"Hmm...... Well...... this."

Viscount Ruichi continued to think, and if nothing else, just the hesitant expression he had now, and Arrow knew that he must be worried that his investment would not be able to get a good return-

"If you don't win the championship, your publicity ability will drop a lot...... The winner has direct access to the palace, what a lot of publicity! If you can win, my fishing industry can instantly become the hottest fishing brand in the entire Blue Bay Empire. The title of House Wald will also spread throughout the Blue Bay Empire! ”

"But if you don't win......"

The viscount stood up and walked up and down the lounge, pondering whether the commercial investment would be sufficiently profitable.

After hesitating for a long time, the viscount suddenly turned around and said to Arrow, "President Arrow, what do you think your guild can get the worst ranking?" Runner-up? Or the top three? Is it enough? If I really can't get on the podium, I can barely accept a top four finish. ”

To put it bluntly, Arrow felt that he was quite accurate in looking at this Viscount Ruichi.

Although Arrow does not deny that this viscount still has a lot of advantages, there are also a lot of annoying points.

Seeing Arrow's now smiling and silent expression, Viscount Ruichi's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said helplessly: "Then...... So...... What about the top five? At least at least the top ten, it really can't fall anymore! If you can't even rank in the top 10 in the country, it's really bad! ”

Arrow turned his head to look at the sky outside, the sun had begun to set slightly to the west, and if this matter was not properly clarified, I am afraid that the whole day today would be spent on this topic.

At that moment, the president cleared his throat slightly, and said slowly-

"What are the rules of Guild Championship Battles...... I know that too. And luckily, I've watched a few games. ”

"The triennial competition is basically divided into two phases, the first stage is a scoring competition, that is, all the guilds participating in the competition get tasks from the referee, and then complete certain things within the specified time according to the instructions of the tasks. There are also some interesting small changes depending on the rules. For example, I remember in the last Guild Championship Tournament, a guild was given the task of ensuring that the number of injured people on the field must be limited to a certain number within the specified time. The other guild is to make more adventurers lie on the ground and immobilize for a set period of time. ”

However, due to the fact that the specific tasks of the guilds on both sides are confidential, each guild does not know what the tasks of the other guilds are, which leads to the fact that in the process of the competition, the guild that saved people was very accidentally in the same competition venue as the guild with the number of kills, which caused them to start searching for members of other guilds all over the field. In the end, the Guild that saved people realized that if they couldn't stop the guild that kept attacking others, it would cause their mission to fail, and the killing guild realized that no matter how many adventurers they put down, they would quickly get up to their feet. ”

"In such a situation, the two guilds began to search for each other desperately, but since neither side knew which guild's mission was against them, it would happen that the members of the other guilds, even if they only killed one person by accident, or rescued one person, they would immediately be regarded as enemies by one of the two guilds."

"Of course, the guild that has been defeating other guilds will make enemies quickly, and the guild that rescues others will gain allies faster. However, in the case of opaque information between them, the guild with the killing mission instead began to rescue people to deceive the other guilds, and then infiltrated the allied army to break through internally. ”

"Such rules can lead to too many accidents in guild wars, and many times you can't even say that your guild has the strongest combat ability, so you will definitely be able to come out on top."

"Under such circumstances, if you insist that I give a guess that I can get the first place, I can only say that I really can't guess."

Hearing Arrow say such a lot of nonsense, the hesitation on Viscount Ruichi's face became even stronger.

He rubbed his forehead, constantly pondering whether he should invest the money or not.

It was also as he was thinking that Arrow turned his head and saw that the sunlight outside the window had gradually dimmed, and the sun had begun to set behind the Eternal Sleep Mountains over there.

"Hmm...... How about that? ”

In order to prevent this matter from dragging on endlessly, Arrow still felt that he should let this matter be solved on the spot immediately-

"How about we adopt a phased funding model?"

Ruichi: "Phased financial sponsorship? ”

Arrow nodded slightly, he turned his head, swept the faces of his guild members, and said with a smile: "Actually, it's really not complicated to say, it's just that the sponsorship you originally planned to give was carried out according to the results of our guild. ”

"For example, you can provide us with the cost of the round-trip journey. Then you can help us customize clothes, I believe that this kind of thing should not cost a few dollars, and you can also avoid a lot of investment in one go. If our guild is unfortunate enough to be at the bottom of the tournament after just starting the guild championship battle, and unfortunately has no chance of turning the tables at all, and is disqualified after only a few matches, then Viscount Ruichi can also stop here and use a small amount of money to let our guild help you with a few days of small publicity, you will not lose too much, and our mermaid song will not seem to be too stressful. ”

"Then, if our guild did well in the championship fight, it actually got a little bit of success! In this case, you can increase your investment in our guild and let us have a better accommodation environment. You can even send money directly to our guild and make our guild members excited. ”

"So, if we're lucky enough to make it all the way to the second stage of the tournament and are lucky enough to get some good results, then you can give us more money so that our guild can have more money to buy equipment and potions. As our guild wins a game, you give money once. If in the end our guild does win the championship, then you are happier because your request has been fulfilled. But if we fail in a battle, you don't have to continue to invest in our guild, but you can still get the publicity you received before. ”

"In this way, the advantage is that it is convenient and easy to deploy. What are the downsides...... Also, there is no way to execute a complete strategy from start to finish, and there may be no way to prepare our guild's equipment in advance. Personally, though, I think this is a good option if you're really sensitive about how much money you spend. ”

As the sunlight finally set completely on the other side of the mountain, some of the maids also walked into the lounge with candles in their hands, lighting up the entire room, and making the castle brightly lit up once again.

Viscount Ruichi also thought carefully about Arrow's proposal, and after hesitating for a long time, the viscount finally nodded and said, "Hmm...... It seems that this is also possible. All right! If President Arrow thinks that's okay, so be it! ”

At that moment, the innocent smile on Arrow's face was once again on his face.

He knew he had succeeded.

The biggest disadvantage of the phased funding model is, of course, that it is not very fixed and does not have the nature of long-term planning. Therefore, I am afraid that it will not be possible to make the right equipment to deal with the difficulties that may be faced at a critical moment.

But what are the advantages...... It's not just about flexibility!

Kidding aside, this is the best way to get money straight out of the game after winning a game! No matter how big Arrow's heart is, he can't have the unrealistic ambition to win the guild championship battle directly!

In this case, instead of letting this viscount put money into that ethereal advertisement, it is really better to give it directly to Eero, and put it in the wallet of the mermaid song It seems safer and more "comfortable"~~~!

And in this way, he will not have any pressure, it is of course best to be able to win a few more times in the guild championship battle and make a little more money, but if he really can't win or lose, he will not have any psychological pressure. What's more, I had already brainwashed the guild members before this, asking everyone to treat this championship battle as a travel or life experience, so everyone shouldn't have too much pressure.

And the last point......

Now he can finally start talking about the topics he wants to talk about the most.

"Viscount Ruichi, since we've solved the problem of the Guild Championship Battle now, we might as well talk about something else."

Arrow smiled and nodded slightly.

Viscount Ruichi seemed to have only now realized that it was not too early, he looked out the window and the sky had become pitch black, nodded and said, "Oh, I didn't expect to have such a happy chat, it's so late now!" President Arrow, and all of you in Mermaid Song, I'll invite you all to have dinner today, and everyone will have a meal in the restaurant! We can also talk about the specifics of the phased sponsorship! ”

"Your Excellency Viscount Ruichi!"

At this time, Arrow finally shouted out unceremoniously-

"Actually, I have some questions for you! When I came, I saw that the door to the basement that used to have flesh monsters was now open again, right? Didn't you say you were going to seal it off forever? I'm really curious about this! ”