One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

Chapter 289: Chamber of Commerce Division

Naval Headquarters, Marinevando.

In order to avoid receiving orders again as soon as he arrived at the headquarters like last time, Carsent specially applied to Zhan Guo for a half-month vacation.

After the handover, a handwritten report by Zhiya was submitted based on Carsent's oral narration and reasonable fabrication.

After doing all this, Carsen sat down on the sofa and lit his cigar.

"Zhiya, how is the Chamber of Commerce going?"

Hearing Carson's question, Zhiya put down the documents in his hand, took out a stack of sorted documents from the corner of the table and said.

"Lieutenant General, the Holy Shield Chamber of Commerce has now opened in Marinford, but it has not been going very smoothly over the past month."

"Currently, the market share of tobacco and alcohol is about 10%. However, judging from the business curve, the turnover of the Chamber of Commerce has increased dramatically within less than a month since its establishment."

“But once you reach this point, it’s hard to continue to occupy the market.”

"And about the deep-sea fish, they can't be sold at the Navy Headquarters."

“Taking into account the transportation costs, the prices of these fish will be slightly higher than other fish.”

"And these fish don't have any special flavor. After all, you know the taste of sea kings. It has nothing to do with the fish itself. It all depends on the chef's skills and seasoning."

"It's expensive, and the taste is nothing special. Besides, the Navy Headquarters has a cafeteria, and the sea kings in the cafeteria are much cheaper than ours."

"In Huajun, fish are eaten. Your fish are only worth collecting. If you use them for eating, they are not as good as ordinary fish."

Listening to Anna's complaints, Carsen was silent for a moment and took a deep puff of the cigar in his mouth.

"call……"

In the smoke, Carsent's face was blurred.

After taking the specific data analysis and profit amount from Anna, Carson looked at it over and over again for a long time, and always felt that there was something strange.

Other time travelers can become famous throughout Marinford by opening a tavern, but it doesn't make sense for me to end up like this.

Why is it so difficult for me?

Carson was puzzled. He stared at the data in front of him and began to analyze it bit by bit in his mind:

"Ten percent... This shouldn't be the case. How can a company's business revenue suddenly occupy ten percent of the market and remain unchanged? Your data is totally abnormal, unless..."

Carsent frowned, as if he had thought of something but couldn't quite grasp it.

After a moment, an inspiration came to Carsen, and he chuckled.

"Okay, don't open one in Marinford. Even if you sell socks, your sales in Marinford will be the same..."

Carsent threw the useless data analysis book in his hand back on the table.

Thinking of this, Carsent had to admit that he was indeed naive.

Marinford is a place... How should I put it? If you open a chamber of commerce in Marinford, it is equivalent to competing with state-owned enterprises in Beijing. How much you can eat is not entirely up to others.

There is no need to look at Carson any more. The 10% figure is obviously allocated based on one's influence.

Carsent even knew that if he was announced to be promoted to general tomorrow, the Chamber of Commerce's market share would jump from 10% to about 25% the day after tomorrow.

To put it bluntly, our department sees that you, a general, are doing business yourself, and wonders if you are short of money or something. So as long as the quality is up to standard, we will naturally give you a portion of the market.

As for the rest, if they are not yours, then naturally you shouldn’t try to grab them.

In this situation, occupying a larger market share cannot be achieved by commercial means alone.

"Okay, tomorrow you take the Chamber of Commerce to the Sabaody Archipelago. Just keep the things in Marinford as they are. And don't sell the fish. It's really hard to sell."

Carsent had to admit that he had oversimplified the Chamber of Commerce matter.

What is Marinford? It is the headquarters of the navy and the cradle of justice.

There are many big men gathered here, no matter they are the big men who hold power or the strong men who possess military force, what they despise most are those businessmen and evil capitalists who are good at playing with everyone and are full of money.

The only way to influence Marinford through capital means is to directly pour in huge amounts of capital, destroy all the merchants in Marinford and then replace them.

But if you do this, you will offend everyone.

Why is it that despite his status as a candidate for general and his strength that is no less than that of the top fighters, Carsen can only have a turnover of 10%.

Who got the remaining 90%? This is a question worth pondering.

Before Carson came, 40% of the total profit was to be used for the navy's military expenditure. Of the remaining 60%, Sengoku took 15%, Ganggu Kong took 20%, Ahe and the staff behind him took 15%, and the other vice admirals took the last 10%.

Now, it is still 100%. After giving 10% to Carsente, except for the military expenditure which remains unchanged, the income of other forces has been reduced.

From this perspective, getting 10% is already pretty good.

Of course, what you are given is the market share, not the total profit. How much profit you can make with this share depends on your own ability.

In addition, if the turnover is given to you and you cannot bear it, it will be taken away by others and no one will help you.

After all, you only have so much share, so it is inevitable that some people will ignore the quality and forcibly reduce the quality to gain profits.

The unspoken rule is that if you can keep all the money you are given, it is yours. If you can't bear it and it is taken away by others, you don't have to beg for mercy.

After Carsen's analysis, Zhiya understood most of it.

In this kind of situation, although from the perspective of military rank, Zhiya, as a colonel, is not qualified to participate in the division of interests among the navy's top brass.

But since Zhiya represents Carsent's interests in the headquarters, Carsent has to make some things clear to Zhiya to avoid suffering losses without knowing it.

"If that's the case, then we really won't be able to get further development in the Marinford Chamber of Commerce."

Zhiya nodded thoughtfully. Before this, she really didn't know that there were so many tricks to opening a chamber of commerce in the Navy Headquarters.

"Sabaody Archipelago, Water City of Seven, and the surrounding waters. The navy won't care about the waters outside of Marinford. It all depends on your ability there."

Seeing that Zhiya had understood most of it, Carsent nodded with satisfaction.

After all, compared to Giya, Gion still believes in that set of "pure justice". There is no problem with this now, but problems will arise sooner or later if the level of lieutenant general does not change.

After all, if you don’t take it and I don’t take it, how can the Warring States generals take it? If the Warring States doesn’t take it, what about the navy’s military expenses?