Franchise God - Chapter 17
Only Krnovel
Franchise God Episode 017
Chapter 4 Is export also considered bullying? (2)
“What? 1 ton? You’re exporting it to Japan?”
“I heard that. It’s not even the season, so where can you get a ton of mushrooms? Frozen ones probably won’t sell well in Japan.”
In the first place, all the special quality mushrooms that could be sold to Japan were sold out that year, so there was nothing left to keep frozen.
Matsutake mushrooms that are stored for long periods in the freezer are of a grade below medium.
However, just because it is low grade does not mean it has a bad scent.
This is because the grade of the mushroom is determined by how perfectly its shape has grown.
“Where did you hear that story? Tell me more.”
Jeong Jae-min was puzzled by his friend’s urgent attitude, but explained it to the best of his knowledge.
“So, there is a small agricultural product distribution company called Seongryeol Distribution.”
After hearing the whole story, Makemiya raised his voice for no reason.
“No, why are you just watching that?”
“What would I do if I bought a ton of mushrooms?”
“What are you doing? Aren’t you the owner of a restaurant?”
“Hey, dude. We don’t need premium quality mushrooms. For foods that can use mushrooms, just grind up medium- to low-grade frozen mushrooms and that’s it.”
“That’s why you’ve been making and selling instant foods your whole life. You have no ambition, no ambition.”
“If we sell just 1 ton of Songi to Japan, will we make 1 billion won in sales? Do we have to go out and try to make that much sales? Even so, our company’s sales are over 1 trillion won, 1 trillion won.”
“Okay, give me the contact information for Seongryeol Distribution.”
“What are you going to do with that?”
“I have something to do, so give it to me.”
Jeong Jae-min contacted his subordinate and found out the phone number of Seongryeol Distribution Co., Ltd.
Makemiya muttered quietly as he saved the number on his phone.
So that your friends don’t hear.
“Are you saying that you make my chronic disease medicine here?”
* * *
“Thank you! Be blessed, Father!”
-The franchise god is said to be a being who spreads blessings throughout the universe, not a being who receives blessings.
“This is an expression that is full of my gratitude and filial piety. Let’s not get into the details.”
-Well, it’s for your benefit too.
Anyway, you should never drink more than one drop a day. If you drink too little, you could die.
“Yes, Father.”
After several days of tedious secondary negotiations, Ha Su-yeong achieved a great success.
I decided to just take the elixir that had been increased to ten drops a day, as needed.
The reason why the Milky Way tree gave its consent at the end of the argument was simple.
-I looked into the conditions for opening and it said you had to take it for at least 30 years to advance to the next stage. Ten drops a day wouldn’t do. So I had no choice but to extract as much of the elixir as possible.
This is because of the restrictions that the original creator has placed on the avatar.
The next locked training course will be unlocked after taking the elixir consistently for about 30 years.
“Can’t we just take out 30 years’ worth all at once now?”
-Do you really think there isn’t a safety device like that? Of course, they’d think I was strange and come running to Earth right away.
“Is that okay? I can see my father’s face too.”
-Dude, why did I… … .
“Then I’ll have to deal properly with my father and get a few buildings in Cheongdam-dong. I’m sure he has some money stashed away.”
-… … I feel pathetic for being moved even for a moment.
“Okay, then please give me the elixir.”
-Bring a water jug.
“Yep, here it is.”
Ha Su-yeong held out a large water jug with both hands and bowed her head in a very respectful manner.
It is an attitude filled with infinite obedience, like a slave accepting a gift from his master.
A branch extending like a hand toward the water jug trembled.
Did you find your son’s attitude pathetic?
-Are you accepting a pardon or something? Why does the guy who’s going to be the franchise god have no pride at all?
“Father, how could a lowly person like me dare to overcome a probability of one in ten trillion?”
-It’s only one ten-trillionth!
“I am simply observing etiquette before the most noble father in the universe. Now, please pass down the elixir.”
The tree branch, which had been staggering for a moment as if sighing, soon filled the empty water jug with the elixir.
“Then, Father, I hope you have a peaceful day today.”
Ha Su-yeong returned in a cheerful mood, and Eunha Ha Shin-mok, who had been silent for a long time, quietly sighed.
-When did the prices in Cheongdam-dong rise so much…?
I thought that if my son became the owner of a building in Cheongdam-dong, he would be more enthusiastic about the studies I gave him. So I pretended not to know and increased the elixir to ten drops a day.
But I realized that that wasn’t enough, so after much thought, I gave him the elixir while adding a lie.
-That guy, you give him this much, but you bet he only drinks one drop a week, right?
It’s really hard to raise a son well.
* * *
Jeon Seong-ryeol was diligently researching various things for export to Japan.
Ha Su-yeong guaranteed that he would be able to consistently supply more than 500 kg per month.
In that case, we need to secure a distribution network for continuous sales.
Fortunately, matsutake mushrooms are extremely popular among gourmets in Japan, so there was no difficulty in opening up sales channels.
“Those guys are like robbers!”
That’s because they’re all trying to hit each other.
At first, I looked into domestic distributors that export food ingredients to Japan.
The distributor already knew that Baekdu Hotel had been consistently supplying pine mushrooms, and offered to do business with them as a favor.
“You want 30% of the profits as commission? Does that make any sense?”
At this time, you can easily get at least 1.5 million won per kilogram in Japan.
Domestic exporters demanded 30 percent of the profits in exchange for using their Japanese distribution networks.
They say that because the export volume is so small, they have to do a lot of work themselves.
That wasn’t entirely wrong.
The scale of the distributor’s transactions with Japanese companies was over 100 billion won per year.
“But you want a 30% auction fee? I’ve never heard of such terms. Ha, how ridiculous must you be to make fun of us to say such nonsense….”
“They do that because they know that if it’s not them, we won’t be able to sell mushrooms to Japan.”
Employee Park Ki-soo clapped his hands as if he was gnashing his teeth.
“Honestly, that’s true. We know a company in Japan, we know someone who can speak Japanese, we know something about the Japanese market, we have no export experience at all, so even if we wanted to use a ship, we would have no idea what to do.”
“Kid, that’s true, but aren’t you secretly upset?”
“Hey, the CEO is quick to grasp reality. He knows that if he just goes into the ground without any knowledge, things will get messed up, so he wants to bring in an experienced company.”
The problem is that the other party knows this, so they are making ridiculous demands.
“The tyranny of these big companies, no, they sell DRAMs all over the world and have so much money, so why on earth are they even entering the agricultural and marine product distribution sector to suck the blood out of the common people?”
“Sir, Seohae Foods has nothing to do with Seohae Electronics. They only have the same name, Seohae Group, but they are completely affiliated with each other. They are barely at the bottom of the 6th rank, let alone the true bone.
“Anyway, let’s all talk about what we should do.”
“How can we, who barely make ends meet by selling rice and potatoes domestically, make such judgments?”
“Rice potatoes! It’s so hard!”
Jeon Seong-ryeol was excited, and Park Gi-su spoke cautiously.
“Sir, our opponent is a large corporation. They don’t even want to compromise with a hole-in-the-wall shop like us. How can we possibly negotiate properly?”
“So you’re saying we should take 30% of the auction proceeds? If it’s 400kg a month, that’s at least 600 million won. Are you just going to sit there and watch those guys take 180 million won? If I can’t even handle this much and get caught, what will our CEO Ha think of me?”