God-Given Business Genius - Chapter 215

[Today's legendary Alley Secrets update.jpg]

(Image of Lee Hyo-soon bringing out pork kimchi stew)

(Image of Song Woo-yeon refusing to taste)

(Image of messy freezer condition)

(Image of rotten kimchi)

While the featured stores each had their small issues,

This time it's about hygiene, so it's expected to be more serious LOL

→Ah, I seriously almost threw up watching the live broadcast

→There are surprisingly many places with poor hygiene, they're just a mess because customers can't see

→Remember the place that reused leftovers made big news recently LOL

→That's too much

→Ugh ㅠ

[More than anything, I don't want to go to places with poor hygiene]

Bad taste is one thing

But dirtiness is worse

→Me too

→Same here

→For real LOL

[It's not about reforming people]

Shouldn't this pork kimchi stew place be excluded from solutions?

They couldn't even maintain the basics;;

→I think so too. Will they really change with a solution? They've probably lived like that their whole life. I don't think it'll be easy.

→But everyone will probably still go eat there saying it's good LOL

→→It seems like it'll do well in business because it's attracting attention well

→→→Right LOL Honestly, just looking at the reactions here, I don't even know what other stores there are besides the kimchi stew place. That means the noise marketing is working well

[Today's tip: Kimchi can rot too]

I didn't know that

→Me neither LOL

→Even fermented foods don't stay good forever, I wish I didn't know that

[Song Sugar picking up rotten kimchi with bare hands]

(Image of Song Woo-yeon putting her hand in the rotten kimchi container)

(Image of Song Woo-yeon raising the rotten kimchi and scolding Lee Hyo-soon)

(Image of Lee Hyo-soon looking sheepish)

I'd give a thumbs up if dopamine surged at this moment

→Agreed LOL

→So satisfying

→Seems tougher than she looks? Honestly, I thought she wouldn't be good at handling people because she's young. You need to press down hard on that type to make them shrink, and she seems to understand that well.

→→Despite appearances, she's a company CEO LOL

→→This fool must think the CEO position is won by rock-paper-scissors

→→The real comedy is basement-dwelling unemployed people saying things like "Song Sugar is better at handling people than expected"

→→→Bone-crushing

→→→That hurts

[Forgot all the previous content]

Only remember the rotten kimchi and Song 1 Woo-yeon going "Cut!"

→For real

→Me too

→She was really fierce when she got angry

→→I like it even more

→→Thrilling

→→→Police officer, please arrest these perverts here

[Predicting next episode's content]

The kimchi stew place owner roughly reflects

After squeezing out some juice and roughly promising to turn over a new leaf, they proceed with the solution

It wraps up warmly with "Hahaha. You should live happily from now on~?" (in Animal Farm tone)

→Whitewashing is crazy

→Prediction approved

→They have no choice but to do it this way. They can't just exclude the solution, that would just end with cursing at the participants

→→That's right. If they didn't proceed with the solution, they probably would have cut it out completely during editing

→→Then why not?

→→→It becomes difficult to recruit future participants

→→→→Oh, I see

[I hope people don't go to places like this kimchi stew place]

The attention-seeking is too much

Honestly, the owner's attitude isn't great either

Even considering it's evil editing, the hygiene issue is serious

I don't understand why people would voluntarily be suckers by going there

→I agree

→I really wish people would be more moderate. Is it right to make restaurants that can't maintain basic hygiene rich in pursuit of sensationalism? I really don't know

→But suckers will probably line up to eat there LOL

[Isn't it too much to curse at the kimchi stew place owner when they're just an ordinary person?;;]

I think legitimate criticism is understandable

But now it seems to have just become a sport

Wouldn't it be better to show some restraint since they're ordinary people?

(※Not saying celebrities deserve hate comments)

(※Not saying the kimchi stew place did nothing wrong)

(※Not trying to stop legitimate criticism)

(※Not disparaging sports)

(※Not being self-righteous)

(※There might be more precautions

I might not know

I might not have thought of

I might have been ignorant

How dare I

I might have made another mistake)

→Community expert

→The precautions are longer than the main text LOL

→You must have suffered a lot

→It's hilarious how well you know the points of being wrongly accused LOL

"Pfft."

I barely suppressed the laughter bursting out. Do-kyung, who was skimming through the script beside me, looked puzzled.

"What? Why are you laughing like that?"

"No. It's just funny seeing people's reactions."

At those words, Do-kyung nodded as if understanding.

"Yesterday's broadcast? It's causing quite a stir. I saw several news reports about it too."

"I hope the owner doesn't get too hurt."

Do-kyung looked surprised at my muttering.

"Why?"

"No. I just thought you believe in that owner more than I expected."

"Haha. Did you think I was the type who believes people can't be reformed?"

"Mmm."

It's half right, though.

People don't change. Most of them, at least.

But isn't life more interesting because there are those very few who do change?

'Kim Jong-chun-ahjussi didn't really turn over a new leaf, it's more like he overcame a slump.'

It's not like he had a completely wrong concept of hygiene like Lee Hyo-soon. It might have been easier because he was just returning to his original state.

Of course, this means it's much more difficult for Lee Hyo-soon to become a completely new person who manages hygiene thoroughly.

"But I don't dislike them. People who try to change like that."

Those who don't even try to change are worse than those who fail to turn over a new leaf.

At least Lee Hyo-soon is trying to change, isn't she?

"What's the use of doubting and pointing fingers at someone who's trying? If they're going to change, they'll naturally burn out without me doing anything."

So all I can do is just watch.

Whether Lee Hyo-soon can remain the same as time passes. Silently watching from the side was my best effort.

"That's right too."

Do-kyung exclaimed with admiration.

"Woo-yeon, you sometimes seem like you're on your second round of life."

"......"

How perceptive.

Feeling guilty for no reason, I hurriedly threw out a different topic.

"The filming location for this <Alley Secrets> was quite unique. Did you see?"

"Yeah. Right, I was just thinking how interesting it was."

Do-kyung fell completely for that trick.

"Is it some kind of government project?"

"Probably."

"I didn't know such things existed."

I learned about it for the first time this time too.

"Since young people don't have enough capital to properly rent a store to start with. It seems the local government selects a few people and rents them spaces cheaply."

I roughly explained the content I had grasped earlier by searching the internet.

The so-called food trucks.

The solution targets for this Alley Secrets were young people doing business in these food trucks lent by the government.

"Wow. Then all the owners this time must be young?"

Do-kyung looked pleased. His eyes were sparkling with a strange anticipation.

"I guess so? Although the category of 'young' might be broader than we think..."

Still, considering that the owners we've dealt with so far were mostly my parents' generation or older, they belonged to a much younger group.

"Then it should be easier to give solutions!"

"...You think so?"

"Yes. After all, if there's a big age gap, it's a bit awkward for you to tell them do this, do that. Sometimes those people are subtly stubborn because you're young."

That was somewhat true.

First of all, in a Confucian country, it's not easy to listen attentively to the words of someone younger.

Moreover, if a young greenhorn like me provides solutions and even points out that their way of doing things until now was wrong?

What do you know!

Such thoughts can't help but cross their minds.

The longer the experience, the more distinct their own worldview, making them even more stubborn.

'It's understandable. From others' perspective, I'm still close to a student age. And those people probably have 20, 30 years of experience in the food industry.'

Besides, in the end, I used various methods to make everyone follow my solutions well, so there wasn't much of a problem.

I conducted taste evaluations through blind tests, coaxed and persuaded them, or even subtly pressured them by mobilizing the production staff.

Although that process was troublesome, in the end, after tasting my recipe, there were more people who acknowledged and respected me.

"This time, since they're peers, won't they listen well? Young people seem like they'd be more flexible in accepting opinions!"

"Hmm."

I wonder. Will it really be like that?

Do-kyung was excited with sparkling eyes, but I wasn't particularly moved.

"More than anything else, there won't be any cases of them looking down on us for being young, right? They're all young owners too, so they must have experienced such misunderstandings a lot."

Wouldn't there have been at least one young person among the franchisees? I've experienced people of all age groups.

After all those experiences, I came to one conclusion.

I smiled and said,

"Being old-fashioned isn't a matter of age."

"Huh?"

"The same goes for stubbornness."

Do-kyung tilted his head as if trying to understand the meaning.

Well, we'll see once we start filming. Whose words will be right.

"Recording starts~! Please standby!"

As we heard the staff's shout, Do-kyung and I headed to the recording site.

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At the end of a winding alley, in a somewhat secluded spot.

In that corner where people's footsteps barely reach, the young people's food trucks were located.

"......"

Looking at the sign saying 'Way to Food Truck Zone', I had a rather serious expression.

The location was bad, too bad.

'Even if they're renting it out cheaply, this is a bit too much.'

I doubted whether even the market vendors would know about this place. No matter how good the food is, it's hard to become famous in a place like this.

'If it weren't for the broadcast, they might have all gone bankrupt without a proper promotion opportunity.'

They probably had no other choice due to lack of substantial funds. But it was a cruel thing to do to young people trying hard to do business.

I tried to manage my expression as I headed towards the destination.

"Hello~"

As I entered while greeting, I could see at a glance the alley lined with food trucks.

Small makeshift chairs and tables were placed in front of the food trucks. It seemed that although most were takeout, you could eat there if you wanted.

The owners looked surprised with wide eyes at the sudden visit.

Now used to it, I waved my hand casually to greet them, and one of them blurted out as if talking to themselves.

"Wow. It's Song Woo-yeon!"

...Song Woo-yeon?

'Am I your friend?'