Chapter 185 (1/2)

Chapter 185: Chapter 180

Pretending not to know, he asked Jihun, “Go ahead.”

“Yu Zuung.”

Hyunwoo saw eye to eye with him.

In fact, Zuung was like a double-edged sword. She could instill vigor in the office, on the one hand, but she could sow the seed of enmity and disharmony, on the other, but Hyunwoo boldly decided to give her a chance. If she created any trouble, he could deal with that in due course.

And he, too, missed her a bit. When she was beside him, he felt good in spite of himself.

Of course, he had no indecent desires for her. He already set his heart on Suji Min.

For various reasons, he felt he needed Zuung's excellent skill in creating animation characters,

“Can I ask her about it?”

Then, he called her in Vietnam. The male staff and Jihun, in particular, looked at Hyunwoo with great expectation.

Zuung picked up the phone immediately.

Hyunwoo told her his point right away, and Zuung replied as if she had been waiting for the chance.

“Sure, I would love to work in Korea if you give me a chance.”

When Hyunwoo relayed her positive reply, the male staff gave a shout of joy, but the female staff showed a sullen expression, curling their lips.

“How soon can you come here?”

“Let me come as soon as this semester is over. I think I can come as early as July.”

Though Hyunwoo wanted her to come as soon as possible, he felt a bit regrettable about her reply, but studying for her was as important as working.

In fact, she could create characters while staying in Vietnam, too. And there was some work Hyunwoo wanted to entrust to Zuung with respect to the business of Ani & Funny's Vietnamese branch.

“Can you expand the size of the branch over there while you're still in Vietnam? I'm planning to increase your workload over there in the future. You will need many more staff members.”

“Got it. Let me increase by 30 then.”

If 30 people joined the existing staff of the branch, it would be fully packed, but Hyunwoo was not satisfied with that.

He already set up a long-term plan in Vietnam, which was to replace VPictures.

In order to achieve his goal, Hyunwoo wanted a much larger talented staff.

“That's way below what I want. Increase by about 100.”

“Wow! That will cost a lot of money, and the current office s.p.a.ce can't house that many people.”

She was concerned about the office budget, but money was not a big burden to Hyunwoo.

Hyunwoo gave the branch staff 2 million dong on average per month, and 4 million dong to the team managers including Zuung.

The starting salary of college graduates in Vietnam was 4 million dong on average, so the compensation of the Vietnamese branch staff was decent.

But 2 million dong was only 100,000 won when converted into Korean won. Even if Hyunwoo hired 100, the total salary would be around 10 million won, which Hyunwoo could pay without any problem. And the office expenses were not that high.

“Don't worry about that, Zuung. I'll take care of that. Let me expand the office s.p.a.ce as soon as possible. I'm thinking of two more offices that are larger than the current one. Isn't that enough?”

“Yea, but it looks like you're hiring too many people.”

“I told you before that I'm going to give you an enormous workload. You might need more staff in the future. So, try to hire as many competent people as possible.”

“Got it.”

“By the way, let me send you some new stories. Draw some characters befitting the stories. If you come over here, you'll be specializing in that field. And that's the main reason I am going to bring you over here.”

“Sure, I'll try.”

Hyunwoo asked her to pay special attention to the matter of hiring before he hung up the phone.

When he told the staff she would come early July, the male staff expressed disappointment.

With a gentle smile, he stimulated their enthusiasm a bit by asking, “What is the best seat for Zuung when she reports to work here? I wish she sat beside someone who is really working hard. Kyungsu, can you monitor who is the best staffer here?”

“Hahaha. Sure, will do.”

“Please move that carefully.”

“Put that here.”

The people of the house next to Hyunwoo's was busy with moving stuff here and there.

It was none other than Suji's house. Finally, the construction was completed, and they were moving stuff over the weekend.

It was built as a two-story house with a large yard. Suji's mother, Mrs. Kong, was already thrilled when she thought about cultivating a kitchen garden for cabbages and sesame leaves.

There was a separate container house in front of the house, which would be used as Suji's father Taeho Min's personal research room. Though it could be located inside the house, Taeho insisted on setting it up outside.

Obviously, he must have envied the container houses of Hyunwoo's father and Kuroda.