Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 704 Luo Mu: Set up by Capital

Pokémon World Championships.

It is a world-class competition proposed and promoted by Lost, the president of the Galar region's alliance, which advocates Pokémon battles.

The purpose of holding this event is to convey the beauty of Pokémon battles to everyone, enhance the reputation of participating trainers, and let ordinary people better understand the profession of trainer.

Of course, as a businessman, Roz, who holds an absolute stake in the Marrokomon Group, also wants to shape the Pokémon World Championship into the most authoritative event in the world and make a fortune through dividends from peripherals, tickets, etc.

He himself did not conceal this.

At first, Roz's plan did not go smoothly.

The initial draft of the plan was probably drawn up two years ago, but it was extremely difficult to implement.

Although they all call themselves the Pokémon League, the major regions are not a monolithic entity, and there is no mutuality of power or relationships.

The Quartz Alliance formed in the Kanto and Johto regions is purely an isolated case.

Hence the initial difficulty.

——Our Champions League and the League Conference are going well. Why should we send the champions or the Four Heavenly Kings who have a stable reputation in their own region to participate in the first event you are hosting?
Not only is there no guarantee of popularity, there is no way to determine whether this is a pure waste of time.

Fortunately, after many contacts and consultations by Ross, Damaranch, the president of the Kanto-Johto Alliance, became interested in this project and said frankly that he rarely saw battles between trainers from different regions, the Elite Four, and even champions.

After all, the only precedent was the "World Championship" that had been held in the Unova region, which invited gym leaders to have a private exchange battle with the Elite Four and the champions.

But even though the name "World Championship" is only three letters different from the "Pokémon World Championship", it does not have the bold idea of ​​wanting the entire nation to participate in this event as mentioned in Roz's plan.

Damaranch was very interested in this. Not to mention how difficult it was to realize this plan, if Ross really succeeded, there was no doubt that the profession of trainer would be taken to a higher level.

Just for this blueprint, Damaranch is willing to represent the Quartz Alliance and reach a cooperation intention with the Galar Alliance.

With the addition of the old alliance, the Quartz League, the Pokémon World Championship project, which had made no progress in the past one or two years, finally reached a point where there was a glimmer of hope.

Next, Loz contacted the alliances that had already been established in the world and had connections with the outside world.

After hearing that the Quartz Alliance had joined, the major alliances did not directly give a negative answer.

But whether to join or not still needs to be considered.

After all, a simple tournament invitational system is easy to handle, but if it is what Ross envisioned - every trainer can sign up for the Pokémon World Championship as long as they want to participate, and have a Pokémon battle with opponents of similar rankings, it is somewhat unrealistic to achieve.

Not only will it take a lot of manpower and resources to lay out and build infrastructure in each city, but it is also completely unknown how many people will participate.

This is a plan that most investors won't even give a second thought.

Roz's lobbying progress was stuck again, but this time, the turning point came from Adek, who welcomed back the main Vulcan Moth.

After so many years of decadence and a completely different way of thinking and perspective, Adek deeply realized how important it is to train younger generations, successors, and more trainers.

He believes that if the original intention of Ross's plan can be realized, a large number of outstanding trainer talents will emerge in the future.

Following the Quartz League, the Unova League also chose to join the "Pokémon World Championship" project.

The United Alliance also shared some of its experiences in establishing the "World Championship", suggesting that instead of persuading all the waiting alliances to join, it would be better to make an attempt that is not sure whether it will succeed.

It would be better for individual alliances that are willing to join to send well-known trainers to hold exhibition matches in cities with good background checks, use their fame to attract audiences, and at the same time create hype on the Internet to achieve the goal of increasing the popularity of the "Pokémon World Championship".

After attracting enough trainers to join the competition because of the names of those well-known trainers, a series of projects will be built based on existing technologies, and finally the main purpose of the project will be achieved.

This at least makes it possible.

"That is the history of the formation of the Pokémon World Championships."

Aoki finished his story with an expressionless face. After sitting back on the sofa, he picked up the warm tea handed to him by Zhihuixing and immediately drank it down his throat.

God knows how much strain it must have on his throat to speak so many words in one breath.

Luo Mu, who was almost yawning, nodded politely and asked, "So, what is the purpose of telling me this long list of inspirational stories?"

Ye Ci crossed her fingers, made a classic move of a certain commander, smiled slightly, and did not give a direct answer, but spoke to herself: "Originally, I was also waiting to see whether to join this project."

"But someone seemed to have a very positive impact on the Adek champion, and the chain reaction made the plan feasible."

"Considering the construction of a new generation of power in the Padiya region, I think participating in this project is a very beneficial choice."

"By the way, I also talked to the president of the Hoenn Alliance, who also became close to me because of someone, and got the Hoenn Alliance to agree to join the project."

Mr. Luo: “.”

You might as well point at my nose and say it's me.

Ye Ci added: "There are currently five Pokémon alliances that have decided to participate in the project. They are the Galar Alliance, the Quartz Alliance, which is a combination of the two regional alliances of Kanto and Johto, our Padia Alliance, and the last one, the Unova and Hoenn Alliance."

"Except for our Padia League, the Galar League has not expressed its position, but the Quartz League, Unova League, and Hoenn League all seem to want to see you in the competition."

"What do you think about this?"

I lay down and watched.

Although he wanted to answer like this, Luo Mu still said seriously: "President, you know me."

Although Luo Mu was not opposed to participating in the Pokémon World Championship and showing up in public, he still found it very troublesome.

"of course."

Ye Ci nodded slightly. How could she not understand Luo Mu?

Although Luo Mu initially became a teacher at Orange Academy because of a Taijing Pearl that was now almost worth giving away, the reason why he could continue to be a teacher instead of quitting was because he had some interest in teaching people.

This also indirectly reflects that if Luo Mu is not interested in something, it is impossible to force him to do it.

This is true whether on a farm or in teaching.

But it is impossible to say that Luo Mu has no interest in Pokémon battles, because it would be impossible for him to get to this point without any interest in it.

But if you turn your hobby into a "job" that requires repetition, it is natural to be rejected.

However, Ye Ci came prepared.

Since she was sitting here at this moment, she naturally had the confidence to convince Luo Mu.

"You seem to have misunderstood something."

Ye Ci sat up straight, his eyes meeting Luo Mu's. "I'm not here to invite you to be a guest at an exhibition match, flying around the world to perform exhibition matches to stir up the heat of the competition."

"——I want to build a special gym in Pingdie Town, or more precisely, in your farm."

"A special gym?"

Luo Mu frowned, and for a long time he couldn't figure out what the Pokémon World Championship had to do with building a special gym here.

"Aoki."

Ye Ci gently reminded the distracted middle-aged man beside him and motioned for him to explain.

"Oh well."

Aoki shuddered all over, and most of his sleepiness disappeared.

After responding weakly, he politely declined Zhi Huixing's suggestion that he want a cup of hot cocoa to refresh himself.

He quickly pulled out a stack of documents from his briefcase, pinched his brows and said, "After discussions among the five alliances, the specific format of the first Pokémon World Championship has been decided."

"The first is to invite famous trainers to perform exhibition matches, which are basically the same as the "World Championships" that the Unova League once held, but it has become a public event and tickets are sold to the public."

"This is a plan to increase the popularity of the event, but if you won't be participating, there's no need to work like them."

"What the president just said is mainly related to what I am going to talk about next."

"——From the perspective of a simple and easy-to-understand competition system, the Pokémon World Championship intends to implement the concept of "world ranking", from the world's number one, representing the strongest king, to hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even countless places. This is the "world ranking."

"But it's basically impossible for the first Pokémon World Championship to handle such a huge concept, at least not until there are further technological innovations."

"So the rules for the first Pokémon World Championship are as follows—

The invitation system for the World Championship was introduced, targeting well-known trainers, even the Elite Four and champions.

At the same time, the four major alliances will assign new tasks to their official gyms, or establish new gyms, and conduct strength tests on trainers who are interested in participating in the Pokémon World Championship.

After passing the strength test, you will be able to join the world rankings, and through matching, you will fight under the arrangement of the organizing committee to be established soon to improve your ranking. "

"This is also the optimal solution that the five major alliances have come up with after several discussions, taking into account the shortage of manpower and material resources."

"In short, the gym needs to take on some of the screening responsibilities. This is also a helpless transitional solution."

After Aoki finished speaking, he bowed and sat down again.

Under Ye Ci's gaze, Luo Mu did not speak immediately, but fell into thought.

After Ye Ci and Qing Mu talked so much, he had some understanding of the matter.

In his impression, the first Pokémon World Championship in the animation was quite disorganized.

Only the final match between Dan Di and Adu was shown, and there was no relevant description of anything before that.

It is not known whether all the top champions from other leagues also participated, or if there were only the Quartz League and the Galar League participating. It was not until the subsequent enthusiasm fermented and technology advanced that it attracted the participation of many trainers from all over the world, and even top champions from all regions gathered to participate.

Judging from Ye Ci and Aoki’s descriptions just now, Luo Mu felt that the latter was more likely.

But now it seems that because of his influence, the Padia Alliance, which did not participate until the second session in the original work, as well as the Unova and Hoenn Alliances have joined in advance.

The gym screening that Aoki just mentioned is similar to obtaining badges in order to participate in the League Conference.

Even the mobile Rotom has not yet been released, let alone the more advanced aerial Rotom.

Understanding is understanding, but the problem comes back to the original point.

——Why should I go to the trouble of helping with the screening?

Although talent is scarce in Padia, it would be fine for either the gym owners or a few trainers with good abilities to establish new screening gyms.

Luo Mu honestly told Ye Ci his thoughts.

Ye Ci smiled and said, "Don't worry, we haven't negotiated the terms yet."

Luo Mu: (ω)?

Are you trying to bribe me with dirty money again?

Impossible! The same trick no longer works on Saint and the farmer!

"Then just tell me. I'm listening, but I may not agree to it!"

"Okay."

Ye Ci's mouth corners slightly raised.

"First of all, the gym itself was built entirely with funds from the alliance. If you don't like people visiting the farm too often, you can find a piece of land near the farm in Pingdie Town to build it."

"And this special gym does not need to bear the responsibility of issuing badges like the official eight gyms, or even other gyms."

"——Of course, I have no objection if you want this responsibility."

"During the first World Championship, other gyms will share the responsibility of screening, and you won't have to bear it alone."

"This gym enjoys the highest treatment from the official Padia Union, including Pokémon breeding subsidies, reduced taxes on its properties, and other benefits."

"You don't have to accept the challenge in person. There is a precedent for this in the Kalos region. Your proud students and the extremely intelligent Pokémon in your farm, you can even make a robot to take over."

Ye Ci's gaze fell on Zhi Huixing and King Lei Guan, with a meaningful look on his face.

"And the most important point is that this is the reward I personally promised you on behalf of the Padiya Alliance."

Ye Ci, who did not forget the original agreement with Luo Mu, finally showed her "fangs" at this moment.

"I heard from the Adek Champion that you seem to want to build an ecological facility similar to the Eco-Dome at Blueberry Academy?"

"If you can take on the position of gym leader, it's not impossible for the Alliance to help you fill some of the huge resource gap."

After he finished speaking, Ye Ci stopped talking and looked at Luo Mu, whose personality he had thoroughly analyzed, with a smile on his face.

Luo Mu was silenced by this combo: "."

It’s bad, it seems like capital has really set us up.

(End of this chapter)