Episode 101. Apparel business.
I asked Luke of Nel.
“..not for a tablet, but for a desktop?”
“yes. The reason we invested was to use a drill CPU for our desktop.”
It doesn’t seem like they’re feeling much of a threat to the tablet PC yet.
If you felt that, you would have asked for an OS for tablets, not desktop OS.
Well, for me, it’s a good thing that there are no new competitors.
I wish other PC makers like Apple would just think of it as an odd product.
“Although the desktop OS has been completed, we are finally checking to see if there are any problems. It will probably take less than a week until the verification is complete, so I think we can hand it over to you within the next week.”
Luke’s voice softened as if he liked my answer.
“haha. That’s good. In fact, there are rumors that the board of directors was just wasting money.”
I mean, I was worried that I was just eating money and doing nothing.
“If an entrepreneur loses credibility, there is nothing more fatal than that. Then we will contact you after checking.”
Assistant Manager Park Si-woong was promoted to manager earlier this month as he led the successful launch of Dao Mall (Damoye offline shopping mall).
I said to Manager Park.
“Chief Park. Get started.”
“yes. Then I will report the shopping mall performance this month.”
Manager Park turned over the data screen and continued.
“The market share, which fell to 50% at the end of last year, has risen to 55% again due to a significant increase in apparel sales. Revenue, which was stagnant at 2.5 billion won per month, has increased a lot, and it is expected to generate about 3 billion won in profit this month. If we add up to 1 billion won in revenue from the PC room business, it is expected that about 4 billion won will be taken as the total revenue this month.”
Although it was incomparably small compared to the revenue from the drill CPU.
However, that did not diminish its importance.
Because the distribution network itself could be a powerful weapon.
As an extreme example, if I control 100% of the distribution network in Korea, it will not be easy for competitors to sell them no matter how good they are made.
For that reason, it was imperative to win this distribution network battle.
“good work. This is all thanks to Manager Park’s well-prepared Dao Mall.”
“haha. no. I really liked the idea the director came up with. If someone other than me had prepared Dao Mall, this would have been the result.”
“That’s something you don’t know. No matter how good an idea is, there are many cases where it fails to bring it into reality. In that respect, Manager Park’s work cannot be said to be small. That’s why I got a promotion.”
“I appreciate that you have appreciated my abilities.”
“yes. So what’s wrong with running the apparel sector?”
“Rather than a problem, there are two things you need to make a decision on first.”
“One seems to need to increase Dao Mall branches. Demand continues to grow, but the branches we have now are already saturated and we can no longer accept customers. Besides, Dao Mall branches are currently only in metropolitan cities, so I think it will be necessary to increase branches in major cities as well.”
“okay. Then, as you said, set up branches in major cities and double the existing ones. Would that be enough?”
“In that case, one seems to have been resolved. Another one?”
“The number of apparel companies entering shopping malls has increased much faster than expected. It is not possible to keep all samples of all companies in Dao Mall, so we need to select popular products from among them, and we need someone at the head office to do this.”
“I need someone.. What kind of person do you think would be good for Manager Park?”
“I think it would be nice to be a young woman. If possible, it would be even better if you were just a college student.”
“It seems that young female college students are mainly using Dao Mall rather than middle-aged people who are not used to online payment. It would be nice to have someone who can see the product from the eyes of those customers.”
“… it makes sense. Of course, you must have an eye for clothes.”
“haha. There are people I know who have exactly those conditions.”
After her cousin Kyung-a died of drug addiction in her previous life.
I collected her belongings.
One of those items was a pretty thick notebook.
There were hundreds of designs for clothes of all kinds.
Even as an outsider, there were quite a number of plausible works that made me admire.
I told Manager Park Si-woong.
“My cousin is a freshman in college this year. He is interested in clothes and has a good eye, so he majored in Costumes. He’ll leave it to him.”
“..All right. If you give me an introduction, I will tell you about the practical part.”
Seeing that the answer came one time late, it seems that it is not very good.
After all, from the outside, it looks like you’re shoving your relatives with a parachute.
“I’m just saying this just in case, but if you feel that your younger sibling’s abilities are lacking, please tell me at any time. I didn’t mean to ask for a job for my relatives or younger brothers.”
Manager Park put on a stern expression.
“..yes. As you said, we will get back to you if there is a problem.”
#Jaewoon’s cousin Kyunga, who was standing in front of the bus stop, saw her friend Seonji and raised her hand.
“Seonji~”
Seonji saw her and ran to her with a happy expression on her face.
“sorry. Did you wait long?”
“okay. I’ve been waiting for over 20 minutes already. this bitch Why are you so late?”
Seonji put her hands together.
“In all likelihood, the person who will take the part-time shift came late today, and ran as soon as it was over, and it’s this time.”
“..Is that so? It came too soon for something like that.”
“As expected, my best friend with an open mind. let’s go! Tonight I shoot Ho Ho.”
“really? Hmm. So what would you like to eat?”
Knowing that Seon-ji’s circumstances aren’t very good, Kyung-a deliberately chose a snack shop.
They ordered two rows of kimbap and one serving of tteokbokki and sat down opposite each other.
seonji said
“It’s a little nicer, but you can go…”
“done. You know I like kimbap and tteokbokki.”
“Don’t worry about it. i like it Let’s eat quickly.”
Seonji put a piece of tteokbokki in her mouth and took out a brown case from her bag.
“Come on, this. College admission gift.”
“..what are you preparing for all this?”
“You have to prepare. My friend passed Sungkyunkwan University’s Costume Department. Can’t I do nothing?”
“..thank you.”
“Open it.”
When Kyung-a opened the case, there was a black fountain pen that looked luxurious inside.
The name ‘Kang Kyung-ah’ was engraved on the edge of the fountain pen.
Knowing that her friend bought it with the money she had saved from her hard-working part-time job, Kyung-a didn’t say anything and just looked at the fountain pen.
Seonji said with a humble expression on her face.
“What are you so excited about? It’s not very expensive either.”
“..I will cherish it. really.”
“okay. Never forget.”
Kyunga nodded her head vigorously.
“By the way, how did you get through that high cut? To be honest, you weren’t that good at studying until you were in middle school, were you?”
“The only thing I have with a cousin is that I got a perfect score on the SAT and it was published in the newspaper. Rumors spread that he and I were related, and I became famous at the same time. When my kids see me, they gossip. under. I couldn’t not study. My cousin brother went to Seoul National University, but I studied with the intention of at least being in Seoul, but the grades came out. I was excited too.”
“I see. Anyway, that’s good. Now you are one step closer to becoming a costume designer, your dream.”
“It’s a start now. seonji are you Are you ready for a retake?”
“Don’t talk. They say I do, but unlike you, I have a bad brain, so every time I take a mock test, my score stays the same.”
“Hey, grades come out as much as you study. Don’t blame your head, work hard.”
Seonji rolled her eyes.
“..a great stimulus. Thank you.”
At that moment, Jae-Woon’s phone rang on Kyung-A’s cell phone.
“It’s me.”
“uh. brother.”
“Would you like to come to my office tomorrow when you have time?”
“I? why?”
“We all gathered in the shopping mall recently, and a new clothing department has opened. I want you to work there.”
“What’s going on?”
“It’s called Dao Mall. There is an offline shopping mall, and that is related.”
“Daomol?”
“..it’s complicated to say, so tomorrow the company will tell you in detail.”
“yes. okay.”
After Kyung-a hung up the phone, Seon-ji asked.
“Who is calling?”
“My cousin brother.”
At that, Seonji continued to speak with trembling fuss.
“Oh my goodness! The perfect older brother who got the perfect score and went to Seoul National University?”
“Give me some perfection. Studying well isn’t perfect, right?”
“Although it is. Once you study well, you get a perfect score by my standards. Ho Ho.”
“..it’s like an ungrateful gypsy girl.”
“By the way, what were you talking about with that perfect brother?”
“..just go to the company and see.”
“company? My brother is still a college student. Does the company accept college students these days?”
“Not that. This man was also quite talented in business, so he started a company. Say goodbye.”
At that, Seonji opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“Everyone? Are you all gathered at the shopping mall?”
“yes. Do you know too?”
“Of course you know. How famous is Damoye Shopping Mall?”
“yes. Especially after Dao Mall was created, it became very famous. These days, if I need to buy clothes, I just go to Dao Mall.”
“Daomol? Do you know Dao Mall too? Come to think of it, I think I heard it somewhere…”
Seonji clicked his tongue.
“Hey, there aren’t many people in their 20s who don’t know Daomol these days. You go outside too. What if a kid who wears clothes doesn’t know about Dao Mall?”
“..Oppa said that he wanted to entrust a task related to Daomol.”
“okay? What’s going on?”
“I don’t know either. He told me when he came to work tomorrow.”
Seonji took Kyunga’s hand.
“that is great. Kyung-ah. Anyway, if it’s related to Dao Mall, which is in full swing these days, I think it’s going to be a big deal, right?”
“..is it?”
“Of course. My name is cousin, so what chores would you like me to do?”
Kyung-ah thought for a moment before continuing.
“Sunji. Are you busy today?”
“no. My part-time job is over, so I’ll have some free time from now on.”
“Then let’s go to that Dao Mall together. I want to see what kind of place it is with my own eyes.”
Seonji nodded her head.
“okay. OK.”
“What. Then let’s go. By the way, Dao Mall is not too far from here.”
After leaving the snack bar, they headed to Dao Mall.
After a while, Kyung-ah, who arrived at the two-story store led by Seon-ji, paused for a moment.
“..looks normal on the outside, is it really here?”
“It’s surprising. They said it was very famous, so I thought the store would be a little special.”
Seonji grabbed Kyunga’s arm.
“It is a special place. You’ll find out why when you go inside.”
