“Hwaam!”
Jang Yu-mi stretched and twisted her whole body, and Kim Cheol-soo also turned his head as if he was tired.
The flight took 14 hours, but Jang Yu-mi slept for nearly 10 hours.
He was sleeping so hectic that he even drooled while leaning on Kim Cheol-soo’s shoulder, and he didn’t even know he was doing it.
“Wow, that’s hard.”
“Is that so? But you sleep really well, right?”
“I can sleep well anywhere. Assistant manager, can’t you sleep when you’re on an airplane?”
“Yes. I have a hard time sleeping when I’m on a plane. It’s cold, and like before, if there’s turbulence and the plane shakes, my whole body gets tense.”
“Are you afraid of heights?”
Kim Cheol-soo smiled bitterly instead of answering.
“Really?”
“It’s a bit like that. Now, I need to get some sleep before I transfer. Wake me up when it’s time.”
“Yes, of course, sir.”
In response to Jang Yu-mi’s answer, Kim Cheol-soo sat down on the chair, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes. Jang Yu-mi stared at Kim Cheol-soo’s face with his eyes closed for a while, then shook her head and thought.
‘It’s a shame. It’s such a shame.’
“Whoaaaam!”
Jang Yu-mi covered her mouth with her hand and yawned, looking around, and her eyes fell on a black woman.
“uh?”
Barack Obama is likely to be the next U.S. president.
Jang Yu-mi had seen an article that investigated his family relationships.
Barack Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., had four wives and eight children, and except for Barack, who serves as a senator in the United States, some of the Obama family lived in Kenya.
I am satisfied with this level of friendship.
“Hello.”
A woman lightly greeted Kim Cheol-soo from the empty seat next to him.
“Hello.”
Kim Cheol-soo quickly stood up after seeing the person whining as he tried to lift the heavy-looking bag with his left arm, probably due to discomfort in his right arm.
“I will help you.”
“ah!”
Kim Cheol-soo grabbed the woman’s bag and placed it in the cabin baggage compartment and was about to sit back down when he saw a strange phrase that seemed to have been written in thick permanent marker on the bag.
– Bomb to Hawaii
‘bomb? bomb?’
As Kim Cheol-soo continued to look at the large, simple-looking Hispanic woman, she pointed to her seat and said,
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“no.”
“Then I think it would be best to sit down quickly. There are people waiting behind you.”
Kim Cheol-soo sat back down in his seat after those words.
And a woman also sat next to Kim Cheol-soo.
“I’m Maya Sotoro. Thank you for your help.”
“I’m Kim Cheol-soo from Korea. This is my co-worker from the same company. Jang Yu-mi.”
When Jang Yu-mi said hello, Maya also bowed lightly.
Maya said as she sat down and fastened her belt.
“Korea? I know. Among the Asians who travel to Hawaii, there are quite a few Koreans. Especially for honeymooners.”
“Oh? So. You live in Hawaii?”
“Yeah. I’ve lived there since I was a kid, but I’m in Illinois now.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Are you going to Madrid on business?”
Kim Cheol-soo shook his head and said at Maya’s words.
“I’m heading from Madrid to Nairobi, Kenya.”
When Maya heard the word Kenya, her big eyes opened even wider as if she was surprised and asked.
“Oh? Kenya? I’m going to Kenya too. Isn’t the next flight by any chance AMS201?”
Jang Yu-mi, who was next to him, nodded as if surprised.
“That’s right. It’s AMS201.”
“Would you like to go to Kenya with me?”
Upon meeting by chance, Maya was happy to see Asians who spoke English very well.
The three of them chatted lightly while the plane took off.
Maya asked after the plane took off and received light snacks and drinks handed out by the stewardesses.
“Looking at Kim’s pronunciation, it looks like she studied abroad in England? Jang seems to be American?”
“Oh, no. American pronunciation is not my style because it rolls off the tongue too much. I studied in the British style.”
“I went to the United States as an exchange student for a year. I studied hard there.”
“Wow. I see.”
Kim Cheol-soo suddenly remembered the word ‘Bomb’ that he had seen earlier and carefully asked Maya.
“When I handed over the bag earlier, there was something written on the bag.”
“huh?”
“It says BOMB to Hawaii.”
When Bomb intentionally spelled it out, Maya let out a short exclamation and burst into laughter.
“Milia was playing a prank.”
“Milia?”
“Yes, that’s my daughter. I once went on a trip to Mumbai, India. The airport symbol for Mumbai is BOM, and after hearing the pronunciation, this guy wrote down the word he remembered. It was Bomb, and that’s why. “I had a bit of a hard time boarding. I wrote it with a permanent marker, so it doesn’t come off easily.”
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“aha!!”
Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi also burst out laughing at those words.
Maya smiled and nodded, then looked at the two and asked.
“If you are a co-worker, are you going to Kenya for work?”
“Yes. It’s contract-related, so I can’t tell you in detail. What about Maya?”
“I’m also going for work. Although I can’t go into detail for the same reason as Kim.”
Meanwhile, a connection was created in Jang Yu-mi’s mind, where an incredibly diverse amount of knowledge was floating around.
‘Hawaii. Maya. Illinois.’
One thing that came to Jang Yu-mi’s mind that she had skimmed over without attaching much importance to it came to mind.
“Are you by any chance the Maya at Senator Barack Obama’s campaign?”
Maya’s complexion hardened slightly at Jang Yu-mi’s words.
No matter how much I thought about it, I never thought that Asians who seemed completely unrelated to me would know this accurately about me.
‘Is this difficult? Are you a spy on the other side?’
Maya looked at Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi once again with an embarrassed expression. Kim Cheol-soo looked at Maya with a stiff expression, then turned his eyes and quietly asked Jang Yu-mi in Korean.
“What do you mean?”
“I heard in the article that Barack Obama has a younger sister who is helping him with his campaign. Maybe her real name is Maya Cassandra Soetoroong, not Maya Sotoro.”
Jang Yu-mi also answered in words so low that Maya couldn’t hear, and Kim Cheol-soo looked surprised.
‘You’re from Barack Obama’s election campaign. Especially if it’s your younger sister.’
Kim Cheol-soo also knew roughly that Obama’s family life was very complicated.
However, since it had nothing to do with work, I didn’t know the details.
Seeing such a person heading directly to Kenya, it was clear that, as she said, it was for some kind of political reason.
And Maya seemed to want to completely hide that fact.
“Yumi, I think it would be better if we pretend not to know.”
Jang Yu-mi also nodded as if she agreed with Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
After organizing his thoughts, Kim Cheol-soo turned his head and saw Maya with an unpleasant expression on her face.
“Sorry. My coworker really likes Senator Barack Obama.”
“so?”
“So, I’ve been reading the articles with some interest. I think he might be a strong candidate for President of the United States in the next presidential election. I guess I got confused with the name I saw there. Let me apologize on my behalf.”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Maya relaxed her displeased expression and burst into laughter.
Starting in 1997, Barack was serving his third term in the Illinois State Senate.
In order to win the Democratic primary in March, Maya was on her way to see Barack Senior’s family in Kenya to sort out complicated family matters, and this was being done quite secretly.
An Asian fan who is very interested in this field.
Maya sighed inwardly and nodded.
“Well, that could happen.”
Afterwards, they spent time talking about things that had nothing to do with work or Barack, such as Korean food, culture, and the beautiful scenery of Hawaii.
Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi handed her a business card, but Maya lightly declined it.
Afterwards, transfers were made separately, and seats were divided on the flight to Nairobi.
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“It came out pretty quickly?”
“Of course. Deputy Kim told me that the quickest way to get through immigration is to insert a ten dollar bill between your passports.”
‘hmm. ‘It’s not a stubborn style.’
With this level of flexibility, it seemed unlikely that there would be any major conflicts later on when fine-tuning the contract.
“I didn’t know I could do that right away.”
“I don’t know anything else, but the know-how that Assistant Manager Kim teaches you cannot be bought with money. I know that well.”
After finishing the check-in process, I was waiting in the baggage waiting room when Jang Yu-mi pointed to one side with her finger.
Maya and a black woman were standing there together.
Madri was also an older black woman who kept looking at Jang Yu-mi at the airport.
“also!”
“What?”
“That’s the black woman over there next to Maya.”
Kim Cheol-soo turned his eyes and saw a woman standing next to Maya.
“It’s definitely Kezia Obama, Barack Obama Sr.’s first wife. Seeing that Maya, who works at Barack Obama’s camp, is with Barack Obama’s father’s first wife, I guess it has something to do with family history.”
Hearing Jang Yu-mi’s words, Kim Cheol-soo also looked at them for a while and then made eye contact with Maya on the other side.
When our eyes met, Kim Cheol-soo smiled as if he were acting naturally and waved his hand briefly, and Maya also relaxed, smiled, and nodded.
“What we’re doing this time has nothing to do with those people. They seem to be uncomfortable, so I’m satisfied with our friendship at this level.”
Jang Yu-mi also agreed with Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“It’s unfortunate, but I think that’s right.”
Maya and the black woman, whose luggage came out first, nodded to Kim Cheol-soo and his group and went out, and Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi also went out dragging their luggage.
The heat from last time suddenly disappeared, and the coolness of late autumn in Korea refreshed the two tired people.
“hey!!!”
Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi turned their heads when they heard a loud sound from afar.
Kennedy, who was about 2 meters tall, was walking toward me with a happy expression on his face.
Although she had heard from Kim Cheol-soo, Jang Yu-mi instinctively took a step back as such a large figure approached her.
“how have you been doing?”
Kim Cheol-soo shook Kennedy’s hand lightly and asked.
“Of course. Kim, do you think your body has gotten stronger?”
“Haha. You have pretty good eyes.”
“Is the woman next to you Jean?”
“Yes. That’s my motivation for joining the company.”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Kennedy looked at Jang Yu-mi and held out a large black hand.
“My name is Kennedy Jouma, who works at the Nairobi, Kenya branch of Hanyoung General Trading Company.”
Jang Yu-mi sighed inwardly and shook hands with Kennedy, who looked innocent despite his tall stature.
“Yumi Jang, who works in the steel team of Sales Team 2. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too. Hmm, I guess all Koreans are good-looking?”
“huh?”
“You’re both nice and pretty.”
When Kennedy spoke with a simple smile, Jang Yu-mi smiled ‘hahaha’ and let go.
“Give me your luggage.”
Kennedy carried two suitcases in both hands, and Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi followed behind him.
Instead of the old, worn-out vehicle I saw last time, there was a large van.
It had the mark of Korea’s most famous automobile company on it.
“Oh, did you change cars?”
“No. It’s a corporate car. The chairman of Hanyoung Group visited last time and gave it to him right away?”
“Surely you took that old car and went to greet the president?”
“Hahaha. No way. The Kenyan government invited him as an honored guest. But the chairman stopped by my small office in Nairobi on the way. When I showed him my car and offered to take him there, he was a little surprised.”
“ah.”
Even if it was out of shape, it was a very old car and lacked proper specifications.
Kim Cheol-soo chuckled as he imagined the sight of Chairman Choi Kyung-hoon being disgusted.
While Kennedy was loading the luggage into the vehicle, Maya and the black woman who had left earlier approached Kim Cheol-soo.
Behind them, two men wearing well-dressed suits and sunglasses were chasing them.
Jang Yu-mi saw it first and asked as if she was frightened.
“What is going on?”
Kim Cheol-soo also said with a hardened complexion.
“well?”
As Maya approached Kim Cheol-soo, she turned around and spoke to the men who followed her.
“They are people who have an appointment with us. So, I will decline your request.”
Black men with bulky bodies turned their heads and looked at Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi.
“what’s the matter?”
As Kennedy, who was just as big as them, approached, one of the men quickly took off his sunglasses.
“Kennedy?”
Kennedy’s eyes widened when he saw the man taking off his sunglasses.
“Cujo? What’s going on?”
The man called Cujo looked at Kennedy, Kim Cheol-soo, Jang Yu-mi, Maya, and the black woman in turn without saying anything, and shook his head.
“No. It seems there was some confusion at work.”
After saying that, Maya sighed as Kujo turned around with the other man.
Kennedy said to Kim Cheol-soo, pointing to the two women who had suddenly increased in number.
“Who are these?”
Kim Cheol-soo didn’t know exactly what was going on, but he seemed to want Maya to join him, so he opened his mouth.
“Let’s just say it’s a temporary companion. But who is that guy named Kujo earlier?”
“Uh, he’s one of Uhuru Kenyatta’s security team. I’ve seen him a few times.”
“Uhuru Kenyatta?”
“huh.”
Kennedy looked at Maya and the black woman, then back at Kim Chul-soo.
Kim Cheol-soo scratched his head and thought, then turned his head towards Maya.
“Do you have any business with Uhuru Kenyatta?”
Maya shook her head at those words.
“No. I was just a little taken aback because it was so sudden. It had nothing to do with that.”
Kim Cheol-soo thought as he looked at Maya’s embarrassed expression.
‘So that means Uhuru approached first. Does she want something from her? Or on Barack’s side?’
I’m not sure, but I had a feeling that if I stayed with Maya, I would have an advantage when negotiating with Uhuru.
“Really? How far do you plan on going?”
“Originally, someone was supposed to come to pick us up, but there must have been some confusion. We’ve booked a hotel in Nairobi. Can you just take us there?”
“Of course. Kennedy, are you okay?”
“Well, as long as we don’t have a hostile relationship with Uhuru, it’s okay for me.”
When Kennedy nodded, Cheolsu Kim looked at Maya and pointed to the woman standing next to him.
“Who is this woman?”
Maya thought about those words for a moment, but the old black woman spoke first.
“This is Kezia Obama. Please take care of me.”
She was the first wife of Barack Obama Sr., who had no blood relation to Barack Obama.
Are you up for the challenge?
“I hope you forget what she said today.”
After Kezia got out of the car with Kennedy’s help, Maya said to Kim Cheol-soo:
“Of course. But you can’t make them shut up for free, right?”
Kim Cheol-soo took out a business card and handed it to Maya, who took out her own business card with an expression of helplessness.
“Don’t expect much from me. After the election, I plan to go back to Hawaii and become a teacher.”
Kim Cheol-soo smiled and nodded at Maya’s words.
Barack Obama was not a great person who could be fooled by the words of an office worker.
Since he became the President of the United States and was a man driven by his own beliefs, there was no reason to favor him just because he became acquainted with him.
I thought it was enough to just be able to form a relationship with the most respected person in the world.
After exchanging business cards, Maya got out of the car.
American lifestyle.
Once independence is achieved, parents live the lives of parents and children live the lives of children.
Since the 1980s, there have been few cases of interference in each other’s way of life, and there has been a strong tendency for children to move away from their nagging parents and build their own lives further away.
It was the same with Barack Obama.
His father abandoned his first wife, Keziah, and came to the United States with his bare hands, where he met his second wife and gave birth to Barack.
However, after divorced after three years of marriage, he moved back to Kenya and worked as a high-ranking public official, and after his death from illness in 1980, most of his children were suffering from extreme poverty.
Black people have developed a culture of taking great care of their families due to the history of oppression, so why doesn’t Barack, who is so famous and successful in America, take care of his family? If the media was formed in this way, some voters could turn away and be at a disadvantage in the election.
That was why Maya came here.
However, it was impossible to help them by mobilizing campaign funds, and it appears that they were planning to use Barack’s small personal wealth to keep them quiet until the election was over.
Kim Cheol-soo, who knows how many elections are held back by family history, was able to roughly guess why Maya came here through Kezia Obama’s story.
Yumi Jang asked as Kennedy started driving.
“If you were better off, you might be considerate, right?”
“It’s not like that in Korea, but is it like that in America, where individual tendencies are stronger? Moreover, it’s a family that has nothing to do with you, right? From Barack’s perspective, it’s like his father abandoned him.”
“That’s right. After the election, Kezia and his family may go back to living in poverty.”
“That is very likely.”
After finishing the conversation with Jang Yu-mi, Kim Cheol-soo thought as he watched Maya and Kezia entering the hotel through the window.
‘Uhuru Kenyatta and Barack Obama.’
Even in the midst of coincidental events, I had to think of connections.
As a salesperson, you have to think of every possible means to conclude a contract.
After finishing his thoughts, Kim Cheol-soo turned his attention to Kennedy, who was starting to drive.
“How is Mr. Kenyatta’s health? I heard he has cardiovascular problems due to his increased weight and also has symptoms of diabetes.”
“It’s still the same. But his wife and children are very healthy. Of course, as are my wife and children.”
Kim Cheol-soo and Jang Yu-mi laughed at Kennedy’s unique speaking style.
“For the past few days, Bohoho has been setting up a stage reminiscent of a concert hall in his garden. As long as Kim doesn’t disappoint, things will go smoothly. Working doesn’t mean your singing skills have diminished, right?”
“Of course. And I also prepared a pretty special gift.”
Kennedy asked Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“special present?”
“Yes. It’s a rare health food produced only in Korea.”
“Oh? Health food? Like the puffed rice cakes I brought you last time?”
“The purpose of fried rice is to solve the hunger of the poor, and it can be said that it is something that people who live comfortably can afford to eat.”
“What is that?”
“It’s called Korean Red Insam.”
On Sunday, the day before his departure, Kim Cheol-soo purchased small-sized red ginseng tablets, red ginseng tea, and red ginseng vitality from Cheongkwanjang, which is directly managed by KT&G, and packed them in his travel bag.
“Oh? Sounds good? Can I try it too?”
“Let’s eat together later.”
Jang Yu-mi, who had been listening intently to the conversation between Kim Cheol-soo and Kennedy, thought about it, opened her eyes and opened her mouth.
‘Red ginseng?’
“Are you planning on selling it to Kenya?”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded at Jang Yu-mi’s words.
“Yes. It’s like a Korean specialty.”
“But it will be expensive, will there be demand in Kenya?”
“If there is no demand, we have to make it available. White ginseng can have significant side effects depending on the patient’s symptoms and constitution, but red ginseng has fewer side effects, right? Ginseng reduces the chance of developing cancer, prevents aging, and is good for blood circulation and immunity. “It prevents osteoporosis and improves high blood pressure and diabetes.”
“Did you think about it after hearing about Kenyatta’s health condition?”
“Of course. It is a good gift for wealthy people, and it also serves as an opportunity to introduce good products that can be traded.”
“ah!”
Jang Yu-mi exclaimed.
He was so focused on the Kenya mine development that he was not thinking about anything, but Kim Cheol-soo seemed to have been thinking about what else he could sell to Kenya during the process.
“I once again realized why Assistant Manager Kim is so good at his job. He only cared about the contract, I never thought he would have other things in mind as well.”
“Do you think I’m revealing too much to Yumi?”
Jang Yu-mi giggled at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“I’m on Assistant Manager Kim’s side. So, it’s okay to feel free to reveal your bottom line.”
Her answer made Kim Cheol-soo nod his head and chuckle.
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