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“Hey, what nonsense is that!”
Of course, Yoo Yong-oh got up and shouted with a reddened face at my bomb declaration.
“Impeachment! In the history of the shoe association, the president of the association has never been impeached…”
I interrupted Yoo Yong-oh and said.
“It was written in the rules. If half of the members of the association vote in favor of impeachment, the vote goes to impeachment, and if two-thirds approve, impeachment is passed. Just because it hasn’t been there before, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be here again, right?”
I said with a relaxed expression.
“I say it again in case everyone misunderstands, what did the president of the association do to us? Nothing. He just said he would join with a good heart, but he opened a welcome ceremony and asked to borrow a skeleton. Did I tell you before? I was thinking of considering it, please. But what do you do when you call someone without saying a word? Friends don’t do it like this. Isn’t it?”
I said looking at the silent members of the association.
“Anyway, I felt very bad about it, and I have no intention of joining the association until the president of the association is impeached. But what if impeachment happened? Then, I promise that I will actively work for coexistence with you.”
Then Yoo Yong-oh shouted evil.
“Other, only members of the association can propose impeachment! Representative Han is not yet affiliated with the association!”
Then Kim Deok-bae, who was next to me, raised his hand and said,
“I will submit an impeachment proposal against Yoo Yong-oh, president of the Association.”
Kim Deok-bae, a member of the association for 25 years.
Of course, there was nothing wrong with the rules.
I said with a smile.
“Is this okay? So what’s the long way to go? Everyone just got together, so we decide here, right? Now, please raise your hand if you are in favor of submitting the impeachment bill against Yoo Yong-oh, the president of the Association.”
Then, the silent members of the association looked at them and slowly raised their hands.
Seeing this, Yoo Yong-oh cried out with bloodshot eyes.
“What are you doing now! I was the one who asked CEO Han Ji-hyeok to borrow the skeleton! me!”
Then the member of the association who raised his hand said.
“I heard that CEO Han Ji-hyeok would not join if there was a president of the association.”
When one of the members of the association opens the door, both of you start talking.
“I thought the president of the association had persuaded me, but I just smoked it.”
“For some reason, the association wanted to work…”
Kim Deok-bae said.
The association’s organizational power has long since disappeared when the industry collapsed decades ago.
Of course, for the individual members of the association, the most important thing is their own profit.
There was no victory for the association president.
In such an instant, the majority of the association members raised their hands.
I said after counting the members of the association.
“A total of 170 voted in favor. Since more than half of the total members of the association, the impeachment bill was formally passed. Then, let’s continue to vote on whether to really impeach President Yoo Yong-oh this time. Let’s see, there are 330 members of the association, and two-thirds of them … If 220 votes in favor, the president of the association will be formally impeached.”
I said with an annoyed look.
“Those who were just holding it, keep holding it, because counting is cumbersome. Just lift 50 more people and you’ll join, or I’ll just go through that door.”
Then, even those who hesitated raise their hands one by one.
Yoo Yoo-oh did evil to try to change the situation, but more and more people raised their hands, and the magic number 220 of impeachment was finally reached.
“End.”
I said looking at Yoo Yu-oh.
“The president of the association, Yong-oh Yoo, was impeached for this and demoted to a general association member.”
“Hey, this isn’t it! Where is the case of impeachment like this, like roasting beans in lightning? There is no need to properly hold a general meeting and proceed!”
In fact, if you really want to follow the rules, you have to hold an emergency general meeting and formally vote on the agenda, as Yoo Yong-oh said, but it doesn’t matter.
Because this sudden impeachment is to bring people gathered in one place to my side and to impress everyone that the trend is on my side.
Even if the impeachment is nullified according to the rules, what does that mean in a situation where two-thirds already voted in favor of impeachment?
“ah. It’s noisy. If there is any dissatisfaction, Yoo Yoo-oh will hold a separate general meeting and announce that this impeachment is invalid according to the rules. Then it won’t be Then I vote on the spot again. Isn’t the result obvious?”
“Ugh!”
ruler. With this, the enemy’s vanguard was broken.
Now it’s my turn to put the rest on my side.
I said as I lifted up the signup form.
“Anyway, I think the impeachment has been passed, and the conversation continues. I came here with my seal on this sign-up form. Although I am the former president of the association, I also have the seal of the former president Yoo Yong-oh. I, Ji-hyeok Han, I will officially join the association as I am moved by your support for impeaching the president of the association for me.”
Then the members of the association cheered.
“Wow!”
Yoo Yong-oh, seeing this, shouted evil.
“This impeachment is null and void! I didn’t even follow the proper procedure…!”
But then Yoo Yong-oh, who was talking then, suddenly picked up his cell phone and checked it, and sat down quietly with a reddened face.
‘Ohh?’
In such a humiliating situation of being impeached forcibly, you just check your phone for a moment and then sit down and choose to remain silent.
‘Something has been ordered.’
If you’re lending a skeleton, isn’t it that you told me to sit down to see the situation?
If it weren’t for that, there would be no way I could be so quiet.
I thought as I looked at Yoo Yong-oh, who was only staring at the ground with a blushing face.
‘First, I’ll try to figure out whether it’s advantageous to them or not. But what should I do, I’m sorry, I have no intention of moving as expected.’
I said as I put down the signup form.
“Anyway, I’ve signed up, now it’s my turn to keep my promise, right? I will lend you a skeleton.”
“Oh oh!”
“finally!”
I said looking at the members of the association who were full of anticipation.
“Of course you can’t just lend it out. I’m also a business person, and no matter how the same association, I can’t do it for free, right?”
It completely dominates the association and the Korean footwear industry.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t lose, right?
Seron’s overflowing workforce and small businesses with technology and connections that were once successful but plunged due to price competitiveness.
You mix this well.
I said with a smile.
“The conditions are simple. We lend each other what we need.”
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“Can we borrow what we need from each other?”
These are people who have endured with their personal connections and technology to overcome the reality of being pushed back in price competitiveness.
What they lack is cheap labor.
“Skeleton? I can lend you. But what you are mistaken about is that skeletons are very different from ordinary workers. By placing all the skeletons in over 300 companies individually, you tune all those many shoe types on the fly? Is that really possible?”
There’s really nothing you can’t do.
That’s because it’s a programmer.
But that’s not the case.
In order to make them completely subordinate to me and make them look at me as an absolute Eul, I must not allow them to freely handle skeletons.
I looked at the members of the association and said.
“It would be more convenient to think of a skeleton as a semi-autonomous machine rather than a worker. And machines like this really shine when they’re all in one place, be it maintenance or whatever. In other words, realistically, it is impossible to provide all of your factories with skeletons.”
The members of the association began to gossip about my words.
I must have been embarrassed when he suddenly said something different after borrowing it.
“So, I’m proposing the other way around. It doesn’t make sense to borrow the skeleton directly, so I’ll just provide you with the skeleton’s labor.”
A member of the association said with a puzzled expression.
“The labor force? I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
“Simply put, when you place an order, we make it and deliver it to you.”
“Yes? No, that’s nonsense…”
I said looking at the members of the association who were going to protest.
“Instead, we will receive only 1,500 won for regular shoes as a margin. It means that it doesn’t matter whether you pay 10,000 won or 100,000 won as a margin for the shoes you order from us.”
They have connections and skills.
And I have the labor force.
If they do business using the networks they have accumulated over the years, I will use their technology and my labor to make shoes.
“How much do you spend on labor costs when making your own shoes in your factory? Easy to make will cost at least 3,500 won to 4,000 won. Yes? If you add the factory margin to that, well, 5,000 is ridiculous. But if you order from us, they will make it for 1,000 won. At this price, it’s a lot cheaper than ordering directly from China.”
Of course, this alone is just sophistry.
Because 1,500 won is the same as the margin I get from the maker.
In other words, there is no advantage to be gained as a member of the association.
Not surprisingly, the members of the association began to gossip with an absurd expression.
“…how is that different from just ordering from Seron?”
“So.”
“Is this a loan? Did you even support the impeachment of the president of the association?”
The reaction of the association members was quite natural.
But it doesn’t matter.
If there is just one more condition added, this proposal will be a truly golden opportunity for them.
I looked at the members of the association and said with a smirk.
“Instead, we will guarantee this one thing for sure in our seron. I don’t know if you know, but we, Ceron, don’t make any shoes for domestic use, we only make them for export.”
This is the only field that Ceron has not advanced in, taking all orders that make money.
It was the Korean domestic market.
When ordinary people think of shoes, they only think of manufacturers, but the size of the non-maker market was not to be ignored.
The non-manufacturer market, such as boots and safety shoes, and various fashion shoes and online shopping malls, accounts for almost half, and considering that the domestic shoe market in Korea is close to 1 trillion won, it was not a small scale.
The problem is that even this domestic market is made in China and Southeast Asia.
Proportionally, it’s almost 9 to 1.
Naturally, 9 here are from China and Southeast Asia, and 1 is the 300 companies here.
But what if I only provide cheap labor of skeletons to them?
And what if you bring back the stolen 9?
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Mathematically, they say that they will be able to increase the size of their business ten times than it is now.
“From now on, our Ceron will only accept orders from members of the Shoe Association for domestic shoes. Of course, we have no intention of going directly into the market.”
Then the disappointing members of the association prick their ears.
“Are you going to make it for domestic use only for the members of the association?”
right?
don’t you feel
“We only make it according to your order, and all the added value created by it is yours. In the domestic market, how long can we not just sit and be robbed of Chinese products? Seron is here to help.”
“…isn’t it bad?”
“Even if it’s not, the Yooyoung group has a bid for safety boots soon. Shall we try it?”
“Young group?”
“Originally, we delivered, but from 10 years ago, Chinese-made products have been winning bids. But at that price, you mean I can deliver it cheaper? The person in charge of that bid is my friend, so if I could match the price, I would be able to win.”
okay.
That’s it.
move like that
Leave the production to me and focus on sales.
So completely relying on Seron for all production.
Without Ceron anymore, the shoe business would be impossible.
Then a member of the association said:
“By the way, this way, you don’t have to have two employees… No, you don’t have to run a factory in the first place.”
“Is that so?”
great.
The desired word came out.
I nodded and said.
“I have one good point. Employees and factories, I mean, you don’t have any reason to have factories and employees that cost money any more. No matter what you do, there is no way to make it cheaper than Ceron.”
I said with a firm expression.
“But aren’t we talking about coexistence now? In addition, no matter how large the seron is, it is impossible to cover all of the existing jobs and the jobs that thousands of workers are responsible for at once.”
Besides, if you lose all your jobs like that, you’ll be outraged that you lost your job because of me.
So they make a reason to keep the production workers.
“So there is something I have been thinking about. That’s right, the production job and the skeleton interlocking system. To put it simply, the number of skeletons that can be borrowed at a time is tied to the number of production workers in the factory that owns it. Assuming that the loan is tripled, if there are 5 production workers, up to 15 skeletons can be assigned at a time.”
Then a member of the association said:
“If you want to borrow a skeleton, do you have to force yourself to keep a production job?”
“Yes.”
“I want to borrow a skeleton for the cost of labor, but if I want to borrow a skeleton, I have to maintain a factory and staff… Isn’t this a bit strange?”
I said with a smile.
“That’s right. It’s bound to be a burden. But it is also a burden for those of you who have endured those hard times, how about a new business owner?”
“New business?”
I nodded and said.
“When it comes to money, people flock to it. When you take over the domestic market and start earning money in earnest, people who look down on this floor will appear unconditionally. But what if Ceron makes shoes only for members of the association and demands a proper factory and production system as a condition for becoming a member of the association? This in itself becomes a kind of barrier to entry.”
I said looking at the association members with a relaxed expression.
“They say that if you want to receive shoes for domestic use from Ceron, you have to find a factory, hire production workers, and then join the association… Is that as easy as it sounds?”
The members of the association who understood my words said with their eyes shining brightly.
“Yes. That makes sense.”
“Even if we don’t have money, it’s not a problem to run a factory because we have the work and connections we’ve received so far, but how easy is it for a new entrepreneur to rent a factory to borrow a skeleton and hire a production worker? If it were that simple, so many shoe companies wouldn’t have gone bankrupt.”
I nodded and said.
“you’re right. Have you been struggling all this time? So, I’m talking about sharing the domestic shoe market with only the remaining members of our association who hit the wall. Surrounding the wall of joining the association with factories and employees, it is perfect to knock down all the new businesses! Only between us.”
Even if an association becomes too large, it can become difficult to control.
So, while maintaining only about 300 companies at present, they hand over candy that they did not even consider in the beginning of the Korean domestic market and become their absolute leader.
The good thing from Ceron’s point of view is that it can be made for the Korean domestic market, which has been abandoned, and at the same time, if they operate a skeleton, their technology will naturally be absorbed into Ceron, which is perfect.
I said pointing at people with my hand.
“Gentlemen, we are now a family. A family that protects each other. I think the definition of a family is a shared interest. Just as it is quite natural for a child to receive help from their parents and receive allowance. But, if a nearby stepdaughter suddenly tries to steal half of the pocket money he gave to his child, would you just leave it alone?”
The members of the association who fully understood what I was saying exclaimed with excitement.
“Absolutely not!”
“You have to beat me to death!”
I nodded my head in satisfaction.
“you’re right. You must never leave it alone. In that sense, what makes us different from families? while protecting each other’s interests. Family members sometimes fight, but when someone other than the family fights, they unite and fight back. Isn’t it?”
“you’re right!
The flow went perfectly.
I said raising my fist.
“Everyone, let’s be together! It’s about reclaiming the market lost to China! It clearly shows that no one can break our win-win!”