Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

In an inconspicuous little bar in the Seven Waters City, the door was suddenly pushed open and three figures walked in from outside.

"Hey! Bruno! Three beers, please!"

Barry said with a smile, choking on his cigar as he waved at the burly man behind the bar.

"How come you have so much time today? Has the shipyard closed for business?"

Bruno asked casually as he wiped the cup.

"Ah, I'm off work today, but I'll have to rush to finish the work starting tomorrow, so let's all have some rest today."

Barry sat down at the bar and invited Kaku and Rob Lucci, who came with him, to take a seat.

"Rush work? Is there any big work?"

Bruno asked again, pouring a glass of beer for each of the three.

"Yes, this time a very wealthy client came and planned to spend 600 million berries to build a ship. I have worked in the shipyard for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen such a generous client. Now everyone is holding back their energy and wants to build this ship well."

Barry said unguardedly.

"Hey, Barry, is there really such a client? You are not bragging!"

A drinker nearby joked loudly that most of the people here were acquaintances, so it was harmless to make a few jokes.

"Bullshit, when did I ever lie? I personally received this client, and even the president met him in person."

Barry turned his head and cursed at the other person with a smile.

"Mayor Icebargu? Even he has come forward, so this matter must be true. Hey, Barry, do you know what that customer does?"

another regular customer asked.

"It should be a bounty hunter. I heard him say something, but I didn't hear it clearly, so I didn't ask more."

Barry said casually as he took a sip of his drink.

"Bounty hunter? Six hundred million berries? That's a big shot, Barry. Don't you plan to get to know him? You may need his help in the future."

Another person asked.

"I'm too lazy to do that. What does it have to do with me whether he's a big shot or not? So what if he's a bounty hunter? I don't need his help. If any pirates dare to cause trouble here, my guys and I are enough. Hahahaha!"

Barry laughed out loud.

The others laughed and cursed a few times, and the bar was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Boss, what's going on outside? When we came here, we saw a lot of people running towards the city center. Did something happen?"

Everyone laughed for a while, and Kaku suddenly looked at Bruno and asked.

"I know," the drinker at the next table took over the conversation before Bruno could answer, "The newspaper has been publishing a short story about the Golden Country and Sky Island in recent days. Everyone thought that the story was a fantasy, but today the newspaper suddenly announced that they would sell all kinds of magical shells from Sky Island in the newspaper office, and everyone went to grab the shells."

"Magic shell?"

Kaku was slightly startled and subconsciously looked at Barry.

Barry shook his head imperceptibly. "Don't do unnecessary things, and don't say unnecessary words. This matter has nothing to do with us."

They personally helped Remos and Nami clean up the Liberty, so they naturally knew what was on the ship. They couldn't see the private things, but Beike and the others saw it with their own eyes.

Barry can say his customers are rich because there is no clear direction.

If he or the people at his shipyard admitted that the shells were sold by their own customers, that would be indicative and might cause trouble for the customers, and they couldn't do that.

Kaku nodded and said nothing more.

As for Rob Lucci, he didn't say a word since he entered the door. He just sat there drinking silently, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

At night, the bar closed. Bruno packed up his drink utensils, left the bar through the back door, walked a long way in the alley, and finally entered an ordinary house.

In the room, Rob Lucci and Kaku were all waiting for him.

"Have you checked it out?"

Seeing Bruno come in, Rob Lucci suddenly asked.

"Checked it out."

Bruno nodded, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and put it in front of Rob Lucci, saying, "Remos, a bounty hunter from the East China Sea, calls himself the Sea Patrolman. He has been in the industry for more than a year and has destroyed many powerful pirate groups. Not long ago, he defeated Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and destroyed his conspiracy. As a result, he was appreciated by Vice Admiral Garp and received his guidance for a week.

The stories in the newspapers during this period were published with his money, and those shells were also sold secretly by him. It is certain that they have indeed arrived at the Sky Island and found the Golden Land. "

These things are not secrets to those who are interested. For those who come from CP9, it is easier to find out.

"Also, he just went to Judicial Island a few days ago to collect Crocodile's bounty. Spandam gave them the money personally."

"Do you need to check them out?"

After Bruno finished speaking, Kaku spoke next and looked at Rob Lucci.

Rob Lucci shook his head.

"Not for now. He is a bounty hunter, not a pirate. The source of the money is fine. The matter of Sky Island has nothing to do with us. We just need to make sure they are not here for Pluto."

"It seems that their target is not Pluto. Kalifa has been keeping an eye on Expagu. The information she sent back shows that Expagu only treats these two people as ordinary customers. Apart from that one meeting, they have no contact since then."

Bruno explained.

"That's fine, as long as they don't affect us, it doesn't matter what they do!"

Rob Lucci stood up and walked out with his hands in his pockets.

After a while, Kaku got up and left.

After both of them left, Bruno turned on the night light and prepared to read for a while before going to bed.

At the same time, in the hotel, Nami looked at the banknotes in front of her and laughed like a pervert. From time to time, she would pick up a stack of banknotes and kiss them hard, not caring that the money was dirty.

Remos looked at the banknotes with envy.

"By the way, do you have to do this? It's not the first time you've seen money."

Even when there were hundreds of millions of dollars on the ship before, she didn't behave like this.

"What do you know! This is the first money I earned with my own hands. It's completely different from the previous ones!"

Nami rolled her eyes at him and said.

Actually, this money is not earned by you - Remos wanted to say this, but he was not that stupid.

This time, the storytelling and marketing in the newspaper successfully elevated the originally inconspicuous shell to a position where it did not belong. Only fifty shells were sold today, but a full 10 million shells were earned, an average of 200,000 per shell.

Considering the value of the shells, this price is obviously too high, but considering the collection value, this money is still a bit too little.

So in the next few days, Remos will further raise the price of these shells and will not stop until he makes a fortune.

"Hey, Remus, how did you come up with this idea? It's so easy to use."

"Haha, these are just some simple marketing techniques. They raise expectations, create anxiety, and then use hunger marketing. If you read more newspapers, you will find that many businesses use this trick. However, most businesses use long-term routines. We are different. We focus on a short, flat and fast approach, harvesting a wave and running away."

Remos shook his wine glass and said with a smile.

"Hunger marketing? That's an interesting idea. So what should we do next? Will it be the same as today? If we sell all of them, we should be able to make another 10 million."

Nami's eyes were shining.

"Ten million? You underestimate me, don't you? I won't stop until I sell these remaining shells for thirty million."

"30 million?! You are robbing me!"

Nami's eyes widened.

Remos smiled slightly and leaned back in his chair. "It's just about robbing money, and I have to make others willing to be robbed by me. Just wait and see."

How to make something that is not so valuable become valuable? There is a lot of knowledge involved.

Remos didn't dare to say that he was very proficient in this kind of thing. If he was very proficient, he would have achieved success before he traveled through time.

In fact, he was just following the routines of some merchants before he traveled through time. There were many mistakes and omissions in the specific execution, but people in this world are generally naive. It is not an exaggeration to say that most of them are stupid and have a lot of money. He just arranged a dozen people among the crowd of people rushing to buy, and he aroused the mentality of those people to follow the trend and rush to buy.

The rest of the things were easy to handle. Everyone was scrambling for them. The various life shells that were originally of mediocre prices on the Sky Island suddenly became more expensive than the same weight of gold.

And today is only the first day, the really exciting things are yet to come.

The next day, the short stories continued to be published in the newspapers.

From today on, the climax of the story finally arrives. The protagonist of the story learns about the brutal rule of the God of Sky Island over the residents of Sky Island and decides to overthrow his rule.

But before he took action, he first got to know the Shandian people who had been rebelling against the God of Sky Island for years, and learned from them many tragic stories of their ancestors.

Needless to say, this section is purely made up. Remos borrowed plots from online novels he had read over the past decade before he traveled through time, and made each small story so tragic and desolate.

Readers who read the short story felt sad and desired these shells even more.

With the help of To, the thirty shells on the second day were sold for 15 million berries, an average of 500,000 each.

"..."

Late at night, Nami was speechless as she looked at the banknotes in front of her.

Bruno and others were also silent.

"This money... is too easy to earn. I am tempted by it."

Kaku covered his forehead and said helplessly. Bruno and Rob Lucci were both silent. They also felt that this thing was extremely magical, but it just appeared like this, clearly displayed in front of the three of them.