Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 38



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38. Commercial Association (1)

The mirror looks bad because I made the top.

Still, I feel a little better now that I’m no longer lying on the floor flailing my arms and legs like before.

“Priest.”

“yes.”

“I still don’t think it’s a good idea to make a top. Priests are unmanned and should focus on martial arts.”

“I will not neglect my martial arts skills.”

“I won’t tell the Master about this. I promised him something, but since the priest showed his chivalry, I’ll just let it go.”

Myungkyung spoke in a very generous tone. I smiled and let it go, but I was slightly stung. Collaboration? I was just trying to gain internal energy. As a result, I ended up saving many people.

Anyway, a good thing is a good thing. Since Myeonggyeongdo allowed me to go to the top, there was nothing that could stop me now.

“But now that you’ve created the top, are you going to sell stuff?”

“Yes, of course. But I have things to do before that.”

“What to do?”

I moved so fast that Myeonggyeong was out of her mind. Since we were starting from scratch, there was a lot to do.

First of all, he had to buy land and a building. First of all, it was difficult to buy decent land and a building with only 500 nyang of silver. He also had to save money to buy things to sell, so the restrictions were even more severe.

When I first started my business, I spent all day looking at land and buildings, and even studied feng shui. But now I know that it was meaningless.

The top is the ones who talk in numbers. If the price is low because of superstition, then it is undervalued, so buy it. So I bought the land and building that is said to be haunted in the outskirts of Infinite at a low price.

“Are you really going to buy this land?”

“That’s what I said.”

“There’s no point in talking about it later.”

“That won’t happen.”

Originally, it was a land and building that would have cost a thousand nyang, but it was bought for a cheap price of three hundred nyang. The price was lowered significantly because it was not traded due to the rumor that it was not good in terms of geomancy and that ghosts were coming out.

It was a humble beginning for me, who had experienced great success, but it was still much better than my first start in my previous life, because back then I was doing so many things for the first time, and I was so confused and used up so many things.

I quickly laid the foundation for the upper level. I called in the laborers and converted the abandoned houses into warehouses.

The work progressed without a single hitch, because I had already done it once before, so I felt comfortable and unfamiliar with it.

Myung-kyung was confused by the speed of the process. After exchanging a few pieces of paper, the ground would appear and the building would change.

“So this is how you make the top.”

Myungkyung also showed curiosity as she watched the Hwiyoungdan taking its place.

It is not easy to watch the process of making a top from the beginning. If Myeonggyeong becomes a merchant, this experience would be very valuable.

Now the foundation is laid. Previously, it took half a year to lay the foundation, but now it only took two weeks. It was a huge time saver.

“Is it over now?”

“The most important thing remains.”

“Again? When are you going to the main branch?”

When Myeong-gyeong whined, I patted her head. Myeong-gyeong immediately rebelled by shaking her head.

“You keep patting my head. That’s rude to a death row inmate.”

“Oh, yes. Sorry.”

“What is that insincere apology?”

He used to be good at giving. Children are different beings yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I guess his pride was suddenly hurt.

Anyway, now all that was left was the really important stuff at the top. It was time to buy the stuff to fill up the converted warehouse.

“capital punishment.”

“huh.”

“What do you think business is?”

“It’s like buying something at a low price and then selling it at a high price, just like a pig.”

“… … .”

Sometimes children show insight that is so close to the source that it astonishes adults. But not this time. Some shabby merchant might agree with this, but I did not.

“Similar but different. To be precise, it’s about getting big profits at a low cost.”

“That’s exactly what I said.”

“That’s only true for things. That’s a very minor thing in business. The costs I’m talking about include human fatigue, anger, sadness, and emotions, time, human relationships that are consumed, and conscience. Profits, on the other hand, include emotions like happiness, a sense of accomplishment, and new human relationships, values, philosophies, and experiences.”

Myungkyung looked at me intently. She seemed to be interpreting what I said. I continued.

“The reason why the answer to the death penalty is similar is because some of the intangible assets are projected and contained in the medium of an object.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

It was just because he didn’t understand. I explained it to him.

“For example, between selling private salt, which is illegal to trade under the law, and making a profit of two hundred nyang, and selling grain to a famine-stricken region and making a profit of one hundred nyang, the latter is more profitable.”

“Why? Merchants only care about money.”

“That’s only for stupid merchants. The profits include not only money, but also values, reputation, experience, philosophy, and people who support you. If you follow that right path, you will eventually become great. It’s like learning pure martial arts, slowly but surely becoming stronger. In that sense, martial arts and business are not much different.”

Myungkyung rolled her eyes as she stroked her beardless chin with her index finger. This time, she seemed to be really thinking.

“That grain is not just a grain. It contains tens of thousands of possibilities, including the heart of a father who feeds his family and the future of a child who may become a great person in the future. This is also what I mean by projecting the intangible value I mentioned earlier.”

“I get the gist.”

“Really?”

“It’s similar to dancing. Even if it’s the same single swing, there’s a huge difference between swinging it thoughtlessly and swinging it with enlightenment.”

“Similar. You’re smart.”

“I deserve the death penalty more than you?”

Myungkyung’s lips stick out. Anyway, it seems like she’s basically understood. It’s the first time that Hwiyoungsangdan is deciding what to sell.

“So what are you trying to say?”

“I’m going to fill the warehouse with stuff, and I hope the executioner doesn’t mind.”

“… … What is it?”

Myungkyung made an anxious expression. I smiled faintly.

***

Now I had a rough idea of ​​which items would rise and fall in value later on. It was a more fraudulent ability than any talent that could be bought at a flea market.

So, what I am saying is that the items I have chosen now will be sold at extremely high prices in the future.

“This is not it.”

“That’s right.”

“Don’t let dirt get into my eyes.”

“Don’t you get a lot of dirt in your eyes when you’re crying? Where did you learn that expression?”

Myeong-gyeong was protesting in front of the warehouse. The workers had already arrived in front of the warehouse carrying the goods, so there was no choice but to persuade Myeong-gyeong.

“You’re just talking big, what? Selling Sapa’s martial arts? Wow!”

“I said it was a practical martial arts textbook.”

“Stop talking nonsense! What does this book say?”

“It says ‘Green Forest Twelve Style’.”

“The bandits are not skilled in martial arts! You are crazy… … priests!”

Maybe it’s because Myeonggyeong is kind, but he didn’t come out. That alone gave me hope for this negotiation.

“I explained to you why this is the way it is supposed to be done.”

I’m not selling the Nokrim Sip-il-shik for nothing. In fact, the Nokrim Sip-il-shik is the easiest martial art to use in real combat among the ones on the market.

This is because the herbivore was created so that it could be used not only with swords and daggers, but also with sickles and pickaxes that many farmers had. It was only natural, since the foundation of the Nokrim was farmers who had no way to make a living.

In that respect, the Nokrim Shipi-shik was a martial arts book that sold well among commoners who wanted at least a minimum level of self-defense, rather than the basics of martial arts.

“If ordinary people want to save themselves, they have to buy books like this. The famous martial arts school doesn’t distribute martial arts books for ordinary people.”

“Instead, the government will protect you.”

“It’s easy to lock the barn door after the horse has bolted. Whether it’s in government or in the martial arts world.”

Myungkyung’s mouth fell shut at my cynical tone. I took advantage of her silence to continue my explanation.

“Soon, some of the Nokrimchae will burst and fall down the mountain. At that time, the civilians will obtain the Nokrimsipilshik. Since it is the enemy’s martial arts, it will be easy to deal with them if you know it, and you can also learn the martial arts, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.”

“How do you know that?”

“I know you all know. Did you see something I did wrong?”

To be exact, I don’t even know why the Nokrimchae broke up. All I heard was that the Nokrimchae leader disbanded several groups that were not part of the Seventy-Two. Those Nokrim members soon became bandits, and they were so rampant in the central plains that they became a social problem for several years. Ironically, the Nokrim Twelve Style became extremely popular among the common people.

Knowing that future, I planned to print a large quantity of the Nokrim Twelve-Shiku on woodblocks and fill the warehouse with them.

“A person from the Jeongpa faction is making a profit by selling the Sapa faction’s martial arts. That’s not right.”

“It’s a self-help measure for the common people to save their bodies. Is it really that important whether it’s the martial arts of the righteous faction or the evil faction? Isn’t that the chivalry that the righteous faction should pursue?”

Even if Myeong-gyeong was my death sentence, she couldn’t defeat me with her mouth. At least I had a tongue that was as hard as calluses, trained for decades in the field.

“… … I don’t know. Do it yourself.”

Myungkyung eventually declared surrender. No matter how much I thought about it, she couldn’t possibly beat me logically.

After I filled up the warehouse, I started on another important task: hiring people to work at the Whiyoung Group.

No matter how big of a businessman I am, it’s impossible for me to do everything by myself. That’s also inefficient.

Even though we will be tied to the non-partisan group for the time being, people are essential.

Just as there are separate labor agencies that hire laborers, there is a separate place that hires upper-level workers: the commercial association.

In any place of a certain size, there is bound to be a store representing the area. I asked around and found Muhan Store.

“Oh. The building is big.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“It can’t be compared to that ruined house.”

“Do we really need to compare them?”

Myeong-gyeong seemed overwhelmed as soon as she stood in front of Muhan Sanghoe. In fact, the Muhan Sanghoe building and garden looked like they had been built with a lot of money. Of course, it wasn’t as good as the garden of the old Whiyoungsangdan.

There were even two bodyguards in front of the main gate of Muhan Sanghoe.

I approached them first.

“hello.”

“Do you have an appointment in advance?”

“yes?”

The drones seemed to want to have an economic conversation.

Well, if you want, I can give it to you. I took out a badge from inside. It was a badge that proved the upper hand I received from Hyung-tae.

“I am the head of the upper division called Whiyoungsangdan.”

“Whiyoungsangdan?”

The two unmanned entities looked at each other’s faces. I had no doubt that I would pass.

Usually, a company, no matter how big it is, wants to have many superiors below it, because the number of superiors it has is the power of the company.

“The Whiyoungsangdan?”

“Yes. You may not have heard of it. It’s new… … .”

“No, I’ve heard of it.”

“Huh, is that so?”

“The Lord ordered that if you come, you be beaten up and driven out.”

“yes?”

Suddenly, the drones came walking towards us with their sleeves rolled up.

What is this situation?