How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

Chapter 9

When the skeleton activates the cutting machine, the fabric is neatly cut.

When the skeleton passes the cut fabric to the side, another skeleton starts sewing with a sewing machine.

Dada Dada Dada!

When the skeletons lined up like that went through a series of processes, a pair of shoes was finally completed.

“how is it?”

Kim Deok-bae looked at his shoes with a puzzled expression and said.

“Is it okay to do this?”

The question of whether it is okay to be like this, not good or bad, comes first.

I shrugged and said.

“Is there anything going to be a problem? It’s not like I broke the law.”

“Yeah, but that’s the case.”

“Please look at the shoes. how is it?”

Shoes made by inserting commands as instructed by Deokbae Kim and the staff.

Of course, the result was a mess.

The quality is enough to make you think someone made it as a joke.

“It’s better than I thought, but it’s a bit better than what people did…”

Deokbae Kim looks at me and pretends to be nice, but that’s not what I needed.

“Tell me where the problem is rather than giving such an abstract answer.”

“…The stitching on this side is a bit clumsy. I shot it too right angle, so there was a gap.”

“okay.”

I immediately tuned in some magic commands to the skeleton in charge of that part.

“Listen a little more. As if going round.”

After completing the tuning, I instructed the skeleton to make the shoes again, and the next experimental work was completed again.

Deokbae Kim swallowed dryly and said.

“It has been fixed.”

“Yes?”

“Instead, a little more this way…”

Under the advice of Deokbae Kim, the tuning test continued.

After 4 hours of tuning, Deokbae Kim nodded for the first time and spoke.

“This is… pretty plausible.”

“Yes?”

In the first place, this kind of light industry itself does not require great skills that even unskilled people can put into work right away.

That’s why light industry is the industry that is mainly fostered in underdeveloped countries where technology is poor but cheap labor is abundant.

As such, for me, who has perfected the combat type macro, which is the pinnacle of variables, this much is not a task.

“Let’s continue. These guys are surprisingly fast at learning. hahahaha. Besides, once you learn it, you rarely make mistakes.”

Anyway, once the method of stitching is perfectly macroed and applied, it is simple from then on.

Every time I change the design, I just need to tweak the movement a bit accordingly.

This is a job optimized for skeletons.

At that time, Deokbae Kim looked at me and said.

“But are you really going to make this design?”

“why?”

“I designed them, but they are nothing compared to the latest sneakers from famous manufacturers. The value of the name is inferior and the design is also inferior.”

It’s nice to be honest.

But it doesn’t matter.

“It’s cheaper. Calculate the cost.”

“cost accounting?”

“It’s simple. These guys here don’t need labor costs, so we just need to calculate the cost of atomic ash and electricity.”

At my words, Deokbae Kim said with a blank expression.

“There is no labor cost…? Almost half the labor cost?”

Kim Deok-bae, who started calculating as if possessed by something, said in amazement.

“Four, three thousand won?!”

I said with a relaxed expression.

“On top of that, these guys don’t eat or sleep 24 hours a day. No food costs, no labor costs, and even unlimited overtime.”

“Then, since it is mass-produced, it can be cheaper… Even Chinese products can’t match this unit price!”

Also, my thoughts were right.

The core of the light industry is the labor cost, and for me, the labor cost is not cheap and it is free.

Of course, it costs bones when you first make it, but that much is nothing when you consider the amount of money a skeleton will earn.

“It’s cheap and mass-produced and sold overseas. Maker shoes are certainly nice, but not everyone in the world wears only maker shoes.”

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My target is wherever cheap shoes made in China are sold.

The only thing that matters to them is the price.

Of course, the margin won’t be high, but that’s it, just push it with the amount of skeletons and compete with the amount.

Isn’t this what patriotism is?

It is to raise the dying shoe export industry as Skeleton.

“how is it. Isn’t this worth doing?”

Deokbae Kim said with his eyes shining.

“It’s not worth doing. At this price, you can compare it with second-hand shoes beyond those made in China. Of course, you will overwhelmingly prefer new shoes to used ones. Besides, if the quality is matched to this unit price of production… we may be able to get consignment production from the manufacturer.”

“huh?”

Do you accept consignment production from manufacturers?

“What is that?”

I said with my eyes shining.

“So, the design and sales are all taken care of by the maker, and the factory only manufactures?”

A consignment production method in which a manufacturer designs shoes and produces them through a local factory with low labor costs.

If order production is about selecting and modifying one of the lineups made by the factory, consignment production is when the manufacturer decides on everything related to shoes, from design to quantity, and the factory literally takes the product and only produces it on behalf of the maker. .

“I thought the makers were directly running the factory?”

That’s why I targeted low-cost shoes from the beginning.

“You can think of it as no maker that runs a factory directly. Everything is operated on a consignment basis, i.e. OEM.”

“Why don’t you run it yourself?”

“Of course it’s because of cost savings and efficiency. You don’t have to hire staff, you don’t need production facilities, you just order and you’re done. It’s not just shoes, it’s a worldwide trend. Even the famous Apple phone right now makes all its products in an OEM way.”

“Ohh?”

The maker is in charge of the most troublesome design and sales?

Then, if you clear your head and make it as ordered by the maker, you are saying that money will come in.

would you be comfortable?

“The reason why Korean shoes were famous in the past was that they were consigned to such famous manufacturers and made them at low labor costs. That has now moved to China and Southeast Asia. but······.”

Deokbae Kim said with a bright smile.

“At this unit price, we might be able to steal the quantity from that side. We are much cheaper, and Korea’s infrastructure network is world-class. Of course, the process will not be easy.”

You mean there’s a possibility?

Originally, I was thinking of making and selling low-cost shoes, but there is such a honey-like trading method.

“OEM, consignment production method…. Do you really like this?”

Of course, the situation itself is this side.

It’s a de facto subcontractor that has to adjust the design and the quantity ordered there as they want.

But there is such a thing as Super Eul in this world.

Like the people of the Seron continent, who were the absolute best in holding the only key to summon and send me back, but looked at me and gave me a pile of all kinds of gold and silver treasures until the point I returned.

Are you okay?

Let’s try it.

Once you try it, if you see a possibility, stretch it out.

I said with a smile.

“Anyway, to receive that consignment production or something, you have to grow in size and prove your skills, right? Let’s make one. Let’s make a lot of peelings and sprinkle them all over.”

“hmm.”

Lim Yong-gi was a trader who traded between Korea and China.

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Mainly buying consumer goods in China and selling them in Korea, and buying and selling various electronic products and parts in Korea.

However, a few days ago, a wholesaler who was doing business with him is arranging a meeting, saying that the president of a shoe factory is looking for an export buyer.

Of course, the appointment was sluggish.

“Does the unit price of shoes in Korea match those in China?”

There were many Korean companies looking for buyers to find a way to export.

Naturally, China, which has a huge domestic market, was a particularly attractive target.

However, general products, except for a few branded products with name value, were hardly accepted in China.

The reason, of course, is the price.

Even if not, it was made in Korea, where the labor cost is high, and you have to cross the water to clear customs, but there was no way it could compete with cheap Chinese products.

Nevertheless, the reason for coming out like this was to save the face of the wholesaler, a longtime customer.

“Let’s just listen in moderation and go.”

A shoe factory in Gyeonggi-do arrived like that.

Just looking at it, the little things, the more the anticipation fades.

For light industrial products such as shoes, the economy of scale was more strongly applied, so the unit price fell as the mass production was carried out.

But since I already made a promise, what should I do?

Lim Yong-gi stroked his face and managed his expression, then called.

– Yes, Mr. Lim!

“I have arrived!”

-ah! You see! I’ll be right out!

After a while, Deokbae Kim, whom I had promised to see today, came out of the small office next to me and said.

“welcome. Did it take you long?”

Lim Yonggi smiled brightly and said.

“no. It’s not very far, well.”

“Let’s have a cup of coffee in the office.”

At those words, Lim Yonggi thought with a smile on his face.

‘What’s a waste of time coffee?’

However, Lim Yong-gi said with an apologetic expression that was different from his inner thoughts.

“That’s… I’d like to, but I have another appointment.”

“ah. You see.”

“Can I see the object first?”

At Lim Yong-gi’s words, Kim Deok-bae said with a confident expression.

“All right. This way.”

Lim Yong-gi entered the factory under the guidance of Kim Deok-bae.

At that time, the sound of a sewing machine running busily came through the screen around the side.

Dada Dada Dada!

“I think this is the production line?”

“yes.”

“By the way, why did you install this screen? I think it will be difficult just to come and go.”

Then, Deokbae Kim said with an awkward expression.

“ah. Because that is our principle.”

“I see.”

Deep down, he thought, “It’s a bargain while making shoes,” but Lim Yong-gi didn’t show it at all and followed Kim Deok-bae to the warehouse.

however.

“uh?”

Shoes stacked in a warehouse.

“What is all this about?”

“This is what I am going to show you today.”

“This one?”

Lim Yong-gi, who had dealt with numerous factories, was able to notice at once.

This is definitely a 100% mass order, but it’s a canceled item.

‘It’s stupid because I just take any order and make it. What did you make so many of?’

Of course, there was nothing wrong with the product being canceled.

As long as it’s not a defective item, you can take advantage of the factory’s disadvantage and buy it at a low price.

But how much cheaper would it be if Korean shoes were cheap?

“see······.”

Lim Yong-gi checked the condition of the shoes without much expectation.

‘Not bad.’

Shoes of the same quality as I thought of the appointment.

The design is good, the material used is cheap, and it is literally a shoe that is optimized for just wearing.

The problem is still the price.

‘It’s a canceled item, so even if you hit it… 8,000? Seven thousand?’

Considering the logistics costs, such as shipping by boat, the chances of these shoes being successfully sold in China were zero.

‘I might think about it a little if it’s 6,000 won.’

In fact, this is the level at which Korean factories have to sell at a loss.

But other than this, there was no advantage to the appointment.

At least, this was the only thing I considered because it had the mark of “Made in Korea.”

‘no way. Let’s just not buy it. I think I’ll only accumulate bad stock after buying it for nothing.’

At that time, Deokbae Kim said while looking at the appointment letter.

“How are you?”

After deciding not to buy it, Lim Yong-gi nodded and said.

“To be honest, I can’t say it’s excellent, but well… it’s not bad, there’s no big flaws.”

“Yes? hahahaha. I think so too.”

“How many models are there?”

“The models are all the same, only the colors are slightly different with three types.”

Lim Yong-gi thought with a face that had cooled his expectations even more.

‘A single model? This is the worst.’

Because it takes a lot more time to digest this amount in a single model.

Lim Yong-gi, who put down all expectations, said.

“It looked good.”

Deokbae Kim spoke carefully.

“How much will it be?”

“I’ll give you 5,000 won.”

Lim Yong-gi called for 5,000 won to make it impossible by calling the price hard from the beginning.

Then, Deokbae Kim said with a surprised expression.

“Five thousand won!?”

“Anyway, there are a lot of things to consider, starting with logistics costs. hahahaha.”

The moment I was about to return after being rejected.

“Is that a lot?”

For a moment, I thought I had heard the wrong words.

‘many? what? Did I look at the wrong shoes?’

Embarrassed, Lim Yong-gi thought while checking the material of the shoes.

‘Right? With this material, 5,000 won for this size would not be a complete loss. If you just calculate the labor cost and raw materials, it would be at least 6,000 won?’

Deokbae Kim said with a satisfied expression.

“We thought about 3,700 won, but that is really generous.”

“3,700!? These shoes?”

“yes.”

“no······.”

At the unbelievable unit price, Lim Yong-gi looked at his shoes again and said,

“Could it be a defective product?”

“It can’t be.”

“Then I made it in China, filmed only Made in Korea, and went back here… No, but the unit price isn’t right?”

If it is 3,700, it is rather cheaper than the unit price of local factory production in China.

It’s a single model, but at this unit price, even Made in Korea.

At this level, it was clear that there would be unconditional profits even if the whole product was sold to a local wholesaler in China.