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"So, you put pressure on the other stores to crush this store?"
At my words, Giuseppe-san, Julia, and even Zinebra-san opened their eyes wide in disbelief.
"............Why did you think that?"
A calm voice. There's no trace of impatience.
"I don't go out much due to the nature of my work. I don't meet with purchasing agents either. But I only mentioned that I was working at this store once."
"Our store?"
That's right, that day I was asked by Artur and answered the name of this store.
That was the first and last time I mentioned the name of this store outside.
"When I went to sell the products to secure the store's funds, I was bought cheaply. But when my friend went to sell them, the transaction was concluded at a proper price. At that point, you'd notice, right? That someone is instructing to buy the products from me cheaply."
I had been talking to Julia about selling products to make money for a while.
That story reaches Giuseppe-san in the name of "consultation."
But for Giuseppe-san, who wants to take over the store quickly, that's very troublesome.
"So, you were looking for my existence, right? But for some reason, my information wasn't collected."
I'm a prince, after all. I should have a bodyguard.
Or rather, I have one 100%. Because Hofre's letters always have a comment about my recent situation.
Hofre's subordinate is definitely around me. I don't know who it is.
There's no way that subordinate of Hofre's would easily let my information be leaked.
Then Giuseppe-san should have been impatient. To the existence of me that wouldn't come out no matter how much he searched.
In that situation, I mentioned the name of this store at Giuseppe-san's store that day.
"You can't find out about my movements, and all you know is my name and what I'm going to do in the future. Then my appearance was added. What if I trade the store's goods at a formal price and the store recovers? It will be even more difficult for Giuseppe-san to get this store."
"Why, that kind of thing............! Does Uncle want to interfere with us!?"
Giuseppe-san frowned at Julia, who had a crying expression.
But I can understand Giuseppe-san's feelings.
"That's because the management will fail again when I'm gone, right?"
Everyone's eyes turned to me at my words.
"I won't be able to come to Giuno at least after I graduate from the academy, or rather, after the training to create a party starts. Then the management will decline again. Because I've been managing somehow with my wisdom until now. So that won't be a fundamental solution. Sooner or later, the store will have to be closed."
"I think Julia and the others have misunderstood, but I also care about this store."
Giuseppe-san started talking as if taking over my words.
"Why can you say that he's rebuilding this store with 100% good intentions? Didn't you think that he might be exploiting this store? That he might be planning to take over? I shouldn't say these words in front of you, but every time Julia talks about you, I felt a sense of crisis. If it stays like this, Julia will be happy to give up everything, even the store, herself, and her mother, even if you were planning to destroy this store."
That sense of crisis isn't wrong.
Rather, I want to tell her to doubt everything first because her way of thinking is still like a child.
"This store is my brother's store. If I have to give it to a stranger, I'll destroy it, even if I'm hated."
"About that, do you really have to destroy it?"
"............Huh?"
First of all, that's the point.
Julia also said it, but why isn't it possible to have a joint management, or a relationship between the owner and the store manager?
"You should become the owner. Giuseppe-san manages all the finances. Even if you don't have knowledge about antiques, you can find it as much as you want if you have Giuseppe-san's connections, right? Giuseppe-san, the owner, manages all the money and purchasing, and tells Julia, 'This week's new arrival' and has her pass it on to her to sell. Isn't that okay?"
"In that case, I'd have to buy this store, so the name of this store on the guild would change."
"What about a business alliance? Giuseppe-san provides the management method and products. Julia's store buys that and sells it in the store. Shouldn't it be fine as long as that form isn't broken? For personnel, it's an alliance, so you can dispatch personnel from Giuseppe-san to here in the form of training, right?"
There are so many ways to do it. Why can't you think of it?
"That was a blind spot. The guild's law prohibits me from interfering with the management policy of this store, so I thought I had no choice but to buy it out."
"There's a law like that?"
"Of course. Basically, you're not allowed to interfere with the management policy of other stores."
"Then, Giuseppe-san should sell personnel and management methods as products to Julia's store, right? You're not prohibited from asking the seller how to solve it if you have questions about how to handle the product, right?"
"............Sales of human resources."
"It's not human trafficking. You're selling labor. Giuseppe-san acts as a mediator between people who want to work and stores that want labor. With your connections as a merchant, you know where they want labor, right? You introduce people who want to work but don't know who's looking for labor."
It may not be strictly the same, but you should play the role of a dispatch company or Hello Work.
"That's a blind spot............ Can something like that become a product?"
Giuseppe-san, who seemed to be worried for a while, nodded strongly as if he had made up his mind.
"Okay, I understand. Honestly, the management policy is a gray area, so I don't know if I can commercialize that, but I can send my acquaintances here through personnel dispatch. I'll do something about it. From now on, I'll try to operate so that Julia can manage this store as the owner, as long as it's under the name of Giuno."
At Giuseppe-san's words, Julia opened her eyes wide, and Zinebra-san made a dubious face.
"What kind of wind blew you here? You're the type to cut things off as soon as you think they're no good, right?"
"That's right. But I haven't compromised on anything that I thought was possible, have I?"
Zinebra-san snorted and then entered a listening mode, keeping her mouth shut.
"First of all, the store's management, that is, the money flow, will be done by the accounting staff that I will dispatch from now on. For purchasing, I'll leave it to Julia and Mom as usual for now. However, I'll dispatch personnel in charge of purchasing properly after I send in the accounting staff. Until then, Rai-kun will look through it once before purchasing, and show me a table of how much profit can be expected. Then I'll only purchase the items that I approve of. This is just taking the form of advice as Julia's uncle."
"Eh!? I'm the one who's going to look at it!?"
It's me here, of all people!!
"Of course. Honestly, I can't stand on the scene because it's a different field."
"I'm not always here because I have the academy."
"But you're the only one here who knows about these kinds of things, right? Besides, you're a kind person who honestly advises Julia and me on the store's management. I can trust you. Of course, you're not yet worth trusting."
Giuseppe-san, smiling at me, made me flinch a little.
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