Chapter 296 GDP Is Rising Again!

Still in the banquet hall.

Crocodile put down his knife and fork, lit a cigar and leaned back in his chair.

Following his movements, Daz Bonis, who was eating, also stopped and crossed his arms expressionlessly.

"Give me a share."

He raised his head and blew out the smoke and said to Sage.

Sagar finished the soup in front of him, picked up the towel on the side and wiped his mouth, and said slowly:

"You left Impel Down City, your self-confidence has been restored, and your business channels have returned. You have loyal subordinates following you, and you don't usually call me. Now you come to me to discuss business, and you ask for one without saying anything. , I like you coming to me, but I don’t like your attitude!”

Sage straightened up and shouted: "It's you who owe me money, not me who owes you. You don't even want to call me a creditor, Lao Sha!"

"My name is not Lao Sha!"

A vein burst out from Crocodile's forehead, and he said: "When I came here, I saw Doflamingo's ship. I know that you have business dealings with him, but I can also do this part of the business, and I am also your cooperation. Partner, the person I know is different from Doflamingo."

It's indeed different.

Doflamingo's largest trading partner is Kaido, and now there is an additional Sag, but it is basically in the arms business, exporting weapons to those warring countries, and cooperating with the world government.

In the underground world, he basically acts as a hub connecting the world government with the underground world and pirates. He is an intermediary and, by nature, a 'partner'.

Crocodile is different. He mainly cooperates with people in the underground world and uses them to fight against the world government. He is a "confrontation party".

The underground world does not only refer to those six industries, it is just a representative, and it is only a representative of this industry.

As for those franchised countries, or powerful non-franchised countries, rich people, nobles, and some powerful people are all active in the underground world.

Because the sea is not connected enough, and the people in the underground world gather together, it can be regarded as a disguised communication channel. It is precisely because of them that the underground world is the underground world.

Among these people, there are also many people who are unhappy with the Navy and the World Government.

Crocodile relies on this channel to do business. They may seem to overlap with Doflamingo, but they are still fundamentally different.

Moreover, Doflamingo cannot take over the world's business by himself. He only cares about his own channels, and Crocodile also has his own channels.

"Doflamingo will give me a share of what I do. The price is the same for everyone. I will expand your business channels for you. You have no reason to refuse."

Crocodile glanced at him sideways, "When I am ready and establish the Utopia, our business can be expanded even more."

"Why don't you come and help me."

Sager also lit a cigar and put one leg on the armrest. "I can achieve that utopia that is not threatened by any force. Wouldn't it be more achievable if you come and help me?"

"I will submit to no one, Sarge."

Crocodile said solemnly: "In addition, I am very surprised that you can persist for half a year and actually occupy a kingdom, even a non-franchised country."

The king is not that easy to make. So far, the only one who can really succeed is Doflamingo.

Even though I had stayed in Alabasta for so long and even became a 'hero' in that country, I still failed to win in the end.

This has a certain relationship with his final failure, but it is not the whole story.

Maybe even if you succeed, most people still won't admit it. Being a hero is completely different from being a hero, and being a king is completely different from being a king.

It is difficult for an outsider to become king.

"What do you mean?" Sage asked.

"Many people say you are a tyrant. After all, you have killed many kings and now you have become the king. Many people hate you. Many people are secretly funding your opponents. Logically speaking, you should be very You should be overthrown as soon as possible, and then just find an island and continue being your pirate. I didn't expect you to hold on."

Crocodile said: "Can't you notice? There are many people in your territory who are rebelling."

"Lily?"

Sage turned to look at Lily who was attending the meeting.

"Indeed there is."

Lily said: "But it was quickly suppressed. Sif and Misty did a good job, and Gabra and the others also provided a lot of information. We suppressed the signs as soon as they appeared. I'll tell you about this." I reported it to you before but you didn’t pay attention.”

The matter is very small, and it is still about the nobles. The nobles who have not yet been wiped out will come out with a knight today, and a leader tomorrow, and a group of people are entangled to counterattack.

Some were taken care of by Misty and Sif who led the team, while others were discovered and crushed to death by them.

"What do I care about if you press me to death?"

Sage touched his chin, thought for a while and said: "No wonder some pirates and bounty hunters who are looking for trouble never stop. I thought all pirates in the new world are so brave. It turns out they have money to take."

Since he occupied Gareth, although prosperity has gradually returned, there are still some short-sighted people, and there are still a lot of them. Sage just thought that the people in the new world were dissatisfied, but it turned out that there was something deeper.

"Your bounty in the underground world is as high as 3 billion Baileys, which is higher than your bounty. The largest funder comes from the 'God of Fortune' Du Felder."

Crocodile said: "But you held on and did a good job. I originally wanted to wait until you were overthrown and return to the sea to cooperate with you. Now, I can only change my approach."

After all, they are just pirates

There are indeed many pirates in the sea, but after all, they are just pirates. As strong as Big Mom, even if they have reached the reputation of the "Four Emperors" and occupy so much territory, they are only considered to be a "powerful country", not the king of the world.

There are many powerful countries on the sea.

How can normal pirates, with one or two hundred people in a boat, be able to deal with a country? They are good at robbing ports, but few can do it to capture a country.

People like Sager are really special cases among special cases. He is the first known pirate on the sea.

"Du Feld."

A blue vein appeared on Sage's forehead. He bit the cigar with his teeth and said with an angry smile: "That guy owes me 52 billion. After counting the interest, let's give him 100 billion. If I don't come to him, he will." Come to me."

"The bugs in the sewer can't even jump out of the well, but the disgusting people have a trick! Where are the others!"

"You are not the only one looking for him. If he had been discovered so easily, he would have died long ago." Crocodile shook his head.

"It's really hard to find," Lily agreed.

It wasn't the first day that Sage came to see him.

After Luqi joined CP0, he also asked Gabra to send an order to Luqi. When he found Du Felder, he would inform him of his location. The best thing to do was to bring him over.

But there is no news at all after such a long time, and it is indeed hidden very deep.

"Having said that, let's decide whether to cooperate or not." Crocodile said: "Decide early. I have to go to other places to accumulate my strength."

"Damn, what are you crazy about debt?"

Sage rolled his eyes, "Let's see, Dover takes one-third of my share, you take one-third, and I divide the remaining one-third myself, and there's another thing."

He paused, and Lily took out a rainbow gem and placed it in front of Crocodile.

Sage talked about the idea of ​​rainbow gems and said: "You help me promote it, and I will give you 20% of the production, no problem."

"It can be done, but I have a little problem."

Crocodile blew out a puff of smoke and said, "I have no money."

"..."

The veins on Sag's forehead became more prominent. He tugged at the corner of his mouth and said harshly: "Are you here to fight?!"

"I lent my money to Bucky. The remaining funds cannot be touched. I am going to borrow this part from you. Give me some weapons first, and I will find a channel to sell them to Bucky."

Bucky became a Shichibukai some time ago and founded a company called 'Bucky Express'. To put it simply, it is a mercenary business that specializes in sending mercenaries to places in need in the world.

But mercenaries also need weapons, and they can't go to war empty-handed. Bucky borrowed this part of the money from Crocodile, and now Crocodile is going to earn it back from him, and then they still owe him money.

He is also proficient in the trade of left-handed and right-handed people.

"Oh, it's easy to borrow money. I'm also in the loan sharking business."

Sagar's eyes lit up and he immediately changed his face, "For the sake of our partners, how much do we need to borrow with an interest rate of 40% a year?"

"40%"

Crocodile's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Sure enough, the 500 million you had before was not an investment at all, and you actually lent me a loan!"

"The past is in the past, don't worry about it so much. Let's do this, you owe me 700 million Baileys, and I will lend you another 1.3 billion to make up 2 billion Baileys."

Sage said with a smile: "Place an order with me and I will start production immediately."

…

Crocodile cursed and left.

Apart from taking away a bag of rainbow gems, he took nothing and no money.

It's not that he didn't borrow it anymore, but that the money was directly converted by Sager into orders for weapons and warships, and Crocodile would send people over to get it after production was completed.

Sager kept saying nothing, and Crocodile was saddled with debts. By the way, the factory that had just started to produce weapons and warships had a business worth more than one billion beli, and not only A few people have received a batch of new job opportunities, and those responsible for producing raw materials have also received a batch of orders and jobs.

It also means that you can collect a lot of taxes.

Hey, GDP is up again!

A few days later.

A raft made of large logs approached the port of Fort Augustine.

"Thief hahahaha!"

Rough laughter sounded on the raft, “What a nice place, Sag!