How to Survive in the Roanoke Colony-Chapter 119: The Race (4)

"Besides, our Grand Chief Nemo has indeed considered all such aspects."

"Look. The more new tribes any tribe brings in, the higher their rank can be, right?"

"Hmm..."

"Those who start earlier may reach higher ranks more easily, but that's just a matter of difficulty, not a matter of possibility and impossibility!"

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That's right.

Basically, if you have many "members" you've brought in, you can rise from Bronze rank to Diamond rank on your own. How reasonable is that!

I've abolished the malicious practices of many multi-level schemes that make it impossible for latecomers to ever catch up with early starters.

This is the first characteristic of my "good multi-level marketing."

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"T-then, when I later receive gifts from others and offer those gifts to Nemo..."

"That's right. You can keep a portion as distribution costs."

"I-is that really okay? We didn't do this in our sacred customs."

"Customs and traditions have also changed over a long time."

"If that bothers you, you can request a service fee from us."

"Hmm."

"Look. Our holy Grand Chief commands tens of thousands of people and needs many goods!"

"..."

"And you and your tribe are alleviating that inconvenience, aren't you? It can be said that we're adding a 'little' extra to that gratitude!"

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And the second key point of my "good multi-level marketing."

There's no exploitation of gifts from lower ranks by higher ranks! At most, they only receive a small "service fee"!

From the beginning, native gift exchange is essentially about goods continuously circulating.

There's no possibility of anyone shouldering life anxiety through hoarding or forced selling of items, as in multi-level marketing.

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"But I still don't understand exactly what benefit there is in starting first..."

"...Is that so?"

"Well then..."

The original "justification" for introducing multi-level marketing is that it reduces marketing and sales costs, thereby supplying good quality items at a cheap price.

But in this era, the concept of marketing doesn't properly exist yet.

Naturally, Vicente and Raleigh cannot use marketing cost reduction as a justification for persuasion.

They also can't emphasize the aspect of a distribution method that earns income through consumption. In the first place, they're not "buying and selling" items, but exchanging them.

Therefore.

"If you join now, we'll give you these glass beads for free first."

"...M-my goodness! How can they be so beautiful...!"

"Be careful, they're as fragile as shell beads."

Here, the concept of a "bait product" appears.

"As your rank increases, you'll be able to receive such special gifts more frequently. Also, for tribes of Platinum rank or higher, such excellent..."

Rustle. Rustle.

"Iron axes will also be provided."

"T-this, isn't this what you were using to cut trees earlier? My goodness, seeing it up close, its sharpness is incomparable to stone axes!"

"The efficiency of logging operations with this will also be incomparable to stone axes."

"And... though it's not a usage method we recommend, when cutting the necks of enemies too..."

"Aaaah...! Amazing! Truly amazing!"

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The more "members" you bring in, the more "special" gifts you can receive, and as the number of introduced members accumulates, the rank of gifts also rises further.

And all of this...

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"You must start right now!"

Slightly surprised by Raleigh's exclamation, Nanepashemet flinches.

"R-right, now...?"

"The Wampanoag Confederation is probably already moving quickly. Their subordinate tribes are likely rapidly going through the registration process."

"What? Are you saying they've already participated?"

"A long time ago, to be precise. I think they're already close to Diamond rank..."

"I-I'll do it! I can't fall behind them!"

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You must start right now.

Otherwise, you'll lose out.

That urgency will tighten around people chewy-tightly.

Isn't that... the charm of multi-level marketing?

...Not a Ponzi scheme.

Our multi-level marketing is truly good multi-level marketing.

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Anyway, that's how it is.

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"Try recommending it to hostile tribes around you or to tribes with whom you've had good relations. Treasures of a kind you couldn't even imagine and all sorts of beneficial goods will pour in."

"...Thanks to you, I've obtained truly good treasures. Walter, Vicente, I won't forget my friendship with you."

"Hahaha! Thank you, Grand Chief! We'll work even harder to bring you more treasures! For Virginia! For Nemo!"

"For Nemo!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha!"

Regardless of what Nemo himself thought, the Pennacook tribe, the Pennacook Confederation... whatever they were called, their Grand Chief was completely co-opted by Virginia.

"What did he say to warn when other Europeans come?"

"Never hand over furs or other resources. Cannot allow settlement in this land. This is the land of the great Emperor."

"Excellent."

After shaking hands, attending welcome banquets, and completing PR by distributing various gifts to tribe members, the two returned to the Nautilus.

"Whew... Now we can go north again."

"Indeed. Let's see how favorable other unfamiliar tribes will be to this 'multi-level marketing'."

"Didn't he say this method would be effective? They'll surely be favorable."

So the fleet led by Raleigh and Vicente headed north.

Their goal was to contact and co-opt tribes near the Great Lakes and the Labrador Peninsula. By doing so, they could block more than 90% of European penetration.

And.

"We are already Nemo's subjects... Ah, a winged person holding a spiked club? Are you Virginians?"

"...'Already' Nemo's subjects? How is that possible?"

"Well, the nearby tribes kept recommending something, and when we accepted, they brought all sorts of strange items... Isn't that what we were told to say?"

The Cowasuck tribe.

"Nemo? Virginia? If it's that, we've already heard about it from the Cowasuck tribe. By the way, is it true that our rank increases if we report gathering other tribes? Here, we've already co-opted several tribes from the Arosaguntacook area..."

The Kennebec tribe.

"Ah, if we join twice, do we get gifts twice?"

The Penobscot tribe.

"..."

"..."

Walter Raleigh and Vicente González looked at each other, breaking out in cold sweat.

"...Why?"

The exact question Raleigh was about to ask was, "Why are places we've never been to already our territory?"

"..."

And Vicente couldn't give an answer to that.

Except...

He could only say it was the power of 'network marketing.'