chapter 14
The dried persimmon seeds were already dry this year.
Calling is the price.
Even so, I couldn’t call a ridiculously high price.
Even if it was expensive, it had to be worth buying.
I priced it around 3,000 won per dried persimmon. The packaging also varied from the smallest to the medium-large.
The small one was a box of ten dried persimmons. The price started from 3,000 won.
I thought it was a reasonable price for a holiday gift.
When I set the price, Minseok said several times that it was too much. He was more emotional than I thought. The logic was that if it was too expensive, there would be people who could not afford it even if they wanted to.
I listened to him, but I didn’t give up.
That’s why pricing was so important.
You have to calculate how much you will get in return for your work.
‘You should receive at least 3,000 won per dried persimmon.’
This was my calculation.
After the broadcast went out, the cast came in.
Called me on the news and on the radio.
A young farmer selling dried persimmons became a hot topic.
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Myths were spreading on the Internet and on TV.
Posts began to appear on various bulletin boards.
-Conscientiousness lives on in this age of making products with the hearts of consumers.
– Is it the third time in your life that a young farmer thinks like this?
-Originally, I am not a person who eats dried persimmons, but I plan to try it once this year.
The quality of my sleep only deteriorated as I went on a TV show and wrote more articles on the Internet. I couldn’t take my eyes off the packaging, delivery, and answering various questions.
Dark circles were in full bloom on the faces of my parents, Kahi, and Minseok.
“It’s too much for us.”
“I think I have reached my limit.”
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Minseok and Kahi spoke like a zombie duo. I also agreed with them.
Then a familiar voice was heard.
“You guys go in and get some rest.”
“Yeah, take a break. We will do the rest.”
were mother and father. said in one mouth.
“Are you really okay?”
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Minseok asked his father.
“Yeah, you guys go in and get some rest.”
I followed my parents’ advice and sent Min-seok and Ka-hee back home. They posed reluctantly to leave, but their faces were that they wanted to lie down immediately.
I went back to work and looked at my parents for a while.
It was like a packaging machine. Feelings of regret and sadness churned in my heart.
“I will call some people from tomorrow. Mom and Dad, get some rest.”
“Don’t do that.”
Dad said, moving his hand.
“Because we can do this.”
“You are too hard.”
“Is there anything in the world that is not difficult? We are fine.”
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My mother’s words came out. As I said, nothing in the world was not difficult.
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My parents wanted to help in this work somehow.
“You too should rest.”
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My father told me I did the packing with my parents without a word.
We worked until dawn that day. My hands trembled and trembled.
* * *
A lot of things happened within two weeks of the broadcast.
There have also been proposals to sell goods at home shopping.
It was a time when TV home shopping was taking its place.
I thought it would be money, so I got a call too.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll do it next time.”
I turned down the home shopping offer. In exchange for selling goods, a commission of 30% was taken away.
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No matter how expensive it was to hire a show host and shoot with good equipment, it was nothing short of a robbery.
If the item sold moderately, I would have challenged it.
But not now.
It was already selling very well. There was nothing to buy for home shopping.
“I am a reporter Bae Seon-ah. Do you remember that follow-up report was with me?”
I never thought she would come back.
While getting ready to go out, Bae Ji-ja came to visit.
“I can give you thirty minutes or so.”
“You are always busy.”
She asked for a part she hadn’t said before on the show. In particular, I asked Hwang Yu-shin about how to learn the technique of dried persimmons in detail.
I summarized what I had discussed with Hwang Yu-shin and said.
“Doesn’t the price of dried persimmons fall if technology is disclosed like that?”
After the interview, she asked a personal question.
“Once the technology becomes widespread, the price will come down one day.”
“Still, it doesn’t matter. Just like you said on the show.”
“yes. There are things more important than money.”
As she said, there was no immediate price drop. Farming is different from running a franchise chicken house.
It’s not something you can learn just by paying money. In order to learn the secret, I had to be prepared.
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Of course, in the long run, the price will gradually decline. After all, it also meant that only good products survive in the market.
“It’s the last question,” she said.
“Can I take a picture of the warehouse where dried persimmons were dried?”
“of course.”
I took her to the warehouse where the persimmons were dried. Unlike back then, the photographer was not accompanied. She was holding the camera herself.
When she entered the warehouse, she was astonished.
“Is this all?”
She was only surprised. Almost three weeks ago, there, he encountered 250,000 persimmons. At that time, the whole area was filled with orange light.
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Now it was the opposite. It was almost empty. There were only a few boxes in the corner.
“Have all of them been sold?”
“Thanks to you, we sold a lot.”
The shutter sound resounded in the empty warehouse.
There was no time to feel the joy of being sold out. It was so crazy and busy.
Three days before the Lunar New Year, all the remaining items were sold out.
* * *
A large amount of money was accumulated in the account.
A whopping 250,000 dried persimmons were sold out. In terms of money, it was about 7.5 billion. Even after deducting deductions, commissions, and other miscellaneous expenses, a net profit of 550 million was generated.
I doubted my eyes as I looked at the numbers on the bankbook.
It was more than double the amount I had initially hoped for.
It was an achievement after half a year.
It was also the result of hard work and determination to become a rich farmer.
I have already figured out how to spend the money in my head.
There were people I had to meet first. They were founding members of the Jirisan Farmers.
It was also a time of leisure.
We got together at a nearby chicken shop after a long time.
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Me, Min-seok, and Ka-hee held beer glasses.
“Today is the settlement day.”
I looked at them and took out the business. They didn’t seem to hear me.
The feeling of escaping from hard labor seemed stronger.
“Now, the dried persimmon farming is over.”
Kahi drank a cold beer and said.
“That was wrong. Even if your mouth is crooked, you have to speak right away.”
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Min-seok received Ga-hee’s words.
“What is wrong?”
“Now the gates of hell are closed.”
They laughed and said it like a joke. At that time, the past before the return came to mind for a moment. As Minseok said, back then it was like hell.
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Of course, there is one last thing to do. Of course, it was something they should know.
I gave them pre-drawn documents.
“This is the contents of the settlement after completing all the dried persimmon farming.”
“Wow. We made so much money.”
Both looked surprised. Now it was time to get the topic out.
“Some of them will be used for us.”
It was exactly 1 billion. The plan was to save five thousand as a business reserve and share the remaining five thousand with the three of us. That’s what I wrote in the documentation.
“First of all, those who oppose this.”
“I am against it.”
It was Minseok. It was pretty serious.
“Say it.”
“Against dividing five thousand equally.”
“Then what do you want to do?”
“Kahi and I should get two thousand each.”
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Min-seok and Ka-hee exchanged glances. It was like a joke.
“great. No problem. Because I thought it was too small.”
“It’s a joke. It’s scary because it’s so serious.”
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Minseok looked at me and said. Kahi also seemed to agree with his words.
I didn’t want to play with money.
What was important was the remaining 450 million.
“I’m going to give the rest of the money to my parents.”
With that money, I could pay off all my debts. It was possible because his father had the money he sold the cows.
“That’s what you said to me from the beginning. I agreed.”
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Minseok said with a serious face. He turned to Kahi.
“I already agreed. And you were all in charge of this. I think you have a right to do that.”
Kahi also spoke out quite seriously.
“Thank you everyone for thinking that way.”
Something fluttered in my chest. It was a feeling I had not felt in a long time. For a long time, I thought that money was just money. However, people show a different side in front of money.
It was a fact known from long experience.
At least the people I’m with now didn’t look any different in front of money.
“But what are you going to do next?”
Kahi looked at Minseok and me and asked.
“What are you talking about?”
“Now the dried persimmons are over. What are we doing now? Evil business owner.”
Dried persimmons were intensive farming. We had to compete in a short period of time. It was possible because of the surrounding environment and the ties of the past.
It was time to reset the goals. Now, I wanted to build sustainable farming, not short-term farming.
“It’s vacation time from now on. Take a break when you can.”
“Then are you all on vacation?”
Kahi asked with surprised eyes. Minseok was also looking at me.
“I have to prepare for the next farm. Because the winter dried persimmon farming is over.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I have a plan. I’ll let you know when I have a specific schedule. In the meantime, I am recharging.”
* * *
I finished talking to them and went home.
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Now it was my turn to tell my parents.
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My father knew very well how much I had earned. It was because he put the money in his father’s corporate account from the beginning.
From the beginning, I had negotiated with everyone that my father would be a business owner. Of course, it was only for dried persimmons.
“father. mother.”
I called the two of them in the yard. The lights turned on and the parents came out.
“What’s up? Have you been drinking?”
As soon as my mother saw me, she frowned and asked.
“Yes, I had a drink.”
I hugged my parents. You could say I suddenly became sentimental. But today, I wanted to immerse myself in the emotions.
“what’s the matter? What’s wrong with you?”
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My mother patted my shoulder and asked.
“no.”
“Then what happened?”
“Now I can pay off my debt.”
I quietly told the circumstances before and after.
I remembered a past that was difficult because of debt.
Debt created debt and choked the family’s neck like a noose.
After that, my family had to live in deep despair.
At the time, I never thought I would face such a moment.
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My mother hugged me without a word. My father also helped.
Hot tears flowed from his eyes.
The corners of his father’s eyes were also moist.
I knew the meaning of his tears.
It was the weight of life that I had to bear alone as a head of the household.
It was a face that seemed to have escaped from the bondage of pain today.
‘This is the real start.’
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My heart was screaming
Luck comes from planning
The village was warm with the Lunar New Year atmosphere.
I took my turn and got into the car. I had someone to meet.
Looking at the passing persimmon trees, I looked back at the past for a moment.
I remember the time when I told my parents that I would make dried persimmons after returning home. He believed that his family was the only way to live.
He formed a relationship between Hwang Yu-shin, who had been badly connected in the past, and the priest, and learned his secret method to make dried persimmons from Daebong persimmons.
The result was successful. Dried persimmons of ‘Farmers of Jirisan Mountain’ were sold with great popularity.
There was no guarantee that it would work out once, and that it will work equally well next time.
The locals were also trying to make dried persimmons. Because I’ve seen you make money.
The more competitors there are, the less competitive it is. I had no intention of getting involved in a single iron trade.
‘Prepare the following dried persimmons.’
It was time to take the next step. After all, dried persimmons were intensively farmed in winter.
Even if the dried persimmon farm was maintained, there was still work to be done for the rest of the season. This was the part I was worried about while making the dried persimmon.
If dried persimmons were a family business, starting now was a very personal farm.
The person I met now was the person I needed to prepare for the next one.
I stopped in front of the old thatched house. I’ve been here a few times before so it’s not unfamiliar. It was a house I often came to when I was cutting persimmons.
I took the gift box out of the trunk. As I entered the house, I saw a familiar face in the yard.
“Grandma, I’m here.”
“Deokmyung has come.”