Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 363 Business, it's not shameful.

In 53, Yuya invited the Five Kage from other villages to Konoha for a meeting.

The goal is very simple.

You Ya said that the rocket he prepared for the manned lunar landing was set to be relatively large, and could carry a large number of people.

Putting aside other things, there are definitely at least eight or ten people.

The other village kage immediately understood: "After all these years, you son of a bitch Hokage, you haven't changed at all!"

They're still eyeing the little bit of money in our pockets all day long.

But there's nothing we can do. There are people on the moon, but who knows if they have a civilization?

Who knows if there are any minerals on the moon?

Moreover, as the saying goes, Otsutsuki Toneri on the moon taught the four Kage—Raiden, Kaze, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage—a lesson.

We shouldn't limit our focus to the world right under their feet.

There are so many other worlds out there. Who knows if there are even richer resources or more advanced technology out there?

If they could leave here sooner to explore other planets, wouldn't they have a first-mover advantage?

That's how all the sci-fi movies these days are made.

Therefore, they really have to pay this money!

But giving something is one thing, being scammed by you in the game is another.

Paying them is no problem, but what if they get to the moon and then you turn around and lock them up on the rocket and prevent them from getting off?

When asked this question by the Raikage, Yua's eyes darted away, and he waved his hand, smiling somewhat guiltily, "How could that be? How could Konoha do such a thing?"

In reality, Yuya had already cursed Raikage's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

This guy wasn't this smart before!

What's going on now?

In reality, the Raikage was just saying it offhand.

But seeing Youya's expression, how could he not understand?

"Damn it! Hokage, you really thought that way, didn't you?!" The Raikage slammed his fist on the table.

You Ya curled his lip: "Hey! Don't talk nonsense! I only set three price points! If you only buy the first price, you'll definitely be stuck in the rocket!"

Raikage looked at Yuya, his face immediately turning red.

Is he really that shameless?!

Three price points?!

Are you planning to take advantage of us again and rip us off?!

At this moment, the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, who was also quite old and showing signs of aging, spoke up: "I wonder which three price ranges are available, and what the specific prices are?"

You Ya laughed: "Look, look at Feng Ying, this is the proper attitude for doing business."

The Raikage's face twitched. "You really dare to say that!"

He has thoroughly investigated why our Hidden Cloud Village is facing an economic crisis!

The source is your Konoha Village!

Take your Konoha Village money and buy our goods! Then exchange it for Kumogakure Village money, and then exchange it for Konoha Village banknotes! After a few rounds, you'll recoup your costs in less than six months!

Damn it, if I hadn't discovered it early, it would have been too late.

The source is the Nara family in your village!

Everyone knows that someone from the Nara clan is your secretary, how could you not know?!

Ghost letter!

However, there's not much to say about this. Since they've managed to exploit your weaknesses, you have to accept it.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, preventing the Hidden Cloud Village from experiencing the economic crisis that occurred more than 20 years ago.

That time, the price of food increased more than tenfold, and he killed a group of people to finally stabilize it.

However, because of that incident, basically no merchants other than those from Kumogakure were willing to establish merchant bases in Kumogakure anymore. They preferred to travel thousands of miles to Konoha rather than stay in Kumogakure, all because of the impact of that incident.

Therefore, the Raikage ignored Yua's sarcasm and instead said, "Stop with the nonsense, what's the price anyway?!"

You Ya slammed his hand on the table: "Great! Then I won't waste any more words!"

"First-class VIPs cost 100 million taels, high-class VIPs cost 1 billion taels, and supreme VIPs cost 2 billion taels! Of course, these prices are based on those of Konoha Village. However, if you're unwilling to pay, resources are also acceptable. If you offer resources, I can give you a 20% discount."

"Smack!" Raikage glared at Yua, who was blowing his beard, and yelled, "Are you fucking robbing me?!"

Yagura, standing to the side, chimed in sarcastically, "Robbery? Robbing money isn't as fast as this!"

Ohnoki couldn't help but ask, "These three levels are so expensive, you're not going to make back all the R&D costs with just this one time, are you?"

Upon hearing this, You Ya immediately waved his hand and said, "Hey, why are you spouting such obvious truths? No, no, but if you all buy the highest-level VIP service, it does indeed amount to half of the R&D costs."

The other four figures immediately turned pale.

"What kind of service do these three levels correspond to?" Granny Chiyo asked Yua.

Yuya's eyes lit up as he looked at Granny Chiyo: "Good question!"

This level of service, as I just mentioned, is simply sending you to the moon and then leaving you to fend for yourself.

And this premium service, of course, means you're allowed to follow us. However, it's just about following us; we won't take you with us on any lunar exploration missions.

"And this VIP service is incredible!" Youya looked at the four people in front of him with excitement.

"Not only will we guide you step-by-step through completing each task, but we'll also provide a copy of any relevant data afterward. We're truly honest and fair-priced!"

The other four people looked grim.

Of course they know what this so-called data means.

Over the years, in Konoha's research department, which of these four villages hasn't plagiarized... uh, cough, which hasn't copied?

Naturally, they were also familiar with the various terms used in the research department.

So who doesn't know that in any scientific research, data is of paramount importance?

If that's the case, who would choose the first two options?!

"Two billion is too expensive! Let's fold it in half!" Raikage said, slamming his hand on the table as he looked at Yuya.

Yuya watched as Raikage's lips twitched: "How can you be so shameless? Fold it in half? Don't even think about it!"

"Then, a 20% discount?" Granny Chiyo asked. "I've noticed you often offer 20% discounts."

You Ya rolled his eyes: "This time it's different. If you want to develop rockets and aviation on your own, don't even think about it for at least twenty years."

"Buying twenty years for two billion, you guys are definitely making a profit, right?"

Yuya is talking nonsense. These villages are all among the five great villages. In other words, their abilities are not comparable to those of Konoha, but it's impossible for them to be twenty years behind.

But since the mouth is on Youya's body, it's naturally going to be a long time ago.

Anyway, they don't actually have rockets developed right now.

Onoki frowned, then thought for a moment and suddenly said to Yua, "Two billion, no problem, but I have one condition."

Yuya looked at Onoki with surprise: "What are the conditions?"

Onoki spoke expressionlessly: "Your Konoha wants to buy two billion yen worth of grain from our Iwagakure."

As he spoke, Onoki reassured Yua, "Don't worry, I guarantee it's new grain from within the last year."

Yes, last year's grain is also within the scope of one year.

Well, since Yua came to power more than 30 years ago, there has not been a war in the entire ninja world. Naturally, Iwagakure, or rather, the Land of Earth, a major agricultural country, does have a large amount of grain to store every year, if not a bumper harvest every year.

In recent years, they have used tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars worth of grain, fruit, and anything else that they can't sell to brew wine.

You know what, basically among the tobacco and alcohol vendors of the five great ninja villages, their alcohol sales are the highest and most popular.

It's cheap, and the taste is pretty good.

But the fact is that they do have too much food stored up.

Youya thought about it and agreed. Konoha Village had enough grain to last for three years. Even if the newly purchased 2 billion worth of grain was just stored in the warehouse and used to feed pigs or brew their own wine, it would be fine.

In the end, you won't lose money.

So Youya nodded: "Okay, but it can't all be grain; we need some other things too."

Onoki nodded, since they had plenty of fruit and other crops anyway.

This prompted the other shadows to follow suit immediately.

It's not shameful to do business.

Thus, the manned lunar landing project, scheduled for Konoha no 55 years from now, was officially launched.

However, it may take several more years before it is actually implemented...

(End of this chapter)