Chapter 10 Umit's Impact: A Controversial Commerce and Noble Deeds

[Doflamingo: You're just the Minister of Commerce of a small country in the East Blue. Why are you so proud?]

[ Crocodile: It's not surprising that you control several kingdoms, given your position. But why are you so proud? A minister should be humble. ]

[Moria: You're crazy! It's wrong to be a king, but to be a so-called Minister of Commerce is even worse]

[Sengoku: Seastone is being sold to Umit, but it's not enough to make them as rich as the Golden Emperor or the Kingdom of St. Vinus.]

[Kaido: Are you saying the Sea King didn't sell seastone to the Marines?]

[Sengoku: Of course not, or else I wouldn't be asking.]

[Kaido: He didn't sell it to me either!]

[Big Mom: Is it weird that I didn't sell it to you? You have a lot of seastone too. The important thing is, you didn't sell it to me!]

[Doflamingo: Umit, who did you sell the seastone to?]

Everyone was confused because there were not many people who could afford to buy so much seastone.

If someone did buy it, it would be normal for them to tell others.

But no one seemed to have bought it, and Umit refused to say who did.

This made everyone even more curious.

.....

The video showed Umit's ordinary day.

After respectfully watching Boss Bai, he arranged the seastone on the transport ship and sent it to war-torn countries.

He sold seastone to rebels and civilians, not nobles or royal families.

The price was much lower than normal seastone, but sales were great because it was affordable.

Many people were happy to receive it, and they welcomed Umit's merchants as saviors.

[Kaido: Umit! What are you thinking? No wonder there is no news of your peddling among the upper-level forces. You actually sold such precious things to these low-level forces at such a low price. You are destroying the market! How are you going to make a profit like this?]

Kaido was furious.

Seastone handcuffs of the same size usually sell for five million Baileys a pair, but Umit was selling them for 500,000 or even 400,000 Baileys.

Kaido couldn't understand why Umit was selling them so cheaply.

He even sold seastone finishing arm stitches for 40,000 to 50,000 Baileys, which is a fraction of the usual price.

Kaido was worried that if Umit kept selling seastone at such low prices, it would destroy the market and hurt his own business.

Kaido realized that he had been too focused on the upper-class forces and had neglected the lower-class forces.

The lower-class forces were buying seastone from Umit at a fraction of the price that Kaido was selling it for, and then they were reselling it at a higher price.

This was hurting Kaido's business because it was driving down the prices of seastone.

Kaido realized that he needed to change his strategy.

He needed to focus on both the upper-class and lower-class forces in order to maintain his market share.

He also needed to find a way to stop Umit from selling seastone at such low prices.

[Umit: Kaido, you should thank me! If I had competed with you for the upper market from the very beginning, would your seastone be as good as ours? Would you still be able to make a profit?]

Kaido was speechless when he saw the barrage.

He didn't believe that Umit was being kind, but he was also afraid of Umit's powerful strength.

He didn't want to conflict with Umit, so he decided to let it go.

[Red-Haired: You should consider selling seastone to us in the future. You don't need to be afraid of offending Kaido. We are strong enough to protect you.]

The Red-Haired Pirates are also in need of high-quality seastone at a reasonable price.

[Sengoku: Our Marines also need seastone! As long as you sell us seastone, I promise no one will harm you.]

[Dragon: I will talk to you about this!]

[Big Mom: Umit, you shouldn't forget our friendship!]

[Kaido: What do you mean?]

[Loan usury king: Don't worry, Mr. Kaido. This is a business, not a war. We will use the products that are cheapest and easiest to use.]

[Stussy: It's fine if you didn't know before, but now that you know, you should take the initiative to contact Umit.]

[Crocodile: People who can't keep up with the times will be eliminated.]

Umit looked at the barrage and smiled coldly.

He thought that the people who were criticizing him were ignorant and short-sighted.

He was not afraid of Kaido's strength, and he believed that Kaido's foresight was not even one-tenth of the King's.

He was grateful for his original choice to sell seastone to the bottom forces, because they were able to help him spread and control the news about the Dragon Kingdom.

[Aokiji: Umit has been involved in wars in many countries, and even if he didn't take advantage of the situation to raise prices, his money must be stained with blood.]

[Kizaru: The Dragon Kingdom doesn't seem to have a very large territory, so even if they have a lot of seastone, they must have limited stocks. How much money can they make by selling it at such a low price? It seems that even the wealth of the Golden Emperor may not be comparable]

[Civilian A: Aokiji, you can't say that about Lord Umit! If it weren't for him, our village would still be controlled by tyrants, and we would all be living in a living hell! It was Lord Umit's seastone that made it possible for us to defeat them.]

[Civilian B: That's right, we were able to assassinate the tyrant because we could buy Lord Umit's seastone at a low price. Where were you, Marines, when we needed you?]

]Civilian C: Ability users may not be a big deal to you, but they are enough to bring us disaster. Seastone is an expensive item, and most of us can't afford it. Lord Umit gave us hope.]

Aokiji and Kizaru were confused.

They couldn't understand why so many people supported Umit, even though he was a businessman.

Was his money clean?

Was he even righteous?

They didn't know, but the video soon showed them the truth