A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 178



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The Chairman Who Doesn’t Regret Episode 178 – Entrance Test (4)

When Taesu joined Leverkusen.

Herchan was busy for a few days, albeit briefly. Was it not an empty promise in Taesu’s contract that he would definitely prove his abilities?

“Yes? 200 thousand won?”

“Yes, Hong! I got it! Is that all? I heard that if you want, they’ll support you with a small house.”

“and…”

At this time, the average civil servant’s monthly salary was around 100,000 won.

“Wow, so it’s not 200,000 won a month, it’s 200,000 won a week right now?”

Taesu asks me again as if he can’t believe it.

I nodded.

“Oh, that’s right, 1200 marks.”

Taesu gulps, gulps, swallowing something that must be saliva or something else. It must feel like a huge amount of money to him.

“I’m not a player yet, so they’re giving me that much?”

“You are a player.”

“No, he’s a youth player.”

“He’s a player anyway.”

“and.”

Sigh, sigh.

A guy who thinks about something and then laughs, thinks about something and then laughs, and so on.

Is it really that good?

“This is it, this is it.”

“Is it good?”

The guy who had been laughing out loud nodded his head loudly.

“Hey, what if I earn 200,000 won a week? Isn’t that 800,000 won a month? Wow… I could buy an apartment if I worked for just a year.”

Well, it was a little short of money to buy an apartment, but it was not an exaggeration to say it was an exaggeration.

“I should have done it a long time ago.”

When the topic of money came up, the guy’s eyes sparkled and he looked greedy. I knew that it wasn’t because he wanted the money, but rather to help with the household finances.

“Isn’t that the problem?”

“So what’s the problem?”

Taesu was talking easily as if there was no problem.

My whole life.

It might be an inappropriate question for me, who was all about money, but I couldn’t tell Taesu to live the same life as me, so I gave up.

“You have to live here alone.”

“ah…”

“There are no Sanggye-dong guys, and my mother is not here either.”

The guy who had been licking his lips closed his mouth for a moment.

Although he lived as if he was very mature, he was still only a sophomore in high school.

While the boy was eating dinner or not, he started to get deeply lost in the thought of money. Perhaps he felt sorry for him. My mother quietly put down her fork and called Taesu.

“Taesu.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Don’t worry, Mom.”

“yes?”

“Because there are people in the neighborhood, I will make sure your mom doesn’t get bored, so Taesu only thinks about Taesu’s future.”

“ah…”

“Your mother will think so too. If this lady thinks she is bothering Kang-i, she will bite her tongue and die.”

“……”

“Why would your mother go out to Namdaemun at dawn to do business? Do you think she did it to support herself?”

Taesu shook his head.

He also knows. What hardships his mother went through to raise him alone.

“But just think about your child giving up on their dreams because of you, oh my… Just thinking about it makes this woman feel like her heart is breaking. Like, heartbreaking.”

Then my mother’s gaze turned to my sisters, not me.

In particular, my mother’s eyes, as she glanced at my eldest sister, were filled with sadness and guilt.

“So, Taesu, you just need to think about soccer and work hard. That’s filial piety. Is filial piety a big deal? If my child smiles, that’s filial piety.”

I almost burst into tears at my mother’s words because of how much pain they contained. They were words meant to ease Taesu’s worries, but they seemed to be directed at me and my sisters.

You guys, don’t think about your moms, think about yourselves first.

That sacrifice must always be one’s own.

Taesu bit his lower lip. He’s a strong guy.

A strong guy who struggled to satisfy his own greed while also caring for his mother.

“Yes, ma’am, I will do that.”

“okay.”

Well, this wasn’t my plan.

Even if it required a little support, the plan was to bring Taesu’s mother to Germany.

“no.”

When I joined the conversation, Taesu and my mother looked at me, and my younger sister glared at me as if she didn’t notice.

“If the club offers to provide a house, wouldn’t it be a good idea for Taesu’s mother to live in Germany with him?”

Taesu’s eyes shook.

It seems like he wants to live with his mother if possible. However, our mother’s eyes were filled with another worry.

“Oh my… I think that would be harder. How hard would it be to be in a foreign land with no one to talk to… You guys may learn quickly when you’re young, but it’s not that easy for people like us.”

“hmm…”

I don’t intend to refute my mother’s logic, but it’s true that I want to refute it. I think there is no time to learn.

“I don’t know much about Taesu’s mother’s circumstances, but… Mom’s school bag straps are short… She hasn’t studied much… She’s scary, kid, and food is food.”

Cha Geun-beom, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, called out to my mother with a cough.

“That mother.”

“Yes, player Cha.”

“That’s Taesu.”

“yes yes.”

“The club said they’d find a place for you to live, but if you’re worried, I don’t mind if you stay with me.”

Taesu opened his eyes wide.

“At the teacher’s house?”

“Yeah, I guess your mother won’t have to worry as much if you do that.”

They even go that far.

“And, Germany, you may not know, but they have a thing called a visa. Not everyone can stay in the country. Of course, Taesu became a player for Leverkusen, so the club will support him in some way, but the timing is different, and he still has relations with East Germany.”

So, what Cha Geun-beom is saying is that it seems like it is not easy to get a visa.

I don’t know much about this part, so I just felt like that was what he said. I turned my head and looked at Herchan.

“Herchan.”

“Uh, Kang. I wish you could speak in English instead of Korean.”

I’m going to grab you by the neck and pull you out with my lips that don’t match my size… That’s not it.

“It’s about the visa issue.”

“Visa? Don’t worry about Hong’s visa, I’ve already taken care of that part.”

“No, that’s not the problem. Taesu is still a minor in Korea, right?”

Herchan looked at me with a face that said, “What are you talking about?”

“Taesu’s mother is in Korea.”

“Oh my goodness. Hong was a mama’s boy?”

Taesu said angrily.

“Are you a mama’s boy? No, you’re not?”

“Isn’t 17 a young age? It’s time to think about leaving my parents’ embrace.”

Certainly, Herchan’s thoughts, having eaten Western food, were a little different. There was something special about it.

“Unfortunately, the visa issue is not that easy, especially in Korea. Well, the relationship between East Germany and Korea is not bad, but it won’t be easy unless it’s a technical visa or a work visa.”

Taesu shook his head, feeling regretful, and spoke to Cha Geun-beom with determined eyes.

“Master.”

“Child, I told you to stop yelling at the teacher.”

“I’m comfortable with this.”

“I am uncomfortable, I am.”

“Yes, Master.”

Cha Geun-beom looks at me, shaking his head.

“Why is your friend like that? He may be a teacher in name only, but he doesn’t respect you like a teacher.”

“Originally, stubbornness was like a steel wire.”

“How could you possibly accept a guy like that as your disciple?”

Cha Geun-beom looks at Tae-su again.

“why?”

“I owe you a favor.”

“Your mother’s problem, are you okay?”

“A man must be prepared. If you draw your sword, you can cut anything, my mother always said. If I say I don’t want to go to Germany because I don’t want to be separated from my mother, I’ll end up getting cut.”

Taesu’s mother and sisters snickered at his words. Cha Geun-beom also chuckled.

“Yeah, that’s what a man should be like.”

His mother and older sisters praised Taesu.

“Oh my, our Taesu has grown up.”

“Unlike anyone else, he’s manly and good!”

“You are a filial son, you are a filial son.”

“Hot hot.”

Somehow, I started to dislike the sight of Taesu smiling confidently with his shoulders straight.

“There wasn’t even a pepper to cut.”

My mother and my sisters listened to me.

And Cha Geun-beom also bit his lower lip. He looked desperate to hold back his laughter.

“T, that’s it? It’s because of the temperature difference, kid! It’s, it’s because it’s cold. It’s because it’s cold.”

“Yes, next pupa.”

“Pfft.”

“Ugh.”

“Ahem.”

“No!”

“It’s already too late.”

“Ugh.”

My younger and older sisters slowly got up from their seats while fanning themselves with their hands. Their faces looked like they were going to burst at any moment.

“Oh my… Should I send Taesu’s mother to Germany… Taesu is still not mature enough.”

His mother’s last words drove the wedge in. Taesu, who had been spreading his wings wide, shrugged his shoulders again.

Knock knock.

Herchan tapped my arm.

“Oh, why, Herchan.”

“Tell me too, what is it? What did you say?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”

Taesu tried to shout a lot, but the words that came out of his mouth reached Herchan’s ears.

Herchan looked at Taesu with a very pitiful expression and said.

“Size isn’t everything, Hong! A man’s technique and stamina are everything!”

“Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!”

“Hohoho.”

“Hahaha.”

“Kekekeke.”

As if the atmosphere was ever heavy.

The dining table was filled with laughter again. Taesu was glaring at me as if he was going to kill me.

Yeah, you punk.

Not sad eyes.

Those eyes suit you better.

Leave your worries aside for now.

Let’s live faithfully to reality.

“Oh, wait a minute.”

“What, kid?”

“That’s a steak knife, so it’s sharp.”

“whatever.”

“First, should we put that down?”

The eyes are more fierce than I thought, so I’m a little scared.

“You opened your mouth like that and now you come here?”

“No, I just give facts.”

“I said it because it was cold!”

“Yeah, yeah. You’re right.”

“You’re late!”

“When you think it’s too late, that’s when it’s fastest.”

“Stop talking nonsense.”

“Whoa, calm down, buddy.”

“You’re not even my friend, you little brat!”

Herchan, who doesn’t understand Korean.

He rested his chin on his hand and thought for a while before speaking.

“Huh- I still don’t know how to raise it… Should I find out if it’s possible to train it?”

“Don’t be serious, you muscle monster!”

“Kekekekeke.”

“Hahahahaha.”

In this way, the issue of Taesu’s contract and residence was settled for the time being.

I left Taesu, who was completely out of it and was just eating meat in silence, behind and asked Cha Geun-beom.

“You’re quite considerate?”

“Well, anyway… I said you’re my disciple.”

I nodded my head vaguely, but I also felt grateful to him. Taesu is a strong guy, but that’s just how people are. I always worry about children left out on the water’s edge.

“I have to pay for kimchi.”

The mother waves her hand at Cha Geun-beom’s words.

“Oh my- Player Cha, that was enough-”

“I wasn’t good enough, Mother.”

“You should make kimchi often or something-”

“I would be so grateful if you could do that. I would also be grateful if you could send me side dishes instead of paying my rent.”

“Hohoho.”

Abuja was quite the man.

Anyway, aside from that, it was definitely beneficial for me to have such a legendary player by my side, Taesu.

Originally, I was thinking about it alone.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to drop a hint, after all, money would be useful to Cha Geun-beom as well.

The meal was almost over.

I called Cha Geun-beom quietly.

“Brother Geunbeom.”

“Oh, okay.”

“There’s the East German Mark, right?”

“East Germany? Suddenly?”

“Yes. If you have the chance, buy some East German marks and save them up, if you don’t have any other financial investments to make.”

“What are you doing buying that kind of garbage?”

Indeed, as he said, the currency of East Germany was now no better than trash, especially from the West German point of view. But will it really be like that later?

“As always, trash is relative.”

“huh?”

“Well, that’s what I’m saying.”

If you just roll with it well.

You can probably make at least 10 times more. I saved the last word.

Now that Taesu’s problem is over, it’s time to start my real goal. August is slowly coming to an end.

“Sigh- but I’m more worried about Kang-i.”

My mother looks at me with a worried face.

Tomorrow, my mother, my sisters, and Taesu will board a plane to Korea. We will go together to the airport, but from the airport, my family and I will change our destinations. I have to leave for the United States.

America, the land of opportunity.

I tried to lower the corners of my mouth that were about to go up.

There are people looking at me with worried faces, so I need to know how to adjust to the mood.

“Sniff, sniff.”

My little sister comes up to me and wrinkles her nose.

“Mom, I think he likes it. It smells really weird. It smells.”

“Oh my- You! Say something! My little brother came back from a faraway place after suffering hardships!”

“No, really? What do you think he likes?”

“No, not at all.”

“Mother! It seems like Kang-i likes it!”

Taesu thinks this is the moment and starts biting me. When Taesu does that, my mother wavers for a moment.

“Oh my – what will a son do without his mother?”

“Hey hey, look how awkward this kid is, huh? What’s this kid going to do in America alone? Huh? Huh?”

“What are you doing? Just learning about the world.”

“No, I’m not going to learn, but what is this? Is this the expression you make when you take something that’s mine?”

Oh, my little sister.

No matter where I spread my blanket, I don’t think I’ll starve to death.

I think it’s right for the Americans to go and steal what they’re going to eat alone.