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What single-minded trading did was very simple.
Importing snow white fruit from guilds or powers in countries where the supply is excessive due to lack of consumption power and supplying them to countries in need.
At first glance, you might think that it would be beneficial to just import directly, but trade between countries was not that simple.
Especially illegal items such as snow white fruit.
First, there was the problem of supply.
In most producing countries, everything from quality to quality is Jung-gu heating, and production is inconsistent because it is not a structure monopolized by one power.
Of course, if you trade directly with that country, the price fluctuates greatly.
On the other hand, single-minded trade is stable with little price fluctuations because snow white fruits from all over the world are gathered.
Customs clearance was also an issue.
Even if the producing country and the importing country make a deal, they have to go through two inspections, once upon exit and once upon entry.
Both sides have their own ways to evade inspections, but if they get confiscated, things get tangled.
There are more than one or two things to consider, such as whose fault is the biggest, future plans, etc.
But one-hearted trade was different.
It was because they only paid money to buy confirmed quantities that had already been cleared and brought to North Korea, and then packaged them in the form they wanted and sent them back.
If you are going through a third country, go to a third country.
As for the packaging method, if there is a method you want, we make it the way you want and send it to you.
How convenient is it to buy one that has already solved one of the two gateways that one-hearted trade creates in direct trading?
They just need to take care of themselves.
Although the price is higher than direct sales, it is bound to be far superior to both supply and stability.
Crucially, due to the characteristics of the snow white fruit, the volume is so small compared to the transaction price, it is inefficient to trade between countries.
It is for this reason that base airports are located in places with a small floating population centering on hub airports, and that all products are divided into retail and wholesale.
The price advantage is that it is much more efficient and stable even if it is weak.
Onesim Trading was the hub and wholesaler of the global snow white market.
An exporting country can only sell to one heart trade without worrying about sales channels, and if an importing country needs a product, simply place an order in one heart trade and that’s it.
Thus, under the special characteristics of a special trade zone and the protection of Jang Pan-ho, the single-minded trade has become more and more firmly established as the central axis of the white snow fruit market.
* * *
“Trading volume is booming.”
As the market for snow white fruit, which had been blocked due to the logistical cutoff between countries because it is an illegal product, is opened through one-hearted trade, the supply and demand are rapidly balanced and the transaction volume soars.
Hue is the goat
Guilds, like Ghana, who adhered to the ultra-high price policy due to lack of consumption power, strive to make one more by maximizing production when there is a clear market for single-minded trade.
Yoon Sang-deok said with a smirk.
“Really, just looking at the ledger makes me hungry.”
I see the biggest benefit, but Yoon Sang-deok also has a huge amount of money as my agent.
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Maybe Yoon Sang-deok is the happiest person after me.
“I’m going too.”
It has been a long time since the income of the shades exceeded the income of the shades, but now it is far beyond the level.
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Money is accumulating at an unimaginable rate.
Of course, the money earned in the shade cannot be used in the bright field, but I wonder what the meaning of it is when it is about this size.
Even with the money I earned in Yangji, I am earning enough to listen to the president.
“Please stab Pan-ho Jang. Wouldn’t it cost a lot of money to hold a position? When the profits are shared, everyone is on the same side.”
“All right.”
“Give it to the military as well.”
Leaving a country where illegals coexist and turning it into a country where it must be illegal.
Wouldn’t it be much better than North Korea, which is in a deadly state?
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“This is just the beginning.”
Just as the black market grew by dealing with other goods centering on the snow white fruit, so does the one-hearted trade.
It is reborn as a true black market by handling all kinds of illegal goods through the secured logistics network.
If that happens, a bigger market than it is now will be completed.
“Our target is the world. Be mindful.”
* * *
Taeho Trading Co., Ltd. is a mid-sized general trading company with annual sales of 300 billion won, but at the same time, it was a well-known company with all kinds of notoriety.
Taeho Products has grown by dealing with anything that makes money, such as importing fake Chinese goods and making huge profits.
For Taeho Products, North Korea’s special trade zone, Haeju Port, was another leap forward.
They sell poor quality goods to North Korea at high prices, and sell North Korean goods to South Korea by decorating them as if they were products of a mysterious nature.
If you add to this the clever business method that Taeho Trading has built up over the years, it would be nothing more than playing around with North Korean companies that are relatively clean in trade with other countries in the palm of your hand.
Thus, Taeho Trading entered Haeju Port under the leadership of Chairman Shin Tae-ho.
However.
“Have you investigated?”
At Shin Tae-ho’s words, a subordinate shook his head and said.
“I’ve done research, but there’s not much performance and I can’t figure out what the company is doing.”
Shin Tae-ho frowned and said.
“It’s just a small company. Just on that topic… .”
one heart trade.
Obviously, something is constantly being imported and exported, but the amount is small and the size of the company is insignificant.
Up to this point, I thought it would be just one of the many resident companies, but the One-Sim Trading bothered Shin Tae-ho in various ways.
First of all, there was a problem with the occupancy building.
The newest and largest building in Haeju Port.
The building that Shin Tae-ho was greedy for was taken over by One-Sim Trading.
Thanks to this, Taeho Mulsan was able to enter an old and shabby building nearby.
“If this is the case, what will my face be?”
Appearance is the most important thing in order to play tricks on others skillfully.
It has to be plausible to see, because it is easy for others to believe it.
However, it has been misplaced from the first button.
The problem wasn’t just this.
“Besides, why are their screening and inspection so fast?”
As North Korea is bound by various sanctions, it goes through fairly strict procedures when goods are exported from North Korea.
However, for some reason, the speed of single-minded trade is not even comparable to that of Taiho Products.
Even though Taiho Trading started first, there were many cases where the items of one-hearted trade that were applied for later were passed first.
Even if it is not, it is frustrating that Haeju Port is small and the shipping speed is slow, but the goods of Onesim Trading, which have completed the examination first, are shipped first, and the goods of other companies and Taeho Products are pushed back.
It was the first time for Taeho Trading, which had somehow been one step ahead of other companies, whether using a bribe or a mean move.
“Aren’t they supposed to be related to the North Korean government?”
Nevertheless, the reason Shin Tae-ho stayed still was that this was North Korea.
This is the place where all kinds of emergency ceremonies are carried out casually.
If one-hearted trade is related to the North Korean government, touching it for nothing can cause serious problems.
“It doesn’t seem like that.”
“okay?”
“The representative is Choi Dong-bin, who just retired from playing sports in Korea. It has no contact with North Korea. I think we may have bought some of the traders.”
Shin Tae-ho said with an absurd expression.
“It’s the first time I’ve been pushed through life like this again.”
“What should I do. President.”
Shin Tae-ho said with a smirk.
“Can you do this once or twice? If they’re buying the rep, we’ll just have to buy the higher-ups.”
* * *
“Come on, take it.”
Shin Tae-ho said, pouring alcohol to a North Korean man.
“The finest wines from France.”
Shin Tae-ho, who has dealt with people with countless hospitality, was truly a specialist in the lobby.
Shin Tae-ho, who catches exactly what the opponent wants and aims for a gap.
If the opponent is an impenetrable iron wall, such as attacking the opponent’s family, Shin Tae-ho was so arrogant that even a famous high priest himself would not be able to survive without receiving my money.
So, in that sense, the finest French wine prepared today was like a picture cake popped out in front of a North Korean official who had been cut off from the outside world.
The man said with his eyes shining.
“Is this the French fruit wine you’ve only heard of?”
“That’s right.”
Shin Tae-ho said, shaking his wine glass slightly.
“It’s a drink that you drink while sipping on its aroma after turning it around like this.”
“Ohh!”
Said the man with a sip of wine.
“Well, I hope it’s soft. Thank you, Comrade Chairman.”
“haha. You say everything, chief.”
The special trade zone was directly managed by the head of North Korea’s international affairs department.
And in front of Shin Tae-ho, the deputy director of the international department is in fact the second person in the special zone, just below the head of the department.
‘It’s different from the people in charge.’
There were not just one or two benefits of buying only the deputy director in front of them.
Not only making it easier to purchase North Korean goods, but also creating gaps in the customs clearance process.
‘I will weave it properly.’
Shin Tae-ho, who made a lot of effort to meet with the high-ranking deputy chief.
Now it was the turn to bear fruit.
“I prepared another bottle of the same thing. Take this and eat it… I want to tell you.”
Shin Tae-ho said in a whisper.
“It would be better to just keep it. It’s a limited edition, so if you leave it alone, the price will go up.”
Then the conductor looked at Shin Tae-ho and said,
“I am not giving this as a ball… What do you want?”
Then Shin Tae-ho said with a bright smile.
“I don’t want anything.”
At first, the principle of Shin Tae-ho is to make it feel lightly and simply as a favor.
“It’s a gift I’m giving you just to get along.”
“Hmm… .”
Shin Tae-ho said with a fierce expression.
“I’m not a little ambitious enough to ask you to do this or that after giving me this kind of thing.”
Even so, Shin Tae-ho implicitly hints that if he helps him, he will do great things.
In the end, the deputy chief, who was worried, said as he received Shin Tae-ho’s gift of wine.
“Once then, thank you.”
It’s hard to start. Once it starts, no one can stop it, the very nature of bribes.
‘great.’
It makes business in North Korea easier by persuading the deputy chief.
At that time, Shin Tae-ho’s mind was one-hearted trade.
‘I want to take their buildings too… Give it a try?’
But it bothers me that one-hearted trade shows too little on the surface.
In Shin Tae-ho’s experience, most companies with this little information had something wrong behind them.
“By the way, Chief.”
“Tell me.”
“Are you aware of single-minded trade?”
“One heart trade?”
After thinking about it for a while, the manager said.
“I think I heard… Aren’t you one of the tenants?”
Shin Tae-ho confirmed that the deputy manager had nothing to do with the one-hearted trade in response to the previous question.
Then there are two answers.
‘It’s either they really bought a few people in charge, or they’re being protected by high-ranking officials so high that the manager can’t even look at them.’
But the latter makes no sense.
There was no exchange with North Korea, let alone the special zone, so it makes sense to say that a small Korean company is buying a high-ranking person out of the blue.
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Moreover, if you are a deputy head of a ministry, you are a deputy minister in Korea.
It is said that there are only ministers at the ministerial level and high-ranking officials of the party.
‘for a moment… Did Captain Jang Pan-ho stay in Korea for a while? That’s when I met… hey, that’s nonsense. I’ve only been in Korea for less than a year.’
In the end, Shin Tae-ho decided that One Mind Trading was a small company that was lucky enough to buy a few people in charge.
‘You have to be careful though. Because you don’t know what people are doing.’
There’s no need to rush
Just say a few words as if passing by the conductor and you’re done.
“you’re right. But the company was amazing.”
“What do you mean?”
“We put in the screening first, but most of the cases are passed first. Do you have any tricks to get through the exam faster? If there is such a thing, please let me know. haha.”
Shin Tae-ho speaks as if he doesn’t know anything.
Then the conductor said with a firm expression.
“Is that true?”
“uh… Did I make a mistake?”
“Are the bastards of Ganna putting their dirty hands on the work that the chief comrade puts so much effort into?”
Seeing the deputy chief’s reaction, Shin Tae-ho thought.
‘done.’
The special zone was a project that Pan-ho Jang put his heart and soul into after negotiating with the United States.
Now, the deputy chief will take care of investigating the persons in charge of single-minded trade, and in the process, if it is revealed that one-hearted trade had paid a bribe, it was clear that one-sim trade would be kicked out of the building.
Even if at least one of the high-ranking North Koreans is involved, Shin Tae-ho is nothing dangerous, as he only said a few words to the deputy chief, saying it was strange.
Shin Tae-ho suggested a drink from the conductor and said.
“Come on, calm down and have a drink. There is no rush, is there?”
* * *
The next day, the deputy chief called the person in charge of inspecting the trade goods to the office and shouted.
“Did you ever get money back from Onesim Trading?”
The manager said with a pale, tired expression.
“Hey, what are you talking about?!”
“I know everything and sang it, so say it right!!”
Then the officer knelt down and said,
“Sin, I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!”
The person in charge who said Lee Shiljik without even saying a few words.
He said everything so easily that the conductor was rather embarrassed.
“I really got it?”
“I had no choice but to give it to you even though I was so ejaculated that I didn’t accept it. Comrade Deputy Chief, please forgive me just once!”
“I don’t get it… Did you ejaculate?”
The deputy chief felt that something was out of context with the person in charge.
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“I said that if I refused any more, I would be saddened, so I had no choice!! really wear it!! I really didn’t want to get it either… .”
A person in charge who expresses it as if one-hearted trade is a bargain.
“No, if you don’t get it, you don’t get it. Why do you stress that it’s so important that you don’t feel sad?”
Then, the person in charge looked up at the manager as if he felt something strange.
“Aren’t you angry that I took money from them now?”
“He… field?”
Said the conductor, feeling something unusual.
“What the hell is that?”
“Aren’t you angry with Comrade General Jang for taking money from the one-hearted traders who are looking after you!?”
The conductor said in surprise.
“Comrade Captain Jang!?”
In fact, although the deputy minister is at the level of a South Korean deputy minister, the power of the deputy minister of South Korea and the deputy minister of North Korea is completely different.
Unlike the ministers and vice-ministers who carry out practical tasks, North Korea, where the party monopolized everything, virtually managed all internal affairs within the party, and each government department was practically close to the party’s sub-organizations that received and executed such instructions from the party.
Even the head of the international department and the boss of the deputy chief had a power that was inferior to the heels of the members of the party.
Then, after Pan-ho Jang started a revolution and seized power, he pushed the cabinet to keep the party in check, and now it has reached a level that can only be beaten.
In a nutshell, it meant that the cabinet to which the deputy chief belonged had real power, such as taking charge of the special zone, thanks to Jang Pan-ho’s dominance.
But was such a Pan-ho Jang behind one-hearted trade?
“You, you, who the hell did you hear about that?!”
“Dae, I was called directly by the commander-in-chief comrade. With the manager… Of course, I said this knowing that the deputy commander knew it too, but what the hell is going on with this!?”
* * *
“Taeho products?”
Yoon Sang-deok nodded at my words and said.
“Yes.”
As soon as he heard Pan-ho Jang’s name, he went to the manager and knelt down and confessed everything.
The deputy chief claimed that he had no intention of interfering with Jang Pan-ho’s work, and that it was all the fault of Tae-ho Shin, chairman of Taeho Corporation.
The deputy general manager, saying that it happened because he gave him strange information that the one-hearted trade was suspicious, and shifted all the responsibility to Taeho Trading.
“What are these guys that show up all of a sudden and bother you?”
“They were quite famous.”
I said with a look of interest.
“okay?”
“Yes. They did everything from deceiving the country of origin, changing the brand, importing fakes, etc. It is also quite large.”
“Then why did they target single-minded trade? Did you really smell something?”
Yoon Sang-deok shook his head and said.
“I don’t know either. Of course, the single-minded trade passed the inspection quickly and benefited quite a bit, but there is no direct connection with the Taiho product. .”
I thought for a while and said.
“Learn more. The conductor may have lied.”
“I will instruct you that way.”
The deputy chief wouldn’t have mentioned the Taeho product for no reason, so it must have something to do with it.
But I don’t know if it’s just a poke or a real smell.
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Maybe it’s all a lie from the conductor.
However.
“It’s a Taeho product… .”
A group of highly trained trade experts in expediency, if not illegal.
Although snow white fruit is the mainstay, one-hearted trade is still performing legally on the surface.
The problem is that although Dongbin Choi and the merchants are experts in snow white fruit, they have never done a proper job on trade.
Thanks to you, I heard that you are having a pretty hard time with trade.
In such a situation, it would be of great help to Taeho Products, which has grown through all sorts of expedient trades, from counterfeit goods to brand change.
“A medium-sized company about the size of Taiho Corporation must have branches in various countries, right?”
“Perhaps it will.”
It would be even easier if the snow white fruit was hidden in the size of a Taiho product.
“I like it quite a bit.”
A company that doesn’t care about anything that makes money.
A company that does not hesitate to take bribes.
Should I say that it is my backwards compatibility feeling limited to the trading industry?
Anyway, I don’t know the exact circumstances, so there’s only one thing for sure.
That this has sparked my interest.
And that interest is highly likely to return negatively to Taeho Corporation.
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“Please do a more detailed investigation of Taeho Products. Everything from weaknesses to core businesses and governance structures.”