After speaking, Cassia observed the expressions of the two of them and said no more. She moved her hands and showed her watch to the two of them. Cassia then walked to the window and opened it. The breeze brought a faint smell of gunpowder smoke, which was not easy to detect.
The dust that arrived began to slowly fall down after a few hours.
"Ten minutes, I'll give you time to think about it. If you want to leave, you can leave at any time. I won't do anything to you." The tone was very gentle, and Cassia didn't want the two of them to take this as a threat.
It can't be said that it was hesitation. Fenia and Geers seemed to be unsure about something. Such an opportunity was tantamount to being very exciting for them, but they knew too little information, so they could be regarded as two people.
It’s not just people who only value immediate benefits, but will also think about the stakes.
"Mr. Soriato, can we ask a few simple questions?" Gers didn't know if Cassia was interested in Finia. The only thing he was sure of was that he would have such an opportunity, and these
Most of the time Cassia was willing to help them, mostly because of her sister Finia. So he touched Finia lightly with his hand, and Gers motioned to his sister to ask, which might make the atmosphere in the room better.
a lot of.
Both of them are under Cassia's surveillance, so of course they can't escape this little move.
"Okay, you can tell me if you have any doubts." Cassia tilted her head and said.
"We want to know your true identity, Mr. Soriato, and I don't know if it's possible." Finia thought for a moment before saying, "In the past, we always thought that you, Mr. Soriato, were a powerful mercenary, and
We all came here because of the bounty commission from Mr. Weimer. But now,,,"
Cassia turned around, looked at the two of them and replied: "I'm all lying to you. I think I told you that I was a hired person, when I first met you and rescued you from the rebel forces.
"
After getting a nod, Cassia continued: "In terms of specific identities, there seem to be many, but the most important thing is, you can think of me as a weapons dealer. A weapons dealer is also fine. The current products and business are different from
Those arms and ammunition dealers are no different, the only difference is that I have a little more."
Finia and the two of them automatically magnified "that little bit" many, many times.
"Just being an arms dealer is enough. If you join in the future, your main work, or affairs, will mostly be related to the business of these weapons and ammunition."
"Mr. Soriato, since you are an arms dealer, as for Mr. Vermer, in other words, Mr. Soriato, do you still have the identity of a bounty hunter or a mercenary?"
Cassia shook her head, thought for a while and then asked: "Do you really want to know? Let me remind you first, although it is not an important reason, but after knowing it, please make sure that this matter will only exist in your heads forever.
.”
Seeing the two people hesitating, Cassia smiled: "Don't worry, it's not that serious. You can just listen." She comforted the two, "I don't know if you have grown your own food or know something about it.
Basic agricultural production matters.”
After receiving a negative answer, Cassia smacked his lips and thought again for a few seconds. He thought of such a passage in the book he had read, and felt that it was a very suitable metaphor at this time: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't know, you will be very good at it."
It's easy to understand. Although it's not very suitable, there are some essential differences in nature. In some areas of the empire, there is a vegetable whose scientific name is 'leek'. A plant with strong vitality, as long as it is given enough nutrients, it can grow in the right environment.
It can be harvested many, many times during the season. This characteristic can provide very good returns compared to other edible vegetables. Then, I had this idea not long after I started the weapons business. But at that time, it was helpful
Our buyers.”
"To put it simply, I'm not very good at business, but I still know that sometimes, many buyers will not pay all the money in one go. With luck, as long as there is enough time, these arrears can be recovered. But then
At that time, we encountered many similar problems. People who buy weapons and ammunition are definitely not doing serious business. If they become corpses in some things, that is, the buyer dies, can they still get the money they owe back?
"
"No." Gers replied, seeming to understand something.
"This is the situation. If it is a small business involving only a few boxes of bullets and twenty or thirty weapons, these losses can be accepted. Because this kind of thing does not happen often. But if it is a powerful black market in a certain area,
When a merchant comes to pick up the goods and meets someone who is easy to talk to, for the first payment, we usually ask for an amount slightly higher than the actual cost price, so as to ensure that at least we will not suffer a big loss. But some middlemen, or
Buyers won’t be happy.”
"Perhaps you may just think, just don't do their business. In short, there are definitely more than a few buyers or middlemen, and there are many, many more in a region. But there are many aspects of problems involved.
The most important point is that the arms and ammunition business is not that easy to do. Let’s not mention it in small countries. Let’s use the empire as an example. There are too many inferior workshops. If you want to seize business in a certain area, you must have your own status and cultivate
It is not easy to build your own black market middleman supply network. Neither quantity nor quality seems to play a big role in the early stage. In the end, it all comes down to price. In order to retain middlemen who can develop and
Buyers, it is very important to divide the payment for the transaction into several payments, and how many levels are paid each time. This seems to have become an established rule, and it cannot be changed by individuals alone."
"Thinking about it this way, in business, this refers to orders with huge amounts. When such orders appear, in order to ensure that you can get your own profits, at least the lowest cost price. So sometimes, we will send our own people
To help these middlemen and buyers deal with something that is very dangerous for them and may lead to their death."
"Finally, after a period of time, the situation will slowly move towards a good cycle. Because of our help, they will not die due to danger, and they will gradually develop better because of our help, and we can get the money back.
, and because of our help to them, after they developed, their demand for our products increased at the same time, and a deeper buying and selling relationship was established. Such a circle-like model not only tied them to themselves.
Although we are together, but it may be more appropriate to think of him as a regular and regular customer in a restaurant."
"It looks more like mutual cooperation and help, right?"
"I know you will think so." Cassia nodded. "It sounds like mutual cooperation and help, but the actual situation is that we have raised them stronger and stronger. One thing is very clear, their growth is not because of themselves.
, but us, and our factors still account for a large part. In summary, if we withdraw the necessary help, the next time, and the next danger, they will most likely end up dead. So.
, it is not an exaggeration to regard these buyers and middlemen as 'leeks' cultivated in a semi-open manner, because once they are separated from the nutrients we inject, it will be difficult for them to survive as usual. Therefore, at a given time, we can slightly improve
We will raise the price and slowly start to reap more benefits from them. Because at that time, the possibility of them leaving us is already very small."
"Then,,,the king's power..." Finia looked surprised. She suddenly felt that her magnification of "that little bit" just now seemed to be too low.
Cassia immediately shook her head, not wanting the two to misunderstand anything: "I also hope that the actual situation is like this, but it is absolutely impossible to reach this level at the moment."