Cyberpunk: 2075.

Chapter 83 61. It’s all business
"Huh? Bringing a black super dream movie to school, Carl, are you kidding me, you went to school for a day and you come back to say this?"

At the team's dinner point, Oliver's home, Oliver expressed disbelief at Carl's words about his experience after a day of school.

"What can I do."

Carl spread his hands and said, "As soon as they heard that my Gaius' identity was to sell Black Meow, a group of them surrounded me. Before I could say anything, they were already ready to decide on the subject matter and asked me to bring it. They had already paid the deposit, so I couldn't not bring it."

"Uh, let me ask first, how much did they pay as a deposit?"

"One hundred euros, and the full movie costs five hundred euros."

"So what's the normal price they want for Black Mewtwo?"

"About two hundred and fifty euros."

"So, you just sold something and doubled your money?"

"almost?"

"This"

Oliver, who originally felt that Carl was not very reliable, now fell into deep thought. He suddenly felt that bringing movies to the students of Arasaka Academy was not something unacceptable.

"This seems to be a profitable business, but why did they come to you so quickly? And why are they so skilled in the process?"

"It seems that there was a student who sold Black Mewtwo in the academy. Because of him, all the students in the school know the general process."

"Then why didn't the students of Arasaka Academy go to him, but to you?"

"It seems that the number of Mewtwo he sells each time is not large, and the transaction is very careful and cumbersome. In short, the supply cannot meet the demand. In addition, I am a 'professional' with a record on my 'resume'. Maybe the students of Arasaka Academy believe in 'criminal records' more than that good classmate who sells a small number?"

"Fuck, after hearing you say that, I actually think it makes sense."

Oliver could understand it by putting himself in their shoes. If he were in their shoes, he would trust the "professional" people who came from the streets more than the classmates who secretly brought one or two discs.

But he immediately realized one thing.

"But Karl, a resume is a resume, you do it yourself, okay?"

"I can't do anything. If I could do it, I wouldn't come to discuss it with you."

Carl sighed, and Jack on the side also sighed: "The identity given by the priest is too reliable, it doesn't seem to be very good, and there is even a criminal record in the past. This aspect is unexpected."

"I suspect that this Gaius is a fake identity used by the priest's staff to cover up crimes. But Jack, this can't be said to be bad, because it is unexpected, and it happens to be in line with our goal. Selling Black Chao Meng to get to know people is absolutely amazing."

"It's just right that it's unexpected. Who would have thought that a street person who had just entered the academy and started to rediscover his original business and make money was actually aiming to become a member of the academy's board of directors?"

Oliver said at the side: "This sounds absurd. I just watched an anime-like Mewtwo recently, called "The Reincarnation of the Unemployed: The Target is the Prime Minister". You give me a similar feeling now, Carl."

"You should watch less 2D movies, Oliver."

Carl lazily lay on the sofa: "Anyway, give me an idea. The money has been collected, but Mewtwo still needs to be purchased. When I came back, I had already bought out all the Black Mewtwo at the Mewtwo store we often go to, but the quantity is still not enough. Do you have any ideas? Ordinary stores won't sell Black Mewtwo directly when we first meet them."

"After all, NCPD has done this many times before." Jack thought about it and came up with an idea: "Carl, didn't you just say that there are students in the academy who also sell Black Mewtwo? Why don't we track him and see where he bought Black Mewtwo from? We can cut off the source of supply and see if we can make that line ours."

"Stealing business, eh? I think it's okay."

Oliver voted in favor of Jack's idea without any sense of shame in stealing students' business.

If you can't do it well, don't do it. Big business still needs people who can control it. Since you are a student, then study hard. You are too young to control yourself. They can do this kind of thing.

"Okay, I just happened to have collected some information about him. But I think we can develop him into an offline player. We can sell what he doesn't dare to sell, and we can bring what he doesn't dare to bring. In addition to Black Mewtwo, that group of students also needs a normal Mewtwo.

Let's let him help sell the normal Mewtwo. We just can't handle this business. He was hesitant to sell the black Mewtwo, so let him sell the normal Mewtwo. I think it will be easier to win him over if we can make money together."

Karl said this, but Jack didn't understand: "Will that student listen to you?"

"Of course he would listen."

Carl said as he sent the identity information of the student who sold the Black Mewtwo to Jack and Oliver: "David Martinez is a student of Arasaka Academy who is not from the company. Because he is a commoner, his identity is not kept secret, so I gathered a lot of information. He is from Santo Domingo, Oliver, and he is from the same neighborhood as you."

"You're from Saint Domingo? You look unfamiliar."

"Maybe it's because you don't have much social interaction in your life."

Carl had a deep impression of David. The young man who made eye contact with Carl at the corner today was him. Because of his talent, Carl remembered him at that time.

"Then, he was from a single-parent family. His mother was an emergency technician for Night City Healthcare. In order to support his schooling, she often worked long hours until late at night. Even so, his family was struggling financially.

The data I obtained through hacking methods showed that his family had three records of defaulting on rent. The longest one even reached the maximum deadline, and he paid it on the day when he was about to be locked out of the apartment. I think I can make an offer that he can't refuse."

Oliver understood what Carl said: "So, you plan to use him to build an intelligence network at Arasaka Academy?"

"Almost. With the group that bought Black Mewtwo and the group that bought normal Mewtwo, together, we should be able to get the information we want."

"but."

At this time, Jack still had a question: "I'm a little curious. Black Mewtwo is fine, but students like these should be able to buy normal Mewtwo at the Mewtwo store themselves. Why do they still need this?"

"So Jack you never went to school."

Carl has some experience with this: "In a place like Arasaka Academy that encourages involution, what do you think the parents who send their students here have in mind? Do you think those company dogs will allow their children to watch some boring Mewtwo there to relax? In other words, what do you think the family environment of the students who spend a lot of money to buy Mewtwo will be like?"

After Carl gave this explanation, Oliver and Jack both understood.

So it's specially prepared for wealthy students who want to relax.

After understanding this, they also have their own tasks.

Tracking David Martinez.

When necessary, some force and euros can be used to "persuade" him.

(End of this chapter)