Chapter 104: Balrog the Fire Shield (1)
The next day, Han-Yeol went to the Horus raid party’s mansion to attend the after-hunt party. The media speculated that it was probably going to be a huge and extravagant event, but Tayarana had instructed the party to be modest and only the raid party members to be invited.
Han-Yeol enjoyed the party to his heart’s content before he went home without any incidents.
***
Four days later.
Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!?
Han-Yeol’s phone rang for the first time in a long while. The caller was Sung-Jin’s father.
“Hello? Yes, ahjussi?” Han-Yeol answered the call. n0VElusb.c0m
[H-Han-Yeol! A-Are you acquainted with the Horus raid party by any chance? They want to do business with us, and they’re telling me your name. Did you refer them to us by any chance?]
“No.”
[N-No?!]
“No, I did not refer them to you. I am actually working with them, and I am the Vice Leader of that raid party.”
[V-Vice Leader?!]
“Yes, the Vice Leader. I think they should have arrived today since I gave them the address last week.”
[I-Is that so...? Someone calling herself the advisor of the Horus raid party came. I think her name’s Mariam? She is currently going over the exclusive contract with Manager Han.]
“Exclusive contract? Do you sign those as well?”
Han-Yeol was a bit surprised as he had never heard of such a contract before. He thought, ‘Was there something like this too?’
[Ah, it’s unsurprising for you not to be aware of it. Factories like us don’t usually sign exclusive contracts with Hunters, but we do sign those with guilds or raid parties. It’s business between organizations, after all, so both parties tend to make it more legally stringent.]
“Oh, I see. Then, you can just proceed with it, right? Why did you call me, ahjussi?”
[I wanted to thank you.]
“Come on, we are not strangers, so you do not have to thank me. Sung-Jin is my best friend, and I have been quite satisfied doing business with Sung Jin Factory. I would not have told them to deal with your factory if I was not satisfied with the quality in the first place, so please do not worry about it.”
[...Thank you.]
“Hahaha!”
Han-Yeol might have saved the Sung Jin Factory from the TK Group’s devious plans, but that did not mean that their financial situation had drastically improved after that. Rumors of the TK Group being at odds with the factory had spread throughout the industry, so most companies avoided doing business with them.
After all, no factory was going to risk losing any business with the TK Group no matter how advanced the Sung Jin Factory’s technology in refining monster parts was.
That was the reason why the Sung Jin Factory was forced to do business only with foreign companies, and that in turn affected their cash flow. No, rather, the factory would have closed down a long time ago if it was not for the foreign clients they had.
[Also...]
“Is there something else?”
[They say that Egypt is going to start placing larger orders for us.]
“What?! Did she really say that?!”
Tak! Thud!
Han-Yeol suddenly stood up, pushing his seat to the ground.
[Yes, she did. She initially wanted to sell us the monster parts, but there’s no way that our factory was going to be able to handle that much volume, so I told her that we were only going to take 10% of it. Then, she asked if she could see our products, and of course, I immediately showed them to her. She said she liked our quality, so she immediately instructed ten Egyptian companies to place a total order of one hundred tons worth of our products.]
“Wow...”
[We just received the MOU a while ago and signed it. I’m really grateful to you, Han-Yeol! Our factory will finally make it thanks to you!]
The Sung Jin Factory really had it rough in recent times. They had barely managed to escape from the TK Group, but they immediately faced financial problems so bad that they actually had to consider selling the factory.
Han-Yeol suddenly came in clutch for Sung Jin Factory by introducing the Horus raid party, which placed a huge order that was going to eventually resolve all of the factory’s financial problems.
How big was the ‘huge order’? The single order placed by Mariam was double the amount the Sung Jin Factory had sold since its establishment. In fact, the order was so big that they would have to immediately halt all other orders to solely focus on this one.
This was obviously a huge win for the Sung Jin Factory as they only had to focus on manufacturing the products from the raw materials that the Horus raid party would bring.
It seemed that the only thing left for the Sung Jin Factory to do was to grow from now on.
“You did great holding on for so long, ahjussi. Now, you only have to focus on growing your business.”
[I can’t find any words that could describe how thankful I am, Han-Yeol. This might not be the best way to repay you, but would you be interested in investing in our factory?]
“Invest?” Han-Yeol muttered in response.
He wondered, ‘Why is he bringing up investment all of a sudden?’
[Yes, I’ll be aiming to publicly list this company. I will need a lot of capital to properly do business with the Egyptians, but I don’t have much funds to expand the factory. I would have to turn to others for investment to kick-start things, but I’d prefer to have you as our major shareholder, Han-Yeol.]
“Hmm... Is that so?” Han-Yeol muttered as his interest was greatly piqued by the offer.
It was going to be extremely easy for the Sung Jin Factory to grow as long as they continued doing business with the Egyptians, no, as long as Han-Yeol was with the Horus raid party. In short, this was an investment where the ROI was as clear as day.
[Yes, I will have to start paying dividends to whoever I borrowed money from later on, so why not let it be you? You are our greatest benefactor, after all.]
“That sounds great. There will not be any problems with the Horus raid party as long as I am with them, so the factory’s business is as good as guaranteed. Around how much do you need, ahjussi?”
‘Is he going to ask for around five hundred billion won...?’?Han-Yeol wondered.
He was a classic case of learning about money through books or TV shows. In short, he had no idea how much money was worth since he had no real-life experience with it.
[Hmm... The more you invest the better, but I think around fifty billion... No, ten billion will suffice.]
The Sung Jin Factory needed at least fifty billion won to proceed with its expansion plans. Sung-Jin’s father knew that Hunters made a lot of money, but he expected Han-Yeol to not have that much money to invest, so he immediately lowered the amount to ten billion won.
“Please wait a minute...” Han-Yeol said before he sat in front of his computer and logged into his bank account online. Then, he wired the investment to the Sung Jin Factory’s account and said, “Ahjussi, I wired the investment to you, so please check it and give me the necessary paperwork later.”
[...! Fifty... Fifty billion won?!]
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