How a Calamity Necromancer Retires

“Hmmm.”

A man testing the microphone exclaimed loudly.

“Seron Group, stop destroying the environment!”

Then the other people nearby shouted in unison.

“Stop! Abort!”

“Awaken the Seron Group, which destroys the underwater ecosystem through the development of underwater resources!”

“Awaken! Wake up!”

The man who shouted the slogan said to the people.

“The Seron Group is currently leasing the Gunsan Shipyard and mass-producing ships at an astounding rate. What is the purpose of building these ships? After all, it is to develop marine minerals and make money. The number of ships produced in this way has already exceeded 18 in just half a year since Seron Chosun built the first ship! Even now, the dock continues to build ships in real time!”

The man shouted with a blood clot around his neck.

“The more ships go out to the Pacific Ocean to collect minerals, the faster the marine ecosystem will be destroyed! everyone! If we don’t protect the Earth, who will!”

“you’re right!”

“Seron Group Awaken!”

At that time, when someone tried to enter the Seron headquarters, a man stopped him and said,

“Are you a Seron employee?”

“yes? ah. yes.”

“What do you think of the environmental destruction of the Seron Group?”

“Destroying the environment? Are you talking about subsea resources?”

“you’re right. Creatures living peacefully on the seabed are being destroyed by skeletons. Is this really the right thing to do?”

The staff said in an embarrassed voice.

“I’m afraid that it will destroy the environment, so I’m digging up minerals with a pickaxe and sorting them out, but what kind of environmental damage is that?”

“Isn’t it environmental destruction? Are you saying that the environment is not destroyed when the light shines on the dark seabed and there are piles of skeletons roaming around?”

“No, if you subtract 1 ship, there are 22 of them including used ones, so there are only 330 skeletons, but what is that…”

“Now there are 330, but it will continue to increase!”

At the man’s words, the employee walked past the man and said.

“What nonsense are you talking about? Even if you make 100 boats, there are only 1,500. If you release it in the wide Pacific Ocean, it won’t be noticeable.”

Then the man grabbed the employee’s wrist and said.

“Are you saying there is no environmental destruction if the number is small? Can we protect the global environment with such complacency?”

The employee shook the man’s hand and said.

“No, of course it won’t be destroyed at all. But if it’s like that, it’s plastic…”

Then the man immediately cut off the employee and said.

“You’ve just admitted that it’s destroyed!”

“No, shouldn’t you listen to what people say to the end? There are things more serious than the skeleton right now, but I care about that first…”

However, despite the words of such an employee, the man shouted without hesitation.

“Look! Employees are also aware of the destruction of the environment, but the Seron Group is not stopping! So, from today, we, Green Protect, will continue to protest indefinitely until the Seron Group stops destroying the environment!”

At those words, the members of Green Protect shouted.

“and!”

But then.

An old man who was quietly watching the scene said.

“wait for a sec. So, are you telling the Seron Group to stop building ships?”

The man who was excited by the old man’s response said.

“you’re right! In order to protect the global environment, the top priority is to stop pear production…!”

But suddenly the old man grabbed the man by the collar and said.

“What’s the name of this chubby bastard? Stop making boats?! How hard did my son go through to get back to the shipyard, and let him go through that sh*t again!?”

“Now, wait a minute.”

“People, look! It looks like these guys are determined to destroy the Seron Group, so if you leave them alone, they will use them!”

Citizens passing by said:

“what? Do you ruin Seron? it’s crazy? I am currently educating at the Seron Education Center?”

“All of my nieces and nephews got jobs at Seron, what kind of bullsh*t is that!?”

“What if Chairman Han gets tired of that and leaves Gunsan!”

Citizens rushed in and dragged out the man and other Green Protect people.

“Get out of here, you strangers!”

“Hey, wait! We protect the environment…!”

“If there is a problem with the Seron Group, we will go after it, but environmental protection is a b*tch! Get out of here!”

*

“Oh oh. It is handled neatly.”

I was looking down at the protests of environmental groups from the president’s office, but suddenly citizens broke in and drove all the members of environmental groups out.

After hearing it roughly, my family and myself are all related to the Seron Group.

That’s also true, because the shipyard went into operation and the number of newly hired employees reached a whopping 2,000.

It is said that there are 5,000 unemployed due to the closing of the Gunsan Shipyard.

In addition, various partners of Gunsan Shipyard, which had been suspended, were revived, and the job creation effect of Seron Shipbuilding had a great impact on Gunsan City.

I said with a smile.

“As expected, Molppang was the correct answer.”

Now, who would dare to curse Seron in Gunsan?

Just then, the door to the president’s office opened and Kim Deok-bae came in and said,

“Chairman, the carrier will arrive in a while.”

At first, it was just a kite made of shoes, but now, as Kim Deok-bae, who is actually my right-hand man, most of the important issues of the business as well as shoes were conveyed to me through Kim Deok-bae.

“Did you bring a lot?”

“It is said that it was loaded to the limit.”

“nice.”

The number of subsea mining vessels has increased to 20, including four used vessels.

Thanks to this, the carrier, which had only two ships, could not afford it, so when looking for a used ship for subsea mining remodeling, the size of the ship was increased by purchasing a small merchant ship that had not been purchased due to its small size.

The carriers that were increased were lucky enough to bring tens of billions of dollars to taxpayers every time they arrived in Korea.

“You’re overflowing with money.”

The net profit of 22 ships a month alone is a whopping 440 billion won.

It was more than the combined net profit of all other subsidiaries of the still-growing Seron Group.

Thanks to that, even after pouring so much money into the shipyard, there is still money left over.

But I can’t be satisfied with this.

“Is the ship well made?”

Ship No. 1 was originally an experimental work, and ships No. 2 and 7 were usable, but had significant flaws.

In particular, the more you continue to operate, the level of unexpected defects popping out one by one until now.

However, the 2nd season, which reinforced the problems of the 1st season, was in a fairly good condition, and in the case of the 3rd season, the quality was not bad enough that Jang Cheol-woong admitted that this was an average level.

Of course, the current 4th generation is being made by supplementing more and more flaws, so now Seron Joseon just needs to print out the ship with ignorance.

“yes. Currently, the process rate is 20%, making it faster than the 3rd. According to Jang Cheol-woong’s prediction, it will be possible to pull the time by about a week. It will be completed in about a month and a half.”

If you want to do the same boat, you keep doing the repairs and repeating it over and over again, but if it doesn’t speed up, that’s weird.

“ah. And recently, copper and zinc price increases have slowed. Maybe it’s because of us.”

Due to the recent supply shortage, prices of most commodities, including metals such as copper and crops such as wheat and soybeans, have continued to rise to new highs every day.

Originally, raw materials are not things that can be increased in a short period of time even if you want to increase production, so most experts predicted that the upward trend would continue for the time being, but only copper and zinc have suddenly slowed their rise.

Naturally, the reason was the development of Seron.

“Did we dig that much?”

“Didn’t the professor tell you? At this level of production, 20,000 to 30,000 miners need to be mobilized in mines on the ground.”

Submarine minerals are deposited as heavy and precious minerals that were dissolved in lava after a volcanic eruption a long time ago cooled rapidly in seawater and hardened as they were.

That’s why submarine minerals are almost 100 times more pure than normal mines, and when a large mining skeleton that is several meters tall is added, ridiculous efficiency emerges.

“Copper alone has already risen to 2.5 percent of global production.”

“and. Crazy.”

Only Skeleton 330, 2.5% of world production.

“The price will drop rather than this.”

“Probably if you keep increasing the boat, there will be a high probability of that happening.”

I said with a smile.

“Well, it’s gone up too much anyway, so it doesn’t matter if it falls a little.”

As long as the price is not suddenly at a level of 1/10, it is beneficial to increase production unconditionally from my point of view.

“ah. And the smelter predicts that it will be possible to completely stop importing foreign minerals by the 5th or 6th generation.”

“Oh oh!”

Korean smelters have been operating by importing minerals mined from overseas mines, smelting them to a level of 99.9% purity, and supplying them to the market.

But at that time, the seabed minerals of Seron Development appeared.

Unlike foreign minerals, which require logistics costs because they have to be imported, they are sold after they have already arrived in Korea by carrier, and their high purity saves smelting costs.

Of course, smelters were trading with Seron development and replacing overseas minerals with submarine minerals, but now, beyond that level, by the 5th or 6th generation, all overseas minerals will be replaced with submarine minerals.

In other words, it is completely self-sufficient only in copper and zinc.

“Yeah. Korea will become self-sufficient in raw materials.”

Is this all thanks to me?

Of course, I am also trying to make money.

“uh? But wait a minute. Doesn’t that mean we can no longer digest seabed minerals in Korea?”

“you’re right.”

“Are there any plans to expand?”

“There is, but it is said that it will take at least two years from planning to completion.”

Korean smelters saturated only with seabed minerals.

Naturally, that meant only one thing.

I said with my eyes shining.

“It’s an export angle.”

Submarine minerals that can no longer be digested in Korea.

If so, you should sell it to an overseas smelter.

It is also possible to make a smelter with water, but just like the simple expansion of an existing smelter takes two years, the smelter is so large that it was clear that it would take a long time to build even one.

In that case, it would be much more efficient to focus on digging up and selling underwater resources.

“great. Put in more skeletons and make it twice as fast.”

Unconditionally a lot and quickly.

“All right.”

Live and live, the day will come when Korea exports its resources.

It’s all thanks to me!

I said with a bright smile.

“It’s okay to give the price a little cheaper, so let’s dig a lot and sell a lot!”

*

Seron Joseon, which quickly took out ships with Seron’s unique skeleton offensive.

By the time it reached the 5th phase, the staff who were completely proficient in the same design and the skeleton’s supply offensive had a synergistic effect, and it was at the level of printing a ship in a month.

After passing the 5th period, the 6th and 7th periods, Seron began to target the overseas market in earnest.

“They said they would accept delivery from a Japanese smelter.”

Let’s say that it will be handed over at a price that is 5 percent lower than the market price, and Japanese smelters, like Korea, who do not have enough resources, welcome it and start a deal.

“Good good.”

Anyway, I’m at the level of picking up things that have fallen into the water and selling them, so even 5% of things I don’t care about is a waste.

Of course, in the aftermath of this, the recent rise in copper and zinc prices has begun to maintain a flat trend that neither rises nor falls beyond a slowdown.

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Maybe even if you increase it a few more times, the international price will drop gradually, but that’s what you already expected, right?

“ah. And I received a call from a Japanese smelter, and the Japanese government also said that there is an area with subsea mining rights, and that it hopes to cooperate with Seron Development.”

We can’t do mining on our side because we don’t have a boat, so there’s no reason to share it with other countries.

Of course, I do not blindly refuse.

“The joint venture was rejected. Instead, it’s okay to get pears from Japan and the Japanese subsidiary of Seron Development to dig and sell them on their own.”

In a word, he said that if we gave him the right to develop boats, we would take care of everything.

Of course, it is formally a Japanese company as it is a Japanese corporation, but in the end, it is the Seron headquarters that holds and shakes the mineral.

Is this enough for you to do?

Of course, there is little to gain from the Japanese government’s point of view, so they will refuse.

“I will notify you that way.”

when that was over.

Received a call on the company extension phone.

“yes.”

-Chairman, there is someone who came to see you. I’m from a Chinese company called Hualien Mining Co., Ltd., what should I do?

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Mining Corporation?

It is not a smelter that buys minerals, but a competitor that mines minerals.

Are you feeling something?

It may seem obvious, but let’s meet.

I still haven’t forgotten that I refused to buy the corpse of an S-class monster in China.

“Please come in.”

*

“Nice to meet you, Chairman. My name is Tae-ryeong Kim.”

“Gyeongri?”

“For reference, you can think of a manager in China as a director in Korea.”

“ah. I see By the way, you speak Korean well.”

Kim Tae-ryeong said with a smile.

“It is because I am Korean-Chinese. Anyway, I was so impressed with Seron Development’s subsea mining that I came here to say hello.”

“Well, it’s going well.”

“For your reference, Hwaryeong Mining is China’s second largest mining company in Hebei Province. The main focus is zinc, and the annual production alone reaches 3 million tons.”

“Three million?”

That’s almost 20 percent of global zinc mining.

It was an overwhelmingly larger amount than the development of Seron, which now barely passed 5 percent.

“You are amazing.”

“no. Rather, the development of Seron, which has grown in such a short period of time, is even more amazing.”

Anyway, it’s surprisingly authoritative.

“Seron is mining underwater resources at a truly incredible rate. The amount is so huge that at a time when all raw material prices soared, only two copper and zinc stopped rising and were on the verge of falling.”

Ohh.

Is it the main point now?

“Of course, Hwaryeong Mining expects a price increase, but the increase has stopped due to an increase in supply, which is a bit difficult. And this is a common experience not only for us but also for all zinc mining companies in the world. That is to say, everyone is unhappy. So I would like to make a suggestion.”

Kim Tae-ryeong looked at me and said.

“Are you thinking of joining the World Zinc Federation?”

what is that.

Was there such a combination in the world?

“Of course, it is an unofficial union, but all the world’s leading zinc mining companies belong to it.”

it’s informal

“What are you doing?”

Kim Tae-ryeong said with a smile.

“It’s about making everyone in the zinc mining company happy.”

“Be more specific.”

“Well, to put it simply, it’s about exchanging opinions and adjusting according to market conditions. And the development of Seron is also judged to be qualified to be included here, so I am making this proposal.”

Do you exchange opinions and coordinate?

“Isn’t that a cartel?”

The World Zinc Federation, an unofficial meeting of grandiose terms, was the cartel.

A group that gains profits by fixing prices by controlling production.

“It’s not necessarily a bad look. Earth’s resources are limited, and it is the business’s job to profit from those limited resources.”

I said with a smile.

“It is a resource that is scattered on the seabed.”

“…Of course, the development of Seron is like that. However, an indiscriminate increase in production will inevitably cause a price drop, which may lead to a situation where everyone is destroyed. Wouldn’t the cost of going into seabed mining also be considerable? Wouldn’t it be troublesome if the price of zinc fell and it reached a level where it couldn’t even afford the cost?”

Are you really worried about me?

No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like it.

“Well, what will happen if you enter and hit it?”

“It is to share the appropriate amount according to the situation of each company.”

“aha. Do you implement your own quota system?”

“Of course, since Seron is in the midst of growing, I understand how you feel. However, in order to coexist, there must be some concessions to each other. So we, the Zinc Federation, have decided to make significant concessions to Seron.”

Kim Tae-ryeong said with a confident expression.

“All of the companies in the federation will slash their own production by up to 7 percent. And I give 7 percent of that to Seron.”

“Based on world production?”

“Of course.”

“Ohh?”

Have you prepared quite a lot?

Now it’s only 5 percent, but they’re considering increasing production to a whopping 7 percent.

I’m so grateful for this, I’m on the verge of tears.

But what about this

I’m not going to be satisfied with 7 percent.

“I think it will be reached in a couple of months based on that quota.”

“Instead, we can become friends with all the zinc mining companies.”

“You want to become friends and fix the price?”

I waved my hand and said.

“I’m not interested, go.”

Kim Tae-ryeong said with a firm expression.

“You will regret it.”

“What regrets? If I was going to eat only 7 percent, I wouldn’t even start. what is it. Hwaryeong is 20 percent? If you give it all, consider it.”

“…you are over-conceited. No matter how much Seron development is, there is a limit alone.”

“Yes, yes. Go.”

Then Kim Tae-ryeong went outside.

I looked at it and smiled and said.

“okay. You can’t be quiet.”

They were doing well together as a cartel, but the price fluctuated due to the unexpected development of Seron.

would be annoying

So I tried appeasement.

But I picked the wrong opponent.

“Let’s try it, who will win.”