How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

“I’m sorry, boss.”

At Deokbae Kim’s apology, I shook my head and said,

“You didn’t know.”

“Of course I didn’t know. If I had known, I would not have pursued membership.”

Deokbae Kim said with an angry face.

“You don’t have to listen to such ridiculous demands. I don’t need anything like the Association.”

“I heard that technology and personal connections are good?”

“It’s good to have it, and there’s nothing wrong with not having it. Skeletons are so overwhelming. I have enough connections.”

“You seem to have a lot of acquaintances, but would it be okay to go out so recklessly?”

Deokbae Kim said with a determined expression.

“Although I am small, I am a guy who has been in business all my life. There are things that can be done only by acknowledgment and there are things that cannot be done. As long as I am in Seron, except for my family, Seron is my top priority.”

It’s a good attitude.

I said with a smirk.

“Anyway, didn’t you feel anything? From what I can see, it looks like someone instigated it.”

Then, Deokbae Kim said with a firm expression.

“Even if it’s not the case, I came out of the welcome ceremony and contacted my acquaintances separately, but the president of the association and his aides said that it was a secret, so don’t tell others, and that Seron would lend some of the skeleton.”

sure

I deliberately created that atmosphere.

The goal is, of course, a skeleton.

All that remains now is who instigated it.

“It seems certain that the president of the association is holding the wind… Would the president of the association have taken the initiative?”

“I don’t think so. Now that the association has become obsolete and remains virtually symbolic, the president of the association is just an honorary position without any special authority.”

“Then who is there who can move the president of the association behind the scenes?”

After thinking about it for a while, Kim Deok-bae said.

“If there are people who can act behind the president of the association… To be honest, there are too many people outside the association, so there is no way to know. That’s because the association has no power.”

The unavoidable limits of a ruined association.

“Then what about inside?”

“Inside the association, Mankyung Industrial, Taeheung Corporation, and TAL International. There are only three places like this.”

“Which companies are these?”

“They are the largest shoe manufacturers in Korea. Average annual sales are approximately 500 billion won to 1 trillion won.”

uh?

wait for a sec.

You said that everything went bankrupt, but that mid-level shoe company still remains in the association?

Then Kim Deok-bae, who immediately realized what I was thinking, spoke.

“Only the head office is in Korea, and all production plants are in China and Southeast Asia. These are the companies that survived by going overseas when the Korean shoe industry was going down.”

Ahh.

I understand now.

“These three companies are the so-called big players, paying the most to the association. To be honest, it’s just for the eyes. It is only a Korean company, but all factories are overseas, and foreign investors, including China, own more than half of the shares.”

“You are maintaining your association membership while paying money to package it as a Korean company?”

“That’s right.”

“But anyway, they are big companies, so moving the president of the association is not a big deal, so you mean those three companies are powerful?”

“Exactly, except for those 3 companies, all the other members of the association are small companies, so you can think that they don’t have the capacity to do that at all.”

ruler. So let’s sort it out.

The most likely one is one or all of those three companies that are insiders of the association.

However, the possibility of external intervention cannot be completely ruled out.

Skeletons are coveted by anyone who does business.

Since it is burdensome to step forward in person, it could be a trick to get my reaction by using the shoe association.

“Let’s start by identifying peers. I am tolerant of allies, but strict towards enemies. Are small businesses your enemies?”

At those words, Deokbae Kim pondered for a while and then said.

“Honestly, it must be sincere that small businesses covet Skeleton.”

“I guess so.”

“But those people were just shaken by the president of the association and the guys behind them catching the wind. To be honest, if I were in the same position as them and had been told to lend a skeleton… I would have run to the welcome ceremony excitedly.”

“okay. Pass that much.”

There are so many enemies in the world to deal with if you judge them as enemies simply because you sympathize with them.

The more allies, the better, and the fewer the enemies, the better.

“For now, the only thing that’s certain is that the target is a skeleton.”

Due to the lack of information, it is unknown who the opponent was and how he induced the agitation to obtain the target skeleton.

But no problem.

“Then it’s simple.”

I said with a grin.

“We just need to get rid of the three companies inside and all the outsiders.”

“yes?”

“Do you know why I stopped making lucrative carrying skeletons?”

“That’s good for me too…”

“There are so many people already working. If I can’t eat them all up and make them all on my side, I just judged that it was right not to do it.”

The courier industry is so large and still growing that as Seron grows, there are too many enemies to appear.

“But the shoe industry isn’t like that, is it? Now that I’ve grown quite a bit, I think I can digest that much in one bite.”

On the other hand, here it is in a state where it is just as good as it is, and it is just right to gulp in a bite.

“···yes?”

“If I take control of the association itself by making all the small businesses on my side, then there is no point in doing anything outside. Then, if you pick and extract only those three companies inside, it will be organized very neatly.”

I will take away the entire association itself that the opponent used as a weapon.

“You want to take over the Association? Wouldn’t it be better to simply ignore it?”

“Could it be that I did it because of their agitation?”

Three medium-sized companies have maintained their association membership for image making.

Is it because they are stupid?

Absolutely not.

At least, even if you hold a press conference, the ripple effect itself is different between the company speaking alone and hiding behind the association and presenting it as if it were the opinion of the entire shoe industry.

In other words, if you can completely dominate, you can use the symbolism of representing the industry as a great shield and weapon.

At the same time, it can be used as an example to show that coexistence between skeletons and humans is possible.

In other words, the intangible benefits I get compared to the effort I put in are much greater.

Then, Deokbae Kim said with a puzzled expression.

“By the way, do you mean that you will lend skeletons to small businesses?”

“no way. What nonsense.”

You can’t lend it.

It is questionable whether it will be operated well just because it is borrowed, and above all, it is foolish to take away the strengths of Seron with my own hands.

Besides, if all the 7,000 shoe factory workers lose their jobs because of the skeletons they sprayed, what will they do with that resentment?

It is an association that should be an example of coexistence, but it is difficult when unemployed people come out.

“If I don’t go crazy, will you lend me the skeleton? If that was the case, I wouldn’t be doing business this way.”

“Then what do you mean?”

“It doesn’t just have to have a similar effect to lending. therefore······.”

When I told Deok-Bae Kim about my plan, Deok-Bae Kim smiled brightly and said,

“ah! That way both the public and the association members can benefit! The factory workers will be hired!”

To be precise, it is a structure in which only the members of the association, their employees, and the public benefit, and the rest have to suck their fingers, but anyway, there is no better alternative for the members of the association.

“Yes?”

Feeding the instigators candy, earning money, and gulp the association, this is literally killing three birds with one stone.

I said with a smirk.

“If there is anything written on it, bring it. Let’s see how to eat it so that it goes down your throat well.”

*

“You are amazing, President Yoo.”

“Thanks to you, I think I can breathe.”

Members of the Korea Footwear Association gathered in the auditorium after hearing the news that Seron decided to lend a skeleton.

As the membership of the association is limited to executives of shoe companies, there are only 330 members of the association.

But this time, when they heard that Seron had directly mentioned the skeleton rental, a whopping 250 people flocked to it.

And Yoo Yu-oh, who provided the starting point for all of this, shrugged his shoulders at the compliments from association members and members.

“What. I just said the obvious.”

“By the way, how did you convince Seron? When I heard about the welcome ceremony last time, I thought it was just cancelled.”

In fact, I didn’t know the exact inside story because I had never made individual contact until Kim Deok-bae contacted me to lend a skeleton after the welcome ceremony, but I can’t really say I don’t know in front of the association members who praise me as great.

“Is there anything? I just tried my best.”

At Yu-Oh’s words, the association member said with a moved expression.

“To think he jumped on his own feet for us.”

“I have nothing to say in front of the president of the association, but I was very skeptical about the role of the association, but I saw it again this time.”

At those words, Yoo Yu-oh clicked his tongue and said.

“So don’t overdue your dues and pay them regularly. How can the association promote bad things for its members?”

“hahahaha. Will there be any?”

Back then when we were talking about this and that.

The auditorium door opens and Han Ji-hyeok and Kim Deok-bae enter.

Seeing this, Yoo Yu-oh smiled brightly and approached.

“CEO Han Ji-hyeok, thank you for a really big decision…”

However, Han Ji-hyeok and Kim Deok-bae walked past Yoo Yong-oh and walked toward the podium.

Yoo Yu-oh waved his embarrassed hands and said with an awkward expression to the members of the Association who were standing around with a puzzled expression.

“You didn’t see this and just passed by…”

However, Han Ji-hyeok, who strode up on the podium, grabbed the microphone and said.

“Ahh. mic test. Nice to meet you. This is Han Ji-hyeok.”

Han Ji-hyeok ignored the procedure and grabbed the microphone first.

The members of the association were taken aback by that appearance, but they applauded for now.

clap clap clap

“thank you. Anyway, it’s nothing else, everyone must have come about the skeleton, right? yes. Well, I know. I know. What a coveted worker. No eating, no sleeping, and even unpaid.”

Han Ji-hyeok nodded his head and said.

“It is natural for people to be greedy. I understand. So I thought about it, and decided to borrow it. Well… it’s probably a little different from what you’re imagining, anyway.”

An incomprehensible comment was added afterward, but only the words of the agreement to lend were heard in the ears of the excited association members.

“thank you!”

“Han Ji-hyeok! Han Ji-hyeok!”

But then, Han Ji-hyeok knocks on the podium twice.

thump.

Then, the members of the association were quietly silent.

“By the way. My personality is a bit twisted. I could have helped if I asked for help because it was difficult for me, but I felt very bad when he pressured me by announcing something that had not been promised in advance?”

As Han Ji-hyeok looked at Yoo Yoo-oh, the members of the association also turned to Yoo.

Then, Yu Yuo, who was taken aback, said.

“That, that’s…”

“Whoa, whoa. Don’t tell me because I’m not looking for excuses, it’s true that I came to borrow the skeleton anyway. Instead, there are conditions.”

Han Ji-hyeok smiled and said.

“Isn’t it possible for a person to work with excitement once he has his mind set? I don’t like to work with people I don’t like. So, I formally suggest it. The impeachment of the current president, if this is settled, I will join the association and lend a skeleton.”