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The middle merchant, Lee Min-seok, only sighed as the situation was getting worse day by day.
The supply is always in short supply and the unit price fluctuates even for the shortage, so it is very difficult for Lee Min-seok, who has to supply goods to lower-level merchants.
Naturally, regular customers of the Lee Min-seok line also complained about the frequently changing quantity and unit price, and when the situation became like this, customers, Lee Min-seok, and merchants all had no choice but to miss the days of Dangjin.
Although it was not as scalable as it is now, it was safe and both supply and unit price were stable back then.
“I wish I could go back to that time… .”
But then, Lee Min-seok’s cell phone started ringing.
The name that came up on the screen was said by Lee Min-seok with a bright smile.
“Oh, Dongbin Choi!”
Dongbin Choi was a dear junior who introduced himself to the black market after seeing how he was suffering from the hardships of life after retiring after an injury.
“Dongbin-ah!”
– Senior, it’s been a while.
“Yeah mama. We can’t say anything because we’re both busy, but we keep in touch often. If you want to do anything, you, your junior, should do it. Should I do it?”
-haha.
Lee Min-seok said with a warm smile.
“How are you today? Are you tired?”
– There was nothing difficult. The problem was that I was too busy.
It’s a difficult time for everyone these days, but it wasn’t difficult.
Lee Min-seok said he thought he was saying empty words because he didn’t want to cause him any worries.
“That’s why you work under me. Why can’t I take care of you?”
From the moment he first came to the black market, Lee Min-seok tried to put Choi Dong-bin under him, but Choi Dong-bin had a personality that was inflexible enough to insist on getting up on his own.
However, such a personality was the reason that Lee Min-seok made him believe in Choi Dong-bin and think of him as a reliable junior.
-senior.
“yes?”
– How are you these days?
“It’s hard, but I still have enough money to take care of you, so come to me now. You should think about Jesu and your nephew.”
-… I was always grateful to my seniors. If it wasn’t for the senior, I wouldn’t even have known that something like this existed. If I had known later, it would have been at the level that I was barely talking about while doing errands.
When he suddenly mentioned the past, Lee Min-seok said with a look of embarrassment.
“Why are you like this all of a sudden? All I did was introduce myself.”
– Because that was the turning point of my life. And thanks to that, I got the opportunity I am today.
“… What?”
-Senior, this time I will repay the favor.
“What kind of floating cloud is that?”
– First of all, I’ll just say one thing. Smuggled products proposed by foreign hunters. have you dealt with?
At Choi Dong-bin’s words, Lee Min-seok said with a firm expression.
“… Why are you talking about that all of a sudden?”
– It’s an important story. Please answer me.
Then, after hesitating for a while, Lee Min-seok said.
“I don’t even need to deceive you. did.”
– Why?
“At the time, crackdowns were so tight that profitability deteriorated. Just enough to take a big hit on the profits of the merchants below if you just receive the unit price as before. In any case, I thought that it was my responsibility to protect the profits of the merchants below in a situation where I was sitting on top. Of course, it would sound unbearable to Byuk Chang-ho like you.”
Then, after being silent for a while, Dongbin Choi said.
– I’m happy though. Thank you for being honest. If I lied, there was no way I could help.
“What?”
– Senior, I was chosen. to the president.
Then Lee Min-seok said in shock.
“What? President? What the hell is that?”
– See you soon. I have something to show you.
* * *
A fairly large dungeon goods store located in the middle of the city.
There were a lot of people coming and going to do business.
It’s obviously normal, nothing out of the ordinary.
However, there was one peculiar thing about this dungeon goods store.
That the store is located in a place completely unrelated to the dungeon.
“… Why are there so many guests? Is there no dungeon nearby?”
“Of course it has to be. Here, as well as normal dungeon items… .”
Choi Dongbin said in a whisper.
“It deals with all items that were handled in the black market, such as snow white berries and smuggled dungeon items.”
“… So openly?”
“Not outright. Because this isn’t where the real deal takes place. This is a branch in charge of the whole area and also a currency exchange office. First, let me tell you how to trade… .”
After hearing Choi Dong-bin’s explanation, Lee Min-seok swallowed dry saliva and said.
“… It’s a complete black market, isn’t it?”
This branch was truly the gun of the black market.
All transactions taking place there were normal, but at the same time illegal.
Anyway, unless there is a smuggled dungeon item, a normal dungeon item, or a brand embedded in it, it has no meaning as a genuine fake.
Using this, a lot of transactions are intentionally generated here.
taken from noblemt l
Moved from left to right and then from right to left.
How to mix things up like that to make my tracking difficult.
“Then what about snow white fruit?”
“The snow-white price is hidden among those deals. They are passing money in a way that intentionally omits sales or something. Literally, only monetary transactions are made here and the goods are received separately.”
At first glance, it sounds like a very ideal trading method.
However, Lee Min-seok, who has been working in the black market for many years, immediately noticed.
“this… Isn’t that more dangerous?”
If you make up your mind and come under the tracking of the National Tax Service, no matter how much you hide it, it will take time and eventually all will be revealed.
The investigation may even lead to a network of snow-white fruits woven together.
“Yeah, it’s dangerous. But it doesn’t matter. Our purpose is not to hide it completely, but to let governments and authorities know that we are disguising ourselves.”
“So… The purpose is to let us know that we are disguised?”
“Yes.”
“why? Is the black market already being filmed in connection with the Black Tiger organization?”
“That’s why it’s such a complicated process. Because we… .”
Choi Dong-bin looked at Lee Min-seok and said.
“To emphasize that we have the Daon Guild in the vicinity, not the Black Tiger organization, behind us.”
“Come to think of it, the guild that came to this area… The guild that came over for a while is looking after your back?”
Daon Guild is a well-known middle-class guild.
Although it was behind the top guilds, it was still a guild in the top 20% of mid-level guilds.
“It’s like this. The Daon Guild, who used to make great profits by trading with the black market, became greedy when the black market disappeared and made a similar thing nearby. And they take too much action to disguise it. Of course, if you touch this, you will get a backlash from the Daon Guild. I’m going to show you this. And there are dozens of branches similar to this one. A new black market, each with the tacit protection of individual guilds.”
A new black market organization where everyone pretends to be created by the greed of each guild, but in fact everyone is connected.
“Don’t touch it. Instead, I’ll just do it here. This is how you give a message and grow little by little. Of course, since this is the first time, there may be trial and error. The government may ignore our message and start cracking down. But what does that matter? It’s okay if you get used to it in another way. Or you can just hide completely and trade online.”
“that… right.”
“Senior, would you like to take over here?”
“… I?”
“This is the Boeun I was talking about. Please take care of it here. And grow it. Of course, with the boss in front of you. come to us Then I promise you a much higher position than you are now.”
Lee Min-seok, who had been thinking about those words for a while, said.
“We’ve been talking about us, so what does that mean? At first, I thought it was going to be a different line, but something is strange. Besides, the president’s choice? Please explain so I can understand.”
Dongbin Choi nodded and said.
“Of course I have to tell you. Instead, never tell anyone else. So how did this happen… .”
* * *
The black market collapsed.
And each guild began to create a new black market on a small scale, targeting that niche.
This was the picture I envisioned.
“It may or may not be eaten.”
To be honest, the reason I used this method was not to completely settle the black market in this way, but to show the true nature of the Black Tiger organization to guilds who joined the Black Tiger organization, while also serving as a milestone to get the merchants led by the traitors to come to their feet. .
If you hide too tightly, you won’t know how to come back even if you want to come back.
In addition to this, it would be even better if it really settled like this.
“for a moment… Are you going to increase your sales like this anyway? If you create a black market near a guild that is not affiliated with an organization, the guilds who will join or join the organization will not be mistaken.”
For example, if you make a black market near the firebird guild and then pay the reward, the firebird guild becomes a guild belonging to the organization without their knowledge.
Then, when joining a new guild, say:
I will make a black market.
Then the guild that checked the nearby guild where the black market is, thinks.
You also belong to the Firebird Guild!
Are there so many guilds out there?
Of course, you will be surprised by the power of the organization and will join.
And the existing guilds will see the power of the organization increase in real time and become intoxicated with that power.
“Besides, the government thinks the guilds may be behind the Black Tiger organization.”
There, I warned that the Black Tiger organization may have intervened in the black market.
In such a situation, a black market suddenly pops up near dozens of medium-sized guilds and upper-level guilds.
Naturally, the government, who thought they might all be the Black Tiger organization, would be hesitant to use it, surprised by its size and mighty power.
By adding a misunderstanding to a misunderstanding, the power of that misunderstanding is materialized.
“Anyway, we have to get down, so let’s do it.”
Because I’ve already broken all the links.
“If the plan succeeds… The Black Tiger organization really has a reality.”
As the person who pushed out the black market, the Jungin Guild and the Alliance Guild were the main pillars, and the Black Tiger organization was to attract other guilds.
In fact, it is possible to have a huge influence on the entire hunter world.
“Okay, let’s try it.”
The absolute who controls the hunter world that I have dreamed of begins to be seen more and more clearly.
“Now all that’s left is… Top merchants.”
Once they are organized, all plans are perfect.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Okay, shall we finish now?”
* * *
The more you give, the deeper you fall into the swamp.
It was the current situation that Lim Joon-gi felt.
I lent money for a stable supply, but the amount of money is increasing day by day, overlapping with various accidents.
A business is ultimately about making money by continuously rolling limited funds.
Even if you want to distribute the snow white fruit, you must have money to buy the snow white fruit, but the solid funds are drying up day by day.
However, the process takes place so slowly and little by little that, without realizing it, Lim’s entire body is submerged in a swamp.
In addition, many floor merchants and middlemen broke away with their lines, and the organization was cut in half without realizing it.
Lim Joon-gi bit his nails and said.
“Ah, ah, ah.”
By the time you feel something is wrong, it’s already gone too far.
Unknown dungeon goods stores suddenly appeared all over the country.
When I first heard that snow white berries were being secretly distributed based there, I only thought that another top-tier merchant like myself had introduced a new way of selling.
However, as time passed and the traders left and the supply chain continued to deteriorate, Jun-ki Lim contacted other top-tier merchants who were competing.
We couldn’t show our weakness, so we always pretended to be okay, and we talked openly for the first time, and as a result, what I found out was that no merchant had anything to do with the stores.
Then there is only one answer.
President right away.
Jung In-soo moved.
“Is this, was this the plan the president was thinking of?”
Then shouldn’t you have told me earlier?
If it were, this wouldn’t have happened.
At that time, a text message from someone from a foreign organization arrived on Lim’s cell phone.
-The government conducted a large-scale search of ports and aircraft, and a large amount of snow white fruit was confiscated. In addition, unknown hunters attack the organization, and it seems that they will have to hide and repair themselves for a while, so please wait for a while.
Lim Jun-gi would normally be shocked and angry, but not now.
The phone slid down from Lim’s hand.
“President… .”
Jung In-soo raised his hand.
to eliminate competitors.
“Ahh!!”
A text message that, in effect, is a notification of a supply interruption.
If this continues, Lim’s organization will be completely dismantled.
Was he overconfidence in the power of foreign organizations or did he neglect the power of Jeong In-soo, who he thought was sufficiently wary?
“Hey, this isn’t it… .”
The biggest factor in Lim’s decision to betray was because Jung In-soo really wanted to completely abandon the black market.
If only his identity is clearly hidden, he judged that he would not reach out to the market he was going to throw away.
It would be much more advantageous to erase Jeong In-soo’s past if he just left it silent rather than tinkering with it.
But when things go like this, the story is different.
He becomes a real traitor and competitor who has not read the big picture of the president.
And Jeong In-soo was not a great man to let his competitor go.
Lim Jun-gi said with a bewildered expression.
“Yeah, I know the president’s identity.”
I’ll have to figure out how to make a living using this.
That’s the only way Im Jun-gi has.
Lim Jun-gi took out the cell phone he had hidden deep in the closet and turned on the power.
There is only one number registered on this mobile phone.
In the past, it was a cell phone direct to the chairman, a symbol of authority and power of the top merchants in the black market in Dangjin.
With trembling hands, Lim Joon-gi called Jung In-soo.
Jeong In-soo finally picks up the phone after beeping for quite some time.
– Mr. Lim Jun-gi.
“President.”
-what happened? suddenly.
Jung In-soo’s voice seemed to have changed, but Lim Jun-gi, who had already lost his mind, was not in a situation where he could catch such subtle changes.
“I, I was wrong.”
– What did you do wrong?
“I was all wrong. Please forgive me just once.”
– Hmm.
The president was silent for a moment.
– How do you ask for forgiveness?
Numerous thoughts run through Lim’s mind.
‘Do you want me to take it back? But Chairman Jung In-soo is not the type to forgive traitors. I’ll just disappear like this, so should I let you go? but money? Now, the rest of the money is obvious.’
Lim Jun-gi, who could not give up his greed until the end even in a crazy situation.
In the end, what Lim Jun-gi chose was greed.
“… Please supply me with snow-white berries.”
The rest of the organization must survive.
If he retires like this, he will have to live with the fear that Jeong In-soo might follow him for the rest of his life.
Even if there is a remaining organization, we can somehow maintain the string of hope.
– Uh-huh. Kick Kick Kick.
The frivolous laughter of the president.
– Oh, I guess you had a hard time with this?
“I’m really sorry. I really… .”
– But what about this? I just don’t want to forgive. What… If you come and kneel and pray in person, I don’t know.
The reason why Lim Jun-gi has been hitting with confidence so far is because he has not revealed his position.
But you want me to appear in front of Jung In-soo?
It was like sticking your head in the mouth of a tiger.
In the end, there was only one way Lim had to choose.
“It was said that even a mouse bites a cat when cornered.”
-Ohh.
“If you don’t supply… I will reveal everything to the press.”
-Kick, do you have any evidence?
Jeong In-soo’s bodyguards, who have always searched the body when meeting in person.
Of course, there was no video evidence.
“There is a recording of a cell phone call.”
– How do I prove who I am with that?
“If you hear your voice, you know who it is… .”
Lim Jun-gi, who was talking like that, stopped and said.
“for a moment… Chairman’s voice… .”
-Why is my voice?
“This is the president’s voice… not really?”
-Oh, you’re going to do it like that?
“Who are you. Wait, where did you hear that… Maybe Yoon Sang-deok?”
– Uh huh.
“What happened! Why are you acting like the president!?”
– I have no idea what you’re talking about. Am I the original president? Why are you suddenly saying something different? What manipulation are you trying to do?
“What the hell is that… .”
Yoon Sang-deok, who takes the place of Jeong In-soo as the president.
– Are you going to tell the press? let me know But will it make any difference if you tell me? In order for your evidence to be effective, you have to prove that you are my entourage, then you will have to expose everything about yourself, right? Even if I try so hard, will the arrow ever reach me? did you threaten And yet, don’t you think that I acted because there was something to negate the threat?
“invalidity… fury?”
– Try it. risk everything Of course, the price will be your ruin. It would be nice if you could even scratch me with that. So, Jun-gi, come and kneel in front of me when you say something nice.
He really has to walk everything.
But even if the attempt is successful, will your own safety be guaranteed?
What if, like Yoon Sang-deok said, even if you risk everything, you fail?
‘For that reason, Sang-deok Yoon pretends to be president… ?’
Of course, all of this is just blindfolded.
If all of this is disclosed to the press, since it is Jung In-soo, who has been suspected of being behind the black market, even if Yoon Sang-deok takes everything and pushes him into manipulation, he cannot be completely free from the allegations.
However, the minimum defense will be successful, and Jung In-soo, who has succeeded in defending, will take revenge on Lim Jun-gi.
A desperate revenge that may end in death.
‘ah… .’
In fact, it wasn’t something that Lim Jun-gi didn’t know either.
Because Jeong In-soo was always avoiding everything like a loach.
That’s why I put this weakness in my defensive hand, not my attacking hand.
But now, with Yoon Sang-deok on the front line, he makes it impossible to take out even such a defensive tile.
-I know that? The kids I had been waiting for because I told them to wait are now being placed directly under me. Among them, there is also a merchant from the bottom of Joongi’s side. did you see Keeping promises. I never lie. So come and kneel before me. Then, I promise you that I will definitely protect this one thing.
The voice of the chairman was engraved in his brain through Lim’s ears.
– I will guarantee your life. at least.