World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 71



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Episode 71. Hair Loss Medicine Business Instead of Drugs

Outside Mexico City.

Late at night.

Juan Carlos and Rodriguez were driving their usual vehicle down a dark street.

Their vehicles were bulletproof and looked incredibly sturdy, not suited to walking around in such a shabby neighborhood.

Because of its distinctive appearance, residents of this suburb intuitively know that this is a vehicle not to be messed with.

These vehicles are so security-conscious that they even have weapons inside to defend themselves.

Their vehicles were neither official vehicles nor bank cash transport vehicles. They belonged to a drug cartel.

They are members of a drug cartel.

However, he was not exactly a formal member of the organization.

In a cartel, members can be broadly divided into two categories: regular members and quasi-members. In other words, they are quasi-members.

But their expressions didn’t look that good.

“Hey, Juan. Aren’t you curious about what the hell is going on?”

“Shut up, Rodriguez. We just have to do our job.”

Despite Juan Carlos’s scolding, Rodriguez continued to mutter, unable to hide his uneasy feelings.

“What if I go there and get shot?”

“Damn. If you’re that anxious, why weren’t you in the car?”

“How can I just stay in the car when I’m facing an official member of the organization?”

Juan Carlos couldn’t stand Rodriguez’s constant whining and pacing.

“What the hell! Rodriguez! Please be quiet! I can’t concentrate on driving because of you!”

“… … .”

Only then did Rodriguez become a little quieter.

Although he said that, Juan Carlos was still worried inside.

The reason was because of the rumors that have been coming out lately. No. In fact, it is not a rumor, but because the parties involved have definitely experienced it, it is not something that can be treated as just a rumor.

The rumor is that the organization they are part of is suddenly disappearing. To be exact, it is a cessation of activities related to drugs.

It was a very strange sound.

The drug cartel is not a multi-level marketing company, and it’s gone into hiding.

The structure of drug cartels is designed to be more closed than one might think given their size.

Most key positions are staffed by full-time members, while numerous other miscellaneous tasks are handled by contract members.

That’s why Juan Carlos and Rodriguez are going to transport a large sum of money right now, and even that is being handled by them, who are quasi-members of the organization.

Of course, it is also true that the organization did not worry about them running away with the money in the first place.

Anyway, because of that structure, the quasi-members only do set tasks at set times and receive compensation to make a living.

And the economic structure driven by these drug cartels is so large that it could feed a state, and the number of quasi-organization members is also enormous.

Among them, Juan Carlos and Rodriguez have quite important roles.

But even they did not know the exact facts about this situation, in which the official members and the organization itself were unknown.

“You don’t have to think too deeply about it. As you said, you’ll be able to see the official members of the organization, so you can check then.”

Juan Carlos spoke to Rodriguez and himself to calm them down.

“… Yeah, that’s right.”

Soon, the vehicle they were driving pulled into an empty lot.

As expected, there was already a vehicle and a person waiting there. The two were relieved to see a sight that was no different from usual.

Ding ding.

The vehicle slowly came to a stop on the gravel lot.

Crunch.

The two opened the car door and got out.

I was worried, but when I actually saw it, I was so happy that I approached the official member.

Shudder.

However, as they approached, they couldn’t help but hesitate slightly when they saw the face of a regular member of the organization. This was because it was their first time seeing that face.

He had a very ordinary appearance, but if other people saw him, they would think that Juan Carlos and Rodriguez were official members of the organization and he was a pseudo-member.

Still, it was entirely possible that the person in charge would change.

In fact, there have been a few instances where the organization members changed while they were working, although it is very rare.

It does bother me though that the timing is as exquisite as it is now.

The two of them, as always, went behind the vehicle towed by the official organization members.

“Hey, Juan. I haven’t seen that guy in the gang before.”

Rodriguez, who was sticking close to me, whispered.

“Rodriguez, just do your job.”

Likewise, Juan Carlos whispered and gave him a hint.

They lifted a box from the back of the vehicle. It was a box containing money.

I didn’t count them, but judging from the size of the boxes, they didn’t seem to have changed from before.

The official members of the organization watched from a distance as they moved the money.

After they had moved all the cash, the regular staff turned around and tried to leave as if they had finished their work.

“Uh… Hey.”

At that point, Rodriguez couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke to a regular member of the organization.

If you were originally a quasi-member, you were never allowed to speak first until a regular member spoke to you.

A figure who was presumed to be an official member of the organization looked back at them with a stern face.

Juan Carlos realized that it was already too late to stop Rodriguez.

“There are some strange rumors going around about the organization.”

When Rodriguez asked, the official clerk stared at him for a moment, then asked,

“…What rumor?”

Juan Carlos watched the two in a tense atmosphere.

“They say our organization has completely ceased operations within the area….”

“so?”

A regular member of the organization interrupted Rodriguez’s words as if it was none of his business and asked again. Juan Carlos and Rodriguez were the ones who were more embarrassed by this.

“yes?”

Thud. Thud.

A formal member of the organization slowly approaches the two bewildered people.

At that, Rodriguez took a step back without realizing it.

A regular member of the organization stopped right in front of Rodriguez and asked.

“So does that matter to our business?”

He asked, pointing alternately at Rodriguez and himself.

“No, that’s not it.”

Rodriguez answered quickly.

A regular member of the organization, who was glaring at Rodriguez with cold sweat running down his face, took something out of his bosom.

“Come to think of it, I almost forgot this.”

It was a wad of money. The same amount as the daily wage he always received.

The regular member of the organization, who was glaring at Rodriguez again, quickly took a look at Juan Carlos and went back to his vehicle.

Boooooooo.

The remaining Rodriguez and Juan Carlos looked at each other awkwardly.

Now it was time to come to their senses and go finish their work.

* * *

Mexico.

It’s a veritable lawless paradise.

The power of the Mexican drug cartels is much stronger than most people realize.

It was so bad that there was hardly a single Mexican politician who had not taken money from drug cartels.

The Mexican government appeared to be proving the central government’s innocence by putting on various political shows, such as the war against drug cartels, but the story behind it was quite different.

The Mexican political scene is already flowing in a similar way to a proxy war between cartels, with politicians representing their interests.

This does not mean that Mexico’s central government is completely capitulating to the cartels; it would be more accurate to say that the political powers that be are patrons of the cartels.

For this reason, the cartel, which has been largely suppressed in recent years, could be called Mexico’s emerging MZ generation cartel, a purely criminal group that does not side with either the US or Mexican government.

And now, most of those emerging cartels have ended up being dismantled and absorbed by other politically aligned cartels.

In the end, it can be seen as the old cartel powers restraining the new powers that were expanding recklessly and without common sense.

“What did the force we just occupied say?”

[This is El Dinero Blanco.]

“Did you say that was the strongest force there?”

[Yes.]

According to Sarah, there are currently three most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, the most powerful of which is El Dinero, which has now been completely wiped out.

This ranking was not determined by the size of the cartels, but by the degree of influence they had in various areas within Mexico.

Of course, since the scale of the force is so large, it wouldn’t be much different even if it were arranged in order of scale.

They are a powerful group that exerts influence not only within their own local governments but also over the political structure of the central government.

So, from the perspective of the country of Mexico, he was a harmful entity, but fortunately for Jeong-woo, his position was the opposite.

A brutal criminal force that everyone keeps quiet about.

He has taken over that enormous economic group in an instant and taken its place, and yet no one has dared to admit it out loud.

For Jungwoo, there couldn’t have been a better situation than this.

“And then it naturally takes its place.”

The downside was that they were making a lot of money selling the drugs overseas.

There were many people in Mexico who lived off this money, so taking out even one of the most powerful drug cartels would be a huge blow.

The Mexican government has no reason to tolerate foreign companies taking over that position unless they shoulder the economic burden.

If it weren’t for that, we would have actually already dealt with all three cartels at once.

“I think it would have been better to hide your identity if possible….”

As mentioned earlier, all of El Dinero’s assets were transferred to the Royal Guard.

Unfortunately, it was difficult to maintain this illegally, as it would be necessary to lose hundreds of thousands of won in the future overseas.

This is especially true since they are not an armed force opposing the government, like a drug cartel. That is why they brought in the Royal Guard, who were acting as a middleman.

Fortunately, the cash, gold, and real estate accumulated by El Dinero’s boss is worth about 100 trillion won.

Oh, of course I’m not targeting drug cartels for this at all.

In any case, for the time being, this alone seemed to be enough to replace the cartel’s contribution to the domestic economy to some extent.

“First, we need to steadily provide back-end money to politicians… and then we need to find a way to make money that can be replaced in the long term.”

Of course, there are areas that have already been selected as alternatives.

“Hair loss medication.”

Drug cartels run a lot of legitimate businesses, one of which is pharmaceuticals. Drugs are also used legally in many cases.

It exists in many different places, including for medical purposes and in countries where marijuana use is legal.

A semi-front corporation, so to speak, responding to legitimate demand. It’s called semi because it actually does its job.

And since El Dinero’s pharmaceutical company has already been acquired under the name of Royal Guard, it can supply medicines through this.

Mexico does have a drug development process, but even so, this is a country where drug cartels distribute drugs.

“At first, they will distribute it illegally, and then people in the related industry will give them some bribes.”

In the first place, this is a medicine that falls from the sky. If I could have done business while showing all the procedures legally, I wouldn’t have chosen this method.

The plan is to deal with the three largest cartels, but that doesn’t mean smaller drug cartels will be completely eliminated.

Plus, there are already so many drug addicts all over the world.

Because there is demand, it is clear that the remaining small organizations will eventually grow.

Thanks to this, Jungwoo’s business was able to operate without interference from the illegal parts of Mexico.

An armed group of illegal drug cartels that oppose the government.

This in itself provides a justification for the existence of armed private organizations, so the Royal Guard can maintain security for businesses while being armed.

For Jungwoo, all he had to do was pay special attention to managing politicians’ funds in order to avoid Mexican government control.