Franchise God - Chapter 1259



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Franchise God Episode 1259

Chapter 289 Volcanic Eruption (4)

Thanks to Ha Su-yeong’s presence at the Tokyo Fisheries Center, franchise owners were able to muster up the courage to come to Japan.

Although not all of the 100,000+ franchise owners came, many of them left their stores with their families and came to Japan.

In Japan, where the electricity, water, and gas networks were severely damaged, less than 1% of businesses were able to properly operate a restaurant business.

If any one of those three is cut off, it’s obvious that you won’t be able to do business.

The food truck that transported food from Suyeong Farm to Queen Stallion has been a great help in supplying meals in Japan.

If there were no food trucks, the Japanese would have to chew on raw rice sold at swimming farms.

Currently, more than 60% of ordinary households do not have proper electricity or gas supply.

“This is truly a national disaster of unprecedented scale. Was it like this during the Korean War?”

“Make a reasonable comparison. Back then, a lot of people were dying and the whole country was scorched earth. And there was no money.

“Japan is not in that situation right now.”

“ah.”

“During the Korean War, Japan served as a logistics base and sucked out so much honey. Let’s take this opportunity to get some honey and suck it out properly.”

The food truck sold its menu at very high prices, following Ha Soo-young’s recommendation.

In Korea, kimchi stew that costs 8,000 won was sold for 19,000 won, and a menu that costs 5,000 won was sold for 16,000 won.

Still, business was good.

This is because the Japanese government provided food support to support the people. If they hadn’t done that, the people would have starved right away.

“But why do you always use cash? Managing money is a hassle.”

“Japan originally preferred cash. That’s why card use is not as widespread as in our country.”

“Is there a reason?”

“In the past, when the national treasury was in trouble, they seized all the bank deposits of all citizens. Even before the seization, the deposits of high-ranking officials were all embezzled. That’s why people don’t trust their bank deposits. They think the government can take them back at any time.”

“Today, Admiral Yi Sun-sin has once again won a victory against the Japanese pirates.”

The food truck was so busy that it couldn’t run without Android Freedom’s support.

The Ha Su-young franchise owners who had been hesitant about entering the Japanese market also heard the story belatedly and began to hope to enter the Japanese market.

[Come to Blue Ocean.]

[Japan is now an empty no man’s land. Everything that is boiled, cooked, or stir-fried is sold.]

[The swimming group provides food trucks to franchisees at reasonable prices.]

Ha Soo-young did not receive any transportation costs for the Queen Stallion, but only received the rental fee for the truck. Since it was faked as solar power generation, wireless electricity was also provided for free.

Ordinary self-employed business owners who had seen the total sales figures for food trucks also wanted to rent food trucks and enter the Japanese market later.

However, since franchise owners affiliated with Ha Su-young had priority, ordinary self-employed business owners were unable to advance into Japan even if they wanted to.

***

“Master, more than 90% of Kyushu’s population has fled.”

“Really? There’s still about 10% left?”

“And the Chugoku region and Shikoku Island are also more than 80% empty. The situation has moved toward Kansai.”

Three regions, including the two provinces immediately to the right of Kyushu Island, were emptied at a rapid rate.

This is because Ha Su-young did not place food trucks in the Kyushu, Chugoku, and Shikoku regions.

People mistakenly believe that only Kyushu has no food trucks, but in reality, none of the three regions have any trucks.

“As the Master intended, the population movement in Kyushu is currently the fastest among the three.”

“The problem of people having a living is big. Why would I stay here when there’s nothing to eat right now?”

Prime Minister Hisataro will help push the recovery and support work in Kyushu to the lowest priority, as per his secret agreement with Ha Su-yeong.

Kyushu becomes the most difficult place to live in Japan and a land that people avoid.

Then Ha Su-yeong can buy more land.

In the future, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to buy up all of Kyushu.

“The problem is money.”

Even if it is an abandoned land, it would cost an astronomical amount of money to buy all that vast land.

That’s a lot of money, even considering falling land prices.

“We should also work hard to help Japan’s recovery efforts.”

“The Japanese government has sent a conscription notice to major Japanese companies that use Android Freedom. The intention is to use Android Freedom to expedite the recovery project.”

“What? That won’t work. Android is my property.”

“Shall I withdraw?”

“But if we withdraw right away, these narrow-minded kids will get upset. We can’t help it. Let’s meet with the person with the decision-making power and talk it over.”

“Yes, I will make room.”

Thus, Ha Su-yeong met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Kuriu Ichi through the arrangement of Chairman Toyota.

From the first time they met, Deputy Minister Guriwoo bowed and showed a humble attitude in front of Ha Su-young.

“Sir, I heard that you have issued an order to Japanese companies to acquire Android Freedom.”

“It was an inevitable measure to urgently restore Japan’s damaged electricity, water, gas, and road networks….”

“Working outside the factory is dangerous, wears out more and faster, and depreciates less. I disagree.”

“What should we do? Our country, Japan, is in dire need of urgent recovery work right now.”

“You just have to pay enough money.”

“If you have enough money…….”

“We will charge a rental fee for one heavy equipment unit for every five Android Freedoms. At this rate, we are truly lending at a loss.”

Is there a greater lie than that of a merchant who sells at a loss?

“We can easily accept that. Instead, we ask the companies to cooperate so that we can commandeer all Android Freedoms. If the companies don’t give us Android Freedoms, we won’t know. We don’t have enough administrative power to go that far.”

“Yes, I will speak to the rental companies.”

“thank you.”

“And speaking of food trucks. You’re not planning on collecting taxes on them, are you?”

The deputy minister’s face became tense.

Since the income is generated on Japanese soil, the Japanese government naturally has the authority to impose taxes.

But this merchant farmer will never show any consideration for Japan’s dire circumstances and will be scooping up every last drop.

“I believe that the principle of taxation is a treaty that must be observed regardless of country or region under international law.”

“But this is an emergency situation. Without food trucks, Japanese people cannot enjoy proper meals, so adding taxes to this is too much.”

“…….”

When Ha Soo-young pressed hard, the deputy minister was unable to refute right away and just swallowed his breath.

If you fight with logic, I am confident that you will not be pushed back.

But if the opponent uses the logic of power, there is no way to deal with it.

“How much invisible money do you think goes into running a food truck fleet?”

“If you say invisible money…?”

“How much do you think the Queen Stallion helicopter transport would cost? And how much electricity do you think the food truck would consume?”

“…….”

“I don’t charge the store owners separately because I’m a solar power plant owner. Should I just collect the transportation and electricity costs? Do you know what happens then?”

“Well, I don’t know. What happens?”

“All those people are in deficit, in deficit.”

“…….”

“Of course, the owners will throw up their hands and return to Korea, saying they will not run the food truck business. I will also take back all the food trucks because I no longer have a reason to run them. Is that the outcome you want?”

The deputy minister was cornered and ended up saying something he shouldn’t have.

“Well, if that’s the case, then if you could rent a food truck to our Japanese people……”

“Why me?”

“…….”

“Now, decide. What are you going to do about the taxes? Are you going to collect them anyway?”

That is truly a one-sided move.

The moment the tax is declared, Ha Su-yeong is said to have made the store owners shoulder both the truck transportation costs and electricity bills.

Then, since there will be a deficit based on operating expenses, Japan cannot impose income tax in addition to consumption tax. Shouldn’t income tax be imposed only if there is a profit?

Naturally, the store owners do not need to do business at a loss, so they all return to Korea, and the same goes for the trucks.

The platform that provided proper meals to the Japanese people is completely disappearing.

“Oh, that’s right. I’ve gone to all this trouble for Japan, but Japan won’t give up even a little bit of its own interests. Then I can’t give up what I’ve spent. I’ll take all the airfare and solar power costs.”

“I will return to the headquarters and discuss this properly before returning.”

“No, you can’t. Decide here and now. Otherwise, I will make the owners pay for my sunken money fairly.”

“Ha, Chairman Ha Su-young.”

“Decide here. Yes or No.”

Unable to withstand Ha Soo-young’s repeated pressure, the deputy minister eventually closed his eyes tightly.

“Y, Yes!”

“Good. Now, when you return to the main office, try to persuade the minister and get the results you want. A meeting is basically about deciding the results in advance and then fitting in the reasons, right?”

The deputy minister returned home, feeling fortunate to have finally obtained the Android Freedom Requisition Voucher at a reasonable price.

***

As soon as the deputy minister disappeared, President Toyota, who had been holding back his words, opened his mouth.

“Mr. Chairman, are you really going to do as you promised to the Vice Minister? Android Freedom is very important to our Toyota recovery efforts right now. I don’t want to give up even a single unit.”

“From the beginning, my robot dispatch business partners were Japanese companies, including Toyota. Not the Japanese government.”

At those words, President Toyota’s face brightened somewhat.

“I won’t say anything to the robot dispatch center, including Toyota. I won’t pressure you. Just do what’s best for your company.”

“Thank you. In fact, we knew that we had no choice but to give up a certain amount of Android freedom since the government was acting like that. However, we also need Androids for the recovery project, so it was absurd that they asked us to give them all up.”

“How can the descendants of those who scraped everything, even brass chopsticks, to make cannons make proper administrative decisions? To be honest, the reason Japan developed this much after its defeat in the war was not because of good politicians, but because the United States gave it a lot of work as a logistics base.”

“…….”

The Toyota president kept his mouth shut because it sounded like he was criticizing Toyota too.

At first glance, it sounds like it was said to criticize cabinet politicians, but if you think about it again, it also seems like it is criticizing both businesses and the public.

“I have no desire to exploit the disaster situation in Japan to the point of bursting at the seams. I just need to do well in the food and beverage business. I’ll buy some land as well.”

***

Ha Su-yeong worked hard to purchase land in Kyushu.

It wasn’t difficult to buy land in Kyushu, which was little more than an empty ghost town.

Even if they were offered only 30% of the market price, the landowners sold because they thought they would never have another chance to sell.

The most difficult part of buying land was not persuasion or negotiation, but finding out where the landowners were.

A month after Japan’s volcanic eruption ceased.

Ha Su-yeong bought up to 30% of Kyushu.