Franchise God - Chapter 24



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Chapter 5: If you give me the mushrooms, I will give you the deposit (4)

The 200 meter by 200 meter field that was created for testing was filled with golden waves.

It is a golden feast, without a single gap to be seen.

Each and every one of them was a golden silk umbrella mushroom.

Even Jeon Seong-ryeol, who is an expert on agricultural products, was so captivated by the magnificent scenery that seemed to be covered in gold that he was at a loss for words.

Ha Su-young was equally surprised.

‘No, it’s possible to grow like this in just one day? This is so efficient.’

It usually takes a week for a pine mushroom to grow fully. And the spores were spread just yesterday.

So I thought that by now the young spore columns would have just started to push up through the ground.

I brought him here just to show Jeon Seong-ryeol that much, but who would have thought he would grow so much in just one day?

“Did you grow this by yourself?”

“For now, yes. I was surprised because it grew faster than I thought.”

It wasn’t really explained how fast it grew.

There’s no need to reveal everything.

Jeon Seong-ryeol became anxious and stamped his feet.

“This is not the time. Let’s collect it quickly.”

“Yes? This much for the two of us?”

“I’ll do everything, so you just listen to it! If you leave it like this, you’ll end up as food for wild animals, right?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol grabbed a basket and started picking golden umbrella mushrooms.

Although it was an area of ​​40,000 square meters, the harvesting work was not difficult because you just had to reach out and pick whatever you could find.

“But are we really going to do all this between the two of us right now?”

“How heavy is this thing?”

“Sir, if we assume each of these weighs 40g and that they grow at a rate of 200 per square meter, and the area here is 200m by 200m, or 40,000m2, then the estimated number of mushrooms is 8 million and the estimated weight is 320 tons, right?”

“The two of us aren’t trying to lift 320 tons right now, are we?”

Only then did Jeon Seong-ryeol feel embarrassed and let go of his hand.

I was so captivated by the mushroom field that was so densely packed that I couldn’t even find a single space between them that I blindly shouted, “Forage, charge forward!”

‘I got infected too.’

Ha Soo-young said, shaking her hands and standing up.

“Just call someone.”

* * *

It took three full days to gather all the mushrooms and transport them, using a lot of people.

Although he had to urgently rent a large warehouse because he ran out of space to store his mushrooms, Jeon Seong-ryeol was more excited than ever.

“It’s 300 tons, 300 tons.”

“Tonight in my dream a mushroom girl appeared and said she was the girl who weighed three hundred tons. I wonder if that’s what happened.”

“Your judgment is truly amazing. Amazing, amazing.”

Just by scanning the field, he adjusted the total shipment amount to a 20-ton margin of error. This was impossible without a lot of experience or a genius sense.

Jeon Seong-ryeol began to see Ha Su-yeong differently.

“At 100,000 won per kilogram, that’s a total of 30 billion won! We’ve earned 30 billion won now!”

“Hey, that’s the final consumer, and considering the storage and logistics costs, as well as the retail margin, we can sell it for around 9 billion won. You know that, don’t you?”

“Ah! Let me cheer up too!”

Although Ha Su-young’s words are not wrong, it is true that the final market price of those mushrooms is 30 billion won.

Suddenly, Jeon Seong-ryeol asked in a lowered voice.

“How much does that cost to produce?”

“How much did you spend on people, transportation, and storage?”

“It’s not even 100 million.”

“I didn’t hear 100 million either.”

“hmm…….”

Jeon Seong-ryeol was lost in thought.

If Ha Su-yeong’s words are true, the price of the Golden Silk Umbrella Mushroom could be dropped drastically.

“The current consumer price is 100,000 won per kilo, but even if you drop it to the level of shiitake mushrooms, there’s still a lot left over. 20,000 won per kilo.

Even if you lower it further, there’s still a lot left.”

“Is it really necessary to lower the price to such an extreme? If you lower the price too drastically, it will be difficult to raise it again later due to psychological resistance.”

“I’m thinking of selling it at different prices.”

“How? I don’t know if it’s in different national markets, but in a single country’s market, if you sell them roughly the same, there won’t be any complaints.”

“It doesn’t matter if the price is different whether you sell it raw or processed.”

“I see you have something in mind?”

“I’m still thinking about it, thinking about it.”

“Let me hear from you as a business partner what that plan is.”

“Well, if you say it like that, I have no choice but to open my mouth.”

fellow trader.

An absolute joker word that mercilessly breaks down Jeon Seong-ryeol’s defense.

He sighed deeply and spoke with uncertainty.

“You shouldn’t laugh when you hear that. It’s still just a vague idea.”

“Of course. Feel free to talk. All initial ideas are inherently stupid.”

Judging from the fact that he was about to burst into laughter after hearing those words, Ha Soo-young’s wit was no ordinary one.

“Actually, I’ve been working in the food distribution industry for decades… but I have a big dream of my own. It’s vague, though.”

“Are you planning to open your own food factory or franchise… no, a franchise restaurant business?”

“Huh! How did you know? I didn’t even tell my employees?”

“Isn’t the ultimate dream of component manufacturers to evolve into finished product companies? It’s obvious that this is the final form of the tech tree.”

“……It’s a ghost, really.”

“So anyway?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol hesitated and then opened his mouth.

“I wanted to start a finished food company. Of course, I gave up because it was ridiculous for my subject. Don’t laugh too much.”

“It’s okay. I originally had a really big dream.”

“Pine mushrooms have a decent profit margin and are originally intended for rich gourmets, so they have their limitations… But I think golden umbrella mushrooms can be used in other ways.”

“Is that the price diversification you were talking about earlier? Just selling it raw and selling it processed are priced differently?”

“That’s right.”

“Do you have any items in mind?? I had one in mind even before I started growing Golden Silk Umbrella Mushrooms.”

“Oh, really?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol smiled brightly, but then his expression darkened.

“If you have something in mind, why would I bother to take action? I have contributed absolutely nothing to mushroom cultivation.”

“But you can work for me. We’re partners, aren’t we?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol’s expression changed strangely.

The word ‘partner’ had a different meaning than before.

Jeon Seong-ryeol had been feeling this way since some time ago.

Ha Soo-young knows that she is not the vessel that can contain it.

If he finds another partner right now, he will end up like a kite with a broken string.

So maybe that’s why the vague dream I had before became more concrete.

To show your coworkers that you are still capable, have a lot of room for change, and are enthusiastic.

“A food company… That’s great. It’s exactly what I had in mind.”

“Is that so?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol was delighted and asked back.

Ha Soo-young crossed her arms and slowly tapped her fingers.

“But we’re still at the level of heading to bare ground, so we can’t start doing everything at once, and we need a killer item that can surprise the market in the beginning.”

“That’s true.”

“Do you have something in mind as your first item? A food item that will surprise the market by using the Golden Umbrella Mushroom, which has successfully lowered its cultivation cost?”

Jeon Seong-ryeol intuitively felt that Ha Su-yeong was testing him right now.

Instead of feeling unpleasant, I felt a mixture of excitement and tension.

If he passes this test without a hitch, he will still be able to be with Ha Soo-young.

“It’s ramen.”

Ha Soo-young answered with a faint smile.

“We both had the same thoughts.”