Chapter 650 – Guild Startup Idea (2)

In the process of moving from Area B to Area C, the boss asked me several questions about the elements of starting a hunter guild.

“What do you think you lack right now to start a hunter guild?”

“First of all, we will need a building to use as the guild headquarters. In addition, there will be dungeons that hunters can use, hunters who will work in the guild, and more capital than now.”

“But I’m glad you don’t seem to know anything. Still, if your goal is to start a guild, in your case, just focus on securing the headquarters building and dungeon. “You can probably think about the latter two a little more slowly.”

“Yes?”

“First of all, the initial capital is not as much as you think. This is only when the dungeon is secured. It is enough to secure enough salaries for hunters and employees, or you can receive investment from external capital like our company.”

“Is that so… ?”

“Of course, don’t forget that your capital ratio must always be maintained at 51% to avoid being kicked out of the guild you created later.”

… That’s kind of scary. Being kicked out of the guild I created.

It certainly seemed like we needed to think a little more carefully about receiving investment from outside capital.

“And it looks like securing the hunters has already been resolved, so there’s no need to worry about this.”

“Yes?”

“You know that if you say you’re going to create a new guild right now, there won’t be one or two people who will follow you to the company, right? One two three four… No, I guess it’s about 20 people?”

“… Yes?”

… If I create a guild, there will be that many people who will follow me?

No matter how much I thought about it, I tilted my head at Seo Ok-hee’s calculation method, wondering if she had calculated something wrong, but she seemed to be summarizing the general aspects as if she was saying something obvious.

“First of all, you will take out the entire Azure Shield staff, and Hanmin and her younger sisters will likely go there as well, and if you and Kang Hye-eun go out, Eun-young… It seems like Kang Eun-young will follow suit for some reason, and there will be about a dozen more women who scolded you for behaving like a wolf in the recovery room, so it’s roughly correct. Plus, it seems like he had a close relationship with the foundation kids, so if we can get him from there as well, there will be a lot more.”

“… No way. Still, Hye-eun or Cha Yu-ri might be able to follow me. “I’m not sure about the rest.”

Even if other people don’t know, those two people’s liking for me has already reached the highest level.

If I was lucky, I might be able to bring Sihee from the foundation, and if I became the guild leader, it would also be possible to unofficially activate Eunbyeol, who was living in seclusion at my house.

And if there is an exception, Cheon Ji-hee, who Hye-eun hopes for, comes in as a bonus. In fact, this alone was quite spectacular for an early guild. Of course, that was only when things went as well as expected.

It’s a bit disappointing that there’s no one to act as an explorer and I’m the only recovery hunter, but for an early guild to have this much of a manpower pool, I’m sure it’s full.

“Just those two people? “Aren’t you evaluating yourself too harshly?”

“Boss, aren’t you overestimating me? “I’m not that great of a person, and hunters have a short job lifespan, but you change guilds so easily just because you have a crush on me?”

“Rather, since the lifespan of the hunter profession is short, have you ever thought of following you? In any case, they will probably think that it would be much more beneficial for them to work with a male awakened hunter, as they will only be living as hunters for 2-3 years at most.”

“… Is that so?”

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it’s to that extent.

From the beginning, I had already decided in my head who would never change guilds.

Han Min-ah, who has lived in a poor family and suffered from debt left by her parents since she was young, would never try to move the company’s headquarters.

Although I personally care about her and trust her, I couldn’t force her to give up her stable job and join her startup.

Of course, apart from that, Minah Han, who had a rare career as an A+ level searcher, was someone I personally did not want to miss, so from the guild leader’s point of view, she was definitely someone I wanted to bring along.

It was to some extent based on that calculation that she decided to create a new branch of Eun and Jade Co., Ltd. Rather than establish a completely new guild.

With this method, hunters like Han Min and Eun-young will be able to work in the guild I created without having to change their affiliation, and more than anything, even in ‘securing dungeons’, which is one of the biggest weaknesses of new guilds, they can share Gangdong-gu’s dungeons. Because you will be able to overcome your weaknesses.

As soon as he read my idea to create a new branch of Eun and Ok Co., Ltd., He said it was a ‘bold plan’, probably because CEO Seo Ok-hee also figured out my plan right away.

Therefore, the help of CEO Seo Ok-hee was more urgent than anyone else for this plan.

No matter how much I wanted to open a branch of Eun and Jade Co., Ltd. And had the funds to do so, without the CEO’s permission, the whole plan was bound to be as shaky as a sand castle on the coast.

As I was looking at CEO Seo Ok-hee with that thought in mind, she read my thoughts and poked my solar plexus with her finger to emphasize it.

“We will allow you to create a new branch only when your plan is properly completed.”

“Yes.”

“If you are just delusional in your head like you are now, I will never allow it. Opening a branch of a guild is a matter closely related to the credibility of the existing guild. “Of course I don’t care how much you spend on your business.”

“… I know.”

Will my plan be able to move the heart of that seemingly strict boss?

A dream I’ve had for a long time. It was time to test its reality.

⁎ ⁎ ⁎

After wandering around the abandoned village C area with owner Seo Ok-hee for about 30 minutes.

After roughly understanding the geography of Area C and the location of the old building, the CEO and I wandered around and eventually came to our own conclusion in front of one building.

“From the moment I first came in, I thought this place would be the best geographically, but after looking around, I realized that there is no place like this place.”

“…”

“What’s the matter? “Don’t you like it here?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it, but…”

A building that appears to have high utilization of its total floor area. Even though it was made 10 years ago, it looks quite clean and sophisticated. A large garden that adds to the feel of the entire building and an auxiliary building that seems fully possible to be renovated for other purposes.

Also, in terms of transportation, it could only be said to be an empty land in terms of transportation, given the wide road that stretches around the building and the fact that it is not far from the old Chuncheon Station. The damage was not that severe, so it seemed like the building could be used right away with a little repair.

… No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t help but feel a little worried about using this building as is.

“This is the old Chuncheon City Hall building…”

Perhaps it would be better to recycle a fairly large shopping mall or department store into a hunter guild, but there was something strangely unsettling about occupying the city hall that had been used as a government building.

Of course, this was also part of Area C of the abandoned village, so technically it was an area that I owned.

“Well, what’s wrong? “Do you think the government will file a lawsuit against you for return later?”

“You can’t help but feel that way, right?”

“Of course it would be painful for the Korean government to just hand over this intact building, but what can you do when all the land and buildings in this area were decided to be yours when you first defeated the Three-Headed Basilisk?”

“…”

“And considering the purpose of establishing a hunter guild here, I think the government will have no choice but to respond positively.”

“Yes?”

What do you mean by that suddenly?

As I was momentarily taken aback by CEO Seo Ok-hee’s remarks, whose intentions I could not understand, she instead told me why this building could only be used as a hunter guild.

“Assume that you keep this building as is, remodel the inside, and turn it into something like a department store or a complex mall.”

“Yes? “Suddenly?”

“You said it was a family. Anyway, how do you think public opinion toward you will change if you renovate this building, which is obviously located in a geographically remote area, into a building for profit?”

“Uh… That might not be very good, right? “Well, I’m not the type of person who cares much about what other people do on land I own, but considering the sentiment in Korea, there is a possibility that I will be criticized for remodeling government buildings as I please.”

“Yes. “Considering the possibility that something may go wrong and your public opinion will be adversely affected, it is practically impossible to openly convert this building into a profit facility.”

Well, I was thinking about that from the beginning.

Because I already instinctively felt that it was dangerous to turn a former government facility into something like a department store.

“But what if it is made into a convenience facility rather than a profit facility? There is a chance that public opinion about you will improve, but can you afford the upkeep? “This is your land, not government land, so there won’t be much government support, right?”

“… It must be difficult. That too.”

“Yes. There’s no need for you to suffer losses just because you don’t want to get criticized for no reason. In fact, you suddenly have a lot of money and resources in your hands, but strictly speaking, you are just a hunter.”

“… “It’s definitely as the boss said.”

“But it is also a loss to leave this large land alone and not use it. Demolition and building a new building is the worst decision. I will spend money as money is earned and receive curses as they are cursed. However, a total floor area of ​​over 10,000 pyeong is too much of a waste to use as your personal space.”

It was CEO Seo Ok-hee explaining, from beginning to end, ‘why this building should not be used for other purposes.’

The last thing she said was the reason why this space should be used as the ‘Hunter Guild Headquarters Building’.

“It’s good to utilize this large area of ​​the building, and the Hunter Guild doesn’t seem like a profitable facility at first glance. Rather, it is a facility that is welcomed to be around. “Having more hunters stationed here means faster response time to sudden monster waves.”

“Yes. So, in Gangdong-gu, house prices have risen like crazy.”

“Even this place was once in chaos due to a monster wave. However, if you set up a hunter guild in the Chuncheon City Hall building and say something like, ‘I will never let a monster wave invade Chuncheon City again,’ then would there be anyone who could criticize you for recycling the Chuncheon City Hall building?”

“… Ah!”

“On the contrary, the government will be anxious to take the lead in supporting you. In any case, the reason Chuncheon City was in such uproar due to the monster wave was because the government’s late response did not have any effect. “If we stay still, we will be criticized by public opinion, so of course we will move.”

After all, it is impossible to ignore the 40 years of living in the same world.

Even though he looked younger than me, I instantly fell in love with the words of the owner who guided me with his experience and knowledge.

… If you add in the age in my previous life, we were at a similar level, but let’s skip that.

“Well, well, then I’ll stop here and return to work. “Well, I’ve set a rough guideline, so you can take care of the rest.”

“Ah yes! Thank you, boss!”

“Yeah, yeah… The gate will remain usable, so you can ride back at any time…”

President Seo Ok-hee, who seemed to have read her passionate feelings for me in my head, blushed and hurriedly returned to the company as if avoiding my gaze.

I deeply took into account the advice the boss gave me today and expressed my gratitude for the last time.

With the feeling in my heart that I am ten steps closer to the future plan I wanted to make.