Episode 15. The Youngest Real Estate Prodigy (2)
Kang Dae-oh recalled the story about his youngest daughter that he had heard from his two daughters before.
“Did you say Yeyoung was very interested in stock information and economics?”
“Yes.”
“But didn’t you say she was a Youtuber?”
“She started there. Then her subscribers rapidly increased, and later she even started an investment business under her own name. She surprisingly had a talent for it.”
“So she did influencer activities and investment work together.”
“That’s right. At first, she started Youtube with content like daily vlogs and product reviews, but later she completely changed her broadcast concept to young and rich. Yeyoung’s company also handled my and Yebin’s asset management. Thanks to that, Yebin earned a lot of money.”
“What about you? You said you entrusted it together?”
An awkward smile spread across Kang Yera’s face.
“Yebin made good money as an actress. As for me… since I was unknown, I spent more money than I earned from investing. My initial seed money wasn’t large either.”
The word ‘unknown’ always held Kang Yera back.
Kang Dae-oh, after hearing about Kang Yeyoung from his eldest daughter, gasped inwardly.
‘By the way, everyone came from the future having made a name for themselves.’
Although Kang Yera habitually said with her own mouth that she was unknown.
Still, Kang Dae-oh knew very well how difficult it was to debut as an idol.
There must be hundreds, thousands of aspiring idols who collapse at the trainee stage.
Just by achieving the feat of debut by breaking through such high competition, it was clear that Kang Yera also had a certain level of talent.
Seeing the nursery rhyme videos and anime theme songs she sang at the hospital getting high views on Youtube, Kang Dae-oh became even more convinced.
Speaking of which.
Kang Dae-oh decided to formally ask his youngest daughter for help.
“Yeyoung-ah.”
“……?”
Since she was still in the babbling stage, she couldn’t speak well enough to communicate smoothly like Kang Yera and Kang Yebin.
So Kang Dae-oh placed a notebook in front of Kang Yeyoung, handed her a ballpoint pen as usual, and said.
“We’re planning to move. We’re going to start looking at houses next week.”
“Move?”
Min Seung-yeon reacted with surprise before Kang Yeyoung.
Kang Yebin also made the same expression as her mother.
“Unnie told Dad first that we should move, right?”
“How did you know?”
“For a few days now, unnie has been singing ‘move, move.’ She said the house we live in now is too small, and that she would tell Dad soon that we should move… I’m surprised you decided so quickly.”
“Because I’ve also been feeling the need to move for a while.”
He really wanted to tell Kang Yebin that it wasn’t an impulsive decision.
“Since Yeyoung knows a lot about real estate and investment. So I was thinking of getting some help this time.”
Kang Yeyoung quickly scribbled something down.
[Is it owner-occupied?]
Kang Dae-oh nodded his head up and down vigorously.
Then Min Seung-yeon asked again, surprised.
“Do we have money to buy a house?”
“Thanks to the kids, we’ve earned a lot, so it’s fine.”
“You also expanded and relocated the store recently.”
“It’s enough and then some. And while the store is important, it’s not as important as the house our family lives in.”
In fact, he should have seriously considered moving a long time ago.
So many things had happened until now, so from Kang Dae-oh’s perspective, it was regrettable to only now say he would look for a house.
As much as he felt sorry, he wanted to find the best possible house quickly and proceed with the move.
For that, Kang Yeyoung’s help was desperately needed.
Kang Yeyoung nodded, indicating she understood.
Instead.
[Please make sure to take me when you go look at houses.]
This was the only condition Kang Yeyoung insisted on to her dad.
Could there be any doubt?
“Okay. I’ll do that.”
It was a golden opportunity to get help from the youngest real estate prodigy. The condition of accompanying them was as easy as pie.
A week later.
Choi Sein, who received the final acceptance notification from Kang Dae-oh, raised her voice with a slightly nervous expression.
“I’m Choi Sein, officially starting work here today! Please take good care of me!”
“Please take good care of her. Oh, this is Lee Seojun, he’s been a part-timer here since before Sein-ssi came… I mean, since before our store expanded and relocated from next door to where it is now. He’s like a senior to Sein-ssi.”
“I see! Please take good care of me, sunbaenim!”
At the word ‘sunbaenim’, Lee Seojun gave an awkward smile.
“You can just call me comfortably.”
“Then… oppa?”
“…Calling me too comfortably all of a sudden is a bit much.”
It was also amazing how she found out that Lee Seojun was older than her.
Kang Dae-oh whispered quietly to Lee Seojun.
“How is it? Just like I said, right?”
“Indeed. She’s a very lively person. Her personality seems good too. She seems perfect for service work. So, including Sein-ssi, we’ve hired a total of 3 part-timers this time, right?”
“Uh, that’s right.”
The two additional part-timers decided to start working from tomorrow.
With three more people added to the store that Kang Dae-oh and Lee Seojun used to manage, the total number of staff increased to 5.
A smile spread across Lee Seojun’s face for the first time in a while.
“I’ll finally be able to breathe easily.”
“But I won’t be able to come to the store tomorrow morning.”
“Why?”
“Because I decided to go look at houses. Wait a minute… Sein-ssi.”
Choi Sein, who quickly scanned the store with her eyes, answered energetically with “Yes!” again.
“Sein-ssi, you also said you couldn’t come tomorrow morning, right?”
“That’s right. My rental period is ending, so I need to look for a new rental house.”
“I’m also planning to look at houses tomorrow. What if we end up meeting each other?”
“That would be amazing!”
Of course, both of them knew that the probability of that happening was slim.
They say the land of Korea is small, small, but it wasn’t really small in a physical sense.
“Let’s hope we both find good properties.”
“Yes, sajangnim!”
He hoped that things would go smoothly for Sein, who became a new family member starting today.
Kang Dae-oh sincerely wished as a sajangnim.
To go look at houses, Kang Dae-oh got in the car with his wife and youngest daughter.
Kang Yera and Kang Yebin also wanted to come along.
But kindergarten and daycare wouldn’t let them go.
Because of this, he had no choice but to entrust this matter entirely to his youngest daughter.
The place they moved to, following Kang Yeyoung’s guidance, was surprisingly not far from where Kang Dae-oh currently lived.
Kang Dae-oh, who arrived at a place less than 10 minutes away by car, got out of the car and repeatedly asked his youngest daughter while walking towards the real estate agency he had contacted in advance.
“The house prices around here will skyrocket later? Really?”
Kang Yeyoung nodded and replied yes.
There was nothing that could be considered a positive factor.
He couldn’t understand why she said it would rise.
Kang Yeyoung scribbled something while being held in Min Seung-yeon’s arms.
It was to write down and show Kang Dae-oh various reasons why house prices would rise.
Not only the opening of a new subway line, but also the largest multi-purpose shopping mall in Korea planned to be built within 5 years, the extension and opening of a circular highway, and the government’s announcement of a new city plan.
Undisclosed favorable factors were densely written in the small notebook Kang Yeyoung held, like a divine revelation.
Min Seung-yeon blinked her eyes several times with an expression of disbelief.
“If all of this really comes true… then, as Yeyoung says, house prices will indeed go up a lot. Right?”
“Indeed.”
Kang Yeyoung put strength into her small shoulders and struck a confident pose, saying, ‘Just trust me!’
Though that appearance merely looked cute in her mom and dad’s eyes.
As soon as they arrived at the real estate office, the real estate agent saw Kang Yeyoung and exclaimed, “Oh my!”
“Oh my goodness! She’s even cuter than I saw on the news? Ah, she’s so cute I could die!”
As if nothing had happened, Kang Yeyoung began to act like a normal baby again.
The real estate agent had also seen the interview video related to the kids cafe fire incident. Thanks to that, he immediately recognized who Kang Dae-oh’s family was as soon as he received their call.
“I wonder if I should get an autograph. Haha!”
Kang Dae-oh and Min Seung-yeon also let out awkward laughs, following the agent.
“Since you said you’d come today, I have a few properties to show you. First… how about this one?”
The agent pointed to a spot on a map hanging on one side of the wall.
“It’s called Pungyeon Apartment, and up until 10 years ago, it was the leading apartment in this area. Now, with many apartments built here and there, it’s not what it used to be, but it’s still a pretty good place. Shall we start by looking at this one?”
At this moment, Kang Yeyoung gently grabbed Kang Dae-oh’s clothes and pulled them strongly two or three times.
When Kang Dae-oh looked at her, Kang Yeyoung shook her head.
“Just a moment.”
Kang Dae-oh quietly asked his youngest daughter after excusing himself to the real estate agent for a moment.
“You only heard the apartment name and location. Wouldn’t it be better to go see it in person and decide?”
He felt it was too premature to decide against it already.
Then Kang Yeyoung unfolded one of the words she had written in advance in her notebook and showed it.
[Shoddy construction]
[Later]
[Appears in news]
“Aha.”
Since Kang Yeyoung couldn’t show herself writing in front of the real estate agent, they decided to adopt this method of writing a few words in advance and showing them.
This way, she could communicate with her dad and mom in real-time, just like now.
“Could we see other properties first?”
“Ah… it seems you’re not very interested in this one.”
“Yes. A friend of mine used to live in that apartment a long time ago. I heard a lot of bad stories about it.”
Since he couldn’t say Kang Yeyoung said it, Kang Dae-oh made a suitable excuse and requested to see other properties.
Only after receiving Kang Yeyoung’s strict (?) inspection from the very beginning could they embark on their journey to officially look at properties.
“By the way, Dae-oh-ssi, it seems you’ve researched this area a lot.”
“Me?”
“Yes. Among the people who come to look at houses, I’d say you have the best eye… because you know all the pros and cons just by hearing the apartment name. It turns out there were things I didn’t even know.”
It wasn’t empty flattery to make Kang Dae-oh feel good.
It was a compliment from the heart.
This was all thanks to Kang Yeyoung’s real-time coaching.
“I’ve been a licensed real estate agent here for 20 years, but it seems like you’d do even better than me? It’s not hard to get a real estate agent license these days. Why don’t you give it a try?”
Kang Dae-oh chuckled softly and shook his head.
“I guess I’m more suited to be a cafe owner.”
“Is that so? That’s a shame.”
Just as they were about to move to another location.
“Huh? Sajangnim!”
Kang Dae-oh’s steps stopped at a familiar voice coming from somewhere.
“Sein-ssi?”
“Oh my! We really did meet!”
Perhaps the land of South Korea was truly small even in a physical sense.
Kang Dae-oh genuinely began to wonder.
