Chapter 31: Spokesperson
Xu Yi left the research room of Grand Magician Camilla in disgrace.
When he saw the magic air conditioner just now, Xu Yi remembered that when he was researching the magic air conditioner, he had consulted Camilla Magician several times, and obtained a lot of improved construction of the frost and cold magic circle from him.
When Xu Yi found the Grand Magician Camilla, the negotiation was quite harmonious at first, and even the Grand Magician Camilla agreed to Xu Yi's request to help him complete some magic array research that could not be completed with his magical strength for the time being, but when Xu Yi proposed that he could pay some gold coins as a reward, the Grand Magician Camilla instantly changed his face, slapped the table angrily, and pointed directly to the door to let Xu Yi get out, not even giving him a chance to explain.
"Does this Camilla Grand Magician have a grudge against money?" Xu Yi couldn't help but wonder to himself.
Although he had known for a long time that Grand Magician Camilla was not very interested in combining magical research and business, he never expected that he would not wait to see such a situation.
"Hey, uncle, what are you doing with a sad face? Who owes you money?"
"Nobody owes me money, and I'm only twenty-seven years old, so don't always call me uncle. Xu Yi glared at Steele angrily.
The night passed, and there was no sign of the loss on Steele's face now, and he was once again a young and energetic girl.
Of course, her emaciation is still noticeable, but there is no way to completely recover it overnight.
"Who told you to always say that I was a child?" Steele snorted, looked at the great magician's exclusive research room behind Xu Yi, and asked in a low voice, "What?
Xu Yi frustrated himself and told Steele about the situation he had just met, which drew a loud laugh from her without hesitation.
"Haha, you deserve it! You already know that my grandfather doesn't like this, and he has to ask for an honorarium in front of him, which is not self-inflicted. β
"Well, how do I know he's going to hate it to such an extent. Xu Yi sighed and couldn't help but ask, "Steele, why is Your Excellency the Great Magician so opposed? Obviously, other Great Magicians will not refuse." β
"Want to know?" said Steele with a sly smile. "You can't do it without paying a price. β
Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the sky outside the magic tower: "It's not time for dinner yet, how about I invite you out for afternoon tea?"
After ordering two cold drinks at a snack bar near the Magic Tower, Steele told Xu Yi what it was all about.
It turned out that Grand Magician Camilla had taken several apprentices before, and had high hopes for two of them, thinking that as long as they were willing to work hard, they would sooner or later become powerful magicians, and maybe even surpass themselves.
But later, these apprentices did not withstand the money **, and they were hired by several large chambers of commerce with high salaries at a young age, and became one of the guards of those chambers of commerce, and since then they have abandoned magic research, and have not advanced for so many years.
Grand Magician Camilla was very saddened by their plight, and at the same time deeply hated the actions of those chambers of commerce, and after many accumulations, he gradually formed his current attitude.
"Grandpa thought that your magical talent was also very good since he saw your magic fan, and he also had great expectations for you, but you not only refused to accept you as an apprentice, but also set up your own chamber of commerce, which of course disappointed him. If it weren't for the fact that Grandpa still had hope for you, and your magic strength had indeed been improving, I was afraid that he would have driven you out of the magic tower a long time ago, how could he still let you see him at any time, and even help you solve magic problems? Now you actually came to discuss some business cooperation with him, do you think he can not be angry? So I said that you deserve it, you really don't believe it. β
Regarding Steele's final summary, Xu Yi could only smack his lips and had nothing to say.
"It's a pity, I originally wanted to invite His Excellency the Great Magician to be the chief researcher of our Chamber of Commerce, and even wanted to invite him to endorse the products of our Chamber of Commerce, according to what you say, isn't it hopeless?" Xu Yi said helplessly.
"Are you dreaming?" Steele glared at Xu Yi, and then asked curiously, "But what do you mean by being a chief researcher and being an endorsement?
"Chief Researcher...... In fact, it is to help me do some research on the magic array that is needed for magic machinery, because your grandfather is a great magician and has the strongest strength, so of course he can directly become the chief. Well, the meaning of the chief is the first, boss, you should understand. β
"What about endorsements? It's the first time I've heard that word, what does it mean?"
"Endorsement...... It's a bit more complicated. Xu Yi sorted out the general situation of the celebrity endorsements on the earth in his mind, thought about it and replied: "The so-called endorsement is to invite someone to be the spokesperson of these commodities in our chamber of commerce." Specifically, this person can be used to replace the image of some products, and this person is used as the image representative of the product, and then everyone will think of the product he endorses after seeing this person. Generally speaking, the person who is selected as the spokesperson should have a good self-image, and it is best to have a certain reputation, so that everyone knows this person, and they also know the product indirectly, which is regarded as a combination of propaganda means. β
"If the endorsed product is not good, won't it damage the image of this spokesperson?" Steele immediately asked rhetorically.
Xu Yi was stunned: "You reacted fast enough." That's right, this is originally a combination of means, the product and the spokesperson have an impact on each other, not only the product problem will affect the image of the spokesperson, but the spokesperson's problem will also affect the product. Therefore, whether it is a spokesperson or a chamber of commerce that chooses a spokesperson, it will be carefully considered. β
"You have a good idea of choosing my grandfather as a spokesperson. Steele snorted softly. "My grandfather is a great magician, and he is very famous in the entire Lampari Kingdom, if everyone knows that his old man suddenly endorsed something, then they must inquire about what this thing is. Besides, my grandfather has always been an upright person, and his image is too good. β
"That's why I thought of asking him to endorse me. Xu Yi spread his hand and said regretfully: "But judging from the current attitude of His Excellency the Great Magician, I'm afraid that this endorsement doesn't need to be mentioned to him at all, and he will definitely not agree." β
"He'll agree to hell. Steele nodded. glanced at Xu Yi, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Xu Yi, since you asked someone else to endorse you, you must pay that spokesperson, right?"
"Of course, how can anyone work for nothing?"
"Then may I ask, how much are you going to pay?"
"This is not necessarily, it depends on who the spokesperson is. Generally speaking, the greater the fame, the better the image, the higher the remuneration will be. If it were His Excellency the Great Magician, I would have been going to give him a thousand gold coins a year for endorsement fees......"
"A thousand gold coins?" Before Xu Yi could finish speaking, Steele's eyes widened and he shouted exaggeratedly. "So much? Just an endorsement?"
"yes, what's wrong?"
Steele looked at Xu Yi with a strange face. "Hey, Xu Yi, you don't seem to have sold a lot of magic fans, how could you give my grandfather a thousand gold coins with one mouth? Do you have that much money?"
Xu Yi smiled slightly: "This is what you don't understand, right? This is called advertising investment, and it is a very cost-effective investment." These thousand gold coins may seem like a lot, but if you consider the benefits brought by His Excellency the Great Magician, they are actually nothing at all. Speaking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh again. "It's a pity that Your Excellency the Great Magician won't agree at all, and what I say is in vain. By the way, Steele, do you have any other great magicians that you are familiar with, and how about introducing them to me?"
Steele frowned and thought for a while, and shook his head: "Grandpa TongguΓ², I know a few great magicians, but Xu Yi, I have to tell you the truth, these great magicians probably don't look down on your small chamber of commerce, you will die of this heart." β
"I think so. Xu Yi smiled self-deprecatingly. "I don't have anything in this chamber of commerce now, and it's normal that those honorable archmages don't look down on it. Letting go of this matter, Xu Yi suddenly remembered another thing. "By the way, Steele, Vivien said that you asked her to tell me when you were leaving, let me come to you, you have something to talk to me, what is the matter?"
"Well, yes, but I now see that it seems to have been resolved. Steele laughed. "Originally, I wanted to ask you if you could find me something to do, but I'm very idle every day by my grandfather's side, and it's not interesting, but you always look busy, maybe you can find me something to do. β
Xu Yi looked at Steele seriously, thinking to himself that this guy suddenly wanted to find something to do, did he think of a job to smooth the wound in his heart?
"If you want to find something to do, it's fine, for example, I just said that I want to invite your grandfather to be the chief researcher, in fact, it's because I plan to have a magic array research room exclusive to the Chamber of Commerce in the city, if you are interested, you can come here to do research on magic arrays and assist me in completing new products. β
"I'm really interested in this job, and I'm really going to ask you to give me this kind of job. But after hearing what you just said, I think there is another job that is more interesting. Steele narrowed his eyes and grinned.
"What job?"
Steele slowly sat up straight, revealing a bright smile full of sunshine, slightly opening two rows of silver teeth, and said softly: "Xu Yi, what do you think, how about letting me be the spokesperson of your Chamber of Commerce?"