Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 109

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 109

109. Assistant Manager Kim Han Young

“Han Young, did you post the article?”

“Yes, Department Chief!”

“If Amon contacts us, report it immediately!”

“Understood, Department Chief!”

Assistant Manager Kim Han Young of the Taecho Guild Business Department answered energetically.

But his inner thoughts were extremely skeptical.

‘Would Amon really contact us after seeing a promotional post on Transcendence Net?’

This was like thinking you could meet a celebrity just by posting on their fan cafe.

He couldn’t understand why the department chief had such expectations for this kind of promotion.

‘It would be much better to just go out and recruit other Apostles on foot.’

Of course, it wasn’t like he hadn’t suggested this.

With the enthusiasm of an assistant manager, he had honestly proposed that this approach would be better.

However, the response he got was enough to deflate his spirits.

―How many years have you been with the company? What do you know about sales!?

Right, he didn’t know.

Sales was a field he was experiencing for the first time.

Honestly speaking, joining another guild and working as an Apostle would be more profitable.

But the reason he didn’t do that and instead worked at this small guild, getting yelled at by the department chief, was?

‘Being an Apostle is a job that risks your life.’

Because the Labyrinth was scary.

Not all Apostles had to conquer the Labyrinth.

Many people were afraid of it.

If you didn’t want to do it, you didn’t have to.

No matter how profitable the Labyrinth was, was it worth comparing to your life?

‘I want to make money safely.’

That was Kim Han Young’s reason for applying to a guild despite being an Apostle.

There were quite a few people like this, more than you’d think.

Most of the sales department employees at other guilds were the same.

Apostles who didn’t enter the Labyrinth, newbies among newbies whose conquest level remained below the 10th Floor.

They had the desire to become stronger, but reality didn’t match their wishes.

‘The contact… probably won’t come.’

Today too, Kim Han Young wrote posts here and there.

First, he went to Amon’s ViewTube and left comments on every video.

└Mr. Amon. This is Kim Han Young, Assistant Manager of Tae Seong Guild’s Business Department. Thank you for providing another great video today.

As he was leaving comments like that.

‘Huh?’

Another video had been uploaded.

It was a 50th Floor conquest video.

‘The 49th Floor video was uploaded at midnight, and this is already up?’

Once at lunchtime, once at midnight.

Had he changed to uploading twice like this?

Whatever the case, he could be the first to comment.

Without even watching the content, he left a comment first.

└111 Thank you for the first comment. Mr. Amon. This is Kim Han Young, Assistant Manager of Tae Seong Guild’s Business Department…

Another promotional comment as expected.

There was a specific reason for this kind of work.

Taecho Guild’s recruitment target was none other than Amon.

―There’s no point in recruiting dozens of nobodies! If we can just land Amon, our guild will grow rapidly!

The department chief’s words weren’t wrong.

If they could recruit a big shot like Amon?

The guild’s status would rise vertically.

From a dirt-tier corporation to a diamond corporation in one leap!

Perhaps that’s why the obsession with Amon was persistent.

‘Well, we’re probably not the only guild doing this.’

Amon was like a mythical creature.

A goose that lays golden eggs, where just signing a contract would be a jackpot.

‘Though it’s ultimately a mirage-like dream.’

Just then.

Buzz! Buzz!

His business phone vibrated.

‘It’s probably the department chief calling.’

He looked with that thought, but it was an unknown number.

‘Who is it?’

Kim Han Young answered without thinking.

“Yes, this is Assistant Manager Kim Han Young from Taecho Guild.”

―You offered guild membership, didn’t you?

“Who is this?”

―This is Amon.

His eyes nearly popped out for a moment.

“A, ahem! Mr. Amon?”

―Yes.

“Ah, um, um, what are you calling about…?”

―I wanted to hear about the conditions.

“Ah! Conditions! Yes!”

Kim Han Young tried his best to stay calm.

―You promised the best treatment in the industry.

“Of course! I’ll tell you about the conditions. Should we meet and talk? Just tell me a convenient location and I’ll come to you!”

Kim Han Young put on his neatest suit and drove to the meeting place.

“Whew, act calmly. Don’t get scared.”

Who was Amon?

Wasn’t he Korea’s proud treasure who saved Korea’s stock market from near collapse?

Moreover, he recently even performed good deeds by rescuing kidnapped people in Japan.

His popularity in Japan was said to be sky-high too.

‘Such a celebrity contacted me first. Saying he wants to join the guild.’

He literally had to offer the best conditions in the industry.

If he could just get Amon to join, the company’s fortunes would change completely.

But the Department Chief thought differently.

―First, test the waters.

―Excuse me?

―Don’t offer the best conditions from the start, feel him out.

―Why, why? Wasn’t bringing in Amon our guild’s goal?

―That’s true, but we can’t accept unreasonable conditions. What are we? We’re a corporation, a corporation! If it’s not profitable, we have to cut it off decisively!

―Just recruiting Amon would have tremendous promotional effects, wouldn’t it?

―This bastard… An assistant manager talking back so clearly… Are you showing off to me now because you got Amon’s contact? Is that it?

―…I’m sorry.

―Shut up and offer industry standard conditions! He probably doesn’t know much about industry trends either. We need to squeeze out everything we can!

He only got scolded for offering his opinion.

‘Offer industry standard conditions? To a big shot like Amon?’

Wasn’t this basically a mindset of deceiving Amon and sucking him dry?

‘This feels a bit uneasy…’

In my opinion, it seemed right to accept all his desired conditions and bring him in somehow…

‘Ah, whatever. If it fails, do I fail? The company will fail.’

Since he promised to meet, he had to have the conversation.

Soon he arrived at the cafe parking lot, the meeting place.

The cafe was bustling with people.

It was lunchtime, so there were incredibly many people.

‘Which one of these is Amon…’

As he looked around, his phone rang.

―Are you here?

“Ah, yes. Where is Mr. Amon…?”

―Here, I’m waving my hand.

Han Young saw a man in a black hoodie waving his hand above his head.

“Ah, hello. Are you Mr. Amon?”

“Yes. That’s me.”

He was quite young.

Late teens?

Early twenties?

‘To think such a young person was leading the world’s fate…’

He was amazing in many ways.

Of course, there wasn’t enough evidence that this person was Amon.

‘Someone else wouldn’t impersonate him, right.’

He had to talk assuming it was really him.

If he asked for proof that he was Amon, he might get upset thinking he was being doubted.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Amon. I’m Assistant Manager Kim Han Young from Taecho Guild. It’s an honor to meet you!”

“Stop that and sit down. No matter how many people there are, please refrain from conspicuous behavior.”

“Ah… I’m sorry.”

Now he understood why Amon suggested meeting in a noisy cafe.

To avoid standing out as much as possible.

The sound of voices would likely be drowned out by the music, not reaching other people’s ears.

“Ahem, you haven’t ordered anything to drink yet. I’ll go buy something. What would you like?”

“It’s fine. I’m just going to hear what you have to say and leave.”

“Ah.”

He doesn’t plan to stay long.

This isn’t a good sign.

‘Did he really just come to hear the conditions?’

Then I should tell him.

“You were curious about the recruitment conditions, right?”

“Yes. I want to know what you can offer me if I join Taecho Guild.”

“Ah, the conditions are…”

After hesitating for a moment, I remembered the industry standard the Department Chief told me to offer.

“A signing bonus of 10 million won and an item distribution ratio of 70-30. Of course, Amon gets 70. We’ll lend you personal items and assign you a dedicated manager.”

Literally the industry standard.

All guilds nowadays offer at least this much.

Whether to rookies or anyone else.

‘I’m offering rookie conditions to Amon…’

I felt like I was lowballing him too much, but what could I do when it was the Department Chief’s instruction.

But Amon seemed to read my mind.

“Is this the best treatment you mentioned?”

“Pardon?”

“I’m asking if these are the industry’s best conditions.”

“Ah…”

What should I say?

“Yes, that’s right.”

I found myself lying without realizing it.

He probably won’t know anyway.

“How about it? If you come to our guild, we can fulfill all these conditions…”

“That’s enough. I’ve just wasted my time.”

Amon stood up abruptly.

This is bad.

“W-wait a moment! Let’s talk a bit more before you go!”

“I have nothing more to say.”

“The conditions don’t satisfy you, right? If you have conditions you want, please tell me. We can make adjustments!”

At those words, Amon sat back down.

Phew, thankfully I put out the immediate fire.

“Please present your conditions. I’ll try to match them as much as possible.”

“A signing bonus of 1 billion won and an item distribution ratio of 100-0. Of course, I get 100. I don’t need item lending, and I don’t need a dedicated manager. Oh, and I’d like an additional fixed salary of 20 million won per month.”

My jaw dropped hearing Amon’s conditions.

Uh, this is…

‘Is this possible?’

But my thought was that this much would be fine.

Bringing Amon over, even if it costs hundreds of millions, is the most urgent priority.

Even if we take losses immediately.

Isn’t that what investment is?

“Understood. I’ll discuss this with my superiors and come back. Just a moment…”

I left the cafe and called the Department Chief.

When I recited Amon’s proposed conditions exactly as they were.

—Are you crazy? No way.

“Department Chief. Please think about it once more. If we don’t do this, we won’t be able to hold onto Amon.”

—By my standards, it’s a signing bonus of 200 million won and an 80-20 ratio at most. Absolutely nothing below that. A fixed salary? What kind of nonsense is that.

“Will it be okay? Even if we lose Amon?”

—You bastard… Are you Amon? Try saying something that makes sense, you bastard!

He’s yelling again.

“Sigh, understood. I’ll try talking to him.”

After ending the call, I returned to Amon.

“Um, I spoke with our Department Chief…”

“Yes.”

“He says it won’t work.”

“Then we’re done.”

Amon tried to get up from his seat again.

“W-wait a moment! He can match up to 80-20.”

“No. I don’t need it.”

“Uh, ah, ah…”

I couldn’t call him Amon because people were watching.

In the meantime, Amon had already left the cafe.

“Sigh… I let him slip away.”

‘So this is the industry standard.’

To understand the industry trends, I had met with Deputy Manager Kim Han Young.

But they’re lowballing more than I expected.

Even lying about it being the industry standard.

‘How dare they lie to my face. They’ve got some nerve.’

Thanks to the Scales of Judgment, I was able to see through the lies.

Of course, he was just relaying orders from above, so it’s not the deputy’s fault.

Anyway, this gave me a good grasp of the guild’s contract conditions.

‘I can use this as a foundation. To create my own guild.’

Park Se Hee, Seo Mina, Han So Ra, Joshua, Jason, Weihao, Hiromune, and others.

I need to bring in the people registered with Parasite.

While offering better conditions than the industry standard.

‘What should I name the guild?’

After much thought, I came up with it.

Yeah, that would be good.

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