Chapter 206 – Family Business
Deep in thought, Trisian pondered for a while before raising his head again to look at me.
“How can I be sure you will keep your promise? How do you ensure that your organization won’t commit crimes if you catch the traitor?”
“I have a conscience too. I’m not asking you to trust me with my bare mouth. I will give you a present.”
“Gift?”
“At the top of the guard, there are those who have joined hands with the Black Moon. You wouldn’t know either. Are you actually under pressure from them?”
“Hmm…”
Trissian nodded his head rather heavily. She doesn’t say much because she has no clear evidence, but she knows she knows too. That the leadership of the guards had rotted as much as they could.
“If we catch the traitor, the Black Moon will hand over the list of the top officials receiving bribes. At the same time, I will hand over the identity of the traitor.”
“Really… ?”
Trisian looked at me with a stiff face. Her eyes are shaking. She’s almost gone. She just needs to seduce a little more.
“I don’t lie. How is it? The black moon will wash your hands clean from criminal activity, so there will be no more troublesome kidnapping cases, and you can also clean up the traitors who are eating the inside of the guard. It must be full of good work.”
“Don’t try to seduce me. I make the decision.”
Trissian cut me off in a huff and tapped the desk with her fingertips as if contemplating something. She’s still struggling I need to make them aware of how sweet the bait I put out is.
“Do you know what it means to hand over the list of top officials who take bribes?”
“It’s a good opportunity to clean up corruption in the guards.”
“Is that all? You should know that the reason the Black Moon has been able to escape your investigations so far is because of the inside information provided by its traitors. For us, that means abandoning our informants. Without an informant, the risk is high, so criminal acts can be deterred by force. This is a strong expression of our sincere desire to break away from criminal activity.”
Trissian stopped banging on his desk and clenched his fists.
“I don’t really like having to compromise, but… I’ll do whatever it takes to reduce crime in the city. Good night. Catch the homeless in the back alley. However, there are conditions.”
“What is it?”
“It is unacceptable to arbitrarily arrest innocent people. All actions in the back alley must be carried out in the presence of the guards.”
“Then what if we catch the homeless people who attacked the father-in-law?”
“We will deal with it according to the law. All you need is to secure evidence against the traitor anyway. Once the evidence is secured, the homeless will be taken care of by the guards.”
Doesn’t that mean private sanctions? It’s amazing that there can be such naive and old-fashioned people in this world.
“It’s unfortunate that we can’t deal with the homeless who harmed our father-in-law, but we can’t help it.”
“Anyway, the punishment for a highwayman is either slavery or execution. If you want revenge, shouldn’t you buy the enslaved people? They don’t even care about personal property, so I don’t care if they kill me or not after an affair.”
No matter how upright and upright a person is, he is a person in a world where a class system exists in the end. A slave is not a person.
This seems to be a difference in perception. There is a strange sense of distance in this place.
“Great. We are going to proceed immediately from tomorrow. Any problem?”
“Okay, let’s see it from the central road tomorrow morning.”
*****
After talking with Trisian, I left the guard and returned to the Black Moon where Germi and Thermia were waiting.
Germi greeted her with a wagging tail.
“Did you negotiate well?”
“Huh. We have decided to meet on the central road tomorrow.”
“Meet? With who?”
“Ah, that’s what you mean…”
After sinking deep into the sofa, he told me everything about the conversation he had with Trissian. After hearing my story, Germi curled up her tail and thought about her.
“You haven’t told the executives yet, have you?”
“Of course. I am thinking of how to deliver it.”
All that remains is to relay the contents of the conversation to the executives. Of course, you don’t have to be honest about everything. It should be appropriately colored. However, the story must be told that the organization must withdraw from criminal activity. Trician has been told that she will eradicate her crimes, so it will be difficult if the same crimes continue even after Johannes hands over her personal affairs to her.
How should I convey it?
If the kidnapping is stopped, there will be a problem with income right away.
Humans are creatures sensitive to self-harm, so there is a possibility that you will get a backlash if you say something like this, ‘Now that’s how it is, please stop committing crimes from now on.’
We need to think of a satisfactory alternative so that executives do not feel that they are losing money.
Natalya, who was next to her, tugged on her sleeve as she was wearing the same worried expression as Germi.
“Your complexion is not good. Are you feeling unwell?”
“Huh? No, I’m thinking about how to convey the contents of the conversation to the executives.”
“What about the conversation?”
“Huh. Those gentlemen have businesses, but kidnapping is one of their main sources of income.”
“Didn’t you say that if you kidnap them and return them to the organization, they will give you extra money?”
“That’s right. It was one of the sources of income for executives. Because I blocked one of my sources of income. There will be a backlash. You have to give it an alternative distance and suppress it.”
“How about linking it to the textile business?”
She listened to Thermia, who sat across from her and sipped her tea.
“Relationship, how?”
“I only thought about how to make things at the textile factory, but I haven’t decided where to sell them yet. So, why don’t you ask the executives to pick up customers?”
“A business partner… ?”
“Yes. When a transaction is concluded, a portion of the transaction amount is set aside as an introduction fee. Unlike kidnapping, there’s nothing dangerous…”
“I will give you a portion of the transaction amount…”
“Executives must have a wide network of people, so wouldn’t they find good business partners?”
“That’s not a bad way. However, if executives fail to win customers, inventory may remain. It would be nice if there were no stock left… Ah.”
A brilliant idea came to mind. I liked that there was no stock left, and I came up with a good way for executives to make money.
“Hehe, am I a genius after all?”
“Hansong?”
“I came up with a good method.”
“What is it?”
Germi looked at me with her tail on her back.
“If the factory makes fabric, it is sold to the executives.”
“Eh?”
“Do you sell to executives?”
My girls gave me a look of incomprehension.
“Yes, we are selling fabrics to executives. The executives mobilize their existing personal connections and manpower to sell the fabric to the best of their ability in various markets.”
A business method in which employees sell products and employees buy products from the company to other customers. Yes, it is multi-level. Executives can bake and boil as much as they want. Selling things to executives to extract profits.
Also i’m a genius
“Selling things to an organization’s executives, uhm… There is such a way…”
“Because it is difficult to break through new customers. Executives are always face-to-face, so it should be easy for us to sell.”
“Good. Now that we’ve decided on the plan, let’s go see the executives.”
I immediately left the office and headed to the room where the executives were gathered. Each one of them sitting in a chair reading a book or lying on a bed looks like watching the reservists gathered in the dormitory.
When they saw me entering the room, they stood up.
“You came earlier than expected!”
“Please don’t expect good news…”
“How did it go?”
All the executives looked at me with curious expressions. Johannes looks like he hopes the negotiations have broken down.
“First of all, the good news is that tomorrow morning we will hit the back alley where the homeless are gathered.”
“Excellent!”
“How did you convince the guards?! It couldn’t have been easy!”
“It’s time to show my skills properly!”
Executives shouted joy and sharpened their teeth in anger at the homeless. Johannes’ face, which had been black, turned white.
Stop whitewashing!
“I have one or two bad news.”
“Two… ?”
“What the hell is it?”
The officials are buzzing again. I don’t know how the heck these fluttering monkeys can sit in this high seat.
“First of all, the arrest of the homeless tomorrow should be carried out in the presence of the guards, and after the interrogation is over, the new recruits should be handed over to the guards. It means you can’t kill it.”
“Sorry…”
“Still, where can we catch it with our hands? The betrayer, the shit will ride by now. Dragging.”
“Second is? What is the second bad news?”
Johannes snatched the answer. He seems to want the story to be helpful to him, but it’s nothing.
“There were a lot of concessions in the process of persuading the guards. In the future, we, the Black Moon, must renounce criminal activity related to kidnapping.”
“What!”
“Are you saying you want to reduce your source of income!”
“Then who raises the cow?”
As expected, one line of money coming into the pocket immediately decreased, and the opposition of the executives intensified.
“Come on, calm down. So, we have prepared an alternative for you.”
“What?”
“As you all know, we are preparing a textile factory. A large amount of quality fabric can be spun out using the thread of the giant spider. But the problem is that the customer to sell it has not been decided.”
At my words, the executives are in awe.
“Are we really going to have to break through the business?”
“I’m the West Way’s short hair. I am confident of that.”
“Your business partners can do it for you. I will sell you the fabric.”
“Hmm?”
“Sold? To us?”
“Wasn’t it the role of breaking through the business partners?”
“Yes, I will sell you fabric. At first, we monopolize the trading rights, and if you open a business, we will give you a certain amount as an introduction fee. I thought about something like this, but since this is a one-time thing, it only fills our stomachs, and isn’t it a good way for the executives? Are we guys? Aren’t they one family!”
A family-like company. This is the business model I will pursue in the future. In the name of family, all sorts of unequal trades will be forced.
At the word family, the executives put on a satisfied expression without knowing anything.
“Am… It’s a family…”
“We are Nami!”
“Sure! We are family! So, I’ve been thinking about some good ways for you to make money permanently. I’m thinking about you like family again! Result of thinking! I thought it would be better to give you the fabric than to give you an introduction fee. I will sell the fabric to the executives. Everyone, to the best of your ability, sell fabrics using the personal connections you have built up over the years!”
“Is this earning as much as an individual’s ability… I am confident in my abilities.”
“Because the kidnapping had to be done while avoiding the eyes of the guards, there was a risk. But selling fabrics isn’t illegal, so there shouldn’t be a big problem… !”
“Am I finally able to run a sunny business!”
The executives are smiling broadly as if they are satisfied, and each one is thinking about the future of selling fabrics.
Sell a lot And buying more fabric.
The more you sell, the more money rolls into my pocket.
