Chapter 54

Chapter 54

This Is Not Jin Myeong Gak

“No, completely closing the door?! Really?!”

“Why on earth?! Business going crazy well like this why?!”

Someone flustered put his face close to the glass door and looked inside the empty interior.

“Hey··· real! Tables and chairs inside all gone!”

At those words everyone was surprised.

“Crazy... seems real!”

“Ah, what joy to live from now?”

“Aaa...”

People floundered in despair.

Near that confusing place.

There were two people looking at that scene.

The building owner woman with flashy perm hair and thick gold necklace plated, and the husband of small build with an intimidated face standing beside intimidated.

The building owner woman confirmed the text message on the smartphone in one hand and let out a fishy laugh.

[Emptied the shop. Thank you until now.]

A text that came from the former tenant at dawn.

“Heung! Has pride in that sight?”

The woman snorted.

Honestly didn’t expect they would completely empty that much luggage overnight.

Thought they would hold out a few more days and cling at least.

“Well, rather good for me. Annoying things cleared quickly with their own feet.”

When she raised the corner of her mouth and muttered, the husband who was glancing the situation beside carefully opened his mouth.

“Ho, honey....Then what will you do now? Handing over the lease to franchise people?”

At those words the woman glared and slapped the husband’s back with a chalssak.

“Ayat!”

“Aigo, this idiot-like gentleman! Is your brain attached for form?!”

“Why, why? Giving rent to guys who give more money is right!”

“This stupid really! Why hand over the goose that lays golden eggs for others’ good?!”

“Then?”

“We have to do.”

“Eh? We, we do directly? Ah, no how do we do business! No one who knows how to cook!”

When the husband freaked out and asked back, the woman twitched her lips and snorted.

“Why do we cook?! Bring chefs giving money! I prepared in advance long ago to kick out those dull former tenant bastards and swallow this prime shop entirely.”

“What?!”

The woman took out the smartphone and pressed the call button firmly.

“Eh, Director Kim? Yeah, it’s me. Now the shop is completely emptied so enter interior construction from this afternoon right away. Eh, since doing make highest-grade! Widen the hall open too.”

The woman who continuously smiled while receiving the call winked one eye toward the husband and continued the call.

“Ah, and the kitchen chefs I requested casting last time? Those chefs said from Seoul hotel Chinese restaurant. Eh, I’ll shoot the requested contract money right away so tell to come right now.”

“······!”

“Even one neighborhood rookie chef bastard hit the jackpot, hotel-rolled chefs can’t follow that taste? Not right? Eoeo, good work. Construction schedule absolutely must not be late!”

The woman who finished the call shoved the phone into her pocket.

The husband who saw that appearance opened his mouth wide.

“Ho, honey··· you really... when did you prepare all that even chef casting?”

“I’m number 1 at smelling money! Moreover I completely finished trademark patent registration in the name ‘Jin Myeong Gak’ a few days ago. So, they can’t use that name anymore now.”

“...Really vicious.. no smart, our wife.”

“Of course! You’ll live counting money every day from now.”

“If so really good.”

“It will be so!”

The woman raised the corner of her mouth with a seuk looking at the people gathered in front of Jin Myeong Gak.

“Those stupid fools, whether the chef changes or not as long as the Jin Myeong Gak sign is hung they’ll come crazy. Hohohoho!”

“Hahahaha...”

When the building owner woman laughed greedily, the husband beside also followed laughing awkwardly.

*

At that time new news went up on various communities, SNS.

[Jin Myeong Gak closed ㄷㄷ notice stuck on the door.]

-Crazy, don’t lie. Did business fine until yesterday!

-Real. Wrote large on the notice ending business due to personal circumstances. Inside the shop also emptily empty.

-Ah... my life jajangmyeon flying away so vainly...

-No, why close the door while earning so much money?! Why on earth!!

People despaired at the news that the holy land of gourmet Jin Myeong Gak disappeared overnight.

And around when it became afternoon.

Several vans and trucks entered the alley in front of Jin Myeong Gak in a row.

What got off the cars were dozens of workers in work clothes.

Wiiiiing—!

Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!

In that way large-scale demolition and interior construction began in earnest.

Neighborhood people and regular customers who saw that scene murmured.

“Eh? What? Wasn’t closed?”

“Just looking seems leaving the sign as is and completely overturning only the interior?”

People who confirmed the Jin Myeong Gak sign was fine then swept their chests and let out sighs of relief.

“Ah shit, surprised! Thought completely folded business really!”

“Right! Why wrote the notice so scary? Just writing under interior expansion repair would do.”

“Hey, looking from outside seems opening the hall wide and taking the kitchen much larger too? Well, earned so much money until now, the time to do shop construction once has come. Moreover honestly was quite worn.”

This reversal news spread quickly to SNS and communities together with photos of the construction site.

-Whew, Jin Myeong Gak wasn’t closed ㅋㅋㅋ entered expansion remodeling construction because earned a lot of money!! [photo attached]

-Aoo my heart ㅠㅠ regrettable can’t eat jajangmyeon for a few days of construction, but still not completely closed the door so extremely fortunate.

-Really surprised ㅋㅋㅋ why wrote the notice like that making people’s liver drop!

-If hall widens will the waiting line decrease a bit quickly? Looking forward to reopening day.

The public who had no way of knowing the accurate inside story, were only waiting neck-long for the reopening date swollen with expectation that Jin Myeong Gak would return again.

And a few days later.

The day Jin Myeong Gak that finished interior construction and neatly renewed finally opened the door.

The front of the restaurant was crowded with double the crowd than before.

Beyond the newly attached flashy lights and transparent sophisticated glass door, the widened restaurant interior was clearly visible.

“Wow, finally opening! I really thought dying from jajangmyeon withdrawal for a few days!”

“The shop became completely flashy! Tables increased a lot too. Now the waiting line will decrease a bit quickly.”

People peeped inside the restaurant and murmured with excited voices.

Among that tremendous waiting line Namgung Wi and Cameron, Chief Choi, and even Antoine and Sophie were mixed side by side.

“Whether long time more appetite seems rising.”

Antoine flared his nose as if excited and stomped his feet like a child.

Namgung Wi standing beside also glanced inside with a gaze full of expectation.

At that time, Cameron tilted her head and opened her mouth.

“But chef, a bit strange?”

“What?”

“No, rather buying a proper own building entirely and going out would be right? Why necessarily only did interior construction spending own money on someone else’s building?”

At Cameron’s pointing out, Chief Choi beside also nodded and agreed.

“Certainly Cameron’s words are right. Rather than remodeling that only fills the building owner’s belly, usually buying own restaurant and going out.”

“Right? Something strangely front and back don’t match.”

The two’s reasonable suspicion.

But Namgung Wi only let out a hollow laugh and spat out as if nothing special.

“Why thinking so complicated. Maybe just annoying to move.”

At Namgung Wi’s guess the two soon made convinced expressions.

“Well··· if Jin Myeong Gak chef maybe so.”

“Right. Thinking that expression exactly matches.”

Exactly 10 AM.

The shop finally opened.

Ding dong!

A smooth electronic notification sound echoed.

The newly changed transparent full-glass automatic door opened softly left and right, and an employee dressed in neat uniform only seen at franchise restaurants gave a greeting toward outside with a bright smile.

“Thank you for waiting! Come in!”

“······?”

People waiting for entry standing in the very front line tilted their heads.

Not the large build employee always seen, but a young male employee with slender build and good impression.

“Eh? Where did the large uncle go?”

“Probably hired more hall employees while widening the shop.”

“Well.”

People regarded it as nothing special, and entered inside the restaurant holding swollen expectation.

“Wow··· here really widened!”

“Completely overturned the interior.”

People who entered the interior continuously burst exclamations having their gazes stolen by the completely changed pleasant environment.

Subtle and sophisticated indirect lighting and high-class marble pattern floor.

Even though the number of tables became more than double than before it boasted a wide flow, and sparkling new tableware and even tablet menu boards were set on each table.

“Hey, the atmosphere became extremely sophisticated. Now the waiting line will decrease sharply?”

“Seems swept money. Really did construction properly.”

Customers continuously nodded at the flashy interior and began going to the guided seats and sitting.

Namgung Wi’s group and Antoine’s group also sat side by side at the front table where the kitchen is well visible as if familiar.

“Certainly spending money the appearance comes out.”

Namgung Wi muttered scanning the cleaned table.

Chief Choi sitting opposite nodded as if satisfied looking around.

“Yes, interior opened wide and cleaned so good.”

But Cameron sitting beside was a dissatisfied expression with chin propped.

“Heuum··· I like the previous style more. Something affectionate and good? But now became too common franchise restaurant and lost charm.”

At that time Namgung Wi’s gaze unconsciously headed toward the open kitchen.

And Namgung Wi’s brow scanning there gradually narrowed.

“···Huh?”

There several chefs wearing clean cooking clothes and hygiene caps were moving busily.

But.

Jin Myeong Gak’s young chef’s appearance was not visible.

The appearance of Mr. Kang who did hand-pulling beside was also not visible the same.

The people in the kitchen were all unfamiliar chefs.

“There, shall I help with the order?”

At that time, a female employee approached and held out the menu board.

“...”

Namgung Wi moved his gaze to the counter.

The plain madam who always smiled and guarded the seat was also not visible.

“······.”

Namgung Wi’s complexion hardened coldly.

Antoine who was peeping at the kitchen sitting opposite also whispered flusteredly in French toward Sophie.

“Sophie, master chef is not visible. The master who did noodle-making is also none. What is this matter?”

“I also don’t know well.”

Namgung Wi said with brow furrowed.

“People all changed. This is not Jin Myeong Gak.”

“Yes?! What does that...”

“Ah!”

Chief Choi and Cameron who were looking around the hall also then felt a bad sense of alienation and opened their mouths wide.

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