In commemoration of obtaining a huge amount of gold and elixir, he held a small celebration party with the golems.
It wasn’t a grandiose party, we ordered chicken and pizza and drank beer on the terrace.
After eating only natural food for a long time at Lake Baikal, fast food was suffocating.
Beep beep-
Kiya!
The carbonation of the cold beer seemed to sting the intestines starting from the throat.
‘Exhilarating!’
Some people evaluate Korean beer as low quality, saying that the malt flavor is low and the carbonation is strong.
I even hear from foreign media that ‘South Korea makes everything else well, but beer is worse than North Korea’.
However, on a hot summer day, this tangy taste is really attractive.
It goes especially well with chicken.
Ding Dong-
The gate bell rang.
Then Seoyeon Kim jumped up and shouted.
“Chicken is here!”
humming-
She jumped from the terrace straight into the garden.
And ran towards the gate.
Looking down, I saw an empty spot where the pine tree had naturally disappeared.
It’s pretty obnoxious, but I’ll leave it like that for now.
If anyone asks, I’ll tell you that I also stole a tree.
Shuyung-
Kim Seo-yeon, who received the chicken from the delivery man, flew back to the terrace.
Previously, golems had refrained from flying themselves.
Because there wasn’t much Elixir.
I didn’t have enough to write for myself, so I couldn’t give them a lot of rations.
However, as things got better, he distributed enough elixirs to the golems as well.
Thanks to this, the performance of the golems has improved even more.
If you hit it with a computer, the power saving mode is released, so you can demonstrate high performance.
“Everyone below the boss! Everyone worked hard, so let’s do one chicken per person!”
Kim Seo-yeon smiled broadly and handed out chickens to everyone.
“The boss has half and half fried seasoning, manager sister has garlic soy sauce, Seoyoon has boneless green onion chicken, and I have charcoal seasoning!”
Yum yum yum-
While everyone was enjoying the chicken, I opened my mouth.
“What should I name the store?”
Before opening the gold and silver room, the name of the store had to be decided.
When I registered as a business, I already wrote down my name on the documents.
At the time, the purpose of setting up a gold and silver room was ‘anonymous gold trading’, so it didn’t matter what the name of the store was.
So I roughly wrote down the name of the most common gold and silver room in Korea.
With friendly names such as ＜Golden Dang＞ and ＜Geumokdang＞.
There are at least one or two gold and silver rooms with that name in every neighborhood.
But now, the purpose of starting a gold and silver room has completely changed.
Since we are producing and selling top-notch accessories studded with natural gems, we needed something unique that could be imprinted in people’s minds rather than a friendly name.
The manager spoke first.
“What if it was named after the president, like other jewelry companies? How about ＜Minhyuk Choi Jewelry＞?”
Most of the world’s famous jewelry brands, such as Tixni, Carxie, and Bullxree, have retained their founders’ names.
However, I was quite embarrassed to use my name for a store name.
This time, Seoyeon Kim opened her mouth.
“How about the English word for alchemy, ＜alchemy＞?”
In fact, since it was a gold and silver room run by an alchemist, the name wasn’t bad either.
Of course, the guests will never notice that I am a real alchemist.
“I think it might be okay.”
This time, Lee Seo-yoon opened her mouth.
“The finished jewel is like a mini universe! So, how about ＜Microcosm＞? Microcosmos!”
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At Lee Seo-yoon’s opinion, everyone made puzzled expressions.
Ding Dong-
Just then, the doorbell rang.
“Pizza is here!”
Kim Seo-yeon jumped up and shouted.
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In the end, the shop was named ＜Alchemy＞, which means alchemy.
I immediately ordered a sign.
In order to create a design that matches the atmosphere of the store, we also entrusted the production of signboards to the company that did the interior work.
The person in charge of the company sent me several design concepts, so I picked out the ones I liked the most and let them know.
Signs are completed in two days.
‘The sign is ready.’
I had to order food to eat at the opening ceremony.
Originally, pig heads were not missing at opening ceremonies, but since it is a culture that is gradually disappearing, we decided to omit it.
To be honest, jewelry and pig’s head don’t really go together.
Also, banquet foods such as seasoned salads and pancakes also had strong smells, so they did not match the opening ceremony of Geumeunbang.
So, at the bakery across the street, I ordered light snacks such as macarons and cheesecake.
The owner of the place was a famous patissier who occasionally appeared on TV shows.
I sometimes buy bread, and it tastes very good.
The food was simple, but the alcohol was prepared with the finest champagne.
I ordered 300 bottles of champagne worth more than 1 million won per bottle.
It was worth 300 million won.
It was a store that would sell jewelry worth tens of billions of won in the future, and it was enough to celebrate the opening ceremony.
Macaron and cheesecake were good champagne snacks, but I wanted to prepare something else for high-class guests.
Personally, the best accompaniment with champagne was raw oysters, but I gave up because it was not in season.
Not only in Korea, but also in the West, raw oysters are not eaten in summer.
Eat raw oysters only in months with an ‘R’ in the spelling.
Therefore, raw oysters are eaten only from September to April of the following year.
So, caviar was prepared.
The price of caviar was very different, but 10,000 won per gram was quite high-end.
I ordered 100 cans of one 100g can for 1 million won.
Even so, it was worth 100 million won.
‘The food is ready too.’
While preparing for the opening ceremony, I was curious about how other gold and silver store owners conducted their opening ceremonies.
After seeing the invitation posted on the Internet community, I went to see the opening ceremony of another gold and silver store.
Like me, everyone prepared bread or cookies with less smell as food for the opening ceremony.
After all, it seems that all people’s thoughts are there.
However, the food spread out on the display case didn’t look very good.
The opening ceremony was also a kind of promotion for the store, but it was not supposed to cover the display case with food.
However, the store was narrow, so there was no place to put the food.
‘I want to make it a little more cool.’
On the day of the opening ceremony, I wanted to create a relaxed atmosphere where guests could enjoy food and appreciate jewelry at the same time.
How luxurious it is to look at beautiful jewels with a glass of champagne in your hand in a large space like a gallery.
My store is 50 pyeong (165㎡), which is rather large for a gold and silver room, but not enough to give a sense of space like a gallery.
‘Let’s expand the store!’
You can use space expansion magic to expand the area of the shop as much as you like.
If you widen it too much, people will notice it’s weird, but if you widen it moderately, it won’t be too much of a problem.
Who among the customers would carry a tape measure around and ask why the interior of the building is so spacious compared to the exterior?
Returning to the store, I stood in the center of the store and spread my hands.
‘Expansion of space’
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The distance between the wall and the wall started to move away.
It was enlarged to about 1.5 times the original area.
While expanding, the ceiling was also slightly raised.
And I removed all the table-style display cases.
After that, the sense of space was noticeably improved.
During the opening ceremony, jewelry will be displayed only in built-in showcases attached to the wall.
It aims to create an atmosphere like a gallery.
I don’t have a lot of accessories, so I was able to display all my works with the built-in display case.
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After finishing the store expansion, I looked around again.
‘Then, is the setting almost finished?’
Now that I was ready to welcome the guests, it was time to send out the invitations.
With the help of the building owner’s grandfather, he had secured a list of the people living nearby.
If you maintain this neighborhood, you are among the richest people in Korea.
My grandfather said, I put a phone call in for everyone, so if you send an invitation, most will attend.
Since then, I have been getting a lot of help from the building owner’s grandfather.
Sussuk-
The manager picked up a fountain pen and started writing out the invitations.
It was an invitation to send to precious guests who might buy expensive jewelry.
Handwriting will feel more elaborate than printing on a printer.
Sussuk-
The manager’s handwriting is beautiful and sophisticated.
I picked up one of the completed invitations.
And I smelled it.
Sometimes fountain pen ink emits an unpleasant odor.
How rude it would be if, after taking the invitation out of the envelope and opening it, it smelled like squid.
So, I carefully selected the ink for writing invitations.
‘It smells good.’
Kim Seo-yeon, who was displaying jewelry in the built-in cabinet, stopped what she was doing and approached me.
“Boss, shouldn’t we also call celebrities? It is an opening ceremony and a launching event at the same time, so celebrities cannot be left out.”
“Is a celebrity really necessary?”
“When a celebrity attends a jewelry brand launching event, the organizers give the celebrity jewelry as a gift. If a famous celebrity wears it in public, the advertising effect is great! There are examples of small companies that have grown to medium-sized companies in one fell swoop!”
“Yes!”
I forgot the importance of advertising because I only cared about making good products and sincerity toward customers.
Why do companies big and small pay huge ransoms and appoint celebrities as advertising models?
That’s because it’s so effective.
Of course, what companies that survive for a long time have in common is the quality of their products.
Most of the companies that did not care about the product and tried to build awareness only through advertisements went bankrupt within a few years after gaining popularity.
However, if a good product is successfully advertised, it is like a tiger gaining wings.
“Even after a successful launch, continuous advertising is essential! It would be even better if we got an exclusive advertising model at this point!”
“Then, which celebrity should I invite to the opening ceremony?”
“I’ve picked the right candidate!”
Seoyeon Kim handed me a tablet.
There were photos of the hottest female celebrities these days.
“Are they all girls?”
“Anyway, it’s jewelry, so male celebrities were excluded.”
There were three female celebrities selected by Kim Seo-yeon.
“Is it okay if I call all three of them?”
“No, I think inviting just one of them will suffice. They are all top stars. And the more you call, the higher the chance of stepping on mines.”
Celebrity advertisements have many unexpected variables.
If a newcomer with relatively low advertising costs is hired as a model, and the celebrity grows rapidly as a dark horse, the company has hit the lottery.
Conversely, if you pay a huge amount of advertising money and hire a top star as a model, but suddenly a scandal erupts due to drugs, illegal gambling, drunk driving, or domestic violence, that is completely a landmine.
So, you have to look carefully.
‘Recognition is another specialty of mine.’
There are many good-looking people in the world.
But how many of them are really good?
Celebrities who live off their image never take off the mask they are wearing, except for a few really stupid people.
But I can confirm their original appearance.
You just need to secretly monitor them closely for a day or two.
No one is wearing a mask even in places where no one else can see.
I looked at the tablet again.
Kim Seo-yeon was aware of the schedules and movements of the advertising model candidates.
Her hacking skills were enough to steal US military secrets.
Figuring out the movements of celebrities was child’s play.
“I am continuing what I am doing. I’ll come after a celebrity for a while.”
“Bye!”
I got out of the store and got into a supercar parked on the side of the road.
The car I bought half a year ago was finally shipped out.
burrung-
I started the car.
And headed to where the first candidate was.