Chapter 175
Gun-Ho showed a seat to Amiel with a floor cushion on the floor and an embroidered folding screen behind . A large floor table with all sorts of Korean food with Sinseollo* and liquor was brought in . There were so many Korean dishes on the table that the legs of the table looked a bit bent .
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Gun-Ho's party was talking about their playing golf earlier that day when two girls in a Korean traditional dress came into the room with Gayageum . They gave a slight nod of greeting to Gun-Ho's party and started playing Gayageum .
Amiel closed his eyes to fully enjoy the music . When the girls finished playing, he clapped passionately .
"Excellent!"
Amiel asked them to play one more music .
"I like the vibration of Gayageum better than Japan's Shamisen . It gives deeper sound . "
After they played three songs with Gayageum, another three young girls entered the room . They would serve Gun-Ho's party in enjoying their time there with food and liquor . One of the girls could speak English very well .
Amiel seemed to feel good . It was his happy and lucky day . He played golf, took a hot spring bath, and now he enjoyed Gayageum music; moreover, the pretty girls were sitting with him to serve him .
Amiel looked at Gun-Ho with a smile and said,
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"President Goo, to be honest with you, I was a bit surprised when I saw your factory in Asan City . "
"Why?"
"I thought you were just doing a rental property business, and I've never thought that you would run a big factory like that . Well, I know you used to work as a mechanic, but still… it surprised me . "
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"Thank you, Amiel . "
"Do you really really want to do a joint venture with Dyeon?"
"Of course, I do . "
The girls served meat and fish to Amiel after removing its bones and cut into pieces so he could easily eat them . They filled Amiel's glass with liquor as well .
"Thank you . It tastes good!"
Amiel said while having his fish dish,
"Once you are done with restructuring your company, make nice financial statements . "
"Hmm . Okay, I will do that . "
Attorney Young-Jin Kim added to help Gun-Ho .
"President Goo has another factory in China . He already established a sales network in the Chinese market . "
"Hmm . That's nice . I will help you, President Goo . For now, finish restructuring your company and make a business plan for a joint venture . You will need to include anticipated sales revenue from overseas markets as well, such as China and Southeast Asia . "
"Hmm . "
"I will send you basic information about Dyeon once I go back to Japan . It will be useful to know things like types of raw materials, prices of supplies, compound costs and etc . "
"Okay . Let's make it happen . "
The three men clinked their glasses to each other's .
"Girls, please join us and drink!"
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The girls joined the three men in clinking the glasses while laughing .
Gun-Ho came back to Asan City, and he was sitting at his office . He felt good since Amiel was positive about Gun-Ho's participating in the joint venture with his company . He was thinking,
'Let's not restructure the company forcefully, but let's do it smoothly and naturally . It shouldn't have to be a painful process . "
Gun-Ho decided to move the factory somewhere else . He wanted to quietly look for a good factory that he would move to . He called for the internal auditor .
"I think we should move our factory . "
"Our factory? To where?"
"Can you look for a good one on an auction website? Once you see any large factory that was selling for less than half price of its original price, then let me know . "
"Yes, sir . What about the location?"
"Anywhere around Northside of Asan City should be good . If you could, I prefer a factory that is larger than 5,000 pyung . "
"Yes, sir . Are we then selling the factory in Asan City?"
"No, we will keep the main factory . However, we will sell the second factory where the research center, the storage, and the dormitory is located . "
"I agree with you on selling the storage building and dormitory in restructuring our company . However, if we sell the second factory, where do we conduct our research?"
"Do you think it's worth keeping our research center? Is it being productive?"
"Umm, yes, I think so . "
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"The research center hasn't produced anything for the past three years, not even one patent . It seems that we'd better buy a patent, rather than get a patent with our own technology . Moreover, the workers in the research centers are mostly old people . The chief officer has a Ph . D . from Germany, but he is already 60 years old . "
"That… doesn't mean we need to let them all go…"
"I won't lay them off . I will send all of the 30 workers in research centers to other departments . "
The internal auditor nodded his head .
"I think that is a good idea, sir . Once they are reallocated to other departments, some will continue to work there and some will quit the job voluntarily . "
"Also we have so many old lady workers over 50 years old in the production department, who have a family . "
"Once we move the factory, many of them will quit the job as well . "
"That's right . Their homes are in Asan City . Those ladies won't be able to move with their jobs because of their family . So, we get rid of inefficient departments and keep good ones with the remaining workers . "
"Haha . You are so good, President Goo . You mostly have the workers make their own decision whether to quit or keep the job with the changes in the company . "
"The problem is with the management people . "
"You are right . We have way too many people in management . So I was thinking of two options . "
"What are they?"
"The previous president—Se-Young Oh—usually embraced his employees even though they made some mistakes and tolerated them . He didn't fire people because of their mistakes or faults . "
"Hmm . "
"So I looked through their employment files and found some people who forged their resume and other papers in getting a job in this company . "
"Really?"
"Most of them are the previous president's relatives or someone who has a personal relationship with him, or their children . So, we can ask them to re-submit their papers when we move to a new factory and tell them that we need those for the record, papers like college diploma and identification card . If they can't provide those papers, then we can let them go . "
"What's the second option?"
"This company had hired people based on an interview; it didn't conduct any written test . So, I would require all workers in the management to take a written test on something like computer skills or language . "
"But they are already here and working for the company . We can't fire them just because they failed a written test . "
"I know it would be difficult . However, their test results will be reflected in their performance evaluation . We can apply the test score in their next promotion or salary raise decision . "
"Hmm . So some of them might feel embarrassed with their test results and decide to quit the job . "
"That's right . We shouldn't keep the people who forged their papers, and those who would get really bad test result . It's better that we hire new people then keep them if necessary . "
"Hmm . "
"Once we move our factory, at least 50 out of 250 workers will leave the company . We can start fresh then . "
The next day, Gun-Ho called for the internal auditor again .
"Spread the word that we will move our factory . So the workers wouldn't be shocked when they receive the official announcement . They will resist less that way . "
"Yes, sir . "
The internal auditor was thinking about Gun-Ho on the way out of his office .
"He is young, but he could be so brutal . "
Note*
Sinseollo – It is also called the royal hot pot . All sorts of vegetables and meat in a rich broth .