I Became a Hotelier at the Goryeo National Hotel - Chapter 14

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Episode 14

‘The exam has already started. Haa… Don’t the examiners like riddles a bit too much?’

Seo Rin recalled the words of Monk Hye Gwang, who was in charge of this exam.

‘He said if I think like the owner of Hyeeumwon, the problems would be easily solved, right?’

From an operational management perspective, what would be the most important issue for the owner of Hyeeumwon to worry about?

“What else could it be but money.”

Whether it’s national or relief work or whatever, money is needed first for anything to function.

And seeing that they placed her, an examinee, here, it was clearly telling her to find something at this desk.

Seo Rin began to examine the desk more thoroughly.

On the left side of the desk was a bookshelf with several ledgers, and on the right wall was something like a status chart for managing the stable horses, fixed with thin wooden pegs.

And on the desk were just a few booklets.

Seo Rin first examined the ledgers on the bookshelf. One of them caught her eye.

‘A ledger? Cash flow management is the core of hotel accounting!’

The ledger contained all records that allowed one to grasp the flow of operational funds at a glance, from guests’ room usage details to income and expenses from purchasing goods.

‘Hyeeumwon hasn’t even opened yet, but there’s already such a ledger?’

Seo Rin wore a meaningful expression as she carefully read through the contents written in the ledger.

“…Th, this is?”

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Hye Gwang returned to the examiner waiting room and was having tea and snacks when Go Jang Nam quickly sat down next to him.

“I was bad enough, but you’re really too much as well, monk.”

Hye Gwang chuckled at Go Jang Nam’s words.

“Didn’t the head cook start the interesting business first? Hehe.”

Go Jang Nam laughed awkwardly at Hye Gwang’s words.

“At least I told them what they needed to do.”

Hye Gwang didn’t particularly deny Go Jang Nam’s rebuttal.

“Most of those who came probably think that managing the won is just about receiving guests and cleaning guest rooms. I just wanted to show them that’s not all there is to it.”

Hye Gwang slurped his tea and said.

“And if it’s that examinee from earlier, I think she’ll show us another enjoyable result, so I’m very much looking forward to it.”

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Seo Rin approached the young monk who was waiting and asked him for a few things. After hearing what the monk who had gone out on her request brought back, a confident smile appeared on Seo Rin’s lips.

“Hmm… As expected. I think I found the answer, but what should I do?”

“Wh, what?”

The monk was startled by Seo Rin’s words. That was understandable since no examinee had gotten the answer right so far.

“Pl, please wait a moment!”

The monk quickly ran to the examiner waiting room.

The examiners looked puzzled when they saw the monk return not long after the last examinee’s exam had started.

“Is there some kind of problem?”

“N-no, that’s not it.”

“Then what is it?”

“The last examinee has solved the problem.”

“What?”

“Oh my, finally?!”

Hye Gwang was startled to hear that an answer had been brought in less than an hour.

“Couldn’t one make such a mistake when writing?”

Hye Gwang countered with a deliberate smile.

“Of course, I considered that possibility, but it wasn’t a mistake.”

“Why did you think so?”

Hye Gwang seemed somewhat excited, but Seo Rin dismissed it as her imagination and pointed to the stable management status chart attached to the right wall.

“I just said, ‘There are actually 14 guest rooms in use, but only 10 are recorded in the ledger.’ So I thought there would also be manipulation in the stable usage records used by the guests.”

The examiners were so focused on following Seo Rin’s words that they forgot to ask questions.

“Because expenses are incurred from the horse feed provided to the horses in the stable. The ledger is supposed to record the number of times feed was provided. Feed is given twice – morning and evening, and all the guests yesterday checked in at noon. So feed should have been given a total of two times – yesterday evening and this morning. It’s still before evening now.”

At this point, Go Jang Nam began clutching his head as if his brain had broken down.

“Then let me pose a question. According to the ledger, there are currently 5 horses entrusted to the stable. So how many times in total should feed have been given to the horses of the guests who checked in yesterday?”

Seo Rin looked around at the examiners. Go Jang Nam had even taken out paper and brush to calculate while writing.

Lee Eun Cheon, who had been quietly listening until then, calmly stated the correct answer.

“If 5 horses were entrusted according to the ledger, then feed should have been given a total of 10 times.”

“Yes, that’s correct~!”

“….”

Seo Rin raised her hand high and shouted like a quiz show MC, but when Lee Eun Cheon showed no reaction, she awkwardly lowered her hand.

“Ahem, as the Director said, the ledger records 5 horses and that feed was given 10 times. But when the monk went to the stable at my request, he said there were not 5 but a total of 8 horses belonging to guests. When I confirmed with Nok Sa, who is in charge of feed, he said the number of times feed was provided since yesterday afternoon was 16.”

Having finished speaking up to this point, Seo Rin showed a sly smile.

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