***
"Somehow, it seems like there are more young customers these days?"
"It's all because of that."
One of the group pointed to the counter with their chin. Below it was a sign that read, <Dream Tree Card Holders Get 80% Discount!!>.
"What's a Dream Tree Card?"
"It's a card given to low-income children so they can eat when they can't get school meals."
"Ah!··· The boss here does a lot of good deeds."
"That's right. Business is good, so they probably don't lack anything to sell."
"They have a good heart."
"That's why it's a popular restaurant."
"Yeah."
At first, the children came in quietly, as if they had committed a crime, ate quietly, and left. But gradually, they started to gather in groups, greet each other, and even bow politely with bright smiles as they left.
So-hye and her brother also visited Sunflower once a week to eat pork cutlet.
Seeing the children's bright smiles warmed Hae-jun's heart.
This incident made him realize that there were more children who skipped meals than he thought.
Hae-jun started a volunteer activity to distribute free lunch boxes to children by contacting a nearby volunteer group once a week.
Somehow, the number of customers had increased significantly these days.
"Why do you think that is?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure either."
Hae-jun and Dong-sik, who didn't use Instagram, were unaware that Sunflower had once again become a hot topic on Instagram.
Because of the post that said they offered an 80% discount on food when paying with a Dream Tree Card, Sunflower and its owner, Cha Hae-jun, became an issue again after the YouTube fake news incident. As a result, they often closed the store early due to a shortage of ingredients before closing time these days, and even today, which was Saturday, they closed earlier than usual.
"You worked hard this week too. Get some rest on Sunday, and I'll see you on Monday."
"Yes, sir!"
"You worked hard."
"See you on Monday."
"Goodbye."
Ko Dong-sik, who had made plans to go to an amusement park with his family tomorrow morning, was the first to leave work, followed by Kang-hoon, Min-ju, and Eun-jeong.
Hae-jun, who locked the door of Sunflower, also headed to the farm.
***
Top star Han So-yul.
Thanks to Cha Hae-jun's salad, she was able to lose as much weight as she needed to sign a contract with director Christopher Jackson and successfully land the role and start filming.
She successfully finished filming at a famous studio in Hollywood, and all that was left was filming overseas.
Director Jackson planned to film the remaining scenes in various Asian countries, including South Korea, China, and Japan, which kept Han So-yul's agency very busy.
"We can't just sit around while Director Jackson is in South Korea, can we?"
Ma Dong-chul, the manager's older brother and the agency's CEO, said.
The South Korean branch of the film production company handled all matters related to the stay and filming, but it was out of the question for the lead actress's agency to remain idle.
"What does Director Jackson like?"
"He's crazy about wine."
Dong-su, who had stayed in the United States with So-yul for several months, said.
Jackson, who was also known as a gourmet, enjoyed drinking the finest wines with his friends on days when there was no evening filming.
The restaurants he frequented were famous Michelin-starred establishments, and he only drank expensive wines that cost at least $5,000 a bottle.
"$5,000?"
It was a huge sum, almost 6 million won in Korean currency.
To think that a single bottle of wine cost 6 million won. Did they use gold dust instead of grapes to make it? she thought, but then she concluded that it was only natural for Director Jackson, who was known for his lavish spending, to indulge in such luxuries.
"It's ridiculously expensive. Can we get it in South Korea?"
"We'll have to check. If not, we'll airlift it from Japan."
"Make sure to get it and put a bottle in Director Jackson's hotel room every day. It's important for Han So-yul's image. We should do that much, shouldn't we?"
"Yes, CEO."
"So-yul, and you should sweet-talk Director Jackson and make a dinner appointment for the last day."
"Dinner? Okay. Where are we going to have dinner?"
"Since you're in South Korea, we should treat you to Korean food. Since he's a picky eater, I'll make a reservation at a three-Michelin-starred restaurant."
"Korean food? Isn't there anything special besides Korean food?"
"What's so special? When foreigners come, it's always Korean food. A generous serving of bibimbap, bulgogi, and galbi."
"Yes, CEO."
When Dong-su supported his brother's opinion, Han So-yul muttered softly, "Isn't Korean food too obvious?"
"Anyway, let's decide to do it that way."
"Yes."
"Okay."
So-yul, who didn't like something, pouted her lips.
She, like CEO Ma Dong-chul, wanted to show Director Jackson how great South Korea was.
‘Korean food is available in the US anyway.’
Our country forces kimchi, bulgogi, and bibimbap on foreigners too much.
Some people may like those dishes, but others may not. Besides, Korean food is readily available in the US, so So-yul wanted to treat them to dishes that are only available in Korea, not necessarily Korean food.
A dish that even Jackson, a gourmet, would like and that can only be eaten in Korea.
A dish that would make them remember Korea and Han So-yul forever.
‘What could it be?···’
Suddenly, a face came to mind.
Sunflower, who introduced the taste of salad to herself, a meat lover.
These days, that restaurant, which is even more popular at Instagram for selling not only fat sandwiches but also pork cutlets, cheese cutlets, and omelets. She thought that if it was Cha Hae-jun’s cooking, it would make Christopher Jackson remember the country of South Korea for a long time.
‘Even so, wouldn’t Representative Ma Dong-chul object if we were to have Jackson’s meal at Sunflower?’
Han So-yul was not prejudiced against restaurants, but there was no way that Representative Ma Dong-chul would approve of having dinner at Sunflower.
He might even jump up and down, asking if they were going to send away such an important guest with just pork cutlets.
However, So-yul wanted Jackson to eat Chef Cha Hae-jun’s food at Sunflower by any means necessary.
Because Director Jackson would definitely fall for Cha Hae-jun’s food.
‘If we can’t go, we can just have him come. But how do we call him?’
So-yul, who had been thinking hard, came up with a good idea.
We just have to make Cha Hae-jun come to the filming location.
“Okay. Then I’ll prepare a food truck.”
“A food truck? What kind of food truck?”
“When Director Jackson is filming. I’ll send a food truck.”
“The production company said they would set up a special buffet of Korean food at a hotel.”
“Separately from that. You can think of it as a snack. It would be nice to put my picture and name on it. I’ll prepare it myself with my own money.”
“Well, do as you like.”
There was no reason to stop So-yul if she insisted on preparing it herself.
So-yul immediately searched for the Sunflower menu on the Instagram.
The fat sandwich that made the current Sunflower what it was, the currently popular pork cutlet, and even the cold brew coffee were enough to satisfy Christopher Jackson’s picky taste.
‘Hehe··· It must be delicious.’
So-yul called the Sunflower store.
However, for some reason, no one answered the phone, causing the signal to cut off.
***
At that moment.
Hae-jun, who had entered the farm, went straight to James's carpentry workshop.
"Sir."
"What's the matter?"
"I have a favor to ask."
“A favor? Are you asking me to eat the leftover wine because you have too much?”
"That's about right."
Hae-jun came to James to build a new wine cellar.
As he made grape seed oil, wine continued to be produced, and there was not enough space to store the red wine.
Hae-jun did not enjoy drinking wine, and he only used it as an ingredient for Pork Cutlet sauce or when he asked James for carpentry work.
"Wine! Where is my wine?"
James, who was paralyzed with shock, glanced behind Hae-jun and looked for the wine.
"Calm down, sir. The wine is in the aging cellar."
"You didn't bring it?"
"Yes."
"Oh, man."
Hae-jun gave James, who looked very disappointed, some hopeful news.
"I've been increasing the production of grape seed oil lately, so I've made too much wine. If you build me a cellar, I'll let you drink as much wine as you want."
"That's good news. Where should I build the cellar? I recently got some good quality oak wood. A wine cellar. It's the first request I've liked in a while. I'll put my heart and soul into building it. Hahaha!"
He was always sincere when it came to alcohol.
James felt even better when Hae-jun said he would give him some of the high-quality ham he had recently made and the cheese that Chloe had made as side dishes.
He barely managed to stop himself from going to build it right away.
"Let's build it quickly. I need to drink the wine."
"Is that wine really that delicious?"
"What do you mean, 'delicious' It's the best. Haven't you tried it?"
He had tried it, but wine was too difficult for Hae-jun, who preferred soju. Maybe he couldn't adapt to its unique sour taste and aroma.
That's why he always used wine as a cooking ingredient.
"Then I'll ask you a favor."
"Leave it to me."
After finishing the request to build a wine cellar, Hae-jun stopped by the general store to buy two more traps and headed to the beach.
This time, he was with Mongchi.
Hae-jun had suffered a bitter defeat(?) by Mongchi before.
Unlike Mongchi, who had caught rock bream after rock bream while spearfishing, Hae-jun had not caught anything even after fishing for more than six hours on the rock reef. He had learned how to fish by watching YouTube videos in his spare time to avenge that day's humiliation.
Expensive seafood such as sea urchins, abalones, and turban shells are what rockfish like, and they also inhabit areas where birds collide.
Although I don't have modern fishing equipment, I've studied baiting methods and timing through videos.
These days, thanks to YouTube, I can learn anything easily.
"Just you wait. This time, I'll catch you."
"Meow."
I was completely defeated in the first fishing competition, but this time I wanted to win.
It's a matter of pride, but the fried rockfish was so delicious.
Somehow, if I could stably supply rockfish, I thought it would be nice to make and sell 10 servings a day.
However, the problem is Hae-jun's fishing skills. He's not as good as the idiot who hunts for fun, so even if he wanted to sell fried rockfish, it was a menu that couldn't be sold.
"Let's get the bait first."
Hae-jun, who arrived at the beach, took off his clothes and went into the water.
‘Wow···.’
The emerald-colored sea of Southeast Asia, which is hard to see in Korea. The inside was truly a spectacular view.
Coral reefs and strange rocks. Schools of fish swimming between them, and living creatures such as abalones and turban shells crawling between the bottom or rocks were also visible.
‘As expected.’
I thought that if there were rockfish or lobsters, there would be other living creatures as well.
Since they also need to feed, I guessed that there would be plenty of things that could be food in the sea.
As Hae-jun expected, abalones and turban shells, which are rockfish's favorite food, were abundant.
And,
‘There are sea urchins too.’
I came into the water to catch rockfish bait, but I was so absorbed in sightseeing that I lost my mind.
After snorkeling back and forth over the water several times and admiring the underwater scenery, I finally started to collect the bait I had forgotten.
‘Oh! That’s.’
Abalone the size of an adult's palm appeared in Ha-jun's sight, who was catching seafood.
It was a B-class abalone.
The first B-grade ingredient he had seen on the Dimensional Farm.
He held his breath and swam, barely managing to catch the B-grade abalone.
This was too precious to use as rockfish bait, so he put it in a floating net, took it to the Sunflower, and sliced it to eat with soju.
"Whew~! I'm all done."
Hae-jun came up to the rocks with a lot of bait.
Now it was time to start fishing in earnest. He set up three fish traps in different places and took a seat at a good fishing spot.
"Meow!"
Mongchi, as if it were nothing, hunted down a rockfish.
"Oh? Are you trying to show me?"
"Meow! Meow!"
"Okay. I'm not going to lose this time."
"Meow."
As Hae-jun cast his fishing rod, Mongchi ran off to the other side and started hunting.
"······."
He waited patiently for a bite.
The bait was sea urchins and clams, which rockfish liked the most.
Tok-
Thud!
He felt a bite.
It was the rockfish bite that the professional fisherman had talked about on YouTube.
As expected, one should learn from others. He had never had a bite in 6 hours, but he got one just 15 minutes after starting to fish.
Hae-jun waited patiently, not reeling in his line too quickly. And then,
Koook-!
The rod bent and slammed down.
"It's on!"
Swish-
He felt a heavy sensation on his hand along with the reeling.
***
"Somehow, it seems like there are more young customers these days?"
"It's all because of that."
One of the group pointed to the counter with their chin. Below it was a sign that read, <Dream Tree Card Holders Get 80% Discount!!>.
"What's a Dream Tree Card?"
"It's a card given to low-income children so they can eat when they can't get school meals."
"Ah!··· The boss here does a lot of good deeds."
"That's right. Business is good, so they probably don't lack anything to sell."
"They have a good heart."
"That's why it's a popular restaurant."
"Yeah."
At first, the children came in quietly, as if they had committed a crime, ate quietly, and left. But gradually, they started to gather in groups, greet each other, and even bow politely with bright smiles as they left.
So-hye and her brother also visited Sunflower once a week to eat pork cutlet.
Seeing the children's bright smiles warmed Hae-jun's heart.
This incident made him realize that there were more children who skipped meals than he thought.
Hae-jun started a volunteer activity to distribute free lunch boxes to children by contacting a nearby volunteer group once a week.
Somehow, the number of customers had increased significantly these days.
"Why do you think that is?"
"I don't know. I'm not sure either."
Hae-jun and Dong-sik, who didn't use Instagram, were unaware that Sunflower had once again become a hot topic on Instagram.
Because of the post that said they offered an 80% discount on food when paying with a Dream Tree Card, Sunflower and its owner, Cha Hae-jun, became an issue again after the YouTube fake news incident. As a result, they often closed the store early due to a shortage of ingredients before closing time these days, and even today, which was Saturday, they closed earlier than usual.
"You worked hard this week too. Get some rest on Sunday, and I'll see you on Monday."
"Yes, sir!"
"You worked hard."
"See you on Monday."
"Goodbye."
Ko Dong-sik, who had made plans to go to an amusement park with his family tomorrow morning, was the first to leave work, followed by Kang-hoon, Min-ju, and Eun-jeong.
Hae-jun, who locked the door of Sunflower, also headed to the farm.
***
Top star Han So-yul.
Thanks to Cha Hae-jun's salad, she was able to lose as much weight as she needed to sign a contract with director Christopher Jackson and successfully land the role and start filming.
She successfully finished filming at a famous studio in Hollywood, and all that was left was filming overseas.
Director Jackson planned to film the remaining scenes in various Asian countries, including South Korea, China, and Japan, which kept Han So-yul's agency very busy.
"We can't just sit around while Director Jackson is in South Korea, can we?"
Ma Dong-chul, the manager's older brother and the agency's CEO, said.
The South Korean branch of the film production company handled all matters related to the stay and filming, but it was out of the question for the lead actress's agency to remain idle.
"What does Director Jackson like?"
"He's crazy about wine."
Dong-su, who had stayed in the United States with So-yul for several months, said.
Jackson, who was also known as a gourmet, enjoyed drinking the finest wines with his friends on days when there was no evening filming.
The restaurants he frequented were famous Michelin-starred establishments, and he only drank expensive wines that cost at least $5,000 a bottle.
"$5,000?"
It was a huge sum, almost 6 million won in Korean currency.
To think that a single bottle of wine cost 6 million won. Did they use gold dust instead of grapes to make it? she thought, but then she concluded that it was only natural for Director Jackson, who was known for his lavish spending, to indulge in such luxuries.
"It's ridiculously expensive. Can we get it in South Korea?"
"We'll have to check. If not, we'll airlift it from Japan."
"Make sure to get it and put a bottle in Director Jackson's hotel room every day. It's important for Han So-yul's image. We should do that much, shouldn't we?"
"Yes, CEO."
"So-yul, and you should sweet-talk Director Jackson and make a dinner appointment for the last day."
"Dinner? Okay. Where are we going to have dinner?"
"Since you're in South Korea, we should treat you to Korean food. Since he's a picky eater, I'll make a reservation at a three-Michelin-starred restaurant."
"Korean food? Isn't there anything special besides Korean food?"
"What's so special? When foreigners come, it's always Korean food. A generous serving of bibimbap, bulgogi, and galbi."
"Yes, CEO."
When Dong-su supported his brother's opinion, Han So-yul muttered softly, "Isn't Korean food too obvious?"
"Anyway, let's decide to do it that way."
"Yes."
"Okay."
So-yul, who didn't like something, pouted her lips.
She, like CEO Ma Dong-chul, wanted to show Director Jackson how great South Korea was.
‘Korean food is available in the US anyway.’
Our country forces kimchi, bulgogi, and bibimbap on foreigners too much.
Some people may like those dishes, but others may not. Besides, Korean food is readily available in the US, so So-yul wanted to treat them to dishes that are only available in Korea, not necessarily Korean food.
A dish that even Jackson, a gourmet, would like and that can only be eaten in Korea.
A dish that would make them remember Korea and Han So-yul forever.
‘What could it be?···’
Suddenly, a face came to mind.
Sunflower, who introduced the taste of salad to herself, a meat lover.
These days, that restaurant, which is even more popular at Instagram for selling not only fat sandwiches but also pork cutlets, cheese cutlets, and omelets. She thought that if it was Cha Hae-jun’s cooking, it would make Christopher Jackson remember the country of South Korea for a long time.
‘Even so, wouldn’t Representative Ma Dong-chul object if we were to have Jackson’s meal at Sunflower?’
Han So-yul was not prejudiced against restaurants, but there was no way that Representative Ma Dong-chul would approve of having dinner at Sunflower.
He might even jump up and down, asking if they were going to send away such an important guest with just pork cutlets.
However, So-yul wanted Jackson to eat Chef Cha Hae-jun’s food at Sunflower by any means necessary.
Because Director Jackson would definitely fall for Cha Hae-jun’s food.
‘If we can’t go, we can just have him come. But how do we call him?’
So-yul, who had been thinking hard, came up with a good idea.
We just have to make Cha Hae-jun come to the filming location.
“Okay. Then I’ll prepare a food truck.”
“A food truck? What kind of food truck?”
“When Director Jackson is filming. I’ll send a food truck.”
“The production company said they would set up a special buffet of Korean food at a hotel.”
“Separately from that. You can think of it as a snack. It would be nice to put my picture and name on it. I’ll prepare it myself with my own money.”
“Well, do as you like.”
There was no reason to stop So-yul if she insisted on preparing it herself.
So-yul immediately searched for the Sunflower menu on the Instagram.
The fat sandwich that made the current Sunflower what it was, the currently popular pork cutlet, and even the cold brew coffee were enough to satisfy Christopher Jackson’s picky taste.
‘Hehe··· It must be delicious.’
So-yul called the Sunflower store.
However, for some reason, no one answered the phone, causing the signal to cut off.
***
At that moment.
Hae-jun, who had entered the farm, went straight to James's carpentry workshop.
"Sir."
"What's the matter?"
"I have a favor to ask."
“A favor? Are you asking me to eat the leftover wine because you have too much?”
"That's about right."
Hae-jun came to James to build a new wine cellar.
As he made grape seed oil, wine continued to be produced, and there was not enough space to store the red wine.
Hae-jun did not enjoy drinking wine, and he only used it as an ingredient for Pork Cutlet sauce or when he asked James for carpentry work.
"Wine! Where is my wine?"
James, who was paralyzed with shock, glanced behind Hae-jun and looked for the wine.
"Calm down, sir. The wine is in the aging cellar."
"You didn't bring it?"
"Yes."
"Oh, man."
Hae-jun gave James, who looked very disappointed, some hopeful news.
"I've been increasing the production of grape seed oil lately, so I've made too much wine. If you build me a cellar, I'll let you drink as much wine as you want."
"That's good news. Where should I build the cellar? I recently got some good quality oak wood. A wine cellar. It's the first request I've liked in a while. I'll put my heart and soul into building it. Hahaha!"
He was always sincere when it came to alcohol.
James felt even better when Hae-jun said he would give him some of the high-quality ham he had recently made and the cheese that Chloe had made as side dishes.
He barely managed to stop himself from going to build it right away.
"Let's build it quickly. I need to drink the wine."
"Is that wine really that delicious?"
"What do you mean, 'delicious' It's the best. Haven't you tried it?"
He had tried it, but wine was too difficult for Hae-jun, who preferred soju. Maybe he couldn't adapt to its unique sour taste and aroma.
That's why he always used wine as a cooking ingredient.
"Then I'll ask you a favor."
"Leave it to me."
After finishing the request to build a wine cellar, Hae-jun stopped by the general store to buy two more traps and headed to the beach.
This time, he was with Mongchi.
Hae-jun had suffered a bitter defeat(?) by Mongchi before.
Unlike Mongchi, who had caught rock bream after rock bream while spearfishing, Hae-jun had not caught anything even after fishing for more than six hours on the rock reef. He had learned how to fish by watching YouTube videos in his spare time to avenge that day's humiliation.
Expensive seafood such as sea urchins, abalones, and turban shells are what rockfish like, and they also inhabit areas where birds collide.
Although I don't have modern fishing equipment, I've studied baiting methods and timing through videos.
These days, thanks to YouTube, I can learn anything easily.
"Just you wait. This time, I'll catch you."
"Meow."
I was completely defeated in the first fishing competition, but this time I wanted to win.
It's a matter of pride, but the fried rockfish was so delicious.
Somehow, if I could stably supply rockfish, I thought it would be nice to make and sell 10 servings a day.
However, the problem is Hae-jun's fishing skills. He's not as good as the idiot who hunts for fun, so even if he wanted to sell fried rockfish, it was a menu that couldn't be sold.
"Let's get the bait first."
Hae-jun, who arrived at the beach, took off his clothes and went into the water.
‘Wow···.’
The emerald-colored sea of Southeast Asia, which is hard to see in Korea. The inside was truly a spectacular view.
Coral reefs and strange rocks. Schools of fish swimming between them, and living creatures such as abalones and turban shells crawling between the bottom or rocks were also visible.
‘As expected.’
I thought that if there were rockfish or lobsters, there would be other living creatures as well.
Since they also need to feed, I guessed that there would be plenty of things that could be food in the sea.
As Hae-jun expected, abalones and turban shells, which are rockfish's favorite food, were abundant.
And,
‘There are sea urchins too.’
I came into the water to catch rockfish bait, but I was so absorbed in sightseeing that I lost my mind.
After snorkeling back and forth over the water several times and admiring the underwater scenery, I finally started to collect the bait I had forgotten.
‘Oh! That’s.’
Abalone the size of an adult's palm appeared in Ha-jun's sight, who was catching seafood.
It was a B-class abalone.
The first B-grade ingredient he had seen on the Dimensional Farm.
He held his breath and swam, barely managing to catch the B-grade abalone.
This was too precious to use as rockfish bait, so he put it in a floating net, took it to the Sunflower, and sliced it to eat with soju.
"Whew~! I'm all done."
Hae-jun came up to the rocks with a lot of bait.
Now it was time to start fishing in earnest. He set up three fish traps in different places and took a seat at a good fishing spot.
"Meow!"
Mongchi, as if it were nothing, hunted down a rockfish.
"Oh? Are you trying to show me?"
"Meow! Meow!"
"Okay. I'm not going to lose this time."
"Meow."
As Hae-jun cast his fishing rod, Mongchi ran off to the other side and started hunting.
"······."
He waited patiently for a bite.
The bait was sea urchins and clams, which rockfish liked the most.
Tok-
Thud!
He felt a bite.
It was the rockfish bite that the professional fisherman had talked about on YouTube.
As expected, one should learn from others. He had never had a bite in 6 hours, but he got one just 15 minutes after starting to fish.
Hae-jun waited patiently, not reeling in his line too quickly. And then,
Koook-!
The rod bent and slammed down.
"It's on!"
Swish-
He felt a heavy sensation on his hand along with the reeling.
