Chapter 296: Great Heat
In the Cold Stone Empire in June, especially in the Emerald Province, which is closest to the chain of pearl islands, a strange movie short called "The Priesthood of the Holy Maiden" suddenly swept through in just half a month like a violent hurricane in the scorching summer, and became the focus of everyone's heated discussion.
At first, it was just a few idle and bored aristocratic girls, because they could not stand the entanglement and verbosity of the bearded merchant, they sent a beggar to throw out two gold coins and buy an ordinary-looking crystal ball to go back, and then only half an hour later, there was a cry of surprise from the carriage in which they were riding, so that the whole street was shaken.
Then, just like the speed of the spread of the cold virus, this short film called "The Priesthood of the Holy Maiden" suddenly swept the entire circle of aristocratic girls, and then started from the circle of aristocratic girls, gradually spread to merchant families, and finally expanded to those ordinary civilian families, and finally pulled the girls of the entire Jade Province into it.
In just half a month, almost all the girls in the Jade Province have seen this "Holy Maiden Priest", and when they meet again to make friends, they are no longer interested in discussing what clothes and jewelry, they gather together with longing on their faces, chattering and discussing the development of the plot, so that when those teenagers plan to talk, they have to use this sentence as the opening sentence - "Dear Miss, you are really beautiful like a water moon......"
It is difficult to describe the enthusiasm of this collective carnival, the only thing that can be determined is that from this time on, the pig-headed monster in the Emerald Province was suddenly in short supply, it is said that a pig-headed monster slave who was responsible for carrying goods in a certain shop fell when he went out by chance, and more than a dozen aristocratic girls immediately came up to help it, and because of the question of who helped first, he commanded the guards to fight murderously.
Poor pig-headed slave, its simple brain makes it completely incomprehensible why the aristocratic girls who are usually high. It suddenly became so amiable, gentle and friendly, and it could not understand why Miss Alice, who had won at last and helped herself up, would shyly answer, "Well, don't you intend to repay me?"
Well, this is just one example, and just from this simplest example, you can see how influential "The Priest of the Holy Maiden" is, but to the dismay of those fanatical girls, this sensational short film was not finished. And it's hard to stop somewhere, it actually stops at the moment when Shui Yue is about to be killed by the demon.
Damn, it's just disgusting!
Because of this appetizing suspense, the girls of the entire Emerald Province were angry, and they searched everywhere for the second half of "The Priesthood of the Holy Maiden", and even turned all the grocery stores that sold crystal balls to the ground, and in the end, the only daughter of the governor couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed directly into the study with a choked voice, crying and shouting and threw herself into her father's arms: "Dad." I'm going to watch the second half, and I'm going to do it now!"
"My dear, I'll keep you satisfied. The Governor patted his daughter on the shoulder as he comforted him, wondering if the priest's robe could be shorter. Then, with a wave of his hand, he gritted his teeth and ordered the entire Governor's Palace Guard to go out, even if it was to dig the entire province three feet into the ground, and tie up the damned bearded merchant to me.
And so. Poor Blackbeard was out of luck, and a large group of armed soldiers rushed into the hotel in a murderous manner, beating him first, no matter how many as they were. Then tied him up like a rice dumpling and pushed him directly into the hall of the Governor's Palace, and the Governor's Lady, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, immediately threatened viciously: "Listen, damn bastard, either hand over the lower half or feed my lion!"
"Woo woo, I'm innocent!" Poor Blackbeard burst into tears, and could only confess honestly, "Honorable Lord, Honorable Miss, it's not that I deliberately hid the lower half, but the lower half hasn't been filmed yet...... Really, I swear by my character, the second half will be delivered in three days, and I promise to sell it to you as soon as possible. β
Miss Governor was even more angry, but seeing that Blackbeard had been sent to the lion's cage and hadn't changed her mind, she could only accept the truth helplessly, and casually rewarded Blackbeard with a few gold coins as medical expenses, and then asked a group of guards to follow Blackbeard closely, and did not leave an inch for twenty-four hours, until she got the second half of "The Priesthood of the Holy Maiden".
Blackbeard walked out of the Governor's Mansion in a cold sweat, glad that he had finally escaped, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a large group of armed soldiers rushed over, and without saying a word, he was beaten badly...... Well, this time it's not the Doge's Lady, but the two daughters of the Grand Duke, do you know what that means?
In this way, poor Blackbeard was beaten twenty times by those armed soldiers in just one day, and entered the mansions of sixteen high-ranking nobles, plus the manors of twelve great merchants, and in the end he himself was completely numb, and when he saw another group of armed soldiers rushing up viciously, he immediately hugged his head and squatted on the ground and shouted: "Three days later, three days later, I will use my character to vouch, and I will be there in three days!"
Thanks to him, the news spread throughout the entire Emerald Province in an instant, and then all the noble ladies began to look forward to it, waiting for the arrival of the second half of the "Holy Maiden Priesthood", and the Governor Lady even directly sent a team of dragoons to guard the port day and night, just waiting for the legendary crystal ball to arrive.
After three long days, a small merchant ship arrived at the port as promised, but when the aristocratic private soldiers rushed to the deck with murderous violation, they suddenly found that there was only one crystal ball on the whole ship, about this unfortunate fact, the blue-nosed and swollen Blackbeard explained it like this-
"What, because something went wrong with the magic, the crystal ball can't be copied, so it can only be photographed one by one, so it's ......"
Angry, the aristocratic ladies of the entire Jade Province were angry, and immediately beat Blackbeard without saying a word, people with a little common sense know that the so-called magic failure is simply an excuse, and if you think about it with your knees, you can also know that this is clearly deliberately hanging people's appetites, and they want to sell ordinary crystal balls at a high price.
But the problem is that even though they know that there is a big hole ahead, the angry aristocratic ladies still have to jump into it helplessly, not only because they can't wait to know the development of the plot, but also because it is related to identity and face...... Think about it, when everybody's itching, you can be at some aristocratic ball. What a comforting thing it is to talk about the final ending.
So, the tragic battle for the crystal ball began, in order to compete for the only crystal ball, a large group of aristocratic ladies gritted their teeth and made crazy bids, which directly made the war soar to the bright red Cheng DΓΉ, and when the stunned Blackbeard struggled to get up, and saw the amazing price that was still rising, he suddenly fainted again, but this time it was a happy fainting.
And then. Relying on her good father, and with ample financial resources, the honorable lady Governor finally won a big victory, and she could be seen at the ball in the next few days, where she was excitedly discussing the development of the plot, surrounded by a large group of female companions with adoring faces and exclamations......
Damn, damn bastard, we're not going to lose to you!
The other noble ladies hated each other. At the same time, he immediately sent someone to find Blackbeard and booked all the crystal balls for the next half month, although the price was not as high as the first crystal ball, but the total price was all added together. But it was enough to make Blackbeard faint for the third time, and tears of happiness flowed from the coma.
In this way, batch after batch of crystal balls were transported to the Emerald Province, about half a month later. As the number of crystal balls increased, the price gradually fell back to normal, and by this time. The aristocratic adults, who were distressed because of their daughters' ruin and profligacy, finally couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that this damn craze was finally over......
As it turned out, they rejoiced too soon, because just a few days later, when the second half of Priesthood of the Holy Maiden caused a stir again, Damn Blackbeard came up with a new plan - don't get me wrong, this time it wasn't the second installment of Priesthood of the Holy Maiden, but all sorts of stuff that some black-bellied guy named merch......
The Moon God Sacrifice Robe when the Water Moon was transformed into a priest was exactly the same as the original, each priced at 300 gold coins, the Moon God Scepter used for the Battle of the Water Moon, which can shine with silver-white moonlight, and each piece cost 500 gold coins, in addition to the large signed pictorial of the Water Moon, the cute little dolls in the shape of the Water Moon, and even the small sculpture of the pig-headed monster were also introduced to the market.
In the words of a black-bellied guy hiding on Bloodclaw Island counting gold coins, "Gentlemen, you should know by now why I don't make those blockbuster films, but I want to make short films like this...... That's right, the crystal ball is just a disguise, and what can really make us a lot of money is these worthless peripheral products!"
Profiteer, profiteer, Blackbeard couldn't help but slander himself a hundred times, but he also had to admit that these peripheral products were completely sold out in just a few days, to take the simplest example, at a masquerade held in early July, at least a hundred aristocratic ladies made themselves into water moon, if you don't have a luna scepter in your hand, you don't have a face.
By the way, among these peripheral products, the best-selling thing is actually the moon god sacrifice robe that has been maliciously shortened by the blood sickle, and it is said that many nobles have secretly bought a few of them back, let their lovers wear this, and then ...... Well, then, the first live-action role-play in the world of Contessence was staged without a teacher.
Of course, seeing that the money on peripheral products was so easy to make, other merchants in Jade Province inevitably had red eyes, and immediately launched a large number of imitations, but before they could make money for a few days, Blackbeard came to the door with a group of mercenaries, rushed into the store with murderous spirit, looted all the imitations, and left a sentence before leaving: "Damn bastard, show me clearly, all our peripheral products have magic anti-counterfeiting logos, understand?"
There is still this trick?
The merchants who couldn't steal chickens couldn't help but burst into tears, and could only watch all the imitations being looted, and then casually stamped with a magic anti-counterfeiting logo, and sold them again at several times the profit.
The gods are above, which sinister guy is even counting this kind of thing, is that guy a demon?
"Demon?" Hearing such a question, Blackbeard, who was counting the gold coins excitedly, suddenly stopped in place with a strange face, and then subconsciously slowly turned his head and looked at the distant Bloodclaw Island.
It was like seeing that very pleasant smiling face, and after he was silent for a few seconds, he suddenly couldn't help but shudder hard, subconsciously reached into his arms, and took out the stack of golden tickets that he had originally planned to elope, and put them all respectfully in the box-
"What is a demon? I dare to swear by my character, that lord is the oldest kind, even if he is a demon!" (To be continued......