Chapter 45: A Conversation Between Sisters

  Li Mengcheng, the president, elegantly wiped his mouth with a napkin and slowly said, "The Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard is the largest in the world. Last year's orders exceeded 8.5 million deadweight tons. Our technology..."

  "Stop." Gaoyang stretched out his hand to interrupt Li Mengcheng's introduction. "Director Li, sorry, I don't want to listen to your company's profile. I just want to know what your company is prepared to use to move me and make me buy your oil tanker?"

  Li Mengcheng's face was slightly awkward, and Li Fuzhen smiled and said, "Director Gao, of course, Samsung Heavy Industries has moved you with sincerity."

  Gao Yang leaned back in his chair, pulled out a cigarette and slowly said "Oh? Sincerity?"

  "Yes, it's sincere." Li Mengcheng continued to say "Director Gao, although you have ordered eight giant oil tankers from two shipyards in China, it will take at least nearly two years for them to be launched. You currently only have two 74,000-ton oil tankers available, I think they are not enough to complete the transportation of over 4.5 million barrels of crude oil per month, right?" Li Mengcheng said with a smile, looking towards Gao Yang.

  Gao Yang silently smoked without speaking. Li Mengcheng picked up his water cup, took a sip and continued to say "Sanxing Heavy Industries currently has three VICC giant oil tankers that have already been completed, I think Director Gao needs them very much."

  "This giant oil tanker has no orders, are you going to start building it?" Gaoyang said with a slight smile "It can't be that the buyer is backing out and looking for me to take over, right?"

  Li Mengcheng felt a bit awkward and adjusted his glasses, indeed, Gao Yang had hit the nail on the head. The buyer of these three ships suddenly announced bankruptcy during this period! The last 40% payment could not be collected, and Samsung Heavy Industries could only leave the completed ship waiting for a new buyer to take over.

  It's just that there are not many buyers for such a giant oil tanker in the world, and who knows when it can be sold? Just as Samsung Heavy Industries was scratching its head, Go Yang appeared. Upon hearing the news that Go Yang wanted to buy an oil tanker, Chairman Lee rushed back to Seoul from Ulsan overnight. You know, seven of the world's top ten shipbuilding companies are in South Korea! It really is a matter of being quick or slow.

  "Director Gao, Samsung Heavy Industries will sell it to you at a reasonable price and won't haggle over the price. The Samsung Group doesn't care about this small amount of money, just wants to activate the assets." Li Fuzhen picked up her water cup, took a sip, looked at Gao Yang with a serious face and said "And you will get the friendship of the Samsung Group!"

  "Ah, Samsung's friendship..."

  In the course of one morning, several representatives from Korean shipyards came to visit, after refusing to sell new ship contracts with several shipyards, Goyang purchased four second-hand oil tankers from the remaining three shipyards, two Panamax, one Aframax and one Suezmax.

  Not counting the eight VLCCs under construction, Gaoyang now has a total of nine tankers with a combined deadweight tonnage of over 1.51 million tons!

  Assuming two round trips to Africa and Asia per month, more than 5.5 million barrels of crude oil can be landed every month, which is the maximum before the eight new VICCs come into play.

  Although it is possible to continue buying ships, any more would attract even more attention, and there are already many eyes watching Africa's mining areas, even Samsung Group can send people to check the actual oil production.

  Gaoyang named the nine tankers after the nine sons of the dragon in ancient Chinese mythology, and all ownership was consolidated under SC Trading's shipping subsidiary. In the short term, Gaoyang did not plan to expand further, and also needed to find time to deal with some issues on the African side.

  SC Trading's registration in Korea was completed very quickly, and Kim Yong-nam became the CEO of the Korean branch. The first thing he did was to purchase a 498-square-meter top-class penthouse apartment in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu as Goyang's residence in Seoul, worth over 3.7 billion won!

  Kim Young-nam originally planned to buy a luxurious villa, but it was too tight in time to decorate the luxurious villa in the rich area of Seoul's center overnight. As a second choice, he bought this luxurious apartment as a model room in Cheongdam-dong.

  After lunch, Gao Yang moved into the apartment. The apartment is located on the top floor of this building, with a total of 12 rooms on two floors, three toilets and two bathrooms. There are also sunrooms and indoor gardens.

  Although it is a model room, the decoration is top-notch. The main color tone is light blue, with a simple and elegant French casual style design. The garden on the upper floor of the apartment is a naturally lit constant temperature pool, surrounded by various beautiful flowers. The crystal clear glass roof and pure water shadow are combined to make the space full of modern atmosphere.

  Standing on the balcony, you can see the Han River rushing down in the distance. The streets below are crowded with cars and people swarming like ants. Gao Yang is still satisfied with this place, it's very spacious. When he came to the living room, Gao Yang took out a cigarette and hinted "smoke?" Jin Yongnan stepped forward, took it over, and actively took out a lighter to help his boss light up.

  Gao Yang sat in front of the piano, and an SC Trading staff member brought over an ashtray and placed it on top. Gao Yang waved his hand to dismiss everyone. Looking at Kim Yong-nam with a smile, he said "I opened a branch office in Korea just for one thing." Kim Yong-nam leaned forward slightly, waiting for the boss's instructions.

  "Yesterday evening I acquired ** company." Gaoyang said lightly.

  Kim Yong-nam was shocked, as a Korean he knew about the acquisition of the famous company, but didn't expect that the mysterious buyer was his own boss. He vaguely understood what his boss meant, but his face remained expressionless.

  Gao Yang smiled and said, "I'm pursuing a female artist from the company named Zheng Xiujing. You go to the company as my representative and become the president. You know what I mean?"

  "Yes, boss. I understand what you mean. I'll take care of it secretly like a nanny and won't reveal anything, nor will I expose your identity." Jin Yongnan said with a slight bow.

  "Ah, it's easy to talk to smart people. I have a date this afternoon, you go do the handover at the company." Gaoyang stood up and extinguished his cigarette, continuing "As a top student from Seoul University, this little thing shouldn't be a problem, right?"

  "Don't worry, boss, I'll do my best." Jin Yongnan said with a deep bow.

  It's already past three in the afternoon. This summer in Seoul has been unusually hot, and today's forecast says that the highest temperature in Seoul will exceed 38 degrees Celsius!

  Jung Soo-jung looked out the window to see a cloudless sky, not a single breeze, and all the trees standing listlessly. The streets were almost empty of pedestrians, and even cars were scarce.

  She slightly stuck out her tongue, changed into blue jeans shorts and a white short-sleeved T-shirt, paired with white canvas shoes, sat on the sofa in the living room and blew air conditioning. Before that, Gao Yang had already sent a text message saying he had set off to pick her up.

  While playing with her phone out of boredom, her sister Jang Soo-yeon came out of the room wearing sunglasses and carrying a handbag in full outdoor attire. The two sisters were taken aback by each other's outfits at the same time.

  "Sister, where are you going?"

  Are you going out?

  "Where are you going, sister? It's so hot outside and you're not sleeping?" Zheng Xiujing asked with a slight pout. Her sister, who loved to sleep after lunch, had just lain down for a rest, but now she was getting ready to go out, catching Zheng Xiujing off guard in the living room as she waited for Gao Yang.

  "Jung Soo-yeon furrowed her brow slightly and said, 'I just received a notice from the company that the new chairman is coming to the company for a meeting. My manager OPPA asked me to go to the company and take a look. But you, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, where are you going?' Her tone was unintentionally stern."

  "My injury is nothing serious, I just made an appointment with a friend to eat ice cream."

  "Friend? Which friend?" Zheng Xiuyan continued to ask. But in her heart, she suddenly thought of Gao Yang, whom she had met in the hospital room that day.

  "Sister, what do you mean? I'm already an adult, what's wrong with having dinner with friends?" Zheng Xiujing's face turned cold as she stared at her sister.

  Zheng Xiuyan let out a soft sigh and sat down on the sofa, looking into her sister's eyes and said seriously, "Er Mao, tell me, is it him?"

  "En." Zheng Xiujing hesitated for a moment before responding softly.

  She rubbed her forehead with her hand, and Zheng Xiuyan pulled up her sister's hand, trying to calm down her tone, saying "Sister has seen many rich people like him, like those playboys..."

  "Sister!" Zheng Xiujing suddenly interrupted her sister's words "Gao Yang OPPA is not a playboy!"

  "Listen to me!" Zheng Xiujing said, trying to control her emotions "I've been in the entertainment industry for so many years, I know that many rich guys will use the strategy of a wolf in sheep's clothing, once they get what they want..."

  Jung Soo-jung suddenly shook off her sister's hand, stood up from the sofa with a cold face and said, "Sister, I'll say it again, I and Gao Yang OPPA are just good friends! And Gao Yang OPPA is absolutely not the kind of person you said!" After finishing speaking, she picked up her own bag and left home in big strides.

  Zheng Xiuyan sat on the sofa, rubbing her forehead hard. Her sister's personality was too stubborn, and what she had just said might have had the opposite effect. After sitting for a while, she got up and left, "I'll go to the company first, and I'll talk to Er Mao properly when I have the chance." As Zheng Xiuyan walked, she thought to herself, and when she arrived at her car, she looked up to see Zheng Xiujing getting into a silver-gray BMW across the street! The driver was Gao Yang!

  Jung Soo-jung stormed out of the house and arrived at the roadside. Her phone suddenly rang, it was Gao Yang's call! Jung Soo-jung didn't hesitate to answer the phone "Oppa, where are you?"

  "Look towards two o'clock." Zheng Xiujing raised her head and saw Gao Yang getting out of a BMW, holding his phone in one hand and waving at her with the other.

  She hung up the phone and walked quickly over to him. When she reached his side, Gao Yang saw that her face didn't look good and hastily asked, "What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable somewhere?"

  "OPPA, it's too hot outside, let's get in the car first."

  "En." Gaoyang didn't say anything else and opened the car door to get back in.

  Shut the window and start the car. Gaoyang said with a smile while driving, "It's so hot today, how about I take you to have some cool ice cream?"

  "Ah..." Jung Joo-hyang was about to say something, but her phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Jung Joo-yeon. Hesitating for a moment, Jung Joo-hyang didn't answer and instead turned it off!

  I just saw that some friends have newly cast their update votes, I'm really grateful for everyone's support, thank you!

  Here's the translation:

  I'd like to explain something about updates to everyone. I'm a non-professional author, working during the day and usually spending three to four hours writing one chapter at night. Generally, there is only one chapter of inventory on my computer each day, which is used for posting after work. Thank you to all friends who like this book for your support, but I can write at most one chapter every night. If I don't have overtime on weekends, I will definitely work hard to give everyone an extra update.

  Once again, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude, thank you all.