Day 58: Mom's Pitch to the Department Store

Dialogue

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   A 엄마, 어떻게 됐어? 백화점 미팅 잘했어?

   Eomma, eotteoke dwaesseo? Baekhwajeom miting jalhaesseo?

   Mom, how did it go? Was the department store meeting okay?

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   B 말도 마. 떨려서 혼났어. 근데 담당자가 생각보다 젊데. 너보다 열 살쯤 많을까?

   Maldo ma. Tteollyeoseo honnasseo. Geunde damdangjaga saenggakboda jeomde. Neoboda yeol saljjeum maneulkka?

   Don't ask. I was so nervous. But the buyer was younger than I expected. Maybe ten years older than you?

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   A 오, 그래서? 우리 떡 먹어 봤어?

   O, geuraeseo? Uri tteok meogeo bwasseo?

   Oh, and? Did she try our rice cakes?

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   B 응, 쑥떡이랑 인절미를 하나씩 먹어 보더니 표정이 좋데. 포장도 예쁘다고 하고.

   Eung, ssuktteogirang injeolmireul hanassik meogeo bodeoni pyojeongi jote. Pojangdo yeppeudago hago.

   Yeah, she tried a mugwort cake and an injeolmi, and her face lit up. She said the packaging was pretty too.

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   A 대박. 그럼 우리 떡이 백화점에 들어가는 거야?

   Daebak. Geureom uri tteogi baekhwajeome deureoganeun geoya?

   No way. So our rice cakes are going into a department store?

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   B 그게 조건이 좀 있어. 명절 성수기에는 선물 세트 물량을 한 달에 이천 개 이상 맞춰야 하고, 판매 수수료가 삼십 퍼센트래.

   Geuge jogeoni jom isseo. Myeongjeol seongsugieneun seonmul seteu mullyangeul han dare icheon gae isang matchwoya hago, panmae susuryoga samsip peosenteurae.

   Well, there are some conditions. In the holiday season we'd have to supply at least two thousand gift sets a month, and they take a thirty percent commission on sales.

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   A 삼십 퍼센트? 그럼 우리한테 남는 게 거의 없잖아.

   Samsip peosenteu? Geureom urihante namneun ge geoui eopjana.

   Thirty percent? Then there's hardly anything left for us.

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   B 그러니까. 게다가 우리 떡은 방부제를 안 넣어서 사흘만 지나면 딱딱해지잖아.

   Geureonikka. Gedaga uri tteogeun bangbujereul an neoeoseo saheulman jinamyeon ttakttakaejijana.

   Exactly. And since we don't use preservatives, our rice cakes go hard after just three days.

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   A 그럼 조금만 안 팔려도 남은 재고를 다 버리게 되기 쉽겠다.

   Geureom jogeumman an pallyeodo nameun jaegoreul da beorige doegi swipgetda.

   Then if even a few don't sell, we could easily end up throwing out all the leftover stock.

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    B 그게 제일 걱정이야. 담당자도 그걸 묻데. 냉동으로 바꿀 수는 없냐고.

    Geuge jeil geokjeongiya. Damdangjado geugeol mutde. Naengdongeuro bakkul suneun eomnyago.

    That's what worries me most. The buyer asked about that too, whether we could switch to frozen.

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    A 냉동은 안 돼. 인스타 댓글 보면 다들 갓 만든 식감 때문에 산다고 하잖아.

    Naengdongeun an dwae. Inseuta daetgeul bomyeon dadeul gat mandeun sikgam ttaemune sandago hajana.

    Frozen won't work. Look at the Instagram comments: everyone says they buy them because they're so fresh and soft.

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    B 그렇지. 그럼 엄마가 뭐라고 대답하면 좋을까?

    Geureochi. Geureom eommaga mworago daedapamyeon joeulkka?

    Right. So what should I tell her?

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    A 물량을 줄이자고 해 봐. 처음엔 주말에만 조금씩 팔고, 판매량 보고 늘리자고.

    Mullyangeul jurijago hae bwa. Cheoeumen jumareman jogeumssik palgo, panmaeryang bogo neullijago.

    Ask to lower the quantity. Sell a little at weekends at first, and increase it once you see the sales figures.

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    B 백화점이 그걸 받아 줄까? 거기는 큰 업체만 상대하는 것 같던데.

    Baekhwajeomi geugeol bada julkka? Geogineun keun eopcheman sangdaehaneun geot gatdeonde.

    Would the department store agree to that? They seem to deal only with big companies.

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    A 요즘은 백화점들도 작은 브랜드 찾느라 난리야. 우리 팔로워가 삼만 명이잖아. 그것도 협상할 때 무기야.

    Yojeumeun baekhwajeomdeuldo jageun beuraendeu channeura nalliya. Uri pallowoga samman myeongijana. Geugeotdo hyeopsanghal ttae mugiya.

    These days department stores are scrambling to find small brands. We have thirty thousand followers. That's a bargaining chip too.

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    B 어머, 우리 딸 말하는 거 보니까 사장님 다 됐네.

    Eomeo, uri ttal malhaneun geo bonikka sajangnim da dwaenne.

    My goodness, listen to you. You sound like a real boss.

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    A 그리고 수수료도 그냥 받아들이지 말고, 처음 석 달만이라도 낮춰 달라고 해 봐.

    Geurigo susuryodo geunyang badadeuriji malgo, cheoeum seok dalmanirado natchwo dallago hae bwa.

    And don't just accept the commission. Ask them to lower it, at least for the first three months.

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    B 알았어. 내일 다시 전화 준다고 했으니까 그때 네가 말한 대로 해 볼게.

    Arasseo. Naeil dasi jeonhwa jundago haesseunikka geuttae nega malhan daero hae bolge.

    All right. She said she'd call back tomorrow, so I'll try what you said then.

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    A 통화할 때 나도 옆에 있을게. 인스타 숫자는 내가 제일 잘 아니까.

    Tonghwahal ttae nado yeope isseulge. Inseuta sutjaneun naega jeil jal anikka.

    I'll sit next to you when you call. I know the Instagram numbers better than anyone.

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