Omniscient Investment Point - Chapter 222



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222. Restaurants near me – 2

(1)

Oh Seung-hoon asked Jang Su-myeong for some time, then fell into a deep thought.

There is one reason, it’s because of my father.

– They say that the ink is black. There are people you should keep close to you, and there are people you shouldn’t keep close to you.

The person who shouldn’t have done that here was Jang Su-myeong.

He was currently the most successful person among the younger generation, so why did he say that?

That’s because, according to my father’s standards for judging people, there were so many ‘done! eliminated!’ lists.

The most important factor among them is academic background.

By my father’s standards, only those who graduated from the best university in the country could be considered ‘little punks’.

Also, to maintain a horizontal relationship, you need someone like your father who is an Ivy League graduate and has a background in Wall Street.

‘So I walked that path until I died.’

That was also the reason why I went abroad to study early when I was young, even though I didn’t want to go.

After that, he spent a huge amount of money on private tutoring, finally entered an Ivy League university, and built a career at a Wall Street investment firm through his father’s connections.

Even after coming to Korea, he joined a securities firm thanks to his father’s influence and ran wild without knowing how high the sky was.

‘But now I’m realizing that my father’s afterglow was poisonous.’

From some point on, Seunghoon Oh only looked for the easy and comfortable way.

Of course, when I saw a path full of thorns, I had no choice but to avoid it.

As a result, I only built my career, but I was not able to build my skills.

Rather, I think that Jang Su-myeong was able to build up real skills by overcoming the thorny path from the bottom.

‘Father, I think it would be better for me to go a different way from you.’

Oh Seung-hoon really hated longevity.

In fact, in the past, I had no choice but to learn from my father and judge people from his perspective.

In Oh Seung-hoon’s standards, Jang Su-myeong was someone who should not dare to surpass himself.

But, ridiculously enough, Jang Su-myeon surpassed himself so easily and is now as successful as the heads of some of the biggest private equity funds in Korea.

‘It’s still hard to tell if he’s a friend or an enemy, but I have to learn from him.’

This was Oh Seung-hoon’s idea, and when he came home that day, he told his wife about his decision.

“Let’s move to Cheongdam-dong.”

But I didn’t know that my wife would tell this to my father-in-law, and that my father-in-law would tell this to my father.

Suddenly, the next day, a message came from my father.

– I’ll stop by after work.

It was always hard to read my father’s mood when I saw his simple and clear messages, but this time I was able to guess it without much difficulty.

“Phew… … , there’s no one on my side around me… … .”

I started to think that even my wife didn’t trust me very much.

Otherwise, who would have thought that what I told my wife would be conveyed to my father in just one day?

‘Well, it was almost like a political marriage with her… … .’

My father is evaluated as the person who properly established our country’s financial philosophy.

Naturally, many people followed him, including a huge number of people from the political and financial worlds.

My wife is the daughter of a congressman who started out as a businessman, and that’s why my father wanted to get married to her.

“phew…….”

Oh Seung-hoon, realizing once again that he can’t trust anyone, goes to see his father.

“Why Cheongdam-dong?”

“Find someone to be close to.”

“Who is that?”

“Long life.”

As soon as he heard his answer, his father clicked his tongue.

“Tsk tsk tsk, you pathetic bastard.”

“… … .”

“You want to hang out with people who have no foundation and get a piece of cake? Is that how I raised you?”

Oh Seung-hoon’s eyes are twitching.

From one to ten, my father was involved in my life.

All choices were like that.

School, major, wife, friends, even where you live.

The same was true of the current Dongbu Ichon-dong.

My father’s house was nearby, and many of my father’s financial circle acquaintances were nearby.

Sometimes it was frustrating.

Whatever I do, it all reaches my father’s ears.

It was the same even then.

It seemed as though he already knew much of what had gone between him and Jang Su-myeong.

“How dare you go independent and ruin your company, and I barely saved you… Why do you see that guy so often? I just watched you. But last time, you brought in a conman from that guy’s family, and you borrowed money from him for useless investments… … Is this the end? You joined that guy’s puppet.”

“Then… is that not possible?”

“what?”

“Honestly, I don’t know why that wouldn’t work. Going into that little brat.”

“… … !”

An exclamation mark appears in my father’s eyes.

That would be the case, he probably couldn’t see himself going this far.

“They say that ink is black, but you’ve already been influenced by that guy who has no foundation.”

“Yes, I think so.”

“you!”

“Father, but… … . Rather than saying that I was influenced by that brat, wouldn’t it be more accurate to say that I was influenced by that guy? And in a positive way.”

“… … .”

“Father, that’s right. That guy is the head of a private equity fund who doesn’t know that his investments are failing. And he’s been getting along well with Hyun Ki-hyuk, who you like. But why can’t I be friends with him? No, it doesn’t matter if we’re not close. I want to learn from him. Why on earth is he so good at investing? What’s different about me? If I stay by his side, I think I can learn without prejudice.”

Even though I finally got to make a long argument, my father just laughed at me.

“It’s narrow, it’s narrow. How can one’s perspective on the world be so narrow? Are Hyun Ki-hyuk and that guy close? Absolutely not. Hyun Ki-hyuk is using that guy. He’s trying to raise him and eat him. But if you don’t know that and just hang around that guy, what will happen? You’ll get eaten by that guy. Before Hyun Ki-hyuk eats that guy, you’ll get eaten.”

I knew there would be a language barrier, but I didn’t know it would be to this extent.

‘As expected, father… … .’

It’s a conservative force. It’s the most conservative of conservative forces.

So I give up.

“I’m going to get up.”

“what?”

“I know that no matter what I do, I won’t be able to please my father. So I’ll live my life my way.”

As he says this, Seunghoon Oh gets up, and the cold air envelops his whole body.

It’s not the first time I’ve felt this way.

Whenever he went against his father’s wishes, he would look at him coldly with frosty eyes, creating an uncomfortable atmosphere.

At times like that, Oh Seung-hoon would become so intimidated that he couldn’t even look his father in the eye.

“If you take even one step from here, you must leave with the determination to never set foot in my house again.”

“Yes, I will.”

Now he looked straight into his father’s eyes and spoke.

Burrur, unexpectedly, my father’s eyes tremble.

‘Is your father old too?’

Or maybe I just couldn’t see you because I couldn’t look you in the face before?

I don’t know, but I turn my back and make a resolution to myself.

‘I will come to see you later when my father approves.’

We’ve been shouting for independence, independence for a long time, but today it feels like we’ve finally achieved true independence.

(2)

When I came home and ate the dinner that Kang Hyun-ji prepared for me, I realized that I was married again.

It was really good.

Telling her about my day and getting her to respond to me one by one.

“But will Seunghoon Oh really come? If it’s Dongbu Ichon-dong… that’s also a wealthy neighborhood.”

“I think he’ll come. The look on his face earlier seemed attractive to me.”

“If you really come, it will prove that you are a great person. You can live in your own neighborhood… … .”

“Well, I don’t know if it’s anything great, but I think I’ll get more information if I have them around me.”

“But why do you call people around like that, oppa?”

“Just… … . I think it would be good for me to share information and exchange opinions if I were by your side?”

Actually, I intended to have a good restaurant nearby.

Not being able to say this felt like a bit of a lame excuse.

But Kang Hyun-ji didn’t ask any deeper.

“Well, if this continues, we’ll be surrounded by nuclear weapons.”

“Jang Haek-gwan? Ah, a key figure in Jang Su-myeong?”

“yes.”

“Well, that wouldn’t be so bad. I could finish work early and hang out with you and your other friends.”

“Yeah, I like that too.”

I don’t know if it’s because she’s adjusting to me, but now Kang Hyun-ji says she likes it too.

The next plan is to feel that those words are sincere.

“Oh, we have to have a housewarming party anyway.”

“housewarming?”

“Why? I wasn’t thinking about doing it.”

“No, it’s not like I moved… … .”

“But I still have to do it. I decorated my new home, so I have to invite the people who came and say thank you.”

“Okay, well. Let’s do that. Oh, but I have to call Hyun-ji’s friends too.”

“Of course. Of course. I’ll invite my friends, and the foundation people. Wow, come to think of it, we have so many acquaintances around us that we might have to spend the whole week in the housewarming party.”

“Okay. Is that okay?”

“What’s not okay? I think it’ll be fun.”

“Okay. Then, I’ll help you too. You know I’m good at cooking, right?”

“Yes, yes, that’s right. Please help me.”

In this way, our family in Hongseong became the first housewarming party, and we invited my mother-in-law to the housewarming party as well, so it went smoothly.

The second was the office workers, and this also had to be split into three parts.

The next one is the same.

It was people from the foundation run by Kang Hyun-ji and some people from the daycare center.

“Wow, seriously… I didn’t know a week would be enough.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Becoming a couple also meant expanding into new human relationships through the people around each other.

Also, by looking into each other’s relationships like this, you can look into each other more deeply and discover new sides of yourself.

“Mr. Hyunji, do you also like spending time with other people?”

“Well, actually, I didn’t know. It’s nice to spend time alone, but it’s also fun to spend time with other people like this. But it seems like you like hanging out like that, oppa?”

“That’s right.”

“You didn’t know either, oppa?”

“Oh, this is the first time I’ve heard of it.”

I have very little dating experience.

The only time I dated properly was before I met Kang Hyun-ji.

Thinking back, I remember that even back then, I spent more time with others than alone.

However, it wasn’t an agreement between the two of us, I think I liked it better.

We used to fight a lot because of that back then.

She always complained that I liked my friends too much.

‘Well, that’s fortunate.’

Kang Hyun-ji and I both like to hang out with people.

It fits my goal of having a good restaurant nearby in the future.

“Then, Hyunji, should we invite Chan-gyu next week?”

“I wonder? That guy was fun.”

Do Chan-gyu, my favorite restaurant.

I’ll have to keep an eye on that guy since he lives nearby.

‘If you want to live long and happily, there’s no way around it.’

I will live long.

I will grow old gracefully with Kang Hyun-ji.

After marriage, this is my earthly mission.

I will definitely achieve it.