Return To The Building Owner [EN]: Chapter 665

668

Returning as a Building Owner

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The outdoor cafe on the 5th-floor rooftop.

Many people were chatting over tea.

Among them, two people sat at one of the tables.

One person was leisurely sipping coffee, while the other stared intently at the person across from them, a look of confusion on their face, as if unable to understand the current situation.

Those two were Hyun-sung and Yoon Ji-soo.

Yoon Ji-soo, who had been looking at Hyun-sung, opened her mouth.

“Hyun-sung, what’s going on here?”

“What do you mean?”

Hyun-sung asked casually, as if it were nothing. However, unlike Hyun-sung, Yoon Ji-soo’s expression seemed quite serious as she listened.

“Why are all these people calling you ‘Boss’? It doesn’t make sense!”

“It does make sense.”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Yoon Ji-soo still looked puzzled.

Perhaps it was natural from her perspective, given the enormous size of the restaurant. From the 1st to the 4th floor, it was all restaurant space, and each floor seemed to be over 200 pyeong [approximately 7,100 square feet]. Moreover, the number of employees was countless.

Curious, Yoon Ji-soo spoke again.

“Hyun-sung, please explain what’s going on. Could all of this be…?”

Yoon Ji-soo couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence. No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t make sense.

Just then, Hyun-sung replied.

“The ‘could it be’ that Ji-soo is thinking of is correct. Actually, this place is…”

Hyun-sung began to tell her everything. He explained everything from the restaurant to the cafe, as well as the farm and wild vegetable factory, without leaving anything out.

The longer Hyun-sung’s explanation went on, the more Yoon Ji-soo’s expression turned incredulous, her mouth agape.

And finally, when Hyun-sung finished his explanation, Yoon Ji-soo immediately spoke.

“So, you’re saying that this restaurant and cafe, as well as the farm and wild vegetable factory over there, are all owned by you?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Even those cherry blossoms over there?”

“Yes, exactly 200,000 pyeong [approximately 661 acres]. I planted the cherry trees here myself seven years ago.”

“…”

Yoon Ji-soo was speechless.

Not just one or two thousand pyeong, but a whopping 200,000 pyeong. It was practically an ocean. And to think that all of it was Hyun-sung’s creation.

That aside, what was even more astonishing was the size of the restaurant. It was truly the largest in South Korea.

“I can’t believe it even though I’m seeing it with my own eyes. This isn’t a lie, is it?”

“No, why would I lie to Ji-soo? Actually, I was going to tell you when you came last time, but I postponed it.”

Yoon Ji-soo got up from her seat and looked down at the entire village. It was all cherry blossoms. It was as if someone had scattered flower petals on a vast ocean.

“How did you even think of planting cherry trees here?”

“I thought that if there were flowers, people would naturally flock here.”

“And the result?”

“As you can see, it’s a huge success. With each passing year, more and more customers are visiting this place.”

“…”

Yoon Ji-soo was simply amazed. Sure enough, the place where the cherry blossoms were in full bloom was packed with people.

‘How could he have thought of something like this?’

He’s thirty-one years old this year. If what he said was true, he planted the cherry trees seven years ago, which means he started preparing this place when he was twenty-four.

Twenty-four, preparing something like this at that age, does that even make sense?

‘Wait a minute!’

Yoon Ji-soo suddenly had a question. It was why he had bothered to open a video store when he had such a large restaurant.

The restaurant and the video store, there was no comparison in terms of scale. So why on earth did this person open a video store?

“Hyun-sung.”

“Yes, what is it?”

“There’s something I don’t understand.”

“What is it?”

Hyun-sung asked casually, as if it were nothing. Then Yoon Ji-soo immediately said,

“The video store, I mean.”

“What about the video store?”

“I can’t understand why you opened a video store when you have such a large business.”

It was a natural question for any normal person.

It didn’t make sense to anyone. To grow a business to this extent and then open another place, and not just any business, but a video store, it didn’t make sense.

Hyun-sung’s answer followed.

“I had another purpose that was more precious to me than money.”

“Huh? Another purpose? What is it?”

“It’s Ji-soo.”

“Huh?”

Yoon Ji-soo tilted her head.

What was he talking about now? Why was her name suddenly coming up?

“What do you mean? Why is my name suddenly coming up there?”

“It’s true. I went up to Incheon and opened a video store to meet Ji-soo.”

That was true. If it wasn’t for Yoon Ji-soo, he wouldn’t have gone up to Incheon.

But that was just Hyun-sung’s own thought, and from Yoon Ji-soo’s point of view, it was nonsense.

“Does that make sense? If what you’re saying is true, you knew me from the beginning, do you think that makes sense?”

Of course, it didn’t make sense. But Hyun-sung was different from other people, he was a regressor. The problem was that there was no way to explain it.

“Do you remember when I said I had a dream about Ji-soo and waited for you on the day you moved in?”

“Yes, I remember.”

“This is the same thing.”

“Huh? So you’re saying you already had a dream about me before you came up to Incheon?”

“Yes, that’s right. I already knew then…”

Hyun-sung had no choice but to tell an absurd lie. Since there was no other way to explain the current situation, Hyun-sung had no choice.

When Hyun-sung finished speaking, Yoon Ji-soo looked at him with a dumbfounded expression.

It was a natural reaction from her point of view.

Who would believe that someone had a dream about their future wife years ago and went up to Incheon to find that person?

“Do you think that makes sense?”

“Didn’t it happen? Aren’t we sitting here like this? Besides, we’re already engaged.”

“That’s true, but…”

Yoon Ji-soo couldn’t say anything more. At first, she thought it didn’t make sense, but when she listened, it was already a reality.

“Actually, I’m also amazed. When I first saw Ji-soo in my dream…”

Hyun-sung continued to elaborate in order to make a perfect lie.

Was it effective?

When Hyun-sung finished speaking, Yoon Ji-soo’s expression was different from the beginning, as if she understood.

“So you’re saying that I already appeared in your dream three years ago?”

“That’s right, that’s why I made that decision. Do you believe me now?”

“Well, it’s too absurd…”

For Yoon Ji-soo, it was nothing but absurd. But the problem was that even though it was absurd, she couldn’t help but believe it.

Because, as a result, his dream had come true.

“It’s nonsense, but I think I have no choice but to believe it. Because we are the result.”

Hyun-sung smiled lightly. Anyway, he was satisfied that he had made her believe him.

Yoon Ji-soo asked again.

“How many employees do you have?”

“2,500. Including the farm and wild vegetable factory.”

“Wow… !”

Yoon Ji-soo was speechless. In the meantime, she had another question. How much revenue did this scale generate?

Yoon Ji-soo had no choice but to open her mouth again.

“Um, I have a question.”

“What is it? Go ahead.”

“How much revenue do you generate with this scale?”

“How much do you think it would be?”

Yoon Ji-soo seemed to think for a moment and then immediately opened her mouth.

“Um… well, I have no idea. I’ve never seen such a big restaurant.”

“1.2 billion.”

“1.2 billion? Per month?”

“If it’s 1.2 billion a month, we’ll starve to death.”

“Then per day…?”

“Yes, that’s right. Including the revenue from the wild vegetable factory, it averages about that much per day.”

1.2 billion a day!

It was an unimaginable amount for Yoon Ji-soo.

Then Hyun-sung’s words continued again.

“The profit margin is about 50%. You can roughly calculate how much that is.”

“That means you make 600 million a day. I can’t imagine it. 600 million a day…”

“I thought I should be honest with Ji-soo, at least. And I bought most of the commercial buildings in Bupyeong.”

“Are you talking about the commercial buildings in the neighborhood where we live?”

“Yes, that’s right. I’ve purchased 95% of those commercial buildings. That’s about 60 in number.”

“…”

Yoon Ji-soo looked at Hyun-sung instead of answering.

Of course, she had expected it to some extent. But she didn’t know it would be to this extent.

Hyun-sung’s words continued again.

“These days, I’m buying up ordinary houses.”

“Ordinary houses?”

“Yes, I’ve bought a little over 50 so far. I’ll continue to buy them for the next two years.”

“What are you going to do with ordinary houses?”

“I’m going to build villas in four years. Of course, I’ll also build commercial buildings. And…”

Hyun-sung continued to explain his future plans.

When Hyun-sung finished his explanation, Yoon Ji-soo immediately asked.

“But why are you suddenly telling me this?”

“I thought I should tell you now. Because Ji-soo is now the person who will be my wife.”

“Ah, yes…”

Yoon Ji-soo nodded. It was true that she had been curious about it all along. But it was an ambiguous situation to ask.

“Thank you. For telling me in such detail.”

“No, I was going to set a date to explain it to you someday anyway. But I had the opportunity today.”

“By the way, you’re really amazing. How did you get that much wealth at that age…?”

Yoon Ji-soo shook her head as she spoke. No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t make sense to her.

“I was lucky. I happened to meet the chairman of Nongshim at first…”

Hyun-sung began to explain in detail how he had made money, starting with the story of how he first met Shin Chun-ho, the chairman of Nongshim.

When his explanation was over, Yoon Ji-soo immediately opened her mouth.

“Come to think of it, you’re a really amazing person?”

“I told you I was lucky.”

“Do you know that luck is also a skill?”

“Haha, is that so?”

Hyun-sung laughed lightly. Then Yoon Ji-soo continued.

“I see you in a new light today.”

“Is that a compliment?”

“Of course, you’re really amazing. How could you think of opening such a big restaurant at such a young age? I don’t think it’s something you can do just because you have money. I would have been too scared to do it.”

Yoon Ji-soo’s words continued again.

“And the same goes for the commercial buildings in Bupyeong. Who could have thought of that? You’re not just trying to make money, but you’re trying to make money while revitalizing the neighborhood? The villa business is the same.”

“Still, I’m grateful that you understand me like this.”

“I’m the one who’s really grateful. For telling me everything like this. I think communication is the most important thing between couples. But I’m so glad that we won’t have that kind of problem in the future because you told me everything first, so I can trust you as we live together.”

“To that extent…”

“No, when I look at our friends, there are many friends who don’t communicate well even between couples. But I’m so glad that we won’t have that kind of problem in the future, at least.”

A smile spread across Yoon Ji-soo’s face. Hyun-sung, seeing her like that, smiled and continued.

“I’ll promise you just one thing.”

“…”

“I will never deceive Ji-soo in the future.”

“Thank you. I won’t either.”

The two looked at each other and smiled as if they had made a promise.

A moment later.

Yoon Ji-soo carefully opened her mouth again.

“Um… so how much is your net worth now? I didn’t want to ask this question, but I’m curious anyway…”

“Um… well, just the money in my account is over 4 trillion [Korean won, approximately $3 billion USD].”

“How much?”

Yoon Ji-soo doubted her ears.

4 trillion?

Not a company, but an individual with 4 trillion, does that make sense?

“How much did you say just now?”

“4 trillion. That’s excluding real estate for now.”

“…”

Instead of speaking, Yoon Ji-soo quietly began to count the number of zeros.