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“For now, it is virtually impossible to manage the entire Busan dungeon alone.”
Kim Woong nodded his head at the words of the deputy chief.
“It is.”
Due to the meandering cave structure, it is not easy to even figure out where they are, let alone monitor the guilds.
If that’s the case, I have no choice but to run on my feet, but it’s virtually impossible to cover that wide area with the Hanmu Guild alone.
Kim Woong pondered for a moment and said.
“How about splitting the team?”
“Shall we split the team?”
“Yes, our guild members and other hunters are mixed to form a team.”
Currently, the number of national hunters is about 400, including the Hanmu Guild.
“… Are you going to explore the Busan dungeon with that configuration?”
The problem is that with the exception of the 50 or so members of the Hanmu Guild, the remaining 350 are all low-level hunters.
Even in the Hanmu Guild, there are many original members with poor skills due to Kim Woong’s stubbornness.
Normal monsters were able to compete with each other, but the boss was absolutely impossible.
“Of course, you have to avoid the boss. For now, the priority is to increase the possibility of surveillance even a little.”
After being silent for a while, the vice guild chief said.
“… Do you think I’m worried about the boss monster now?”
At that, Kim Woong said with a bitter smile.
“Isn’t it too?”
The Hanmu Guild was put in to suppress the resistance of the current guilds.
However, the moment the Hanmu guild is split, the deterrence power becomes virtually zero.
As Yeom Chang-soo said, if another guild has a really bad heart, the Hanmu Guild split into a team is not their opponent.
“Still, since we are a national employee, will we come out so blatantly?”
“… Guild leader, I think the guild leader only sees the world in a good way. Do you not know how to suffer like that? Even if the guilds don’t use their own hands, there are plenty of ways. lure boss monsters to fight, etc.”
“that… I can’t.”
“Besides, it’s us, but do you think other hunters will accept it? You want to go to the Busan dungeon?”
In fact, the majority of hunters who entered the state job with the intention of earning money easily.
There was no way they could take that risk.
Even in a situation where they were hostile not only from monsters but also from the same hunters.
“Perhaps the moment you ask to go, you throw away your resignation?”
“after. It is neither porridge nor rice.”
It’s too wide to monitor, and the manpower runs.
It’s too risky to share.
Kim Woong, who had been contemplating for such a long time, snapped his fingers and said.
“How about this? We are installing CCTV in the dungeon.”
“What?”
“Since we can’t connect directly to the earth, we install the main server at the entrance and then spread the CCTV lines along the cave. Then we wait on the main server at the entrance and go out when an emergency is confirmed.”
The deputy chief said with a shaky expression.
“… Are you talking about the size of the dungeon? And because the cave is winding, there are many blind spots, so it would be difficult to use any waterway, right?”
“It was originally said that a journey of a thousand li starts with one step. If we install it step by step, wouldn’t it be possible to install them all someday?”
“What if the monsters touch it? no. What if the guilds go back and forth and destroy everything?”
Again, the problem this time is the guilds.
“If I were in the position of the guilds, I think the CCTVs I saw while going back and forth would be smashed in blind spots. There is nothing to say when you face an excuse saying that monsters are like that.”
“… Ha, none of that is easy.”
The deputy chief shook his head and said.
“Guild leader, to be honest, there is no answer to this. Even the guild leader knows.”
“… … ”
“Just us… How about just killing time in moderation?”
“What?”
“I know the will of President Kim Kang-gyun, but this is not something that can be done with will alone. To put it bluntly, you shouldn’t apply Earth’s common sense to dungeons. In a situation where all the guilds may cooperate or not, do you think we can do this alone?”
Kim Woong said with a smile at the words of the deputy chief.
“But if you are given a job, you have to take responsibility.”
“Oh yeah… It’s frustrating. phew.”
Then Kim Woong opened his eyes and said.
“Wait, now that I think about it, there are people who have been managing guilds in dungeons!”
“What?”
“CEO Jung. CEO Jung Since the early days of Busan Dungeon, you have attached people to guilds because of skill stones. How about we do the same?”
The vice guild chief said with an absurd expression.
“Are you attaching people to the guild to monitor it? I said earlier that it’s not okay to split into teams, but now, are we going to send one person at a time?”
“Isn’t it possible if CEO Jung can help?”
“What’s wrong with CEO Jung?”
“Try it once. I think it would be helpful if CEO Jung could help? Let’s talk to the chief first.”
* * *
“Helping you develop your personality?”
Kim Woong’s proposal, which went up to Kim Kang-gyun through the Director of the Hunter Agency.
“Yes. It is an opinion that hunters belonging to the Jeongin Guild or Jeongin Development should be placed in each guild in pairs with the national hunters. To be honest, if only a national hunter was attached, the risk would be too great, but if the hunter led by CEO Chung was also included… .”
At the words of his closest aide Man-cheol Jo, Kang-gyun Kim said with his eyes shining.
“That makes sense. The guilds wouldn’t be able to use their hands recklessly if the person on the side of President Jung was also there.”
“Yeah, you put people like that, and then you give them special walkie-talkies. It forms a kind of communication network. Then, you can operate the Hanmu Guild by placing it in a waiting group for 5 minutes and then dispatching it when an accident occurs. Even if it’s not a crackdown, in the name of being able to rescue the guild from a crisis situation.”
Nominally for the safety of the advanced hunters, it won’t be easy for the guilds to resist.
“What if the guilds decided to operate their own radios on their own?”
“Only for higher dungeons, you need to be accompanied by a guard to allow access.”
In other words, if there are no guards, they will control the entrance itself.
“The backlash would be huge.”
“That’s why it is necessary to develop a personality. If the development of Jeongin intervenes, even the guilds will not be able to easily resist.”
“Hmm… .”
Kim Kang-gyun, who had been thinking for a while, said.
“For now, there is a point. It is also the most realistic alternative. But there is a problem.”
Kim Kang-gyun looked at Jo Man-cheol and said.
“Will CEO Jung accept our proposal? Even if you accept it, you are not a great person to do it for free. He must be asking for something.”
“I think it should be accepted if it is not an excessive request. President, I will go and convince you.”
With Jung In-soo’s help, he attaches a guard to the guilds.
Kim Kang-gyun, who had been thinking for a while, said.
“good. Go ahead.”
* * *
The academy is growing in size faster than the guilds, accepting the influx of students.
Although it was not established to make money from the beginning, the economy of scale was achieved and the money was coming out quite nicely.
In addition, the money earned thanks to the conflict between the government and the guild.
“After all, investment is land.”
After the Russard incident, I was buying land here and there where money was made on the pretext of random purchase.
Some of them are important points where future dungeons will be created.
When I think of the land I’ve purchased so far, I can’t help but laugh.
“Now, one more D-class dungeon will come out soon.”
I can’t remember the exact time, but a new D-class dungeon will be created in Cheonan, near Dangjin, within a few months.
I’ve already bought quite a bit of land nearby, so the price of the land will soar.
Besides, if it’s a D-class dungeon, it’s a snow white fruit production area.
“… I want to secretly hide it and come after you.”
Even now, people from checkpoints are being bribed and brought out indiscriminately, but the physical limitations are still clear.
So, what I thought of was to hide the dungeon itself by building a huge building in advance at the location where the dungeon would be created.
However, if that fact becomes known to the outside world, it is not something that can be solved with money and personal connections.
“Not yet either.”
He has accumulated much more power than in the past, but it is not at a level that will undo the dungeon’s hiding.
“Can not help it. For now, this is a pass.”
At that time, I was reviewing my future plans while looking at various documents.
“CEO! A guest has arrived.”
“Guest?”
“Yes, you are the Chief of Staff of the Blue House.”
“Jo Man-cheol?”
Jo Man-cheol, who was a close aide to Kim Kang-gyun before becoming president, was appointed chief of staff at the same time as Kim Kang-gyun entered the Blue House and was still guarding Kim Kang-gyun’s side.
That Jo Man-cheol came directly… .
“Please come in.”
At my words, the office door opened and Jo Man-cheol came in.
“It’s been a long time. President Jung.”
Was the last time you saw him before the election when you went to persuade Kim Kang-gyun?
anyway what
I said with a smile.
“Welcome, Chief Joe. Please sit this way.”
* * *
“My people?”
When he said that Jo Man-cheol had come, he knew that there would be some purpose in place of Kim Kang-gyun.
But you want me to attach my people to guilds instead of anything else?
“That’s right.”
I said with a troubled face.
“I think you were thinking about it when you were in the skill class, but then the guilds had a reason to agree, so they accepted it, and the situation is a little different now, isn’t it?”
“It’s not necessarily a bad story for guilds. We can help you in times of danger.”
“… Will the guilds really think of it as a help?”
That’s never going to happen.
“You wouldn’t think. That’s why we need your help. It can be dangerous if only government-affiliated hunters are deployed.”
It does not specifically state what the risk is.
But neither me nor Jo Man-cheol knows where the danger comes from.
“It’s never been easy.”
“I know. Still, I want you to help for the country.”
what country.
If there is someone who hates the country more than me, ask me to come again.
By the way, attach a Hunter.
‘Not bad.’
If there is no watchman, access to the dungeon is prohibited and the guilds are controlled through the watchman.
Not a bad way.
However.
“If this is applied, the resistance of the guilds will not even be compared to before. Maybe they will boycott the hunt itself.”
It was expressed weakly, but if it was really pushed to this extent, the guilds might protest in a group by force.
“I think that if CEO Jung helps us, we will be able to convince him enough.”
No.
This isn’t something I’m going to do.
Even if you don’t like it, who will stand still if you rush to put a leash around your neck in a situation you don’t like?
Of course, it’s not impossible if I’m proactive.
Hue is the goat
Guilds still need my help.
But there’s no reason for me to do that.
I thought for a moment.
‘No, I just need to create a reason why I have to do that, right?’
Now the government needs my help.
Then it’s enough to tear it apart.
Because the basic principle of trading is that the person who is desperate is at a disadvantage.
‘Let’s see what the government can rip off… ah! warden?’
A good idea came to mind.
How to freely bring out illegal items such as snow white fruit without having to hide the dungeon.
‘Ohh. This is not bad.’
After thinking for a while, I said.
“For now, I agree with the government’s principles. Control is needed. But I want you to acknowledge that the process is arduous and very difficult for me as well.”
“I admit it.”
Seeing him accepting it casually, I can feel that he came here with the intention of making concessions to some extent from the beginning.
“As a businessman, I can’t do things that cost me money. If you accept my proposal instead, I will persuade the guilds, not the government.”
Then Jo Man-cheol said with a surprised expression.
“CEO Jung is convincing you?”
“That’s right.”
What could be a better proposal from the government’s point of view?
Even if they don’t, it’s a difficult relationship, but I’m going to tune them in the direction they want in the middle instead.
“Instead, there are some conditions. Will the equipment return system be implemented soon?”
Equipment return system that requires returning equipment every time you enter and exit the dungeon.
It was a system introduced on the grounds that the people would feel uneasy if a hunter carried dangerous weapons on Earth.
However, the problem is that the main business of Seyun Precision, a subsidiary of Jeongin Development, is equipment rental.
A business that rents a set level of equipment within a price for a fixed amount each month.
It was a kind of bait product that allowed hunters to hunt even when they came to Dangjin without any preparation through equipment rental and aimed at their complete settlement.
In addition, the quality of equipment was improved through continuous weighing, and equipment was loaned to academy students, and the business was on track.
“Please exclude the city of Dangjin from the list. Of course the academy. I think it will be possible if we designate a special zone.”
Then Jo Man-cheol said with a firm expression.
“It’s a bit… It seems difficult. Once you start making exceptions, regulation makes no sense.”
Yeah, I knew it.
Knowing that, I deliberately exaggerated a bit.
“Then why can’t the academy be an exception? Aren’t students supposed to be training? After all, most of the people involved are Hunters.”
Then, Jo Man-cheol said with a slightly relieved expression.
“I think that would be fine.”
“And is it really possible for the government to manage all Hunter’s equipment? To be honest, storing and maintaining tens of thousands of equipment every day is not an easy task for the government who is implementing the system for the first time.”
“I am preparing as much as possible for now, but… .”
“Why don’t we sign a contract with Seyoon Precision for Sui? There is no other company in Korea that offers equipment rental as extensively as Seyun Precision.”
taken from noblemt l
Makes the government entrust the management of hunter equipment to Seyun Precision.
If you earn money and link it with the existing rental business, there will be a great synergy effect.
After returning the equipment, if you apply for equipment replacement on the Seyun Precision website, you will receive the equipment requested for the next hunt.
Also, since it is a veterinary contract, it is possible to make money without competitors, so it is the best opportunity to eat pheasants and eat eggs.
“We use our professional staff to keep thousands of machines in excellent condition. I’m sure there will never be anyone better suited than us. And if we manage it ourselves, the hunters will be more reliable.”
Besides, it’s not a bad story from the government’s point of view, but it will cost a little more, but since we entrust you to manage it, you will be free from legal disputes such as equipment damage, and how good it is that you don’t have to worry about it.
Jo Man-cheol pondered for a moment and said.
“it… Not a bad proposition.”
“Yes?”
“Let’s go to the Blue House and discuss it.”
Well, I brought one.
But I can’t be satisfied with this.
“Anyway, the equipment is like that and now it’s a matter of the watchman… Let me be honest. No matter how much I am, I have no confidence to convince the hunters at the moment when entry is banned without a guard.”
Then Jo Man-cheol said with a firm expression.
“That is the heart of this plan.”
“No. The key is not the ban itself, but using that to attach a guard to the guilds, isn’t it? Shouldn’t we just be able to attach the guards safely somehow?”
“that… Yes, though. Is there any way?”
“If you do not give a penalty if there is no watcher, but give a benefit if there is a watcher, the backlash from the guilds will be much less. for example… .”
This is the real gist.
“Guilds with guards are exempt from dungeon checkpoint inspection.”
Attached a national guard to the Snow White Guild, and virtually pass the Snow White Fruit as a free pass.
“I’ve already checked through the guards to see if there is any illegal activity, isn’t it a double check at the entrance? This is actually more of a natural thing than a benefit.”
By indiscriminately bringing in snow white berries, they increase the supply and further increase the size of the market.
Of course, since all high-ranking people know that I am involved to some extent by neglecting Snow White, Jo Man-cheol may have noticed my goal.
But it doesn’t matter.
Before that, the national hunter was practically a folding screen, and I can’t even imagine that I’ve already worked my way up to that point.
“Will that convince you?”
“In addition to that, we would appreciate if you could make some adjustments to the existing tax increases.”
The special tax of 25% is not enough, so a bill that pays more and more taxes to high-income hunters in conjunction with income tax is awaiting review.
To be honest, it won’t be easy to pass anyway because the ruling party says no, so it’s not easy to pass, but I use this as an excuse to persuade the guilds.
“that… .”
“You have to have this kind of benefit to convince the guilds. Isn’t the dungeon’s internal surveillance network more important than raising taxes now?”
Jo Man-cheol, who had been thinking about my words for a long time, said.
“For now, let’s think positively.”
de facto acceptance.
I said with a smile.
“I am looking forward to the good news.”
The seeds sown in the national office for the future.
It is finally time for the seeds to ignite.