Franchise God - Chapter 6



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Franchise God Episode 006

Chapter 2 Off-season Mushrooms (3)

“For this size of area, harvesting once a week is the most appropriate average considering the labor intensity and growing period.”

Efficiency is the most important thing in labor.

The figure of 50kg per month isn’t just for nothing.

It was an optimized efficiency value that took into account labor time, the quantity of pine mushrooms produced, and even their quality, and was refined after meticulous calculations and several trials and errors.

“At 450,000 won per kilo, that’s 50 kg per month, so that’s 22.5 million won per month.”

If we generously calculate the cost of living, the cost of gas, and the cost of maintaining the fields?

“If I assume my monthly income is around 20 million won, and consider the income tax, health insurance premiums, and national pension that I’ll have to pay later, and my living expenses… I can’t afford to build a building in Cheongdam-dong with this amount. It can’t be done.”

Ha Soo-young went straight to the Milky Way tree in the backyard. She confidently called out to him, even with her arms crossed.

“father!”

-Are you here, son?

“I think I’ve grown a lot. I think I’ll be fine even if I take two drops of the elixir every day. I hope Father makes a wise decision. Now, please give me more elixir!”

-That’s amazing. I highly respect that spirit.

“Well, then?”

-Son, but you can’t. They say that the scariest thing is when you think you’ve adapted to the pain. If you do something wrong then, you could end up twisting yourself and going away forever.

A branch suddenly snapped like an arm, as if it were cutting someone’s neck.

-One drop a day! Two drops once a week! So eight drops a week! No more than that! This is all for your own good!!

“No, Father. If you truly care about me, shouldn’t you be giving me early intensive treatment so that I can shed my human form as soon as possible? Don’t you know that these days, pre-learning, early education, and early overseas study are all the rage?”

– Inseok, just taking the elixir is already more than enough pre-learning. The candidate right before you met me took one drop a week, but he went crazy in less than half a year. That was already 300,000 years ago.

“Huh? What did you say?”

Did I mishear that just now?

One drop a week? And you’re crazy in less than half a year?

“But did you plan on giving me one drop a day from the beginning?”

-I thought it would be okay to feed you one drop a day after seeing your reaction the first time you ate it.

“No, then how much pain did that 300,000-year-old warship suffer?”

(The first and last time) I took the elixir, I was in so much pain that I almost died. I passed out for over half a day before I finally woke up.

And yet you thought it was okay to take one drop a day?

A friend who ate one drop a week went crazy in half a year?

“You really didn’t just leave that crazy guy alone?”

-Of course I treated him. But he was a cute kid who boldly asked to become a franchise god despite his lack of qualifications, so how could I just leave him like that?

“You asked for it confidently? Then you’re not my brother?”

-That’s right. Because I never adopted him. He was a prince who was just trying to take a nap for about ten thousand years on the planet Porog, but he was kicked out of the country because of a rebellion. I felt sorry for him, so I helped him a little, but I didn’t adopt him.

“why?”

-How could I adopt her when she has a mother who is alive and well? I ended up just acting as her guardian for a little while.

From the way he casually said that ten thousand years were just a moment, Ha Soo-young realized that her father really was a god.

-This is all nonsense. Anyway, one drop a day, two drops once a week, and no more. Do you understand?

‘Oh, this won’t work. I can’t even dream of owning a building in Cheongdam-dong with 20 million won a month.’

How could you possibly buy a building where the monthly rent is ten to several times that amount?

Even a kindergartener can do simple math like this.

“Father, is there anything else besides the elixir? To become a great franchise god who rules the universe, don’t you need to undergo some kind of special training? Or maybe complete a course of education?”

-Oh, what a special guy. Don’t worry. As soon as you shed your human form, the shortest full package training course will begin. This father has already organized each stage into 398, 112, 089, 761, and 335.

‘Is this how engineering students feel when they look at the syllabus at the beginning of the semester and despair?’

-So don’t worry about anything and just focus on taking the elixir. Even if I teach you something with your current head, you won’t be able to absorb it or understand it.

“But you could at least take an introductory course… no, even a liberal arts course, right? In terms of acclimating them in advance so that they become familiar with it rather than coming from a blank slate of knowledge…”

-Well, no matter what, in the current state it’s just a meaningless and unnecessary waste of time.

The tone of voice changed subtly. It was the intonation that my father usually used when he was hesitating whether to do something or not. This is my chance!

“If I could at least get the bare minimum of basic knowledge about why I have to become a franchise god, I think I would be able to endure the pain I feel when I take the elixir now a little more enjoyably. Respected father.”

-Um… … Since you have such a keen interest in learning, I, as a father, can’t just sit still. Okay. I’ll think about what I should teach you now. It might take some time because I have to decide what to teach based on your level.

“Yes, Father. I will be happy to wait.”

* * *

After a week, we were able to harvest about 12 kg of pine mushrooms.

Ha Su-yeong put the pine mushrooms she had picked into a Styrofoam box filled with natural cushioning material and placed it in a neat pile. Then she called President Jeon Seong-ryeol.

-Oh, hello. Do you have anything?

Normally, I would ask how you are doing first, but the first thing he said when he picked up the phone was, “Is there something wrong?”

‘This guy is quite the workaholic. That’s better though.

“I have 12kg. I just finished packing it. When would you like to trade?”

-I can do it right now. Where should I meet you? I’ll go down to Busan.

“That’s not necessary. I’ll go to the boss’s house. How about we do the transaction in the parking lot like last time?”

-Okay. Can I prepare it in cash? Does it have to be cash? How about a bank transfer?

“Anything is fine, but cash is appreciated.”

-Don’t prepare cash.

“thank you.”

Ha Su-yeong loaded a truck with pine mushrooms and headed to Seoul.

As we entered the parking lot of the apartment complex where CEO Jeon Seong-ryeol lives, Jeon Seong-ryeol was already waiting at the same spot as last time with one of his employees.

“You said 12kg? Is the quality the same as last time?”

“Yes, it’s about the same. It’s exactly 12.25 kg, but just say 12 kg.”

“There’s a difference of 112,500 won. How can that be? I’m a professional distributor. If I treat the producers poorly, I won’t be able to survive in the future. I’ll give you exactly 5,512,500 won.”

If you calculate it at 450,000 won per kilo, then 12.25 kg is the right price.

Jeon Seong-ryeol took out a thick envelope right there without even looking at the item.

He put three more ten thousand won bills into the envelope and handed it to Ha Su-young.

“They added 37,500 won to cover the cost of oil. That’s 5.55 million won.”

“thank you.”

“Hey, Manager Kim. Here, take this box to the store and leave right away.”

“Yes, sir.”

The employee who answered briskly moved the boxes from the truck to another truck.

Jeon Seong-ryeol turned his gaze to Ha Su-yeong again and asked.

“By the way, why is it 12kg this time and not 50kg?”