Chapter 284: The shock of billion won

"Of course I remember. I didn't have time at that time, so it was Zhong Guo who went with you."

"I heard from Brother Zhong Guo that you decided to join the pickled fish franchise on the day of the opening."

"How is the situation now?"

After Ji Seok-jin's reminder, Ha Dong-hoon also remembered what happened half a month ago, and then began to care about the progress of the matter.

After seeing that Ha Dong-hoon had remembered, Ji Seok-jin did not intend to blame him, and then happily shared his happiness with him.

"You can tell by how happy I am that the progress must be very good."

"And to be honest, I am now very glad that I acted on impulse and agreed to join Huang Xu on the day of its opening, signed the contract and paid the money."

"Otherwise, if I were to join now, it wouldn't be so easy."

"Oh, what do you say?"

He Dongxun's curiosity was completely aroused at this time.

He now finds it difficult to believe what Ji Seok-jin said. If someone is willing to join and give money to the franchise company, would there be anyone who would refuse?

And most importantly, he is also making preliminary preparations for joining the franchise, and is quite sensitive to all matters concerning the franchise.

Since his barbecue restaurant was transformed into a music restaurant and bar under the guidance of Huang Xu half a year ago, business has become extremely popular.

Now, even if he and Kim Jong Kook don't appear and don't invite those celebrity artists to perform, the prime time in the evening will still be crowded.

Even on weekends, there are queues outside.

Compared with what he was like half a year ago, this can be said to be a tremendous change.

Naturally, this kind of business has also attracted the attention of many interested people. During this period of time, they have been looking for him and testing his attitude, wanting to join his music restaurant bar.

Although he wanted to agree immediately, the store was not his own. There were two shareholders, Kim Jong Kook and Huang Xu.

Especially Huang Xu, the shareholder. Although he only holds 10% of the shares, as the creative provider of the music restaurant bar, Kim Jong Kook respects his opinions very much.

So he insisted on waiting until Huang Xu came back, and they could start joining after they met and talked.

This made He Dongxun a little dissatisfied.

It is true that the idea of ​​this music restaurant bar was proposed by Huang Xu, but the actual money was paid by himself and Kim Jong Kook, and it has also been run by him and Park Geun-sik.

And what about Huang Xu?

Apart from coming once when the place first opened, and later visiting to entertain friends, he basically never showed up again and never cared about this place.

Now someone is sending money to his doorstep, but he still has to wait for his consent before accepting it, which makes He Dongxun a little confused.

But since Kim Jong Kook was there, he couldn't say anything and could only wait patiently.

So when he heard Ji Seok-jin talking about franchising, he also became interested and wanted to hear what Huang Xu's franchise chain was like.

Are they really going to push away the money that’s been delivered to their door?
In response to Ha Dong-hoon's doubts, Ji Seok-jin explained with a smile.

“Because their joining is so popular.”

"Do you know how many customers have expressed interest in joining us during this period of time?"

"How many?"

Ha Dongxun recalled some data that Huang Xu had mentioned when he had dinner with him last time.

“Last time, his spicy hotpot store seemed to have more than 100 stores in the end, but less than 200.”

"And the spicy hotpot event last time was a big hit. Not only did many ordinary people go there to check in, but even many celebrities followed suit and checked in."

"There are only about a hundred stores like that. I don't think I've seen any news about the pickled fish on the Internet this time. It shouldn't be as good as last time."

"Hey, you are totally wrong."

After hearing the number guessed by Ha Dong-hoon, Ji Seok-jin shook his head and looked at him with some contempt.

"You are an insider in the restaurant industry? Don't you know anything about their booming business?"

"There are not just over a hundred restaurants that want to join their Malatang franchise, but they have only selected over a hundred of them."

"Later, they considered that there were too many followers and the market was close to saturation, so they stopped the franchise business."

"I was one of those people who wanted to join but didn't have a spot."

"Otherwise, the number of their Malatang franchises alone would reach more than 300."

"Although the pickled fish this time did not cause a check-in trend on the Internet, it does not mean that fewer people want to join them."

"When I went to the store to check out the renovations this morning, the staff there told me that the number of customers who want to join them is about to reach 1,000."

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"Is that true? One thousand?"

As Ha Dong-hoon listened to the news told by Ji Seok-jin, the expression on his face could no longer remain calm, and he even opened his mouth without noticing.

There's no way, the information revealed in Ji Seok-jin's words is really surprising.

What does it mean to have thousands of potential customers?

He is no longer a newbie in the industry. Although he doesn't know the price of Huang Xu's sauerkraut fish franchise this time, he is very clear about the spicy hot pot last time.

In addition to paying a franchise fee of up to 100 million won, each franchisee also needs to pay a considerable brand usage fee every year.

In addition, many seasonings and auxiliary materials need to be purchased from the company.

Therefore, for every additional franchise store Huang Xu opens, he can earn more than 100 million in net income, and in the future, as long as his store is still open, it can still generate a considerable amount of profit for Huang Xu every year.

Knowing this, he is so enthusiastic towards those who approach him to join.

But now when he heard Ji Seok-jin say that there were already thousands of customers who wanted to join the sauerkraut fish franchise, this was a little hard for him to accept.

After all, if this news is true, then even if there is no long-term benefit in the future, it means that Huang Xu can earn more than 100 billion won in one go.

This is more than 100 billion won.

As a celebrity artist, he also has a side business of running a music restaurant and his income is quite exaggerated compared to ordinary people.

But there is still a huge gap with hundreds of billions.

He even couldn't imagine what it would be like if he had 100 billion won.

So in the subsequent communication, he seemed a little absent-minded, and was basically relying on instinct to chat with Ji Seok-jin.

Fortunately, the other eliminated members also came here one after another, and Ji Seok-jin didn't talk much with him anymore.

But even so, he was still a little confused during the subsequent recording.

Even after the show was over, the show's main MC, Yoo Jae-seok, specifically mentioned him.

"Haha, if you're too tired, take a good rest and adjust yourself. Don't let it affect the recording of the show."

Only after hearing Yoo Jae-suk's criticism did Ha Dong-hoon come to his senses from his shock.

After making a promise with Yoo Jae Suk, he met Kim Jong Kook who was waiting for him in the parking lot.

"Why? Were you criticized?"

"Yeah, I got some words from Brother Zaishi."

Seeing that Kim Jong Kook cared about him, Ha Dong-hoon had no intention of hiding anything and directly told him about the criticism he had received.

After hearing this, Kim Jong Kook gently patted Ha Dongxun on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry about Jae-seok. As the main MC, he is responsible for the show, so you..."

"I understand, brother." Ha Dongxun was not an ungrateful person and did not have any bad emotions.

When Kim Jong Kook saw this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Ha Dongxun.

"By the way, what happened to you just now? You were totally out of shape, and even your reaction was a little slow."

"Are you too tired during this period?"

"No, it's not because I'm too tired."

"Oh, what is that?"

Kim Jong Kook also became curious at this time. He just saw Ha Dongxun's performance and really thought that he was tired.

But now he denied it, which made him curious.

However, Ha Dong-hoon did not answer the question immediately. Instead, he looked around and then extended an invitation to Kim Jong-kook.

"Let's go talk in the car."

"Okay."

Seeing Ha Dong-hoon who was worried, Kim Jong-kook naturally would not object.

Then Ha Dong-hoon and Kim Jong-kook got into their car and asked their agent to wait nearby for a while.

Seeing that there was no one in the car, Kim Jong Kook looked at Ha Dong Hoon with concern.

"What's wrong, haha, are you worried about something?"

"A little bit."

Seeing that only he and Kim Jong Kook were left in the car, Ha Dongxun naturally let down his guard, and then asked Kim Jong Kook in a somewhat frustrated tone:
"Brother Zhong Guo, do you know how much money Huang Xu can make from this franchise store?"

"How much can he earn this time?"

Kim Jong Kook looked at Ha Dong Hoon in surprise, obviously not expecting that the other party would ask such a question.

However, although he was curious about why Ha Dongxun asked this, he still cooperated and made his own guess.

"This time his franchise business doesn't seem to be as good as last time. Last time, the spicy hotpot was very popular online, but this time there doesn't seem to be any news, so he probably won't make much this time."

"not too much?"

After listening to Kim Jong Kook's guess, Ha Dongxun sighed softly, and then excitedly told him the news he had just heard.

"He may be able to earn hundreds of billions of won this time."

"How much? Hundreds of billions?"

After hearing the news, Kim Jong Kook's eyes, which were usually squinted, opened wide this time.

He was obviously shocked by the news, and then looked at Ha Dongxun in disbelief.

"Are you sure he can make hundreds of billions?"

"Well, this is the information that Brother Shizhen just revealed to me."

Seeing Kim Jong Kook's shocked expression, Ha Dongxun felt a little more balanced and began to talk about his conversation with Ji Seok Jin.

Kim Jong Kook slowly calmed down after listening to Ha Dong Hoon's words. He waited for him to finish speaking and then spoke calmly.

"Haha, things are not as simple as you think."

"It's impossible for him to open thousands of stores at once. The market is so small. It will definitely not work if he opens thousands of stores at once."

"Really?"

"Are you sure?"

"Okay, but even if that's the case, his franchise store is making too much money."

After hearing Kim Jong Kook's analysis, Ha Dongxun slowly calmed down, but his passion was rekindled soon after.

"Brother Zhong Guo, how much money can we make from our music restaurant franchise this time?"

"I don't know either, but I can just ask a professional."

"Professionals, who are they?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's Huang Xu."

Kim Jong Kook looked at Ha Dong Hoon who had not yet reacted and shook his head helplessly.

"Among the people we know now, is there anyone who knows more about this besides him?"

"No, but is he back?"

"I'm back, don't worry."

Kim Jong Kook took out his cell phone, checked his schedule, and then asked Ha Dongxun.

"Are you free tomorrow morning? If you are, let's go meet him together."

"I'm free, but how did you know he was back, Jong Kook?"

"Because he asked me to work out with him, so."

. . . . . . .

"So you two came here early in the morning just to ask me if the Pickled Fish franchise can make money?"

Huang Xu looked speechlessly at the two people who appeared in front of him early in the morning, and then poured them each a cup of tea.

Early this morning, after separating from Sunny, he came to the company to handle some matters.

As a result, before he was busy for a while, he saw Kim Jong Kook and Ha Dong Hoon coming to visit, and they had just met when Ha Dong Hoon asked such a private question.

Yes, the company's revenue issue can be said to be quite confidential information of the company. Generally speaking, it will not be told to outsiders.

Even many employees within the company did not know the company's revenue. It was obviously inappropriate for them to ask such a private question when they had just met.

Kim Jong Kook naturally sensed Huang Xu's dissatisfaction, and then hurriedly explained.

"Haha, I'm not trying to get your company's confidential information. I just want to ask whether joining the franchise can make money."

"Aren't there a lot of people who want to join our music restaurant?"

"He doesn't have much confidence right now, so he wants to ask you, a professional, to see if joining the franchise can make money."

"Also, I want to ask you for advice on how to join the franchise and what is needed."

"About the music restaurant franchise?"

Huang Xu pondered for a moment, then spoke to the two of them.

"You can definitely make money by joining, but how much you can earn depends on the specific situation."

"Like your music restaurant, once it's done, it will definitely be"

"It's not the two of us, it's the three of us at the music restaurant."

Kim Jong Kook was halfway through listening when he heard Huang Xu talking about their music restaurant, so he quickly corrected Huang Xu's statement.

Huang Xu may not care much about this share now, but the two of them still need to make it clear.

After Huang Xu heard what Kim Jong Kook said, he finally realized that he seemed to have shares in it, and then he hurriedly spoke.

"Yes, there are also my shares in it!"

(End of this chapter)