Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 103 Admitting Defeat

By May, Danzo was nearly vomiting blood.

Because he discovered another fact...

My factory can't sell its products.

Although production capacity hasn't increased, we still manage to produce tens of thousands of beverages a month.

When Youya was there, earning hundreds of thousands a month was the norm. Occasionally, some employees would work hard for overtime pay, which would motivate a group of people to open a million bottles a month.

But now there are only tens of thousands of bottles left...

It was only then that Danzo realized that after the beverage was produced, it wasn't like someone would come and take it away and give you money.

When Yuya left, he asked his original customers to buy beverages produced in Kirigakure.

Although the price was a bit higher because it came from Kirigakure, he could make up the difference for the year.

And it's also a good opportunity to taste what the water in Kirigakure tastes like.

Then they discovered that the water in Kirigakure was no different from the water in Konoha.

Meanwhile, Danzo...

It was only then that he realized he actually had to negotiate with the clients himself.

It's not like I can just wave my hand and tell someone to come and buy all this water and they'll come running to buy it.

This put Danzo in a difficult position.

Who's going?

He definitely won't go.

They refused to lower themselves.

As a result, the factory operated under these circumstances for a whole month in May.

Those workers are busy all day long, but no one knows what they're busy with.

Production capacity was limited, so Danzo sent the Shimura clan ninjas to take on missions and stay here to oversee them.

The ninjas of the Shimura clan may not say anything on the surface, but they are definitely very dissatisfied in reality.

They could earn 100,000 taels of silver for a simple patrol mission that lasted three days. There was also a bonus for discovering anything unusual. Although the chances were slim, 100,000 taels was still a lot!

But when I come to this godforsaken place and tell these workers to stop slacking off, you don't even pay me a wage. Why should I help you?

However, these words were only spoken in his heart.

Danzo Shimura has been confirmed as the next clan head, and they dare not offend him.

Anger that has nowhere to go will eventually become more and more suppressed.

Fortunately, these ninjas now have a good way to suppress their anger!

— Smoking.

I have to say, this thing is really cool.

Refreshing.

In short, this month has passed in a flurry of activity, though I don't really know what I've been busy with.

June.

In fact, Danzo now knows the gap between himself and Yua.

But he's too stubborn to admit it.

The other families in Konoha Village naturally witnessed all of this.

The plight of the Shimura family cannot be hidden.

Some families, after putting themselves in the Shimura family's shoes, discovered that they might not have been able to do any better.

Yuya's family built these factories when they were penniless. Now, Danzo is not only penniless, but also has hundreds of millions in cash on his books. It's hard to say that Yuya's situation is incomparable to his. You can only say that you had an incredibly lucky start.

And then you ruined a perfect start like this?

It's absolutely an eyesore.

Danzo is now holding back a lot of energy. He wants to get the factory up and running before the end of the year, so that it can start making a profit and he can save face.

However, in June, a group of raw material merchants approached him.

Oh, so it's time to pay for the raw materials...

This wasn't something You Ya deliberately ignored. In the beginning, those factories, not only this beverage factory, but also the grain processing plant and the cannery, didn't have any money when they started. So You Ya signed agreements with them, promising to collect the money for raw materials in the middle of the year.

This is true not only for beverage factories, but for other factories as well.

After the first few months, having sold products for several months, I finally had some money and was able to pay the raw material suppliers.

Danzo's lips twitched, and he asked how much he needed.

In the end, it turned out to be alright; it was only a little over 100 million. Youya had left him several hundred million, so he could afford it.

However, he was heartbroken to have to give away more than 100 million taels of silver.

These raw material suppliers asked Danzo if he still wanted the raw materials.

If they don't want it, they'll talk to other manufacturers.

Danzo remained silent, then gritted his teeth and said: "I want it!"

He refused to believe that his factory couldn't be opened!

Then a major accident happened in July...

A ninja from the Shimura clan discovered a worker slacking off and hit him too hard, sending the man to the hospital where he nearly died.

When this happened, Danzo was completely bewildered.

Then he was summoned to the Hokage's office by Tobirama Senju.

"We're all from the same village, what do you mean by this?!"

Aren't they human beings? You treated them like animals?!

You're telling me this is how you'd act if you became Hokage and took that position?!

If you can't even manage one factory, how can you expect to manage a whole village?!

Take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror to see what kind of person you are!

If it weren't for You Ya suppressing this matter and compensating that family with one million taels for medical expenses, I would never have let this go!

Tomorrow you'll see yourself in the Shinobi News! You'll see the good deeds your Shimura clan has done!

Get out! Get out of here right now! I don't want to see you again!

Danzo slunk away in disgrace.

After spending the entire day wandering aimlessly on the street, he could only sigh and return to the factory.

Then they discovered that the workers were on strike, and not a single person showed up. A few had come initially, but they all left when they saw the situation.

Danzo fell silent, and in the end, he could only sigh to the Shimura clan: "Shut down the factory."

He admitted defeat.

However, he didn't want to go to Youya to admit defeat himself.

So he chose this method.

Ultimately, he still valued his personal reputation too much.

If he truly considered these ordinary people who came to work as human beings...

Well, actually, it won't make much of a difference.

Youya said it wasn't directed at him and he actually believed her, saying, "Hahaha~"

You Ya did not openly target him and even left him several hundred million in cash, but everything was actually interconnected.

First, Youya took all the workers away.

How can you keep your factory running if the workers leave?

Danzo could only poach people with high salaries.

If you poach talent with high salaries, will others get a raise?

You have to raise your salary, or you'll face a wave of resignations.

This is a place where you have to spend money.

Afterwards, technical experts will be asked to train people.

Yuya originally thought Danzo would poach a management talent with a high salary.

Unexpectedly, this simpleton replaced all the management with his own people.

Do you people from the Shimura clan know anything about management?

You guys don't understand management or technology, you really think you're something special.

Yua originally planned for Danzo to spend money on a second time, but Danzo didn't.

Okay, it would be even more terrifying if Danzo didn't spend the money, because what factories fear most is management who know absolutely nothing about technology.

Especially middle-level leaders.

The third source of spending money is naturally the distributors.

You don't think that if you don't treat people to meals or spend money to bribe them, they'll come running to you for cooperation, do you?

When you ask someone to sell you drinks, a portion of the money goes to that person.

Danzo didn't spend the money, and as a result, nobody wanted to talk to him.

Yua didn't actually target Danzo, but there were traps everywhere.

Danzo did not step on it, but the consequences of not stepping on it were actually more serious than if he had.

And finally, there's the raw material cost; this money must be paid.

Yuya had calculated that if they continued down his path, even if Danzo's beverage factory was eventually established, the number of workers would inevitably shrink, production capacity would inevitably decrease, and welfare benefits would inevitably be reduced.

In the end, it all boils down to...

The hundreds of millions of dollars in cash that You Ya left him will probably all be spent and there will be nothing left.

Then the comparison will become clear.

When Youya was handed over to you, its production capacity was hundreds of thousands per month and it had hundreds of millions in cash. After you took over, its production capacity was only tens of thousands per month, and its cash was all gone.

Hundreds of millions!

That's enough for your Shimura clan to live on for two or three years!

Isn't the contrast striking enough?

Will Danzo still have the nerve to continue opposing Yua then?

That's not possible.

That's definitely not possible.

The only thing Yua didn't expect was that Danzo was really terrible.

Half the year has passed and I can't even handle it anymore.

He always tries to show off, acting like he's so great, but when you actually try it out...

That's it?!

However, Yuya didn't bother with this.

The beverage factory closed in August, so Youya should have taken it over immediately.