Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 55



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55. I am the top (1)

I immediately summoned Jo Chung-heon to Hubei. I had to hear his report face to face about such matters.

Anyway, the Mudangpa was busy with the Taegeuk inspection test, and since I was a lay disciple, I could go out of the main temple with only Cheonghwa’s permission.

As soon as I left the main temple, I could see Jo Chung-heon covered in dust. He must not have had time to rest since he had changed horses.

“Thank you for taking the time to come.”

“No. Let’s get straight to the point.”

Jo Chung-heon opened his mouth as he got off his horse.

“People aren’t meeting with the Whiyoung Group right now.”

“You’re saying you’re not meeting me?”

“Yes. Let me explain in a little more detail.”

Jo Chung-heon continued his speech. It is said that Jo Chung-heon first went to Hangzhou and Suzhou and successfully established a distribution network.

It was a path that had to be easy. Because the commission to the distributor was set almost at the maximum. It was also because they were a latecomer who had no relationship with existing publishers, but they judged that they could earn more than that if they just sold it.

The problem, he said, came suddenly. Publishers with whom he had been communicating well began simultaneously refusing to communicate.

Even the places I was familiar with refused to talk, so it was needless to say the places I was not familiar with. In the end, even the places I had gone to right before signing the contract were canceled, and I ended up getting nothing from my business trips to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

I cut him off with a laugh.

“Have you ever thought that it might be a problem with Haengsu’s ability?”

“I thought about it that way too. But it wasn’t a problem with my ability.”

It was a joke, but I took it seriously. Actually, it seems like Jo Chung-heon had a serious personality in his past life as well.

“I gave some money to a beggar I know and asked him what kind of rumors were going around in the trading world. Sure enough, he said that there was a lot of talk about not doing business with Whiyoung Group. They said there would be huge retaliation.”

“There must have been someone who started the rumor. Haven’t you heard of any retaliation coming from anywhere?”

“I didn’t know until then because I didn’t have the ability. The open side seemed to know, but they didn’t tell me.”

“You are quite capable. You have done everything.”

“yes?”

Jo Chung-heon tilted his head as if he had misheard. I was serious. Jo Chung-heon had done everything, no, more, as a servant.

How could an incompetent person know about the Soju branch of Gaebong and do business with them? In addition, he had figured out that Gaebong knew but was not telling. At this point, it was like feeding him a piece of meat.

Of course, even if it weren’t for the clues Jo Chung-heon brought, I had a rough idea of ​​the opposing forces.

“It must be Zhuge Liang.”

“Zhuge Se-ga? Why is Zhuge Se-ga suddenly mentioned?”

Jo Chung-heon was bewildered.

“Behind Muhansanghoe is the Jegal family.”

“… … ! Is that so?”

I heard it from the clerk at Pojeongsa, but I didn’t spread it. Probably not many people in the world knew that the Jegal family was behind Muhansanghoe.

However, Jo Chung-heon immediately used his head like a capable man.

“If the Jegal family was behind the Muhan Company, then the only force that could keep the Hwiyoung Group in check would be the Jegal family.”

“Why did you think so?”

“They have a favor to the Lord of the Upper House in that he saved Dongho Sanghoe, and they are a huge group that can spread their influence to Soju, and they also have the military power to retaliate, and the reason why Gaebong knew but didn’t say anything is perfect.”

“That’s a straight forward answer.”

I clapped my hands. That was the exact answer I was thinking.

I laughed, but Jo Chung-heon’s face was filled with concern.

“Then shall I go to Jegal Se-ga?”

“What should I do when I go?”

“I have to get on my knees, what can I do?”

“under.”

I laughed in vain. In fact, from Jo Chung-heon’s perspective, he could not help but think that appeasing the anger of the Jegal family was the right thing to do. It was natural for the weak to bow down to the strong, whether they were warriors or merchants.

Aside from that, seeing him kneel down for someone he hadn’t even been a part of for a while was a confirmation of this person’s loyalty.

“There’s no need for that. I’ll have to go there myself and open the door for them to decide whether or not to open it. If I go, they’ll probably just turn me away.”

“That may be true. Then there is no way. Especially if you are a printer or publisher, you cannot ignore the Jegal family.”

I nodded. The Jegal family had many writers. They were big players and sponsors in the publishing industry. There was no way that individual businessmen could take risks when such people were blocking them.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Well, what should I do?”

I laughed. Jo Chung-heon frowned as if he didn’t understand why I was laughing in this situation.

Jo Chung-heon probably doesn’t understand because he doesn’t know that I’ve experienced this kind of collusion countless times in my past life.

***

I spoke to Cheonghwa and left Gyunhyeon. Now, among the lay disciples, I was free to come and go from the main temple.

Now that the top was really growing and I had a lot to worry about, I couldn’t just stay tied down to the main temple. Anyway, the only task given to me was to learn the Yuun Sword Technique. It wasn’t a situation where I really needed guidance from someone else. What I needed was talent with the sword.

As soon as I entered the infinite, I went to the infinite branch office at the top of the world and exchanged the bill for money. When a man wearing shabby military uniforms was holding a bill worth a thousand nyang, I received suspicious looks and spent time checking to see if it was not forged.

Since it was given by the head of the shaman faction, it was obviously not fabricated, and after receiving an apology from the branch manager of Cheonhasangdan, I took a thousand nyang of silver and left.

[Sword Talent (Lower) – 6th Grade]

[ Price: Seven hundred nyang of silver ]

I first bought the low-level sword talent. It costs a thousand to seven hundred nyang, which is a lot, but I had to buy the sword talent to learn the Yuun sword technique. I thought I should buy a higher-level talent since I was already buying it, but the intermediate sword talent cost 5th level and 3,000 nyang, so I couldn’t even look at it.

[ Talents of the same type cannot be worn at the same time. Do you still want to purchase them? ]

As soon as I thought about buying it, my pockets felt slightly lighter. Seven hundred nyang of silver had disappeared. When I opened my pocket, there were exactly three hundred nyang of silver left. It was a very accurate calculation.

The talents I am currently wearing are as follows:

8th grade solid body.

Level 7 rapid movement.

6th grade sword talent (lower grade).

5th grade indomitable.

When I tried it, I found out that I could wear up to five talents. That means I have one more talent I can wear now. I decided to leave it alone for now. It was a place to fill in when I really need a talent.

After purchasing the sword talent, I went to Dongho Trading Company. All the buildings in the outskirts of Infinite were used as warehouses, and the office was rented out in an empty room in the Dongho Trading Company building. Of course, for free.

“Oh. You’re here.”

As soon as I entered the Dongho Store, the owner of the store, Song Hwan-yeong, welcomed me. Although the dark circles under his eyes were still there, his liveliness was different.

Being tired because you have a lot of work and being worried because you don’t have work are two completely different things.

“It seems like the company is expanding its influence well.”

“It’s not like it used to be, but at least you’re doing something. For that alone, I’m always grateful to you.”

“It’s okay. So you’re giving me the room for free.”

“Haha. That’s only natural.”

Song Hwan-yeong laughed heartily and slapped me on the back, then suddenly changed his expression.

“Ah. But I heard. There are some writers who are interfering with the Whiyoung Group these days. They haven’t even started doing proper business yet, so who would do that? This is going too far.”

“It’s Jegal Se-gae.”

“Right. That damn… … Huh? Jegal Se?”

Song Hwan-yeong followed me to where the members of the Whiyoungdan were, flustered.

“Could that be it? I heard that a disciple of the Wudang faction completely destroyed the direct line of the Zhuge family. Could it be you?”

“How did you know that? That’s right.”

“I overheard the conversation between the martial arts world’s elites in Giru.”

As expected, rumors spread quickly. My name wasn’t even known, but the important thing was that a disciple of the shamanist faction had defeated the direct line of the Zhuge family, so it wasn’t surprising that it spread like that.

“Then you’re taking revenge because of that? Those guys, Zhuge Liang, are really petty.”

To be exact, it was because I rejected Zhuge Yan’s proposal that this happened. But there was no reason to bring that up.

“Anyway, if there’s anything I can help you with, please don’t worry and just tell me.”

“You are helping me by not kicking me out of the company.”

“How could I do that? People have faith.”

Song Hwan-yeong laughed heartily again and returned to his seat. I opened the door to the room where the Hwiyoungsangdan people worked.

Perhaps because he opened the door without even knocking, the employees’ naked appearances were visible.

The two servants were playing Omok, and the secretary was staring blankly at the ceiling with his mouth open. The only one working was Jo Chung-heon, who had arrived before me.

“Yes, Lord!”

One of the servants saw me and quickly got up, flipping over the board. The stones fell to the floor with a crash. The black stones rolled and stopped only after hitting my feet.

The secretary who had been lying on the chair suddenly straightened his back.

“It’s okay. Go ahead and do what you were doing.”

It wasn’t their fault. Unlike the servants, the servants and the secretaries were people who did the work assigned to them. But in a situation where the path ahead for the Hwiyoungsangdan was completely blocked, there was nothing they could do. That’s why they were just playing around like that. If you really think about it, it was my fault for rejecting Jegal Yeon’s offer, so I didn’t think about blaming them.

I left the embarrassed servant and secretary behind and approached Jo Chung-heon.

“How is the organization of the data you requested going?”

“I just finished. Please check it.”

Jo Chung-heon handed over the documents. They were the information that I had requested when I came to Muhan together with Gyun-hyeon. I nodded while looking at them. They were very neatly organized.

“But, sir.”

“yes.”

“Why do you need this information?”

“We need to find a breakthrough.”

“What does this have to do with a breakthrough… … .”

“I will take care of it. You can just act as the person in charge.”

“Oh, yes.”

Even if I explain it to you, you won’t understand. This is a method that only those who have been through a lot in the business world know.

You can’t clash with Zhuge Liang right now. To clash with such a huge force, you have to have one of the two.

The power of money that overwhelms the Zhuge family.

The power that overwhelms the Zhuge Liang family.

But if those two were satisfied, the Whiyoung Group would already be at the top of the Daebang-class.

In the end, there was no other way than to escape in one way or another. And I had learned almost all of those ways of escaping in my previous life. This was because in my previous life, the Hwiyoung Group had grown too quickly and had been subject to all sorts of restraints.

‘This much is cute.’

All they can do is block the distribution network. It’s such a classic method that it’s almost disgusting. The net that Jegal Se-ga wove was extremely flimsy.

I opened the paper that Jo Chung-heon had given me again. There, the Safas in Hubei and its surrounding areas were neatly organized.