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“no. Where is the law like this all of a sudden?!”
The merchants in the market came to the Jeongin Development Management Department and started complaining.
“The contract is impossible!!”
Black market merchants have been disrupting the investigation by renting container houses for short-term rentals as they trade illegal goods, and then changing to other container houses at an appropriate time.
But suddenly, right after Jeong In-soo’s announcement, a notice came that Jung-in Development would no longer lease the container house for a short period of time.
The management staff said with a look of helplessness.
“We just do what we ask. The CEO said that he would redevelop the entire container village without any additional contracts… .”
The merchants were furious and said.
“Redevelopment!? How many difficult people live there and you want to kick them all out? Isn’t this the tyranny of the gang!?”
Evicting existing occupants for redevelopment is one of the typical building owners’ abuses.
“Isn’t it too much for people who have a lot of money to completely cut off the breath of people who struggle to live on their own?”
taken from noblemt l
Merchants who stumble over back alleys living in the container village where the black market is located.
However.
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
The management staff said with a calm expression.
“It is our CEO’s policy that only those who apply from among existing residents will rent a new studio room at a low price for the time being, and if they want, we will also arrange for a job.”
The redevelopment is a problem because of the livelihoods of existing residents.
They are desperately resisting because they will lose their place to live and their means of livelihood if they are kicked out.
“If you wish, please apply. I will find a seat right away.”
“that… that… .”
Although I mentioned the villagers in the back alleys, the position of the villagers who work as errands to make a living and the merchants who deal with snow white fruit directly and touch a lot of money are completely different laws.
When the resident card didn’t work, the merchants eventually fell over with something else.
“Let’s say it is. It’s good to find a job offer. Then we are We are people who officially set up business and do business. How are you going to ensure we don’t lose money from redevelopment!?”
taken from noblemt l
Merchants disguised as various shops to avoid crackdowns.
Naturally, the store itself was truly a licensed store.
“From the inventory we have, to the loss we will incur during the redevelopment period. No matter how reckless the landlord is, he can’t kick the tenant out like this!”
taken from noblemt l
Merchants who try to resist as much as possible in a legal line.
But to no avail.
“The CEO has considered all the circumstances of such merchants.”
“… Yes?”
“You said that you would guarantee the full amount of damage to merchants during the redevelopment period.”
To the merchants, the owner of the building was like an angel.
It covers the entire amount, not just part of the damage.
According to these conditions, even if you play a lot during the redevelopment period, you can get the average profit from Jeongin development.
It was a condition that would welcome ordinary merchants with open arms.
The problem, however, is that these are not ordinary traders, but black market traders.
“If you submit proof of sales, we will estimate your net profit based on that and pay you monthly.”
“that… that… .”
In the beginning, the store was just a fake, and the sales from it were less than one-tenth of the real sales.
Even that, most of the money laundered at casinos through money laundering organizations and the sales were raised by card.
Seeing the black market vendors bewildered as all legal routes were blocked, the management staff smiled.
“Honestly, where in the world is a landlord like this? isn’t it? So, bring proof of sales. I will pay you all.”
* * *
The black market and back alleys were born as a project from the beginning to help people in need live in container houses at affordable prices.
In other words, the places they live and trade are all container houses.
And container houses are easy to dismantle as much as they are easy to install.
“Today we demolished 20 container houses.”
At the secretary’s words, I said with a sullen expression.
“It’s fine.”
After stopping all contract extensions, whenever a contracted container house appeared, I used a forklift to lift it up.
Then, the container house village, which was so full that the first one or two were barely noticeable, gradually became sparse as if a sick tooth was missing.
For black market merchants who have been secretly dealing with container houses, the disappearing containers will feel like a snare that is choking their necks.
The more the container houses disappear, the more the hideout that hides them disappears.
Some sort of habitat destruction.
It was something only the owner of the land could do.
“Well?”
I checked the time and said.
“It’s already happened.”
I got up from my seat and said.
“I have an appointment, so I’ll go out for a while, so keep going as it is now.”
“All right.”
Now it’s time for individual interviews with the top merchants.
I will give them a chance.
At the same time speaking only the truth.
Those who believe will pass my test and continue to enjoy the same glory as now, and those who do not will lose everything.
What I want is an honest person like Jaejin Lee who doesn’t care about reasons and processes and only follows instructions.
An independent person with their own ideas is not suited to the black market organization I envisioned.
I said with a smile.
“Where would you like to have a conversation?”
* * *
Lim Jun-ki arrives at the secret hideout at the call of In-soo Jung.
“Go in.”
After passing through the security guard’s checkpoint, Lim Jun-ki looked at Jeong In-soo who was sitting there and bowed his head.
“came. President.”
“Sit.”
As Lim Jun-ki sat down, Jeong In-soo said with a relaxed expression.
“Are you having a hard time these days?”
“… It’s a little difficult.”
“Please understand. I have something to think about.”
Lim Jun-gi was silent for a moment and then said.
“Can you tell me about the plan? I will never tell.”
“That is not possible. Trusting Jun-gi and not trusting him, this plan has a higher chance of success as fewer people know about it.”
Jeong In-soo said with a smile.
“You’ve been doing well, haven’t you? When was the last time I gave the wrong order?”
“… There was none.”
“It is the same. I’m planning a major overhaul of the black market. So it will be difficult, but just believe and follow.”
At Jung In-soo’s words, Lim Jun-gi thought.
‘It’s a reorganization… .’
The situation in which the container house village, which can be said to be the basis of the black market, is being divided in real time.
‘Who is the reorganization really for?’
At first, I was just suspicious.
I doubt that he is doing this to really dig out the black market and become a solid group company.
But as time passed, that doubt turned to certainty.
A number of merchants are being arrested due to the prosecution’s investigation.
Although Jeong In-soo has the power to close the case without any major problems through the prosecutors and police who bought it, Jeong In-soo does nothing.
no.
Rather, Jung In-soo is actively destroying the foundations of the black market.
“I know. It would be frustrating.”
Jeong In-soo looked at Lim Jun-gi and said.
“But there is nothing we can do. From the government to the police and prosecutors, there is no other place that is not involved in this situation.”
‘So you’re going to leave us? To give them riches?’
“It takes a lot of time to untie the tangled thread. In the process, as an incident is an incident, some will have to take responsibility. Of course, Jun-gi can rest assured. Because I won’t let anyone else do any harm to Jun-gi, who knows me. so.”
Jung In-soo said with a bright smile.
“Just be quiet. Then everything will work out.”
Jung In-soo’s words that it will be resolved.
He would have believed it normally, but to Lim Jun-ki, who had already harbored his doubts once, those words sounded like a cowardice to the animals before they were taken to the slaughterhouse.
As if quietly accepting fate.
‘After all, I am also one of the most widely spoken words of Jeong In-soo. which may be replaced at any time.’
Also, even if Jeong In-soo really solves the problem, Im Jun-ki realized it through this situation.
Unless he has his own, he has no choice but to be dragged by Jeong In-soo forever.
‘I need mine. My own thing that is not shaken by anyone.’
The smuggled snow-white fruit is that opportunity.
Jeong In-soo took control of both the black market organization and the supply chain of white snow, but if he goes outside and joins hands with the supply chain believed to be the black tiger organization, the relationship between the two can be reversed sufficiently.
The supply is presumed to be the Black Tiger organization, and the market is themselves.
In that case, it is possible to deal on an equal footing with them.
No matter how important the supply chain is, in the end, if there are no sales channels, it will not make money.
It was Lim’s judgment that if he had accumulated know-how, sales power, and regulars, it would be possible.
furthermore.
‘I’m holding on to Jung In-soo’s weakness.’
Lim Joon-gi has solid evidence that the black market is behind the scenes.
Of course, I didn’t mean to blow this up.
Because Jung In-soo was a different person from Lim Jun-gi.
If this happens, Jeong In-soo will really try to deal with Lim Jun-gi by any means.
However, if you think about it backwards, it is said that threats for the least amount of defense are possible.
‘I’m never going to reveal my identity, so I’m telling you to leave me alone. If you touch me, I will explode everything.’
Based on that, he earns time and builds his own organization.
Lim Jun-gi, having hardened his thoughts like that, said with a smile.
“of course. I will trust only the president and wait.”
* * *
“Yes?”
Choi Dong-bin, who was called by a superior, said with a bewildered expression.
“Now, do you want to deal mainly with the outside world?”
“okay.”
“But was it absolutely forbidden to leak outside?”
Then the upper-level merchant raised his eyebrows and said:
“That depends on the situation. You don’t know what’s going on right now?”
Containers continue to be demolished and merchants are being taken one by one.
“Jung In-soo is working with the government to push the black market, so what kind of business are you doing here? We have to find a way to live.”
“However… .”
As Dongbin Choi continued to hesitate, the upper-level merchant said with a frustrated expression.
“After all, the prohibition of external leakage was also an order from the superior. The superior decided that he had to go outside now. But why do you keep doing it though? Aren’t you going to listen?”
“It is not. But it’s so different from the usual instructions… .”
“Who do you think is the reason to earn and eat this much now?”
“Of course, thanks to the organization.”
“Then just do what you are told. okay?”
He didn’t like it because he thought of the black market and the back alleys as his second hometown, but he nodded and said, “Because it was Choi Dong-bin, who valued orders from his superiors above all else,” he said.
“All right. I will.”
“Be careful with security instead. For now, sell only to regular customers through external distribution, and never tell the people around you. The moment you say it, the supply will be cut off.”
* * *
“It seems to be moving in earnest.”
Yoon Sang-deok said as he held out the documents.
“Recently, the supply of smuggled snow white fruit has increased significantly.”
I said with a smile.
“On the contrary, the supply in this area has drastically decreased.”
The point organization has the advantage of being very strong against external attacks, but on the contrary, it has the disadvantage of being very vulnerable to internal rebellion.
If someone in the middle decides to manipulate the instructions, the people below them believe that the instructions of the traitor are the instructions of their superiors and follow them.
In other words, the moment the top-level merchant turns his back on me, the relationship with all the merchants in that line is cut off.
In the meantime, I’ve been controlling this using the position of a supply chain monopoly, but as soon as this monopoly is broken, I start to lose my mind.
Even so, there are hundreds of people under him, and if he uses other supply chains, he can form his own organization, but if he is not greedy, he is not a person.
Even now, each organization is pioneering an external market on its own, but to be honest, on the surface, there seems to be no change in the black market.
However, I have control of both distribution networks, and not only the amount of snow white berries distributed but also the foreign hunters who supply smuggled snow white berries are all mine, so I’m actually looking into everything.
Of course, it would be a headache if they went further and formed their own organization on their own, and the top merchant completely hid under the water, but I don’t intend to leave it that way.
“By the way, I don’t understand how you can trust a new supply chain so easily.”
Yoon Sang-deok clicked his tongue and said.
“Of course, it may be because I know everything about it, but even so, the president has completely monopolized it, so don’t you doubt it?”
I said with a smile.
“No wonder. Those merchants only sold snow-white fruit, because they knew nothing about how it was made.”
The fruit brought to the monsters in the dungeon was processed simply by thinking, but the process is very complicated.
From the method of smuggling from the dungeon to the purchase work in the process and the factoryization for mass production, etc.
“If I had known, I would have been suspicious when I realized that smuggled snow-white berries were ridiculously cheap.”
Of course, there are many D-class dungeons all over the world.
And there, snow-white fruits are being secretly made.
In addition, even in Korean dungeons, small organizations and individuals who are making snow white fruits will surely exist.
Nevertheless, the reason why I succeeded in monopolizing is because I introduced a system that involved hundreds of hunters and airlifted even sap from C-class dungeons.
In short, should I say that such small organizations and individuals are handmade workshops and I am a factory with systems?
Of course, there are different dimensions in terms of unit price and supply stability.
“Individuals and small organizations are inefficient in every way. You have to do all the processes of grabbing, drying, and returning the dried ones yourself. But we are different. The division of labor is perfect.”
An organization that only catches cactus monsters.
An organization that takes the cactus monsters caught by that organization, mass-produces fruits, boils them, dries them, and turns them into powder.
And even the organization that distributes the powder made in that way to the outside world.
In addition, smuggling is possible at a much lower cost, since all civil servants who need to be inspected have been purchased.
“Of course, the price has to be lower than that. But smuggled snow white fruit cheaper than us? Even 30% from overseas? If that had been so easy, the monopoly would have been broken already. But the merchants don’t know. ‘Cause I’ve only been selling So it’s no wonder you’re mistaken. After all, dungeons are not only in Korea, so smuggled snow white fruit. It’s plausible just to think. Anyway.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Now let’s push it right.”
* * *
“What? Jeongin Construction?”
Construction companies are now appearing in a situation where containers are being demolished and merchants are being taken away under great pressure.
“Yes. It is said that Jeongin Construction has come up with measurements for redevelopment.”
Lim Jun-gi bit his lip and said.
“I’m really going to push this.”
“Jungi. Isn’t Jung In-soo the real president? Other than that, it doesn’t make sense.”
Lim Jun-gi, who had been pondering for a while at the words of an aide, said.
“I can’t tell you that.”
The fact that the chairman is Jung In-soo is the only hand in which Lim Jun-gi can be assured of his own safety.
I couldn’t reveal any more since the situation was like this.
“But only one thing is certain. It means that we can no longer trust only the president.”
Lim Joon-gi looked at his aide and said.
“Are you sure the supply is there?”
“Yes. Even now, almost half of what we already have is coming from there.”
“The guilds.”
“I am active as I think I had a lot of fun.”
Lim Jun-gi said with a cold expression.
“great. Then let’s make our own black market. Move right away.”
“Yes!!”
Lim Jun-gi, who had sent his aides out like that, said while looking into the air.
“Then why are you pushing me to the brink? This is totally your fault. I just do it to live.”
It is true that although he decided to become independent, he still had a slight fear of Jeong In-soo.
“Leave me alone. I will disappear from your sight as you wish. I’ll just take responsibility for everything. But if you touch me… I will never be alone.”