We Do Business In Full Auto [EN]: Chapter 99

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Android Performance (1)

“Ah, except for one person, that is.”

“You mean the woman who’s yawning?”

“Yes. Even if she’s an AI, there’s no excuse for such rude behavior.”

I glared at Rin as soon as I got off the helicopter.

She stared back with a rather rebellious look, but I decided to let it go today. I couldn’t exactly smack her on the head as usual with such important people present.

“Oh, I was in the middle of research. What’s going on?”

“Didn’t I tell you earlier? These are the Android buyers.”

“Good for saving on delivery fees. How much did you sell them for?”

“$50 million per unit.”

“Wow! What a ripoff……”

Thwack!

“Ouch!”

I couldn’t help but smack her on the head.

Catherine and Yoo Je-sung stood there awkwardly.

“Oh, I’m sorry. She’s one of my subordinates. We’re close, so we often joke around.”

“She’s beautiful.”

“Except for her personality, she’s a decent engineer.”

Catherine’s eyes lit up, and she extended her hand.

“I’m Catherine, Deputy Director of the CIA.”

“Ah, okay.”

Rin just stared blankly at her hand with an ‘So what?’ look.

Catherine, momentarily feeling awkward, just laughed it off and examined the Android.

Yoo Je-sung bowed politely.

*Since she’s an engineer, he might be trying to scout Rin, thinking he could poach her someday.*

“I’m Minister Yoo Je-sung.”

“Ah, okay. Then, I’ll be going.”

Rin disappears, as if she has completed her mission.

I wanted to chase after her and beat her up, but there was nothing I could do. This was an important occasion where I needed to provide explanations.

Catherine touched the dummy, which was no different from human skin, and marveled.

“Is this really an Android?”

“Yes. It has a personality because it uses the latest AI technology. It also has clear preferences.”

“Wow, technology has advanced this far.”

Catherine poked the dummy here and there.

“You said it can also talk, right?”

“It learns if you teach it. If it’s well-educated, it can be used anywhere.”

Catherine ordered the dummies to move around, but they didn’t move at all.

“Huh? Why aren’t they moving?”

“That’s because you don’t have control over them. From now on, you are this person’s owner.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The dummy went to Catherine and knelt on one knee.

“I greet my master.”

“Wow! I’m the owner?”

“Control has been transferred. If you want to transfer control to the U.S. government, you can do so. It will move according to whatever the owner says.”

“Amazing.”

Catherine is now controlling the dummies.

*There were evil spirits inside them. Of course, the dummies given to them now were not the main bodies. There were dummies at the Mage level, but there seemed to be no need to provide them with that level of dummy.*

I gave Catherine and Minister Yoo Je-sung the manuals.

“This is……?”

“A handwritten and copied manual.”

“So detailed…… Thank you.”

“And here are the batteries.”

“Batteries?”

“You need to replace the batteries once a month. Unfortunately, they can’t be recharged. The price of the batteries hasn’t been set yet, but I’ll give them to you.”

“How do you replace them?”

“If you order it, the Android will automatically cut open its skin and take out the battery. Just put it inside.”

“Whaaat!? Then the recovery……”

“It does it on its own.”

“Wow.”

She clicked her tongue.

She wondered if such a thing was really possible.

I lightly slashed the dummy’s hand with a knife.

The skin split open. But it was visible that it was healing soon.

“T, this is?”

“It’s new technology.”

Catherine’s eyes sparkled.

An Android that heals itself. With this level of technology, she might think that the money is not at all a waste.

From my point of view, it was like ripping them off, though.

“Well, shall we go to the company now? I’m in the middle of work.”

“Of course.”

“Please make the deposit right away.”

“Don’t worry.”

I look at Yoo Je-sung.

He also nodded lightly.

“We will arrange for the deposit to be made today.”

“Thank you.”

Today, I made a tremendous amount of money by selling Androids to both sides.

I even wondered if it was okay to earn this much money so easily.

But this was a fair deal.

Even though I had to pay VAT [Value Added Tax].

I had been to a deserted island, but there was still time left before I had to leave work.

I had plenty of time because I traveled by helicopter.

I immediately called Lee Seul-gi.

She was waiting for me. She seemed curious about how much I had sold them for.

“I made a total of $400 million.”

“What!?”

“I sold them to the Korean government and the U.S. government for $200 million each.”

Well, I was in a hurry to go to the deserted island earlier, so I couldn’t tell Lee Seul-gi. I also took the contract with me.

Lee Seul-gi couldn’t close her mouth, which was wide open.

“400 million……. There’s VAT, though.”

“Even so, it’s a huge amount of money! Since there’s a precedent, other countries will definitely offer that much money.”

“That’s right.”

“Then you can pursue any business you want!”

“That’s why I called you.”

I grinned.

Now that I have the funds, there are no obstacles.

I will have the leeway to pursue any business.

“Let’s create a roadmap here and make the announcement tomorrow.”

“Yes!”

I had marked Lee Seul-gi as a confidante.

From what I’ve seen so far, she was quite capable and seemed to have strong loyalty.

Since there were no confidantes in the company, I decided to start by making the chief of staff my person.

The roadmap was clear.

Lee Seul-gi and I began to roughly sketch it out.

The first thing to do is to acquire the lunchbox company.

The lunchboxes currently produced directly by CL Retail are about 3,000 a day. In order to aim for increased sales and net profit, it was essential to make lunchboxes directly. In addition, it is essential to do it for my wife’s recipe.

“I’d like to have 100% if possible.”

“It’s impossible to make more than 20,000 lunchboxes, triangular rice balls [Onigiri], and convenience foods a day.”

“Do lunchbox factories also make convenience foods?”

“In fact, it’s not easy to directly manage convenience foods. There are many types and they change quite often.”

“Then let’s try to expand our area to convenience foods as well.”

“Oh……. That would require a tremendous amount of funds.”

“I just sold Androids to two national governments and earned $400 million.”

“Ah……. That’s right.”

Lee Seul-gi still had an incredulous look on her face.

In order to earn that much money, it was often not enough to work hard for a lifetime.

She had easily earned an astronomical amount of money, so Lee Seul-gi was at a loss for words.

“Then, would you like to do it with BW stock [Bond with Warrants]?”

“I don’t care whether it’s bonds or stocks, but if you think about the future, stocks would be better.”

“Okay. We’ll use BW to increase the president’s holdings……. What’s the second thing?”

“Acquisition of a trading company.”

“A trading company? Not a logistics company?”

“Now that things have come to this, I’m going to have to import directly. With more than 20,000 convenience stores, we should consider that a certain amount of distribution network has been established.”

“That’s true. If our convenience stores are combined with the distribution network of the existing logistics company, sales will increase rapidly and even failing companies can be revived.”

“So, we’ll go with a logistics company. In addition, it would be nice if it was a place that could also handle distribution.”

“A tremendous amount of funds……”

“Chief?”

“Heh……. I think I temporarily lost my mind because a tremendous amount of funds were going back and forth.”

“Please look into a logistics company.”

“Yes! I suddenly feel energized. What about the Androids?”

“We need to build an Android factory too. Nothing else is needed. Just pay close attention to security.”

“Don’t we need to install machinery?”

Lee Seul-gi’s question was perfectly natural.

She thought that in order to manufacture Androids, machinery would be needed. But I didn’t need it.

This was not a realm of science but of magic, an act of extracting elements from the atmosphere and shaping them with mana.

Now I can create Undeads even without corpses. That means I can draw Undeads from anywhere, so there’s no problem as long as I pay attention to security.

I shook my head at Lee Seul-gi’s words.

“Not at all.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s hard to explain in words……. It’s a process of extracting elements from the atmosphere or underground to create Androids.”

“…….”

Lee Seul-gi seemed to have lost her words.

Like, ‘Does that make sense?’ look?

What I was saying was in the realm of miracles. Strictly speaking, black magic is also a type of magic, uses mana, and can be seen as the manifestation of a miracle.

In light of that situation, I could fully understand how amazing my words were.

“That’s impossible.”

“It’s possible with science.”

“That means creating something from nothing!”

“Yes.”

“I can’t believe it. Are you hiding something from me?”

“Hmm. I have no choice. Shall I show you?”

Lee Seul-gi nodded.

I need to put a safety device in place so that I can tie her down at this point.

“Showing you is not a problem. But this is top secret and information that no one can know.”

“You mean…….”

“If Seul-gi swears to become my person, I’ll show you.”

“Swear…… what do you mean?”

“It means that you have to think of me as your lord and follow me.”

“An oath of allegiance, something like that?”

“That’s right.”

Lee Seul-gi seemed to be contemplating for a moment.

But I already knew the answer.

If she wants to be successful, she will know how quickly I am developing.

I only had a convenience store company now, but the fact that Androids that will soon shake the world will be sold.

Starting with a trading company, all foods are produced and distributed directly.

There was also a distribution network for that, and if necessary, H Group would help.

There was bound to be a significant difference in development between having a backer in the business world and not having one.

Lee Seul-gi’s worries didn’t last long.

“I swear my allegiance!”

“Only in words?”

Lee Seul-gi slowly got up from her seat, knelt on one knee, and bowed her head.

“I know it’s not right for this era, but I’ll serve you as my master. Please lead me.”

Is this enough to put a mental shackle on her?

Although she wasn’t as good as Rin, I thought I could share some information with her to some extent.

“Let’s go to the mountain behind us.”

“Yes?”

“You’ll know when you get there.”