Ch.161161. Networking Business

[Notice]

– Due to Gwangjin Distribution’s acquisition by Farming Company, the VIP membership system is being restructured.

– Existing VIP and VVIP members’ mileage will be transferred intact and can be used throughout all Farming Company services.

– VVIP corporate memberships will be discontinued.

– VVIP corporate memberships will be transferred to a single VIP membership for the company representative, and VVIP members will be selected according to separate criteria.

– VIP/VVIP Membership Criteria:

1. VIP Member: Annual spending of 10 billion won in the previous year (Jan 1-Dec 31).

2. VVIP Member: Total spending of 100 billion won over the previous 10 years.

– When purchasing Farming Mileage, a 10% fee will be deducted, resulting in 90% of the amount being credited as mileage.

– Farming Mileage can be used like cash across all Farming Company divisions.

– Farming Mileage cannot be transferred.

This is the notice I posted when creating Farmings.

I planned to operate Gwangjin Distribution as a large mart selling various items from Farming Company.

Anyway, VIP members who charge 10 billion won don’t have many places to spend 9 billion won worth of goods.

Resources from the Rift Dimension can be expensive sometimes, but the quantities are limited and not everyone can purchase them every time, so mileage tends to sit unused. That’s where Gwangjin Distribution—soon to be renamed Farming Distribution—comes in, allowing members to purchase various items.

From groceries to dungeon supplies.

By expanding infrastructure and investing, we can cover both online and offline markets, and Farming Mileage can be used accordingly.

Well, it still won’t be easy for overseas VIP members to use.

But what can I do?

If they don’t like it, they can simply choose not to become VIP members.

There was some pushback from VVIP corporate members, but it couldn’t be helped.

VVIP corporate members and individual VIP members aren’t really that different.

They invest similar amounts.

So despite some complaints, I took this opportunity to make the change.

What else could I do?

These problems arise because I’ve never properly learned business management and just make decisions as I see fit.

Still, I did compensate VVIP corporate members by giving them an additional 10% on their existing mileage when converting them to VIP members.

Anyway, with this restructuring, the omakase became quite an attractive option for many VIP members who previously had to take a 10% loss when converting their mileage due to the lack of worthwhile purchases at Gwangjin Distribution.

When Farmings opened, omakase was listed as the first item available for mileage purchase, and for those with around 9 billion won who hadn’t spent it all on auction items, 6 million won was practically nothing.

Coming all the way to Korea for the debt auction and then getting to enjoy A-grade eel dishes prepared by an SS-rank chef at Farmings—it seemed like a good deal, which is why they were making reservations.

Kelin was the first to book.

Since VIP members rarely travel alone, we made it possible for one companion to enter with a VIP member for omakase even if the companion wasn’t a VIP member themselves.

Of course, the companion still has to pay separately.

But Kelin not only reserved for herself but also for Clay and her party members from SAINT Guild—a total of five people—plus one companion, booking the entire time slot.

How did I know this? Kelin contacted me first.

“Suhyun! I heard you already resolved the situation when I was coming to help your country a few days ago.”

“Ah, so you were the one coming from America back then?”

“Yes!”

I wasn’t sure when it started.

I wondered if I had always spoken informally with Kelin, but when you go back and forth to the Rift Dimension for a week at a time, it’s hard to remember how you addressed people you only see occasionally.

My social circle isn’t that wide to begin with, and since most of them are similar women, it’s difficult to remember who I spoke formally to and who I spoke informally to.

Since Kelin is American and her Korean improves each time we talk, and she was speaking informally, I just continued with informal speech as well.

“Since I’m here, I’m waiting for the debt auction too. I’ve reserved the entire 7 PM omakase time! Will I be able to see you then?”

“Uh… probably?”

“Is it difficult before then?”

“Are you staying in Korea?”

“Yes. I already bought a house in Korea. I think I’ll be coming often.”

My heart fluttered at her slightly cute Korean, but I smoothly deflected by saying we’d see each other at the auction.

There were still three days until the auction, and there wasn’t much point in meeting now.

For a normal date, well…

I was still a bit suspicious about Kelin’s pure intentions.

Pretty women are nice, but I didn’t have a strong desire to date right now.

Maybe it was fear of getting entangled and having my Rift Dimension schedule disrupted.

Anyway, after Kelin reserved all five tables for the first time slot, the remaining two time slots were also fully booked in no time.

“Wow! Sold out! 75 million won! I get 50% of this, right?”

“That’s right.”

We had agreed that for money earned through Kim Sujeong’s abilities, like the omakase, 50% would go to her personal income instead of the usual 10% to Farming Company.

I didn’t think it mattered much, but since the ingredients for the omakase came from the Rift Dimension and Kim Sujeong’s ability was used to process them, we decided she should earn her own spending money this way.

In reality, Kim Sujeong probably already had a lot of money in her account, though not as much as me.

Most of it would be used for operating Farming Company, but since she could set her own salary, she could take tens or hundreds of billions if she wanted without any problem.

But she hadn’t done that, which might be why she was so happy now.

“Hehehe.”

“Happy?”

“This VIP membership is really great. They all have so much mileage that they just spend without thinking.”

“Well, I don’t think it’s exactly like that.”

Rich people don’t necessarily spend money recklessly.

They’re probably just investing in the possibility of this first omakase offering.

“So do your best.”

“Yes. I may not be able to provide the absolute best service, but I’ll show them the best taste.”

While checking the guests for other time slots, she noticed Seo Hyoju was also on the list.

“Oh? Hyoju is coming too.”

An omakase with quite a few familiar faces.

Kim Sujeong could prepare with a somewhat comfortable mind.

——————–

Kang Sungjun was going insane.

Every night he had nightmares of monsters tearing off his limbs, and he would wake up from hallucinations of pain.

He couldn’t just let it go.

His party members were already half treating him like a cripple and were prepared to abandon him at any time. At this rate, he would become a washed-up has-been forced into retirement.

In truth, that wouldn’t have been so bad.

He had earned plenty of money—enough to live comfortably even as a disabled person.

But how could he live out his life as an ordinary, wealthy disabled person?

He was a man with ambition.

He had succeeded as a hunter with 1.1 million YouTube subscribers, and he couldn’t give that up.

His courage was admirable, but reality was harsh.

YouTube subscribers were abandoning Kang Sungjun as he appeared with his severed limbs.

And abandonment would have been merciful.

The comments were filled with mockery and ridicule.

To make matters worse, footage of Kang Sungjun initiating the attack was leaked from somewhere, and the comment section was flooded with people calling him scum who had nearly killed Kim Suhyun, who was now a national hero.

So he made the worst possible choice.

“Kill him. Fuck. I’ll pay whatever it takes.”

“Kim Suhyun? His estimated rank is only S+.”

“What? Can’t you do it? Money can buy anything, you bastards.”

“The assassination difficulty might be rated SS-rank or higher. Can you pay 20 billion won as a down payment?”

“You fuckers. Are you looking down on me too now? It’s just over 50 billion, right?”

“…Wouldn’t it be better to just enjoy life with that money? He seems to be someone you couldn’t handle from the beginning.”

“You take money to kill people and you’re giving me advice? Can you do it or not, idiot?”

“Once we take the down payment, cancellation is impossible.”

“I got it, damn it!!”

An assassination request.

It’s made through channels most people wouldn’t even know about.

The old Kang Sungjun would have scoffed at such a choice.

– Getting beaten up and then wasting money on an assassination request because of your pride? That’s truly pathetic, just making assassins rich. How are you going to live the rest of your life after spending that money?

That’s probably what he would have said.

But facing the prospect of living as a cripple for the rest of his life, and after suffering from pain and hallucinations for weeks that drove him to mental illness, he felt he had no other choice.

“You must kill him. I think I can only live if he dies.”

And so the payment was made.

The person who accepted the request gave one final piece of advice.

“If you want to live with the remaining money, let us know within 7 days.”

“If you say one more stupid thing, I’ll leak all your information and just die myself.”