Chapter 101 – Starting a Business.
With the release of Cup Chicken, countless requests came in for her mother to make a branch.
Regardless of whether it was a branch or a franchise, I was thinking of expanding quickly, so I picked a close and trustworthy person whom my mother recognized, and expanded the number to 10 ‘Kim Hee-kyung Tteok Skewers’ at once.
The method was like the 2nd and 3rd stores of ‘Kim Hee-kyung Tteok Skewers’, where they signed a contract with a lawyer and gave out branches on the condition that they receive fixed profits every month and put up a signboard for ‘Kim Hee-kyung Tteok Skewers’.
Some people chose a food stall, while others, like Aunt Hyo-seon, opened a shop.
Instead, the location was determined by me.
It was harder than I thought to find a location because I tried not to overlap the commercial districts.
Opening 5 stores at once, I really had to run around until my feet were sweaty.
However, since there are now 11 stores, the amount of money in her mother’s hands was enormous.
With profits coming in one month a week, I thought I would be rich even if I stayed still.
I wanted to take this opportunity to get her mother out of her business and into her franchise business.
So whenever I went around to make equinoxes, I always went with my mother.
For the time being, Auntie Jeong-hee will be in charge of the mother’s store and will run the whole thing.
I asked my mother to hand over her shop to Aunt Jeong-hee, and decided to receive only 40% of the profit.
My mother saw that I cared about Aunt Jeong-hee and she rolled her eyes slightly, but she said that if it was Aunt Jeong-hee, she was fine and she said so.
Aunt Jeong-hee hired more of her part-time aunts to run her food stall, and her mother also came and helped with the work from time to time.
Aunt Jeong-hee’s monthly income almost doubled, and eventually her uncle quit her print shop and went to work at her shop.
For more than 15 days, her mother met people, signed a contract with a lawyer, and attended the central market to prepare for her business.
As the number of branch offices increased, there were additional items added to the contract.
It was an oath never to leak the sauce making method to anyone else.
Since there is no intermediary distribution company yet, my mother went to the branch and taught me how to make tteokbokki and sauce for several days.
If you set up a franchise company, then you would have to set up a sauce making factory and supply it, but now it was impossible, so my mother was teaching me how to make it myself.
It was for this reason that the equinoxes could have been increased a lot faster, but they hadn’t yet.
At this time, I was thinking of Hyejeong.
She planned to get Aunt Hyejeong to set up her MRO company.
With her branches growing rapidly, she decided that now she should speak to Aunt Hye-jeong about her business.
Sooner or later, I thought I would have to have a serious talk with Hyejeong.
One night when I was busy running around to make a branch of ‘Kim Hee-gyeong Tteok Skewers’, I quietly met Gwang-sik hyung-nim again at Aunt Hyo-seon’s store.
In Kwang-shik’s hand was the bag I handed him.
It was a political fund of 1 billion won to be handed over to Kim Hyun-sam.
“Older brother. This time, we have to catch Kim Hyun-sam firmly. Insinuately, tell me about the general election next year, and tell me in moderation to move in advance so that I can win the nomination competition.”
“Okay. I get it.”
“Ah! And now we have to start our multi-level business. So please ask me to make sure that the light wave is removed. Also, please allow me to resolve the arrest order given to the Chunshikpa.”
After answering that he knew, Kwang-sik took the bag and disappeared.
A few days later, in a closed room at a Korean restaurant somewhere in Seoul.
Jang Gwang-sik, who had been waiting for him before the appointment time, closed his eyes and was organizing what he was going to say today.
After a while, the door opened and Kim Hyun-sam came in with his signature smile.
Jang Gwang-sik quickly stood up and greeted them at a 90-degree angle and shook hands.
“No. Why are you alone? Didn’t that little friend decide to come along too?”
“Yes. He asked me to go with him, but he said that it was not yet time for him to go out and that he would make time to see me personally next time.”
“Heh heh, what a great friend. Please tell me who you really want to meet.”
“Yes. Governor.”
“Okay. You said you had something important to talk about today. What did you mean?”
Jang Gwang-sik said that the Hanja Party would be defeated in the general election next year.
Kim Hyeon-sam was in a bad mood as his face crumpled at once.
However, I had no choice but to accept it when Jang Kwang-shik explained in his continued explanation that the party, which was divided into a majority, would lose the general election due to the collapse of the people’s trust as the factions fought to win the right to nominate each other.
It was because Kim Hyun-sam’s concern was the conflict between factions, which was the biggest concern.
Because politically powerful Kim Dong-pil and Park Jeong-eon are holding on, and the forces supporting them are very large, he is now the president, but he is having a hard time seizing control of the party.
However, this young man named Jang Gwang-shik accurately predicted the internal circumstances of the party and what would happen as a result.
Kim Hyun-sam couldn’t help but be surprised.
And to be honest, I was very coveted for this kind of talent.
Kim Hyeon-sam was famous for being very good at finding talent.
Noh Joo-hyun and Lee Jeong-bak, who would later become presidents of misfortune, were all people Kim Hyun-sam discovered and introduced into politics.
So, it was only natural that such a wise talent who could predict the future would be very greedy.
“Okay. Are you saying that everything you just said came out of the mouth of that young friend named Seongjin Lee?”
“Yes. Of course, I added some flesh, but the basics were all from him.”
“It is truly amazing. Good. Then, did you talk about a solution to that?”
Jang Gwang-shik picked up the bag that was lying next to him and put it on one side of the table.
“What is this?”
“This is a gift to the governor. 1 billion won. He told me to win the nomination competition with this money.”
“Heh heh heh.”
Kim Hyun-sam was truly devastated.
Kim Hyeon-sam, who had been glaring at Jang Gwang-sik for a while, laughed out loud.
It made me feel good that this kind of person was helping by his side, as he gained faith in the way he picked up the pulse so accurately.
“Good. Good. Very good. From now on, you and Lee Seong-jin are my people. It’s not because of funding. Those of you who have eyes that can read the times are really greedy. Do you understand what I mean?”
“Yes. Mr. Governor. Thank you By the way, I’m sorry, but I have one request.”
Jang Gwang-sik asked Kim Hyeon-sam to deal with the Kwangseong faction and withdraw the order to arrest the Chun-shik faction.
Kim Hyeon-sam nodded his head willingly, and he immediately stood up, went to the room where the phone was, and called the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
It was the police commissioner who initially refused to demand the withdrawal of the arrest order issued to the Gwangseongpa and Chunshikpa.
When Kim Hyeon-sam hinted at Park Jeong-eon and the Haneulhoei incident, he knew that the police commissioner had been instigated and threatened not to stay still, so he immediately rolled up his tail and moved according to Kim Hyeon-sam’s instructions.
Since Kim Hyun-sam, Park Jeong-eon, and Haneulhoe could not live together under the same sky, Kim Hyun-sam proudly raised his name and made a request.
The problem was thus resolved, and Jang Gwang-sik became Kim Hyeon-sam’s person.
In addition, the name Lee Seong-jin was strongly imprinted in Kim Hyun-sam’s mind.
A few days before meeting Kwang-shik and handing over the bag.
Finally, Sungyeol-hyung contacted me.
The CEO of BioHealth said that he had decided to make chitosan products if we financed it.
And, it was said that we signed a contract to monopolize all chitosan products released by the company in the future.
I shouted joy in my heart and felt like I wanted to dance right away.
However, it was difficult to move right now because the police were targeting Chunshikpa.
So I ordered Seongryeol-hyung to make samples for sale, and a few days later I called Kwang-shik again.
Gwang-sik hyung met Kim Hyeon-sam and came to report on the progress.
“You mean Kim Hyun-sam wants to see me that much?”
“Huh. He acted as if he was seeing something from heaven.”
“Well, since Noh Joo-hyun and Lee Jung-bak are excellent at discovering talent, it makes sense, right?”
“No Joo-hyun, Lee Jeong-bak? Who is that?”
Hearing my muttering, Gwang-shik immediately asked me out of curiosity.
“Ah. There are people like that. Anyway, then, there won’t be any problem if I move with Sungyeol-nim now, right?”
“Huh. It will. Because I personally saw Kim Hyun-sam talking to the Commissioner of Police.”
“Yes. Thank you for your effort I will move right away starting tomorrow.”
“Sungjin. Then, are you putting me in that multi-level company?”
With a smirk, Gwangshik-hyung asked indirectly.
“Ah, really. I’m starting to live off my younger siblings, but my older brother said he’d put a spoon on it? Do you want to take away your younger siblings’ rice bowls?”
“Hmmmm~ No, that’s what I mean. What kind of rice bowl would I take away?”
I giggled when the big distracted guy blushed in embarrassment.
“My older brother told me last time, but he has to do bigger things. If everything goes according to plan, I will turn Korea into a money demon that dominates Korea within 10 years.”
“Huh! Really? Would that be possible?”
“Sure. It’s possible. So, first of all, you have to stick close to Kim Hyun-sam somehow. Did you know?”
“Don’t worry about that. Originally, we are good at that. I’ll lick your butthole clean.”
We looked at each other and laughed happily.
Two days later, I went down to the biohealth factory with Sungryeol-hyung.
I met the president, greeted him, and toured the factory.
Since the scale is still small, it seemed necessary to expand the factory soon.
They checked the products currently being developed and instructed them to change the design.
When the president expressed disapproval on the pretext of money problems, the design cost was immediately resolved.
I inquired about the supply and demand of raw materials for chitosan.
Because the king crab hadn’t come in from Russia yet. They said they mainly use domestic red crab and shrimp.
When asked if the supply of red snow crab was satisfactory, he said that it was sufficiently available.
After a few more confirmations and instructions on product production, Sungyeol-hyung and I came out.
“Older brother. Do any of your subordinates have anything to do with the fishing industry?”
“Can I look for it? Why?”
“We need to monopolize red snow crab, which is the raw material.”
“What do you mean?”
“Brother, I think we should set up a small fishery business. The arrangements will be made by me through a lawyer. With the subordinates I just mentioned to the company as the main axis, we are going to wipe out the red snow crab shipped from all over the country. And the red crab is passed on to BioHealth with a margin. If there is a shortage of raw materials, later we link up with the Russian side to import snow crabs and king crabs.”
It was Sungyeol-hyung, who was making an expression of not knowing what the hell he was talking about.
I giggled and asked to find someone familiar with the fishery industry.
I came up to Seoul right away and met with a lawyer and went through the process of establishing a multi-level company.
I decided to start as a stock company from the beginning, and I took 51%, Sungyeol-hyung took 39%, and Sungyeol-hyung decided to sit as the president.
The remaining 10% was decided to be taken by my mother and Sungyeol’s younger brother, 5% each.
While the company was being established, Seong-ryeol took important younger brothers and sisters under him to learn about other multi-level companies.
I’ll tell you the detailed system later, but it’s important to know for now, so I left it alone even if I went to learn it.
Of course, there are things like that because I’m too busy with work that needs to be done, but…