The so-called benefits are not the benefits of Tang Lichen alone, besides, as the city lord, it is impossible to use a few people to pay for the construction of the city, right?

The so-called new official took office three times, changed the new city owner, and Tang Lichen's strength was strong, which is also the side that everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak.

Tang Lichen said with a smile: "The city lord also said just now, the construction of this gladiatorial arena has great economic benefits, and after it is built, the city lord will never forget everyone, and the income will be returned to you according to a certain percentage, and there will be dividends every year."

In addition, the lord of the city allows you to participate in the operation of the gladiatorial arena, such as finding gladiators, arranging gladiatorial matches, and placing bets, etc., all of which are responsible for you, and the lord of the city only takes a certain commission, and all the profits belong to you, what do you think?"

Everyone was a shrewd businessman, thinking for a moment, and after making eye contact, they all nodded.

Tang Lichen smiled: "Then it's decided." ”

Next, some other matters were discussed, including ID cards and housing leases, and after Tang Lichen gave a detailed introduction, Luoyangzi took the lead in agreeing one by one.

Tang Lichen hopes to carry out the ID card as soon as possible, with the support of these big businesses, it will be much easier to carry out, and the spirit stones for making ID cards also need to be obtained through large merchants, so this is a mutually beneficial thing, how could Luoyangzi not agree?

At this time, Luoyangzi's entourage returned to the City Lord's Mansion and whispered a few words in Luoyangzi's ear. Luoyangzi immediately bowed his hand to Tang Lichen and said, "Lord City, I just asked someone to make a rough assessment, and it will take about 300 million high-grade spirit stones to build this gladiatorial arena. ”

Tang Lichen nodded and said, "Oh, 300 million high-grade spirit stones." Tang Lichen had estimated that this project would cost hundreds of millions of high-grade spirit stones, so he didn't have any surprised expressions.

Luo Yangzi hesitated: "This is just a conservative estimate, and it may cost more to build." ”

Tang Lichen said indifferently: "It's okay, I believe that after the construction is successful, we will soon be able to get a reward." ”

"I don't know what the future holds. The crowd thought. But on the surface, they agreed with Tang Lichen's opinion.

Tang Lichen asked, "By the way, President Luo, do you think that the construction of this gladiatorial arena was through bidding or directly finding someone to contract this project?"

Luo Yangzi was surprised and said: "City Lord, our Chamber of Commerce can undertake this project!"

Tang Lichen said strangely: "Can your Chamber of Commerce take over this project?"

Luo Yangzi and the others looked at Tang Lichen like aliens: Joke, their Pisces Chamber of Commerce is a big chamber of commerce, and they can't even contract a small project, so how can they mix it up! He smiled on the surface: "Of course, I am willing to serve the city lord!" "Contracting this project will naturally make a lot of profits." Luoyangzi naturally didn't want to let go.

Tang Lichen said happily: "In that case, I will ask President Luo and everyone here." "This is a joint investment project, and Tang Lichen believes that they will not cut corners, and they will be able to reduce costs.

Everyone bowed their hands together and said, "We should do our best." ”

After sending away these big merchants, Tang Lichen asked Wan Jiu to issue a notice: Pisces City will build a gladiatorial arena, if you are interested in challenging the city master, please come after the gladiatorial arena is completed, and the challenge will be carried out in the gladiatorial arena.

As soon as the announcement came out, the clouds moved in all directions. There are undercurrents surging on all sides, and a scene of storms is coming. I thought that Tang's divorce was just a joke, but I didn't expect it to be taken seriously, and a gladiatorial arena would be built.

As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office, and the first fire is already about to burn, that is, to build a gladiatorial arena, but what is the purpose of building a gladiatorial arena? Is it really for the sake of challenge?

For the sake of a small challenge, he spent a large number of spirit stones to build a gladiatorial arena, what a ruined man! Is he crazy? Is he really so confident in his own strength? Isn't he afraid to make wedding dresses for others? This is what many people think.

A few days after the announcement of Zhang Bang's recruitment was issued, many people had already applied for the job, and they were on an errand in the City Lord's Mansion, which was a good errand, with power and advantage, and many people had broken their heads for it, but they couldn't be selected. Now that there is an opportunity to openly advertise talents, how can they miss it?

So it was a crowd of applicants! Looking at the past, it was crowded, similar to a modern job fair.

Of course, Tang Lichen naturally had the final say on who to hire in the end, so Tang Lichen took the time to summon these people who came to apply. These people have naturally been selected layer by layer, otherwise Tang Lichen will go to face one by one, wouldn't he be exhausted.

Among the people after this selection, Tang Lichen interviewed them one by one, and selected several people to be responsible for daily management. There is a person named Song Songwen, Tang Lichen asked him to be responsible for managing household registration matters, and there is another person named Wu Sheng, who is honest and selfless, and also has a lot of influence in Pisces City, Tang Lichen invited him to be the chief judge of Pisces City, in charge of laws and regulations, and someone is in charge of business, etc., anyway, as long as it is a talent, Tang Lichen will stay, and he will be paid handsomely.

No matter what, Tang Lichen's reputation is still good in Pisces City.

After the management talents were recruited, Tang Lichen began to issue a city-wide notice, asking everyone to consciously apply for ID cards. In this way, he doesn't need to do everything himself, and he can let Lejiang manage this matter. Song Wen is indeed a talent, and he is handy in management, which makes Tang Lichen very worry-free.

People from the Pisces Chamber of Commerce came to support, and Luoyangzi took the lead in applying for an ID card, and his badge was light purple. Many of the permanent residents were reluctant at first, they used to live well in Pisces City, and they had never heard of any ID cards, and now they suddenly want to do this thing, isn't it too troublesome?

However, the people who saw the Chamber of Commerce had all applied for ID cards, so they came to apply for them. In addition, the sky also appeared, and he applied for an ID card, and his badge was colorful. For scattered immortals, the badges are all seven-colored.

According to Tang Lichen's requirements, Pisces City has set up a total of five ID card processing points, one at each of the four city gates to facilitate outsiders entering the city, and one in the city, which is the headquarters location, is mainly responsible for the ID card processing of the permanent population.

In fact, it is not complicated to apply for an ID card, the person who comes only needs to enter his true yuan power on a stone, and then after the level is assessed, a drop of blood is dropped on the two special ID card spars, and finally a spirit stone is handed back to the manager, and the rest is their ID card.

In addition, if you have applied for an ID card before, but later your strength has improved, you do not need to apply for an ID card again, you only need to upgrade the level.

According to Tang Lichen's regulations, the ID badge of ordinary people is white, the cultivators in the foundation building period correspond to red, the Bigu period corresponds to orange, the Jindan period corresponds to yellow, the Yuan infant period corresponds to green, and the distraction period corresponds to cyan.

The eons correspond to blue, while the Mahayana period corresponds to purple. Of course, the early, middle and late stages are well distinguished, and the color is lighter. For example, Yun Qiurou and the Peach Blossom Fairy are all in the early stage of distraction, which is a light cyan badge, while Luoyangzi is in the early Mahayana period, which is a light purple badge.

Everyone's badge must be worn on the chest, so that as long as you see the color of the badge, you know the strength of the wearer, which is easy to manage. This is also the reason why Tang Lichen wants to apply for ID cards in the whole city.

For outsiders, the entrance fee has become the cost of applying for an ID card, although it has changed its name and is a little troublesome, but it is not unacceptable, so those outsiders have also applied for temporary ID cards. Of course, those who have paid the entrance fee can apply for an ID card for free.

Soon, except for some people who were in retreat who didn't know the news and didn't apply for ID cards, most of them got ID cards. When the statistical results came out, Tang Lichen had a deeper understanding of the entire Pisces City.

I have to say that there are still a lot of masters in Pisces City, with a population of one million, hundreds of thousands of people above the Jindan period, and hundreds of masters above the Tribulation Period.

In addition, the construction of the Colosseum has already begun. On the day of the foundation stone, Tang Lichen went to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, and also made a speech, of course, about the purpose and significance of building a gladiatorial arena. But many people scoff at it. The gladiatorial arena, which cost a lot of money, did not mean anything in the eyes of the citizens.

The huge gladiatorial arena is time-consuming and laborious to design and build for ordinary people, and there are also many technical problems that are difficult to solve, but for cultivators, these are not problems.

Three months later, a magnificent building rose in the center of Pisces City, covering an area of dozens of acres, with a peculiar shape that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, and became the landmark of Pisces City.

Tang Lichen has always been very concerned about the construction of the gladiatorial arena, and often went to inspect it, and of course he also put forward a lot of opinions. For the skills of the craftsmen in the cultivation realm, Tang Lichen still admires them.

When the gladiatorial arena was built, Tang Lichen went to see it again.

Luoyangzi led him around, and then proudly introduced the uses of each place. According to Tang Lichen's plan, the entire gladiatorial arena is divided into three areas, and one area is naturally a arena for resolving personal grievances.

Of course, this area occupies the smallest area. One area is the real gladiatorial arena, entering the gladiatorial arena, on both sides of the white jade steps, there are countless knives, axes, hooks, ropes, swords, guns, painted halberds, spears, giant hammers, iron locks, chains, maces, crescent shovels...... and so on thousands of weapons, giving people a murderous feeling. This is what Tang Lichen requested, since it is a gladiatorial arena, it is necessary to create this atmosphere.

The gladiatorial arena is very finely divided, there are places for gladiatorial battles of the same level, Jindan period to Jindan period, Yuan infant period to Yuan infant stage, and there are also places for leapfrogging challenges, which are divided into different floors, of course, all around are stands for the audience to watch.

The grandstand includes VIP seats, private rooms and ordinary seats. The last area is the auction house. This auction house was added later, which was proposed by the Chamber of Commerce.

In the past, every time they held a big auction, they had to build a temporary auction hall and tear it down when the auction was over, which was too wasteful. If a permanent large-scale auction house is established, it can be done once and for all, Tang Lichen agreed.

Tang Lichen followed Luoyangzi to the area to settle personal grievances, although this area is small, but it is fully functional, there are rings, stands, and betting tables.

There is a strong defensive barrier between the ring and the stands. The reason why there is a certain fee is because it also costs money to set up this barrier, and it also costs to build this platform, so it is natural to charge a fee.

This area is naturally directly managed by the City Lord's Mansion, which can avoid private fights in the city. The profit here is not high, and the chamber of commerce will not want it. However, Tang Lichen was very satisfied with this area.

Coming to the gladiatorial area, Tang Lichen was silent after carefully inspecting it.

Seeing Tang Lichen like this, Luoyangzi asked suspiciously, "City Lord, are you dissatisfied?"

Tang Lichen groaned: "A place like this is a very bloody and exciting place, it doesn't need to be too gorgeous, it's really a waste for you to arrange it so gorgeously." ”

Luo Yangzi said anxiously: "According to the opinion of the city lord, what should it be?"

Tang Lichen pointed to the front and said, "See, the unnecessary guardrails and screens are all removed, just try to be as simple as possible." ”

; Luo Yangzi hesitated: "This ......"

Tang Lichen asked rhetorically: "Why, don't you believe what the city lord said?"

Luo Yangzi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No." ”

Seeing that Luoyangzi didn't seem to believe what he said, Tang Lichen didn't care.

After looking at the various floors, Luo Yangzi asked sincerely: "City Lord, now that this main site has been built, how can we get benefits?"

Tang Lichen laughed and pointed: "Since it is a gladiatorial arena, there must be gladiators." Otherwise, how can there be a gladiatorial fight!

Of course, this kind of gladiator, in the beginning, there was no such gladiator, we need to send people to the field ourselves, not cold. For example, send the guards of your Chamber of Commerce to the stage and put on a show.

However, this kind of competition is not a point-and-point battle, it is a real fight, maybe both sides will be damaged, but as long as you grasp the proportion, it will not be fatal.

Gradually, through propaganda and promises of high remuneration, more people will join the ranks of gladiators, and when the time comes, we will not need to find people ourselves. ”

Luoyangzi asked with some disbelief, "What if no one joins?"

Tang Lichen said categorically: "This is impossible. Playing a game, if it is well promoted, there will definitely be a lot of spectators who come to watch. For example, for example, in the Jindan period against the Jindan period, the ticket fee is ten high-grade spirit stones, if there are 1,000 people watching, you can earn 10,000 spirit stones, and some people place bets, betting on one of them to win, you can also have a lot of income.

When this match is over, we will reward the winner with 1,000 top-grade spirit stones. It only takes one match, and that winner can earn a thousand high-grade spirit stones, and such a high reward will attract many people. There will definitely be more people coming to challenge in order to earn spirit stones. There is also a category of people who participate in such competitions not only for spirit stones, but for the sake of seeking breakthroughs, so there will definitely be a steady stream of people joining the ranks of gladiators. ”

Luoyangzi suddenly realized, and said respectfully: "I see, I said how the city lord is full of confidence." I would also like to ask the lord of the castle for more advice. ”

Tang Lichen waved his hand and said, "Don't dare to point." Just now, the lord of the city said that the unnecessary guardrails and screens should be removed, so as to vacate more places, in case there are many people watching the game and there are not enough places, what should we do? At this time, these empty places will have a great effect. When the seat tickets are sold out, you can also sell standing tickets. The price of a standing ticket is the same as that of a sitting ticket. ”

"The price of a standing ticket is the same as a sitting ticket, is that okay?"

"The lord of this city says it's okay, they like to buy it or not. Don't you interrupt the way?Wait for the city lord to tell you slowly. Adopt a strategy of selling tickets in advance, reserve some seats, even if the tickets are not sold out, tell the person who bought the tickets that they are sold out, and send their own people to sell these reserved seats privately outside the ticket office, each at a price of 1. 5 or even 2 times the ticket price is sold.

After the game starts, send people directly to sell small benches and sell them to those who buy standing tickets, and the price of each bench is the same as sitting tickets. Yun Qiurou, who was accompanying him, whispered beside him, "Lichen, why does it sound so familiar?" Yun Qiurou showed a puzzled expression.

Tang Lichen smiled and said, "You will know if you have taken the train on Earth. Train tickets cost the same price as station tickets. ”

Yun Qiurou nodded: "I said, I see." ”

Tang Lichen turned his head and continued to say to Luoyangzi: "In addition, send more beautiful girls to sell all kinds of melons, fruits and drinks in the field, you have to prepare more, don't worry about not selling out, but worry about not selling enough." Also, make some cheap knick-knacks, trinkets, put a uniform logo, and sell them here......"

Hearing Tang Lichen's story, Luoyangzi's eyes suddenly lit up, he originally thought that he was treacherous enough, in business, he was a big profiteer, known as the old fox, but he didn't expect that the young city lord in front of him was even more treacherous, it was no different from robbing money.

Luo Yangzi sighed: "Listening to the words of the city lord, it is better to do business for ten years! dare to ask the city lord, what grade of melons, fruits and drinks should be sold during the auction process, and how many spirit stones?"

Tang Lichen didn't think about it, and said directly: "You can sell all the cheapest ones, but when you sell them, you must brag that those things are the best and most precious, as for the price, you can increase it tenfold or even a hundred times."

Also, they are not allowed to bring food or drink into the venue, so they will definitely buy what you are selling. Suddenly, Luoyangzi's admiration for Tang Lichen was like a surging river, endless, this is obviously a robber!

The robbers still have to shout "robbery", and they don't need to shout at all, just squeeze your pockets dry.

For the auction hall, Tang Lichen has more to say, the large auction hall that can accommodate 20,000 people has also been renovated in accordance with Tang Lichen's requirements, increasing the number of private rooms, and making some other improvements, such as setting up VIP channels, the layout of VIP private rooms, and so on.

After some visits, Luoyangzi already admired Tang Lichen so much, if it weren't for the fact that Tang Lichen was already the city lord, he would definitely recommend Tang Lichen to be the president of their Chamber of Commerce, and he would take the blame and resign.

After some planning, the Colosseum was officially opened to the public, and although the Colosseum was new to everyone, it was already known to everyone under a strong propaganda campaign.

The first day was naturally free to watch, and many citizens came to see it, but it was free anyway. The stands were packed with people that day.

Tang Lichen first announced the official opening of the gladiatorial arena.

"Welcome to the gladiatorial fight, two gladiators. The two guards of the Chamber of Commerce were dressed as gladiators as Tang Lichen's request, and then entered the arena and entered.

After the gladiatorial battle began, the two guards of the late Yuan Infant of the Chamber of Commerce did their best in the field, fighting on a par, attracting bursts of applause.

Luoyangzi began to sell melon and fruit drinks according to what Tang Lichen said, at first he only sold them at ten times the price, and he was still nervous, but he didn't expect these melon and fruit drinks to be sold out, and many people asked if they were sold.

Only then did Luoyangzi really believe in Tang Lichen, and he sent someone to urgently transfer a large number of melon and fruit drinks, and raised the price again, but it was still in short supply.

Before the two guards entered the field, Tang Lichen had confessed that they should delay as much time as possible, but not too fake. In the end, the two fought exhausted, shook hands, and then withdrew.

The contest captivated the audience.

After the game, Tang Lichen found Luoyangzi and asked, "How is the effect?"

As soon as he heard Tang Lichen ask, Luoyangzi became interested, and he said excitedly: "City Lord, you are really a god. Those melon and fruit snacks and drinks are selling very well, and they are in short supply!

It's obviously the most junk food, and the price is a hundred times the original price, and some people still buy it, and some people buy more than one copy, I really don't know what these guys think?"

Tang Lichen smiled: "Isn't it better if they are stupid, as long as we can earn spirit stones." This is to call the person who wishes to take the bait. ”

Luo Yangzi continued: "Also, as soon as the competition is over, there will be people who sign up to participate in such a competition. "Between the words, quite excited.

Tang Lichen nodded and said, "This is expected in this city. ”

As cultivators, everyone actually has a bloody nature in their hearts, and gladiatorial fights like this stimulate their latent bloodiness. Soon, a large number of cultivators signed up to be gladiators, coupled with the overwhelming advertising bombardment, the people watching the gladiatorial games were overcrowded, and the venue was basically full.

In just one month, the Colosseum of Pisces City has become famous in the cultivation realm, and people from other places have also come to watch. Luoyangzi and the others are happy every day, and Tang Lichen has also earned a lot of spirit stones.

The flow of people in Pisces City has greatly increased, which is several times that of the most prosperous time in the past, and they are all attracted to watch the gladiatorial games, which greatly stimulates the consumption in Pisces City.

People who have seized business opportunities have made a lot of money, and their pockets are bulging. Those who initially scoffed at the construction of the gladiatorial arena began to change their tunes and sang the praises of Tang Lichen's great achievements.

Tang Lichen's status in people's minds has been raised to a considerable height, even if Tang Lichen fails in the next challenge, they only support Tang Lichen as the city lord.

The gladiatorial arena has been built, and Tang Lichen has not yet announced when he will accept the challenge, and rumors are rife at this time, of course, they are all unfavorable remarks to Tang Lichen, saying that he is a coward, deliberately saying big things, and deliberately delaying time...... These rumors naturally inevitably reached Tang Lichen's ears.

The guards of the City Lord's Mansion were furious, and Luoyangzi also claimed that he wanted to find out the rumor-mongers, but Tang Lichen just smiled faintly and didn't say anything.

He has his own considerations, so why should he care about what others think?

When the business of the gladiatorial arena was on the right track, Tang Lichen announced that he would officially accept the challenge, and the venue would of course choose the gladiatorial area of the gladiatorial arena. On the top floor, there is a martial arts platform, which was specially built for the challenge, and was named the Heavenly Punishment Platform by Tang Lichen. Heaven punishes heaven, punishes heaven on behalf of heaven, and the tone is not ordinarily big.

"This kid is really bold, first he proclaimed himself Tianzun, and now he has built a heavenly punishment platform, and he simply doesn't take the deity in his eyes. "The mysterious old man appeared in the sky above the gladiatorial arena, and of course, no one could see him.

"That's it, the deity can't deal with this offspring, so he goes. If he can't become a celestial deity in the future, the deity will definitely teach him a good lesson. With that, the old man disappeared.

This heavenly punishment platform, the length and width are nine zhang each, boxy, is made of extremely special materials, just this heavenly punishment platform, the value is not expensive, it can be said to be the most valuable in the gladiatorial arena. At that time, when it was built, Luoyangzi and others were very painful.

When the news of Tang Lichen's announcement that he had officially accepted the challenge was released, countless people flocked to Pisces City. This is a major event in the cultivation realm, and many people are unwilling to miss such an opportunity.

Making a bet on the position of the lord of Pisces City is really a big deal. And now when you come to Pisces City, you can see the newly built gladiatorial arena of the famous Xiuzhen Realm, and secondly, you can see the demeanor of the young city lord of Pisces City to meet the challenge, killing two birds with one stone, why not?