If you owe someone a favor, you always have to think about paying it back. What's more, the grace of saving your life is not an ordinary favor.
In addition, Fang Tian has nowhere to go, at least for a long period of time, he will spend his time in this mercenary group. As for whether he will spend his whole life, I don't know.
In fact, Fang Tian knew from conversations with some people in the group that when they rescued him, they really didn't expect him to join their group, let alone repay him or anything.
——For them, being able to rescue a magic apprentice and maintain a relationship with this magic apprentice is a great honor in itself. If this magic apprentice can be promoted to level nine in the future, then whatever they say will be enough.
It can benefit the entire mercenary group!
Reaching level nine is too far away for Fang Tian.
Now, since he has decided to stay and stay in this mercenary group, it has become a must to become familiar with and deeply understand all aspects of the mercenary group and find his own position.
These are actually not complicated, and are even so simple that Fang Tian is a little surprised.
After talking with some uncles and buddies in the group, it only took two or three days for Fang Tian to understand the mercenary group in great detail. And while he was understanding it, Fang Tian used the knowledge from his previous life to understand the mercenary group.
The operations of the entire mercenary group are analyzed.
The mercenary group can be divided into several parts:
The first one is the main staff like Captain Owen. They make money by taking on some common demand tasks in the mid- to low-end market.
For example, in this small town named Hongshi Town because there is a red rock mountain range outside the town, there are a group of fur traders stationed all year round. Then go to the mountains and forests outside the town to hunt various kinds of animals.
Wild animals have become what they do most.
The beast can be sold whole, or the skin and meat can be disassembled and sold separately.
This has become a large part of their profit source.
When the topic came up, Lisen, the little man in the group, couldn't help showing an angry expression, saying that those fur traders were too deceptive and their prices were too low.
Hearing this, Fang Tian smiled slightly.
This is actually a perfectly normal thing. Not to mention this world, this era is the same as the earth when he came. In the 1980s and 1990s, the ginseng farmers in Northeast China treated ginseng like radishes.
The ginseng was put in sacks and sold in sacks, but the ginseng was sold at a carrot price!
Regardless of the demand for furs in other places, at least in this fur-rich town, the price of furs is absolutely cheap, so it is natural to be cheated.
How can you make money if people don't cheat you?
Therefore, unless the mercenary group changes careers and specializes in marketing, buying low and selling high, they will only continue to be cheated.
But Fang Tian asked casually and found that the marketing industry in this place is very deep and the market is very complicated. A small and medium-sized mercenary group like them, with only thirty or forty main members, cannot afford to do this, or in other words, although they can barely do it,
Capable, but risky. Once something goes wrong, it's all over.
There are old people at the top and young people at the bottom, and they cannot afford this risk.
All the furs are sold, but only part of the meat is sold. Their mercenary group owns a hotel in the town and can eat some. Some old men and women in the group run all aspects of the hotel.
This is also the second type of member of the mercenary group - auxiliary management.
In addition, there are some people in the group who are responsible for inquiring about information, such as when which kind of wood is popular, which leather goods dealer is more reasonable in shipping, or which goods are in temporary demand, etc.
Through these operations, the mercenary group is not living a wealthy life, but it cannot be said to be very poor. Of course, it needs to be improved.
After Fang Tian understood this, he felt a little appreciative in his heart.
As the saying goes, although a sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Although this small mercenary group has not yet become a one-stop production, sales and supply chain, it is almost there.
However, for Fang Tian, who comes from an era of intense economic growth, the profit margins that can be mined are still very large, and they are not generally large. And now, what Fang Tian wants to know is -
What is the status of this mercenary group in this town?
How much profit can it afford?
To put it simply, it is not difficult to make money. What is difficult is to make money within an acceptable risk range.
There is no legal protection in this place, and everything is carried out within unspoken rules that rely on force. If the profits are too big to support by force, then no matter how prosperous the development and operation are, it will be wiped out in one fell swoop.
Things that should be done.
In a word, even if Bill Gates comes here, he will pay the protection fee honestly, seek support for force, and then hand over at least half of the money he earns! As for whether the remaining half will have a chance to keep and enjoy, it is still unknown.
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There is no legal business here.
If you have big fists, you are legal.
You don’t have big fists. If someone steals your business, it’s considered a kindness to you. If someone cuts off your connections, it’s considered a courtesy. Killing your whole family is considered a normal state!
After fully understanding all this, Fang Tian sighed in his heart, in such a social environment, it would be a damn thing if force did not flourish. No wonder an eight-year-old child started rolling rocks.
In the previous life on earth, there were not just one or two adult men who could not carry a fifty kilogram bag of rice, but a handful of them on the street!
After understanding this, Fang Tian focused on asking about the distribution of forces in the town.
This is quite simple. There are more than a hundred mercenary groups in the town. The main members of the large mercenary groups are two to three hundred people. There are two such mercenary groups in the town. The main members of the intermediate mercenary groups are from
There are about twenty such mercenary groups, ranging from seventy to one hundred.
The rest are mercenary groups like Owen and others, with main personnel ranging from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50. If the number of personnel is smaller, it will be difficult to survive.
There are generally no conflicts between mercenary groups. Everyone has his or her own meal according to the strength of the group. Even if there is a conflict, it is to a certain degree and there is basically no life-and-death conflict.
The ones who often have conflicts are the mercenary groups and those warriors who work as independent gangs.
In addition to the mercenary group, there are thousands of warriors in the town. They come from all directions, with complex sources, complex composition, and varying levels of force.
It is conceivable that in this place without legal constraints, when there are conflicts or conflicts of interest, or someone dislikes the other, it is really normal for you to stab me with a stick and I will give you two knives!
In addition to warriors, there are people who take advantage of opportunities, fish in troubled waters, and people of all kinds. Of course, there are no three religions and nine schools in this world, but there is just a mixture of good and bad.
After fully understanding all aspects of the town, Fang Tian had a feeling.
Chaos, not ordinary chaos!
It's really hard to get along here if you don't form a gang.
Fortunately, although the mercenary group he is currently in is small, it has finally occupied a place in the town's regular sphere of influence. And after joining him as a third-level magic apprentice, the status of this mercenary group will obviously rise.
Some.
After understanding these things, what things can be done and what things cannot be done, what things can be taken out and what things cannot be taken out, Fang Tian has a good idea.