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Jisoo
Kim Seokjin, owner and CEO of Trace-Tech group, ranking #2 in South Korea Tech survey and #14 in the International Roundtable Tech review magazine.

I mean this guy is in the league with Hubspot, Procore, Facebook, even Google and a bit of an overachiever.

At the age of 20 he sold his first pitch to Ledlin Tech, and at 24 he had already created his own company. Currently he is 30 and is rolling with some of the big names in the Tech market.

I know all these because Shanghai Group have been dying to have him on the Decel Digitals project for the past two years now, and all of a sudden, three days ago I got a call that he went through our proposal and is willing to meet.

I'm sitting at the edge of my company's conference room table, wondering just how such a successful man could still be single at 30.

Don't get me wrong, the fact that he had agreed to meet after two years is just marvelous and I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that, but I've only seen him on business magazines and I must say, they don't do justice to the real deal sitting right in front of me.

He's not a social bee and you would never see him in the gossip colon of any magazines, his private life is like top secret and such a mysterious attribute kinda messes with my sense sometimes.

Our business proposal fits his company well, and it went with a tempting offer we hope he won't refuse.

Silently and boldly he sat on his chair, staring at the file and it's content like he was just seeing it for the first time. Only his entourage made comments and inquired on his behalf.

"Does something in the proposal strike you as unsafe Mr Kim?" I asked, not being able to keep up with the way he looked at the documents suspiciously.

"It's not that, I'm just hoping to find the slightest clause or error in here so I can back out, but nothing." He spoke finally as he closed the file and finally looked up at me.

I felt my heart skip a beat, but this was strictly business so Jisoo, calm down.

"Good then, that means you can't back out even if you wanted to." I stated confidently, smirking playfully.

"Don't be too sure Ms Jeon Jisoo, I can do whatever I want," he warned.

Okay, he may be handsome, hot and mysterious, but his attitude is way off Main Street.

Maybe I'm wired differently, but I can tell when I won't get along with someone and he is one of those times.

I get it, it's business and all so we have to be professional, but you're allowed to smile every now and then at least to ease off the tension in the room.

But he didn't want that, so I got serious as that's what he wants.

"So does this mean you're in?" I asked, going straight to the point. He looked at me for few seconds, then at the file in front of him and nodded.

"My manager and secretary will discuss the rest of the details with you, I've got other business to attend to, if you'll excuse me," he replied rather rudely.

Haaa, no man has ever spoken to me in such tone before, let alone discharge me like we've just wasted his precious time.

'Relax Jisoo, it's for the company, you are doing all these for the company'.

I signaled my secretary to see him off, while I left to my office, but my manager stayed to discuss further with his people.

Who does he think he is? No, seriously what an attitude. I know he has to be tough as a businessman and all, but hello?