there are BTS and BLACKPINK. Why did BTS choose? The answer is because most BTS fans are women, and women are more easily influenced by trends than men.”
“Hemm.. okay, then I agree. How far has this project gone?”
“Coffee producers have agreed, they are making several new variants in addition to the variants that already exist in the cafe. For packaging I have chosen a designer to make branding guidelines. I've also met several startup companies to select web applications and systems for online sales. If there are no obstructions next month for example products, branding guidelines, web system I will show to sunbaenim.”
“OK, continue. Oiya... for the new cafe you just postpone the project until next year.”
“Emm.. Maybe I'll start looking for a place at the end of the year.”
“Hemm... so much better, than your life only you use to work continuously, you also have to enjoy life.”
“Ah... why does sunbae also say so anyway? Sunbae knows my target is my business.”
“Juga said so? Did someone else say the same thing?”
“Kang-Joon also said so.”
“Kang-Joon again? Wahh.. I'm more curious what kind of person he is.”
“Why?”
Suddenly Seung-Yoon's phone rings.
“Hem.. alright, I'm done, have him wait a while.” Seung-Yoon talks on a cell phone.
“I have to go back to the office.” Seung-Yoon sips his coffee before leaving the chair.
“Alright, be careful on the road sunbae.”
“Spend your food, I already paid dearly.” Seung-Yoon pats So-Hee's right shoulder.
“Don't worry, I'll spend it all.”
“Hem?” So-Hee is confused as to why Seung-Yoon who has not known Kang-Joon is greeting her. “Basic of freaks.” So-Hee still looks at Kang-Joon from behind the glass.
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The night after the cafe closes, So-Hee and Kang-Joon dine at a restaurant selling Thai cuisine.
“How was your presentation to investors? Smoothly?” Kang-Joon asks while sipping kuah tom yam.
“Current.” Just like Kang-Joon, So-Hee is also busy with her food.
“Oiya, sunbae send greetings to you.”
“Hem?? Sunbae?? Nugu?? Who do you mean?” Kang-Joon's confused.
“Hehehe.. strange indeed, the sunbae I mean is the single investor I told you about. She is Ji Seung-Yoon, who was my senior brother when I was at S2 in Sydney. He's also my senior at work first, he's also the son of the owner of the law firm I work for.”
“Aaa. so the investor is your close friend yes.”
“Iya, we are very close.”
Kang-Joon stops eating to observe So-Hee's facial expression.
“Se..near what?” Kang-Joon hesitates to ask this question.
“Emm.. yes as close as I told you earlier. Why?”
“Ah.. no, it's just that when telling your sunbae that you look happy, I think you like her.”
“Like??”
Kang-Joon just smiled not taking out a single word.
“Actually he used to like me.”
Kang-Joon finally finds the answer to So-Hee's expression. “Like you??” Again Kang-Joon does not ask straightforwardly what he really wants to ask.
“Yes, while still working as a lawyer he once expressed his feelings for me. At that time I was really surprised, I did not expect him to like me as a woman not as a friend, honestly when it was just him my friend, so I felt disappointed because he liked me not as a friend.” So-Hee's view seemed empty.
“Then?”
“I told him honestly that I really like being friends with him, because he is my only friend. Then I asked him to remain my friend as usual. Hemm... initially he always avoids me, but I always shamelessly follow him every chance, and...
“That's how you mean?” Kang-Joon is getting curious about So-Hee and Seung-Yoon's relationship.
“And finally he started to get uncomfortable with me then get rid of his feelings and stay friends as usual with me, hehehe.”
“During this time you knew him really never liked him as a man?”
“No, I once liked a man so I know exactly how it feels. And I don't feel it at all with sunbae. To be honest I felt guilty when I rejected him, but I couldn't force myself to like him as a man either. Humans are complicated. Right?” So-Hee is back from her drifting mind, now she's staring at Kang-Joo.
“Not humans are complicated, but their hearts are complicated.”
“Hem.. true as well, therefore I decided to close my heart tightly so that my life does not become complicated.” So-Hee returns to eating her food.
Seriate..