Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 238

Jongsu became the president.

He was very happy to win at rock-paper-scissors.

“Hahaha. I’m the president!”

“Ah, no!”

Seungjun made a desperate face.

Hana was preparing for rock-paper-scissors, thinking, ‘What should I be next time?’, and Siha said, ‘Siha will be Hyung [older brother or male friend]. I’ll do Hyung.’

The teacher shook her head.

“Siha, there’s no position called Hyung…….”

That’s how everyone’s positions were safely decided.

In other words, it’s like this:

Employee Siha, Assistant Manager Jaehwi, Manager Hana, Deputy Manager Yundong, Section Chief Seungjun, CEO Eunwoo.

“Okay, everyone! I’ll give you stickers to put on your chests, so don’t forget them.”

“Yes!”

The teacher decided to take a step back and watch since it was just for fun anyway.

What would a company run by children be like?

She was curious and also felt like she knew what would happen.

“But President Jongsu, what kind of company is this?”

Jongsu confidently said what he had thought about in advance.

“This is Kangin Electronics. We make smartphones.”

“Oh! Smartphones!”

“Actually, there are other things, but everyone here is in electronics.”

“I see.”

“My dad said he bought electronics stocks, but I don’t know what that means, but electronics is the best.”

It seemed Jongsu’s father had invested in electronics stocks. I see.

After acquiring useless information, things proceeded.

“Okay, everyone, work. Work.”

Manager Hana, having seen something in a drama, took the lead.

“We’re going to sell phones in Africa. Everyone, prepare. Got it? Section Chief Seungjun.”

“Yes!”

Hana, Seungjun’s rank is higher than yours.

The company was showing insubordination from the start.

Oh? Actually, ranks don’t matter here, and it’s a horizontal structure? No, it’s a vertical structure, isn’t it?

Section Chief Seungjun said.

“Then how do we sell phones in Africa?”

Assistant Manager Jaehwi slightly raised his hand.

“It would be nice to sell smartphones with clothes on them.”

“Huh? Doesn’t that look weird?”

“R, really? I thought it would be nice to dress them in gold. If it looks weird, then never mind.”

Jaehwi, be more confident!

Even if the assistant manager is a lower rank, you should still work the hardest!

Employee Siha took Jaehwi’s words.

“No. Red. Red. Red clothes.”

Siha’s love for red was still going strong.

Seungjun nodded.

“Yeah, red looks stronger than gold.”

“Hana likes pink?”

“Ah, of course! Manager Hana is always right.”

No, Seungjun, your rank is higher! What drama did you watch to come here and suck up like that?

At this rate, pink smartphones might start selling in Africa.

Will they sell well?

Deputy Manager Yundong, who had been quietly watching, stood up from his seat.

The teacher placed her hopes on Yundong.

He would be able to stabilize this situation.

“If you want to sell phones, you have to advertise.”

Oh? That’s right. You have to do advertising and marketing. But is a pink smartphone okay?

No one is objecting to that.

“The advertisement should have music and dancing.”

Yundong spread his love for dancing.

There was something about him that suggested he wouldn’t compromise on this.

Perhaps overwhelmed by his force, the children just nodded and agreed.

CEO Eunwoo, who was doing whatever he wanted, chimed in, ‘Oh? Then let’s put rap in the song!’

The two of them seemed to have completed their mission and didn’t participate much after that.

They must have been satisfied. Is this okay?

Manager Hana said.

“Then let’s tell the CEO that everything is done.”

“I’ll go!”

Seungjun got up from his seat and approached Eunwoo.

And the line he said was.

“Get the CEO out here! Where’s the CEO? Call the CEO!”

Seungjun, you’re not a customer coming to complain, you’re an employee of this company. What drama did you watch?

CEO Eunwoo stood up from his seat.

“Ahaha! I’m the CEO!”

“You’re the CEO?”

“Yes!”

“We’re ready to sell phones in Africa.”

“Wouldn’t Luxembourg be better than Africa? Lux! Lux! Luxembourg! Ar! Ar! Argentina!”

Seungjun looked flustered by the sudden song.

After thinking for a while, he had a good idea.

“Af! Af! Africa! Af! Because it hurts!”

“Oh! You’re pretty good! Okay, let’s go to Africa.”

“Ugh…….”

Seungjun tilted his head, thinking something was strange.

The teacher smiled as she watched.

It’s okay. Everyone in your company is already weird…….

If everyone is weird, doesn’t that mean it’s normal in a way?

Then Jongsu, feeling frustrated, said.

“When are you coming to report! CEO, come quickly!”

“Okay!”

Eunwoo was going to Jongsu, the president.

“Siha, can you tell the president that I did this? I have to go to a rapper competition.”

“Ah!”

Suddenly, the CEO leaves work to go to a rapper competition.

It’s something that can’t happen in reality, but an employee goes to report to the president.

“Jongsu!”

“Hey! How can you call the president Jongsu!”

Siha remembered what Hana had said to Seungjun.

“Ah. President Jongsu.”

“Hey! You have to add ‘nim’ [honorific suffix]!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

“I’m not okay! I am!”

Jongsu was frustrated that things weren’t going his way and thumped his chest.

Siha, unconcerned, began to report.

“Made a phone. Pink. Pink. Sell in Africa. Dance advertisement.”

“Oh. Is that so? Let’s see.”

Jongsu pretends to unfold documents in the air.

“How much does it cost to make this?”

“Huh?”

“What! You don’t even know that?”

Jongsu, with a satisfied expression, nitpicked.

He was filled with joy at the thought of embarrassing Lee Siha with this.

“No. Siha knows.”

“So how much is it?”

Siha confidently spread three fingers.

“Three.”

“What three? Three million won [approximately $2,300 USD]?”

“Three thousand won [approximately $2.30 USD].”

“Hey! How can a smartphone be so cheap?”

“Come again~”

“No. The problem isn’t coming again. You’re not buying it, you’re selling it.”

“Huh? Ah!”

Siha nodded with a ‘That’s right!’ expression.

He spread one more finger.

“Four.”

“Three thousand won or four thousand won…. There’s not much difference…. Haa, never mind. Tell the CEO to come. CEO.”

“Sell at four thousand.”

“No. I’m not saying sell it at four thousand, I’m saying bring the CEO. CEO Eunwoo!”

“CEO busy. Rap. Rap. Jongsu go.”

“No. Should I, the president, go?”

The teacher chuckled as she watched.

She thought it must be hard for the president to run this company.

The Jongsu who was happy to become president was nowhere to be seen, and only a resigned expression remained.

“What kind of president is this…. I don’t like being president.”

That part was just a role-playing game in daycare, so it couldn’t be helped.

The problem was that everyone didn’t know their roles well.

Running a company wasn’t something anyone could do.

***

I took Siha and put him in the car.

As always, he tells me about what happened today.

“Hyung [older brother or male friend]. Siha went to company.”

“Oh! Did you?”

“Ah. Siha is employee. Employee.”

“Oh, you’re an employee?”

“Ah. Made a phone. Pink. Pink.”

“I see. That’s great.”

I could roughly tell that he had played company today.

Already social life. Hyung is sad.

“So did you sell a lot?”

“Huh?”

He probably doesn’t know if he sold a lot.

But if he’s an employee, he’s a newbie, so it seems too much. Siha should be the president.

“Does Siha like being an employee? Is there anything else you want to do?”

“Siha Hyung [older brother or male friend] be.”

“Hahaha. Really? That might be a little difficult in the company?”

“No. Siha told president everything. Like this.”

Siha pretended to talk with his hands.

It seems he told the president something.

Oh? Does an employee have something to tell the president?

“Who was the president?”

“Jongsu. Jongsu.”

“So what did Jongsu say?”

“CEO find.”

“Oh! That’s more normal than I thought?”

“Ah.”

I don’t know if he knows, but I thought it was a properly run company.

As expected, Jongsu knows a lot.

“Siha, don’t you want to be the president?”

“Why?”

“Because the president is the highest?”

“No do. Siha no do.”

“Why? You can order the employees around?”

“President busy. Can’t play with Hyung [older brother or male friend].”

Oh, that’s right. He’s busy, so he can’t play with me.

If that’s the reason, I accept it. Siha, don’t be the president. Because you can’t play with Hyung.

“Jongsu no good. President no good.”

“Did you say that too?”

“Ah.”

Jongsu, what happened?

It might be written in the notification, but I guess the detailed parts are missing?

Suddenly, I really wanted to see the notification in the penguin bag.

I have to go home quickly.

“Then……”

When I was about to ask something, the phone rang.

I parked the car nearby and answered the phone.

I put it on speaker mode so Siha could hear.

“Yes. Hello.”

「This is Hong Si-hyuk.」

“Yes. Manager Hong. What’s the matter?”

「The book printing is all done, and it will be available in bookstores in three days. There’s also a promotional band on the book, and it will say that it received an award from the superintendent of education.」

“Oh! Awesome!”

「If you search on online bookstores, it will come up right away.」

“Will it come up if I search for Mongshil and Biseul?”

「Of course.」

It was my first time publishing a book, so it was really amazing.

I don’t know how much money it will make, but it seems quite fun to sell them as a set.

“You have to give us the books, right?”

「Haha. Of course. I’ll send you a generous 1 million copies.」

“…….”

「I’m kidding. How many copies would you like?」

Then Siha said.

“Hong Uncle.”

「Oh. Yes. Siha.」

“Three Gun. Three Gun.”

「Who is Three Gun? I haven’t been watching TV lately, so is he a new actor?」

“Three copies of the book.”

「Ah~ that Three Gun. I see. I’ll bring you three sets. Oh, right! The first popup book, we marked it as the second edition. Hehehe.」

I tilted my head as I listened.

Does that have any meaning?

“Strictly speaking, it’s the second edition, but does it have any meaning?”

「You never know. The price will be different later between the first and second editions. The price! It’s different even when you sell it used.」

“Is that so?”

「Of course. And you didn’t print many of the first edition, did you? It has meaning. Was it 500? Limited editions are always expensive.」

“It’s a popup book, so it doesn’t seem to have much meaning…….”

「You never know. Meaning comes when you become famous. Who knows? Maybe Sihapepe will become very famous if he keeps making a name for himself.」

“Haha. I don’t know.”

I don’t even know how long I’ll be working as Sihapepe.

Maybe a lot of people have forgotten about the emoticons now.

「Anyway, that’s how it’s going to be sold. Maybe it will sell 1 million copies! Haha!」

“Did you really print 1 million copies?”

「Huh? Ah, should I tell the president next to me now…. What? Get out? Oh, why! Give me 1 million copies! What? You don’t have to give me 10 years’ worth of salary? Wow. Is this how you treat me?」

I don’t know if he really said it or if he was just talking to himself.

If it’s Manager Hong, he might really do it?

That’s the scary part.

「He says no. Hey! I should start my own publishing company.」

“Don’t say things you don’t mean.”

「Did you catch me?」

“Yes.”

Siha was listening quietly and pointed to his face with his finger, indicating that he wanted to say something.

“Siha says he has something to say.”

「Oh! Author Sihapepe. What do you want to say?」

“Hong Uncle. Sell?”

「Yes. We’re finally going to sell it.」

“Sell in Africa?”

「Yes. We’re going to sell it…. What? Africa?」

“Ah. Sell it in pink. Pink.”

「Pink…? Could it be…….」

Hong Jinsu said in an exaggerated voice.

「Are you aiming for overseas expansion? As expected of author Sihapepe. The scale is different. I can leave the translation to Si-hyuk. But Africa instead of America…. You’re definitely different.」

I was thinking hard about what he meant, and I was confused about whether he really said it with the intention of overseas expansion.

Maybe it’s something that came out of daycare? Pink is also included.

Siha said.

“Hong Uncle. Rap. Rap.”

「…Suddenly?」

“Advertisement. Advertisement.”

「Rap for an advertisement??」

Manager Hong, unable to follow, raised both hands.

In the end, he asked me to interpret.

What is he talking about?

Uh…. W, well, I don’t know today. Just a moment, the notification.

I needed time to look at the notification.