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Chapter 1534 Risk Transfer
"The situation is not good."

Kulene's expression was somewhat solemn. The price of her huge body was not only to arouse suspicion, but also to be easily attacked by a group of people.

After most of the teleportation tower network was destroyed, the long-awaited chaebols took over;

And now, the chaebols have begun to encroach on the ancillary businesses of the teleportation tower network. In other words, they have copied the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] and bound the teleportation tower network with surrounding commissions to waive the teleportation tower network fees and earn third-party handling fees.

As long as the strangers didn't have to queue up, it didn't matter where they went to pick up the task, so they quickly adapted to this set of rules which were no different from before.

"These guys are really despicable. They actually copied our Chamber of Commerce's simple and great idea. Damn it! I'm going to apply for a patent!"

Kullene swung her fist at the air, but that was all.

Blaze on the side felt a little helpless.

"Everyone else is doing this, and you are just here talking nonsense. I am really curious about what you think is considered breaking the rules."

"You know the answer. It's laziness or not." Kullene shrugged. "Ask yourself, is the method you came up with a good one, or are you just trying to avoid trouble and solve the problem simply and neatly?"

"Those chaebols copied our approach, but our approach is a good one. It can increase the frequency of foreigners accepting commissions, solve a large number of problems for civilians in the territory, and the Chamber of Commerce can also make a small profit."

"And the fact that they were able to become middlemen from the lords and commoners shows that they were at least as good as [Hermes's Traveling Hat]."

"Spend some big money to reform these chaebols, so that they can at least appear to be good people. This can also be considered a charitable investment."

"Doing charity is what every businessman should do. It is a way to repay the working people who have always supported us."

Kullene kept talking, and it seemed more like she was trying to convince herself than explaining something to Blaze.

"Of course, if they get sick again, we [Hermes's Traveling Hat] won't have to pay any price and will take back our territory amid people's cheers." Herbie popped his head out from the side, holding his chin and shaking his feet.

"But if Hermes's Traveling Hat goes bankrupt, I will have no choice but to resign and return to Arcadia to be my finance minister. I will also poach all my staff and rebuild a new Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia."

"Me! How can you be so heartless? Have you forgotten who was the one who made the final decision in the critical moment and supported you and your whimsical opera house plan?" Kullene waved his fist and loudly scolded Herby for being an ungrateful little bastard.

Herbie rolled his eyes at this.

"That's because I've put all my hard-earned running division and connections on the line, and you agreed because you thought the success rate was high, didn't you?"

"Even if you have to gamble, you have to make sure you can keep your pants. This is a good quality for a businessman."

Blaze and Herbie were already accustomed to Kullene's thick skin, so they didn't continue to pester her.

"The problems with the Castaway Island were much more numerous than expected."

Fifty Drifting Islands have been put into use one after another, six of which have built transmission towers, while the remaining dozens have problems with fixing them.

The destination chosen by the Drifting Island is a place with many reefs, which is convenient for anchoring. However, more reefs mean more biomes. Sirens are only part of it. The coral ecology, parasitic crab ecology, and barnacles are just the problems that the Drifting Island will encounter.

After being successfully fixed, the four thick iron chains floated in the ocean. Occasionally, a passing sea beast would become unhappy with the chains and attack them, or it would fail to notice them and get entangled in the chains, and then attack in panic.

There were a lot of problems that were not anticipated in advance.

Although Kullene sounded sweaty, her voice did not waver and she remained quite calm.

“Problems are never problems, but rather reminders to do things better.”

Blaze and Herbie nodded, worthy of being the man who had survived from the Age of Gods to the present and established the [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

Before I could come up with a solution, a bowl of calming soul-stirring chicken soup was served. And it turned out that this chicken soup tasted quite good.

"The fact that fixed anchors and chains may be attacked by sea monsters is indeed a problem we have overlooked. It is also a flaw. So we just need to expand this flaw." Kullene clapped his hands and expressed his idea.

"It would be bad if it accidentally affected harmless marine life passing by, so we have to make the chain more rugged and more conspicuous."

"If you don't want to cause trouble, creatures with good tempers will take the initiative to take a detour, while monsters with bad tempers will definitely rush up and attack. So from today on, the iron chain that fixes the Drifting Island will become a monster spawner for strangers to use."

Kullene drew a few strokes on the paper, using four lonely iron chains as four pillars to build a huge passage from the Drifting Island to the anchor.

As long as the water is drained and a lift is built, foreigners can freely choose at which depth to start exploring the ocean world.

Of course, the resources required to do so are astronomical. The subsequent maintenance and repairs after being attacked by sea monsters are also astronomical.

[Hermes's Traveling Cap] can definitely afford the expense, but it's too painful, and it's a continuous investment with no end in sight. Who knows, it might be the final blow that kills [Hermes's Traveling Cap] someday.

“So who are you going to transfer the risk to?”

"What do you mean by risk transfer? Your words are too harsh. This is called mutual benefit and win-win. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. We know the needs of customers in advance and are well prepared!"

Culene said a lot of things, but they were all sophistry and could not change the fact that he intended to hand over the passage connecting the Drifting Island to the anchor to a stranger.

If it is given to a stranger, it will be the other way around. [Hermes' Traveling Hat] will accept the commission from the stranger and help with daily commissions, and it will change from paying to charging.

This is actually a good idea. Foreigners often complain that it is inconvenient to explore the ocean. If there is a through train, it will be more convenient for foreigners to explore in the future.

But Kullene's explanation was so glib that it seemed like she really wanted to shift the risk.

Seeing that Blaze and Herbie didn't respond, Kullene had to cough.

"At least the initial expenses will be covered by [Hermes's Travel Hat]."

(End of this chapter)