Chapter 10

To add an extra chapter for the reward from Shangxin... This is the first reward I've ever received in my life...

A little later, there will be another chapter...

As he thought about it, Li Chong fell asleep without realizing it...

The night passed quietly. The next morning, Li Chong got up early. Since the apartment was to be sold, Li Chong planned to rent another place. Some things had to be done by himself; he couldn't give others any more excuses. The events of yesterday with Sung Yuri had scared him. Li Chong wanted a place in Cheongdam-dong, not too small, but not too big either. After all, during this period, Li Chong still needed to set up a studio and shoot a movie. To save money, it would be best to hold meetings in the apartment...

After breakfast, Li Chong went to a large real estate agency. In South Korea, such agencies are everywhere, inseparable from the national character and high housing prices. Koreans like to move, possibly because they are descendants of nomadic tribes, and the high housing prices in Seoul also force many people to move frequently. In South Korea, renting a house is divided into full rent and monthly rent. Full rent means renting for two years or more, paying 30% to 50% of the house's total value as a deposit, signing a contract, and getting the full amount back after two years. Monthly rent means paying 10% of the house's total value as a deposit and then paying a certain amount of rent each month. Families with investments prefer full rent, as the deposit is like an interest-free loan, which can be used for investment, buying a house, or saving in the bank to earn interest. Elderly people without investments prefer monthly rent, as they can receive money every month, ensuring they always have cash on hand. Li Chong focused on finding a monthly rent place because he knew he wouldn't stay there long. As long as the movie was successful, he would buy a house again...

After searching for the whole morning, Li Chong finally found an ideal apartment in an old neighborhood, only three streets away from where he currently lived in Cheongdam-dong. The agency took Li Chong to see the apartment. The neighborhood was built in 1995, nearly 13 years old, a bit old but clean, with relatively good property management. It was an 11-story apartment building, and this apartment was on the 9th floor, with an area of 30 pyeong (about 99 square meters), a two-bedroom, one-living room, and one-bathroom layout... The deposit was 100 million won, the monthly rent was 1 million won, and the lease was for one year, with the option to renew after that...

It turned out the landlord was a 60-year-old grandmother. Both apartments on this floor belonged to her. One was for herself, and the other was for her son who was studying in Japan at the time. After her son graduated, he stayed in Japan and married a Japanese wife, so she rented out the larger apartment on a full rent basis for five years, giving the deposit to her son to manage. This year, she had a grandson, and her son wanted her to go to Japan to take care of the child, so she decided to rent out her smaller apartment... Since the agency could collect the rent, Li Chong just needed to pay the rent monthly... The agency mentioned that the larger apartment opposite was rented to an entertainment agency to be used as an artist's dormitory...

Li Chong thought the environment was acceptable and not too far from anywhere, so he signed the lease, paid the 100 million won deposit, one year's rent, and 30 million won in agency fees... Li Chong then received the keys to the apartment...

At this moment, Li Chong's phone rang. "Oppa, I've negotiated the apartment. It's 1 billion won, and the other party will handle all the procedures. We can transfer ownership tomorrow..." It was Jeong Eun-moon, who had already settled the apartment matter... "Good, I'll wait for you at the real estate center tomorrow. Bring them there..." Li Chong felt relieved. Selling for more would make things easier, as 3 billion won was only a small investment... But for Li Chong personally, it was a huge amount...

On July 25th, 800 million won from Lee Hyori was transferred to Li Chong's account. On July 28th, 1 billion won from Sung Yuri was transferred to Li Chong's account. On July 31st, 1 billion won from selling the apartment was transferred to Li Chong's account, plus 200 million won from Jeong Eun-moon, leaving Li Chong with less than 2 billion won. By now, Li Chong had over 3.1 billion won in his hands.

From now on, Li Chong had the capital to shoot a movie. Next, he would reorganize the studio. Before Li Chong's military service, there was already a studio, a group of young people. Although most of them had no experience shooting movies, they were young, energetic, and willing to work hard... However, due to Li Chong's sudden military service, the studio had to be disbanded...

So Li Chong's current task was to gather these once passionate people. The first person Li Chong looked for was a production assistant.

Kim Hyun-chang was now a gangster, or more accurately, a small boss with two or three underlings, living off collecting high-interest loans. He was very good at fighting and had always been the organization's enforcer. Later, for some reason, he no longer wanted to fight. He was very loyal and principled, helping many people, so the organization couldn't do much to him and gave him a business to collect high-interest loans. However, he always lacked enthusiasm, so his business wasn't doing well. He didn't care much, spending most of his money on women. He often told his underlings, "I used to hang out with a director. Back then, I was much cooler than now, seeing TV stars every day, with their long, white legs making you drool... We could eat barbecue every day and have different beautiful women to drink with... It was like heaven back then..."

But since the director went into military service, he never had that life again. Other groups had hired him, but he was too rebellious and had injured a few people, so no one dared to use him anymore. Despite this, he was one of the two most popular people in the entire crew, the other being Li Chong.

One day, as Kim Hyun-chang was coming out of the red-light district, thinking about whether to eat first or collect a debt, he saw a man in a baseball cap watching him on the street. Kim Hyun-chang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he ran over, throwing a punch. The man didn't dodge; the wind from the punch brushed his face, and a hand suddenly appeared in front of Kim Hyun-chang's fist, grabbing it. Then the man's other hand grabbed Kim Hyun-chang's upper arm, and with a quick over-the-shoulder throw, he cleanly and neatly threw Kim Hyun-chang to the ground... "Tsk, tsk, you've gotten worse. You used to be able to take two hits, but now you're down in one..." "Ouch, Director Li Chong, how are you still so strong..." Kim Hyun-chang rubbed his sore buttocks and said... It turned out the man in the cap was Li Chong. Li Chong chose to find Kim Hyun-chang for two reasons: one was to find a shooting location, which Kim Hyun-chang was familiar with; the other was to help gather these people, as Li Chong himself might be torn apart if he tried to find them. Li Chong explained his plan to Kim Hyun-chang, who patted his chest, "No problem, I'll gather everyone for you... But I can't get the Gao brothers... Mainly because I can't beat them..."

"Go to hell... Who asked you to fight... I'll find them myself..." Li Chong laughed and scolded...

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