Ahn Jeong-gyu, who had a delicious lunch of yellow radish soup and was picking his teeth with a toothpick, talked to Kim Cheol-soo as he walked to the office.
“Observe the first sales meeting?”
“yes.”
“Why, is there anything strange? Haven’t you already delegated everything there?”
“Still, I think we need to check how the decision is made on which company.”
“Do you have anything important to follow up on this afternoon?”
“I finished everything in the morning.”
“Okay, okay. Come on.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu nodded and thought as he walked.
Kim Cheol-soo worked harder than usual in the morning.
He seemed to consider this meeting quite important, if only to make time for himself in the afternoon.
According to the reports I’ve seen so far, it seemed like there would be no problem no matter which company I selected, but is it an issue worth paying that much attention to?
After Kim Cheol-soo entered the company meeting at 2 o’clock, Ahn Jeong-gyu went to the first sales department and summoned Manager Jeong Chae-hoon.
Ahn Jeong-gyu, who went up to Sky Park together and smoked a cigarette, asked quietly.
“Manager Yang, aren’t you having a seizure these days?”
“Quiet, Manager.”
“The new person who joined last year went to a different department?”
“Oh, you mean Kim Seong-ho? Yes, I went to the management planning office.”
“That’s where Director Park is, right?”
“Well, I guess I liked it.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu recalled the handsome-looking Kim Seong-ho in his mind and changed the topic.
“Who is the new recruit?”
“If I can do as well as Assistant Manager Kim Cheol-soo, I will have no wish.”
“Say something that makes sense.”
Jeong Chae-hoon giggled at Ahn Jung-gyu’s words.
Jeong Chae-hoon was Ahn Jeong-gyu’s college junior and was active in the same club.
Although I didn’t work with Ahn Jung-gyu, I depended on him a lot while working at the company.
“Is there a problem with your team?”
“yes?”
“This red ginseng thing.”
Chae-hoon Jeong recalled a conversation that Choi Sang-guk and Yang Chun-sik had not long ago.
“Ah…it won’t be a problem.”
“What?”
“We just added one more meeting company.”
“Meeting company?”
“A company called Jeongwoong Foods has been added. Doesn’t that happen often?”
Ahn Jeong-gyu frowned slightly at those words.
Did the first sales department re-introduce companies that Kim Cheol-soo had removed from the list due to low-quality products?
In some ways, it may not be something to worry about as Jeong Chae-hoon said, but the mood felt in Kim Cheol-soo’s expression was not that light.
“Well, that’s right.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu returned to his original expression and nodded, taking a deep breath from his cigarette.
“Isn’t this a case of promotion to deputy director this year?”
“Yes, manager.”
“Hurry up and get rid of the poop on top.”
“Hahaha. You’ll be in trouble if you say something like that.”
“What? Is that so? You’re saying you’re Manager Yang better than me?”
“Oh, you too, Manager. Both of you are important to me.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu chuckled at those words.
“Okay. Are you going to attend this business class reunion?”
“I think it will be difficult because of the business trip.”
“I guess I’ll have to be alone again.”
When Ahn Jeong-gyu spoke harshly, Jeong Chae-hoon said with a straight face.
“You always say that, but aren’t you so busy that you can’t even talk properly?”
“Hahaha. Did you do that? Why can’t I remember! How about hiking this week?”
“Week······. Weekend?”
“Why? Are you busy? A lot of executives come here? It’s not golf, and if it’s hiking, there’s not much to worry about. If you want to get promoted, you have to look good to the higher-ups, right?”
“Aha! Then we should go. Haha.”
Ahn Jeong-gyu nodded, throwing the burned-out cigarette butt into the ashtray.
“Okay. I’ll see you on the weekend. Let’s go down now.”
**
Yang Chun-sik was caught by Kim Cheol-soo, who suddenly attended, but he didn’t pay much attention to it.
‘No matter how good you are, what can you do as an assistant manager?’
I had meetings with 4 places over 2 hours.
For companies that were not expected to do well in the domestic market due to tight competition, it was an opportunity to sell products and open up new markets, so lively discussions continued and various conditions were put forward.
Since he was an observer, he had no right to speak, but Kim Cheol-soo meticulously wrote down their contract, and Yang Chun-sik was busy doing other things as if he was not interested.
After the meeting with Punggi Food, Yang Chun-sik stretched and spoke to Kim Cheol-soo.
“Do you have nothing to do, Assistant Manager Kim? It would be difficult to waste your time and get paid in a place like this.”
The atmosphere in the conference room became cold due to the sudden attack, but Kim Cheol-soo answered with an expressionless expression.
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“It’s an important contract. I plan to do other work after the meeting.”
Yang Chun-sik, annoyed by that sight, slowly began to raise his voice.
“It was entrusted to us, but is it difficult if it comes out like this?”
“This is where I am doing business. If there is no problem, I will listen quietly.”
“What? Are you saying that if there’s a problem, you’re going to say something? Are you just being rude just because you’re doing well?”
Kim Cheol-soo still just stared at Yang Chun-sik without any change in his expression.
‘A bastard like Ahn Jeong-gyu.’
If anything goes wrong, it seems like a loud noise will erupt in the conference room.
Just then, people from Jeongwoong Foods opened the conference room door and came in, and Yang Chun-sik stood up, glaring at Kim Cheol-soo without even trying to hide his discomfort.
“Nice to meet you. This is Manager Yang Chun-sik. This is Manager Jeong-cheol Son, and this is Employee Choi Sang-guk. And this… I’m an employee who is observing how the work is going, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Hello. I’m Joo Young-jun, the sales director of Jeongwoong Foods. This is Manager Cha Ji-yeol.”
Kim Cheol-soo looked at Yang Chun-sik and Joo Young-jun alternately without being noticed.
It was clearly the two people who were drunk on Valentine’s Day and were staggering around with their arms around each other’s shoulders.
But you say hello just because you’re seeing each other for the first time?
It didn’t feel good.
The meeting proceeded without any particular issues, and unlike the previous four companies, Yang Chun-sik actively participated in the meeting.
“Under these conditions, wouldn’t there be a large profit if Hanyoung General Trading Company receives the product and sells it to ATC?”
In response to Yang Chun-sik’s question, Manager Son Jeong-cheol calculated the profit and loss and nodded.
“I think it’ll be okay.”
But Choi Sang-guk said with a puzzled expression.
“I don’t think existing products will work. If it’s a product currently being tested by the Food and Drug Administration…”
Youngjun Joo answered those words.
“The new product is a premium product line with greatly increased efficacy compared to existing products. It is difficult to sell such a product at a low price.”
“It’s an important business partner for us…”
“Hey! Choi Sang-guk!”
As Choi Sang-guk continued to tackle him, Yang Chun-sik became irritated and shouted at him.
“Yes, manager.”
“Are we doing business for others?”
“no.”
“Then you have to choose the conditions that will make you the most money!”
“However, if ATC tackles the issue of selling a defective product, it will proceed now…”
“hey!!!”
Yang Chun-sik jumped up at those words.
“You are in the sales department 3!”
“No, Manager.”
“That’s up to Sales Department 3 to take care of. Why do you care!”
“but….”
Kim Cheol-soo stopped Choi Sang-guk from answering Yang Chun-sik with a red face.
“It’s okay, Sang-guk.”
Then he looked at Yang Chun-sik and Joo Young-jun and spoke firmly.
“I think the price suggested by Jeongwoong Foods is high. If you are going to supply that product, please supply it at 20% of the price just suggested.”
Yang Chun-sik made a bewildered expression, and Joo Young-jun stammered as if he was embarrassed when he saw Kim Cheol-soo suddenly interrupting.
“Huh? 2…20%?”
But wasn’t this person an employee who was observing work?
I can’t even jab
The workplace is a place where you can come together with like-minded people, but it is basically a battlefield.
Many people think that they need personal skills to survive in this battlefield.
But in fact, the art of living is a tactic to avoid war.
It is a skill that allows you to stay at a company for a longer period of time, but it is difficult to move up to a higher position by itself.
In the end, only by creating conflict, winning the war, and gaining recognition can one truly ascend to a high position.
To win a war, you must prepare.
And the more you prepare, the higher your chances of winning.
Kim Cheol-soo, who received a tip from Choi Sang-guk, devoted as much time as possible to conducting a detailed investigation of Jeongwoong Foods over the course of two days.
I searched for information based on various media such as news, Mom Cafe, Consumer Agency, etc., and even asked the Ginseng Association, which was involved in a legal battle against Jeongwoong Foods, to receive ingredient analysis information on Jeongwoong Foods’ products.
Of course, it was insurance just in case, and I had no intention of handing out this information at the meeting.
“But who are you?”
Kim Cheol-soo gave a simple answer to Joo Young-jun’s question.
“This is Assistant Manager Kim Cheol-soo of Sales Department 3. I have a deep relationship with ATC, the buyer. If I do not understand, even if your product is selected, ATC may reject it.”
At those words, Yang Chun-sik spoke to Kim Cheol-soo with a rotten expression.
“Hey! Assistant Manager Kim. What do you mean?”
Yang Chun-sik was Yoo Ji-hoon’s CEO, and he was a person who viewed the third sales department as a thorn in his side.
If there was enough room here, the red ginseng case would not be handed over to the first sales department.
“That’s literally it. I’m going to tell ATC what happened here.”
Yang Chun-sik has been living quietly ever since he was stabbed with a rice cake machine.
This matter had already been reported to Sales Manager Yoo Young-sik at the team leaders’ meeting.
If the contract was rejected due to Kim Cheol-soo, it was a situation where he might actually have to resign.
“What! This young chick! I’ve said everything!”
Yang Chun-sik shouted in unbearable anger, and the inside of the conference room became cold.
Kim Cheol-soo quietly looked at Yang Chun-sik, who was shouting loudly with a red face.
If it weren’t for the company’s Jjambap for 18 years, I would probably have been like a Jjolbo, my heart pounding and my liver the size of a bean.
Although Yang Chun-sik is a bit old-fashioned, he is a person who has worked his way up from the lowest level to the manager.
Although he had a fiery personality, he was not that mean of a person.
They would not have deliberately aligned themselves with Jeongwoong Foods to sell defective products.
However, there is a possibility that my judgment was momentarily clouded by the words of a classmate I met after a long time.
Regardless of whether Yang Chun-sik was behind the scenes or not, there was a need to immediately remove the mask of Jeong Woong Foods and create an official basis.
Yang Chun-sik felt sorry for himself when he saw Kim Cheol-soo’s eyes staring at him silently.
I had forgotten that I was now meeting a client.
And Kim Cheol-soo also realized that he was not his subordinate.
Because of my impatient nature, I lost my breath and made a mistake.
‘Keuhum…’
When Yang Chun-sik cleared his throat and sat down, Manager Son next to him sighed deeply, and Kim Cheol-soo turned his gaze to look straight at Joo Young-jun.
“Your product in this report has a solids content of 15%?”
Joo Young-jun felt uneasy when he saw Kim Cheol-soo calmly asking him a question.
‘He’s not an ordinary guy.’
However, if you tell the truth here, not only will the deal go to waste, but if you are not careful, bad rumors will spread in the industry, and you could even be kicked out of the business forever.
“Yes, 15% is correct.”
Kim Cheol-su pointed to the report Joo Young-jun submitted and asked again.
“Are you sure about 15%?”
Youngjun Joo swallowed his saliva.
From now on, I really had no choice but to go to Nopakku.
“Isn’t that obvious? Other companies’ products have a solid content of around 50%, so the price we suggested is sufficiently reasonable.”
“The average content of other companies’ products is 50% and your product’s content is about 15%, so you are saying that you will sell it at 1/3 the price of other companies’ products. I will ask you again. Is it really 15%?”
As Kim Cheol-soo continued to tackle, Joo Young-jun’s face became increasingly hard.
‘What on earth and how much do you know!’
Of course, Manager Yang and Manager Son had all been in business here for over 10 years.
Everyone realized that the change in Joo Young-jun’s expression, who had been confident just a moment ago, was unusual.
‘uh? ‘It feels a bit strong, doesn’t it?’
As the angle of Manager Son’s head tilted increased, Yang Chun-sik’s face also became more rigid.
‘Wait a minute, this is weird. Youngjun Joo, you bastard, did you really scam me?’
“Yes, 15% is correct.”
“That’s strange.”
Kim Cheol-soo took out a sheet of ingredient analysis table from the file he had brought with him.
This was the ingredient analysis data submitted when Jeongwoong Foods and the Ginseng Association engaged in a legal battle.
As soon as the Ginseng Association heard that they were considering doing business with Jeongwoong Foods, they tried to stop them and immediately sent us the materials.
“This is the content of the ingredient analysis conducted by Seoul National University’s Food Engineering and Research Institute.”
Yang Chun-sik jumped up and snatched the ingredient analysis table, and Joo Young-jun’s expression hardened so that anyone could see it.
– Red ginseng solid content 1.5%
“What? It was 1.5%, not 15%?”
Yang Chun-sik’s saggy cheeks trembled and his face turned red.
To summarize what Joo Young-jun said to Yang Chun-sik, it was as follows.
The product was released first. As competitors released new products with higher solid content, they were not sold and a significant amount of inventory had accumulated.
So, Jeong Woong Foods wanted to get rid of inventory, and Hanyoung General Trading needed red ginseng products, so Yang Chun-sik accepted his proposal positively.
Of course, the efficacy is lower than that of products with 50% solid content, but after consulting here and there, it was confirmed that the difference in effect is not very significant unless it is taken for a long period of time.
Therefore, we decided that 15% of the price of other companies’ products would be acceptable.
“That… that… can’t be…”
Joo Young-jun could not answer properly and stuttered with a white face, as if he had caught something he should not have heard.
There was no way the sales demons could have missed that.
“Whoa…”
Yang Chun-sik closed his eyes tightly and took several deep breaths.
Manager Son and Choi Sang-guk glanced at Yang Chun-sik, who was barely suppressing his boiling anger with his arms crossed, and looked through the analysis sheet.
As expected, Manager Son has a hard expression on his face.
“Managing Director Joo Young-jun.”
“yes···.”
“Are you trying to scam us now?”
“Oh, no. That’s not it…”
“This concludes today’s meeting.”
“Wait!”
“Please leave. I have an internal meeting scheduled.”
Joo Young-jun and Cha Ji-yeol ran outside with their faces red in the cold welcome.
No one even paid attention.
Yang Chun-sik took a deep sigh and spoke to Manager Son Jeong-cheol.
“Send emails to our partners, clients, and networks connected to us. You crazy bastards!!! Those bastards deserve to be buried!”
“I understand. Manager.”
As the two chatted, Kim Cheol-soo quietly put the materials into a folder.
He then gave a light bow to Manager Yang Chun-sik.
“Then I’ll just leave.”
“Hey! Assistant Manager Kim.”
Kim Cheol-soo turned to Yang Chun-sik’s call.
“How did you know? About Jeongwoong Food? Who told you?”
Yang Chun-sik was secretly concluding that Choi Sang-guk had leaked the story about Jeongwoong Foods to Kim Cheol-soo.
No, not Choi Sang-guk, anyone was fine.
I was on the verge of going crazy because I wanted to take my anger out on someone right now for being treated so badly.
I couldn’t control my embarrassment.
“Does it matter who told you? Shouldn’t you be happy that you no longer have to deal with a bad company?”
“what?”
Kim Cheol-soo turned his eyes to Choi Sang-guk and said.
“Thanks to you, I corrected a mistake that was almost made in this contract, so he will be the number one contributor. I hope that he will follow up this red ginseng matter until the end with that kind of attitude. Then, I will leave the rest entirely to the manager. Thank you for your cooperation. .”
Kim Cheol-soo bows deeply to his waist politely and leaves the conference room.
Yang Chun-sik sat blankly for a long time with a dejected expression.
‘Why are there all these guys?’
Choi Sang-guk seemed to hear Kim Cheol-soo’s words echoing in his ears.
Feeling like he was crying for some reason, he cleared his throat and Manager Son Jeong-cheol thought as he watched Kim Cheol-soo walking through the window.
‘The next time for Manager Lee Jun-hak will be the era of Assistant Manager Kim Cheol-soo. He’s a character, a character.’
After a while, Yang Chun-sik came to his senses and called Choi Sang-guk.
“Choi Sang-guk.”
“Yes, manager.”
“You bastard. Are you a spy? Huh!”
“No, Manager.”
“And then they won’t leave you alone? They treated me kindly because I was a newlywed.”
“I’m sorry, Manager.”
As Choi Sang-guk bowed his head several times, Yang Chun-sik looked at Son Jeong-cheol and said.
“Start selecting a company.”
“Yes, manager.”
Meanwhile, Ahn Jeong-gyu, who was sitting in the conference room on the other side of the wall from the room where the meeting took place, stood up with a strange expression.
When Yang Chun-sik cornered Kim Cheol-soo, I thought about jumping in and grabbing him by the collar, but I was curious how this guy would solve this, so I grabbed him by the butt.
I’ve felt it before, but Kim Cheol-soo always researches more data than others.
If the office investigation wasn’t enough, I thought an on-site visit would be the default, and I tried my best to get anything.
Thanks to this, we were able to make creative suggestions that we could never have imagined, and most of them actually led to the conclusion of actual contracts.
The sales department was a blessing in disguise.
‘also.’
Watching Kim Cheol-su water Yang Chun-sik, I felt like 10 years of congestion was relieved in an instant.
It was refreshing, as if a patch had been applied to the area where Yang Chun-sik had headbutted him.
‘Director Yang!! ‘I can’t even jab against Assistant Manager Kim.’
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