Idols Around the World 859

Chapter 859 – #97. Lanna (20)

Lanna and Kanna communicated surprisingly well.
…Or maybe Lanna looks cute at Kanna, who has the appearance of a child.

“To be honest, I’ve been working for a while. Business is really hard. You have to spend most of your life as a company job. But one day, I thought that. Can’t I call the work I’m doing now as someone else? Thought.”

Ranna mainly wanted to know about the difficulties and know-how of running her company from Kanna.
But couldn’t Kanna, who takes care of the children in her house, know that?
And at this time, the effect of Bianca educating Kanna came out.
Quite plausible, he started giving advice to Lanna about running her company.
However, she didn’t know too much about the details, so she made a hole through which she could quickly escape.

“No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem like it. Raising a company should be rewarding and good in its own way. But there are plenty of people in the world who are smarter and better than me. There’s no reason to sacrifice my time!”
“Then you don’t care about the company at all?”
“If there is a big problem in the company, I receive a report. If I don’t like it, I cut it.”

Lanna was embarrassed by Kanna’s praise for her professional manager, but she agreed with her in moderation.

“I don’t think I can entrust the company to a stranger no matter how much I do. Even though I hired an employee at first, I couldn’t readily entrust it. I was not trustworthy, and I used to pay attention to each and every one of them for fear of an accident.”
“No no no! You can’t do that. Even if things fail, you need to trust them. That’s how you grow. Anyway, that’s why I’m hiring a professional manager and hanging out.”
“No matter how much it is, wouldn’t it be a big deal if I entrusted the work of the company to someone else and it went wrong?”

Lanna felt uneasy that she had entrusted the large company to a professional manager.

“Not at all! Those people have to make a living too. If the company goes wrong, they have to take more responsibility than we, the owners, so why would we do something to harm ourselves? However, we need to manage it to some extent. The company thinks it’s theirs and wears another pocket.”

Kanna entrusted her company to her professional manager, and she said she was doing what she wanted to do, and that she had her hobbies.
A famous scoundrel of a chaebol family in the old days, her mouth was not an ordinary skill.
Episodes from her youth poured in like a hobby these days, taking Lanna out of her mind.

“Wow…I really want to go.”
“It’ll be fun, right? Call me later if you need it. I’ll lend you a villa.”
“Can I really? I think the kids will really like it.”
“What a difficult thing. No problem.”

In addition, Kanna established a foundation to support her children, and when she said that she was interested in the education of caring for her children, the two quickly became close.
Isn’t I a ‘mother’ who gives birth to and raises her child?
The conversation between the two was like a spring that never dried up in that they were very interested in children.

‘If you’re only going to talk about kids like that, what kind of education did you get from Bianca?’

After talking about parenting and education for a long time, the two finally returned to their original purpose.

“Later, when the company grows, it wouldn’t be bad to have a professional manager. It’s such a waste to spend time on work. No matter how much money you have, you can’t live a lifetime. At least you have to spend enough money to be satisfied before you die.”

Ranna, who didn’t seem to really listen to Kanna, said how much she agreed with her on that part.

“Listening to Kanna-san’s story, I think that I didn’t have enough time. I always thought of going higher while watching the company grow.”
“Even if you grow a company like that, growth will inevitably stop at some point. Land is limited, and in the case of coffee, there are many competitors.”
“But there’s a brand that’s chained all over the world as a coffee shop.”
“Are you talking about the S brand?”
“Yes.”
“Could it be that the target is the S brand?”
“If it’s a business that’s already started, you have to grow it to that extent.”
“Wow, the goal is great. But wouldn’t another S brand have been the goal? Various coffee brands have been created and disappeared.”

There are brands that have emerged as rivals to the S brand.
Brands that tried to beat S brands did not survive, and coffee franchises with low prices are facing fierce challenges from S brands.
In the midst of that, when Lanna’s company said it was aiming to become an S brand, it was inevitable to say that the dream was too high.

“I know that there will never be a day when our company surpasses the real S brand. I just thought that there would be many places to go up if I set a big goal.”
“Hmm…But there’s a little bit of seriousness in it, right?”
“I can’t say no. Wouldn’t the staff be disappointed if I told them that it was only a joke?”
“You have a really good mindset! That’s right! It’s right to aim for the biggest goal. It’s so boring to aim for something trivial for no reason! Even from the position of helping, I don’t lose heart.”

Kanna exclaimed excitedly to see if Lanna’s answer was to her liking.
At least she thought she was good at choosing Kanna as the person she would introduce to Lanna.

“Let’s make a company that goes beyond the S brand! Now, let’s talk about what kind of help we need.”
“What I need is an overseas network. When I went on a business trip abroad this time, the business trip plan I expected here was completely twisted.”

The company started talking about it in earnest.

“How do you own a stake in the company?”
“I have everything.”
“There is no Lanna-san?”
“Yes. But it’s my husband anyway.”

Lanna hummed her snort.

“There will be no loans or other investors? Because you have 100% of it.”
“Yes.”
“Everything is run by private priests.”
“They said they didn’t take out a loan to run the company… It’s possible because it’s not a big company yet. But to catch up with the S brand, you’ll need to get investment and take out a loan. Isn’t it?”
“I just didn’t take it because I didn’t have to. But finding new investors is something I can’t decide on my own. As you know, this company…”

I interrupted Lanna’s speech and said.

“I just paid for it. You own the company. You make all the decisions.”
“This company is my company! Why can’t I speak confidently? I don’t like such a passive attitude.”

At my words, Kanna also agreed in unison.
This part is what I asked you to tell me.

“But…”

It is true that I own 100% of the company’s shares, so Lanna hesitated to answer.
I said holding her hand tightly.

“I’m just talking about this, but I think we need to liquidate our stake before listing the company and receiving new investors.”
“A stake deal?”
“Yes. Do you know about stock options? It means that a company gives its employees a certain number of shares after a certain period of time.”
“Ah!”

It is normal to have stock options if you have achieved this level of growth.

“Ah! That’s right. Stock options! That’s right. How much will you pay? Wow! Congratulations!”
“Stock options are, of course, a right that every executive and employee should receive.
“…That’s… I… Uh… So…”

Ranna couldn’t speak easily because it was something she had never imagined.

“Because I think I should get at least 50% for growing the company this much.”
“50% is too much!”
“Then how about 51%?”
“Why are you going higher?!”
“If it wasn’t for Lanna, the company wouldn’t have grown this much. I think it deserves this much.”
“I know I shouldn’t interfere in this kind of thing because I’m a third person, but I’m going to say a few words. If you go public soon and start receiving investments, the amount of shares you own will naturally decrease. Maybe that’s why I said 50%? ?”
“…”

I must be persuaded…
Because of Lanna’s greed for her company, she gave it 50% right from the start.
She would not be willing to accept too large a stock option, even though she would be greedy if she were the one I know.

‘He must be trying to compromise.’

Sure enough, she said if Lanna had organized her thoughts.

“50% is too much. I’ll be grateful for 20%.”
“45%.”
“Ha, don’t do this. Did you forget how much money you put into the company? I’ll take you up to 25%.”
“It’s the last bargain. If you don’t get this, I’ll just give you 50%. Let’s go with 40% neatly.”
“40% is…!”
“Wouldn’t it be necessary to have that much to be able to have affection for the company even if the stake is reduced later? Among professional managers, those who own shares in the company tend to work much harder. Even from the owner’s point of view, the distribution of shares is not a bad thing. .”

With Kanna helping me by her side, I wondered if I was still shaking.

“Do you think you only do 20% of what you do for the company?”
“!!”

So that she could stir her heart, she nailed it one last time.
She finally finished her troubles and said, as if she couldn’t bear to refute my words.

“…Thank you.”

To say thank you meant to accept the giving of the stake!

“If it wasn’t for you in the first place, this company would have ended up as a private coffee shop. Even 40% is less, but since you feel burdened, I’ll be satisfied with this.”

She owns 40% of the company, so she will be able to take the lead in making decisions in running the company going forward.
Even if she were to go public, if possible, she would leave her share alone and she would offer my share.

‘Since the two of us have to hand over 50.1% together, I’ll just have to leave about 21%.’

With the help of Kanna or Bianca to be precise, once the company starts to grow, it will soon be possible to go public.
When chaebols started applying, I knew very well how far they could push them.
Lanna had no idea what it meant to ‘actively’ receive help from chaebol families.
Especially since Bianca was secretly supporting her behind her back.

She said, ‘Now that I can openly support you, I said I would move properly. Bianca’s move in earnest means that the company’s IPO is not far away… I don’t know if Lanna can keep up with this tempo.’

She could have lost her self-esteem when she saw Bianca do so easily what she had worked so hard for.
So, she told me to adjust ‘moderately’ and ask for support.
Even so, secretly helping from behind and receiving support from the front would be very different in meaning.

“Today was fun.”
“I enjoyed it too.”
“Call me often!”

The two exchanged numbers and shook hands one last time.