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Daein Group Chairman Cho Kang-ho.
He was the de facto founder who raised the Daein industry, which was once a small business, to the scale it is today.
However, now that he is 78 years old, it is not surprising that he passed away and retired a long time ago, but the reason he still maintained the position of chairman was because of his succession.
“… Are you really confident?”
Jo Han-gil, the eldest son, said in a confident voice at Cho Kang-ho’s words.
“Yes! I am confident! After all, if you say they’re the guys in that market, they’re all arrogant guys!”
As the founder of Daein Group, Cho Kang-ho was recognized for his one management ability, but he had one fatal flaw.
It was his attachment to the Daein group he founded.
His attachment close to his paranoid that he could never hand over the company he had worked hard to grow into the hands of others.
The problem was his children.
The children who were supposed to succeed him were all clumsy and lacking in ability.
His attachment to the company and his distrust of his incompetent children overlapped, and in the end, Jo Kang-ho has not been able to step down from his position as chairman.
“These arrogant bastards are shaking up other industries now.”
The fight between the government and the guild is also a pain in the ass, but now Jung-in, who is in charge of the back of the dungeon industry, and the wholesaler association are fighting properly.
Thanks to this, the supply of dungeon supplies became more chaotic, and it was making the heads of companies that needed dungeon supplies rot.
And this was also one of the reasons why the in-person group announced to enter the dungeon goods market.
“So we have to go in now. In the meantime, the market has grown so large that I couldn’t even do this, but now they are battling each other and opening a gap! If they tried to enter before that, they would band together and fight against each other, but in a competitive situation like now, it’s a different story!”
The dungeon goods market was largely classified into three categories.
First of all, an advanced dungeon industry that uses crystals.
A new clean energy source called crystallite has revolutionized the energy industry.
When heat is applied to the crystallite, it amplifies the thermal energy several times or more depending on the level of the dungeon you have learned. Using this, you can turn a generator to make electricity very cheaply. Virtually every source of energy was being used wherever it was needed.
In addition, a crystal stone that is changing human life in all directions, such as re-studying things such as laser weapons, which were stranded due to efficiency issues.
The other two are the value as an industrial material and the value as a collection with rarity, respectively, and the key here is the dungeon item as an industrial material.
“A stable supply of dungeon items is now essential. Then I think we should take care of it ourselves, not leave it to others.”
The reason why industrial materials using dungeon items was in the spotlight was its cost-effectiveness.
Human technology that goes beyond nanotechnology can produce sufficiently similar performance even if it is not a dungeon item.
The problem is the price.
It has an overwhelming performance, but it boasts an overwhelming price.
However, the dungeon items were different.
In the case of metal, even a small mixture of dungeon metal showed much better performance, and in the case of rare dungeon metal, it even changed the properties of the metal.
Dungeon goods themselves are expensive, but since the supplementary industry using them is so efficient, dungeon goods have become an indispensable element in the industry.
“Trust me. Right now, we can take over the market with the funds of the Daein group!”
At first glance, it seemed plausible.
Since there was a dispute between those who controlled the market, they dig in and take a portion of the market.
The question was whether Jo Han-gil had the ability to make it happen.
“Go ahead and discuss it with Director Kim.”
Therefore, the person who was put in while carrying out this plan was Director Kim.
If you don’t have your own abilities, you have to be able to use even those who are capable.
Then Jo Han-gil said with a firm expression.
“Father, are you so mean to me? All you have to do is move Kim, move Kim.”
However, without knowing the will of Chairman Cho Kang-ho, Jo Han-gil is jealous and jealous of Director Kim’s ability.
“Even if I’m not Director Kim, I can do it on my own!”
“Foolish bastard. How can I get up here because I am jealous of the person below me!”
“It’s not that I’m jealous, it’s that my father seems to hate me.”
“… After that, good. You can’t be bitten by a yard you’ve already decided to leave it to. I’ll support you, so do it right. Instead, don’t be vigilant.”
Jo Kang-ho said with a firm expression.
“Development of people who don’t know about others. And Jung In-soo is no ordinary guy. Although the size of the company is small, the financial power, networking, and influence are absolutely not negligible.”
“I know. That is why we are also considering collaboration with Jeongin Development within our team.”
At that, Jo Kang-ho said with a slightly relaxed expression.
“Yeah, unconditional hostility isn’t the only way to be successful. Sometimes you have to learn to hold hands with the enemy.”
“Sure!”
Jo Han-gil said with a confident expression.
“Hold on to your worries! We’ll be sure to put the name of the interpersonal group on it.”
* * *
“Look at these guys.”
I looked down on it a bit, but these guys are systematically attacking me than I thought.
First of all, like Jeongin Development, they created a floor shop and set an aggressive unit price to purchase goods, while purchasing a site near the dungeon and starting the construction of a large logistics warehouse.
“Do you classify purchased items through a logistics warehouse and sell them directly to companies?”
It is said that all sorting work, which has led to retail and wholesale, will be completed through the distribution warehouse.
Of course, as the distribution process is reduced, the unit price advantage can also be gained.
Also, if this system is fully established, it will be possible to achieve a similar effect even if it cannot be completely controlled like Dangjin.
“Hmm… .”
Not a bad way.
Although the initial investment cost is a stumbling block, it is a method that is worth trying for a large company such as Daein Group.
If so, it’s my turn to come up with a countermeasure.
“The reason why large corporations did not monopolize the distribution of dungeon goods in a previous life.”
This is because, as shown in the conflict with the government, the giant guilds used the distribution of the goods they had accumulated as a weapon.
The giant guilds themselves have already become a kind of distribution company.
But now, the guilds are not yet organized.
Of course, there is a method of taking hostage and forcibly collecting information that will be released in the future, but it can cause backlash from the guilds.
You can’t lose the trust of the guilds just to get a group of people.
“There is a limit to pushing with money… .”
After thinking for a moment, I opened my eyes and said.
“Wait, you’ve been thinking about sweeping away everything from the ground up anyway.”
I have to take advantage of my advantage over the interpersonal group.
Extensive knowledge of influence fighters and hunters within the dungeon.
It is meaningless to spend money on interpersonal groups.
Then, like when making Dangjin Dungeon City, you have to present something that hunters will find difficult.
“The reason Dangjin Dungeon City attracted hunters is because it is optimized for hunters to work.”
New building and hunter-friendly structure.
Not only weapon rental, but also a well-organized market and a point system.
All of them were designed for the convenience of the hunter.
A city where you can hunt with just your body.
We’re going to expand this range a bit.
Beyond the Earth to the inside of the dungeon.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“I’ll show you the king of real service.”
* * *
“It’s full, let’s go.”
The hunter team working in Jecheon Dungeon said, looking at the bag full of joy.
“The unit price is very good these days.”
“I heard that it was because of Jeongin development and competition with other companies? There must have been this uproar when even an interpersonal group intervened.”
“okay?”
Hunter said with a look of disinterest.
“It doesn’t matter who wins, so fight for a long time.”
The higher the competition, the higher the price.
From the hunter’s point of view, there’s no need to deny that those who want to buy it will buy it at the cost of the loss.
The hunter team headed to the forward base with such a full bag.
“By the way, I hope Jeong-in development wins if possible. The outpost makes it easy to come and go.”
Development of Jeongin, who has been aggressively increasing the forward base since the early days of the dungeon.
Since you can move to the depths of the dungeon at a low price, the forward base of Jeongin development has become an essential element for hunters.
Although some guilds considered building their own outposts, the efficiency was low, and as a service was provided to monopolize some time zones through reservation, the merits of constructing an independent outpost fell, and in fact, Jeongin operates a proper outpost system. It was just development.
“It is.”
The hunter team arrived at the forward base like that.
“When is the next train?”
“About 20 minutes?”
“I’ll have to wait a bit.”
The hunter team, who went into the advancing base, witnessed a strange sight.
“yes?”
The role of the outpost was nothing more than a stop for trucks to come and go.
Therefore, it was usually crowded with hunters waiting for the next truck with backpacks full of goods, but at the stop where they arrived, there was no one with a backpack waiting for the next car.
“what?”
At that moment, the hunter team caught the eye of a corner of the forward base.
Isn’t it a pile of boxes full of things there?
Then a man approached the Hunter team and said,
“hello. Did you come from hunting?”
“Oh, yes.”
The man smiled brightly and said.
“That’s right. Oh, I’m late to introduce myself. My name is Jung-in, the team leader of the development transportation team. Nothing else, but because we started a delivery service.”
A hunter employee at Jeongin Development who mentions an unheard of service.
“Are you a delivery service?”
“Yes. This time, our company recruited trucks and hunters on a large scale. This is a service that I introduced because I had some spare time thanks to you. This is a service provided only to hunters who sell dungeon items to our Jungin development. If you hand over the item to me, it will be safely delivered to the store.”
Hunter said with a puzzled expression.
“Shipping to the store? Why? .”
Then another hunter teammate patted his side and said.
“Hey, isn’t this great?”
“uh?”
“You don’t understand what that means now? Why are we here now?”
“My bag is full… ah!”
Hunter said with a surprised expression.
“If I get delivery service here, can I go out and hunt again?”
It is common to arrive at the outpost in a truck and return when the backpack or cart is full.
However, if you use this service, you can completely skip the intermediate process.
“you’re right.”
Chief Zhang said with a friendly smile.
“In the meantime, many hunters have suffered from headaches because of the dungeon items they have collected. There is a limit to how much you can put on a truck. But now you don’t have to worry. As the number of trucks and hunters increases, additional trucks that specialize in transporting only cargo are dispatched. And there… .”
Director Jang said, pointing to one of the shelves.
“The outpost now also sells supplies like convenience food. For a very low price.”
Hunter, who checked the price tag, said with a surprised expression.
“Is this okay?”
It is more expensive than Earth, but considering this is a dungeon, the price is very reasonable.
“You can eat here and work hard, then go back and rest well.”
“you’re right. service for that. All services for the convenience of hunters.”
“You only do this for people who do business with the development of Jung-in? Is the settlement price the same?”
“There is a small delivery charge added, but the unit price is the same.”
“If you steal things in the middle or something like that… .”
Then, Chief Jang said with a determined expression.
“This is our Jeongin development. Can you do such a thing? Just put your items in this box here and lock it. Of course you should have the key with you. We are literally just shipping.”
Then the Hunter said with a look of dangling.
“Wow, this would be really convenient. Please. To be honest, even if the unit price is not good for this kind of service, it is welcome, but if it is developed by a genuine person, the unit price is good.”
“Sure. ruler. Please put it here.”
* * *
A delivery service suddenly introduced by Jeongin Development.
This service caused a tremendous repercussion for the hunters who were using the forward base of Jeongin development.
It cut down on the travel time and was only able to focus on hunting.
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Moreover, since the service is not provided by any other place, it is developed by a genuine hunter, so the hunters who have left expensive dungeon items without burden.
And the aftermath hit other wholesalers and private groups.
“This bastard!!!”
Jo Han-gil was furious when he met a reef from the beginning of the ambitious business he started by persuading his father.
Jo Han-gil’s aides said with a firm expression.
“The purchase volume has fallen to less than half.”
He set a high unit price with the risk of bleeding, but all the transactions were already over at the base stage.
“Can’t we also build an outpost?”
“that is… It takes a huge number of hunters to build a network of that size, but it’s hard to catch up with this in a short period of time… .”
From the early days of the dungeon, Jung-in has been recruiting hunters from time to time to be in charge of transportation.
The infrastructure built by Jeongin Development was not solved simply by having a lot of money.
Jo Han-gil shouted loudly.
“Are you going to just leave it that way? Whether you are scouting hunters in the development of Jeongin or whatever you do, you must find a way!!”
The aides were surprised by Jo Han-gil’s anger and said:
“All right! Just form a team… .”
Then a man intervened and said,
“If you come here and try to do something similar, it’s already too late.”
This is the talent that Jo Kang-ho gave to Jo Han-gil.
It was Director Kim.
“What?”
“There are at most dozens of outposts operated by Jeongin Development in each dungeon, and there are hundreds of hunters who connect the outposts. Jeongin development worked on this from the ground up in the early days of the dungeon. It is almost impossible to catch up with an infrastructure that has been built over several years.”
Director Kim sighed and said.
“I wish I could have done it this way. This means that we are going to push it seriously without noticing it. Not only us, but also other merchants.”
Jo Han-gil said to Director Kim, who had a pessimistic attitude.
“Then what, let’s be quiet?”
“As I said from the beginning, development of Jung-in should not be viewed as an enemy, but as an object of cooperation. We have the funds, and the development of the people is the influence and the infrastructure we have built.”
I talked about Jo Kang-ho being wary of Jeongin development and seeing it as an object of cooperation, but from the standpoint of Jo Han-gil, who has to show his achievements, cooperation with other companies.
It was natural to feel a sense of rejection in a position where only funds had to be raised because his performance was not outstanding.
In addition, the fact that the person who made the proposal was Director Kim, whom he disliked, also played a part.
“It’s up to you to decide whether to do it or not! Find an easy way to do business without even trying it from scratch!”
“It means that we need a localization strategy unique to hunters and dungeons, like pioneering overseas markets, rather than finding an easy way. And the most important thing in the localization strategy is the local partner. In that sense, there is no other partner more reliable than Jeongin Development.”
Jo Han-gil made an impression on Director Kim’s words and said.
“So what are you going to do?”
“I will meet CEO Jung In-soo.”
“you?”
“Yes. I will meet with CEO Jung In-soo and discuss ways to cooperate.”
Then, after thinking about it for a while, Jo Han-gil said.
“No, I will meet you in person.”
“… Yes?”
“I will meet and discuss. If I go on my own, Jeong In-soo will not be able to be reckless.”
Then, the bewildered Director Kim said.
“No, I just… .”
Then Jo Han-gil shouted.
“I! Do it, I!!”
Jo Han-gil got up from his seat and looked down at Director Kim and said.
“I know that my father likes me, but he is modest. I make the decision, you understand?”
And Jo Han-gil went out with his aides.
Looking at the back of Jo Han-gil, Director Kim sighed and said.
“Hey, that stupid bastard… .”
I was going to do it myself because I thought it would make things more complicated, but it ended up being like pouring oil.
Director Kim said, biting his lip.
“I should have gone quietly, please… .”