Real Man

Chapter 374:

Chapter 374:

Chapter 374

Yoo-hyun scanned the long line and asked.

Brother, did you do any promotion?

No. Im surprised myself. I dont know how they found out and came here.

Its amazing.

Choi Jeong-bok scratched his head, and Yoo-hyun tilted his head.

That night.

After finishing his golf practice, Yoo-hyun went to his lodging and turned on his computer.

He wanted to check the message he had received from Jang Joon-sik earlier.

As he said, he searched for Yeontae-ri on the internet.

After reading a few related posts, he understood what happened in the afternoon.

The internet was already buzzing with rumors that Choi Jeong-boks store had a lot of Apple phones in stock.

But there was something strange among them.

What is this Yeontae holy land?

Yoo-hyun clicked on a post that was uploaded on an internet cafe.

<Apple Phone 3 Activation at Yeontae Holy Land. Yeontae-ri Rocks.>

-I searched all the phone stores in Mokpo, but they were all out of stock. But Yeontae holy land had plenty of them. I got lucky.

The light post had a picture of a long waiting line and a scenery of Yeonseung-ri village.

The post was not old, but there were many comments.

-The owner here is super nice. No pressure at all.

-True. Unlike other places, he activates the phone as fast as possible. He must want to go home early. Haha.

-He said he has a lot of stock tomorrow too. Lets go to Yeontae holy land.

-But this place should be called Yeonseung holy land. The village name is not Yeontae-ri, but Yeonseung-ri.

-Its because other blog pictures are all Yeontae-ri pictures. People already call it Yeontae holy land and it wont change.

Yoo-hyun chuckled at the last comment.

People must be visiting the local blog a lot.

Sim Hyun-ji had bragged about her blog a while ago.

She said she had over 100 visitors a day, and there were quite a few comments.

Click.

Yoo-hyun clicked on the link at the end of the post.

Then Sim Hyun-jis blog popped up.

Yoo-hyuns eyes widened at the title of the recent post.

She had brought up Apple phone out of nowhere.

Sim Hyun-ji was clever.

<Village Life with Apple Phone at Yeontae Holy Land.>

Park golf pictures, reservoir fishing pictures, and various surrounding scenery pictures.

She reused the pictures she already had, but the views were huge.

It must have been exposed on the portal site main page, because the daily views exceeded 10,000.

The comments were also explosive.

-But this village has a camping site too? The picture looks awesome.

-I was shocked to see the ladies playing golf in the forest. What is that?

-Its park golf. There are park golf courses in such rural areas.

-But the road here is so bad.

-I cant find it even with navigation. But its worth going. They lend fishing rods for free. If you look good, they let you play park golf for free too.

-What? Free? Im going there with my tent tomorrow.

Yoo-hyun snorted after reading all the comments on a few pages.

Are people really flocking here from tomorrow?

Yoo-hyuns words became true.

Thats how big the impact of Apple phone, which was launched for the first time in Korea, was.

On the first day of launch, at 9 oclock, Apple phone 3s sold-out situation was reported on the news of three terrestrial broadcasters.

The phone dealers who didnt get enough stock in the beginning were frustrated.

Among them, Choi Jeong-boks phone store, which had bought a lot of stock early, hit the jackpot.

The long line on the first day continued until today and the day after tomorrow.

In the afternoon, after work hours, at the golf practice range behind the Chinese restaurant.

Yoo-hyun sat on a bench and wiped his sweat after swinging his club hard.

Choi Jeong-bok, who was sitting next to him, was talking on the phone about phone activation all the time.

Yoo-hyun asked him after he hung up the phone.

Is that your wife? Dont you have to go?

No. My brother said he would feed me something delicious, so my wife agreed.

Is your wife watching the store?

Yeah. Ill do it again tomorrow, whats wrong?

He probably would get nagged if he went home?

Yoo-hyun swallowed his words as he recalled the sharp voice that came from beyond his phone.

Jeon Il-ho came to the bench and smirked.

Je-soo always looks so lively. Shes a real beauty.

Brother, can you really do this here? The seolleongtang restaurant is also in a mess right now.

The success of the phone store had also brought a lot of customers to the seolleongtang restaurant next door.

There was a long line of people waiting there.

Jeon Il-ho gave a serious look to Yoo-hyuns question.

My wife is happy and working hard. I cant bother her at times like this.

Can you say that to your sister-in-law?

Of course. Its the era of gender equality. Its natural to share the work

Jeon Il-ho was about to continue when he heard a sound.

Vroom.

A motorcycle came out of the Chinese restaurant and headed for the forest to deliver food.

He couldnt see his face, but anyone could tell it was Nam Hee-woong, the owner of the Chinese restaurant.

So its not natural after all. Hee-woong is having a hard time.

Thats right. The golf course is also crowded with people right now.

Choi Jeong-bok turned his head to the forest.

There were groups of people with golf clubs, and Moon Jeong-goo was leading them.

Okay. Ill guide you to the seventh hole. The course length is 110 meters, and the hole has a 10-degree slope, which is its characteristic. If you look at the scenery around

Shim Hyun-ji turned around and kept taking pictures.

Jeon Il-ho smiled contentedly at her sight.

Jeong-goo, youre doing great. You said youd give free admission to visitors until this week, right?

Yes. Thats what he said.

Yoo-hyun nodded, and Choi Jeong-bok added an explanation.

He had a lot of experience in running the village.

Its a good thing. Starting next week, well charge for renting clubs, and only some parts of the course guide will be paid. That will help a lot with the operating costs of both villages.

Hyun-ji is working hard too. Were joining in from our village, right?

Choi Jeong-bok answered Jeon Il-hos question.

Yes. Well do it from the tenth hole.

The two men, who seemed like slackers, brightened their eyes when they talked about the village.

Yoo-hyun chuckled and asked Choi Jeong-bok.

By the way, brother, hows the fishing spot?

Bae is doing his best.

Bae Yong-seok was in charge of the overall management of the fishing spot and the camping site.

He still had some trial and error, but he had prepared well in advance, so there was no problem with the operation.

Thanks to that, a lot of people came even in cold weather, and the satisfaction was also high.

The park golf course and fishing spot were running well.

But that didnt mean everything was good.

The biggest problem was transportation.

It would have been nice if the road was good.

As Choi Jeong-bok said, the road to Yeontae-ri and Yeonseung-ri was narrow, so it was often blocked.

Especially, the narrow road that surrounded the hill and connected the two villages was also a problem.

Today, too, there was a traffic jam in the middle of it, and there was quite a fuss.

Yoo-hyun had seen it clearly, so he didnt feel like it was someone elses problem.

Thats right. Were both having a hard time.

A few days later.

A car was climbing up the narrow road to Yeontae-ri village.

The driver had a Haenam County Office badge on his chest and grumbled.

Why on earth do they make such a fuss about expanding the road in this rural village?

We cant just ignore it. There were too many complaints.

We already rejected it before. The road was buried by a landslide. How can we revive it?

It was a huge project to reopen the road.

It would have been possible if Hansung Electronics had supported them as before, but there werent many people in this village either.

Then his junior colleague sitting in the passenger seat said.

Boss, but the tourism development proposal from this village was good this time, right?

They must have spent some money. How can golf be possible in this countryside?

Seo Joong-han snorted and stepped on the accelerator.

The narrow road that turned around was very slow.

And shortly after.

The two mens mouths opened wide at the sight before them.

There was a large TV at the entrance of the park golf course, acting as a signboard, and fences were neatly placed around the perimeter road.

The neatly arranged forest was full of people.

Clang. Clang.

The sound of golfing and laughter mixed from everywhere.

The village that had not received the budget had already become a tourist attraction.

And very well.

Wow.

Sergeant Seo Junghan couldnt close his mouth for a while.

At that moment.

Lee Youngnam was sitting on a bench at the golf range behind the Chinese restaurant.

Next to him was his confidant and the owner of Bokdeokbang, Bae Yonghwan.

They brought plenty of food and drinks, so naturally Yoo-hyun, Jeon Ilho, and Choi Jeongbok, who were hitting balls, joined them.

Jeon Ilho received a glass of makgeolli and said cheerfully.

I dont know what to do with myself when you take care of me like this, boss.

Haha. Arent Yeontae-ri and Yeonseung-ri brothers now?

Your words give me strength.

Lee Youngnam smiled and offered his glass.

After clinking glasses, they talked about the recent changes in the village life.

As they were the village leaders, they all had a lot to say.

Our village has become more lively with more visitors

Our village also has a cell phone store as the center

Yoo-hyun listened to the conversation and drank makgeolli.

He always felt this way, but the makgeolli that Lee Youngnam made himself was a delicacy.

Especially, it went well with greasy food like meatballs.

Yoo-hyun was eating and drinking happily when Lee Youngnam brought up the purpose of coming here.

Did you hear anything about the budget you applied for from Haenam County?

Well, not yet. Right?

Jeon Ilho looked at Choi Jeongbok, who answered right away.

Yes, brother. I even called them myself, but they said they were still reviewing it.

It must be hard to get the budget. If only we could get some money to expand the road.

Bae Yonghwan said regretfully and everyone nodded.

Yoo-hyun, who had been listening quietly, asked out of the blue.

Isnt reopening the main road the best thing to do?

He had thought about it a while ago when he saw the traffic problem.

If they could restore the main road that was buried by a landslide, they could solve the traffic problem between the two villages at once.

But there was a reason why they couldnt do that.

Bae Yonghwan shook his head right away.

Thats true, but its impossible because it costs too much.

We even had a qualification test before, but we failed.

Jeon Ilho also chimed in with Bae Yonghwans words.

Yoo-hyun understood their thoughts well enough.

But he couldnt just sit back and do nothing.

Dont we have to keep filing complaints? There seems to be a clear demand.

Yoo-hyuns question made Choi Jeongbok and Jeon Ilho shake their heads.

It wont work. Thats why we left out the road opening when we submitted the urban development budget application this time.

Yeah. Kid, dont waste your time. Its bothersome.

They cared about their younger brother, but this was not a bothersome thing.

Filing a complaint was easy to do on the internet.

Ill just try it once. Dont you think theyll give more rice cakes to a crying baby?

Yoo-hyun said casually and drank makgeolli again.

He wanted to help them out a little bit since they were all struggling.

But they all seemed to think it wouldnt work and shook their heads.