EP.282
“Step meeting? “Are you saying that you bought a guest house for your in-laws?”
I nodded to a middle-aged man’s question.
Since we are Koreans, I should give you a familiar example.
“You may have heard of the Bull Gaehoe meeting in your hometown. In order to secure oxen for farming, we organized a step-family meeting and were able to purchase oxen that we could not afford due to our difficult circumstances. The same goes for branch meetings.”
“Our life is like Bupyeong Elementary School in Jungwon. I don’t know when or what will happen, but it’s a step meeting. “Isn’t that something only people who must trust each other and can prepare for the future do?”
Maybe it’s my hometown. How can you trust a person who doesn’t know where he came from and you don’t know when he will disappear and hold a step-meeting? That’s what it said.
“As a relay, I will guarantee that trust and future.”
I am the one who already has two buildings. If the business owner and building owner guarantees, the story is different.
“If the owner, who is doing well in business, takes the center stage, I can definitely trust him. But no matter how much we squeeze, isn’t it impossible for everyone sitting here to buy the building?”
Those gathered here are those who have a lump sum of money on their books. However, among Koreans, having a lump sum of money did not mean they were rich.
“it’s possible. “If you follow what I say.”
Keep everything in mind and proceed with your plan.
“How do you mean?”
“When I purchase the building, I will cover half the cost.”
To start, I invest my own money.
“Hoeju?”
“As a relay racer, I pay half of the cost. This way, I will be able to save half of the money while you are saving the next money. “If you proceed slowly and take your time, like Oxygen, you will be able to become the owner of the guesthouse until the last person.”
Take your time. Half of it is me.
It was a way to reduce the burden on the Korean people and continue the step-meeting.
“Indeed, it could be possible if the owner supports it and if it is done on a quarterly or annual basis like Hwang So-gye. Then, does the Lord of the Society have the first turn?”
“I will definitely take my turn.”
If I am first in line, I will receive investment. That’s just failing the test.
“haha! “You’re going to take the last step at a step-meeting that no one wants to do!”
“I told you, didn’t I? “I came here to make all the local members sitting here into guests.”
In reality, it’s because you shouldn’t receive investment. If the results are good, it must all be good intentions.
The Koreans all looked at me with surprised faces.
“What happens when the last turn comes, Lord Hoe? Are you taking just one guest building?”
That’s a good question.
“You will be reimbursed.”
“yes?”
“haha. Everyone has become a building owner, right? “By becoming a guesthouse owner, everyone will have a stable income, so all you have to do is pay quarterly and repay the money you paid.”
It won’t be unreasonable to pay it back by then.
“Indeed…”
“That’s right. “The owner is making a sacrifice.”
“If one cup becomes mine, will money be such a problem?”
I took a moment to catch my breath as I watched the room suddenly become noisy with the story of the in-laws meeting.
‘The franchise business was already approved by Mangeum Jeonju during the first exam. If you can successfully open a group meeting, you can expand your business without receiving investment or making money.’
All I do is lend money to buy a guesthouse. There is no financial benefit of any kind through the step-meeting.
What I am aiming for is the method that Mangeum Jeonju already approved during the first test.
It was franchise profit.
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“I understand the Lord’s words well. Since you said it was a branch meeting, is there anything else we should keep in mind?”
When the noisy atmosphere died down, a man raised his hand and asked.
There’s something to keep in mind.
Now it is time to talk frankly about the poison clause.
“As the relay leader, I will have the building documents until the relay meeting is over.”
“What is that?! “Do you mean that you will own all the buildings?”
“The building is yours. “We are simply putting in place a safety device for fear of the group’s failure or escape.”
When five people gather together, one is bound to have trash. Is it for nothing that they say that a fight is a fight over money? If the in-laws’ meeting was a tradition, then running away with the money was a traditional game.
I let them know that if they arbitrarily make a fuss about the step-in-law, the guests will be disposed of at the member’s discretion.
“The building itself will become a hostage so that no problems can arise at the step-meeting.”
“That’s right.”
“I heard that when I was in my hometown, there was a baby that ate dried pork and carried it away.”
I heard a whisper behind me, as if someone was remembering a bitter experience.
“Is there anything else we need to know?”
“Having a branch meeting is a condition for opening a branch of my business. Therefore, the branch must pay the franchise fee and all other costs.”
I had my employees hand over to each of us the documents related to franchise expenses that Ha-yeon Lim and I had painstakingly prepared.
“Are you asking me to pay such a large amount of money?”
“Aren’t these conditions too excessive?!”
I thought it would be surprising as expected.
This is a business that costs half my money every time I open a cup.
Unlike Jeon Gil-san, where he had to pay his own expenses from start to finish, the cost that the franchise store had to pay this time was much greater.
“Most people will pay with real money. “The costs of doing business are money that can be easily tolerated considering the profits.”
I have no intention of continuing to earn and pay half of the money.
The initial franchise fee and other miscellaneous expenses will be gradually reduced through the money collected each month.
“But this is too much…”
“Hoeju.”
An old man with a bent back raised his hand, which had a slightly fishy smell.
“Old man Kim. “Please tell me.”
“This old man hated his life as a tenant farmer, so he ran away from his hometown and came all the way to Wuhan. In my view, this condition appears to be nothing more than a command to cauterize.”
I knew that would come out.
Harden your expression and open your mouth with an angry expression.
“Since when did tenant farming become a matter of destroying one’s own land? “Tell me what kind of tenant farmer can buy a piece of land on which he can live for the rest of his life with the money to buy a piece of land!”
“That is correct. “The old man made a mistake.”
Do not disparage my good intentions with malice. When the line was clearly drawn, old man Kim sat up in surprise.
“As the Lord said, the conditions are good.”
“Hey man, what do you do for a living if you pay this money?”
“Only you can run the food delivery business, so of course it will do well in the future!”
“Still, this guy.”
‘Everyone looks suspicious. ‘I need to be convinced as there is a lot of money at stake.’
I have no intention of incurring any loss through this step-meeting.
Although I will make a large initial investment, I plan to make money through franchise fees and even repay the money I previously paid in cash.
Even if the building is owned by another Korean, the franchise agreement continues. In other words, I have employees who will continue to bring me money.
The backlash was expected.
Although there are advantages to being a building owner, it can actually be seen as a slave contract.
Anxiety needs to be relieved.
I am once again packaging people’s intentions and emphasizing only the benefits to them.
“Old man Kim.”
“Yes.”
“After being criticized by people for being Korean, I understand that you are now living on a stall selling fish in a corner where not many people come and go.”
Start by emphasizing the circumstances of the gathered Koreans.
“The income is not very good, but it is still a decent measure.”
“Mr. Choi.”
“Yes, Lord. But I’m not a Pyosa right now…”
“I know. “I heard that some time ago, while traveling, he injured his leg and was cut off from his job, becoming a cripple with black hair and no place to work.”
“Luckily, I have some money saved.”
“I know that many people here are working hard.”
Looking at the Korean people, I emphasized their hard-working but difficult circumstances.
“The Samgu brothers who work at the port said that. They say that we Koreans come out earlier than anyone else and work until the latest. Mr. Lee in front is one of them.”
“I am holding on to the port unloading day arranged by the Lord. thank you.”
Mr. Lee bowed his head and greeted me.
“Not long ago, Brother Samgu came and spoke to me. He said he would repay the port since it was thanks to Lord Hoe. I flatly refused on the spot. “I’m sure Mr. Lee knows what happened after that.”
“Thanks to Lord Hoe, the wages of Korean people have increased, and there are often days when we drink alcohol and eat meat.”
I nodded and looked at the Koreans in silence.
Kang Yun-ho’s good intentions. Hoeju is a person who cares for the Korean people. While certain facts are spreading in their minds.
“Why are we abandoning our beloved homeland and staying in the central plains and even here in Wuhan, far away?”
Now let’s ask a question.
“For some, it’s cruelty, for some, it’s a bad harvest, for some, it’s a plague. “Everyone has different reasons for leaving, but the reason they came here is one.”
He raises one finger and shows it to the Koreans. Some people may come to a conclusion easily, while others may be curious.
Once you have the audience’s attention, come up with an answer.
“For a better life! But are we now living the life we wanted?”
There was no one here who could say that.
A persecuted nation. Korean. Let’s use what we have in common with them to form a sense of homogeneity.
“Not long ago, a police officer came to visit me. “Barbarians are bastards who skin people’s faces, so aren’t you, the black-haired barbarian, a murderer?”
“How can we!”
“Jungwon bastards!”
“What on earth is our fault! Our only sin is that we came here to find a way to survive. But in this central land, we are eternal sinners. “Just because I’m poor and dark-haired.”
“you’re right!”
“We are working hard. But poor. It pains me to see my child’s torn clothes. It’s hard, but I’m miserable because I say it’s okay. Even if you cry in your sleep out of sadness, you have to endure it. Because that’s my life. “I have to wake up tomorrow for my children.”
Contains strong emotions. Poverty and family. Let’s shake the two most important points in their lives.
“Whoosh!”
“This is how we live now. But everyone! at least! No, somehow! “Shouldn’t I make sure my children don’t have to live like this?”
All of those gathered were men who had families.
Everyone couldn’t help but get emotional when they heard the word ‘child’.
“…If I participate in the Lord’s work, will my children not be poor?”
A man with three children asked me with trembling eyes.
“yes. “If we work hard, we will pass on wealth to our children that will allow them to live comfortably.”
A slave contract could be right. But it’s enough if you just endure it. Let’s sacrifice. You make money too. If you work hard a little, you can become a building owner.
Then your children will be happy.
I inspire hope.
“….”
Some firm determination could be seen passing through the Koreans sitting in their seats.
“Why are you helping me like this?”
To make money.
To retrieve Daseogak and save Im Ha-yeon.
I calmly swallowed the words that were threatening to jump out of my throat, put my palm to my heart, and looked at them like a person with great intentions.
“I too will have my own child someday. At the very least, I want to see the Korean people complaining in this infinite land and let them live in Wuhan without being ignored.”
Some people nodded with their mouths tightly shut, as if they sympathized with what I said. Someone shed tears.
When I saw many emotions flashing across many people’s faces, someone got up from their seat and approached me.
“Hoeju!”
Then, one by one, they stood up and knelt in front of me.
““““““Lord Lord!!!””””””
“Have you decided?”
“I want to participate in the Lord’s class meeting!”
“Please let me participate!”
“Give us a chance!”
In the end, we successfully organized a step meeting.
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“Deciding the order of class meetings is also a task.”
my office. I muttered to myself, once again checking the personal information of the people who would be participating in the class meeting on the empty desk.
“Don’t just worry about the names, let’s take care of the backlog together. “Mr. Kang Yun-ho, the store manager?”
Lim Ha-yeon frowned and spoke from her desk, which, unlike mine, was full of documents.
“Haha… Because being the head of a group is not a chore, it’s a decision-making position.”
“….”
If you do just a little, I will stab you with my eyes.
“I will take this much document.”
Let’s work, let’s work.
“…I mean the equinox.”
“It’s not urgent right now, so I’ll do the backlogged work first.”
“No, not that branch, but the Daseogak branch.”
“Now that I think about it, a lot of time has passed and there is no news.”
“Are they not going to give it to me?”
Lim Ha-yeon’s voice seems strangely a little excited.
“It’s only been a few days since Heosong’s funeral. “I would be reluctant to take something from my murdered grandson, even if it was a gold coin, so it would take some time.”
If possible, I would like to give it to a new place in the best place instead of the old house.
“…Then that woman.”
“You mean Zhugehyang Soje? “Now that I think about it, I haven’t contacted you once since we met.”
I didn’t make an appointment for the next meeting because I said I would run the bookstore as soon as I got it.
“There’s no need to contact me, right?”
“That’s true, but…”
It’s not like we’re dating, we’re in a contract relationship. It’s not like we go out together every day because we’re in love.
Should I just wait until I get a separate call from Mangeum Battlefield?
*****
Mangeum Jeonju’s mansion at that time.
“We decided to date, but why aren’t you contacting me?”
A silver-haired woman was crying.
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