Chapter 204: City of Friendship 2
When Drew first announced that he was going to build a city, the first person to find Drew was the goblin patriarch Kapapacashi Goldcoin. At that time, he had just heard the news, and even the annual meeting of the goblin clan had been dismissed with the authority of the patriarch, and then appeared in front of Drew through an extremely expensive continuous teleportation.
Not long after Drew's identity was revealed and he entertained his guests with fruit wine, the news that the dwarven merchant Hank Iron Block had signed a pact with Drew and took the lion's share of Drew's liquor had become an open secret among the top echelons of the major powers. The deal between Drew and Hank, which had been going on for more than 100 years, had become the biggest disgrace for the goblin clan in the past few years.
At present, the price of Hank's purchase of green quality fruit wine from Drew is about 80 gold coins, and after returning to the dwarven kingdom, the dwarven king Cliff St. Firehammer will compensate Hank for 120 gold coins, and then the dwarven king will distribute these wines to the nobles and masters of the country according to their contributions during the wine festival. But this is only a superficial phenomenon, in the black market of the dwarf race, the price of green quality hundred fruit wine has already reached a terrifying 500 gold coins a barrel, and the hundred fruit wine that has spread outside the dwarf king has reached the level that it is difficult to buy a glass of gold. It's a pity that among the three major alcoholic races that divide up the various liquors made by Drew, only the dwarves have a little possibility to buy Baiguo wine.
As the only one of the three major alcoholic races, the demon clan who lives in the abyss where it is difficult to produce alcohol will not treat the wine they have as a commodity, even with strange demons like Ancasa and Texas. Besides, except for the very few people like Ankasa and Texas who can control their desires, it is impossible for the other demons to store the wine they have in their hands, and the only place they choose to store it is their stomachs.
The Dragons are unlikely to have any wine in stock, even if the largest barrel on Drew's side is a small glass of water in their eyes, and it is impossible for them to drink it to their heart's content. Although the topic is a bit far away, the dragons' huge cellar that remains in a vacuum all year round can also reflect the difficulty of getting alcohol from the dragons.
Although the dwarves are also a race of alcoholics, they can still exchange some precious magical metals and other materials for some alcohol. Because the idea of building better gear is better than alcohol. Of course, many people don't know that these are things that His Excellency the Dwarf King and his staff decided after careful discussion, and the reason is to further increase the income of the kingdom. According to incomplete statistics, in the past 100 years, the profit earned by the Dwarven Kingdom through this spread of fruit wine has been several times that of Hank's use on Drew over the years! This is the most successful, far-reaching, and exaggerated transaction contract in nearly 500 years.
When this result is calculated, all goblins are eager to burrow into the rat hole. They have always claimed to be the number one merchant race in the world, and they are actually known as the merchants among the dwarves who can't do business the most, and they have slapped Chiguo Guodi in the face! The most terrifying and successful transaction in 100 years was actually completed by a dwarven merchant! This kind of news is undoubtedly the biggest blow to the self-confidence of their entire race. The entire goblin clan, from top to bottom, was ashamed to talk about his business talent for months, and the patriarch Kapapacashi Gold Coin had a few outbursts at various clan meetings.
What's even more uncomfortable is that when the dwarves, who are very disgusted with the goblins, hear about the goblins' behavior, they choose to rub salt in their wounds. Through various illegal channels, they leaked the fact that Hank was far-sighted, shrewd and careful, and had signed a father's contract with Drew when he didn't know his identity. At this time, Hank became famous directly, and the famous sentence of the goblin clan that taught the younger generations for tens of thousands of years has appeared in the goblin clan and spread rapidly.
"As long as you don't surpass the dwarf Hank Iron, you'll never be qualified to claim to be the most profitable goblin clan!"
Coupled with the economic benefits brought to the Elven Kingdom and the Shenghui Empire by Drew's road construction, the goblin patriarch Kapapacashi Gold Coin has long been concerned about Drew's big operation. When he heard that Drew was going to build a city, he took all the elders and guardians of the clan to appear in the Moon Temple of the City of Life for the first time. In order to wash away the shame that Hank brought to their clan, the high-ranking members of the goblin clan are also desperate.
Although seeing the actions of the goblin patriarch, the guys of several other forces quickly thought of Drew's ability to make trouble and sent representatives one after another, but the goblin clan who appeared at the first time and expressed the intention of funding was still affirmed by Drew to a considerable extent, and when determining the management rights of each region, Drew did not hesitate to throw the management rights of the commercial area to the goblin clan. Of course, the management rights assigned to the goblin clan business district were not just due to Drew's whim, but Drew's decision was made after a week-long exchange meeting with the goblin clan leaders to fully understand and admire the business ability of this group of goblins. Perhaps the goblin clan is not very famous in terms of architecture, but after the exchange, Drew still fully affirmed the world's number one economic race in the world.
In this 1-week period, countless sparks were sparked between the sales concept from Earth and the business idea of Fit's world's No. 1 economic race. What impressed Drew was that this group of goblins not only quickly accepted Drew's business knowledge from his previous life and drew inferences from him, but also made countless classic suggestions for Drew's city-building. Drew's city plan was also changed many times at the suggestion of the goblins, except for some magical and basic construction issues, which were based on the advice of the Titans and Dwarves, and the rest of the design followed the basic idea of how to absorb more gold.
Regardless of the details, a lot of thought has been put into the largest display area alone.
According to the layout of the area, the first thing you enter when you enter the City of Friendship from outside the Elven Kingdom is the most prosperous commercial area, and your self-control ability will have to go through countless tests soon after entering the city. Various fire sale areas, auction areas, food areas, fashion areas...... It was enough to catch the attention of these dusty travelers, not to mention that these things were very cheap because of Drew's proposal to use a strategy of small profits and quick turnover, and this set of combos was enough for these people who came to the City of Friendship to leave a lot of gold coins. The most insidious thing is that most of the hotels are located in the center of the commercial area, no matter where you come from, if you want to stay, you have to pass through the bustling commercial area, and passing through the commercial area means that your wallet is always being challenged by your impulse!
When you finally enter the hotel, unless you are a businessman in a hurry, of course you will choose to go to other areas to play, and to get to other areas, you have to pass through the bustling commercial area. As long as you can't control yourself, then you really have other areas to go to the goblin banks in the major areas and take out some gold coins when you are ready to play.
That's right, there are large goblin bank hubs in all major areas of the city, and there are countless small ones. In other words, the City of Friendship has 5 large goblin hubs and countless small banks. At Drew's suggestion, the City of Friendship truly achieved a mesh of bank coverage. This phenomenon is illustrated by a phrase that is often heard in the City of Friendship.
"As soon as you turn around and walk a few steps, you will see a goblin bank. Don't say you don't have any money, just pick it up. ”
When you reach any area, of course, you will choose from a variety of entertainment options. Whether it's the entertainment, gambling or competitive areas, the prices for admission and basic services are very low, but this is also the most tricky place that Drew and the goblin profiteers have decided to deal with.
For example, in the entertainment area, low admission fees allow guests to experience a variety of entertainment facilities. Because of the low cost of admission, these guests will have the idea that I can experience more entertainment and make them want to linger in the place. After the calculations of the goblin profiteers, Drew found that if the guests played more than 5 types of entertainment in the area, the profits they brought would be enough to cover all the expenses incurred in the area! Many people can't play just five of these cheap casinos, and a survey over a year or so has found that guests have an average of 7-8 types of play in the area.
What's more, of course, you will be hungry or thirsty when playing so high, and some drink shops or small food stores in the entertainment area also have considerable income, which is one or two percent more than the benefits brought by tickets. Of course, it is still a bit difficult to completely solve the problem of hunger with these small foods, and if you want to eat well, you can run to the restaurants in the business district or go back to the hotel. Welcome back to the business district.
The competitive area is basically the same as the entertainment area, and you can get a cheap ticket to see a game, but if you want to see more games or others, you need more tickets, which is not too much of a problem.
It's just that how can the arena be a little less gambling or something? Buy, buy, buy. Is it thirsty to gamble and stimulus? Paid cold drinks will be provided. Buy, buy, buy. What about guys who aren't used to watching the game or want to play with old friends? One Arena Card makes it easy to enter the Arena! Buy, buy, buy. What should I do if I get injured after PK? A team of professional chaplains provides affordable paid treatment. Buy, buy, buy. What if the arenas are a little too far apart? There are the most professional and low-cost carriage teams or high-priced teleportation arrays for you to choose from. Buy, buy, buy......
Anyway, if you have gold coins, let's stay for now......
The ability of the gambling area to attract money will not be discussed, because the very thoughtful service makes many nobles and big businessmen who claim their status like to run here. And here, of course, there is also a large group of goblin profiteers who have agreed on and added countless details that will make you willingly pull out the gold coins.
When the city was built with the support of the goblin profiteers, the goblin patriarch Kapapacashi Gold, the elders, and the guardians were finally worth their weight in front of Hank.