With the help of the underground forces, mobile phone sales increased day by day, and the market, like a lit powder keg, instantly erupted with enormous energy!
The speed of mobile phone popularization exceeded everyone's expectations, and they were even sold in places that News Pigeons usually couldn't enter,
Such as the mysterious and secluded Wano Country!
Wano Country,
With its treacherous terrain and policy of isolation, it had always been a forbidden land difficult for the outside world to glimpse.
There was a strict social hierarchy here, with a chasm-like gap between commoners and nobles.
Although Morgans was resourceful, News Pigeons found it difficult to enter Wano Country. Only through the underground forces' transactions with Kaido could this sales channel be opened.
However, most commoners in Wano Country struggled even to eat, let alone buy a mobile phone.
Mobile phones here became synonymous with luxury goods; only those with a certain status and position could afford them.
This was not only because mobile phones were relatively expensive but also because their sales channels were strictly controlled by a few people.
Thus, mobile phones in Wano Country became a unique symbol, distinguishing commoners from nobles.
Of course, the premise was: someone had to buy a mobile phone!
"Mobile phones, selling mobile phones! Fresh mobile phones!" A street vendor shouted loudly, his voice tinged with eagerness and anticipation.
However, few people stopped to look at his stall.
Pedestrians on the roadside, with empty eyes and hungry stomachs, merely turned their heads slightly at the vendor's shouts before continuing their heavy-footed walk.
"What mobile phone? A new kind of chicken?" The two shook their heads, a hint of helplessness and self-mockery on their faces. "It's been so long since we've had meat, I've forgotten what meat tastes like. Can't afford it, can't afford it."
They muttered softly and continued walking forward.
Watching the two walk away, the vendor beside him was very puzzled.
His name was Ricks, affiliated with the underground force, the King of Sea Transport, and it was because of this transaction cooperation that he was allowed to set up a stall in Wano Country.
There were others like him selling mobile phones at stalls in various regions of Wano Country.
As long as their performance met the standards, they would receive a huge bonus.
Today, he had gotten up before dawn to set up his mobile phone stall, and now, with the sun high in the sky, almost baking him alive, he hadn't sold a single mobile phone!
Who would believe that?
Mobile phones, which were snatched up like hotcakes outside, were completely ignored in Wano Country!
Absurd!
As for why their group didn't directly negotiate cooperation with the local pirate high-ranking officials, the reason was simple: profit!
Once they cooperated with these high-ranking officials, there would definitely be profit sharing.
Moreover, these pirates wouldn't talk about long-term cooperation; it was entirely about whoever had the bigger fist made the rules.
What if you came here today, negotiated a price with this group of pirates, paid the money, and then tomorrow another group of new pirates with bigger fists took over the place? Wouldn't you have to pay again?
That was, of course, impossible!
So, they could only leverage their other cooperative relationships to be allowed to set up stalls or open shops locally.
These were the unspoken rules of trade in various regions.
Through this method, they could avoid direct conflict with the pirate high-ranking officials while utilizing local market resources to gain profits.
However, the current situation in Wano Country presented a challenge to their plans.
Commoners here struggled even to eat, let alone buy a mobile phone.
Mobile phones here became synonymous with luxury goods; only those with a certain status and position could afford them.
Ricks looked at everything before him, his heart filled with emotion.
"This is absurd! I, Ricks, am a subordinate of the dignified North Blue sales champion… How can I not even sell one mobile phone?!"
Ricks stood in front of his stall, his face full of helplessness and frustration, looking at the passersby, his heart filled with doubt and unwillingness.
To attract customers, he took out his mobile phone, opened TikTok, and played various exciting videos for passersby, eagerly introducing:
"Isn't a mobile phone fun? So much fun! Everyone on it is talented, and they speak so nicely. I love scrolling through TikTok, I can spend an entire day on it!"
However, despite talking until his mouth was dry, no one stopped, not even to take a glance.
Pedestrians still hurried past, seemingly uninterested in his introduction.
Ricks felt incredibly frustrated: "This is too much, too much!"
He had never encountered a mobile phone so difficult to sell.
Before, in North Blue, mobile phones were always in short supply, and people rushed to buy them.
Often, before the store even opened, the line outside would already stretch to the end of the island!
But now, he couldn't even give them away if he chased after people and put them in their hands!
This was simply unacceptable to him.
"What on earth is going on?" Ricks muttered to himself, his eyes full of confusion.
He looked at the mobile phone in his hand; it was clearly the hottest tech product right now, so why was it ignored here?
He tried to recall his experience selling mobile phones in North Blue; back then, he was always confident, and mobile phones would be snapped up as soon as he brought them out.
But now, he had been completely rebuffed here.
"Is it because the people here are too poor?" A thought flashed through Ricks's mind.
He saw the passersby's ragged clothes and hungry expressions, and he couldn't help but feel some sympathy.
But he quickly shook his head, trying to convince himself: "No, that's impossible. Mobile phones are so fun, how could no one like them? I must not have found the right method."
Just then, a light exclamation came,
"Huh? What's a mobile phone?"
Then, Queen walked over step by step with his subordinates, holding a bowl of sweet and delicious red bean soup, looking quite content.
His subordinates beside him respectfully smiled, and four or five of them even carried a large iron bucket, seemingly filled with red bean soup.
Ricks's pupils immediately constricted when he saw the other party—Plague Queen!
He had done his homework before coming to Wano Country, gaining a comprehensive understanding of Wano Country's forces.
The Beasts Pirates, whose Captain was Four Emperors Kaido, a Fish-Fish Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form Devil Fruit user, known as the Strongest Creature in the World!
Below him were the Three Disasters, Tobi Roppo, and so on, all of whom were formidable fighters.
But fighting ability was one thing, and doing business was another; the two could not be conflated.
Moreover, his stall had the King of Sea Transport's brand logo, and the two parties had an indispensable cooperative relationship, making it even less likely that the other party would cause trouble or target him.
However, the appropriate courtesies still had to be observed.
"It's Lord Queen! A rare guest, a rare guest!" Ricks showed a professional smile and greeted him with great delight.
He was not just happy because the other party was Queen, but more so because this was his first customer today, and he absolutely had to sell a mobile phone!
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