Chapter 167: Peripheral Products
In September's chaotic seas, the comic book craze sparked like a raging hurricane, whistling through every island town and swept away glittering gold and wealth......
What can I say, watching Mr. Krent and the black merchants make a fortune, those merchants who can't make a profit are simply envious and jealous, and the first thing they do when they get up every day is to pray to the gods, praying that these guys who monopolize profits will be unlucky as soon as possible, and it is better to go out and encounter a storm that has not been encountered in a hundred years.
Well, if the resentment had been useful, Mr. Krent would have choked to death by eating!
In fact, at the end of September, when the comic craze reached its peak, they suddenly announced that they were going to launch comic merchandise...... What are merchandise?
Without explaining, you'll soon find out!
The black businessmen smiled triumphantly, while continuing to surround Miranda to urge the change, while starting a big plan to really make money, in less than half a month, a large number of peripheral products derived from the comics themselves, like a tide of madness poured into the market, bringing a new round of sales frenzy -
In the market of Lisbon Island, the limited edition dolls represented by Captain Jack are on sale, although the cost is only a few copper coins, but the price is as high as three gold coins, even if it is so ridiculously expensive, it is still sold out as soon as it is released, and even the store pù door is lined up for hundreds of meters;
In the rich Purple Mulan City, the daily necessities printed with the portrait of the character of "Princess Huanzhu" suddenly swept the entire aristocratic circle, and the coffee cups that were originally backlogged in the warehouse and could not be sold were suddenly snapped up by those aristocratic ladies just because of the printing of a bust portrait of the fourth prince, which indirectly saved the three ceramic merchants who were about to go bankrupt;
In the taverns of the island of Crane, a peculiar card game is gaining popularity. This card game is based on "The Lord of the Rings", the rules are so complicated that it makes people headaches, and there is a very strange name called "The Lord of the Rings", thanks to the blessing of the "Lord of the Rings" craze, it is actually so popular, especially popular with those university scholars, claiming that only smart people are qualified to challenge;
And that's not all, but the most speechless thing is that in many island towns, a kind of restaurant called a themed restaurant has suddenly appeared. The decoration of the restaurant completely imitates the comic book scene, the innocent and lovely maids are all dressed in comic book costumes, especially the appearance of the elven princess in "The Lord of the Rings", which is very popular, and an ordinary grilled octopus is sold for ten gold coins just because of the name "Norwegian Siren...... You know, what we don't eat is grilled octopus, it's art!
There is no heavenly reason, there is no heavenly reason, and the black businessmen who watched the Gold Chamber of Commerce could make a windfall again. The other merchants in the chaotic sea area gritted their teeth with hatred, first a lucrative pharmaceutical business, then a comic book that swept the entire sea, and now it has been replaced by a profiteering peripheral product. Seeing the undead, which bastard is behind their backs?
I won't say anything about killing me! Lin's thigh can only be hugged by our gold chamber of commerce, and it is a tight hug!
Mr. Krent and the black merchants were triumphant. While making up his mind to hug Lin's thighs tightly, he was even more crazy to develop all kinds of peripheral products - pillows, bed sheets, keychains, bottle openers, parasols, party tables, whatever could be imagined. All of them were named comics, and in the end, Mr. Krent actually had no teacher, and found a few bottles and filled them with some spring water and sold them, claiming to be the fountain of youth in the fourth episode of "Pirates of the Caribbean......
You are so shameless! Even Lin Taiping can't stand this situation, but Mr. Krent, they actually dare to do this, Angelina even feared that the world will not be chaotic and said, maybe we add that Mr. Lin's autograph to the outside of the bottle of "Fountain of Youth", what are we afraid of, anyway, Xiaolinzi even forged the seal, what is there to be afraid of a few signatures?
"Why, if they can do it, can't we do it?" In this way, watching the black businessmen make a fortune, there are many smart businessmen who are envious and jealous, and suddenly inspiration bursts out, "Comics or something, we can't imitate it, but when it comes to peripheral products, what's so difficult about it?"
It makes sense, it makes sense, the inspired businessmen immediately began to imitate, launched a large number of copycat products, and the price is much lower, I have to admit that they did make a lot of money at the beginning, but before they could make a few days, Mr. Krent took a dozen mercenaries, murderously rushed over and smashed the field-
"Damn bastard, you dare to plagiarize our patents? Believe it or not, I'm going to sue you, sue you for ruining your family!"
"Sue me, if you have the ability, sue me, who stipulates that peripheral products only belong to you?"
"Hehe, I don't understand, the comics, including the comics' peripheral products, all belong to Mr. Lin...... Coincidentally, we have his handwritten authorization here, and on each peripheral product, there is a specially customized magic anti-counterfeiting label!"
It's so insidious! It's so insidious! The merchants who were seized suddenly burst into tears, and could only squat at the door, watching Mr. Krent and his mercenaries swarm up, tearing down the shop so clean that there was not even a threshold left, and easily seizing all the copycat products.
This is not the end, in order to prove their ability to do things with money, several mercenaries also mentioned very viciously on the side: "President Krent, should we burn all these impostors to set an example?"
Mr. Krent rolled his eyes and waved his hand angrily: "According to what Lin said, bring all these counterfeits back, and then put our anti-counterfeiting labels, understand?"
Poof! The confiscated merchants were spurting blood, and they finally understood why the bastard Krent didn't come to the door to find fault when he first started copying, and it turned out that this guy was waiting for no profit.
"I'm sorry, but this is Lin's Jianyì......" Mr. Krent laughed so hard that even the roots of his teeth were exposed, and he walked away with a large number of imitations, and six hours later, he triumphantly announced that another batch of genuine products was about to be launched, and in order to thank the customers for their support, the price was deliberately reduced by six percent.
That's it, that's it, with the comic craze sweeping, all kinds of comic peripheral products are also selling dumbfounded, and in the end. The Duchess of Adeline came to her door out of the blue and asked Mr. Krent to order a Black Pearl...... That's right, not a model, but a real pirate ship in one-to-one scale...... What? It's expensive, it's expensive, it's right! If it's not expensive, how can it be unique?
Woo woo, dear Lin, we love you!
The black businessmen of the Gold Chamber of Commerce made tears in their eyes, and they became more and more firm in their belief in hugging their thighs, and at the profit summary meeting of the third month, the twelve veterans of the Chamber of Commerce collectively decided to put down the work at hand. Hurry up and send all the materials requested by Lin over, and the quantity will be tripled.
So, Mr. Krent, who was on the mission of hugging his thighs, immediately took three merchant ships full of loads and rushed to the desert island, Angelina and the orcs were stunned on the temporary dock, watching as a whole box of supplies was carried down, what enchanted weapons, what mountain heavy armor, what magic scrolls, all piled up on the beach like a hill.
"Ahem, it seems that there is a lot more than I asked?" Lin Taiping watched with great satisfaction as the materials arrived. But not only was he a little distressed, "This, although it is a big surprise, but if you look at it according to the share that was agreed at the time." I probably won't be able to come up with that much money......"
Mr. Crent was trembling as if he had been insulted: "Dear Lin, you actually talked to us about money, is it the deep friendship between us?" It's so sad for me, it's so sad for me, you don't think of us as friends at all!"
All right. Looking at Mr. Krent's sad and angry expression of wanting to stab himself to death, Lin Taiping could only express his glad acceptance, so a few seconds later, Mr. Krent, who was still sad and indignant just now, immediately said goodbye and left with a smile.
Dumbfounded, Angelina bit her fishtail, the orcs bit their claws, and collectively stared at those materials in a daze, so, so, these materials that add up to at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins are all ours now, and they are still free gifts?
"Sister, your fishtail is about to be bitten off by yourself!" Lin Taiping kindly reminded him, but clapped his hands with a smile on his face, "Okay, guys, everything that should be here is here, then next, I think we can talk to the cannibal pirate group." ”
Pirates? What pirates? Angelina and Hundredfoot looked at each other, their eyes confused.
Very good and powerful, Lin Taiping was completely speechless, and said in his heart that these guys are making money to the point of losing their memory: "Please, don't forget to get down to business, didn't we promise Miranda to help him rescue Mrs. Nancy?, and the first step to rescue Mrs. Nancy is to find the pirate group composed of ogres and find a way to convince ...... Well, by the way, where's Miranda?"
Speaking of pseudo-niang birds, pseudo-niang birds have arrived!
Before the words fell, Miranda waved a letterhead and rushed in with tears in her eyes: "Lin, dear Lin, I just received information from the Thieves' Guild, according to the clues they provided, the cannibal pirate group has been haunting the Fire and Ice Islands recently!"
Are you sure?Lin Taiping was a little surprised, about half a month ago, Miranda patted his chest and said that he had a good relationship with the Thieves' Guild, and he could get the situation of the Cannibal Pirate Group from there, but he didn't expect that this guy would get the information so quickly?
"Of course, the Thieves' Guild owes me a great favor. Miranda gasped and raised her head proudly, "Last year, in order to inquire about an earl, they specially commissioned me to disguise myself as a maid and infiltrate the nobles' banquet to eavesdropping...... By the way, I was voted the best maid of the night!"
Uh, what the hell are you proud of?
Lin Taiping couldn't help but want to complain, but Angelina didn't care so much, she directly conjured up an accurate chart and spread it on the beach, and after a few glances, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the remote corner of the southeast of the chaotic sea area: "Here, the Ice and Fire Islands are in this place, quite remote and barren and backward, it's really strange, how could those ogres run there?"
"Who knows, those guys don't have the same head structure as normal people. Miranda didn't care about this, and raised the information of the Thieves' Guild in her hand, "Anyway, at least we know where they are hiding now, and they have already made a lot of money, so ......"
No need to do that, just look at Miranda's pitiful tearful eyes to know what he's expecting!
Of course there is no opinion, Lin Taiping touched his chin indifferently, and they jumped up directly, saying that they couldn't wait to pull people in, but in a frenzy, Angelina just rushed out a few steps with great interest, but suddenly turned around, and coughed lightly with a stern face-
"Wait, Miranda, you seem to have forgotten something important......"
"What?"
"You still owe Crent three hundred and six drawings!"
“...... I'm going to die!" (To be continued......)