We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 121

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Alternative Plan (1)

President Lee Cheol-jin was practically passed out.

During the drinking session, President Lee Cheol-jin had asked if he could bring some of the company’s executives along.

It wasn’t like he was bringing junior employees; these were people with enormous salaries, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Actually, it was a good thing for me.

The work of a trading company isn’t as simple as it looks. If I promote a few department heads to executive positions and then backfill those roles, the company’s situation will improve significantly.

We’re barely breaking even now, but with some restructuring, we could see a substantial profit.

However, Lee Seul-gi pointed out a potential problem.

“President, isn’t there a risk? If the executives suddenly disappear, there might be some issues.”

“Are you worried the company won’t function properly?”

“Yes. This industry suffers from a talent shortage, after all.”

“We can promote from within.”

“Then, are the highly paid navigators [specialized traders] also subject to restructuring?”

“Eventually, yes.”

“High-salary navigators are constantly getting scouted by other companies with even higher offers. They stay because of their loyalty to a large corporation. If the executives leave, the navigators are likely to follow.”

“That’s what I want.”

“Why…?”

“We can replace them with smart androids. We’ll put androids under them, and once they’re trained, hand over the work.”

“This isn’t like training someone for a convenience store job.”

“That’s why I’m preparing an upgraded version: AI smarter than humans.”

“That’s absurd!”

Lee Seul-gi didn’t seem convinced.

I shrugged.

I had vampire nobles.

I was still steadily creating three a day, and about a hundred were active now.

As time goes on, the number of vampires will only increase.

Vampires with brains that surpass humans would be more than capable of filling the company’s staff.

“Suppose we have genius AIs. With just a little training, the company runs smoothly. When should we restructure then?”

“That would be… right after the M&A [mergers and acquisitions].”

“You agree with that?”

“Most employees will assume the company was acquired because it was failing. People know a big M&A was 추진 [being pursued], but that doesn’t matter. The manager has changed, and the current manager has given up management, so there’s no better time than now.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“But…”

“Shall I show you how smart they are?”

“Yes. If you show me proof, I’ll actively support employing them.”

“Good. Let’s go to the company.”

“You’ve been drinking, haven’t you?”

“I’m fine now.”

I had been drinking heavily until just now.

I think I drank three times as much as President Lee Cheol-jin, who was practically passed out.

But my body has now surpassed human limits. No matter how much I drink, my liver doesn’t even register it.

I remove all the hangovers with dark mana.

The smell of alcohol also disappeared from my mouth.

“Let’s do an AI experiment today. Convincing Secretary Lee is also important.”

“Haa… I understand.”

Arriving at the company, I immediately summoned a vampire.

Cecil, the smartest of the 100 vampires.

Vampire nobles generally had brains above genius level, but occasionally, geniuses were born like mutants.

Cecil was one such vampire.

Since there were 100 of them, I hadn’t named them all yet, but I remembered the names of the mutant geniuses.

“You called, Master.”

“Cecil, I need you to show me your abilities.”

“Is it because of the large-scale restructuring?”

Lee Seul-gi’s eyebrows twitched.

From the circumstances alone, she inferred the whole situation. With just one word asking to show her abilities, she grasped all the reasons.

Of course, anyone who is a little smart can infer this much quickly.

“AI technology is quite advanced. To infer the situation.”

“Hehe. Take her and have her work.”

“Are you talking about the group’s work?”

“We have to launch the Soo Group tomorrow. There must be things that haven’t been processed yet.”

“That’s true, but…”

“So, I’m telling you to try it.”

“I understand.”

Lee Seul-gi didn’t refuse.

The practical skills of a genius vampire were outstanding.

Even if I entrusted the entire group’s work to Cecil, she would probably run it well. I just needed to make the important decisions.

The basic tasks were the same no matter who did them, and Cecil could summarize the key points of all the documents and report them to me.

Of course, the workload wasn’t too heavy yet, so I was handling it myself, but if the business expands significantly in the future, Cecil will assist me with my work.

Lee Seul-gi disappears with Cecil.

Since I was sober, I decided to look at the basic framework of the Soo Group.

Lee Seul-gi’s office.

She was the chief of staff, but in the future, she had to become the head of the restructuring headquarters.

Because of that, she was suffering from an excessive workload.

Junior employees such as Han Yu-ram and Han Ga-hee were sharing the work, but that didn’t significantly reduce Lee Seul-gi’s burden.

The more the company expands, the more the workload increases.

On the desk, there were piles of documents related to the launch of the Soo Group.

Several companies were being integrated into a business group, and creating a central control mechanism was more complicated than expected.

First of all, this company was a combination of a corporation and several private companies to become a business group [chaebol].

Many large Korean companies had a circular investment structure, but the Soo Group’s structure was completely different from other places.

The CEO was the major shareholder, and there were even two companies with 100% ownership.

That was Soo Food and Soo Science.

Here, Lee Yu-sung, the president of Soo Retail, currently held 50% of the shares, and the shareholding rate would immediately rise to 60% when BW [bond with warrant] shares were issued.

Soo Trade also had 50% of the shares held by President Lee Yu-sung, and Soo Distribution was under its umbrella.

Of course, it was still Cheonwoo Trade, and the company name would be changed tomorrow.

“…We have to gather these companies and create a central control mechanism.”

“That’s right.”

“Review the documents and summarize the key points.”

“Yes.”

Lee Seul-gi sat across from the AI named Cecil.

Even so, there were still parts of the paperwork that had not been completed.

Shuffling!

Cecil was turning the documents at a rapid pace.

She was doing so-called speed reading, and at first glance, it seemed like she was roughly looking at the documents and turning them over.

‘I guess it’s easy for an AI to grasp. It’s probably scanning with a camera and organizing the information. But summarizing the contents and grasping the key points is not an easy task. There are also loopholes that I haven’t been involved in yet.’

Lee Seul-gi smiled slyly.

It was difficult to grasp all the documents in a short period of time, but there was no way that the AI could grasp the cleverly created loopholes.

Human psychology was also involved here.

The restructuring headquarters was, after all, an organization that governed people.

Therefore, there were bound to be parts related to human affairs, and she thought that the AI could not catch those parts.

About five minutes passed.

“The flow of funds is wrong.”

“The flow of funds?”

“If possible, the funds should flow in a way that benefits the owner. It seems natural for it to flow to Soo Science rather than Soo Retail.”

“Oh ho. How?”

“It’s possible if you use a few tricks.”

It was about so-called semi-illegality.

It wasn’t illegal, but it wasn’t legal either.

It was a structure of fund flow that was implemented like a custom, and there was nothing particularly problematic even if it was audited.

The AI caught that.

“Also, I think it would be good to create a separate restructuring headquarters for each company to control the company.”

“The company representative and the restructuring headquarters will clash?”

“In the end, power must come from the restructuring headquarters. The representatives of each company receive orders from the owner, who will become the chairman, and so does the restructuring headquarters. In the end, isn’t the restructuring headquarters supposed to deliver the chairman’s instructions and will?”

“…”

The AI’s words were correct.

Is this possible?

“What are the problems that can arise from here?”

“There will be conflicts with existing executives, but aren’t they going to be purged anyway?”

“That’s right.”

“And…”

The more I talked, the more I realized that the AI named Cecil had tremendous abilities.

Is this really possible?

An AI is making inferences about all aspects of human affairs?

“Are you really an AI?”

At Lee Seul-gi’s words, Cecil smiled, revealing her teeth.

“If the master says I’m an AI, I’m an AI, and if I’m a person, I’m a person. Right now, I’m becoming a talented person who studied abroad.”

“A brilliant answer to a foolish question.”

Lee Seul-gi shook her head.

The AI was not only smart but also considerate of loyalty and the owner’s heart.

What kind of monster did President Lee Yu-sung create?

Shuffling!

Cecil started turning the documents again.

Near the end of work.

A moment of drowsiness came over me, and I closed my eyes.

It hadn’t been long since I reached the 6th Circle, but I contemplated the path to the 7th Circle.

Whenever I had time, I thought about it, not just blindly thinking about it, but occasionally trying not to forget about it.

I had an epiphany on the plane to France.

After that, I reached the realm of the 6th Circle in the Catacombs and was able to absorb Dark Moon. It would have been impossible if it hadn’t been for the sudden realization.

What is the path to the 7th Circle?

First of all, I have to exclude all the knowledge I know now.

Reversing people’s common sense was the realization to go to the 6th Circle, so in order to reach the 7th Circle, a more basic and deeper realization would be needed.

‘Should I realize the laws of nature or the laws of the universe?’

In a way, I also thought that mana might be a kind of dark matter that scientists have not yet identified.

The theory that the expansion of the universe is proceeding due to dark matter.

However, no scientist has accurately identified what dark matter is or proven the substance.

I also thought that a more in-depth realization might be possible if I combined scientific theory and black magic theory.

Of course, the outline is not yet properly grasped.

Bang!

Lee Seul-gi and Cecil came into the office.

I opened my eyes and got up to prepare to leave work.

“President!”

“What’s wrong?”

Lee Seul-gi was exhaling a long breath through her nose.

She was so excited that it seemed like steam would leak out of her nose.

Was working with Cecil such a big shock?

“Give me this woman!”