Chapters Chapter 6. I will give you a hundred thousand dollars (1/2)
In a certain rooftop of a building in Seocho-dong.
On the windy rooftop, three gangsters, including Manager Park, were kneeling in front of a man, sniffling.
“Sob…sob… it, it hurts so much…”
“M-mother…”
The gangsters who had received Kang Chul-In’s brutal “mental training” had thrown away all manly pride and dignity. To that extent, Kang Chul-In’s blows were scary and merciless.
“Stop crying.”
Kang Chul-In said, sitting on the edge of the building dangerously.
“I-it just hurts so bad…”
“I think… we need to go to the hospital…”
The gangsters m.o.a.ned and defended themselves.
“Do you guys need some more mental training?”
Kang Chul-In asked with a disapproving look.
“No, no! It doesn’t hurt!”
The gangsters all exclaimed together.
“Mmm. Good.”
Kang Chul-In smiled and nodded approvingly.
“Hey you, gang boss.”
“Yes, yes!”
Manager Park answered Kang Chul-In’s call.
“You, you need to run an errand for me.”
“An… errand?”
“Find a person for me.”
“An inquiry office or things like that. Isn’t that a gangster’s specialty?”
“Y-yes!”
Like Kang Chul-In said, Manager Park was running a personal inquiry office. It was a sort of side job.
“Write it down.”
“Huh?”
“Write it down.”
“Yes!”
Manager Park quickly shuffled inside the pocket of his suit jacket and pulled out a cheap Monami pen along with a small notebook.
“The name is Kwak Jung, age 28. Area is Seoul. They say he is a heavy smoker and will go through a pack in a sitting, so keep note of that.”
“Yes… Kwak Jung… 28… Seoul… heavy smoker…”
Manager Park carefully wrote down all that Kang Chul-In had said.
“How long will it take?”
“Excuse me?””
“How long will it take?”
“That… um… well… is this it?”
“What is?”
“So… just a name, age, area, and him being a chain-smoker… this can’t be all the information you…”
“That’s it.”
Manager Park’s mouth hung open at Kang Chul-In’s careless response.
“Um… I’m sorry to ask this… but don’t you think there is too little information?”
“Really?”
At that moment, Kang Chul-In was taken aback.
Thinking about it more, there was some truth to what Manager Park said. There was very little information. It would have been easier to at least know his alma mater, but all Kang Chul-In knew about Kwak Jung was what he said to Manager Park just now. He too had never meet Kwak Jung.
‘Did I ask too much…? No, no. Why would I make an inquiry if he was easy to find?’
Thus, Kang Chul-In who had developed a bit of a soft heart soon regained the cruel and wicked mind of an employer.
“Hey, gang boss.”
“Yes, sir.”
“If you are running an errand office, act like one.”
“…excuse me?”
“If I had a lot of information, there would be no point in me asking you, would there?”
“But…!”
“But?”
“…nothing.”
Manager Park had to accept Kang Chul-In’s inquiry with not much choice.
“Time?”
“Well… because we don’t have much information… if it is fast, maybe 2 or 3 months, and if it is long, maybe a year? And if it takes years, then you would just have to say it would be impossible to find him.”
“You get six months.”
“…Yes, sir.”
“Price?”
Manager Park’s eyes widened in surprise.
“You… you will pay money?”
“If I made an inquiry, I should pay.”
“I thought you told me to work under you…”
“So, a subordinate does not get paid?”
“It’s not that…”
“Speak clearly.”
“It’s just that… I lost to you, and you told me to work under you… so I thought you were going to take our gang…”
Hearing that, Kang Chul-In’s face crumpled.
“Did you say you were called Manager Park?”
“Park Doo-Sik. You can just call me Doo-Sik, sir.”
“Park Doo-Sik… yes. Park Doo-Sik.”
“Yes, sir.”
“In your eyes, does it look like I would just go and be a gang boss?”
“No… no sir!”
Manager Park, no, Park Doo-Sik felt danger immediately and answered with a loud voice.
“I…”