Franchise God - Chapter 1234



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Franchise God Episode 1234

Chapter 285 Summer and Winter in the Archipelago (4)

The fish market, where outside access is prohibited, had live fish in the fish market to be sold for the remaining six days.

If we sell all of this today, we will have to close the mart and not be able to do business for six days until the next batch of seafood comes in.

The mart branch manager knew very well how bad this was.

A large supermarket that hasn’t opened its doors for six days.

Perhaps people passing by might misunderstand and think that the mart has gone out of business.

For B2C hypermarkets, the most important thing is to appeal to consumers that they are ‘open all the time.’

“Open all the windows!”

“We’re selling all the remaining seafood today! Get them to the store right away!”

“Take all the mackerels out of the fish tank, not leaving a single one behind!”

Even so, it’s only 360kg of seafood.

It is woefully inadequate to quench the thirst of so many consumers.

To begin with, the amount of goods brought in is very small compared to the size of the mart.

At least several dozen times this amount will have to be imported.

‘No. Given Japan’s current fish situation, even if we import tens, if not hundreds, of times the amount, it won’t be enough.’

Only 60kg per day. Isn’t that an absurdly small amount?

The face of the branch manager looking at the seafood coming out of the fish market was very dark.

“It’s a fish! It’s a fish!”

“Get out of my way! I haven’t bought a single one yet! You bought a bag, so get out of my way!”

“What are you talking about! I waited in line all night to get in! I’m going to buy as much as I want and then leave!”

“No, if you’ve bought enough fish to your satisfaction, you should know how to compromise with others! Isn’t that what the Japanese, a nation of order and compromise, should do?”

“You’re a non-citizen, aren’t you? You’re not Japanese, are you?”

In the midst of the chaos, the fish that were taken out with great difficulty rotted away in an instant.

Naturally, the guests were not satisfied.

Even if we say that the total fish is 420kg, how much is that per person?

There were still a lot more guests waiting outside, holding on in anticipation.

-I will give you some guidance.

Ha Su-young’s cheerful voice flowed out of the speaker.

– All the seafood that our mart had prepared has run out. All the fish tanks in our mart are now empty. So, we are very sorry for the customers who have come to visit us, but we earnestly ask you to come back in a week.

“A week later! How am I supposed to wait until then?”

-We will try our best to coordinate the procurement so that we can sell 120kg per day starting from a week later. Thank you.

In the end, the guests had to leave with a sense of regret and emptiness.

Although the seafood mart was closed, customers who had tasted the fish often passed by the seafood mart and wondered if it was open.

The same thing happened at 11 other seafood marts outside of the Tokyo branch.

A week later,

Tokyo Mart put 120kg of the product on sale, but it sold out as soon as it opened.

Based on the experience they had already learned, the guests began to protest en masse.

“Oh, you’ve been waiting since dawn! How can you send a person like that away without selling even a single fish?”

“I know there are a lot of fish in the fishing boat! Just let them out today!”

“Do you know how much pain I’ve been in waiting these past six days?”

This time, Ha Soo-young readily ordered all the seafood stored in the fish market to be sold. Of course, this time, it was not Japan but Korea that was watching. Instead, the Tokyo Mart placed a robot Ha Soo-young.

Once again, the week’s supply of fish was sold out, the buyers went home happy and satisfied, while the overwhelming majority of unsuccessful buyers returned home with heavy hearts.

And then the fish arrival day came again.

A group of people had been waiting at the mart for two days, pitching tents.

“You can’t miss the fish.”

“Chicks! I haven’t bought a single one in a while! This time, I’ll definitely buy a bunch and go back!”

“I can’t take it away anymore.”

The scramble to buy fish has degenerated into a cut-throat competition among buyers.

Since the market was only open once a week, the discounts were even more severe.

If they had sold a little bit every day, there would have been no need to set up a tent and wait two days in advance.

In some places, people even started pitching tents three days in advance.

***

As things turned out, the Japanese government even made a polite request to Ha Su-yeong through Toyokuni.

-The Japanese government’s cautious request is that the fish be sold in installments over the course of a week rather than all at once on the first day.

“Well, I know what you mean. But when I tried to sell the fish by dividing it up, the customers who had taken over the store made a fuss and demanded that I take it all if they offered money, so I had no choice.”

-… … The social chaos is extreme because of people who are pitching tents and lining up two or three days in advance at each seafood market to buy fish.

The seafood mart is located in a fairly busy area.

Because long lines stand in front of it for two or three days, taking up space, ordinary pedestrians walking along the sidewalk are bound to experience great inconvenience.

In many ways, unnecessary social losses were occurring.

– Another request from the Japanese government was whether the supply of fish could be increased further.

“It’s not like you can rapidly increase the amount of fish shipped from aquaculture farms in such a short period of time. Fish are not products made in factories, but living organisms that are raised in aquaculture farms from eggs hatching. It takes a lot of time to increase the amount shipped.”

-There is no need to necessarily adjust the selling price to the Korean market price. It is okay for the swimming pool to enjoy the maximum margin it can. Isn’t that the capitalist market order?

“Did the Japanese government really say that? That it doesn’t matter if the fish that goes on its people’s tables is sold for tens or hundreds of times the price?”

-The Japanese government has already abandoned supervision and management of the black fish market.

“But if the price of fish skyrockets in the public distribution line, it will not be easy for it to go down again even if the ocean revives later. Isn’t Japan the country that loves fish dishes the most in the world and eats fish as a staple food?”

-The Japanese government is even more concerned about the current queue situation. They are afraid that it might turn into a riot.

Large numbers of people gather periodically every day to wait in line.

They are competitors, of course, but at the same time, they are also colleagues who share the same frustrations.

The moment they realize this, they will start to lament why the world is like this, and that dissatisfaction could easily lead to riots or protests against the government.

The Japanese government is concerned about that.

“Hmm, then there is a condition instead.”

-Please speak. My role is only to convey the message.

The role of bridge connecting Ha Soo-young and the Japanese government belongs to former Prime Minister Hisataro.

Toyokuni merely acts as Hisataro’s right-hand man.

All you have to do is just pass the word on. It is the Japanese government that makes the decision.

“I will try to increase the quantity as much as possible. However, the price will inevitably skyrocket. I have to think about profit.”

In the first place, the seafood mart was a small gift that Ha Su-yeong had prepared for Prime Minister Hisataro.

Supplying a small amount of fish to Japan and allowing Prime Minister Hisataro to gain praise.

The Japanese government knew this.

-That’s a natural result.

“But what if you make so much money? A lot of it will go to taxes.”

-Okay, I will make sure to convey that clearly to the Japanese government. Is there anything else you would like to add?

“Please eliminate not only income tax but also all taxes levied on the sale of seafood at seafood marts. I will also politely decline consumption tax.”

-I think the Japanese government will accept it anyway. If a consumption tax is added to an already expensive item, the Japanese people won’t be able to afford it.

And then, after a while, a reply came, incredibly fast for such a stuffy bureaucracy.

The Prime Minister’s emergency administrative order included exempting all taxes on fishery products.

“The grain market, the labor market, and now even the fish market are just wide open. Okay, let’s get into it.”

Ha Su-yeong, who had acquired the legal weapon of duty-free privileges, set sail on the large fish transport ship he had prepared.

“Japan has captured all three markets it absolutely must not give up.”

“General Nari, are you watching? The transport ship that inherited the fighting spirit that General Nari used to create the legendary victory with 12 ships is now departing to take over the dining tables of all of Japan.”

“How much supply will you maintain?”

“We supply just enough to meet the Japanese people’s original fish consumption of 5%. That way, even if we sell it at a high price, there will be people who proudly buy it and eat it.”

Paying a high price for something that everyone wants but no one can have satisfies the human desire to be superior to others.

A quantity that is only 5% of the average annual consumption will make the price that has increased dozens of times more something to be proud of and admired.

“Now the black market has come into the open.”

“I didn’t mean to, but that’s how it turned out.”

***

The northernmost defense line of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces is not the Military Demarcation Line, but exists north of Pyongyang.

The de facto border area between North Korea and China is the northernmost defense line of the South Korean military.

The ceasefire line had been completely dismantled, and mine-clearing operations were in full swing in the DMZ.

No soldiers were involved in the mine search operation.

Hundreds of Android Freedoms have been working tirelessly to detect mines around the clock, and so far, not a single casualty has been reported.

Because we didn’t deploy any humans in the dangerous search.

Thanks to these measures, the Army soldiers felt great gratitude and respect for the Navy officer Ha Su-yeong.

Army officers also largely agreed with that point.

“If it weren’t for the Admiral, there would have been dozens of casualties already. I heard there were countless wooden mines floating in the water.”

“But how are the androids so good at detecting mines? They can even detect wooden mines that don’t go through metal detectors, so it’s no ordinary feat.”

“Well, I guess Congressman Rohan has created some kind of incredible scanning system. In an era where you can get to Mars in 20 days, how difficult would it be to search for landmines?”

Near the virtual border between North Korea and China, the Army field forces were encamped, and near Kaesong, farming and development of farmland and pasture land were actively underway.

Prime Construction Group was completely tearing down the entire urban infrastructure of Pyongyang and Kaesong and rebuilding it from the ground up.

In order to achieve speed, efficiency, and employment effects at the same time, Prime Construction spared no expense in investing in expensive heavy equipment and employed an excessive number of local workers.

Ironically, the Chinese people did not like fish very much.

Every time they distribute food, there is always a large amount of fish left over and thrown away. It is a sight that would make the Japanese shed tears of blood if they saw it.

The Chinese people worked for and interacted with the workers from Prime Construction and the soldiers dispatched to maintain public order, and they absorbed the luxurious South Korean food culture that they had never experienced in their lives at an explosive pace.

It’s pork belly with lettuce wrap.