chapter 40
40 episodes. The day of the showdown has come.
After drinking the pre-dinner wine, the food on a large plate was plated one after another.
All of them were strange names such as Atlantic Salmon, Fraun Fettuccine, Chicken Paragon.
Besides, it definitely felt luxurious to look at.
“Hold on, brother.”
Jessica stopped me holding my fork, took out my digital camera and took pictures.
Yes, I came here and it is a natural procedure.
“Now, eat.”
When the signal went down, I tried a dish called Atlantic Salmon.
I’m not a foodie, but the flavor from the grilled salmon made me smile.
While enjoying the dinner, we exchanged many conversations.
Jessica said that she came to Australia after finishing her third year of university in Korea.
I majored in hotel management at a university in Seoul, and he told me that the department was the most famous.
He said that he applied to hotel management after watching a drama called ‘Hotelier’ when he was young, but as the academic year went on, he became more and more anxious as he got to know the industry.
There are many seniors who have a hard time getting a job and quit because customer stress is unbearable, just like service jobs with a huge salary.
In such a situation, if I had to spend my 4th year, I could not take it or leave it, so I came to Australia on a working holiday as if to escape.
By the way, I also learn English.
Even if you go to a field other than a hotel, English is essential.
In Korea’s job market, no matter where you apply, you can’t leave out your English score.
Oh, gnome’s global global.
“I’ve been thinking about it, but I still don’t know?”
Jessica laughed bitterly at my question.
It will be.
I know it well because I’ve already been through it.
In my case, I only thought about it for two years in the military, but it didn’t work out.
Even in the midst of going out to society and doing corporate life, my worries piled up.
After going blind in such a situation, I realized one thing.
The trouble I was experiencing was not despair or broken dreams, but rather hopelessness without dreams.
“Isn’t it because you don’t know what you want to do or what you like? If you truly loved being a hotelier, you would have gained strength.
“I see. Whoa.”
I know it well because I’ve worked in several part-time jobs, including service jobs.
They scold their bosses and bosses and call them psychopaths, but there are others who are worse than that.
client? customer? Client?
No matter what they call them, they are usually bastards and bastards.
In the drama, chaebol slap an employee in the face at a department store and kneel down.
When working part-time at a convenience store, it was not uncommon to tear off all the plastic packaging of the purchased product and ask for a refund for saying that you bought it incorrectly, or throwing money on the counter as if tossing it.
In my social life, there was a time when I left with parts at the urgent request of a customer, but I was caught by a security guard at the front door and waited for an hour. It turned out that the client, who requested urgently, told him to come quickly, but he did not register to visit the partner company, and he had entered the meeting.
That said, after the meeting, he said there was a shortage, and when I explained the situation, he gasped and turned away.
Your throat is grape juice, really.
“Then what about your brother? Was that the reason you left the trading company too?”
“Yeah, I’ve been wandering all the time. So I came here to find what I wanted to do, something I liked.”
“Is it still like that? You’re getting recognition from Inham and making a lot of money.”
He is earning hundreds of millions of dollars in just a few months by receiving a stake in Inham and doing farm work like this.
But something is still missing in my heart.
Why?
Thinking about it, I think it was because of those words that he said to Jessica like a kkondae.
What I want to do, what I like.
it doesn’t fit there.
There was nothing in my heart that was pounding, so I had no regrets if I hit him at any time.
“I don’t think money is everything. I want my life to be rediscovered in something meaningful.”
“Are you looking for life again?”
“Ah, no, just because I’m out in a foreign country like this means that I feel like I’m enjoying my life now.”
“Ho-ho, did you mean that? After all, in Korea, things were just busy and crazy.”
Ugh, that was going to be a big deal.
Are you saying things you shouldn’t do?
Drinking a few glasses of wine doesn’t make me drunk, but I feel like I’m drunk with the atmosphere.
Would you say that you are disarmed because the person you are talking to is also a beautiful woman on a beautiful night view and a beautiful evening?
‘Looking back, it’s been a while since I’ve had some free time…’
Being surrounded by foreigners in a well-dressed and atmospheric restaurant, it felt like something really happened.
“But you say you live near here?”
At Jessica’s sudden question, I briefly clicked my tongue.
“Did Yoohyeon tell you that too?”
“I asked where we would meet, so I told him to come here. Then he told me that my brother’s dorm was nearby.”
Wow, how do you tear this bastard’s snout?
Can the bodyguard just tell me where the bodyguard is?
“It’s near here, but…”
“Where do you live?”
“……Sky Tower.”
“Huh? If it’s the Sky Tower, it’s only about 5 minutes from here, right?”
“Well… that’s right.”
“Can I look around for a moment?”
Jessica asked, her eyes twinkling.
I drank wine in moderation, but they asked me to go home… Is this a green light?
Surely this teddy bear didn’t take this into account and let me know?
“Isn’t it okay? I wanted to see the night view from the Sky Tower.”
I shook my head quickly.
First of all, you need to prepare for the situation.
All you need right now is a condom.
I thought about whether I had something prepared because I could make a mistake in a drunken situation.
However, no matter how much I thought about it, it seemed that Korea did not take care of it.
The problem is that I can’t even remember where they sell them in Australia.
On the way out of the restaurant and on the way to the hotel, I thought hard about where I could live.
Coles? Woolworths? I thought of a supermarket or something, but it didn’t seem to be there.
‘ah! Priceline Pharmacy! I’ll be there!’
In Australia, each industry has its own set of items that can be sold.
In Korea, medicines are the same, but they are stricter.
Even items such as cosmetics could only be purchased through Pharmacy (pharmacy), even if they were not pharmaceuticals.
So I wonder if the contraceptives are there.
As another example, you can only buy alcoholic beverages by going to a bottle shop rather than a mart, Nemil.
‘Wait, but wouldn’t the door be closed at this time?’
It may close earlier because it is the weekend.
Damn, you have to prepare ahead of time.
I suddenly missed Korea’s convenient system.
“Oppa, if it doesn’t work, there’s nothing I can do. Next time…”
As Jessica spoke with an awkward smile, I cut her off in a hurry.
“No, let’s go. It’s okay.”
“Are you really okay?”
“Well then. My room is on the 70th floor and the night view is very good. You will be surprised when you see it.”
My mouth moves freely, I don’t know what I’m talking about, and my head is full of only those thoughts.
‘Isn’t that the basic hotel service? Toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, towel…’
Oh, I’ll have to take it with me in the future.
***
“Hey, you bastard! Do you want to lose, really?”
-why? What’s wrong?
Yoohyeon’s voice over the phone was slurred.
– Seeing Jessica talking, I fell in love with you. Would you build the Great Wall in one night?
“But tell me everything to keep it a secret? Are you on my side?
– I’m completely on your side. So Jessica was trying to make you like you. Jessica is pretty?
what? did i say that
-In Jessica’s style, I thought you wouldn’t get over just because you had a lot of money.
“Mo, who can’t!?”
– So did you?
“You didn’t!”
– You can do it, but if you can’t, it’s one of the two. eunuch or asshole. Which one?
“Hey, don’t you think I’m a beast like you? Getting to know each other, man? We exchange hearts, huh? You’re doing this to slowly build a relationship.”
– Don’t be shy and tell me. Why didn’t you? Did Jessica hate you?
I took a deep breath and said I couldn’t get a condom.
Then the answer is irrelevant.
– Hey, you asshole. You can go to something like City Convenience or Night Owl.
The place Yoohyeon was talking about was an Australian convenience store brand.
It’s not like we see one every 100 meters, but you can find it if you run around sweating your feet.
“What? Are you there?”
-Of course. By the way, it’s usually a place for Middle Eastern girls, so the podium is open until late at night. Whoa, explode!
“I didn’t know, man!”
-Ugh, it’s frustrating.
Tutututu.
I threw my phone on the bed and shouted.
“AC! Why don’t expensive hotels give you condoms! How much do they do!”
In Korea, there are cheap motels.
It’s annoying, really.
***
So how much has passed
He was living his daily life, taking care of the work he received from Inham’s introduction and receiving horseback riding training from Jane.
“Jin, this is what John sent.”
“what is this?”
I took a ticket that said Eagle Farm Racecourse.
“It’s a ticket for the Dark Star debut next week.”
“Ah, that’s what I said then.”
“Yeah, and John asked me to tell him to take a look at his Darkstar status from tomorrow.”
“Of course we should go. They say there’s no problem now?”
“I heard that they eat well and are getting good training.”
“I’m glad. But isn’t this Eagle Farm Racecourse in Ascot?”
“That’s right. Dark Star’s debut match is at the metropolitan level.”
Eagle Farm is a racetrack located in Ascot, a suburb of Brisbane, with a long history.
To the extent that it has been designated as a heritage (heritage).
It is there that he will make his debut.
Just being Metropolitan shows how much John and Chris care.
Probably the lowest no-class for Queensland’s most sought-after racehorses and, of course, horses that have never debuted or won a championship, but many dark horses will gather.
In a word, it was safe to say that a large number of promising stocks who will be responsible for the next generation of the ranch located in Queensland will participate.
The capital of Queensland is Brisbane.
“If we win there, it will get quite a lot of attention, right?”
“Yes. The prize money is huge, and above all, it can make a name for itself as a popular horse that will lead the horse racing in Queensland.”
“What is the rookie king?”
“Queensland only. Nationally, as a two-year-old, it will be determined by comparing the overall race record this season. That’s the second-generation champion of the year.”
According to Jane, the level of the horse racing industry is also divided by economic power.
After all, in horse racing, it is important to breed an expensive stallion to produce excellent thoroughbreds.
If you have a lot of money, you can easily raise the level of a racehorse.
So Australia’s two major states are New South Wales and Victoria.
Queensland is third.
The rest, including Western Australia, was difficult to compare, and in fact, it was safe to say that Queensland was last.
“I’m going to dominate this season and Darkstar will be the champion racehorse of two-year-olds.”
Jane smiled sweetly at my rant.
“I wish I could.”
The week went by in a flash.
I watched Darkstar closely every day, and on my advice, John and his instructors took appropriate action.
Indeed, the experts at John & Sara Ranch were the best, and they quickly corrected small flaws.
The day of the decisive battle approached with the best condition.