chapter 27
27 episodes. Old ginger is spicy.
I stopped acting and looked at him sullenly.
“Why are you in such a hurry? People are really quick-tempered, aren’t they, Joshua?”
“Yes. Alex is right, Jean. Business is all about reconciling differences. Why don’t we just talk slowly?”
Joshua smiled awkwardly and clapped back.
A look of embarrassment was evident because of my cold attitude.
“It’s like you don’t feel like talking to me.”
“I can’t. Inham is always open to the opinions of our employees. We are willing to talk to you, so don’t worry and say anything.”
He also emphasizes that he is an employee.
Joshua gently led the conversation as if she was no ordinary Hoho grandmother.
‘Old ginger is spicy…’
She asked me to speak, but she continued to express her opinion without giving me a chance to speak.
From the first time you listened to me, the way you gave me strength at the breeding farm, and the fact that you listened to me until the end without giving in to Alex’s pressure here, and so on.
I gathered my thoughts as I listened to her useless words.
What would be my worth in this situation?
I haven’t done an exact survey, but I’ve heard a bit about Inham’s annual sales of around A$2 billion.
2 billion Australian dollars.
At the current exchange rate, which is the upper limit of the exchange rate, it is about 2 trillion won.
In other words, the monthly sales are roughly less than 170 billion won.
It’s huge.
The company I worked for in the past couldn’t even give me a business card.
If we had to compare it, it was similar to GL Household & Health Care among affiliates of GL Group, which was a customer of the previous company.
The only knowledge that can be compared with the annual sales of 2 trillion won is information from the customer.
It seems that slavery hasn’t gone away yet.
‘170 billion won. Among them, how much damage will they see from this situation?’
For now, the situation is limited to Brisbane.
If it is not properly dealt with, the virus will spread to other regions, but it will not be such a green company.
It’s a large company.
In the worst case, it is clear that we will use a hard-line policy of slaughtering everything like our country.
So, looking at Brisbane alone, to what extent does production here include total monthly sales?
Here I realized the lack of information.
‘Ah, don’t fall asleep during Final Induction.’
Even if you regret it, it’s already too late.
Right now, I need my own logic.
As far as I know, Australia is divided into 7 states.
Among them, most of the economic power was known to be occupied by three eastern states, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and one western Australia.
Brisbane is a big city in Queensland, so I thought that it might be responsible for a quarter of the 170 billion won in monthly sales.
Considering the location of Inham’s headquarters, it would be more than a quarter of 42 billion won, but we decided to negotiate after calculating that amount.
“As Jin knows, Inham treats Koreans a lot. Most of the workers on the most important boning line right now are Koreans, and there are a lot of Koreans working on the packaging line as well.”
Joshua was still talking.
Koreans must have been in the important line because of their ability!
It’s not because you’re Korean.
Besides, they’re not even my hostages, so why do you keep talking about them?
“Wow, Joshua. So what can Inham offer me?”
“What is the condition that Jin wants?”
“I told you to tell me earlier, but I kept giving opinions on my own, so Joshua also tells me the conditions. I’ll listen and judge.”
“……”
Joshua’s eyebrows narrowed.
I’ve been guessing her intentions from the moment she chattered.
It’s because the pronunciation is different and the speed of speaking is definitely different from before.
It’s squashing in English against people from non-English speaking countries.
I gave my opinion, but you didn’t understand, so why don’t we agree with each other?
Australian English without consideration is incredibly difficult to understand.
But negotiations are not difficult.
Business is all about numbers.
When you say one, two, three, or four, no matter how much you roll your tongue or how quickly you pronounce it, you can’t understand it.
“On our side, the basic wage increase and special allowance…”
Again, he speaks quickly and sullenly, as if he did not understand.
I cut her words and spoke firmly.
“Tell me. Number, Percentage, Amount!”
At my words, Joshua and Alex faced each other and started exchanging opinions.
It was hard to understand most of them as if they were deliberate and mixed with slang.
Alex opened his mouth as if he had finally made a decision.
“Base salary increase by 300%. Overtime will also increase by 300%. I will pay a special allowance of 1,000 dollars separately.”
The two looked as if their proposal was reasonable.
Ah… it’s so small, really.
The horse is three hundred percent and three hundred percent, but in the end, it means a three-fold increase in the weekly wage.
If you usually earn $1,000 a week, it means $3,000, and if you add $1,000 in special allowance, it’s like saying that you’ll get another three million won.
I can’t help but be annoyed.
“I think you’re mistaken, but you’d better stop thinking that I’m an Inham employee in relation to this job. It’s just going to be a negative for each other.”
“……”
“Now, let me set a standard for easy understanding. To me, you are a customer. I am an expert who can solve this problem for you. So, from now on, offer a reasonable amount to an expert like me. The standard is Inham’s monthly sales. no see.”
As soon as I finished my words, the two of them made a ‘Tuak’ expression on their faces.
I smiled and continued.
“Hatcheries, breeding farms, and even processed chicken. The damage will increase in seconds. Until additional outbreaks occur, or until they are dealt with with the help of the quarantine authorities, the period of damage is not one month, but two months, no, three months. It might be the moon. Think carefully.”
“Now, wait a minute. Are you saying that even processed products can be sorted?”
Alex said in disbelief.
“of course.”
It is said that an abnormal phenomenon has occurred that the virus has penetrated.
It was known from experience that it was possible to discriminate between inanimate and living things.
“Okay. Wait a minute.”
Alex started talking to Joshua again.
The longer the conversation, the more serious their faces became.
“Wow, Alex, do what you want. If that’s enough, I’ll add words to get the boss’s consent.”
“Thank you, Joshua.”
“Nothing to say. Since the president and the vice president are absent, Alex, the GM, is the supreme decision maker. No one will dispute Alex’s decision as no one understands the seriousness of the situation.”
“Hahaha, now I see why the boss trusts Joshua so much.”
“Come on, close the negotiations.”
“I do.”
Alex grinned and told me about the proposal he had made.
“I will offer you 3% of monthly sales. If you add further explanation, this is equivalent to 10% of operating profit. It is a huge amount that is difficult for Australians as well as workaholics to see in their lifetime. How about it? Will you accept the offer?”
“……”
3% of monthly sales.
Based on the amount I calculated, would it be roughly 12 billion?
Yeah, big money.
In Korea, it is the amount that can be achieved by winning the lottery.
But strangely, it didn’t feel that big.
Is it because of the experience of making 1.5 billion in casinos?
“Can you tell me why you calculated 3%?”
“Is that important? Earlier, I told you to use numbers, percentages, and amounts.”
“Did you hear that, numbers. So I’d like to hear the background as well.”
I felt it in his polite attitude.
that I am now
I told them that I was a customer, but I am the only one with the ability to solve this problem.
Hehe, I think that’s why you’re doing power.
Like before, you can say confidently what your monthly sales are and make an offer without thinking about it.
How easy and convenient it is to just make a decision.
“There are three reasons why I calculated 3%.”
“Are there three?”
Somehow, I was quite worried.
“First, it’s because the highest decision maker in Inham has that much discretion. Normally, I’m not too young for my position, but since the president and the vice president are absent, I have the right to make a decision.”
“The second one?”
“It’s a computational reason. 1% for protecting the hatchery, 1% for preventing an immediate line stop, and 1% for keeping trust with customers by sorting stocks in the warehouse.”
“What is the last reason?”
“I’m getting your favor. Once this is resolved, I’d like to offer you a full-time job, not a casual job. I’m going to help you get a work visa as well as immigration if necessary.”
Huh, there’s another person interested in my immigration.
“What about? That would have been the answer? Now I want to hear from you.”
“……Hmm.”
I thought it wasn’t that bad.
He seemed to have offered the best in his position.
Even though he is the temporary chief decision maker, it was impossible for Korea to guarantee that GM would pay 3% of sales in the first place.
How extraordinary is this!
“Look. Is it because 2.5 million dollars is not enough?”
“……!?”
what? Not 1.2 billion, but 25 billion?!
Wassi, so half of the monthly in-ham sales come from Brisbane?
If I had made fun of you prematurely, billions of dollars would have just flown away!
I hid my surprise as much as possible and opened my mouth to answer calmly.
But it was then.
“Alex, in this situation, would he agree with 3%?”
It was an old man with curly hair who approached him with his thick belly in suspenders.
“Bobby!”
Alex and Joshua greeted him with their eyes wide open.
‘Who is it?’
The old man approaching with his back had a warm impression, perhaps because of his warm body.
“Gin, greet me. I’m the owner of Inham.”
“A major shareholder? So, are you the boss?”
“No. The boss is the CEO, but the salary is the same as that of the employees. Please lend me literally.”
Oh, the current president is a barge manager.
“Nice to meet you, my name is Bobby Inham.”
“Hello. You can call me Jin. But if it’s Inham…”
“Hahaha, didn’t you know? The name of the company Inham was derived from our family surname.”
Come to think of it, Inham’s English is INHAMS. An S is added to the end, meaning revenge.
Everyone calls me in-ham, so I also called it in-ham.
Well, I didn’t pronounce ‘s’ in a weak way.
My listening level is pretty good.
“Okay. I didn’t know.”
“At first glance, I heard that you are a casual workaholic, but it seems that the staff is not properly trained, Joshua?”
“Ah… me, over there, Bobby. That’s what…”
Joshua is just starting to panic.
Do you know that grandma can make a face like that?
“I’m joking. Hahaha.”
As always, the jokes of powerful people don’t sound like jokes.
Joshua had an awkward smile.
“Well, by the way, did you say Jin?”
“yes.”
“I’d like to make a more interesting offer than Alex, but I want you to say yes.”
gulp.
My name gave me a lot of money, so I’ll give you more than 2.5 billion won, right?