Became the Academy Mafia Episode 157
Club time after finishing all morning classes.
Unlike usual, Yuli came not through the window, but through the front door of the club room.
“Junior? “The club manager wants to meet you sometime?”
“It looks like things went better than expected.”
Yuli leans back on the sofa in the manager’s office as if she’s used to it now.
“Oh, and congratulations.”
“yes?”
When I suddenly looked puzzled at the congratulatory message, she placed the envelope from her arms on the table.
“What is this?”
“Club promotion certificate. “You’re in the silver club now?”
She talks with a grin.
When I opened the envelope and checked the contents, I was able to confirm that there was indeed a piece of paper and a certificate stating that I had been promoted to the silver club.
“… … Are you getting work done faster than you thought? “I thought it would take a little longer.”
For now, it would not be enough to say that we are at odds with the student council.
Considering the student president’s twisted personality, I thought he would be rejected at least once or twice, but I thought he passed more easily than I thought.
Then Yuli looked at me as if I was dumbfounded.
“Junior. “Are you thinking about what kind of people your junior recently brought to the academy?”
“ah.”
Are you talking about the time when old man Kwak Chun-sik and Geom-seon got into a fight?
The old man took a position as an instructor at the academy, and even Han Yeo-eun recently came, right?
Clearly, we couldn’t openly ignore our club, which was protected by such people.
“… … “I already tried to go see the elders right away when I got rejected, but I’m glad I did.”
“what? Really… … “You’re shamelessly saying that you’re a tattletale.”
“Wouldn’t that just mean you don’t do anything that would get you snitched on?”
I know someone wants to do it.
So, we just need to operate fairly.
“That’s true, but… … anyway! Now that we’ve clearly conveyed the message, let’s get back to the main topic. “Tell the club manager to meet me at the cafe later.”
“Which cafe are you talking about?”
“Are there any other cafes at the academy besides this new one?”
“ah.”
It looks like business is really going well.
* * *
Even though it was probably an afternoon class, the cafe was literally packed with students.
It looks like people who came out during break time or are participating in club activities gathered here.
Then, all of a sudden, I felt something different from yesterday.
No, wait a minute. Didn’t the hamster get a little bigger?
“Latte.”
“Yes, sir. Speaking of cafe latte── Oh? young master?”
The latte I was about to order looked at me in surprise, as if I had completely adapted to the cafe by now.
“Latte. “The hamsters seem to have gotten a little bigger. Are there any changes?”
No, it wasn’t just a little bigger. Hamsters, almost several times larger in size, are carrying trays with their chubby bodies.
Latte smiled at this as if it was no big deal.
“iced coffee. That one. As the number of people increased, hamsters were unable to move a large amount at once, so we recruited additional guinea pig employees.”
“… … guinea pig?”
Somehow it got too big.
Looking closely, I could see the hamsters moving around the cafe and cleaning.
“Are you sure you’re okay? “It seems like the speed has gotten a little faster.”
“Yes?”
I thought it was a good idea to give Latte some discretion regarding sales.
I hope the cafe becomes more prosperous with good ideas like these.
“But what are you doing at this time, Master? “First of all, I recorded everything I thought was important information.”
“No, no, not that. There is someone I decided to meet here. “I stopped by for a moment.”
“Ah, is that so? I thought you were here to check if I was doing well. Ha ha ha ha ha.”
Latte smiles sheepishly and scratches her head.
What kind of person am I in Latte’s mind?
Realizing that there was definitely a battle going on wherever she was, I decided not to say anything.
hmm. It’s definitely worth being scared of.
“Then you have a hard time.”
“yes! thank you!”
As I left her behind and went up to the second floor, a scene unfolded where a huge number of people were sitting and looking at the guinea pigs as if they were cute.
And that corner.
“It’s over there.”
There was someone I was looking for.
A hamster posing on a table and a woman taking pictures of it on her cell phone.
“I’m sorry for making you wait so long.”
She was startled by my voice and put her phone in her pocket.
“You came earlier than I thought.”
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Then, he lifts his coffee cup and quenches his thirst as if nothing had happened.
“I said I wanted to meet you.”
As I said that and sat down, she looked at me with sharp eyes.
“I wish you could tell me what you called me for.”
Is it because of what happened recently when they kicked out the student council auditor? Her expression towards me was not very good.
“If it’s a useless story, I won’t just sit still.”
Her hand holding the phone is shaking.
… … I’m sure you’re not angry because I interrupted you while I was taking pictures of the hamster, right?
Still, I decided to get to the point for now.
“First of all, I’m glad you seem to like the cafe. “I’m also happy that so many people like it.”
“… … What are you talking about?”
She looks like she doesn’t understand.
“Didn’t you know? This cafe. “It’s mine.”
“what?”
She was surprised as if this was truly the first time she had heard this.
“Did you not hear anything else?”
“All I heard was that Hanwol Group obtained the business rights… … Come to think of it, you were also an official of Hanwol Group.”
She nods as if she finally understands, and then looks at the hamster sitting on my shoulder.
“The business item was groundbreaking. Who would have thought that they would build a non-existent cafe in the academy and hire awakened employees to use rodents as labor. I heard rumors of something similar overseas, but… … “It was my first time seeing it like this, so I was quite surprised.”
Overseas was definitely a cat, right?
I seemed to have heard somewhere that cats are troublesome because they don’t listen well, but people get annoyed.
“But why did I ask to see you?”
While saying that, she eats the cake on the table with a spoon.
I must have liked the taste so much that I had already eaten almost all of the piece of cake, which was probably quite large.
“I’m thinking about my next business item, but I think I’ll need the opinion and consent of the club manager.”
“… … Next business?”
“ah. The cake you just ate. “Do you like it?”
She tilts her head at my sudden question, looks at the cake again, and opens her mouth.
“huh. It’s a good cake. The texture of the sponge is great, the basic ingredients are good, and the taste itself is excellent. “I think it would probably have been successful even if it had been sold commercially.”
“That cake. “It was created by the pastry chef’s club.”
“… … huh? this?”
But it doesn’t end here.
“The coffee you are drinking now is made using coffee beans roasted by the barista club.”
The coffee beans themselves were selected and selected by me, but as a result, the coffee beans were roasted through them.
“In other words, more than half of the food sold below is not a ready-made product, but rather an item purchased wholesale through club activities. Do you know what this means?”
“Well, your business can co-exist with the academy’s club. “It doesn’t have to be that obvious.”
“It’s similar, but… … no. “What’s really important is that the products made by the club are well-received in the market.”
The quality of the goods and food made by the academy clubs is very excellent.
This is Seoul Hero Academy, where the nation’s leading students have gathered.
It is clear that the basic ideology of this place is that it is an institution to nurture future talent for combat.
But that doesn’t mean everything.
There are people who get tired of fighting and give up, and there are also people whose talents or inclinations lie in production rather than combat.
Above all, the society of the awakened does not revolve around only those who fight.
Suppliers to support them must also be solid. Just like plants or herbivores that support the bottom of the ecological pyramid.
But what is the current academy’s stance?
“As you know, Manager, the current structure of the club is absolutely advantageous to the combat group. “On the production side, all you can do is participate in festivals and school events, while you can do battles, hunt, and even receive external requests.”
That is why small clubs cannot survive for long.
The recipe development club, which was recognized for its achievements by creating amazing recipes, was rather a unique case.
We do receive support from the Academy, but that is literally just the minimum amount to sustain ourselves.
In order to grow, you have to invest money, and to do that, you have to come up with new results.
And for that new result, money is ultimately needed.
It is truly a vicious cycle.
That’s why many clubs end up being reduced to small gatherings.
Like a board game club with a huge debt, it is really only consumed as a ‘hobby’.
“Therefore, I would like to sell their products through the business rights obtained from the Academy. “It means becoming a kind of distributor.”
I proudly declared that and placed a document envelope that I had kept in my arms in front of her.
“This is the business plan I put together.”
The content itself was very simple.
We purchase items from production clubs. And after selling it outside, the proceeds are returned to the club.
Seo Yeon-soo lets out a laugh after checking the contents.
“Do you think we didn’t do this because we didn’t know this simple thing? We tried it last year too. And the result is──.”
“──It must have failed miserably.”
“You would do it even though you knew that?”
As she said, last year’s student council attempted the same thing as me.
But the result was a complete failure.
The reason was simple.
“Failure to secure a distribution network and lack of publicity. From the beginning, the only thing they had to offer was ‘Seoul Hero Academy Production’, so isn’t this a natural result? And isn’t that the biggest reason for failure?”
charge.
This damn student council took a lot of fees.
“For accessibility, we had to lower the distribution price, and that was all we did, taking as much loss as possible and reducing commissions. “But what more should I have done here?”
“No. “That’s not enough.”
This is one of the shortcomings of the academy student council.
The thoughts are too rigid.
“If I were you, I would have used a luxury strategy. If it’s expensive in the market, don’t buy it? This has long since become a thing of the past. People don’t like cheap and good products. “I want something special that not everyone can have.”
This is the so-called luxury strategy.
“I will sell the Academy’s items out there very ‘expensively.’ We will take advantage of the illusion that the world has about the academy. and.”
──I have the power to distribute it and thoroughly decorate it.
She swallowed her saliva at my words.
“Now, all you have to do is tell me that the manager has inspected and implemented it. then… … congratulations. “This will be the manager’s achievement.”
I slowly began to gain strength in my voice.
[Attribute: [Speaker] is activated.]
“If this plan is successful, there will be a possibility for weak clubs to escape their deficit. The headaches of the accounting department will disappear. In the future, we will call it this. This is the first and best era in Academy history! How is it? “I can make everyone coexist.”
I can see that her eyes are confused and trembling violently.
It is something important that cannot be given up for reputation, performance, and the future.
But that’s not all.
She would probably understand me perfectly.
Before she became a member of the student council, she was a member of a club that collapsed due to the bondage of ‘money’.
That was the reason why I sought out the club manager and not anyone else.
“please. Please use good judgment.”
Finally, after saying that and bowing my head, I stood up.
She was still looking at the business plan with shaking pupils.
You’re probably thinking this right now. If only there had been a story like this back then.
If, if, if… … .
As I turn, I hear her small voice coming from behind.
“… … If all goes according to this plan. “I will consider it positively.”
“yes. please.”
I was also serious about this plan.
If this plan passes, it will really help many people.
And──
──Because the clubs will start relying on me, not the student council.
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