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“Brother, this month’s revenue alone exceeded 1 billion won.”
The boss smiled brightly at the words of his subordinate.
“After all, popular things make money.”
A product of the boss family.
To be precise, he said while touching the counterfeit products of Protege.
“So everyone should have looked into it and bought it. Kick Kick.”
Protige’s products are not just luxury goods, but have a high value for self-defense, so it was the best product for women with money to carry.
If you carry expensive luxury goods, you often get pointed at them saying you are bluffing, but there is a clear excuse to carry Protege products for your own protection.
In addition, the fact that it is the perfect product for robbing husbands’ wallets also contributed.
Normally, it’s worth saying how many luxury items you already have in your house and want to buy them again, but if your wife’s protection is at stake, the moment you don’t buy it, you become a moth who ignores your wife’s safety because of money, so you have no choice but to open your wallet. husbands.
Thanks to this, Protege became like a symbol of her husband’s love for her among wealthy women, and disappeared as soon as the stock piled up in the store.
Naturally, women who wanted to have a symbol of lavishness were desperate to get even a re-sell product, and this organization appeared at that time.
“By the way, bro, wouldn’t it be dangerous to continue doing this?”
The boss said with a big smile.
“haha. It’s always been done. What are you worried about? After all, business is done by Korean-Chinese children.”
As an organization that has been distributing fakes for a long time from the beginning, of course, the sales method was not common.
A method in which Korean-Chinese hired in China make it look like a Korean phone number through a repeater, and then send the goods anonymously from this place when the transaction is made by texting.
Of course, even if you report to the police, it is virtually impossible to directly find them who sent items anonymously, and in the end, you have no choice but to track the phone number and catch the Korean-Chinese first. It always ended abruptly.
“There is no point in investigating the police. Or, well, just throw in a few kids running errands.”
At the boss’s words, his subordinate said with a worried expression.
“I’m not talking about the police, I’m talking about the Seron group.”
said the boss, startled.
“The Seron group?”
“Isn’t this a product advertised by Han Ji-hyeok and not by anyone else? It’s a brand that the group president put so much effort into, but what if he goes out to find the brand image because of a counterfeit?”
Then the boss was silent and said:
“Are you going to do that? Although Han Ji-hyuk is SS-level, he is known for being gentle.”
This was the general perception of those who did not know much about Han Ji-hyuk.
A gentle businessman and awakened person who carefully arranges the skeletons because of job concerns.
That’s right, because there are entrepreneurs who say that if he had that kind of ability, he would have already conquered Korea and advanced overseas.
“It didn’t seem like that was the case. Didn’t you hear that rumor? Some mid-sized construction company was working behind the scenes and got hit by Seron.”
“okay? Did something like that happen?”
“Both Ceron and the construction company are resting now, so it was only known among those who knew the construction industry well, but it was said that they were brutal at the time. They said they were almost ready to kill him.”
At that, the boss thought about it and said.
“but. How can a person who is just kind enough to run a large company? Even the SS level. It certainly sounds like it when I hear it that way.”
“Yes. So, why not sell it overseas?”
“Hmm… is that so?”
That’s when I was thinking about changing the direction of my business.
“I think it’s too late to come and think about it now.”
A voice can be heard from somewhere in the warehouse where they are.
“What, what!”
Sturdy men appeared in front of them in embarrassment.
The men lifted the walkie-talkie and said.
“Security of warehouse is complete. How is the Chinese side?”
Then another voice comes from the walkie-talkie.
– Secured that as well. 8 Koreans and 2 Koreans.
Eight Korean-Chinese and two Koreans corresponded exactly to the number of sales teams in China.
“Stand, please.”
Then the man shouted backwards.
“Guild Master! Everything is sorted out!”
At that, a man appeared with the entire warehouse door ripped open.
Seeing the man, the boss was astonished and said:
“Bar, Park In-gwi!?”
Park In-gwi, a Korean-Chinese Awakened who was naturalized to Korea and registered as the 7th SS-Class.
It was only with his appearance that the boss understood everything.
Then Park In-gwi approached the boss and said,
“Are you sure you don’t want to resist?”
Said the boss, who had never even dreamed of resisting the SS-class.
“Oh, how did you find it?”
Park In-gwi said with a sad expression.
“Do you know where I see this trick once or twice? Besides, even though I came to Korea, my voice in the Korean-Chinese society is at an absolute level, so finding people like you is not a big deal. Anyway, you have great courage, to offend the president of Han.”
Park In-gwi said while holding the boss’s back.
“let’s go. It’s time to pay the price for your courage.”
*
Although Park In-gwi has been branded a complete traitor by China, that’s true for only a handful of people who know the story behind it.
In-gwi Park contacted Awakened acquaintances in China or the president of the Korean-Chinese Council and found them in an instant without going to China.
Then, Park In-gwi, who used his full ability to do bad things for the Chinese government, eavesdropped on the Koreans, traced them back to the organization’s warehouse, and caught them all in one queue.
When Park In-gwi came to seize all the gangs, Kim Deok-bae went out to find evidence of past crimes from head to toe, as it seemed that the punishment he wanted would not come from just selling fakes.
But in the process, Kim Deok-bae asked me something interesting.
“You made it yourself?”
They used Korean-Chinese to do business, so I thought the fakes were also imported from China, but it wasn’t.
The young man in front of me said in a cold sweat.
“Sorry, I’m sorry. At first, it was difficult to make a living, so I made a few and sold them. But suddenly an organization came to them and threatened to turn them over to the police if they didn’t work for them, saying they had interfered with their business…”
Did you make a fake because you were threatened?
Looking at Kim Deok-bae, he nodded and said.
“It seems right. When I tracked down the funds, I was getting only 2.5 million won a month.”
Even if you make illegal products like fakes, 250 a month is almost the level of exploitation.
“Didn’t you take money separately?”
Then the young man said in an urgent voice.
“I really am not. If that was the case, there would be no way to live in a rented room under the supervision of the members of the organization.”
The young man bowed his head and said.
“I’m really sorry. Anyway, this time the organization was completely wiped out, so I will completely wash my hands and live a normal life. So, Chairman, can you please take a look? please······.”
No matter how intimidating he was, he made a fake, but he made it anyway.
I thought for a while and said.
“By the way, you made almost the same product with the recently released product, how did you do it?”
To be honest, I was originally going to just let Kim Deok-bae take care of it no matter what the circumstances.
I was able to brush it off properly this time, but I’m not at the level to get involved with an organization that only distributes fakes like this.
However, it aroused my interest that there was a counterfeit mini cross bag that was released just a week ago in the warehouse that Park In-gwi attacked this time.
If you look at the inside, you can definitely feel the difference from the real thing, but when you look at the outside, it’s hard to tell the difference from the real fake.
I’ve even heard that the organization failed to find the original, so they only saw the video and photos and realized it, but that’s usually not a big deal.
Even with Ceron right now, even though Designer Lim handed over the design, it took a considerable amount of time to fully implement it.
The young man looked at me at my words and said.
“That’s… I’ve been pretty good with my eyes since I was a kid. I have to say that I can detect subtle differences just by looking at it with the naked eye. His dexterity and memory were pretty good.”
Can you detect subtle differences?
‘no way······.’
Just in case, I took two sheets of paper, drew two magic circles, and showed it to the young man.
“Do you feel the difference?”
Then the young man looked at the two magic circles alternately and said,
“There is a subtle difference between here and here. Here, too, this side is drawn a little more inward.”
How do you sort this out so quickly?
At that time, Kim Deok-bae, who saw the magic circle I drew, said:
“Is there any difference?”
okay.
That’s a normal reaction.
It’s because they deliberately made subtle changes that are hard to catch for ordinary people.
But to find such subtle changes by just watching it a couple of times.
Since then, I have drawn various pictures and showed them to the young man, who can immediately see the difference just by looking at it for a moment.
“Ohh······.”
I said with a look of interest.
“I said I had a good memory. Do you remember the third one I drew?”
“I barely remember.”
I handed him a piece of paper and a pen and said,
“Try it.”
Then the young man drew without hesitation.
The picture the young man drew based on his memory… almost matched the picture I drew, down to the details.
‘Last test.’
I looked at the young man and said.
“Give me a hand.”
“Yes? Oh, I see.”
I took the young man’s hand and let the magic flow slightly.
However, as soon as the magical power entered, the young man was startled and said:
“uh? Something stings.”
Even if you put a very small amount of magic into it, you get a response right away.
Just in case, this time, he put magical powers here and there on the young man’s body, but each time he pinpoints the exact location.
“This time on the left shoulder…”
Seeing such a young man, I realized that further tests were meaningless.
‘You’re a genius.’
A genius who specializes in magic.
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Magic starts with creating a magic circle.
This means that the more you draw a perfect magic circle, the more efficient you can use magic.
Therefore, the talents that were just as important to the magician as the ability to respond to magic were eye dexterity, dexterity, and memory.
To be a true wizard, you must be able to draw an accurate magic circle at any time by relying on your instant memory.
But even the ability to respond to magic is excellent.
If it were Seron, he was a genius that would have been coveted by the Archmage of the Tower.
“How old are you?”
“I am 23 years old this year.”
It’s a little late to enter magic, but it shouldn’t be a problem.
Right now, even if I was just me, I was taken to school at the age of 29.
‘What about this guy?’
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My goal is to earn money and stop the undead army and quietly retire.
Therefore, raising troublesome pupils only hurts my head, and above all, I am concerned about the effects of variables caused by the addition of the science of magic in a world full of awakeners, so I have not disclosed any magical knowledge to the world except for a few magic circles and algorithms.
But how could such a genius appear so suddenly that even such a person would covet?
With this kind of memory, eye wit, and magic sensitivity, it wouldn’t bother me too much because I would acquire my knowledge like a sponge sucks water, and I didn’t know that I would become a great assistant working on my behalf.
But starting with this guy, the spread of magic knowledge is also a problem, and above all, how do I trust this guy and teach him magic?
I thought for a while and said.
“If I see you, what will you do in the future?”
Then the young man said in an urgent voice.
“Originally, my goal was to be a designer. So I want to live my life as a designer because it is okay to wash my hands and make no money.”
I want to live an original life, not a fake.
“Do you have any designs?”
I was happy that I, the chairman of the conglomerate, could see my work, so I took out my cell phone and opened the photo album.
“This is what I have been devising for a long time.”
I interrupted the young man and said.
“Show it to the Vice-President, not me. Because I am an outsider.”
“Oh, I see.”
A young man explaining his design to Kim Deok-bae in earnest.
Kim Deok-bae, who confirmed the design of such a young man, is surprised and bursts out in shock.
Kim Deok-bae, who had been listening for such a long time, came up to me and whispered in my ear.
“He has a lot of skill. The design is also unique. This is at a level comparable to that of any other designer.”
“okay?”
Are you full of magical talent, but also design skills?
this is true
I looked at the young man and said.
“What is your name?”
“My name is Jiwoon Na.”
“Jiwoon Na, would you like to work as a designer in Protégé? Even so, we were trying to find a designer because our own design was weak.”
Then Nai-woon jumped up from his seat and said,
“Are you really?”
“Yes.”
Naeun with coveted talent.
So, set it aside and watch it slowly.
I also don’t know what to do with Naiwoon right now.
“If you do that, I will do my best!”
“What do you think, Vice President?”
“I agree.”
I nodded and said.
“I’ll make a seat for you, so go to work tomorrow.”
*
As the first designer of Protégé, Najiun worked passionately.
Not only did he show off the designs he had been dreaming of for a long time, but he also showed off his skills in the process of collaborating with Lim Jun-il, to the extent that I was surprised to see if Lim Jun-il was really 23 years old.
Anyway, with that kind of nagwoon, I started to focus on my original business.
Then, a famous American distribution company came to me.
“You want to launch Protégé in the US.”
“Yes.”
A funny Korean employee spoke to me in a slightly slurred tone.
“America’s interest in shielded bags is significant. Some people are already paying more and importing directly from Korea.”
“Hmm. But to be honest, it’s a bit out of place in America, isn’t it? Even if it blocks weapons like knives well, it can’t stop the gun because it’s supposed to break if it hits a certain amount of shock.”
Gun accidents are the number one cause of death in the United States.
America is the country where even robbers passing by carry guns, and this shield won’t be of much use in such an America.
“Of course it is. But just because America isn’t the only country with gun accidents. A variety of crimes are taking place, from violent incidents to sexual assault, and in such a situation, a shield is a reliable means of defense. Besides, this shield can’t stop bullets…”
The Korean staff looked at me and said.
“It wasn’t that it didn’t work at all.”
“Is it working?”
“Our company had a hard time obtaining a shield bag and testing it with a gun.”
After all, as in the United States, you start shooting as soon as you get it.
Anyway, I’m curious about the results.
I was only guessing that it couldn’t block bullets, but I couldn’t get a gun, so I had never directly tested it.
“How was the result?”
“Although it varies by caliber, the bullet lost a significant amount of penetrating power as it pierced the shield. To a level that allows life to be spared for something that might well die at once.”
So you can’t prevent it, but enough to turn a fatal wound into a serious one?
“That’s enough, in America, where gun violence is rampant. And in fact, the fact that you can use the ability of Shield even without all of that is enough to be a selling point.”
but.
In the first place, this business is nothing from my point of view, but it was conceived with the psychology of ordinary people envious of such trivial things.
“Anyway, we will take care of all sales, so don’t worry and just export. We are confident that the Protégé product will work in the United States as well.”
Then there is no reason to refuse.
In a situation where Korea is deliberately putting a brake on the rate of expansion, if the export route to the US is opened, the Protage will grow even more steeply.
“Okay…”
That’s when I was about to accept the export offer.
“Well?”
An idea came to mind.
‘The reason the shield is weak is because it implements physical power with magic in empty air. Conversely, the bone shield is superior in defense because it uses bones as a medium.’
I thought for a while and said.
“If only. How would you feel if you could make a US localized shield?”
“Localization?”
“Currently, the shield was developed for the Korean situation. Everything from shield creation shape to performance and so on. So, we’re making this for the US. For example, a shield that is specialized for blocking bullets unlike a normal shield.”
Then the Korean-American staff said, with bright eyes.
“Is that even possible? Then it will be even more perfect!”
“Yes?”
I said with a smirk.
“Then let’s try our experiment, shall we? American Localization Shield Experiment.”