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“Big. It tastes sour.”
The merchant looked at the snow-white powder and said.
“My income has doubled.”
Beksul fruit is divided into two types: entry-level and high-end types.
Among them, the core is also the mainstream.
However, in accordance with the policy of the black market, this entry-level model is constructed so that it is difficult to make a profit of more than 5% in the distribution process.
The reason is to fundamentally prevent the creation of competitors by minimizing margins.
In any case, the black market merchants who held a huge amount of money because of the amount of profit and so many sales.
However, people’s greed has no end, and the smuggled snow-white fruit that fell before their eyes was nothing more than a coveted golden jar.
Even if it is distributed at the same price as usual, it is 35% of the money, not 5%.
Then the merchant said with a slightly worried expression.
“By the way, wouldn’t it be a big deal if you get caught in distribution?”
The only rule of the black market, a lawless zone.
As much as snow white fruit powder, only the upper tissues are supplied.
The merchant was breaking this only rule.
The merchant, who had been thinking about it for a while, said with a smirk.
“Well, how is it that I’m not the only one doing it?”
At first, they were black market merchants who were wary of foreigners, but when the conditions they offered were so good, all the merchants who were noticing started making deals with them one by one.
Rumor has it that even the upper organizations are pushing for deals with them.
“Who cares about a punk like me?”
If you run into a problem while selling secretly, just brush it off and stop.
Whether it is made in Korea or abroad, there is no brand, and who knows how to determine.
“Let’s make a lot of money.”
* * *
The black market is said to be day by day, and disputes between merchants and related parties have not ceased.
Losing patrons or encroaching on territory, etc.
Add to this the bystander atmosphere unique to the black market and the fact that it is not protected by the law.
And, of course, violence was chosen as the solution to their dispute.
A place overflowing with cash-rich merchants and a constant flow of incidents.
Of course, there were a lot of people who flocked here for such blind money.
“Guild Master.”
“why.”
“Does Mr. Kim from District A want to send only two hunters?”
“1.5 times. These days, there is a shortage of workers, so the unit price has jumped.”
The Eungil Guild is active in the black market.
Although it was an officially registered guild, it was a guild that was not active in the dungeon and actually served as a contractor and organization in the black market.
Of course, except for the guild leader, most of them are the lowest level hunters, but other black market guilds, including the Eungil Guild, are at a similar level.
“okay.”
The guild leader let out a long sigh and said.
“Hey, by the way, how long do I have to deal with this kind of penny?”
Of course, it is money to play the role of a contractor in the black market.
As a low-level hunter, there was no place where he could earn more than this.
That’s why many of the lowest level hunters who have stopped growing form the Eungil Guild and work on the black market.
A black market overflowing with money.
A black market where both dogs and cows make money.
In a black market like this, the hunters themselves are very talkative, so they are actually contractors or mercenaries, making money by acting as the shoulders of the neighborhood.
If at all possible, how would it be better to take over the area just like the gangsters of the past and live with a protection fee?
“You know you can’t.”
“… know.”
This place is completely taken over by someone unknown.
Jung In-soo is the person most strongly inferred as that person.
And Jeong In-soo was not a match for even the lowest level hunters like themselves.
A tycoon among the giants of the dungeon industry with an influence that crosses the political and financial world and numerous hunters.
“You’re still making good enough money. Let’s be satisfied with this for now.”
“Who doesn’t know? It’s just my stomach hurts. To say the least, even the bottom vendors make such good money, but the middle vendors are terrified. How about higher?”
While we were talking like that, one of the guild members came into the office and said,
“Guild Master!”
“why.”
“Aren’t those foreigners there? Those who sell snow-white fruit that have only been heard as rumors.”
At that, the guild leader said with an interesting expression.
“Oh, I heard.”
“They came to me and offered to supply me with powder!”
“What?!”
The guild leader said with his eyes shining brightly.
“Is the rumor true?”
Snow white fruit powder smuggled by foreigners, one of the rumors circulating in secret.
Since the intrusion of any outside forces has not been allowed in this place for over several years, I thought it was only a floating rumor, but it was true.
“Oh, look at this.”
taken from noblemt l
Merchants are trading casually because of the attention of their superiors, but they are not in a different position.
The deputy guild leader next to him said with a worried expression.
“Isn’t that a trap?”
“Anyway, you have to go down. Wouldn’t it be nice to buy it and sell it outside?”
“Where outside. Supply chain is important, but market is also important. If you go out and sell it, who do you think will buy it?”
It has already been decided as a rule to obtain the fruit of Beksul from the black market in Dangjin.
Then the guild leader said with his eyes shining.
“They say it’s a snake head rather than a dragon tail.”
“What?”
“We make deals with them and then we get the merchants to set up a mini black market outside. Wouldn’t it be worthwhile to sell using the merchant sales network? If you only lure one middle merchant, you will be able to attract quite a few of the floor merchants below, right?”
“Does anyone know a middleman?”
“I don’t know.”
The middlemen in the black market are abandoned by their superiors the moment their identity is revealed, regardless of the reason.
Of course, their identities are confidential.
However, the guild leader, who had been in charge of the hard work in the black market, was in a state of grasping the outline at least.
“But I know a few people who are supposed to be in the middle. We’re going to lure those guys in and make our own market.”
“Uh… .”
“This is definitely money. Let’s try it once. You can’t just sell it here anyway!”
* * *
Where there is money, people are entangled.
Of course, there are only a limited number of people who can be trusted.
That’s why I created a thorough pyramid organization to offset its weaknesses, but it’s only natural for it to stagnate and rot as it is an organization with such people.
So you have to change the water once in a while.
“As an added bonus, I erase the presence of Yoon Sang-deok.”
There are no more than 20 people who know Yoon Sang-deok’s name in the market, except for Yoon Sang-deok’s subordinates.
About five top-level merchants and their closest aides.
That’s why Yoon Sang-deok used that pseudonym as it is in his organization’s activities.
However, there is no way to know how long this secret will be maintained.
So, I have to take this opportunity and give it to you properly.
At present, the market was chaos with smuggling snow-white powder.
The emergence of alternative products that are inexpensive and quality is not inferior.
At first, they mixed it with the existing fruit powder and sold it, but as I kept quiet, they became more and more daring to sell smuggled fruit powder.
In addition to this, the guilds who were active in the black market also intervened, and the situation is literally becoming a dogmatism.
“After all, they are parts. You can change it anytime.”
Remove all rotten parts and replace with new ones.
Of course, these new parts will also rot someday.
But if you keep changing things like that, one day, no one will be able to break the rules I have set.
I said with a smile.
“Now, shall we start?”
I grabbed my cell phone and called someone.
– Yes, CEO Jung.
“How have you been? It’s no different, because I recently discovered a strange situation… .”
* * *
Lim Jun-gi said with a happy expression.
“very good.”
Smuggled snow-white fruits imported from foreigners.
At first, he noticed Jung In-soo and distributed it little by little through middlemen.
However, if your involvement is discovered, it is dangerous, so you can cut it off at any time.
However, as time passed and Jeong In-soo did not give any response, Lim Jun-ki began to release the amount more and more boldly.
Thanks to this, the merchants of the Lim Jun-ki line attracted more customers with a low price, and of course floor merchants started to switch to Lim’s line one by one.
Lim Joon-gi looked at his aide and said.
“We did not intervene. okay?”
“of course.”
“great. Then just like now… .”
But then.
The news came out on a 100-inch large TV installed in Lim’s office.
-The police caught the situation where funds flowed into the Black Tiger organization in the process of illegal goods trading on the black market in Dangjin and conducted a large-scale investigation… .
Lim Jun-gi said while looking at the TV with a shocked expression.
“What? What now?”
The Heukho Organization was a name the government randomly gave to the Amjung organization that threw the Republic of Korea into chaos a year ago.
“Black ho? Why are they all of a sudden here? no, more than that… A major investigation?”
That time when Lim Joon-gi was confused.
Someone hastily knocked on Lim’s office eye.
2 times at 3 second intervals.
It was an emergency.
“come in!!”
“Jungi! Now the police are all around the market!!”
“After all, they’re all bastards!”
“I think these guys have a plan this time! Dangjin police were excluded and other local police were dispatched!”
“Such crazy… .”
Lim Jun-gi said in an urgent voice.
“Once you follow the manual! It’s not like this happens once or twice!”
“All right!”
“Go to the hideout that each of the middle children has prepared and hide!”
Just as I was sorting out the situation, Lim Jun-gi’s cell phone started ringing.
After checking the name that came up on his cell phone, Lim Jun-gi said to his aides.
“Everyone out!”
“Yes?!”
“If I am out, I am out!!”
“Oh, I see.”
Lim Jun-gi, who was left alone in the office, swallowed dry saliva and answered the phone.
“Yes, Chairman.”
– Did you hear the news?
“Yes, I heard.”
– I’m calling a meeting, so please come to location 12.
* * *
“The police sharpened the knife.”
Jeong In-soo and top merchants gathered at the 12th place among dozens of places prepared for a secret meeting.
Among them were Yoon Sang-deok and Lim Jun-ki.
“It’s nothing else, it’s related to the Black Tiger organization, so we can’t just ignore it. Everyone, get ready to cut a little bit.”
At Jung In-soo’s words, Lim Jun-gi thought.
‘I can’t help it.’
Cutting the tail is something I’ve always done.
“by the way… .”
At that time, Jeong In-soo opened his eyes and said.
“I heard rumors that smuggled snow white berries are circulating in the market. Is it true?”
At that, one of the top merchants nodded and said.
“That’s right. It is said that not only rumors, but also facts are circulating.”
“That’s the problem.”
Then another top-level merchant said with a confident expression.
“But don’t worry. I will definitely hack my line.”
“Me too!”
Top merchants who rant about Jeong In-soo.
But looking at such top-tier merchants, Lim thought about it.
‘You’re doing shit.’
Like himself, top-level merchants who act as if they are not in front of Jeong In-soo, while handling small amounts of smuggled snow white fruit.
It was evident that they were all supplying smuggled snow white berries through a middleman so they could step out as often as they did.
Otherwise, it was impossible for the unit price that could not come out of the existing supply chain to spread widely regardless of the line.
‘Well, I’m in the same situation, though.’
Lim Jun-ki said with a confident expression.
“So am I. Take it easy!”
Jeong In-soo nodded and said.
“Then I will trust you. But be careful. The smuggling route may have something to do with the Black Tiger organization. Just do what you’re doing and you’ll be fine.”
Then, Lim Jun-gi was startled and thought.
‘Come to think of it… Could it really be?’
To raise funds, the Black Tiger organization smuggled snow white berries from abroad and distributed them on the black market.
a plausible story.
‘I’ll have to be careful.’
* * *
taken from noblemt l
Many floor merchants are arrested by the police.
No one felt strange because it had been an annual event so far.
However, the black market merchants felt that something was different from the usual police investigation and active arrest.
“It’s not unusual.”
“I can’t even do business because the police are coming and going in and out.”
The black market merchants are gradually accumulating dissatisfaction.
And it was the same for middle- and top-tier merchants.
“Jungi. You must do whatever it takes!”
“Wait, wait. Because the president seems to be using his hands in all directions right now.”
A close associate said with a puzzled expression.
“It’s not at that level right now. It worked very well. It makes no sense unless the government decides to push it from behind!”
“… The government can’t take care of the president.”
“I know a bit about it! But they are not the children below!”
Very few merchants know that Jeong In-soo is the chairman.
Even fewer people knew that Jeong In-soo had dealt with the government in the past as well as some kind of behind-the-scenes work.
Lim Joon-gi looked at his aide and said.
“Read well. It will be resolved in time.”
“… Later, I will see.”
At that time, an aide said with an apologetic expression.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you this.”
“Well?”
“Aren’t those guilds there? Those guilds are contacting merchants and suggesting that they try to distribute the smuggled snow white fruit outside.”
“What?”
taken from noblemt l
Merchants belonging to the Black Market Organization can only sell Snow White on the Black Market.
Even if I can’t stop the resells that buy it and resell it outside, it’s definitely worth it as much as a merchant.
Until now, it was the only supply chain, so it was impossible to break the orders of the upper organization holding the supply chain, so it was sold only on the black market.
“I think he persuaded me that I could sell a lot more if I actively use the internet like drugs and sell it rather than selling it riskily after establishing a position in the market. They say they will be responsible for their safety… .”
“I think the bastards saw it as an opportunity.”
“But it is not necessarily wrong. It’s much more efficient to look outside than to compete for a limited number of customers with a low-margin black market.”
“that… .”
“In addition, considering the guests who do not come often because Dangjin is far away, the outside is truly a place of opportunity.”
Then Lim Jun-gi shook his head and said.
“But it is dangerous. Now, the police are investigating the black market, claiming that they are related to the Black Tiger organization. Perhaps the smuggled snow-white fruit may be the source of funds for the Black Tiger organization.”
Then the aide said with a calm expression.
“Does that matter?”
“What?”
“Anyway, everything I’m doing now is illegal. Black Tiger Organization? Wouldn’t it be better if it was really a black tiger organization? In such a huge organization, a merchant with a sales channel like Jun-gi-sama will be treated with high hospitality. If this is illegal, and that is illegal, you have to do something illegal that makes money.”
“Uh… .”
A close friend said with his eyes shining.
“You will see it at least once. To put it bluntly, it rides on both legs. Regardless of unit price, diversification of supply lines is an unconditional benefit.”
“But the president is not someone who will sit still… .”
“The advantage of point organization is that it is difficult to trace from below. The merchants under me don’t even know Jun-gi’s true identity. On the other hand, if the chain of command from above is cut off, it has the disadvantage of ending it. Even if Joon-gi orders several merchants to betray him, there is no way to tell whether the merchants are the sole orders of Jun-ki or the chairman. And this is rather an advantage in the current situation.”
The insider raised an eyebrow and said.
“I was riding on both legs and there was a problem on this side, so if I change the line to that side and then hide under the water like now, no matter how much the president, he has to ride up from the bottom again to find Joon-gi.”
Lim Jun-gi said with a cold expression.
“Did you not think that I could report this to the president?”
“… I thought it might be. But, Jun-gi, how long are you going to live in such a limited space, only receiving orders from others? If it’s really the Black Tiger organization, Jun-gi-nim will have the power. If that happens, from then on, Jun-gi-nim becomes a customer of the Black Tiger organization, not someone else’s sub-organization.”
“Anyway, nothing has changed except that the supply chain has changed from the chairman to the black tiger organization.”
“Obviously different. The president can replace Joon-gi with someone else at any time, but they can’t. why? Unlike the president, they don’t know anything about our organization. If you touch us clumsily, you will only ruin the market.”
Im Joon-gi was shaken by the words of his entourage.
“… And if things go wrong… .”
“So that’s why we want to cross both legs. Once, only one or two middlemen go out and settle down little by little, and if things go wrong, cut them off, isn’t it? Then, if things are going to be good, they turn to the outside more and more. Isn’t it simple? That’s how you gradually build up your strength and become the second president. I will become the second Joon-gi.”
The words of an aide touch Lim’s heart.
The second Jung In-soo.
Anyway, even if things go wrong, it’s enough to throw it out in the middle.
“… Don’t tell anyone about this for now.”
“of course.”
“Choose a few middlemen from your line and send them in. Then let’s figure out what’s going on first.”
Then the neighbor smiled brightly and said,
“Well thought!”
“If this leaks out… .”
Lim Jun-gi said, pointing to himself and his aides.
“We are all done.”
“I know it well. We will ensure security.”
Thus, a new change began to take place in the black market.
According to Jung In-soo’s intention.