next day.
Marc drove the car early in the morning, parked it in front of the hotel, and put Kim Cheol-soo’s luggage in the back seat.
Then, he stood next to Kim Cheol-soo as he was checking out of the hotel and helped him by telling him various things.
Zabiya, who had stayed up all night without eating anything, saw Mark and Kim Cheol-soo standing together through the hotel’s front door, quickly moved and hid in the trunk of the car.
Then, unable to overcome the drowsiness that came over him, he curled up like a shrimp and immediately fell asleep.
If it’s to live
“Nice to meet you. It’s Alexandro.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Cheolsu Kim. Please call me Kim.”
Alexandro, who was nearly 2 meters tall and wearing a white shirt and jeans, was an elderly man well over 60 years old.
However, looking at the strong muscles, it seemed like climbing the pilot ladder and climbing a ship over 20 meters high was no big deal.
As Kim Cheol-soo shook hands with him, he was relieved to feel his hand, which was like a bear’s paw covered in calluses.
It seemed like he had been working as an appraiser for a long time.
Grain appraisers must go down to the cargo hold every two hours to visually check the condition of the grain, make sure there are no foreign substances, and bring samples.
Kim Cheol-soo confirms and documents the contents inspected by the appraiser.
If the appraiser performs the work insincerely and does not cross-check properly, the wrong cargo may be passed on to the buyer, and the general trading company may eventually take full responsibility for it.
This time, 56,000 tons of wheat will be loaded on the C.Opal.
The price was around $300 per ton, and $16.8 million worth of cargo was loaded, but if this product goes wrong, all performance so far becomes negative.
“I guess you’ve been working for a long time?”
“Of course. I’m the best on the floor.”
Marco left a phone call for Kim Cheol-soo and went back, and Kim Cheol-soo chatted lightly with Alexandro and climbed the pilot ladder together onto the ship.
A pilot ladder is a simple installation made with rope like a ladder, and is so called because pilots ride it.
It was always nerve-wracking to climb onto a 20-meter-long ship on a pilot ladder that was shaking in the wind.
Even if you take a wrong step and the pilot ladder flips over due to strong winds, it can lead to immediate death.
Indian and Filipino crew members opened the cargo hold doors on the ship, and as the cranes attached to each cargo hold moved, they began pouring the wheat piled on the barge into huge buckets and pouring it into the cargo hold.
After a while, the grain powder was blown around by the strong wind.
Kim Cheol-soo entered the ship’s wheelhouse (living area) and lightly shook hands in turn with the Indian captain and the European first mate who would be in charge of the cargo.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Cassim, the captain of this ship.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m 1st mate Max.”
The rest of the business was discussed between Alexandre and the first mate.
At first, it was decided to stop the crane every 4 hours and when the cargo was half full, every 2 hours and check the cargo status.
Meanwhile, Captain Cassim handed black coffee to Kim Cheol-soo and asked.
“Where are you from?”
“I’m from Korea.”
“Ah! Korea. This ship was also built in a Korean shipyard.”
At his words, Kim Cheol-soo glanced at the cargo control room.
I was able to see documents with the logo engraved on them.
“I see.”
“In the past, Korea wasn’t this good at making ships, but these days, they seem to be making ships at a similar level to Japan.”
Kassim spoke softly about Korea while drinking coffee, and Kim Cheol-soo also chimed in and continued the story.
“Are you still riding the bulk carrier?”
“No. I worked on a crude oil drilling ship. Of course, it was a ship that delivered supplies to crude oil drilling ships. Recently, the oil rig business wasn’t that good, so I went on a bulk carrier for a while. I’ll go back when the time comes. The pay is better there.”
“Oh, I see.”
While I was talking with the captain, a navigator came into the cargo control room.
“Captain, the wind has strengthened and I think we will need to readjust our spring lines.”
As the first mate was planning to go out with Alexandre, Kasim spoke to Kim Cheol-soo.
“There’s a restaurant next door, so if you’re hungry, tell the Chief Cook. I need to do some work.”
“okay.”
After Kasim left with the navigator who came in, Kim Cheol-su quietly watched the tools that Alexandro took out for sampling.
They were simple tools such as scales, sacks, sieves, and spatulas, but none of them were new as they had been heavily soiled by hands.
“I’m going to do some sampling. Would you like to go with me, Kim?”
“of course.”
It took just over an hour to go down six cargo holds exceeding 25 meters, take pictures, and sample.
Despite the cold weather, sweat was beading on the foreheads of Alexandro and first mate Max, who were climbing up and down the ladder.
Kim Cheol-soo stood on the hold window and looked down at them, then turned his gaze and saw a lot of wheat grains spread on the boat.
“I think I should talk to the crane operator and make sure that less grain is blown by the wind. If we do this, there may be problems with cargo volume later.”
“Okay. I’ll warn the workers.”
First mate Max nodded at Kim Cheol-soo’s words and picked up the radio, and Kim Cheol-soo returned to the cargo control room with Alexandro.
Alexandro, who had been examining the grains for a while, said.
“There is no problem with grain thickness. But you can mix different varieties of wheat, so you always have to keep an eye on it.”
“Of course. But wouldn’t you be tired if you went down every four hours?”
In response to Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Alexandro looked out the window and looked at the sky.
“It’s hard, but I don’t think I’ll be able to work for a long time. The weather is bad.”
Then he smiled, showing his teeth.
“I think I need to rest for a while.”
Kim Cheol-soo laughed at Alexandre’s words and then picked up his trembling cell phone.
– uh! mark.
– Kim! There’s a problem.
Kim Cheol-soo looked puzzled when he heard the word “problem.”
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
– What’s the problem?
– There was a woman in the trunk of the car, but they said they didn’t charge you?
– fee? What rates?
– He said he called me last night, but he just kicked me out in the morning. What happened?
I was a little angry at Mark’s words.
They seemed to suspect that he had called a woman over, had some fun with her, and then kicked her out without paying her.
As Kim Cheol-soo thought about it, he thought of Javiya, who followed him persistently.
– if….
Then, when she talked about how she looked, Mark shouted loudly.
– that’s right? Kim! Isn’t that too much?
– ah! mark. You must be mistaken. I never called her to the hotel. Just send it back.
– I don’t know who is right. I can’t send this woman back.
– why?
– I collapsed. I have to take him to the hospital first.
– ….uh.
Kim Cheol-soo hung up the phone and smiled bitterly.
In the modern era, wars broke out every year in Europe, and as capitalist exploitation intensified, gypsies emerged who left their homes and wandered aimlessly in groups.
Based on her behavior and accessories, I thought she was a gypsy, so I avoided getting close to her as much as possible, but I never thought she would come out like this.
Alexandro nodded while examining Kim Cheol-soo’s expression.
“A woman should always be careful, Kim. By the way, it looks like it’s going to rain. We’ll have to stop the cargo shipment.”
Kim Cheol-su looked at the sky through the window at Alexandre’s words.
It was starting to get dark as if it was raining from a corner of the Black Sea.
“I guess so.”
**
As Alexandro said, showers began to fall two hours later, and cargo loading was halted.
After checking that the cargo hold was all closed and that the barge’s cargo shield was properly installed, Kim Cheol-soo got off the ship and got into Mark’s car to return to the hotel.
Even though I was wearing a raincoat, my whole body was soaked.
As soon as Kim Cheol-soo got on board, Mark opened his mouth.
“First of all, I hospitalized him in your name.”
“Do you really think I invited her to play?”
“Most Asians say that.”
Preoccupation.
Kim Cheol-soo sighed and opened his mouth as he watched the shower pouring down like crazy through the window of a moving car.
“What about at the hospital?”
“They said she was suffering from severe malnutrition. They said she would die if left like this. They said she would need to be hospitalized for a few days, but I didn’t have any money, and it would be difficult for me to pay the hospital bills. She doesn’t have medical insurance.”
Even as he said that, Marco was still looking at Kim Cheol-soo with suspicious eyes.
Kim Cheol-soo looked directly into Marco’s eyes and opened his mouth.
“That woman. Wasn’t she messy?”
Mark nodded, and Cheolsu Kim continued.
“If you were in my hotel, you would have washed up nicely, wouldn’t you?”
At those words, Mark said, ‘Ah!’ He made an apologetic expression along with an exclamation.
“Hmm. I see. I’m sorry. I doubted you.”
“No. It’s okay. I guess something like this is meant to be.”
Mark took a quick look at Kim Cheol-soo’s face and then opened his mouth.
“If it’s not your responsibility, you can kick her out of the hospital.”
“You say you’ll die if you leave it as is?”
Mark said while looking outside where it was raining heavily.
“Well, if I’m kicked out in this weather, I’m sure I’ll die.”
Kim Cheol-soo shook his head, remembering the watch he picked up yesterday.
“No. You can’t kick someone out just because they’re dying. Still, I have to ask you the whole story, so I have to meet you. Can you go to the hospital?”
“okay.”
When you go on a business trip abroad, strange things happen.
I was fortunate that in Africa, I didn’t have anything to do other than work.
There were people who were taken hostage by terrorists while doing banking work, and there were salespeople who were kidnapped by pirates while supervising the unloading of grain in Somalia and were in dire straits.
It wasn’t anything big compared to that, but it was something to worry about.
After leaving the dock and running for about 30 minutes, we arrived at a small three-story hospital.
“It’s a private hospital room?”
Mark scratched his head and said at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“Because the patients don’t like being around her.”
There are no medical benefits, and others are reluctant to do so.
As Kim Cheol-soo predicted, it was clearly a gypsy.
“Gypsy?”
“That’s right.”
“The hospital bill will be quite expensive.”
“Because I had to save it. For now.”
Kim Cheol-su was about to open the hospital room where Javiya was lying but stopped.
I don’t know if someone was playing a record or singing in the room, but I heard a very unique sound.
It seemed like he was humming without much effort, but his skills were better than I expected.
Mark asked out of curiosity when Kim Cheol-soo stopped in front of the door without entering.
“what’s the matter?”
“Uh, no.”
Mark’s loud voice seemed to have resonated throughout the hospital room, and the singing sound from inside disappeared.
“Stay here for a moment. I’ll just talk and then come out.”
“okay.”
As Mark stood with his back against the wall, Cheolsu Kim opened the door and went inside.
Javiya, startled by Kim Cheol-soo’s sudden appearance, stood up.
I didn’t realize it because she was wearing thick winter clothes, but her wrists were extremely thin and had an IV in them.
He must have been washed at the hospital, but he looked much neater than yesterday and looked younger than I thought.
She looked peaceful, as if she was enjoying her stay in the hospital.
‘That’s great adaptability.’
Zavia, who saw Kim Cheol-soo, quickly opened his mouth.
“Ah! That’s what it is.”
“It’s difficult if you lie like that.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.”
“Well, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, will you please get out of here?”
“No. I want to rest a little more. I’ll pay the hospital bill later.”
She spoke quite confidently, and Kim Cheol-soo recalled the tendencies of the gypsies he had met in the past.
‘The story about the sun rising in the west is more believable than the fact that these people are paying off their debts.’
Then he turned his gaze and checked the room.
No matter where I looked, there was no corner where singing sounds could come out.
Kim Cheol-soo took the guardian chair and placed it in front of her bed and sat down.
“How do you want to pay me back?”
“Well… if you give me that watch, I will sell it and pay off my debt first, and then I will work to pay off my debt.”
With those words, Kim Cheol-su took out the pocket watch he had bought yesterday and gave it to her.
Then Zaviya’s eyes turned yellow.
“Are you really giving it to me?”
“It’s fake.”
“uh?”
“It’s fake. Who would sell such a pocket watch for 6,000 hryvnia? In the end, the old woman was the winner.”
Kim Cheol-soo, who was looking around at the watch in the hotel, found out that the watch was fake.
Unlike the outside, the inside was very crude.
In short, it was a counterfeit product.
How heartbreaking it was.
I had to be careful and careful when buying something like this.
In some ways, there was a time when I couldn’t think properly because Zabya kept looking at me from the corner.
Zaviya tightly clutched his pocket watch.
Then, he looked into Kim Cheol-soo’s eyes several times and sighed with a sullen expression.
‘Holy shit!’
“How are you going to pay me back now?”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Javiya’s complexion hardened even more and he shook his head.
“I don’t know.”
“If you don’t tell me how to repay the debt, I have to get out of here tomorrow. I looked into it and the hospital bills are quite expensive.”
As Kim Cheol-soo spoke calmly, Zaviya looked even more desperate.
“How can we not? Tell me anything you want.”
“really?”
Javiya nodded with a bright face at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“This is how my life is anyway. Even if it gets more ruined, it won’t make any difference.”
“okay?”
“huh.”
Kim Cheol-soo stood up and imagined the singing voice he had heard earlier.
It was a very unique voice and great singing ability.
“Sing a song.”
“A song? If I sing that, I don’t have to pay my debt?”
“You said you would do as I tell you?”
When Kim Cheol-soo answered seriously, Javiya nodded.
I learned singing from my parents from a very young age.
Whenever she was hungry or tired, she sang songs to soothe her mind and body.
I’ve never sung in front of anyone, but singing to someone was no problem.
If it’s to live.
she disappeared
Zaviya began to sing cheerfully, as he usually hummed.
Kim Cheol-soo quietly watched her sing.
Connecting needed items to the people who need them is the basis of sales.
To do this, you needed the ability to understand the value of the object.
The ability to understand the value of items varies from person to person, and varies greatly depending on the item.
Kim Cheol-soo slowly got the feeling that the world would take notice of her voice and singing skills.
In short, it was like a gem that no one could find.
“You don’t have any strength?”
“If you starve for two days, of course your stomach won’t have any strength.”
Javiya nodded and responded to Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“What is your day job?”
“pickpocket.”
Zaviya spoke confidently, and Kim Cheol-soo burst into laughter.
“I’m a pretty good pickpocket. My father, who committed suicide in the hospital and returned to nothingness, was a legendary figure in Kiev. Of course, we don’t pickpocket to satisfy our greed. We only do it to satisfy our hunger. Make up your own mind. “If I had pickpocketed, I could have easily repaid my debt. But that’s not our way.”
Kim Cheol-soo said as he watched Zabiya say that.
“I don’t know because I haven’t seen the pickpocketing method, but your singing skills will be enough to save you from starvation.”
Zaviya looked at the pocket watch he was fiddling with, and as if he remembered something, he took out an object from his bedside table and threw it at Kim Cheol-soo.
“We are like that. We live by giving as much as we get. If you borrow something from someone, you have to repay it. If things don’t work out, there’s nothing you can do. You gave me that fake pocket watch, so I’ll give it to you too.”
Kim Cheol-soo looked at the CD in the square case that Javiya gave him.
“What is this?”
“I don’t know. A bald guy I ran into when I went to the bathroom was acting irritated, so I took what was in my arms. He touched my breasts, so I’ll pay the price. All I have now is the ocarina and that CD, and the ocarina is my child’s. “I can’t give it to you because it’s something I’ll pass down to someone else. That’s why I’m giving it to you.”
It was such simple logic.
“This item might be very important to someone, right? Wouldn’t it be a good idea to return it?”
“It would be better not to give it back. That guy who bullied me seemed like a bad guy. If I give it back, he might end up hurting you more. You better believe me, we have well-developed senses for that.”
“Really? How am I?”
“You’re a good person. In situations like this, most people beat you up and kick you out. If you don’t, you’re a good enough person.”
Hearing Zaviya’s words, Kim Cheol-soo fiddled with the unmarked CD again.
“What are you going to do when that person comes?”
“I told you. My skills are pretty good. You won’t even know I stole it, right?”
“Then why didn’t you steal the watch?”
“How could you steal something I held tightly in my hands? You already knew I was going to steal it, right?”
Kim Cheol-soo smiled and nodded at Zaviya’s words and put the CD in his backpack.
I don’t know what it is, but hidden information has always been useful.
Especially for salespeople who travel around the world selling products.
Javiya asked, looking at Kim Cheol-soo, who had become much softer than the stiff initial conversation.
“So what else do you want?”
“Why don’t you pay the hospital bills yourself?”
“If that were possible, I wouldn’t have done something like this.”
“I just told you that your singing skills will be enough to save you from starvation.”
Zaviya giggled at those words.
“Are you some kind of producer?”
“No. I’m just an ordinary office worker.”
“But how do you say something like that with confidence?”
“I sing too. Just not as well as you.”
Being a gypsy does not mean that one enjoys one’s own sphere of life and lives completely separate from society.
Among the Gypsies, there were many top soccer players playing in the Premier League or Spanish league, NFL players, and many pianists, violinists, and singers who were revered as geniuses.
It appears that Zavia did not have extreme gypsy tendencies, as he did not refuse the hospital’s treatment system.
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Javiya took out a small instrument, an ocarina, from under the bed.
“I’ll see how talented you are. Do you have the confidence to sing in front of others?”
Kim Cheol-soo chuckled at those words.
“of course.”
“I don’t know any recent songs. But I know quite a few older songs.”
“Do you know that Dāvāja Māriņa meitiņai mūžiņu?”
“It’s a Latvian folk song. Of course.”
Dāvāja Māriņa meitiņai mūžiņu.
The life Mara gave to her daughter.
In Korea, it was a song sung by Shim Soo-bong under the title ‘A Million Roses’.
I don’t know Latvian or Russian music, but I could sing it in Korean style.
It is a folk song that compares Latvia’s geopolitical fate and tragic history to the relationship between a mother and daughter, but the revised Korean lyrics are about love.
A cheerful and beautiful ocarina sound melody flowed from Javiya’s hand, and Kim Cheol-soo quietly sang ‘A Million Roses’ to the music.
Perhaps because of the completely unexpected language, Javiya opened his eyes wide and looked at Kim Cheol-soo in surprise, but soon closed his eyes and fell into the soft voice of Kim Cheol-soo while playing the ocarina.
When the song ended, Zaviya shook his head and said:
“You sing really well. Among us, there was no one who sang as well as you.”
“Okay, thank you. But you sing much better than me. If you’re that skilled, you should be able to pay the hospital bills.”
“how?”
“How about singing in the street?”
“Oh! I don’t want to do that. They’ll throw shoes instead of coins.”
“Why do you think that?”
“My mother sang well. But when she went out to perform on the streets, people would throw shoes at her. They would tell her that she was out of luck and that she should get out of there.”
“in its infancy?”
“Yes. But my mother sang steadfastly. That’s how she made a living. I hate that.”
“Maybe the world has changed?”
“well…”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Javiya looked at the hospital room door as if thinking and then opened his mouth.
“If you help me.”
“me?”
“Yes. I don’t know how good I am at singing, but I know you sing very well. So you won’t throw my shoe at me if I can’t sing, right?”
“Well, I can help you, but I only get half the money.”
“Of course.”
Kim Cheol-soo got up after hearing Zabiya’s words and looked out the window.
It was still raining, and although it was daytime, there was no sun to be seen.
The work would continue to be delayed, and I didn’t know if there would ever be time.
Javiya pulled out the IV in his arm and got up from the bed, and Kim Cheol-soo turned around at the sound of rustling.
Zavia said while holding up the ocarina.
“Can you sing some more?”
fantasy, modern,
