Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

Franky blinked and was a little confused. Although he was a gangster, he also set up his own shipbreaking company and could barely be considered a businessman.

He could understand how huge the profits would be if he could establish a caravan that was not restricted by various forces.

But he didn't quite understand what Reiner said. Chamber of Commerce, recruiting countries?

"I don't plan to do the trading myself. Buying low and selling high does seem to be profitable, but once the entire trade route becomes active, the price difference will gradually decrease."

"Unless I violently monopolize the trading channels, this business model won't last long, and I don't want to do that."

Reiner continued to explain his thinking.

With his current reputation and strength, if he wants to set up a chamber of commerce, there will be a lot of people willing to join him. It will also not be difficult to monopolize the trade channels of one of the routes, but he will not take this route.

He wants to make money while standing!

He made others willingly rush to give him money and spread his reputation everywhere.

The business he was talking about was not doing business with businessmen, but doing business with the country.

"As for the name, let's call it the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce. I will provide asylum to all countries that join the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce, so that they don't have to worry about pirate raids and the threats of underground forces."

"In addition, the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce will also provide safer and more reliable sailing routes. Nami has already prepared a lot of these along the way."

"I don't participate in the specific trade. Instead, it's conducted between the various countries themselves. I'm only responsible for providing them with convenience. You don't need to pay me to join the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce."

"Wait a minute, aren't you just doing things for others for nothing?"

Hearing this, Sanji was a little confused.

"And you'll need an incredible amount of manpower, right? Otherwise, how can you protect the trade security of the entire route?"

"No, I'm not needed for the escort. Instead, each country's own army will be responsible for it. If anything goes wrong, the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for compensation."

"Whether they encounter shipwrecks or are plundered by unscrupulous pirates while following the routes I provide, the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce will verify and compensate them for their losses."

"As for the forces that are destroying the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce's businesses, only these forces need to be eliminated by me. With my current strength and reputation, there won't be many forces that are ignorant enough to do so."

Most countries can deal with small fish and shrimps with their own armies.

By the time Reiner needs to take action, it is estimated that most of them are secretly instigated by competing forces. He has too many ways to track them down. By then, Iron Blood will uproot the forces behind them, and after killing the chicken to scare the monkey a few times, there will be fewer and fewer of them.

As for making money

At the beginning, we can just rely on commission, and when we reach a certain scale, we will start selling advertising space.

To put it bluntly, the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce is actually a platform, and those countries are the merchants who have settled there.

In addition to the commission, he can also slowly create more paid services and provide them to those countries when he has time in the future.

The entire platform belongs to him. If they want to trade on his platform, can he let them use other people's services?

For the country, it makes money no matter who it helps. As long as the price difference is not much, they will certainly be willing to use the services provided by the platform.

That’s right, the nickname of the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce is actually “Taoshen Snake”

By then, there will be Jingshe Direct Sales, which will be specifically provided to some small countries with weak national strength that find it difficult to organize large caravans on their own, but have good specialty products, such as Dongdao and Magnetic Drum Island.

The caravans recruited by the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce will collect the products of these countries and sell them themselves, but this requires Reiner to invest manpower and material resources himself, so we can only talk about it later.

But all in all.

This not only makes money, but also has great significance for the development of the entire world. Opening up and activating trade along an entire route is an absolute good thing for the advancement of ocean development.

Now they are almost at the end of the Grand Line. After the adventure is over, Reiner is ready to find something else to do to pass the time.

He established the Black Snake Chamber of Commerce to do business, while continuing to travel and adventure, survey and attract more countries to join his chamber of commerce.

After all, Nami also wants to continue traveling around the world and draw a nautical chart of the world. By then, this nautical chart will become one of the most competitive and irreplaceable core advantages of the entire Black Snake Chamber of Commerce.

Having said that, Reiner looked at Hancock again. In his eyes, the other party had become a business partner.

"Nine Snake Island is rich in crops, and your ability to hunt sea kings is also very strong. Many countries are very high-quality partners. I hope you can join us when the time comes."

Reiner invited sincerely.

To be honest, if Nine Snakes wants to do business, it doesn't need anyone's protection at all. Not to mention Hancock herself, even the female warriors on the island are all domineering.

What's more, the island is rich in crops. You have to know that this is not the modern world where he used to live. The value of food in this world is extremely high.

There is also the meat of sea kings. The Calm Belt is the nest of sea kings, but it is a disaster for others, but it is a natural hunting ground in front of the Nine Snake Warriors.

From ancient times to the present, the only thing that has restricted their business is transportation.

Hancock was about to raise this point, but Reiner saw the thought in her eyes and took the initiative to say:

"Traffic in the Calm Belt isn't that difficult to handle. Vegapunk's technology isn't limited to navy ships."

"To put it bluntly, your problem is that you can't buy seastone and you don't have the ability to build ships. I happen to have connections that can help you solve both of these problems."

"You can buy seastone in Wano Country. Just say we introduced it to you. As for shipbuilding..."

Reiner raised the corner of his mouth slightly and looked at the big guy beside him.

Franky understood and grinned.

"When it comes to shipbuilding, of course it's the Carrera Company in the Seven Waters City. They're a world-class shipping company."

"I'll write you a letter of introduction later, and Idiot Bagu will give you the best price."

Franky said to Hancock with confidence.

Hearing this, Usopp immediately shook his head and complained seriously:

"No, no, no, if I use your letter of introduction, I'll probably get ripped off by that cold uncle."

"Have faith in Franky, you'll definitely get slaughtered."

Reiner couldn't help but laugh.

"That's about it, anyway. Right now, I only have the outline of an idea. There's still a lot of work to be done before it's actually implemented, so I don't have the time for that right now."

Originally, he planned to talk about these things after this adventure was over. After he retired from being a pirate, he would continue to travel on the sea and set up a chamber of commerce for fun.

Otherwise, he would always feel that the journey would be a bit monotonous. After all, in terms of strength, there was no one on the sea worthy of his challenge.

"I thought you had no ambitions, but when I think about it, your idea is simply too terrifying."

Vegapunk sighed, sticking out his long tongue.

Even though Reiner had already given a comprehensive introduction, Vegapunk was the only one present who could truly see what a horrific plan this was.

Others thought that Reiner wanted to establish a chamber of commerce to facilitate trade among various countries. Only he knew that this was not a so-called chamber of commerce at all, but a trading system that radiated the entire Grand Line.

Once it is truly successful, this chamber of commerce will directly control the economic lifeline of the entire Grand Line, and can even subvert a country's politics with ease.

"that."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Vegapunk looked at Reiner calmly and said shamelessly:

"I suddenly don't want to join the Revolutionary Army anymore. Please let me join you. Just give me 200 billion Baileys a year for research funding."

“You’re crazy about money!!!” ×N

Nami and the others bared their fangs and yelled at him fiercely.

"200 billion Baileys! Do you know what 200 billion means?"

"If it were paper money, it would crush your brain into pulp!!"

"That's right! I can't finish all the marshmallows I bought with 200 billion in my lifetime!!"

“Who would buy 200 billion marshmallows, idiot!!”

Snapped!

Nami slapped the back of her head viciously.

"Wuwu~~" Chopper burst into tears.

"sure."

However, to everyone's surprise, Reiner agreed directly, and his tone was as calm as if he had just spent 200 Baileys.

"Wait a minute Reiner! Are you crazy? That's 200 billion berries!"

Nami was so scared that she turned around and screamed.

Reiner raised his hand to interrupt directly, and smiled lightly:

"His value is far greater than this. The annual research funding given to him by the World Government is probably several times higher. This is already very cheap."

You know, the cost of building a Pacifist is 100 million Beli, and that’s just the cost.

Just for the fifty latest-model Pacifists that exploded during yesterday's war, the total investment, from research and improvement to experimental testing, and finally to mass production, must have at least doubled.

The amount of money and time invested in the research of the seven Seraphs is difficult to quantify.

There is no doubt that Vegapunk's brain is a treasure for all mankind, and his innocent heart that only wants to devote itself to scientific research to benefit the world is even more precious.

In other words, he has no money now, but when he makes money in the future, he will be willing to invest as much money as Reiner has in this gold mine.

"You have good judgment. Don't worry, one day in the future you will be glad for your choice today."

Vegapunk nodded slightly, raised his index finger, and said:

"By the way, 200 billion is just for research funding. Any invention that needs to be mass-produced will require additional funding."

"Row."

Reiner agreed directly and said:

"This number will increase in the future, but I don't have that much money right now. Please help me plan the Chamber of Commerce's affairs first. One-third of the Chamber of Commerce's profits will be used as your research funds."

"one third!!"

Now it was Vegapunk's turn to be shocked, his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Wait a minute, are you serious? Do you know how terrifying the annual revenue will be once this chamber of commerce grows? And can you give me a third of it as research funding?!"

"OK."

"What about the research content? You've given me such an outrageous condition. What exactly do you want me to do?"

"Half of the funding each year will be used for the research I plan, and the rest is up to you to decide what to research. Of course, you must report to me in advance and obtain my permission."

Reiner continued to smile.

He could only say that the World Government had devoted less than one-tenth of its development to Vegapunk, and that it was such a waste all day long just researching that pile of iron lumps and crappy weapons.