Author: Flo Editor: Flo

Chapter 55

 

Since there were several copies of the contract to sign, Yeon Seung-yeon had to read through them and hand it over to the broker in front of him to check. Yeon Seung-yeon, who was carefully reading the contract and signing it, stopped. He immediately raised his head and hesitantly opened his mouth.

 

“I…….”

 

“Yes, what’s the matter?”

 

“We’re a private workshop. Here……. The editorial says to use direct guilds. So can I just leave it blank?”

 

“No. Private workshops must have a direct guild.”

 

“What?”

 

“What guild?”

 

Both Yeon Seung-yeon and I were surprised. What guild?

 

“We don’t have a guild or anything.”

 

“I’ve never heard of that before……. Isn’t it possible to open a workshop without a guild? I don’t think all the workshops belong to a guild…….”

 

“The meaning of the direct guild means that the workshop is notarized. Contrary to public opinion, the management of private workshops was handed over to the guild, and the guild checked and notarized whether they were illegally supplying materials or selling them illegally. The risk is too great if you don’t get it notarized.”

 

Yeon Seung-yeon asked, looking at my face.

 

“Is there any other way? We don’t have any guilds that deserve notarization right now. I want to proceed in a way that is possible without notarization.”

 

“Sigh…. I really don’t recommend it. Private producers who don’t get notarized have 70 percent tax.”

 

“7, 70 percent?”

What, what the fuck!! My mouth was wide open. Yeon Seung-yeon also looked distraught.

 

However, the broker continued, shaking his head.

 

“Not only that, but there is a separate tax on transactions, and even if sales increase, there is another progressive tax.”

 

He was basically saying, “Don’t do it.” At this time, a man who had actually hung up the phone approached and shook his head with his tongue sticking out.

 

“What? There’s no guild? No, no. Fees are fees, excluding taxes. In the end, we are losing too……. Oh, right. There’s no fee, right? Anyway! Even if you go somewhere else, there is no agency that will accept it. Starting a business is difficult. And we don’t even sell ingredients because we have to pay a commission to the ingredient dealers who sell them.”

 

“How can we get notarized…..?”

 

“If you’re dissatisfied, go to the association and argue! We’re doing what we’re told.”

 

Another broker sighed next to him.

 

“Are you sure you really have nowhere? There are places that provide notarization for money, but those places are usually low-level guilds, and low-level guilds require a lot of notarization, so the cost is pretty high. Scams are rampant these days.”

 

“How many places do you need?”

 

“It depends on the guild’s weight class, well….. For large guilds, I recommend one, and for medium-sized guilds, it’s case-by-case, so I recommend at least two or three. In the case of the lower classes, there should be at least five. Look at the chart here.”

 

At the top of the chart, Cheon Rang and Nox were competing for No. 1 and No. 2.

 

The boss kicked his tongue at us in shock.

 

“Don’t you young bachelors know? That’s how self-employed people are supposed to be. If you don’t like it, you have to join the guild. You don’t want to go in? Then you can pay the tax. Give and take. Haven’t you heard of no-pain no-gain? Anyway, that’s the slogan of a self-employed person. Now, what do you want to do? Are you going to sign or not?”

 

“…….”

 

There was no other way. I grabbed my cell phone in my pocket and jumped up.

 

“Ho-, Ho-hyun nim. Where are you going?”

 

“I’ll be back after making a phone call. Wait a minute.”

 

“As expected, there must be something. Everything comes out when you dig it. There is no one who doesn’t have anything.”

 

Leaving the boss’s words behind, I exited the lounge in the building and leaned on the pillar.

 

“I didn’t expect to use it so quickly…….”

 

I looked down at the business card I had in my hand.

 

「 Seong San-ha, Cheon Rang Guild President

+225_10820_0000」

 

I called the number written on it.

 

Did the signal usually take this long? What if he doesn’t answer? It was only when I thought that the beeping sound was cut off.

 

[It’s tough outside for my puppy to stand on its own, right?]

 

When I heard Seong San-ha’s voice, I was speechless. Ah shit, how should I tell him about this…….

 

[Tell me where you are. I’ll send you a driver.]

 

“…….”

 

[Puppy. I’m listening.]

 

I barely voiced at Seong San-ha’s urging. Act natural, act natural…….

 

“Ah, Seong San-ha. I’m Ho-hyun.”

 

Thuds.

 

“The fuck?”

 

The line was cut off. I looked down at my cell phone with an flustered look on my face when the phone rang again.

 

“Hey, why are you hanging up?”

 

[I heard a strange sound. I thought it was voice phishing.]

 

“Crazy…….”

 

I barely stopped the curse and spoke calmly.

 

“You. I’ll give you a chance to owe me.”

 

There was a laugh from the other side, similar to a sigh. Once I spoke, it was easy after that.

 

[What’s going on all of a sudden? Do you need money? It’s not a boring situation like kidnapping, right?]

 

“Fuck kidnapping, what you did…… ! Hmm, the thing is, I’m thinking of opening a studio? But I need a guild official. Wouldn’t it be better for you to give me a public figure just once rather than me wandering around somewhere else? You said I have to be safe.”

 

[A studio? What kind of studio are you talking about? If it’s illegal guiding…]

 

“What kind of guiding is this? I’m going to open a potion workshop.”

 

[Potion? You?]

 

I could feel Seong San-ha’s agitation as he paused, but I responded as if nothing had happened. I couldn’t hide from the Cheon Rang Guild Leader forever anyway.

 

“I almost died after taking the wrong medicine in Dungeon, but after that, I gained skills. I’ve decided to partner with the person I told you about yesterday.”

 

[……You’re not telling me to believe that, are you?]

 

“What’s the point of me lying to you? I didn’t get to read the status window in the center, so I just found out, so don’t ask me about it and do a back-up investigation that you’re good at.”

 

[…….]

 

“So are you going to notarize me or not? If you’re not going to do it, hang up. I have to go to another guild.”

 

[There’s no other guild that you know.]

 

“I’m just going to go in and get physical.”

 

The sound was very low, but I felt like I heard a curse.

 

“Hey, you…….”

 

[I’ll send someone. Send me your address.]

 

Less than 30 minutes after Seong San-ha hung up, a person came to the brokerage office. She was a woman with a good face, and as soon as she appeared, everyone was surprised and got up.

 

“Ahn Song-ah……?”

 

“She’s from Cheon Rang, isn’t she?”

 

“Oho! Aren’t you lawyer Ahn? Ai-goo, what are you doing here?”

 

The boss ran out from the inside to say hello. The woman who gently ignored him looked around and asked.

 

“Yeon Seung-yeon nim? Who might that be?”

 

“This way.”

 

As I was wearing a robe, I raised my hand and pretended to know, the woman approached me and bowed down, holding out her business card.

 

“Hello, I’m Ahn Song-ah, a lawyer from Cheon Rang’s legal team. I’m here because the guild leader sent me.”

 

“I’m Hohyun. Nice to meet you. I was told that the notarization of the guild was required to sign the contract.”

 

“So it was Ho-hyun.”

 

Jung Seung-yeon, who was sitting next to me, was embarrassed and fumbled.

 

“Ah, nice to meet you. Ho-hyun, who is this….?”

 

“Someone to help us.”

 

“From…Cheon Rang?”

 

“I will review the basic contract before the public announcement.”

 

Unlike ordinary workers, Ahn Song-ah had a lively look. Sitting right next to us, she took all the relevant documents and began to scan all the contracts and confirmations with her eyes shining.

 

Soon, several pieces of paper bounced out of her hand.

 

“The date here is wrong. Please reprint it.”

 

“Oh, my gosh, this mistake…….”

 

“Seung-yeon nim? You got a certificate of awakening in general. You have to draw it in detail and let the details come out so that it can be repaired right away. “Please pull it out again.”

 

“Oh, yes…. Yes!”

 

At the table where Ahn Song-ah was sitting, several people got up and received their documents back, and in the case of Yeon Seung-yeon, he was pointed out three times. I had nothing to do because the resident registration numbers of both Joo Ho-hyun and Kang Jin-jin had been expunged – even if they were there, I wouldn’t be able to use them.

 

I was quietly leaning back with my arms crossed, when Ahn Song-ah, who had just seen the building information, frowned slightly.

 

“Ho-hyun nim, are you really going to build the workshop here? In the case of new workshops, it is advantageous to be close to Wolgye Naru. Also, in the east, there are good amenities for new producers.”

 

“Oh, so I even paid a down payment to go east, but someone else said they would give them more money, so he sold it to them instead.”

 

“What?”

 

The smile disappeared from Ahn Song-ah’s face. The boss, who was sitting in the right position in front of her, jumped and waved his hands.

 

“Ack, oh, wasn’t there a misunderstanding? I thought it worked out well…. Haha…….”

 

“If you haven’t been introduced to enough sales, why don’t you go to our agency?”

 

“No, it’s okay. He even eliminated the fee.”

 

“Fees? Could you please elaborate?”

 

As An Song-ah’s eyebrows rose, the broker began to sweat heavily. As I briefly explained the situation that had happened earlier, Ahn Song-ah’s expression became even more stern.

 

“that… … I can’t believe you’ve been through something. Even though it was a violation of the Special Land Sales Act, they accepted it. However, Ho-hyun, in principle, if you sign a lease for your studio, you can’t help but have no fee. The fee is a requirement, so if you put it in 0 percent like this, it will automatically change to the basic requirement of 8 percent.”

 

“What? So if you signed the contract like this, you’d have to pay a fee again?”

 

“Of course, the recommendation for correction goes, but it’s all through the brokerage house. Sometimes bad companies hide it until the correction date.”

 

Ahn Song-ah said, staring at the boss sitting in front of us. We have already discussed, but in the end, Ahn Song-ah’s words…….

 

“What, mister, did you scam me?”

 

“Well, that’s……!”

 

“I thought you were good……. Fuck, to hit me in the back of the head like this?!”

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Comments (3)

  1. Thank god for lawyers. 🙂 Ho-Hyun just sold himself out to this guy, too. Hahahaaaaa.