Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

War bonds were selling like crazy.

The team responsible for selling war bonds had not come up with any new activities, but they were now selling at a much faster rate than ever before.

The reason is simple: the war is about to end.

Wherever you can see the news, the most prominent one must be the news that Roman requested peace talks.

Although the outcome of the negotiations is still unclear, it is not even clear whether the coalition forces will go or who to send to negotiate.

But one fact is certain, that is, it was Roman who first proposed the negotiations.

The outcome of the war is self-evident: the Romans could no longer hold on, and the "great" empire was about to fall once again.

In this case, war bonds became a pure financial product, and one that offered a fairly high return.

Everyone rushed to buy the tickets and soon all the issued copies were sold out. Those who missed out on getting one regretted it very much.

The people who are more upset than not being able to get the bonds are probably the bond salesmen.

Overnight, he was unemployed.

However, considering the tough work he has done in sales during this period, it should not be a problem for him to switch to the advertising and marketing industry and continue to shine.

Along with Bond, The Lord of the Rings 3 also took off.

Drogo stood at the window of his office in Waterdeep, looking at the Magic Theater on the street at the other end of the square. A crowd of people was crowded in front of him.

Sutton actually has no habit of putting a square in front of the office building. It is completely Drogo's rural sentiment.

It turns out that the square is quite effective, with many citizens coming here for a walk every day, and groups of children having fun. This is in stark contrast to the situation in the past where civilians would be expelled if they got close to the lord's palace.

There have been a lot of people in the square in recent days, and they come regardless of time of day, all day long.

The reasons why they came here were also the same.

There were too many people in front of the Magic Cinema, so we couldn't squeeze in and couldn't stand directly on the street, so we had to wait in the square.

Nowadays, if you want to watch Lord of the Rings 3, even if you live next to a Magic Cinema, you still need to spare at least 6 hours.

I spent 3 hours watching the main film and 3 hours waiting in line, and it was for the midnight show.

This film was considered to have successfully created a mass midnight magic movie market in Feilin.

Before this, the rare films that were shown in the late night were all prepared for audiences like dwarves and drow, whose schedules were different from those of most races.

Now, even when The Lord of the Rings is shown at the darkest time period of 2 to 5 o'clock, the theaters are always packed, and the scene is far more grand than when the first two films were released.

It couldn't be more appropriate to watch the shadow of victory on the day of victory.

In order to allow viewers who have not seen the first two films to follow the plot seamlessly, Drogo directly uploaded the first two films of The Lord of the Rings, which had just been released in theaters, to the website for free viewing.

After all, these three films had no intention of making money at the beginning, and all the box office revenue was donated. The main goal was to expand the influence and lay a solid foundation for the establishment of the entire IP series.

So you can just watch it online for free, you don’t even need a membership.

As a result, it indirectly led to a rapid recovery of Internet cafes. Internet cafes, which had never had to worry about business before, also had a hard time during the war.

Originally, it would take some time for the recovery to happen, but the "pacemaker" of The Lord of the Rings saved countless small Internet cafes that were on the verge of collapse.

Even more outrageous than the revival of Internet cafes is the mobile street vendors.

Where there is demand, there is market.

If you wait in line for too long, you will inevitably feel tired, thirsty and hungry.

As a result, a snack street "grew" in front of every magic movie theater.

This is no exception for Drogo.

The square, which a few days ago was filled with the fragrance of flowers, plants and soil, is now filled with a rich, complex aroma that would make you hungry if you didn't smell it too much.

This caused a lot of trouble for the clerks working in the building. They used to feel hungry at 11 o'clock, but now they can't stand it at 9 o'clock.

It tastes great, no need to say more.

As public officials, although there is no regulation prohibiting them from going downstairs to buy food during working hours, it is definitely not a good thing to directly influence them.

Drogo had no such problem.

Sniff--

"Ah, on the north side of the street, the fourth shop from the intersection smells good. Go buy me one."

Drogo said to Elsa.

"No, you are the lord here after all. Can you please pay attention to the impact and let people buy barbecue during this time period?"

"That's why I don't go by myself because I want to be aware of the impact. They shouldn't charge me if I go." Zhuogo answered confidently.

This made Elsa stunned.

It seems to make sense.

She reacted, "No, won't they recognize me if I go there?"

"Of course not. Do you know all of Figosin's assistants? Besides, you are the only one in this building without an official position. You are the most suitable person to go. Don't let the organization down."

Elsa's identity is just an employee of Drogo Group, and Drogo Group is a private dragon merchant group. Except for Drogo himself who serves as the Protector of the Realm and several ministers, the other parts of the group have no direct relationship with the official Sutton.

So, Elsa, the only person in the building who didn't have a job, went out angrily to buy barbecue.

Looking at the dense crowd, I don’t really want to squeeze in. If I walk around this street, I’ll probably be covered in the smell of food.

Therefore, Elsa decided to "take advantage" of Drogo.

First, I bought two sausages and a box of octopus balls at public expense, and then I bought some barbecue that the "organization expected"...

Here, Drogo was thinking about how to increase the popularity of The Lord of the Rings to a higher level.

It stands to reason that the current popularity is unprecedented. When Magic Shadow was first released, as a brand-new invention, it did not gain such high popularity.

Still, Drogo believes there is room for improvement.

However, when the popularity has developed to this level, it has little to do with the quality of the work itself.

The quality of the work itself is only the foundation. There are so many good works but only a few have so many audiences.

The main thing is good timing, and the end of the war is the main theme of the work.

Heat is a very interesting thing. The hardest part is the first step. As long as the heat is turned on in the first step, the subsequent heat will grow on its own.

The Lord of the Rings 3 received such treatment, and many official organizations stepped in to help promote it.

A large number of anchors and content creators also participated. Of course, these people mainly came to take advantage of the popularity, but their actions also objectively helped spread the Lord of the Rings.

There is even a channel that keeps calculating the box office of Lord of the Rings, and quite a few people have watched it.

The process of entering other national markets was also extremely smooth. The allied countries that had jointly fought against the Roman Empire all introduced the Lord of the Rings series at a very fast speed.

It also sparked a Lord of the Rings craze in various countries.

According to information from the household registration department, we see a lot of "Little Gandalf" and "Little Aragorn" coming to register their household registration every day. Fortunately, they are only used as middle names, otherwise I can't imagine how much trouble these newborns will have with their own names when they grow up.

After much thought, Drogo realized that the reason why the Lord of the Rings series could gain its current popularity was mainly due to the Roman Empire.

Without them, none of the above situations would happen, and it’s hard to say when the film would be shot. There would be no chance to call in real troops as extras.

In this case, if the popularity of The Lord of the Rings wants to increase further, it can only rely on the Roman Empire to do something more?

Yes, why didn’t the Roman Empire cause trouble again?

At this time, Aisha came back with cheese kebab.

Drogo glanced at her and said, "Did you buy something to eat?"

"Ah? Where is it?"

"There's hot sauce on the corner of your mouth."

"No way, I wiped it!"

Aisha reached out and wiped it, but there was nothing.

"..." Although she was exposed in an instant, as a true follower of the dragon, Elsa naturally would not panic. "Just eat it!"

"I didn't say you can't buy it. Come, sit down. I have a very serious question for you."

"No, I just bought two grilled sausages and a box of octopus balls. It's not that serious. I can just pay you back at most."

"Who wants to ask you what you eat? I want to ask if you think that Loman's reaction is a bit strange." Drogo said.

"Strange, what's so strange about that? Isn't it just that we can't win? If we can't win, we must negotiate."

In fact, the coalition forces knew that the Roman Empire would choose to negotiate.

Because after they launched an almost crazy general offensive, the offensive lasted for more than a month before their combat effectiveness was exhausted due to insufficient logistics.

After the coalition forces launched a counterattack, a large number of Roman troops chose to surrender directly. Some generals were unwilling to surrender, and it was not uncommon for their subordinates to mutiniate.

The army cannot pay its soldiers, cannot even provide them with food, and their equipment is incomplete. Forcing such a team to go to war will obviously mean that their loyalty and reliability are insufficient.

Chongzhen also had a deep understanding of this matter.

Although the Romans have received brainwashing education since childhood, it is obviously not thorough enough. It is not thorough enough to let them go on a purely suicidal mission with an empty stomach.

There are also a few teams that did not surrender even when they were at an absolute disadvantage.

Their fighting spirit was commendable, so they were defeated by the coalition forces' concentrated firepower.

In just a few days, the Roman Empire went from being short of logistics to being short of both logistics and manpower.

The main forces surrendered in large numbers, and it was no longer possible to launch a large-scale offensive.

At that time, the coalition forces realized that if the emperor was still sane, he would ask for negotiations.

Drogo also adjusted the release date of The Lord of the Rings 3 at that time to prepare for the timing of this big news.

that's the truth.

What was different from what the coalition had expected was the game of bargaining that took place before the negotiations.

Drogo did not participate in the discussion within the coalition on how to deal with the Roman Empire. Figosin went with the military, foreign minister and think tank.

But all progress has been synchronized back.

Before the talks, the coalition forces first put together some conditions and sent them directly to Emperor Roman.

To sum up, what they need is not negotiation, but the unconditional surrender of the Romans.

As for the detailed additional conditions, first of all, the great magic circle of Roman's country protection must be dismantled, and then he is no longer allowed to keep an army, only domestic security forces; all demons and synthetic demons must be destroyed, and all similar experiments are prohibited; all important cities and military strongholds in the country must also accept the garrison of the coalition forces; the imperial system is abolished, and there can be no more emperors...

In short, the empire must be defeated this time, and it is not allowed to cause trouble again in a hundred years or so.

However, these are only the first version of the conditions, and there is still room for negotiation, such as the number of garrisons, location, imperial system, etc.

If you really don't want to get rid of the emperor, you can also keep the royal family as mascots.

However, what all the alliance countries did not expect was that Roman actually agreed to all these conditions.

In theory, this is a good thing. There is no need for negotiations. Just make an appointment and go to accept the surrender. The rest is the distribution of interests within the alliance, which can be discussed internally.

Originally, the coalition forces had a very bad plan. When the emperor saw this situation, he was furious and was determined to fight even if he couldn't win.

Relying on the depth of the country, even though Roman could not win in the end, he was still able to cause considerable losses to the coalition forces, which was something no one wanted to see.

However, the reality was that everything went so smoothly, so smoothly that it seemed a little weird.

It doesn't fit the character of the country of Loman.

Indeed, personification of a country is a very irrational behavior, but the Roman Empire's performance has remained consistent over the years.

A proud war madman.

These conditions should not be agreed to so easily.

However, the coalition forces had not found any signs that the Romans were preparing for anything big, and the many spies planted among them had not found any relevant information.

Instead, I heard rumors that several generals wanted to fight, but the emperor held them down.

Drogo told Elsa all this.

In fact, he had no intention of getting any constructive advice from Elsa, he just needed an audience to give him some feedback, which might inspire his thinking.

The audience did give feedback.

"Tell me such confidential information, I won't die!" Elsa said in pretended horror.

"You big-headed ghost, these will be in the newspapers in a few days. Besides, don't you know how many secrets you know?"

"Then I think that Emperor Roman wants to take advantage of the negotiation opportunity to wipe out everyone at once, or even self-destruct."

"But there is no chance. The time and location are all designated by the coalition forces. The coalition forces also need to prepare and inspect the site. Moreover, it is not just the negotiators who go there. The garrison and the army must go together."

"Maybe there's some special method. As long as people go there, it won't be detected."

"Do they have that kind of thing? They don't have the One Ring, or anything they can gamble with..."

Something to gamble on!

As he spoke, Drogo thought of the Soul Raiser's technology!
"The Great Ascension of the Soul".

Maybe the old emperor wants to bring a bunch of Romans to carry out soul-raising, and if there are not enough captives, he will use his own people.

It's something he might have done.

Anyway, for him, if the monarchy is abolished, this will no longer be his country.

The emperor's love for the people is a little different from normal love for the people. The emperor usually regards the common people as his own property and protects them as resources. If they are no longer his own resources, then he has no business caring about their life or death.

In this case, the Supreme Ring alone may not be enough.

Drogo had previously asked the Soul Engineer whether the One Ring was powerful enough to destroy the created gods.

The answer is that it is not enough, but it is only temporarily not enough. There is no problem with the idea.

So in addition to the regular version, the Supreme Ring for use against the enemy "people", we actually also prepared a super-enhanced version... (End of this chapter)