Tycoons Gathering in Korea
Tycoons Gathering in Korea
At first, I thought it was just a joke.
[Private Tutor Hourly Wage 200,000 Won / 3 Times a Week / 2 Hours a Day]
[Hiring Immediately After Test]
"Does this make any sense?"
Mina scrolled through her phone screen over and over again. She was worried she might have misread the numbers. But no matter how many times she looked, it was the same.
200,000 won per hour. Two hours meant 400,000 won a day.
Three times a week meant 1.2 million won.
In a month... Her fingers, which had been calculating, froze.
"This isn't... just a part-time job, it's basically winning the lottery, right?"
Usually, tutoring pays 20,000 won an hour, 50,000 won at most. But this was way beyond that, several times over. Is it a scam? That was the first thought that crossed her mind. In this day and age, there was no way a job with such good conditions could exist.
But strangely, she couldn't take her eyes off it. Like it was bait. Is this how people who fall for voice phishing scams feel? Even though the conditions were absurd, strangely, she couldn't look away.
Mina, who attended a prestigious university, was more than qualified. And it wasn't like she had to teach all 5 subjects needed for the CSAT at once. It was written that they were looking for one person for each subject.
Just how rich of a family could they be to burn money on tutoring like this? Mina became curious about this household.
She had nothing to lose. Mina finally pressed the contact button. Her fingers trembled slightly. The reply came faster than she thought.
[Are you free right now? I'll send you the location briefly.]
A map link. When she tapped the location, it was, as expected, in a high-end apartment complex. It was a place where the house prices alone were in the billions. Should she say it was the kind of apartment that ordinary people only dreamed of entering even once?
"It's a rich neighborhood..."
Her mouth hung open slightly. No way. She started to think it might actually be real.
Standing in front of the door, Mina felt tension wash over her. Before pressing the doorbell, Mina straightened her clothes one more time. She straightened her shoulders for no reason and caught her breath. She was much more nervous than when she had her interview for the prestigious university.
She exhaled briefly and pressed the button. After a ding-dong sound, the door opened a moment later.
Mina was speechless for a moment.
The person who opened the door... was much younger than she expected. Should she say mid-20s? Or did they look even younger? At the very least, they weren't the age to be living in a house like this. But she didn't think they were the child of the owner either.
"You're the one who inquired about the tutoring, right?"
A calm voice. That one sentence snapped her to her senses.
"Ah, yes, that's me!"
Mina nodded her head hurriedly. She scanned Mina once, then grinned.
"Please, come in."
Strangely, her heart beat faster at those words.
Mina entered the house. The inside of the house was even more incredible. A dazzling chandelier sparkled and welcomed Mina. It was a massive house, spanning several hundred pyeong. Mina understood the hourly wage written on the tutoring recruitment flyer.
If someone lived in a house like this, they could pay that kind of tutoring wage while yawning. Wouldn't that amount of money be worthless to them?
A younger man came out from inside. Just by his appearance, he looked like a high school student.
"Hello."
The man bowed his head and greeted her. Mina also saw the man, smiled slightly, and nodded. Judging by appearances, he seemed to be the student in charge of this tutoring, and it was good that he seemed nice. Besides, his looks were heartwarming and handsome, and he had a good build.
He was so good-looking that she would want to date him if he were a younger boyfriend.
And so, after going through the test, Mina was able to become Jaeseong's tutor.
Soyeon selected Jaeseong's tutors in that manner.
Naturally, all the tutors were women.
She didn't even think about hiring men. Although the hourly wage was high, from Soyeon's perspective, it wasn't even pocket change. And to gain Jaeseong's interest, she hired pretty tutors with good figures. Because it was natural for students' motivation to go up the prettier their assigned teacher was.
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Starting from Michael's recovery from dementia, the number of tycoons coming to Korea increased rapidly.
The number of wealthy people who flocked to Korea to get a prescription for Neurogen exceeded about a hundred. And each and every one of them was rich enough to arrive on private jets.
Due to the nature of capitalism, it was natural for older people to hold more wealth than younger people. Because time was a commodity with immense value.
Among the wealthy people with dementia, there was practically no one who hadn't come to Korea.
Occasionally, there were wealthy people who didn't come by private jet, but this wasn't because they didn't have one; it was just that they couldn't take it due to repairs or other circumstances.
Lotte Hotel.
It was one of the top-tier luxury hotels in Seoul. And it was also the core business of the Lotte Group.
Naturally, as a top-tier hotel, the facilities and service quality were also top-notch. Skilled hoteliers stepped up to welcome the VIPs' visits. This Lotte Hotel was the very place that overseas VVIPs mainly sought out when they visited.
It was to the point where even distinguished guests from other countries stayed at this Lotte Hotel.
Such a Lotte Hotel was currently on fire. Not that there was an actual fire, but it was as busy as that kind of situation. The staff smiled brightly and didn't lose their smiles, but inside, they were extremely tense. They couldn't help it.
"The Royal Suite rooms are all booked. And the same goes for the lower-grade rooms. All rooms are currently occupied."
Luxury rooms that cost tens of millions of won per night were all sold out. Even though Lotte Hotel is a very popular hotel in Seoul, this kind of thing was rare. Because even if they were rich, people rarely booked rooms that cost tens of millions of won per night.
Furthermore, there was the characteristic of the country of Korea.
There was the characteristic that half the entire population lived in Seoul, and the land was just so small. Rather than using these luxury rooms, they could just take a car and go to their own homes. No matter how far away it was, they had their own homes within Seoul.
In the end, the only ones using the luxury rooms were the VVIPs from overseas.
He should have been happy that all these rooms were sold out, but the general manager's face was stiff right now. Because even the Lotte Group Chairman had stepped in.
The Lotte Group Chairman called all the employees working at the hotel together.
"I will not tolerate even the slightest mistake. Do your best to provide the highest quality of service. Do you understand?"
None of the VVIPs who came to stay at the Lotte Hotel had less wealth than the Lotte Group Chairman.
They were all at the very top, holding positions in their own countries.
Due to the development of Neurogen, hotels in Seoul were on high alert.
Tycoons who you would normally only see on TV had flocked to Korea! Moreover, if they were tycoons rich enough to come to Korea, they wouldn't be satisfied with ordinary accommodations. Because tycoons were the type to go to top-tier facilities.
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Naturally, if the hotels were in chaos, it was a structure where the hospitals had to be in chaos as well.
Currently, there was only one way to legally get a prescription for Neurogen.
It was to enter the Republic of Korea, receive a hospital consultation, and then get the medicine at a pharmacy. This was a procedure that even the US President couldn't avoid.
Perhaps that's why hospitals had to go through a difficult time due to the unexpected influx of tycoons.
An Arab man with a dignified impression, wearing a turban, was sitting with a relaxed expression. His attendant looked at the hospital doctor and said.
"I would like to get a prescription for Neurogen."
The doctor never thought that fluent Korean would come out of the Arab man's mouth. It was practically at a native level. The doctor said with a bitter expression.
"Ah, yes. Understood."
You could only receive Neurogen if you had a doctor's prescription. The doctor quickly wrote out the prescription and gave it to him. The attendant looked at the prescription and said.
"Is it possible to make the prescription duration longer?"
He looked at the prescription and spoke with an expression that seemed to understand it, as if he had medical knowledge. The doctor said, breaking into a cold sweat at the attendant's words.
"Ah... due to the nature of Korean medical law, long-term prescriptions for Neurogen are possible for up to 3 months. Unfortunately, a period longer than that is impossible."
Of course, if there is a chronic illness or a special reason, the period can be extended, but that didn't apply to foreigners.
The attendant said in Arabic.
"Prince-nim... unfortunately, they say the medicine prescription is only possible for 3 months."
"Is that so? Is it impossible to make it longer?"
"That is correct... Shall we put pressure on the Korean government?"
Oil restrictions... export restrictions... There were many common ways to put pressure on the Korean government.
But the Prince shook his head and said.
"No. We cannot upset the Korean government. Because just being able to cure dementia is a blessing from Allah."
If it meant being able to cure dementia, coming to Korea once every 3 months wasn't that unpleasant.
Rather, he thought of it as getting a regular check-up.
It was better to come to Korea every 3 months than to die from dementia.