Chapter Forty-Nine: Pomp and Circumstance
In any case, after the battle between the forbidden army and the Ye Clan's team, Danyang's marching chess craze was completely ignited. From the second day, the schedule of the game room with three limited sets of grand strategy gameplay in the game building was fully booked. And the ones who signed up for this competition will no longer be the teams that the rabble has put together at random. Those who were interested in the tournament spontaneously organized themselves and formed teams of all sizes. Through the previous three competitions, everyone has learned how complex and challenging it is to participate in this competition, and to run a command team, it must not be too small, but not so large that it can be called "bloated". The twelve-man combination of the Ye Clan's Wing and the eight-man combination of the Forbidden Army was widely accepted.
Naturally, it's one thing to be interested in marching chess and grand strategy gameplay, and want to participate in it, but it's another thing to be able to build a team with a bit of combat effectiveness. Enthusiasts, as well as those who have a keen interest in this activity, want to form a team and establish the leader of each team, and the simplest way to do this is to see the real chapter in marching chess. As a result, the chess tables in the hall of the Lianyi Battle Building and the private rooms used for two-person battles were also full.
Membership? Ye Tao never expected that the three thousand metal membership cards that he thought were sufficient would be used up in just a few days. Although the membership card was not valuable, and it was only necessary to register a name and a residential address, it suddenly became a symbol of the urgent love of marching chess. The right to book chess tables, private rooms, and even game rooms where only members can register for grand strategy gameplay has made these members suddenly become the central figures among marching chess enthusiasts.
The sales of Yizhan shops have also exploded with this boom. Yizhan Building is indeed a good place to meet friends through chess, but since one is hard to find, it is helpless to play games with friends at home. Although there are a large number of various objects required for grand strategy gameplay, there are a large number of chess pieces, models representing terrain and buildings, in addition, at least three rooms must be freed up for the staff of the two sides of the battle and for the intermediate calculations of the two sides, etc., and even those staff must have considerable mathematical knowledge, at least four mixed operations can not be wrong, and the various conditions required are listed, which is really not something that ordinary people can afford. However, Danyang is Danyang after all, just like any capital, there are many rich people and gentlemen, and Danyang is no exception. What's more, marching chess, especially grand strategy gameplay, is definitely not a plaything, and sets of things have been sold one after another. If Ye Tao hadn't hoarded some goods in advance, he might have really sold out.
One by one, the teams began to use the homes of those members who had purchased complete sets of chess pieces and related objects as the center of their activities, divided into A and B sides to fight, and also evaluated each other's abilities, and selected people who were suitable for participating in formal battles in all aspects of ability and personality, so as not to show their ugliness when fighting against other teams in the battle building. The game room of grand strategy gameplay has been established in some people's homes, which greatly disperses the pressure of the few game rooms in the Yi Zhan Building, but also invisibly highlights the authority of the records of all the battles conducted in the Yi Zhan Building.
In the "drill" conducted at home, the two sides can give full play to it, but those staff, especially the staff who make cameo appearances, have a lot of oolong incidents. The substitution formula is just a small problem, the data of the two sides are reversed, the feedback data is wrong, the wrong class and other elements abound, as for the four mixed operations, errors occur, in the whole Danyang, almost every minute. Under this chaos, Ye Tao was not very sure about the fairness of the formulas he designed, and the idea of waiting for someone to propose a revision of the formula seemed unlikely to appear in a short period of time, but the requirements for Ye Tao to come up with some calculation methods that made everyone less prone to problems were accumulating all the time.
"Fun, isn't it?" In Ye's workshop, Tan Weixin looked at the anxious Ye Tao with a sneer, "The father of the game industry, how honorable." ”
There is hardly a place in the Ye Clan's workshop that is completely clean, so clean that everyone will think that it is suitable for the status of a princess. The wood chips and metal chips on the floor in the workshop are only a small problem, and Ye Tao, who is very concerned about fire prevention, has extremely strict regulations on the management of debris in the workshop, and even Ye Tao's own "office" is a mess. Every time they came to Ye's workshop, Sisi and Qiao'er, the maids who knew that the princess was not durable, always asked the guards to install a comfortable chair and soft cushions in the car. Ironically, the chair is still produced by Ye's Workshop, and the authentic "IKEA" products are still produced by the original factory in Yicheng.
Sitting on this comfortable chair, Tan Weixin noticed Ye Tao writing and drawing on the paper, her face full of melancholy, as if she had encountered some very difficult problem. It seems that he has no time to pay attention to the princess's ridicule.
"What's wrong? What stumped you? "Tan Weixin, this is a little curious.
"I've made up a quick reference manual for some simple formulas, so they can deal with it, but what about those slightly more complicated things? I'd like to make a simple mechanical function computer, but ...... It seems to be very difficult. Ye Tao scratched his head and said.
Tan Weixin is sure that if she was in the comics, she would definitely have a black line on her face by now. Ye Tao, when will he be able to get something simple and easy to understand? Mechanical computers? Tan Weixin remembers that she probably saw this kind of thing on TV, which seemed to be a footage of large-scale calculations carried out when China was about to develop nuclear weapons in the 50s and 60s, and when conditions did not permit, a large number of people used mechanical computers to calculate and verify them, and inserted them into a whole documentary, as if it was less than half a minute. It was really hard for her to imagine what kind of expression she should put on if Ye Tao came up with a mechanical computer at this time, even if it was the kind of mechanical computer that could only perform simple function operations.
Glancing at Sisi and Qiao'er, who were standing on the side confused, Tan Weixin asked timidly: "I remember that there should be something called a slide rule, or a function ruler or something, isn't that easy to use?" ”
Ye Tao frowned and said, "But...... There are many kinds of formulas, but if you make a function ruler, wouldn't you have to make a lot of things? Unlike a mechanical computer, if you make a dial on the side, you're basically gone. ”
"Ahh Tan Weixin spurned: "What's the hell? …… Besides, what about the many kinds of function rulers? With cheat sheets, there are a lot fewer errors. You just make the shape and logo of the ruler more distinct, and then make a mistake, it's a pig. A lot of function rulers, anyway, are to be used, packaged and sold. They asked you to make this thing for sale, love it or not. ”
When talking about these purely technical, rather esoteric things, the two of them didn't care too much about having other people present. Because, even if you are present, you can't understand it. Terms such as mechanical computers and function rulers are too unfamiliar to maids like Sisi and Qiao'er. Although they have a lot to learn from Tan Weixin, they don't include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division that exceeds the sum of the number of their fingers and toes......
After Ye Tao thought about it, he said, "That's right, ......." Ye Tao, who is accustomed to pursuing the perfect solution, really didn't expect that the function ruler could be sold like this.
In less than two days, Yizhan Xiaopu launched a new product "at the request of many customers": the grand strategy slide rule set, and the purchase of the set comes with a cheat booklet. Considering the acceptance of this era, Ye Tao finally chose the slide rule instead of the function ruler as the name. Slide rule sets are not disassembled, but if you have purchased a slide rule, we can provide a replacement service in the event that one of the items is lost or damaged. Speaking of which, it can be regarded as very in place. Although the slide rule set is 108,000 miles away from the cheaper, those who have already purchased the entire set of marching chess grand strategy games have at least bought one set. Some simply buy three sets, in addition to the staff, so that the two sides can have a general idea of the possible outcome before the data is submitted.
The boom in Yizhan Building soon attracted more curiosity. At a friend's cocktail party, Huang Wan asked curiously: "How much does Yi Zhanlou earn?" In addition to buying those chess pieces and slide rules or something, it seems that it is very cheap to play chess there, so you don't have to lose money. ”
Tan Weixin immediately turned her head, covered her mouth and smiled secretly, while Ye Tao began to talk about him left and right, which aroused everyone's curiosity, Ye Tao, who was not too taboo about profits, couldn't pester everyone, and finally confided in a figure that surprised everyone. In less than a month, excluding Yizhan Shop, Yizhan Lou's profit was 100,000 taels......
"It's really not a lot of money, everyone puts it in their hands, puts it in their pockets, and doesn't care too much when they even take it out and spend it, but there are too many people." Ye Tao scratched his head and said helplessly: "The rental of chess tables and chess pieces is just a small expense. However, the ticket to the lecture hall, you have to drink tea and eat after staying in the Yizhan Building for a long time, right? Although there are a lot of restaurants and teahouses around, there are many people who play out and lie down in front of the chess table for a day, and they still refuse to leave when they close every day. However, the revenue in this area is quite impressive. It's not so crazy, but there are also people who like the open-air café in the small square outside, and there seem to be quite a lot of people sitting and chatting and drinking tea. As long as the weather is good, it is difficult to have empty seats during the day. ”
Business can be done like this. I didn't expect that this seemingly inconspicuous business, that little bit of expenditure that everyone didn't care about, could form such an amazing income under the sand tower. With a profit of 100,000 taels of silver a month, there are less than three businesses in the entire Danyang that can reach this figure. And Yi Zhanlou is about to occupy such a seat explosively.
"Next month, the lord of the country will take Princess Bailian as the princess, and as soon as this Danyang is lively, I'm afraid that the business of Yizhan Lou will not be so good." Ye Tao looked at everyone's surprised and envious expressions, smiled and said.
"When the lord of the country gets married, even if he takes care of the face of Chunnanguo, it is just tossing for two or three days. Although all of you are among the invited guests, it will only be one day at most, what impact can it have? Chi Yun's younger brother Chi Lei has always been playing with them recently, and said very openly: "It's not a big funeral, the whole city is not allowed to entertain for a month." ”
Uh-huh...... Tan Weixin snorted dissatisfiedly, and then picked up the teacup, and the lid of the cup deliberately rubbed against the rim of the cup to make a sound.
Chi Lei suddenly said something very taboo, and hurriedly slapped his mouth and said: "Tong Yan Wuji Tong Yan Wu Ji ......"
Everyone laughed, Huang Wan and the others were more familiar with Tan Weixin than Chi Lei, and knew that Tan Weixin actually didn't have so many taboos, and even half of the taboo jokes circulating in the circle were from her. It's just that she probably has some kind of ghost idea again. Everyone quietly waited for what Wei Xin would say.
"Tell my father that cutting off your head is a bit harsh, what do you think it will happen if I tell your father what you just said?" Tan Weixin said with a sneer.
"Your Royal Highness, don't. I told my father that I had another good meal to beat, and I had already suffered a meal this month, and if I did it again, half my life would be gone. Chi Lei hurriedly said to him.
"Oh...... That's right. Tan Weixin waved her hand generously and said, "Then you can help me do something." Even if this matter has been revealed, I won't mention it again. ”
Chi Lei hurriedly said, "Please ask Her Royal Highness the princess to command." ”
…… was easily blackmailed by Tan Weixin again. In fact, as Tan Weixin, if she really asks these friends to help do something, everyone can't shirk it no matter what. However, Tan Weixin rarely does this. She doesn't like to use her status as a princess to ask others to do anything, but she always finds an opportunity to blackmail and blackmail. Maybe it's not a big deal, but after getting along for a few days, everyone understands that Her Royal Highness the princess is really good at blackmail......
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Sorry, I have something to go out, I don't have time to update, it's been delayed until now, this long chapter, barely make up for today's missing chapter
By the way, let's explain the question about the golden ratio. I didn't intend to refer to any dynasty when I first set it up, but if I look closely, I hinted when I wrote about IKEA that the ratio of gold to silver is only about 1:6, so don't you think 100,000 gold is not an exaggeration? However, in view of the fact that too many people are not used to this ratio, they will still consider revising it, but in this way all the chapters involving money need to be adjusted, so I will not move for the time being, and I will revise them all in the future~