Chapter 16: Branding

Xu Yi looked at the almost identical magic fan on the table, and carefully observed it for a while before reaching out and pressing the switch.

The magic fan paused for a few seconds, and a few blades slowly sped up, and in a few moments a cool breeze blew out.

Xu Yi stood in front of the fan and felt the cool breeze, and nodded lightly: "Well, yes, it's cool." ”

Heinze on the side suddenly became anxious, stretched out his hand to turn off the magic fan, and said angrily: "When is it, do you still have the heart to praise it? Think of a way! I tell you, there is more than one of these things, I found someone to check it for me, there are not many in Bangta City, but there are many such imitations outside the city!"

"Did you find out where the replica was made?"

"Nope. Heinze was deflated.

"No need to check. Xu Yi waved his hand. "Even if you find out, it's useless. ”

"How can it be useless! we can sue ......" Heinze suddenly paused.

Because he suddenly remembered that for this kind of craft, not to mention the Lampari Kingdom, even if there are no relevant laws and regulations on the entire Sainz continent to protect them from imitation, even if he finds out who the person who imitates the magic fan is, it is impossible to rely on the laws of the kingdom to sanction the other party, and he will even be reprimanded by the justices of the kingdom for many things.

"Did you think of it?" Seeing Heinze's face, Xu Yi knew that he had understood the main point. "Actually, I thought about this back when I was designing the magic fan. ”

This is not Xu Yi casually fooling Heinze, as early as when he was designing the magic fan, he had read relevant books, and finally determined that this Sainz continent was the same as he imagined, there was no such thing as patent rights at all, let alone patent protection.

So he had long been sure that there would be counterfeit imitations of the magic fan, because this thing is not very high-tech, and it is not difficult to imitate it at all.

"Since you've thought about it a long time ago, haven't you thought about how to prevent it? Could it be that we just watch those despicable guys copy it at will? Xu Yi, you should know very well that every time they make an imitation, we have to sell one less, which means that we have to make one less golden coin!"

"Well, don't be so excited. Xu Yi raised his hand and pressed down, signaling Heinze to calm down. "Don't worry, since I thought of it a long time ago, of course I prepared a way to prevent it. Come, you see. ”

Xu Yi grabbed a magic fan designed and produced by himself, and pointed to the fan base to signal to Heinze.

"What?" Heinze was inexplicable.

"Do you see this sign?" Xu Yi pointed his finger at a circular icon above the fan base switch. "Well, that's the brand icon I designed for our Magic Fan. ”

Heinze frowned at the icon with a half-cut wing pattern in a circle, and asked in wonder, "What's the use of this thing?" What brand icon do you say...... What do you mean?"

"Well...... You can think of it as a badge, a one-of-a-kind badge for our magic fans. And I have already applied for registration for this badge in the Council of Nobles of the Kingdom, and anyone who uses this badge without my consent will be severely punished by the Council of Nobles. Xu also explained.

"The Council of the Nobles of the Kingdom applies for a badge?" Heinze glared at Xu Yi with wide eyes, looking frightened. "Oh my God, how did you apply to the Council of Nobles for such a small badge......? Wait, what badge are you applying for?"

Xu Yi smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Smack-" Heinze slapped his forehead and smacked his head in pain: "Although the noble council is not so strict about the registration of badges now, the third-level badge ...... Every year for this thing alone, you have to pay three hundred gold coins to the noble council, right?"

"Well, that's right. In fact, if I want to say that the Council of Nobles is still not flexible enough, I have to pay enough years to allow the badge to be upgraded, otherwise I would like to apply directly for the top platinum badge. ”

"Platinum badge?" Heinze shouted as he raised his voice sharply. "That's a thousand gold coins a year! You must be crazy!"

"No, I'm sober. Xu Yi sat Heinze down and handed him a cup of tea. "This badge is actually the only thing I can think of to protect our interests at the moment. With the protection of the badge, we can imprint this badge on every magic fan we produce, and even if someone else can copy the magic fan, they will not dare to engrave this badge on the magic fan they produce for fear of violating the rules of the noble council. ”

Heinze took a sip of tea and shook his head: "I still don't understand what you mean. Even if we have more badges than them, what's the use?"

"It's very useful!" Xu Yi said affirmatively. "This badge can distinguish our magic fans from those imitation guys, and this difference is the brand!"

Heinze was still at a loss: "What's wrong with the brand?

Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that explaining the brand value to people in this world was really a bit ahead of his time.

Moreover, it is difficult for people to understand this thing thoroughly just by talking about it, and it is easier for people to understand it only when it is reflected in specific events.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi beckoned to Heince.

"Hey, Heinze, is there a ...... in Bonta Belch...... Something like a newspaper?"

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Daddy Afaria was angry.

For him, an old hunter who made a living by hunting, two gold coins was an income he only had for half a month when he went into the mountains to hunt, and he was usually completely reluctant to spend such a large sum of money at once.

If it weren't for the fact that his favorite little grandson fainted from heat stroke two days ago, he would never have made up his mind to run to buy this expensive magic fan.

Although this magic fan is indeed very good, it can blow a cool breeze at the beginning of the rotation, making the little grandson smile, but ...... Damn, this goddamn magic fan only spun for two days and then stopped!

Daddy Afalia even went to buy several magic crystals for this purpose, but no matter which one was replaced, it was useless, and the magic fan still didn't move.

Looking at his little grandson's little face, which had turned red due to the heat, Father Afaria couldn't hold back any longer, and entered Bunta City with a magic fan in one hand.

The man who sold him the magic fan at the time said that he bought it from a store called Heinze grocery store in Bangta City, so now that there is a problem with the magic fan, he can't find the damn merchant, and it should be no problem to find this Heinze grocery store directly.

Father Afaria didn't come to Bunta City very often, and it took him a while to find the Heinze grocery store when he entered the city, but when he came to Heinze's grocery store, he was stunned.

It turned out that the entrance of this grocery store was already crowded with people at this time, and if you look at it casually, I am afraid that there are not more than 100 people.

What made Daddy Afaria even more curious was that almost every one of these people carried a magic fan in their hands.

"Hey, young man, what's going on? Why are there so many of them?" asked Daddy Afalia, curiously pulling a young man from the crowd along.

The young man glanced up and down at Daddy Afalia, and when he saw the magic fan in his hand, he immediately showed a look of sudden realization.

"Old man, is your magic fan also broken?"

"yes, what? These people are just like me?"

"That's right. This damn profiteer!" the young man spat hard on the ground. "I finally made up my mind to buy a magic fan, but I didn't expect it to stop spinning after only one night!

The young man's voice was very loud, and several people next to him could hear it clearly and echoed it.

"That's right, the magic fan I bought is the same, it only turned around overnight and didn't move, and I couldn't change the magic crystal. ”

"Mine is better than yours, and I used it for two days, but when I took it out at noon today, it didn't work. ”

"That looks like I'm the most unlucky, I've only been using it for less than two hours, and I'm blowing comfortably, and suddenly it's not working. Damn, it cost me three gold coins!"

"Huh? You spent three gold coins, didn't you only need two gold coins?"

"Two? Why did that damn profiteer ask me for three?"

"You've been trapped......"

......

Hearing the discussion of the people around him, Father Afaria was slightly relieved.

If it's just a problem with his family's magic fan, and the profiteer won't admit it, his problem won't be easy to solve.

Now that so many people have a problem together, if this damn profiteer doesn't solve it, it will be a public outrage.

While he was thinking this, the door of Heinze's grocery store creaked and slowly opened.

The crowd immediately rushed over.

"Hey, my magic fan is broken, do you want to fix it?"

"Mine is broken too! I ask for a new one for me immediately!"

"Yes!

"Profiteer! What cost Lao Tzu two gold coins actually broke down in just one day! Beware of Lao Tzu going to the Commercial Management Council to sue you!"

......

The grocery store door was fully open, and Heinze walked out with a somewhat strange expression.

Looking at the boiling crowd in front of him, Heinze was amazed in his heart.

"This Xu Yi, how did he know that this kind of thing would happen today?"

The situation when Xu Yi talked to him yesterday flashed in his mind, Heinze raised his hand and pressed it hard, and shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, if you have any problems, please speak slowly! I am the owner of this shop, Heinze, if it is the problem of our shop, I will definitely solve it properly for everyone!"

"Okay, you sue me, you sold this magic fan from this shop, and now it's broken after only one day, what do you say?" a strong man shouted.

"What else can I do, pay for it! How can two gold coins break so easily!" the other chimed in.

"Yes!

"Even if you don't pay for it, you have to fix it for me, my tigress is too hot at home!"

......

"Everyone, be quiet!" Heinze shouted again, muffling the crowd. Looking left and right, he pointed to the strong man who shouted the loudest just now and said, "Show me your magic fan." ”

The strong man stuffed the magic fan in his hand to Heinze, so many people watched, he didn't worry that Heinze would dare to fool him like this.

Who knew that Heinze took the magic fan and looked at it for a while, but shook his head at him: "I'm sorry, I didn't sell this magic fan here, I can't help you solve it." ”

"Huh?**What are you kidding?" Seeing that Heinze actually denied it, the strong man was immediately angry. "I've inquired, you're the only shop in this Bangta City that sells magic fans, not you sell them here, did they fall from the sky?"

"It's just that there's nowhere else to sell it except you, do you dare to admit it?"

"This bastard wants to pay his bills!"

"Profiteer, kill him!"

......

Seeing the crowd surging, Heinze felt a trace of timidity in his heart, and then took a deep breath, puffed up his breath again, and opened his mouth to shout: "This magic fan is indeed not sold by us, because there is no brand of ours on it!"