Chapter 168 The Raikage decides to work hard to earn money to win the chapter "lover" Ohno
at night
After Kakuzu finished sorting out the information, his beady green eyes sparkled.
In just one day, the number of members of the Thunder Country Blue Sky Project reached nearly a thousand people. These people were the first to try it out, the first to make money, and the most likely to lose everything.
Human desires are like rolling stones on a mountain; once they start, they can never be stopped.
Kakuzu recalled some not-so-nice memories in his mind. Back then, he was almost cut off from the roots like a fat green leek. But now, times have changed and he has turned into a sickle!
This feeling is really great!!!
"Notify all personnel to step up efforts to ensure that investors who have paid money attend the company's marketing conference on time and convey the company's philosophy to them."
"During the Chinese New Year, the company must provide warm services and personally visit those wealthy and lonely elderly people."
"You all need to remember the pyramid theory. When the time comes, you must spread this theory."
"Investors are A, B are their downline, their friends, and relatives, and C are their relatives' relatives, and friends' friends."
"This is the unique marketing model of the Blue Sky Project. The more people join, the more money we make. Let's work hard together and get rich together!"
"We should encourage them to be A, to be the people at the top of the pyramid!"
Kakuzu took advantage of the night to call a meeting of the company's key members.
The blackboard is filled with knowledge points, exciting slogans, professional rhetoric, and a set of pyramid theories of MLM.
The backbone members kept writing down the knowledge points with pens, and would teach these theories to their colleagues in other bases of the company in the future.
"Shout our slogan again!"
"Sleep on the floor today, be the boss tomorrow!!"
"What are you?"
“We are billionaires!!!”
"it is good!!"
It seemed as if Kakuzu was born to be a pyramid schemer. With his passionate speech, the packaging of financial theories, and his experience in accounting in Konoha, Kakuzu made a set of mature data theories come alive, and the backbones of the company were really into the show.
There are a few "smart guys" who, I don't know if they were really brainwashed or if the illusion was too strong and hurt their brains, actually invested their own money.
Do you really think that when you run away, the sickle won't cut your own people?
Don't be fooled by the fact that Kakuzu is wearing a suit and tie and looks like a good guy now. He looks like a madman when he takes off his tie. He dare not take the money of the big shots and will hand it over in full when the time comes, but he will take as much money as possible from the henchmen.
It's a one-time deal anyway, if you don't cut it, it's a waste. Kakuzu doesn't care about you, if you have the guts, come to Konoha and assassinate him.
The meeting came to an end. Hatake Sakumo looked at the company's backbones who were too immersed in the show and shook his head. It was another silent massacre. This time, they could watch the leeks of the Land of Lightning perform aerial acrobatics.
Hatake Sakumo suddenly realized that his bounty price was going to increase again, so he quickly took out the mask from his pocket and put it on. Hmm, I feel safe now. I feel much better now.
Cloud Village, heavy snow
"This year's financial report is as bad as a pile of shit!"
"Can you guys think of a way to make some money?"
At the end-of-year summary meeting, the air conditioning and heating in the conference room were set to 30 degrees.
The Third Raikage Ai was still wearing a thin shirt like in summer, banging the table and roaring in the conference room. This year, the finances of the Hidden Cloud Village are in deficit, and the fiscal budget for next year has exceeded the budget again.
The funding approval for Daming has not yet come down, and I don’t know whether I can get more funding to fill the gaps of previous years.
The dark-skinned men in the seats lowered their heads and said nothing. All their talents were focused on how to win a one-on-one battle between men.
"I heard that the Cloud Ninja Troops appeared in Tianzhi Country. Tell me the truth, did you take people out to make quick money behind my back?"
"The daimyo has sent people to hold me accountable, asking why the Hidden Cloud Village didn't report the major military operations to the daimyo. As a result, I was severely scolded by the daimyo's messenger!"
"Split the money 70% to 30%. I'll leave three floors for you. I won't pursue this matter any further!"
Still... dead silence.
"Hey, you guys are making a scene!"
"Have I ever deducted your funds?"
"The village is in trouble now, so you're just playing dumb here. If you can do it, do it. If you can't do it, get out of here as soon as possible!"
The third generation Ai inherited his father's temper. When he was angry, he was like a raging storm. He scanned everyone one by one, trying to find some clues from their expressions.
"Lord Raikage, you know me well. I never do anything that violates the village rules."
"Lord Raikage, you know me well. According to my habit, a real man should stand tall and upright. I would never do such a thing!"
"Lord Raikage, you know me well. If it were me, no word of this would leak out, and no one would be able to come out alive to file a complaint!"
"Lord Raikage, you know me. I just got married recently and I'm busy having a son. I don't have time to go out."
"Don't look at me, I'm always by Raikage-sama's side, never leaving his side!"
"I heard that each of you has special skills, and someone must have framed you!"
The third generation of Ai saw that he could not get anything out of him. He could only give up for the time being. But he must give an explanation to the Daimyo. If he sent troops out without reporting it, and the Daimyo used this as an excuse to cut this year's budget, then we would be doomed!
"Who?"
"Konoha!!!"
"No one except Konoha has this motive. They want to stage a play to discredit our Hidden Cloud Village!"
“It’s just like when they made a movie to discredit us!!”
"Despicable, shameless, and filthy!!"
"I'll remember this grudge. I'll take it back from the Hidden Cloud Village sooner or later!"
The third generation Ai put the blame on Konoha. After all, they were hostile ninja villages, so it would be safer to push the blame on Konoha if there was any problem. Besides, the Land of Fire was so close to the Land of Rice!
"Has Konoha received any intelligence recently?"
The third generation Ai turned his head and looked at the Minister of Intelligence. In recent times, the intelligence about Konoha has been intermittent. Three days have passed since the agreed time, and the intelligence personnel lurking in Konoha have not sent back any news.
"According to the intelligence from the third batch of intelligence officers sent over, Konoha is busy doing business and has already made a fortune!"
"Hmm? The third batch? What about the first two batches?"
The third generation of Ai asked a soul-searching question, and the Minister of Intelligence began to hesitate.
"Lord Raikage, they will not come back from Konoha. The Hokage is not a human!
They created a so-called green card system to recruit ninjas from the five major ninja villages. As long as they provided valuable information, they could obtain Konoha's protection and a large bonus, and could also live in Konoha as a Konoha ninja."
"asshole!!!"
"Why would they betray the village?!"
The Raikage punched the table in the conference room and said angrily, the expensive table was cracked, and the Minister of Finance felt distressed. The table has been changed five times this month. Lord Raikage, you can't make money, but you can always save money.
"Due to funding reasons, a small number of spies have not received their salaries for two months, so they defected to Konoha, and eventually all of their leads were caught."
"They betrayed the Ninja Village just because we owed them two months' wages!"
“This is outrageous!!!”
No one responded to Sandai Ai's words, what ninjas do is to get beheaded for money.
Being sent to Konoha as a spy is already a life-threatening job. You already have your head on the line, but now even the money for beheading can be deducted. Don't blame your brothers for not being loyal to the Hokage.
Water flows to low places and people go to high places. Being a ninja in Konoha has much more prospects than being a ninja in the Hidden Cloud Village.
After the Third Raikage vented his anger, he calmed down a little.
"What about Iwagakure Village? Why haven't they contacted us recently? I remember that Ohnoki would write me a few letters on time every month, but now there is no response to the letters I wrote to him."
"It seems... um... Lord Raikage, you forgot. I remember telling you last time that Konoha and Iwagakure Village have cooperated to set up a company called Konoha United Fruit Company, and the annual dividend is several billion."
"asshole!!"
"That short guy is treacherous. He stopped contacting the Hidden Cloud Village for a few billion taels. I wrote him so many letters, but he didn't reply to any of them?"
"Relax, Raikage. The Tsuchikage actually said in his letter three months ago that he has been busy lately and will not be able to reply in time. Wait a little longer. Maybe next month, the Tsuchikage will reply to you."
"Bullshit, I suppressed the Eight-Tails that day, fighting for a whole day, and I had time to reply to his letter at night, but he threw himself into the arms of Konoha just for money!!"
The dark-skinned, yellow-haired man of Sandai Ai obviously does not have the talent to be a bootlicker. The so-called "I'm too busy to reply to you" is a lame excuse that can't fool him at all.
"Then do we still need to maintain our alliance with the Iwagakure Village?"
"Of course we have to maintain it!"
The third generation Ai said this with gritted teeth, but he was not blinded by anger. The Sand Village had long been bought by Konoha, and it was probably that it had completely turned to Konoha.
If the Iwagakure Village also sided with Konoha, then the Kumogakure Village would really be left alone and helpless in facing the powerful Konoha.
Konoha is really terrifying. Even the third generation Ai couldn't believe the information sent back by the spies. The exaggerated infrastructure, the terrifying flow of people, and the enviable financial budget.
Even if Konoha does nothing now, it will become more and more powerful. Whether it is this world or the original Naruto world, the historical trend in the next 30 years will still follow the industrial route, and the flow of capital and personnel will become more and more active.
The Land of Fire, Konoha has the largest population, the most advanced technology, and the most secure protection.
Capital and population will actively flow into the Fire Country. The Fire Country is a bottomless pit that siphons away everything in the entire ninja world.
Now Konoha is still aware of promoting and leading the development of all this, wanting to surpass the Daimyo of the Fire Country to reap the dividends of this era.
The third generation Ai could not understand the complex economic factors behind it, but his beast-like instinct told him that if Konoha continued to develop normally, Konoha would be able to easily accomplish the feat of challenging the four major ninja villages in the future.
Therefore, even if the Iwagakure Village and Konoha flirted with each other, the third generation Ai could only pretend not to know, and even wrote letters to Ōnoki on time, pretending to expect his reply.
Of course, Ohnoki also realized this. He must unite with other ninja villages to weaken Konoha's strength. Even if he cannot start a war with Konoha, he must create some trouble for Konoha. But Konoha's speed was too fast, so fast that Ohnoki didn't even have time to react, and the Land of Grass had already been taken down by Konoha.
And. Um. The dividends of several billion taels every year. Oh, it's too tempting. Just be greedy just this once. The Iwagakure Village and Konoha are just playing around. They are really good friends with the Kumogakure Village.
what?
A Ponzi scheme?
Hundreds of billions of funds
Alas. I have already betrayed you once, so it doesn’t matter if I betray you a second time. This money is really too tempting (what a greedy little cat!)
"Konoha can do business and make money, so can't our Cloud Village do the same as Konoha?"
The third generation Ai planned to cross the river by feeling his way through Konoha. Although the Land of Lightning and the Hidden Cloud Village were not as prosperous as the Land of Fire and Konoha, they were not much worse. If he just copied the homework, he could at least get 60 points to pass, not to mention 80 or 90 points.
"Hey, why aren't you talking again?!"
"Usually, everyone is more talkative than the other when asking for funds, but why are they silent now?"
"Talk to me!!!"
The third generation of Ai looked at his subordinates who "possessed special skills" and was so angry that he really wanted to punch them to death. They went out to make quick money behind my back and ate all the food for themselves. They are really a bunch of bastards! ! ! !
Konoha attacked the Land of Rice. To be honest, the third generation Ai himself didn't believe it. There was no reason at all. The Land of Rice was a loyal younger brother of the Land of Fire. Why would Konoha have nothing better to do than beat up its younger brother?
Or the group of people under his command are more suspicious.
"Lord Raikage, we lost a lot of money the last time we plagiarized Konoha's movie. The box office was terrible. The industry even called the Hidden Cloud Village a plagiarist."
"I think ninjas should do ninja things and run business."
The Finance Minister's voice became lower and lower and then he was stared at by the Sandaime Ai's death stare and became speechless.
Mudd!
He only knows how to spend money but not how to make money... Finance Minister Sanda Ai really wants to punch him in the head.
"Then are we just going to watch Konoha grow stronger and stronger until it can crush the Hidden Cloud Village?"
"We have a mortal feud with Konoha. The Second Hokage died at the hands of the Hidden Cloud Village. Damn it, the more I talk about it, the angrier I get. Damn Kinkaku and Ginkaku!"
The third generation of Ai punched the wobbly table. With a snap, it completely broke into pieces.
The sixth one
"Lord Raikage, I have a suggestion. Ninjas are not good at doing business. We can give the money to someone who is good at doing business and let him make money for us."
"yes!!"
"Why didn't I think of that?!"
"Lord Raikage, I actually thought of this a long time ago and was just about to tell you."
"Actually, I've thought of that a long time ago!!"
The third generation Ai looked at his "skilled" subordinates and immediately understood how difficult it was for his father. He was able to compete with Konoha for so long with this group of funny guys. It was really amazing!
However, it is indeed a good idea to let someone who is good at business help the Hidden Cloud Village do business.
But where can I find such a person?
"Then tell me, where can we find people who know how to do business?"
"Lord Raikage, a powerful investment company has appeared in the Land of Lightning. I think we can give them a try."
A promotional poster of Blue Sky Project Co., Ltd. was handed to the third generation Ai.
(End of this chapter)