I really just want to be a big lord

Chapter 95 The Purpose of Kaios (Part [-])
After Kaios just discovered the existence of the "ghost", he became very interested.

He also went to the Grand Theater to watch two "Phantom Drama", but how should I put it...

To put it simply, it is "too ugly"-not the audio-visual level, but the content level.

And most of the "ghost dramas" that are only about 20 minutes long cost 20-50 tickets, which can be said to be quite expensive.

So after he probably knew what was going on with the "ghost shadow", he stopped looking at it.

He knew that the content of the phantom would be a huge business opportunity and market, but for the time being, he didn't have the time and energy to take care of it.

However, when he was carrying out all-round technical integration recently, he noticed the field of "Private Shadow" again, and felt that this would be a more efficient way to earn Magic Coupons in the future.

In the beginning, he actually focused on the samples with better sound effects.

In his opinion, this seems to be the way for TV to enter Wanjia.

But soon he realized that something was wrong. In the previous life, the TVs entered ordinary middle-class homes, and in this world, those who can afford a private "magic projection system" must be the big lords—even some people who live in the city The down-and-out nobles or small lords with one or two territories couldn't afford it. Even if they could, they would choose to use these magic coupons to buy properties.

Since those who will spend huge sums of money to buy this kind of "magic projection system" are big lords like Kaios who own a large manor or even multiple territories, villas, and castles to live in, then they have to build one for themselves. Private "cinema", why do you want to make a private version?Wouldn't it be enough to just go to the "Magic Shadow Screen" used in the theater?
Cheaper? Compared with 8000 magic coupons, 20000 magic coupons are indeed much cheaper for ordinary nobles and small lords.

However, even if a small lord has 8000 magic coupons to spare, he would not use it to buy such things. For a big lord, 8000 is still 20000. If you really want to have a private movie theater in your own manor, the price difference is really nothing .

In order to build a private theater, they will also spend more magic coupons to build suitable buildings and various supporting facilities.

In this case, if the target customer is a great lord, the "Private Specter Playing System" only needs to be customized on the basis of the giant magic screen originally supplied to the theater, and there is no need to re-develop a new Specter device at all. necessary.

Therefore, after learning about the development status of private magic shadow equipment, Kaios is not very optimistic about this market.

However, when Kaios saw the "Magic Shadow Box" that Xiao Zhuo'an brought back from the city, and knew its approximate cost, he regained his spirits.

The cost of this magic shadow box is about 60~70 coupons. Compared with other private magic shadow playback devices that cost tens of thousands, it is simply refreshing.

Kaios immediately realized what kind of consumer groups this phantom box is suitable for—contracted servants with relatively high incomes and even vassals!

Compared with nobles and lords, contract servants are truly considered the "middle class" in this world, and they are a larger group.

Moreover, compared with ordinary citizens who are like slaves and cannot leave the territory, contracted servants have more freedom, and their economic strength is much stronger. Some contracted servants' income is even much higher than that of the down-and-out nobles , if necessary, it is possible to buy real estate in the city.

It's just that normally no contracted servant will buy a property outside the territory of the lord to which it belongs.

For a contracted servant with a good income, 20-50 tickets to a phantom drama is really too extravagant.

Moreover, the theater is basically full of nobles and great lords from all walks of life. If they go in by themselves, they will feel very uncomfortable.

Therefore, basically no contracted servants would go into the theater to watch phantom dramas by themselves, unless they were brought in by their lords.

But if there is a device that can play Specter in private, and the price is something they can afford with a few months of remuneration, they will definitely be interested.

At least Keos asked Harvey to investigate the contracted servants around him who were similar in status, and the result was that 5% were willing to buy it, and another 3% were considering it.

Koos is sure that this thing will sell well.

Not only the contracted servants with good income will buy it, but the big lords may also buy it, whether it is to play a new picture for themselves, or distribute it to contracted servants, their own territories, and the settlements of the citizens, there is a great possibility, because They can influence other people by choosing what Moying content they want to show to others, and they may even spend more Momo coupons to hire people to shoot customized content-this is a very strong motivation.

Taking this as a starting point, Shengyou Palace may become their major customer.

Therefore, from the Holy Blessing Palace, the great lord, to the ordinary nobles, the contracted servants with higher salaries, and down to the entire residential area of ​​the lingmin, they will all become their potential sales targets, and the prospects are huge.

Keos asked Xiao Zhuoan to call the three young nobles who made the Shadow Box to Beishan Manor, talked with them, told them the speculation and analysis, and then invested 3000 magic coupons for them to build a studio, as he requested Further modify and perfect this product.

Each of them can directly get a reward of 300 magic coupons. At the same time, if they build a factory in the future and start selling finished products, they can each get a 3% stake in the factory, or choose a bonus of no less than 1000 magic coupons.

As far as the conditions are concerned, the conditions offered by Kaios must have been quite good at the time, but compared with the conditions offered by Qian Cang Li Ming, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and Qian Cang Li Ming is obviously willing to offer a higher price. condition.

However, Keos’s description and positioning of the market prospect of the Shadow Box opened up a new world for Vidic, and suddenly made his thoughts clear—the reason why they kept the cost to an extremely low level was that they made it so small and so It's crude, purely because they don't have enough magic coupons, so they can only make this style.

And from Kaios, they knew that they had walked on the right path by going sideways.

Because of this, Vidic, who has been in charge of making decisions among the three, believes that only by cooperating with Baron Keos can they bring out the true value of the Shadow Box.

In fact, Kaios still has some ideas that they have not told them. After making some modifications, adjusting the materials used, and mass production, they are likely to further improve the performance and further lower the early price.

At that time, he can only make little or no profit to sell.

On the one hand, it can suppress competitors - there is no profit, not much profit, and naturally there will not be too many imitation products entering.

On the other hand, after firmly occupying the market and cultivating users' usage habits, they will naturally be able to unify the format of the "content carrier" they use.

This "Shadow Box" can only use the pre-stored Shadow content, and there is no way to replace the content carrier. However, Kaios, who is very experienced, has provided various suggestions to Vidic and the others, and soon They can get the magic cassette out without much technical difficulty.

Now it is just a crude device for playing ghosts, but Kaios will definitely find a way to make it a more powerful networking terminal in the future.

He had seen the possibility for some time now.

……

Shengyou Palace will open the pre-made new economic territory exchange, and it will be selected at the beginning of the year, in January.

In the past, this kind of exchange has not attracted much attention. Anyway, the lords who have obtained enough "living territory" on the borders of the two endless forests in the south and north will exchange it if necessary. Purchasing the people in the past to resettle and operate the economic territory is as common as eating, sleeping and drinking water for the lords, and it is not a way to get rich quickly.

But this year is a little different.

Not only because Shengyou Palace has launched a new magic plant with greatly improved production, but also because the Marquis of Steel Heart and a previously unknown baron snapped up the "Life Territory" together, which greatly increased the price of the "Life Territory". The big improvement has now reached an outrageous level.

In fact, because of the launch of the new magic plant, the exchange of the new magic plant planting territory this year will require more "birth territory" than in previous years.

Now the "birth land" has been raised to a high price again. If the "birth land" is his own, it's okay. If it is purchased, the price of this new magic planting land will really go up.

Not only in Yulang City, but also in the entire Holy Blessing Alliance, many lords and nobles are paying attention to the market after all the new magic planting territories have been exchanged this year.

Many people are wondering whether the new magic plant has a higher production increase than that of Shengyou Palace Xuancheng, even exceeding 200%, otherwise why would the Marquis of Steel Heart participate.

More than a month later, with the completion of the exchange of the new magic planting territory, many people were surprised to find that the Marquis of Steel Heart did not exchange even a piece of "birth territory" this time, that is to say, he had collected so many "birth territories" from bidding before. "Territory" may have been unknowingly lost.

Because no matter how you look at it, he has no reason to hold the "life territory" in his hands and not exchange it.

On the other side, a three-leaf baron Kaios Li from Yulang City exchanged 1/4 of the new magic planting territory released this time.

Obviously, most of the "birth territories" were bought by him.

Then, the news that Baron Li bought the "Life Territory" with a loan was also spread.

So many lords came to the conclusion that Baron Li was put on by the Marquis of Steel Heart.

He estimated that he got the so-called "gossip" from somewhere, so he borrowed a large amount of magic coupons, thinking that this time the new magic planting territory could bet to make a profit, and then he was panicked by the gesture of the Marquis of Steel Heart Yes, I used too high a premium and bought too many "life territories".

Now, at the cost he exchanged, if he wanted to sell it, he would have to pay a high price, but knowing that he bought the "life territory" with a loan, and knowing that he must be eager to sell it, no lord would be willing to take the offer at a high price , Waiting for him to be forced by the interest rate to sell at a reduced price.

Those who have this idea are not only those lords and nobles who have never met Kaios, but also the great magician Dominic who has a very good relationship with Kaios and meets him every few days.

At this time, in Yulang City Shengyou Palace.

Dominique walked into the office of the presiding judge Pan De. After listening to the presiding judge's explanation, he picked up a few documents but did not leave immediately. His eyes were placed on the easel in the office.

"This painting is..."

"Oh, this is the painting that Kaios sent over yesterday, his latest work."

"Is Baron Keos still in the mood to paint?" Dominique said.

"Oh? What's wrong?"

"Lord Pan De, Kaios borrowed a huge sum of money to bet on the failure of the Shengyou Palace's new magic planting territory, and now the entire Yulang City knows about it. And some people say that he was able to borrow a large sum of money The coupon is based on your guarantee, Lord Pender." Dominique knew that the Marquis of Steel Heart must have released the news, and even if he hadn't released it, it must have had his "credit" for attracting so much publicity.

"Oh, this matter." Presiding judge Pan De smiled and stood up, walked to the painting newly sent by Kaios, and said, "Did the investment in the new magic planting territory fail? Kaios told you of?"

Dominic shook his head: "I asked him, and he said 'it's fine, it's very stable', but judging from the current situation, it doesn't mean stable. The new magic planting territories in his hands, let alone making a fortune, Even if you want to sell at the cost price, you may not be able to sell it quickly. Especially after knowing that he borrowed money to take over the land, you are all waiting to see him have fun."

"What do you think?" Judge Pan De asked.

"Baron Keos recently found a lot of people who made formations and magic props, and spent a lot of magic coupons. I asked a little bit. According to him, if these lands can't be released, he plans to develop them himself. "

"Do you develop it yourself? He must have bought a lot of land, so much land, does he have so many farm leaders who harvest the magic plants? If he starts to prepare now, it will take at least two or three years to get people Are you ready?" Presiding Judge Pan De also asked curiously, but his tone was not anxious.

"He seems to want to create some 'magic technology' to replace the traditional magic plant harvesting method, but I always feel that this is a bit unreliable. If it can be done, why hasn't anyone done it before? Isn't it using The benefits outweigh the benefits of magic devices... It’s not putting the cart before the horse when the “free” farm residents don’t use them, but they use devices that consume magic power. Even if he successfully develops those new territories, he still has more than double the previous income, but After operating in this way, including the premium cost he invested, the profit is not enough to support his huge loan, and the interest alone will drag him down..." Dominic said rather worriedly.

If Kaios really got hurt this time, even Lord Pender would be more or less affected.As for him, during this period of time, he really regards Kaios as a friend and an ally who can watch and help each other in the future, and he really doesn't want Kaios to die.

He had already reminded and even warned when the Marquis of Steel Heart sold the "life territory" of the 7 magic coupons to Kaios, but Kaios still insisted on going his own way. At this point, he really There is no way to persuade him, so we can only see if Master Pandor can help Kaios.

However, he was also a little surprised why Lord Pande didn't seem worried at all, and judging from the conversation just now, Lord Pande was concerned about how Kaios borrowed the large amount of magic coupons, how to spend them, and the new magic planting territory. They didn't care about how it was going, and didn't pay attention or inquire about it at all.

Lord Pender beckoned to Dominic, who hurried over and stood one meter behind him.

"Look at this painting and tell me how you feel."

"Yes……"

Dominique looked carefully at the painting of Caios according to his words.

In fact, he knew before that this painting was drawn by Caios, and he also knew that he was going to give it to Lord Pender, because when he went to Beishan Manor last week, he saw Caios painting with his own eyes.

Just now he deliberately wanted to ask about this painting, so as to start the conversation, and mentioned the matter of Kaios to Lord Pender.

This painting is from the perspective of looking down from the top. It shows a spiritual man in silver armor holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, facing an unknown number of strange-looking black monsters surrounding him in all directions.

It seemed that the aura man was at a disadvantage and saw no chance to escape or turn defeat into victory.

Dominique then said, "Despair?"

Presiding Judge Pan De laughed, then sighed, and said, "It's a desperate situation, but not despair. This painting is called "The Reef". Still steadfast and strong."

Pan De, who stood in front of the painting with his hands behind his back, showed admiration, and said: "This kind of painting soaked in all the artist's efforts can be viewed by people. Kaios was emotionally explosive a year ago. , his 'Red Painting' is a work of absolute genius, creating a very special style of painting, violent, impulsive, chaotic, and elusive. But now, after he changed the style of these two paintings, "Inverse "Zhan" and "Reef" have both unconstrained imagination and very orderly composition, and the writing is also very stable, which makes people feel that everything is arranged in an orderly manner, too many but not complicated, complicated but not chaotic. Once there is If it is sequenced and concentrated, even the wind can turn into a knife. It is stable enough and persevering enough, even if it is alone in the midst of stormy waves, it can remain motionless."

Dominique was a little confused. He really didn't see so many things from the painting of Kaios, but he could also guess that these words were not just commenting on the painting, but also about Kaios' current situation. take a stand.

"Master Pan De means that the matter of Kaios...is there still a possibility of turning around?"

Pan De glanced at him and showed a meaningful smile: "I don't know how this matter will develop. In fact, I asked Kaios to borrow money from Earl Vaux at the beginning because he thought he wanted to inject new mana. Zhizhi, but now it seems obviously not, Kaios has other plans."

"Then... Your Excellency..." Dominic was a little puzzled. If this is the case, then Master Pender should have sent someone to send a message to Kaios, or simply called him to the Holy Blessing Palace to teach him a lesson?

Dominique couldn't listen to what he said, so what Master Pender said should work. If he turned around earlier, even if Kaios would lose some magic coupons, he would still be able to escape the catastrophe.

Pan De pointed to the corners of his eyes: "Dominique, I don't have the ability to strategize and predict things like a god. I was able to get ahead in Shengyou Palace and get to where I am today, thanks to my eyes. I haven't missed it, so knowing people and making good use of them is my biggest advantage.

"Just like you, Dominic, in terms of talent in magic, you are actually not as good as Jaeger. If you don't have some adventures, it may be difficult for you to break through the upper limit of the top level. But you know how to judge the situation, know how to adapt, and are easy to get emotional , but will not be influenced by emotions. When seeing sudden benefits, the first reaction is risk, so I will always let you do whatever I have. Even if you can’t do it beautifully, you usually don’t screwed up.

"Like Joey Steele, why do I look down on him? That is, I know that this person looks very smart and deep-minded, but in fact he is indecisive and frizzy. As long as things go wrong, he will interrupt the planned plan. The original rhythm is too easily influenced by the outside world, without concentration, and it is too far behind his father and grandfather's two generations of 'Steel Heart Marquis', so it can't be a big deal."

Although Judge Pan De said that his talent is not good, it is difficult to break through the top level, and he is not as good as Jaeger. Useful.

Maybe it's also because he has already realized that he has basically come to an end in the road of magic, and it is difficult to improve. He has already accepted this fact, and his energy is devoted to the affairs of Shengyou Palace.

After hearing what Judge Pan De said, Dominic was relieved a lot.

Although Lord Pan De didn't comment on Kaios in detail later, he naturally linked to Master Pan's previous comments on Kaios' paintings, "stable", "perseverance", "organized", and "unmoving" are all taken for granted I feel that this is also a comment on the people of Keos——Didn't Master Pan De say, "View people with paintings".

That is to say, even though Lord Pandor didn't know exactly what Kaios was going to do, he was still willing to trust him.

Since Lord Pan De believed in him, what else did he have to worry about?
Two months later, when Kaios began to arrange for the people to plant the first batch of new magic plants on the new farm, everyone knew that he really planned to develop the territory of new magic plants by himself, rather than trying to make a fortune up.

As a result, more and more people are waiting to see Kaios' jokes and see how he is crushed by the pressure of borrowing.

(End of this chapter)