Chapter XXVII: The Idea of the Arena

On the field, Li Ergou was pulled up by Ben Yin, who knew that he was in a bad mood, patted him on the shoulder and knelt down in front of Li Zhen: "Your Highness, I won." ”

"Good, good." Li Zhen said hello three times in a row, and said to Yan Jinghe: "Uncle, if there is any silver, I want to reward him." ”

"It's been ready for a long time." Yan Jingsi took out a silver ingot, Li Zhen took it in his hand and weighed it slightly, and it was estimated that there were ten taels.

"You'll be rewarded."

"Your Highness." Ben was overjoyed, he had seen the silver, knew what this thing was for, and happily took the silver dollar baby shell and put it in his arms.

"Don't be envious of the two of you, I said it, as long as you follow me, will the reward be less?" Li Zhen saw that Aya and Creevey were a little envious, and said so.

"Yes."

After sending off the visitors, Yan Jingsi came to Li Zhen's room: "Zhen'er, uncle has an idea that is a little uncertain, you are the smartest, help uncle with that idea." ”

"Uncle doesn't have to be polite, just ask me if you have something."

"That's right." Yan Jingsi rubbed his hands and said: "Everyone is very happy in this game today, and my uncle also thinks that this game is very interesting, so my uncle wants to do this thing for a long time, do you think it will be successful?" ”

"That's a good thing." Li Zhen said with a smile, he really didn't see that his uncle had such a good business acumen, and he found a business opportunity just by looking at it.

"You think it's okay too?" Yan Jingji was pleasantly surprised, he originally thought that Li Zhen would not be able to support it.

"Of course, but uncle, it's just that playing in your backyard is too petty, you can just do it bigger, and the rules need to be changed slightly."

"What do you mean?"

"You can build an arena."

"Arena?"

"The arena, as the name suggests, is a place where samurai compete in martial arts. The ring is in the middle of the arena, surrounded by seats for people to watch. You can pay to invite those samurai to compete in the arena, and then set up a prize so that the winner gets more and the loser gets less. Li Zhen proposed.

"Zhen'er, you're too smart." Yan Jingsi threw himself to Li Zhen's admiration: "The rules you said need to be changed, how to change this?" ”

"Uncle, you can ...... like this," Li Zhen taught Yan Jingsi all the rules of the boxing ring in later generations, including the slight change in the competition system.

"Oh, Zhen'er, you said slow down, uncle can't keep up." Yan Jingsi wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his left hand, and walked with his right hand, but even so, he couldn't keep up with Li Zhen's speaking speed.

“...... Remember? Li Zhen slowed down and finished the rules.

"It's all written down, Zhen'er, take a look, right?"

Li Zhen took the rice paper and glanced at it: "That's right." ”

"That's good." Yan Jingsi took a sip of water, he was really tired just now, and after drinking the water, he frowned and said: "But Zhen'er, your rules are good, but there is no place to make a profit, uncle can't pay for a thug by himself, right?" ”

"How so?" Li Zhen said helplessly: "We can fence the ring with a high wall, and then collect tickets." ”

"Tickets?" Yan Jingji assured that this was the first time he had heard the term.

Li Zhen didn't know what the ticket was called in ancient times, but that didn't mean he couldn't explain: "The ticket is something similar to a token or a warrant, uncle, you also know that this kind of thing is needed to enter and exit the palace, enter and exit the prison, and our ticket is this kind of one-time token, and only those who hold this kind of ticket can enter the arena to watch the game." ”

"But these tickets are not free, you have to pay for them to get them." Yan Jingsi is not stupid, otherwise he would not find business opportunities from a game.

"That's right, and according to the different quality of the seats, the seats can be divided into ordinary seats, VIP seats, VIP seats and super VIP seats, different seats have different prices, ordinary seats can be one or two pennies, one or two silver for the VIP seats, etc., this needs to be priced by yourself, but it's best not to be too ruthless, after all, this is a long-term deal."

"Well, this uncle knows, but according to you, this business is not something that my uncle can do alone." Yan Jingsi said with a bitter face: "This business is too big, not to mention anything else, my uncle can't afford the capital alone." ”

"This uncle can pull a few partners, but this name is better for you to hang it in your father's name, as long as you give your father a little bit of silver every year, your arena can be hung with the name of the Royal Arena, and no one dares to mess with it now." Li Zhen's words were straightforward, and Li Shimin pulled down the water.

"Royal Arena, Royal Arena! The name sounds exciting. Yan Jingsi repeated it twice, was very satisfied with the name, and finally swung his fist: "Okay, as long as the emperor's consent is obtained, the name of the arena will be called the Royal Arena." ”

"But Zhen'er, what kind of partner do you think I'm looking for?"

"This is easier to do, those friends you usually make have a more suitable way to ask them, anyway, in the name of your father, you just pull the tiger skin to make a big drum, no one dares to mess with you."

"And uncle, you must indicate that you will occupy as many shares as you want, and it will not change in the future, even if you want to sell shares, you can't sell them to outsiders, you can only circulate them within you."

Yan Jingsi could understand it before, but then he didn't understand it very well: "Zhen'er, why is this?" ”

"Uncle, you don't know how profitable this arena is." Li Zhen said excitedly: "When the arena is really hot, it will really be a daily profit, and I don't know how many hungry wolves will pounce on me at that time, even if my father is afraid that it will not work, so these conditions must be indicated." ”

"I understand, I listen to Zhen'er." Yan Jingsi still didn't seem to understand, but although he didn't understand, he just needed to know that Li Zhen would never harm him.

Next, Li Zhen explained the precautions such as fake boxing, scalpers, and gambling boxing to Yan Jingsi, of which gambling boxing can be allowed, but this must be controlled in the arena, that is, in the hands of Yan Jingsi. Scalpers can't be banned, as long as they don't go too far, but fake boxing is absolutely not allowed, and they will be expelled from the arena as soon as they are discovered......

"Uncle, have you written it down?" After talking about the reward and punishment system, Li Zhen asked Yan Jinghe.

Yan Jingsi put down the brush in his hand and nodded, "I have written it down." ”

"That's good, the first thing you have to do next, uncle, is to find a partner, remember, the partner's character must be reliable. The other thing is to find another place to build an arena as I told you, preferably a bigger one. ”

Yan Jingsi said with a bitter face: "But Zhen'er, every inch of land in Chang'an City is expensive, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find such a place, even if you find your uncle, you can't afford it." ”

"yes."

"Zhen'er, do you think it can be built in the suburbs?"

"Outskirts?" After thinking for a while, Li Zhen nodded and said, "It's okay, but you have to increase publicity, otherwise who knows your arena?" ”

"Propaganda? How to advertise? ”

"It's very simple, just write what you want to say on bamboo paper and post it around, there are idle people in Chang'an City, and after so many years, they are estimated to be as tired of playing as you are, and now there are such novelties that don't flock to it?" Li Zhen casually said the method of the big-character poster.

"It's still Zhen'er who has a way." Yan Jingsi was overjoyed: "This method is really good. ”

"And when I'm not around, my uncle can talk to Benin or Creevey, they have a lot of fun in them, especially in Rome, where the gladiatorial arena is famous, and they probably know a little bit more." Li Zhen suddenly remembered that Ben Yin and Creevey were both from the Roman Empire, and they should know a little about gladiatorial fighting.

"I see." Yan Jingsi nodded: "Then you can sleep for a while, and your uncle will take you out to play at night." ”

"Well, thank you, uncle."

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