Chapter 157: Uchiha Nan: Want to make money? Learn about the Ponzi scheme!
Chapter 157: Uchiha Nan: Want to make money? Learn about the Ponzi scheme!
"Lord Ohnoki, long time no see."
Uchiha Nan walked into the reception hall and saw Ohnoki sitting on a chair. He was still so short. There was no sign of growing taller. If he didn't have the opportunity for a second growth in this life, 1.3 meters would be his limit. Ohnoki sat on the chair with his feet not even reaching the floor.
"Hokage, Kazekage, long time no see."
Oonoki jumped off the stool and sprained his waist.
"Oh my waist!"
Ohnoki showed a painful expression, holding his waist with one hand, and it took him a long time to recover.
Ohnoki’s waist...is there something wrong at such a young age?
Even though it was tragic, it was really funny. Ohnoki's short stature, his exaggeratedly big nose, and the way he covered his old waist and screamed. Uchiha Nan and Mosa forced themselves to suppress the curling of their lips.
"Excuse me, there are too many things to do in the Hidden Rock Village. I accidentally got a lumbar herniation. It's just a minor problem."
Oonoki had an awkward smile on his face. He had just met the Hokage and the Kazekage and he had already lost face.
"Tsuchikage, no matter how busy you are at work, you must learn to protect your body."
Mosha seemed to understand this well. If a gold miner in the desert works day and night to pan for gold, he will die young if he does not take good care of his body.
"It's all for the village. We are the village's shadow." Ohnoki sighed slightly after saying this, and recalled some not-so-good memories. Even as a shadow, he had to take time out to perform tasks in order to earn as much money as possible for the village. He had to do tasks during the day and stay up late to work overtime to process documents at night. Ohnoki felt miserable!
Why did the atmosphere suddenly become solemn?
Uchiha Nan quickly changed the subject.
After some greetings, Ohnoki sat back in his chair and took the initiative to talk to Uchiha Kusunoki about the Konoha United Fruit Company.
Ohnoki still had concerns and didn't believe that Uchiha Kusunoki would be so kind as to give the shares to the Iwagakure Village for free. The price paid was almost nothing.
For the Iwagakure Village, this represents several billion taels of revenue per year!
Is Konoha so rich that it doesn’t care about billions?
Of course the answer is this!
Although several billion taels a year is a considerable sum, it is nothing to Konoha today. It is nothing more than earning a little less from the Land of Grass.
Konoha's strategic goal for the Land of Grass has already been achieved, and making money is just a byproduct.
The billions of taels that were lost will be earned back several times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times in the future!
If these few billion taels could buy the Iwagakure Village to silently side with Konoha and promote the construction of the ninja world's trade system, it would be a real bargain!
And according to the intelligence, the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village have formed an alliance. This can also strike a blow to the alliance between the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village. I must make use of the wisdom of my ancestors in forming alliances.
Uchiha Nan had no good feelings towards the black-skinned people in the Hidden Cloud Village. The Hidden Sand Village, the Hidden Iwa Village, and the Hidden Mist Village had all fought wars with Konoha, but only the Hidden Cloud Village was the ninja village that fought to the death with Konoha from beginning to end, and they did not stop until the ninjas of the two villages were almost bled dry.
The aggressiveness of the Hidden Cloud Village is too strong. The alliance between the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village must be broken up, and the Hidden Cloud Village must be isolated as much as possible in the ninja world.
One day in the future, it might not be a bad idea to impose economic sanctions on the Hidden Cloud Village!
"Sir Ohnoki, Konoha has always adhered to the will of fire of Lord Hashirama and the principle of mutual benefit."
"The Grass Country was in chaos and war, and the people were displaced and starved to death. So Konoha took action and established the Konoha United Fruit Company. As for the effect, Lord Ohnoki should have seen it, so I don't need to say more."
Uchiha Nan spoke in official diplomatic language, and Konoha must hold up the banner of justice.
Ohnoki listened patiently, and at least from his expression he believed what Uchiha Nan said. As for what he was thinking in his heart, Uchiha Nan had no idea.
After saying the necessary diplomatic words, Uchiha Nan handed Ohnoki the outline of his plan, which not only involved the Konoha United Fruit Company, but also the rules of the newly constructed ninja trade system. But this involved too many details, so Uchiha Nan only listed the outline and emphasized the obligations that the Iwagakure Village needed to assume - to support Uchiha Nan and jointly build a new ninja trade system!
As long as the ninja villages of the big countries do not get involved in such matters, Uchiha Nan doesn't care about the opinions of the daimyos at all. If they don't want to cooperate, then they can just die.
Ohnoki read the plan carefully and found it was similar to what Uchiha Nan said in the invitation letter.
Is Naruto really that open-minded?
Billions are given away just like that!
Outrageous!
Don’t contact me from the Hidden Cloud Village, I’m afraid Konoha will misunderstand!
The Iwagakure Village simply opened its market, allowing villagers to freely purchase bananas and products from Konoha United Fruit.
Uchiha Nan did not force the Iwagakure Village to purchase a certain number of bananas or Konoha United Fruit Products every year. All of this was left to the villagers of the Iwagakure Village to decide.
"If the goods manufactured by Konoha are of good quality and low price, then the villagers of Iwagakure will actively buy them. There is no need for the Ninja Village to interfere. All the Ninja Village needs to do is to do nothing and let the market compete freely."
“If no one buys your products, shop owners need to learn to reflect on themselves and ask themselves why their products are expensive and not good to use.
If a business that just keeps complaining about everything goes bankrupt, is there anything strange about that? "
"The Ninja Trade System is to promote the development of Ninja commerce, so that the entire Ninja world can enjoy the most high-quality and low-priced goods!"
Praise Hayek, your greatness needs no words!
Uchiha Nan was advocating the theory of the free market, and Oonoki listened carefully, and did not think there was anything wrong with what Uchiha Nan said.
The shop owner failed to manage the shop properly and brought it to bankruptcy. He deserves it!
If you can’t make money, sometimes you should look for the reasons yourself. Have you worked hard over the years? Have you made any progress in your skills?
Compared to ninjas, if you are not strong and cannot receive missions, you should practice hard to make yourself stronger. In this Naruto world, ninjas are almost all staunch socialists, and being weak is the original sin.
A talent like Hashirama Senju may not appear once in hundreds of years.
As for the so-called escort mission, how much would it cost!
Directly plant the flag of the Iwagakure Village on the caravan, and chop off any claws of the Land of Earth that dare to raise their hands.
"Thank you very much, Hokage-sama."
A smile finally appeared on Ōnoki's face. He made a lot of money this time in the Land of Grass. The income of several billion taels a year made him feel much more relaxed.
Everything is going so smoothly. Uchiha Nan also smiled.
Once the bosses have agreed on the terms, the matter is settled!
The atmosphere is peaceful and joyful.
"Tsuchikage, the Hokage has always had the entire ninja world in his heart. Look at the Grass Country now. It has changed so much that even I can't recognize it. It's really an amazing method."
"That's true. The Hokage's methods are simply incredible."
"I am over-flattered"
Mosa praised Uchiha Nan generously, and Ohnoki nodded repeatedly on the side. Uchiha Nan remained humble but was secretly happy in his heart, because only the flattery from people of the same status and level is the best flattery!
"Hokage has a way to make money, can you share some of your experience?"
Ohnoki looked at Uchiha Nan with burning eyes. They all knew that Konoha had made a lot of money from business in the past two years.
Iwagakure Village really wants to make progress!
But doing business is not an area that ninjas are good at. Ohnoki has not yet made up his mind to use the village's funds to run some industries. After all, the finances of Iwagakure Village are still in deficit. Doing business is risky. If you rashly get involved and lose money, there will be people with ulterior motives in the village who will come out to stir up trouble.
For traditional ninjas, serving as a soldier and getting paid is natural!
Instead of doing business, it is a heinous crime. Not to mention doing it, even thinking about it for a second is a sin.
Even Uchiha Nan had a hard time at the beginning of his business. Almost no one in the village supported him, and the voices of the opposition led by Uzumaki Mito drowned out everything.
Uchiha Nan risked his authority as the Hokage and pushed it forward forcefully.
If it weren't for the favorable timing, location and people, and if futures hadn't cut off the useless insects in the Land of Fire, allowing the group of ninjas to get money, it would have been impossible to promote business in Konoha.
"Yes, Hokage, please share some of your experience." Mosa said. Uchiha Nan smiled. He had been caught in the rain, so he wanted to hold an umbrella for others. No way! !
The umbrella was torn!!!
"The most important thing in developing a business is to choose the right track and take advantage of your own strengths. Especially, you have to dare to go all in!"
"Study is a kind of wisdom!"
“Don’t be afraid of losing money!”
"How much money you have wasted determines how generous you are. If you have spent 1 billion taels of silver, when it comes to doing practical things, isn't it a piece of cake to take 10 billion?"
“Understand the applause!!”
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Drink up the chicken soup for success!
It's a pity that I didn't bring a speaker, the effect is not explosive enough
Mosa and Oonoki didn't quite understand Uchiha Nan's chicken soup, but they still couldn't help but applaud Uchiha Nan.
"Hokage, you are so courageous."
"One billion taels of money wasted just like that."
Ohnoki figured it out. No wonder Uchiha Kusunoki could make so much money. He was also generous enough to the Iwagakure Village, giving billions of taels without any hesitation. When would he be able to be so magnanimous?
The reward for an S-level mission is only a few million taels, and it also requires the village's high-level combat power to carry out the mission. The funds accumulated by risking their lives are lost in business and not used to train the children of the village.
Not to mention spending 1 billion taels on trial and error and choosing a track, if you lose 100 million taels or even tens of millions taels, the senior officials in the village will be in an uproar.
Mosa said nothing and backed out. The waters of business were too complicated. The Hokage had wasted 1 billion taels of money in the first place. The amount of money he had wasted must be more than that. It was 1 billion taels!
It hurts so much to think about it that it’s safer to continue working as a gold miner in the desert.
What Sand Village needs is stable development; taking risks and going all-in can easily destroy the village.
Uchiha Nan looked at the two people with bitter faces and sighed inwardly.
You are the military leaders, how can the military lose money by doing business?
That's really not understanding.
It's up to you.
“The current economic situation in the village makes it too risky to do business.”
Ohnoki didn't have the guts to lose 1 billion taels, let alone all the village's funds. He planned to let the village take a break, at least to pay off the debts, and then consider doing business when there was some spare money in the finances.
Mosha on the side nodded repeatedly.
“It was really hard to save the initial startup capital, and I took a big risk at the beginning.”
Uchiha Nan was deeply touched by this point and understood the hesitation of Oonoki and Masa.
The original capital accumulation is bleeding from every pore. Those leeks who lost everything in futures and became frequent flyers now have grass five feet high on their graves, and their wives should have remarried with the children.
"However, I do have a way to get through this difficult time."
Uchiha Nan suddenly remembered an interesting way to play. The trick to the capital game is to take the money from other people's pockets into your own pocket, make the fool believe that you have the ability to help him make money and then repeat the cycle. In the end, you run away to a nightclub to pick up young models, while the fool goes to a factory to work as a screwdriver.
"Oh?"
"Please give me some advice, Hokage!"
Mosa's expression became excited, and he knew that Uchiha Nan had a way.
"If I have a financial product, and you only need to give me the money, you can get a 40% return in two months, are you willing to invest?"
Ohnoki did a quick calculation in his head and realized that he could make a guaranteed profit of 40 taels by investing 100 taels without doing anything. This was a good deal that he must do!
“Then I should try it.”
"Very good, there should be a lot of people willing to give it a try."
"That's not right, Hokage. You haven't told me what kind of business you are in that can guarantee a 40% profit in a month."
Mosa seized on the blind spot and raised the question.
"Fengying, do you think there is a business that is sure to make money these days?"
"And why didn't you take your own brother with you when you had the chance to make a fortune, and took a stranger like you?"
Uchiha Nan looked at Mosa with an expression that showed concern for a mentally retarded child.
"What the Hokage means is..."
Ohnoki had a bad premonition and instinctively felt that what Uchiha Kusunoki would say next would shatter his own worldview.
"There is no such thing as a guaranteed profitable business in this world. What's important is to make people believe that you have a profitable business, which requires some start-up capital. Just now, the Tsuchikage heard about such a good deal and wanted to invest some money to give it a try."
“I believe many people hold this idea in mind, investing less money and giving them corresponding returns on time.”
"It is human nature to like to gain something without working for it and to be greedy."
"The most important thing in the early stage is to publicize your ability to make money, attract more and more people to give you their money, and let you make more money for them."
"Using the money of later investors to fill the gap in the past can certainly accelerate development and train agents. As long as they can attract people to invest in this capital, they will be given a commission. I believe many people will be happy to make this money."
"It's like a snowball, the plate keeps getting bigger and bigger!"
A classic Ponzi scheme. Uchiha Nan's voice was full of magnetism as he expressed his thoughts. Ohnoki and Mosa were shocked, without a doubt that this model would definitely attract a lot of people to give their money to Uchiha Nan.
"But there will come a day when this method will no longer be sustainable."
"I know that when the time comes, I can just pick up the bucket and run away."
"If our three ninja villages join forces and find an agent, our ninja villages have a lot of money, powerful intelligence, and unparalleled influence.
"We can create a god in the investment world!"
"With the strength of our three ninja villages, I believe we can implement this plan."
"It's very easy to get a fortune of 100 billion taels!"
"And do you think the Land of Lightning and the Hidden Cloud Village will be fooled?"
Uchiha Nan's words were like the devil's whisper, tempting Oonoki and Masa to open Pandora's box.
“Wealth at the level of 100 billion.”
Ohnoki and Masa's eyes were red and they were breathing heavily.
(End of this chapter)