Chapter 126 – She’s a First-Rate Mafia Boss.
In one corner of the table, she saw the executives listening quietly. She is wearing a tense expression while sweating like one.
“Executives can stop going.”
“Yes.”
Hearing Hergel’s order to celebrate, the officers sighed in relief and left their seats with light steps.
After the executives left, only me, my women, and Hergel were left in the room.
By the way, my girls include Germi, of course. It’s because I’ve finished marking the territory!
“Yes, I heard about the commotion last night. Kill all the traitors. I grabbed the officers.”
“Did you know?”
“I’ve been watching you from the moment you entered this city.”
“Then…”
“I was wondering how you would behave. I will believe You have what it takes to be a boss. Herendal was strong because she inherited the blood of a beastman, but her ears were thin and her hair was bad. She can lead her organization better than Herendal. I got you completely wrong.”
Her own son has become an asshole, and she shows no sign of anger. Rather, he shows interest in and liking for Germi.
With a family like this, I think Germi could understand why she wanted to kill her father as well.
This kind of thing. Not a family⋯!!! Kreuk!
“When are you going to start the successor class?”
“Class…?”
Germi made a puzzled expression at the sudden sound.
“Did you think you would take my place right away? The organization is great. You have a lot to learn. You proved your qualities by defeating Herendal, so I will pass on my everything to you.”
“There are things I need to sort out in Arpagon, so I’ll be back when I finish that.”
“Good night. One last question before we part. How do you plan to keep the executives in check?”
“⋯⋯I’m not sure of the point of your question.”
Hergel fiddled with his own tail.
“There’s no way their loyalty will last forever. If you show weakness and open up, they will always want your place. Even if they don’t do that, the one who succeeds in the position of a new executive will do.”
“Um…”
Hergel’s concerns are valid. He said nothing is permanent in this world. That is why the story of a knight who swears unchanging loyalty is sung, and the story of eternal and immortal love is heartbreaking.
Germi pondered over Hergel’s question. And she opened her mouth.
“I will continue to prove my abilities. I will show you that you can enjoy wealth and glory by expanding the organization and increasing the number of people who follow me.”
“Is it really possible?”
“Yes?”
At Hergel’s question, Germi tilted her head.
“Everything has an end. There are limits to the expansion of the organization. We are organized by human trafficking, brothels and drug trafficking. I didn’t know when I was growing the organization by taking over the back alleys with my youthful spirit, but now that I’ve grown older, I know. After all, we are parasites. I don’t make anything myself. Right now, the nobles don’t really want to catch us, but if we become a thorn in the slightest, they’ll use the knights to subdue us.”
“Then I will increase the power of the organization. If we get more young people and increase the size of the organization…”
Haha. I’m still too young Still, it was a better answer than Herendal.”
Hergel smiled broadly and drank the wine.
“Herendal’s answer was that he could defeat them all with his own strength. When she heard the story, she seriously wondered if she should give birth to her child.”
“It’s okay.”
“Did you not like this story? You’ll have to accept it though. If you are going to have children, find a good man. A strong, smart man. Herendal is… Well, Herendal’s mother wasn’t a very smart woman. Germi, your mother was a wise woman even though she was a bit weak.”
“Eww.”
Germi clenched her molars as if seeking displeasure.
What’s the conversation now? Therefore. Is it the story that Herendal and Germi’s mothers are different? Half siblings?
“There you are. The name is… Did you say Hanseong?”
“Yes.”
Hergel looked at me again. His piercing gaze caught his breath.
“Your body is good, but you don’t feel like you are very used to fighting. Looking at the coronation, I’m going to break my head.”
Am I the one who will be king? No, not this one
“You have a good eye.”
“If you want to sit here, you have to look closely at the faces of the guys below you. I’ll ask you once. What would you do? How are you going to keep the officers in check?”
Oh, that’s right. He is worried When the stakes of executives increase and their influence within the organization becomes stronger, they try to take control of the organization in reverse.
Perhaps, it was Hergel’s idea to increase the number of executives, not Herendal’s. It is to encourage discord among executives to split sides and fight.
“Ever since I set up the organization, I have met like-minded brothers and sisters, so I was able to not worry too much about their backs. But my children are different. I am very worried about handing over what I have achieved.”
“We will make them doubt each other and keep them in check.”
“Hmm?”
Hergel made a gesture that seemed to ask me to elaborate on my answer.
“The reason executives covet a higher position is when they get used to their position. It will happen when you feel bored and are not satisfied. When money and power build up and you want more, that will happen.”
“Yes.”
“Then you just have to make it difficult to maintain your position.”
“Are you going to make it difficult to maintain an executive position?”
“First, we demand constant performance. In order to maintain the executive position, the boss must pay a certain amount of bonuses every month. The guys’ barn keeps emptying, and the boss’s barn keeps filling up.”
Money is copied!
“Then there would be a lot of backlash?”
“So we make them fight each other. Those who cannot maintain their performance will take away the executive position and let other executives share the pie of the vacant position. Then, one or two greedy people will cause the executives to fight each other, and they will be in a hurry to protect their own rice bowls.”
Originally, what beggars at Seoul Station envy is not a successful CEO, but a king who sits in a good place. People, if they think they are different from themselves, they envy more realistically close things at a similar height than looking up at them.
“What if we join forces? What will we do if we try to fight together rather than check each other?”
I said it earlier. It’s called doubt and check. What has been explained so far is only about containment. What I am trying to explain now is doubt.
“Plant spies. And that’s how you do it.”
He stood up, put his hand on Natalya’s shoulder, and spoke as if acting.
“Higeueu, Mr. Hanseong…”
As he was about to fall into the smoke, Natalya blushed at him. Ma’am, that’s cute
“‘The only person I can trust is you. The other executives are hard to believe. So can you let me know if there’s a traitor? If you catch the traitor, I will give you the business rights of the traitor in recognition of your contribution.’ Like this.”
“Then, who are you going to select as an officer to be planted as a spy? If one of them betrays…”
“Not one person. I do this to all executives. You whisper to all the officers that you believe in them and tell them to find the traitor. Then the officers will light up their eyes and try to find the traitor.”
“Hmm…”
“And they do the same to the entourage of the executives.”
“To my entourage?”
“Yes. All current executives are stagnant water. Young guys will be quite dissatisfied. That’s why I’m telling the young guys who fall under the executives to watch closely to see if the executives betray them, as they did earlier. If you find out the circumstances of the betrayal, you promise to be a high-ranking officer. Since they are young, they will be able to communicate better than senior executives with thick bones. Boss believes in me! That will put a lot of strength on her shoulders.”
To make each other suspicious.
Hearing my words, Hergel admired.
“You are a snake-like man… Germi, a man should date someone like that. Are you two dating?”
“No. I’ll find my man myself. Can I stop going? I’ll be back when Arpagon’s affairs are sorted out.”
Germi answered briefly. Seeing that, Hergel smiled bitterly.
“You really look just like your mother. Good night. Stop her go Leave Herendal there.”
I followed Germi who got up and left the room. Even when she left the building, she didn’t look back once.
*****
“Are they siblings different from Herendal?”
“Uh.”
In her wobbly wagon, Germi gave a brief reply and turned her head away.
“Well, it seems to have turned out the way I wanted.”
Germi defeated Herendal and took over as her successor.
And we’ve escaped the Black Moon’s assassination threat.
But… There is still one step left.
One step is not enough!
I have to find a way to make Gerumi my woman!
She helped Germi a lot, so this should be enough to make her like her, but Germi is still wary of me.
Why?
