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Escorted by the general manager of H2 Hotel, I arrived to find 65-year-old CEO Park Tae-Seok and his 60-year-old wife, Lee Jin-Sook, waiting for me. Beside them sat a silk bundle wrapped in multiple layers.
With a gentle smile and a polite tone, Park Tae-Seok offered another apology. "Chief Jung, I'm sorry to call you in so early."
"Not at all, sir."
"I felt so bad about last night that I just couldn't sleep. We came down to personally serve you and your team breakfast."
Lee Jin-Sook also expressed her apologies and gestured toward the bundle. "We brought some homemade abalone porridge[1] and radish water kimchi[2]. If you have time, please join us. We also packed a traditional sweets gift set[3]. You can take it with you later."
A top executive from one of the industry's leading hotels, ranked seventh overall and within the top seventy conglomerates, was offering me breakfast and gifts in person.
I hadn't expected it, but I kept my reaction neutral. After all, there was almost certainly more behind their visit.
"Thank you. May I bring the rest of my team in?"
"Of course."
I immediately called Jung Sang-Bong and Choi Dae-Gi, asking them to gather everyone.
As soon as I ended the call, Park Tae-Seok leaned in slightly and made a quiet proposal. "Also, as part of our apology... we'd love to have Mr. Deok-Bae and Miss Sung-Yeon model for H2 Hotel. Would that be possible?"
The breakfast, the gifts, and now an ad offer was a well-mannered attempt to keep last night's incident from becoming public.
'Of course. Nothing comes free in this world.'
Still, they knew how to handle an apology properly. The assistant manager was already being dealt with, and both...
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