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Quesi was a Ghanaian man who was a trader between Korea and Ghana.
Kueshi, who mainly dealt with second-hand Korean goods, was fascinated by the snow white fruit he discovered one day.
As long as you keep eating, you don’t completely destroy people like drugs, but because the risk is low, the punishment is weak, and above all, it’s money.
Unlike used goods that have to be used by boat, they are small in volume, so they can be transported quickly by plane, so funds can be transferred quickly.
In addition, the snow white fruit in Korea is even cheap, so it is the best product for a smuggler like Kueshi.
The only downside was that it was difficult to get as much quantity as you wanted.
With the snow white powder hidden in the designated place, Kueshi called his regular merchant, the merchant.
– Quesi.
“Sir, I have received the item.”
Kueshi, who has lived in Korea for a long time, speaks fluent Korean.
-These days, there is quite a lot of stock, so I put in as much as I ordered.
Then Kueshi smiled brightly and said,
“okay?”
Orders are always maxed out, but it’s only a handful of cases where you receive as much as you ordered.
– It seems like this will continue for a while, so tell me if you need it again.
“Then can you increase it by 1.5 times than it is now?”
-Well… First, I’ll try to place an order.
“Thank you, boss!”
The way of trading was a little different from when I was in Dangjin, but it didn’t matter to Quesi if I could get things.
-By the way, Quesi.
“Yes, sir.”
– Did I mention that Quesi is Ghanaian?
“That’s right, Ghana.”
-Can’t this be produced in Ghana? Why do you have to go to Korea?
Then Kueshi shook his head and said,
“Too expensive.”
-expensive? why? Labor cost would be cheaper than Korea.
“I’m taking advantage of it.”
There was also a dungeon with snow white fruit in Ghana.
The problem was that large guilds in collusion with the military controlled this dungeon at their own will and monopolized the production of snow white fruit, as well as fixing the price.
Such large guilds sold snow white fruit from the dungeon at a profit that was several dozen times compared to the cost, and the large guilds are winning with the money they earned.
As there is a saying that luxury products sell better when it is difficult, it was possible because it was originally sold to the wealthy, not the common people.
Of course, because snow white fruits are formed at such a high price, smugglers like Kueshi live on the profits.
“Besides, there is no entry-level model in Ghana. So it’s better.”
-Oh, there is no entry-level model?
“There are no mines.”
taken from noblemt l
Mine was a slang word for dungeons by black market merchants.
-Aha, that’s why there’s no entry-level model. So, will the entry-level version be a bit more expensive?
Quenci, who at first responded kindly, said with a wary expression as the merchant continued to ask questions.
“It’s good enough to make a living.”
Korea is treated as a completely different item from the existing Beksul fruit, but in the case of Ghana, the existing Beksul fruit is graded A, the existing Beksul fruit inflated with various additives is graded B, and the entry-level type is graded C. there was.
As a result, unlike Korea, where the price difference between the existing Beksul fruit and the entry-level type is more than 10 times, in Ghana, it is 4 to 5 times at most.
Therefore, from Quensi’s point of view, the entry-level model was the real money, snow-white fruit.
‘Are you sure you want to advance to Ghana?’
If you go directly to the black market after aiming for a high unit price in Ghana, it is not only a blow to a smuggler like Quenci.
“I have to pay public officials, and it costs a lot of money.”
– Haha, what is it? Quenci, are you sure you’re wary of me now?
Quensi, bewildered by the merchant’s words, said.
“Oh, no. It’s not like that.”
-don’t worry. I have too much work to do to get to Ghana.
Quenshi, who was relieved only then, sighed in relief and said.
“okay?”
-The reason I keep stalking is that it’s just to figure out how far the unit price can go.
“Dang?”
-Yeah, these days, the stock is getting a little more plentiful, so there seems to be some leeway at the top. They said they would give me the quantity if I paid more than the original price.
Then Quenci said with a persuasive expression.
“More quantities?”
-Yeah, so Quenci, give it a try. I’ll look at the price and ask for the quantity.
“How much?”
-At least 10x based on today’s trading volume.
Then, Quenshi’s pupils shake.
“Wow, ten times?”
Just as large guilds are taking profits in Ghana, Quensi is also taking profits, even if not as much as large guilds, thanks to the cheap Korean snow white fruit.
Quenci said, swallowing dry saliva.
“I am really?”
– Yes, as long as the unit price is certain.
Quenci said after doing some calculations in his head.
“I’ll give you twice the unit price now.”
-double? Okay, then I’ll ask you based on the unit price. Quenci, let’s get it right. Understand?
* * *
“It’s quiet.”
Yoon Sang-deok looked around the room and said.
“I thought it would be very noisy because it was an underground stadium again.”
In order to break the link with the black market, the meeting with Yoon Sang-deok had to be conducted in secret.
So I chose the underground arena.
To be precise, it was a break room attached to one of the secret passageways connected to the underground arena.
“That is natural. It’s a bit far away, and we’ve put a lot of effort into soundproofing, especially.”
In case of an emergency, there were quite a few secret passages in the underground stadium in addition to the main entrance.
Of course, very few people are aware of its existence.
I used one of the undisclosed secret passages as a meeting point with Yoon Sang-deok.
Yoon Sang-deok enters through the emergency passage exit, and I enter the stadium and pretend to observe the game, then enter the emergency passage and meet in the middle lounge.
Here, very few people knew about its existence, so we were able to talk safely.
“How is it going?”
Yoon Sang-deok said with a smile at my words.
“We approach smugglers and sell them for more than the rest.”
“Are there no complaints?”
“Do I need to say that? As long as you succeed in bringing it back to your home country, the basic cost is several times higher. If you give me a lot of money, I will come with the money.”
All the quantities sold to foreign smugglers are provided to domestic customers at low prices and the remaining surplus.
If you release this at the same time, it will adversely affect the existing price, so adjust it to an appropriate level and hand over the quantity to foreign smugglers.
After all, it is impossible to resell the powdered snow white powder they bought in Korea, so it is naturally exported overseas.
“Don’t be too hasty. It’s just controlling the smugglers to a level that makes them frantic.”
“of course. Chairman, don’t worry. Would I ever do something nonsense? haha.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“If you keep unpacking things like that, you will catch a big fish.”
The smugglers Yoon Sang-deok has contacted now are just pyramids.
Pyramids smuggle small amounts of money to their home country steadily due to lack of financial power.
They will scream happy at the luck they face, but the money they can’t keep will be taken away by someone else.
If the supply of snow white fruit to the country suddenly increases and the price stabilizes, the existing snow white fruit supply organization or its competitor will be interested.
And when they push out smugglers and make contact, they join hands with them in earnest and advance overseas.
Obviously, the fastest way to attack the local market is to join hands with a strong local partner.
Of course, there are scenarios where a capable smuggler can quickly form an organization, or he or she joins hands with local forces and settles completely, but that’s not what I know.
No matter who it is, it doesn’t matter who it is, as long as it can import only snow white fruits stably.
“We just need to hold things. scattering the sweet smell. Then those who smell it will find themselves entangled.”
There are hundreds of countries in the world, and there are many countries that do not have D-class dungeons that produce snow-white fruits.
Or, like Ghana, there is no C-class dungeon, so there is no mass production system.
In the end, such countries have no choice but to depend on imports, and of course the price is also high.
In that sense, Korea is a really lucky country.
Because dungeons are evenly distributed by grade in this small piece of land.
“All right. We will report any further changes in circumstances.”
“I believe.”
The problem is that Korea’s dungeon luck was only applied to a small number of people such as hunters, guilds, and chaebols in previous lives.
But this life is different.
that luck.
I will read them all.
I said with a bright smile.
“Isn’t it patriotism to earn dollars by exporting overseas? In that sense, is there any other patriot like that?”
Then, Yoon Sang-deok nodded vigorously and said.
“Don’t do that! Thanks to the president, the level of hunters and guilds is also ahead of other countries. You are the blessing of this country!”
I said with a smile to Yoon Sang-deok’s father-in-law.
“Until a blessing.”
But Yoon Sang-deok was not wrong.
It is true that Korea is leading the dungeon-related affairs by actively utilizing the knowledge of my previous life.
Of course, the problem is that the benefits come from me, not Korea.
“Come on, let’s move. It makes overseas customers feel the superiority of Made in Korea.”
* * *
A few months ago, Kueshi, who accepted the merchant’s offer to increase the quantity if the unit price was raised, was really happy with the decision at that time.
It is much more profitable to buy 10kg and resell it at 4 times than to buy 1kg and resell it at 5 times.
At that time, some smugglers who were smuggling goods to Ghana like Queshi also secured a fair amount of quantity at a similar price, and Queshi competitively raised the unit price, but nevertheless, Queshi’s income increased day by day.
Even if not, Quesi, who had far exceeded the average monthly income in Ghana, is now rumored to be a huge wealthy enough to hear the voice of the president in the region.
In this situation, Queshi not only hired a large number of employees for his own safety, but also purchased a mansion of a suitable size and deployed a large number of armed bodyguards with guns to ensure his own safety.
However.
“Did you think you could just stop us with this?”
A black man tossed the stunned bodyguard away by his hand and approached Quesi and said:
“Did you say your name is Kueshi?”
A man who subdued 10 bodyguards armed with guns like a child’s wrist.
Kueshi said as she crawled back, wet with tears.
“Sa, please save me! please!!”
“When did I say I was going to kill you? Hey Kueshi.”
The man squatted in front of Kueshi and said.
“If you listen carefully, I’ll just quietly walk away. Did you understand?”
Kueshi nodded desperately and said.
“All right! All right!! I will answer everything!”
“First of all. Where did you get White Snow?”
“Ha, imported from Korea!”
“It’s Korea… I heard it’s a little hot there. But no matter what, it’s not enough for a pyramid like you to supply, right? Thanks to you, the damage is not the only thing.”
At the man’s words, Kueshi said with a blank expression.
“hand… sun? no way… .”
“right. came out of the guild. When you guys suddenly increase the supply by dozens of times, people flock to your products.”
Unlike guilds that have to produce directly, smugglers just pay money to buy them.
As long as the unit price is high, the supply will follow, so Kuesi and the smugglers, who concentrated on selling a lot even at a low price, touched the guild’s heart.
“sorry! sorry!”
“Do you think this is going to end with an apology? My boss is angry because of you and has trouble sleeping at night.”
“I will never handle snow white fruit again!!”
Then the man smiled and said.
“You tell me to believe it? Where do you think I’ve seen bastards like you once or twice? If we get out of the crisis now, we will smuggle it back.”
“I will never… .”
“Shut up if you don’t want to die.”
The man looked at Kueshi and said.
“The boss was curious. Who is supplying Snow White? We don’t know the situation on the Korean side very well.”
Because it is on the other side of the world in terms of physical distance and it is even a secret black market item, snow white fruit price was one of the information that only people like Kueshi could not know.
“How much did you buy it? Tell me all about how much you can buy and who you are.”
“That, that… .”
Revealing this actually meant giving up on everything.
Even his regular merchant would cut all ties with him if he found out about this.
In other words, the chances of success that you barely seize will be blown away.
“Look at this. let go of your hand Why is he hesitating to let go of his hand? yes?”
But there is no way.
Because the large guilds were in power, holding hands with the military and effectively controlling the region.
“I will tell you everything!!”
* * *
A man who heard all the stories from Queshi.
“Is it that cheap? Is there a C-class white snow?”
“Yes… Yes.”
“Hmm.”
Obviously, labor costs in Ghana are cheap.
However, the story is different if the standard of the labor cost is a hunter.
Hunter’s income is determined by the price of by-products in the dungeon, and the price of this by-product was not so much that it differed several times compared to other developed countries because of the international market price, no matter how backwards Ghana was.
Of course, even if that were the case, the men’s guild was not to the extent that the unit price could not be met.
But the real problem was that there was a limit to the number of wealthy people in Ghana who could consume snow white.
Of course, since the market is small, the only way to make a profit is to set a high margin.
However, if we try to target overseas markets, there is no overseas base, and the existing unit price is set too high, which reduces the price merit.
In such a situation, there is no doubt that Korea’s cheap snow white fruit is a big threat.
“How can you be so cheap?”
“The Korean market is huge. As far as I know, there are at least hundreds to thousands of active traders. A merchant is enough, not to mention the customers.”
“Have prices and supply stabilized due to market size?”
“Yes, yes.”
In my mind, I want to kill all of the other smugglers, including Kueshi, and sell them at the same price as before.
But will dealing with the number of smugglers stop smuggling in Korea, where a finished market has already been established?
Even C-class, which they cannot produce, can be supplied cheaply?
Perhaps it was clear that new smugglers would continue to emerge to succeed Quesi.
Even more secretly.
“It’s best to stop if you can, but… .”
Hue is the goat
Ghana is different from developed countries where separation is possible.
The current situation in Ghana was that if the unit price was lowered to the level of smuggling in Korea, the profit would be greatly reduced, which could lead to a situation worse than hunting.
Then there are two ways left.
The only way was to open a new market by digging into overseas export routes and then go to the peel-off method like in Korea, or buy Korean snow white fruits like smugglers and sprinkle them cheaply in Korea.
The man clicked his tongue and said.
“I should report it to the boss first.”
* * *
A few months after baiting, bites are coming from powers all over the world.
“Whoops.”
It wasn’t just a price issue.
Other countries may have similar prices.
It could be even cheaper.
But what can be done and what can be done are completely different laws.
Even if I sell cheap like I do now, I have a market with customers, so I can make enough profits through mass production and supply, but in a country like Ghana, where only a few rich people use it, the situation is completely different from Korea.
There are few customers, but the unit price is low?
What kind of hunter would help out with illegal snow-white fruits that cost less money than hunting?
That’s the price I set for it.
Just the middle ground between the benefits that hunters get from illegals and the price that customers will find repulsive.
This is what played the most important role in my success in monopolizing the snow white fruit.
It is also the core that runs through all of my business.
If it is that amount, it is a commonization that makes you think that you should just give money and buy it.
Even if the margin is small, if the platform is monopolized, the person with the platform wins.
Besides, snow white fruit is a new market that has only been around for a few years.
As time passes and trade between countries becomes more active, this imbalance of supply and demand will be adjusted.
If I am like this, there is no other country to speak of.
In other words, the world’s market for snow white fruit is Muju Gongsan except for Korea.
At this time, we are targeting the world with the overwhelming market size, stable supply, and unit price as our weapons.
Hunter’s labor cost is not extremely cheap because it is a developing country, so it may not be just a dream for Korea to dominate the international snow white fruit market.
“Everyone is bored.”
Anyway, thanks to this unit price policy, local powers are paying attention.
There were only two types of local powers coming into contact with guild companies.
Existing snow white fruit suppliers or rivals of such suppliers.
The supplier is to prevent smuggling from Korea or to get involved, and the rival forces are to take away the power superiority that the existing supplier has.
So, they come into contact with the Korean black market with their own ambitions.
“We have to work hand in hand with local powers to provide exclusive supply, build friendships, and then advance directly.”
Instead of continuing to supply snow white fruit for friendship with the local powers, the Black Tiger organization’s influence is expanded to the world.
With the help of local partners, it is not difficult to project influence abroad with foreign hunters you have already secured.
“The Mecca of Snow White. A place where buyers and suppliers from all over the world gather.”
After taking root in all corners of the world, Korea becomes more than a simple production base, but also a hub for the distribution of beksul fruit where buyers and suppliers from all over the world reside.
Then, a phone call comes in from Yoon Sang-deok.
“Yes.”
Then, Yoon Sang-deok said in a voice like a long song.
-I… President?
“what happened?”
– A certain hunter has contacted a black market merchant. The hunter said he wanted to meet with the Black Tiger organization.
“Ohh?”
Are you coming directly to me now?
You don’t have to refuse.
The more guilds that belong to the organization, the better.
– But this is… .
However, Yoon Sang-deok has a troublesome voice.
“What are you doing?”
-I did some research on who he was… It was a defector. North Korean defector hunter.
I said with a surprised look.
“A North Korean defector hunter?”
-Yes, it belongs to the Panho Guild established by the Jang Pan-ho guild leader.
Originally, Panho Jang was trying to establish a guild called Free People’s Thing, but for the sake of an agreement with North Korea and the safe return of colleagues in the future, the name Panho Guild was named after Jang Pan-ho.
“Jang Pan-ho is the Black Tiger organization?”
– Yes, what do we do?
Jang Pan-ho, who had been helped by me, tried to make contact with the Black Tiger organization, which is known to be hostile to me.
I thought for a moment, then smiled and said.
“Please contact me. Because it seems like an interesting story will come out.”