I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

36 – Let’s work together

To be honest, until I met Shin Leung-gun in person, I didn’t realize how great Shin Leung-gun was.

The savior of Handan.

Jo Nara’s state guest.

A Princess of Wei.

National Four Soldiers.

She is as great as any of the nicknames that come with her name, but she was also an outsider like me.

It is surprising that she is building her own ecosystem away from all interests of Jo Nara, but on the contrary, it means that she cannot interfere in Jo Nara’s state affairs.

So, no matter how prestigious he is, he had no real power, so he guessed how big his influence would be.

Not one.

I know it when I meet him in person. Although her influence may be difficult to work properly in the political world, it will be absolutely absolute for the potential customer base I want to target.

Why are there so many more diners entrusted to Shinreung-gun, who was treated harshly, than Pyeongwon-gun or Geonsin-gun? I actually felt the connection between her and her while having a conversation with her.

And the faith in Shinneung-gun also grew stronger in proportion to it.

If it is her, it will be eaten.

Appearance is also appearance, but Xin Lung-kun had something that could be called a natural charm that attracted people.

Shin Leung-kun didn’t treat me like a child, but rather like a friend.

He had neither the same superiority nor the sense of authority due to the difference in age.

It’s comfortable.

At first, the tension caused by her gorgeous appearance and the high-pressure atmosphere was full of joy in the conversation.

When dignity is needed, he shows intense charisma like a flame, and when he embraces someone, he shows a calm and gentle side like a bonfire in a fireplace.

I didn’t compare it to cooking for nothing.

Just as the taste of the same ingredient changes dramatically depending on how it is cooked, Shinneung-gun responds in a different way depending on the opponent and the situation.

At some point, the leadership of the conversation had passed to Shinneung-gun.

Rather than taking it by force, it feels like I gave it back to you as if I handed it over naturally.

After a while, I was able to find myself explaining her future top management to her, like an employee briefing her boss on a project.

Maybe this isn’t the special treatment I’m the only one experiencing. Most of the diners must have experienced this and remained as diners of Shinneung-gun.

This was Shin Leung-gun’s way of managing his talents and gaining popularity.

I can assure you that the upper ranks with the back of the halo called Shin Leung-gun can never fail.

“So, when you sell something, you need to publicize the fact that Xin Leung-gun uses it himself.”

“Do I write?”

“Yes. Even if the quality is slightly lower, people will want to buy the same thing as Xinling’s. To get the satisfaction of using the same thing as the person they admire.”

It was like that even in the 21st century.

Even if there are similar products with similar quality and cheaper prices, consumers prefer products advertised by famous celebrities. Certain types of consumers even fanatically bought them in bulk.

This is why the positive image of celebrities has given a similar image to products.

And the fandom layer that follows celebrities, even though they don’t really need the product, they claim to be loyal customers out of fandom.

This is why companies spend a lot of money beyond imagination to use models that fit their products.

“If Xin Leung-gun leaves a review or adds some anecdote, people will want to buy the product even if they pay more. And the perception that you can buy it only if you pay more money increases the demand for direct purchase from the top. Will increase.”

“People flock to it. That will soon lead to fame. As reputation rises, more people will want to buy it even if they pay more, and then more people flock to the top again… They’re trying to create a cycle of growth.”

“Exactly.”

It’s okay to pretend.

Sinleung-kun was able to immediately figure out what I was aiming for, even if I gave him a clue, probably because he interacted with so many different people.

“By the way, is it okay to tell me the secret to selling like this? What if I rule out Young master and create a guild on my own?”

In that case, it would seem like I would lose my business and leave, but the loss goes to both parties, not just me.

“Since Lord Xinling is wise, I believe he knows that it is a handshake.”

Among marketing, there is something called viral marketing.

It is not directly advertising a product, but indirectly through word of mouth to inform consumers and permeate a positive image. This kind of viral marketing has a fatal weakness.

When it is revealed that such rumors were intentionally manipulated and spread by a company, consumers, on the contrary, have a strong antipathy toward the company.

Well, even now, more than 2,000 years ago, that may not be exactly the case, but if Xinleung-gun openly runs the guild and sells it in that way, there will be at least one or two bad words about Xin-leung.

In that case, it is better to entrust the upper management to an outsider like me and receive only the price for publicity.

There is an easy way to earn money while avoiding troublesome work, but why?

Shin Leung-kun also said that it was a joke, wondering to what extent he was aware of the blind spots of publicity I mentioned.

“Young master. Let me ask you one more question.”

“Yes. Anything.”

Then Shin Leung-kun leaned over and brought his face closer to me.

The blue wall like the sky reflects me transparently. It doesn’t stop there. Shinneunggun is getting closer and closer.

While I was doing it, her huge maternal love approached right in front of my face.

‘Reach….’

Should I avoid it or not?

If you look at it rationally, it would be right to avoid it, but your instinct whispers to you to stay still.

How hard has it been so far?

I have been suffering from a sense of responsibility close to obsession that I have to feed my family members even though taking care of my own business is not easy.

Especially after reaping affection, the obsession grows even bigger, but I couldn’t show weakness anywhere, so I desperately pretended to be fine.

Everyone is looking at me, but if I shake, it’s the end. I endured this far with a sense of duty that I had to live up to the expectations of those who believed in me.

So, for a moment….

It was only a moment, but after agonizing in a time that felt close to eternity, it was reason that won.

‘What am I thinking….’

I was too careless. How can you get distracted so easily?

I was about to pull my back back, but something caught on my body and my body stopped.

‘Hand?’

The moment I realized that it was Shin Leung-gun’s hand, I was buried in Shin-leung-gun’s arms.

“Eh!?”

“It’s like a fortune! Why did you come only now? Why didn’t you look for me instead of your brother from the beginning, huh?”

“Poetry, Xinling-kun?”

I couldn’t keep up with the immediate situation and only struggled with my limbs.

“In my heart, I’d like to ask you to become a Gourmet, but that would be difficult even for a Young master, right?”

“That, rather than that…”

“First of all, it’s business partners. That wouldn’t be bad either.”

When Shin Leung-kun was lost in his thoughts, I quickly squeezed through the gap and got out. To be honest, I think it would have been okay if I stayed still, but I felt a bit regretful.

Sinleung-gun attacked and entered before I could even argue with Shin-leung-gun.

“Did you come to know that my financial situation is tight?”

“Um… I’d be lying if I said no.”

Is the financial difficulty severe enough to show this kind of reaction?

Still, I heard that there were some diners who were running their own business under Shinneung-gun, so they paid for themselves to some extent.

“There’s nothing so strange about it. I don’t know if it was a while ago, but recently the financial situation has become a little more difficult.”

“Ah, Jo Nara’s support has decreased.”

“Wouldn’t it be funny to claim my share in helping my country?”

No matter how much you make your own source of income, it is not easy to feed 3,000 diners.

Sinreung-gun himself started to run out of money to the extent that he could eat simple meals, but I came with a secret plan to make a lot of money. That’s while proving his ability by earning quite a lot of money through exchanges.

Listening to what I said, even Shinleung-gun must have had a strong intuition that this would work.

No matter how much Shinneung-kun was, it would have been very embarrassing to have been in a foreign country for several years.

I am well aware of the sadness of eye candy. Shinneung-gun had legitimacy and a high reputation, so he must have been less than me, but the scale was so different that it must have been a lot of pressure.

When I thought I could get out of that situation, I understood a little bit why they welcomed me so much.

“But would you mind? I’m protecting the princess of Qin. Isn’t Qin an enemy to the state of Wei as well as to the state of Zhao?”

I dared to bring up a controversial subject that Shin Leung-gun did not bring up.

It may seem like a silly thing to scratch and scald. But I think this is a necessary process.

Me and Sinleung-gun are now partners. A lot of money would come and go, and we needed to trust each other. If that’s the case, just saying that good is good and covering it up won’t be a good thing.

Dark sorrow fell over Shinneung-gun’s face, which had been full of colors until just now. Her eyes were dimly colored, as if she were reminiscing about her past.

“Is there any country in the world without Eunwon? It is too much to resent a child who has never even stepped on the land of Qin because he hates Qin.”

If I had to choose someone who resisted the Qin Dynasty more intensely than anyone else, it would be Shin Leung-gun.

She defeated and defeated the Qin army at Handan, which was running without knowing defeat, because she was a general feared by the Qin Dynasty.

Even so, she was drawing the line of her silver circle most calmly.

“And Gongja, do you know that?”

Shin Leung-gun stretched out his hand in front of me.

“Does this hand seem to have only the blood of a true man?”