Dorn in the country of Privol is a large city , a trading hub of the country that connects to the country of Karl. The city is vibrant and alive as trade with Karl has made it into a large city throughout the years as trade between Karl and Privol has flourished. There were not many roads that leads in and out of the city, the smuggling routes were controlled by a few influential figures that controlled that city.
After meeting the driver the two men headed into the back roads towards the city of Dorn , carrying an important package. The car the two men were driving arrived inside the city and stopped in front of a large house that seems to be a mansion gate with the name Holiz.
Upon entering the gate and parking their vehicle the two men headed inside with a case , the two men waited in the waiting area before they were ushered inside an office where they talked to some for sometime.
After they talked to someone and came to an agreement the two men left and boarded their vehicle heading out of the city towards the east where the country of Karl lay.
In the meantime Erwin life has become easier has the new warehouses were fully integrated into his operations, they have fully recruited and vetted the people that were supposed to work in them. Tin Flores was not stingy with his people , helping Erwin with his operations. Erwin also been continuously experimenting with his game interface. He had bought small substances of this world and put it in his inventory, which came as a success. The local drug can be put into the the game world and can be integrated and process as a new drug.
When he put Gray smoke and Hollow trees into the game , its properties and It's processing and manufacturing can be seen within the games description. Erwin was delighted and began a new round of experimentation of the drug and how it can be improved. Thinking of having to process this local drug into a much better drug he could increase the scope of his business.
In one experiment he disassembled the Gray smoke properties and synthesize it, the interface with its automatic feature synthesizing the drug, within the description they included instructions of how to improve the drugs effects.
The hollow trees was the same, Erwin has manage to add additional effects of the drug and soon a few days flown by and to Erwin decided to call Rafael and Tin Flores to buy Gray smok and Hollow trees. These local drugs would be synthesize to a much better drug.
Tin Flores and Rafael did not know what Erwin was doing since Gray smok and Hollow trees was on the downward trend since Yellow ash and Copper bells have taken the market. Tin Flores and Rafael decided to sell their batches to Erwin though even though they didn't know what he was doing.
Erwin on the other hand by now had enough money to buy land and bought some land in the outskirts of the town , he then got a permit with the help of his Associates Tin Flores and Rafael and set up some new warehouses to put the product in.
His operations began soon enough , Erwin instructed Darby to recruit some people to be integrated into his operations. With quiet efficiency Darby recruited the local people in the outskirts of the city to work for them.
After the recruitment , Erwin separated each process from each other. The workers were shown how chemical altering steps to alter , process, synthesize and combine to produce a much better drug. Erwin trusted a man named Dough Whisk an elderly man who has worked with chemicals before.
The after product of the project with Gray smoke and Hollow trees was a success , after trying the product it's effect increase exponentially. Erwin finally expanded the scope of his enterprise, he was climbing the ladder in a brisk pace. He remained his product also since his product was a bi product of altering Gray smok and Hollow trees.
Gray smok became Gray fire and Hollow trees became Hollow eve. He named it that because Gray smok had a small red tint now and Hollow trees had a blue tint.
Erwin's product also took the streets in a storm, as always he called his friend Bryant and he and his associates sold Erwin's product on the street level but even though it has spread throughout the city.
Bryant's name of the street was on the rise as Erwin supported his friend, slowly but surely both name was slowly becoming known throughout the place.
A few days later Erwin was surprised Tin Flores called him and invited him into his manor. A car was dispatched to pick him up at his warehouse. Arriving at Tin Flores mansion Erwin started in awe of the mansion as he viewed the security in it, the mansion had many men who patrolled and guarded the area and once inside he was ushered into a room where Tin Flores was waiting with two other men who seemed to be foreigners.
Both men had black colored hair except one of them wall a tall and lanky men and the other had a large build.
"Hello Erwin this is Micheal Holiz and John Holiz, they come from the city of Dorn just in the outskirts of the country of Karl"
Erwin shook their hands and afterwards he was prompted to sit by Tin Flores, while the other two men sat down also.
"These two men manage to get a sample of Yellow ash and Copper bells and were hoping if you could also supply them " Tin Flores initiated the conversation with Erwin.
Erwin gauged the two men who was sitting down and specifics were talked about, He was supplying the city and its surrounding area. The tall and lanky man Michael Holiz proposed that he wanted Erwin to supply him also. Erwin would supply him only the Holiz family would be in charge of smuggling and distribution in their area of Dorn.
He didn't know if he could, Erwin though he would overextend himself as he only integrated the new warehouses recently and his new operation with Gray fire and Hollow eve just began. Erwin was in a dilemma but he came out with a perfect solution. Erwin would supply them five percent of his supply, but Tin Flores would have to talk to Rafel and in turn Rafael would have to talk to the four gang leaders.
Tin Flores immediately agreed to Erwin's proposal, Erwin also asked them to sell their product of Gray smok and Hollow trees to him which the two readily agreed. After the talks the two men left happily and with each other agreement and the talk coming to a close Tin Flores and Erwin was left in the office.
Tin Flores was not in a hurry to dismiss Erwin.
"I heard that you came up with a new product?"
"Yes its called Gray fire and Hollow eve"
"Yes what are they?"
"They are a binary product of Gray smoke and Hollow trees"
Again and again this man has captured the attention of Tin Flores, He has spent decades in the game and at that moment he decided to invest in Erwin. At first he wanted to just associate with the young man and eventually get his connection to the Yellow ash, but he then realize that the young man had many potential. Erwin was not greedy he was steadily climbing the ladder , building himself slowly.
Erwin and Tin Flores talked for awhile , losing themselves in their conversation. Eventually Tin Flores had some business dealing to attend and Erwin left with the promise to send the byproduct to Tin Flores as early as possible.
Arriving in his rented home Erwin called Darby and Lucas , he wanted to finally get his own place. Darby and Lucas then scouted the city for a good place to buy for Erwin. They found a manor that had a secure view of the area and could be well guarded.
The following day Erwin went to the real estate and bought the house, and soon enough he moved in. The following days Darby , Lucas and Rudolf went on a massive recruiting , they recruited chefs, guards , maids , cooks and whatever the house might need.
In the mean time Erwin was buying furniture for the house with his friends but he didn't know a small gathering of the elite was talking place, Tin Flores was present as this venue. The old families were talking about the recent surge of new drugs that has taken the city by storm. They were asking questions and wanted a cut of the profits.
Tin Flores was present because many of the old families realized that the products were coming from his area of the city , the domain that he controlled controlled this substances and the route towards outside of the city were also controlled by Tin Flores.
Tin Flores has survived many storm in this city , the Flores family has survived decades in the city and he was not worried about a small gathering of the elites of the family of this city. The people were seated in a round table as people gauge each others intent, they were eager for a cut of the new product that was taking the streets. Tin Flores as a man of culture came out with an idea of auctioning the percentage of the product he was getting, but he was not willing to reveal Erwin to these people.
The people were not happy but accepted the deal at that was in their best interest at the moment, soon the bidding began.
After the meeting each individuals went on their way buy they all didn't go back to their respected territory, they went to talk to their associates and partners about the product they will receive. Each one talked to their partners for a respective amount of time before going back to their respective territory.
Their partners at the moment were not happy, especially the corporate bosses that controlled the flow of goods within the city but at the moment they seem to make do. These corporate hegemony that controlled the goods in and out of the city controlled many illegal smuggling routes in and out of the country with their respective partners.
Tin Flores at that moment was also talking to Adam Koy a middle age business man whose family have always down business with Tin Flores, this partnership has lasted for decades fro Adams Koy grand father to his father and now to him. The Koy family has operated in the city of Eden for years and years and has always manage to survive thanks to their partnership with Tin Flores and vice versa. Tin Flores was friends with the old guard of the Koy family the Koy family old patriarch was Tin Flores close friend during his early years in the business.
They talked for a time about the new business enterprise that Tin Flores has now and how they could expand the business, but during the talk Tin Flores implied that he would allow a certain young man to start a Family inside his domain of influence. Adam Koy was surprised by what Tin Flores implied but Tin Flores just simply implied that times has changed.
In that night the city glowed but underneath there was a stirring of happenings throughout the city.