Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 152 Why Not Find a Strange Tree to Experience a Haunted House?

Mingyou was truly surprised that Latias would be so helpful. He only knew that the other party had a very good relationship with Lillie, but he had no idea about this matter. Now he would owe the Ether Foundation a favor.

"I don't know what to say..."

"Waaah~"

Then buy me some more snacks!

Although Latias is rather willful, he has always been very simple-minded, treating himself completely like a child and never making any excessive demands.

However, it does have some quirks, namely its curiosity about Alola, which it's heard is an archipelago... but it doesn't really like islands.

Having lived on the island for so long, it's so hard to finally get out. The outside world is so much more interesting. But even after being away from home for so long, my brother still hasn't found me. He's such an idiot...

The matter of setting up the haunted house was thus resolved. The rest was left to the Night Demon to arrange, since there was no shortage of funds and he wouldn't interfere casually.

Unless the other party specifically seeks you out, it is still necessary to remind you that no matter what, you must never hurt anyone in a haunted house; you can only scare the guests.

Everything is going smoothly. The Night Demon spent three days confirming the materials needed to build the haunted house, so Mingyou bought them all for it. Workers from Emerald Town helped with the construction. With such a good business opportunity, they were definitely willing to do it.

Half a month passed quickly, and several logistics routes from Kitakami Township to major ports in the Sinnoh region were confirmed. After all, it took so long to check for any dangerous Pokémon along the way.

After that, the rest stop was taken over by the manor's Pokémon. Electivire seemed very interested in working at the rest stop and came over with several Electivires, along with Aipom and a few other Pokémon that liked to join in the fun, and they all moved in together.

The fact that one can start working after simple training makes the administrators extremely envious, but there's nothing they can do; they can't possibly take the land back.

After the station was built, many express deliveries were sent from Kitakami Township to various ports in the Sinnoh region, and some were also sent to other regions. Now, Meiyu's shop on "Salted Fish King" has nearly 100,000 followers.

Although he knew that some people were definitely helping him buy traffic and boost positive reviews, he didn't think it was necessary. Even without the eloquence of the Rockets trio, he felt that he could make money with integrity.

In fact, only a minority of customers buy fruits for learning techniques; most customers come for fruits and vegetables that don't have any additional effects.

After all, mutant crops have certain health benefits, and they are generally affordable, so many people are willing to buy them to try them out.

So far, nothing has gone wrong. Even for flammable and explosive fruits and vegetables like hot peppers and electric fruit, he specifically reminds deliverymen to handle them with the same care as if they were bombs, and he also specifically warns customers that there is a risk involved.

Nothing happened, and another half month passed. Time flew by, and it was now mid-December. Today was the day the haunted house was to be completed...

At midday, having heard that the haunted house had been completed, the manager brought a person from Beishang Township to visit it. Although they initially disagreed with disrupting tradition, after seeing the data on express deliveries sent out from the post station these days, they all pretended nothing had happened.

It's just a haunted house, isn't it?

Do it! Anything is possible!

Looking at the clearing in the woods where the exorcism festival was originally held, a three-story building has been built there, covering an area larger than the community center. I heard that there is also a basement below.

The overall style of the haunted house is based on the imitation wood structure of old houses in the Western suburbs, as if it could collapse at any moment. Even during the day, it is inexplicably frightening.

I heard that the style inside is completely different from the outside. There's even a design that the Night Demon asked Mingyou to help come up with, and it also has different levels of difficulty.

This suggestion came from Mingyou. The idea was to add a selling point by dividing the haunted house into daytime and nighttime sections. The daytime section would be the normal difficulty level of the haunted house, while the nighttime section would be a new DLC difficulty level that could only be experienced for an additional fee. If you could complete the nighttime section, you would even receive a prize.

But the administrators were all quite old, so naturally they didn't dare to go in and experience it for themselves. Just seeing the two candle spirits hanging at the entrance was enough for them. They always felt that once they stepped in, they would never come back.

Among them, however, was an elderly man with medium-length hair, gazing at the haunted house and muttering something: "A haunted house... a ghost..."

"What are you muttering about, Xuezhong?"

Someone suddenly asked.

"It's nothing... I just suddenly thought of something and wanted to go back and look through my father's books."

With that, the old man called Xuezhong left alone, and the others could only shake their heads: "It's really strange. He was just saying this morning that Danyu and Wuli were going to have a holiday soon, and he was very happy about it... This grandfather's mood changes so quickly."

"Alright, alright."

The manager waved his hand, indicating that the main purpose of the tour was to show everyone around. It must be said that the atmosphere of the haunted house was indeed very well done.

He had actually come to check on it several times while it was still under construction, but he didn't expect that the changes would be so great after it was finished. It seemed that all the employees who dressed up as ghosts that Mingyou mentioned had moved in.

"Everyone, you should go back now. I still need to discuss the next steps."

A moment later, after everyone else had left, the manager came to Mingyou, who was observing the situation nearby, and asked in a somewhat anxious tone, "Although the haunted house is now built and looks quite nice... how do we attract customers?"

"Although it hasn't snowed yet, it's already winter, and the end of the year is almost here. Are we going to wait for the tourists who come to the hot springs and ski resorts at the beginning of the year?"

"What are you waiting for them to do? The important thing is the way you promote it. As long as you grasp the essence, you won't have to worry about not having customers. Do you know what the influencer effect is? Judging from your expression, you don't know."

Mingyou shook her head and then explained, "It's about finding a popular online celebrity, paying them to come and experience the haunted house, and then sharing their feelings. That way, their fans will come and check it out, and then you'll pay to experience it and upload the video."

"Oh……"

The administrator nodded slightly, but he still didn't quite understand what was going on. He didn't know how to tinker with the internet, let alone use it.

Mingyou waved his hand, indicating that he could leave it to him. He had even already thought of the victim... no, the internet celebrity who would help him promote himself!

As for his target, it was naturally the most famous female internet celebrity in his hometown of Niangguang City... the streamer of Qishu Qishu Live! A super popular gym leader!

Who can recount this extraordinary tale? The wondrous tree has arrived!

Why not go find the Strange Tree and experience the haunted house?

"I've been a fan of Qishu since birth. The kids in Niangguang City practically grew up watching Qishu's live streams and children's variety shows!"

Mingyou didn't remember exactly when it started, but ever since he could remember, he had seen Qishu's image on TV or on street screens.

Even if he wasn't thinking straight at the time, after seeing him so many times, even a fool would remember him. And don't let Qishu's height of less than 1.6 meters fool you, her real age is definitely over thirty... an old lady.

He had his reasons for wanting to invite the other party, one of which was being a long-time fan of the other party!

Secondly, he doesn't particularly like Qishu's current livestreaming style of forcing things to be interesting when there's nothing to do. Thirdly... he only knows this one internet celebrity, and he's really sorry he doesn't follow this kind of thing.

The main reason is that he recently discovered that Qishu's traffic seems to be low these days, and the videos he makes are becoming increasingly boring. He guesses that Qishu is also worried and anxious about this, so it might be very easy for him to invite him.

Of course... it's also possible that the other party really refuses, in which case you can only ask other big internet celebrities for help, even if it costs more money.

However, having Qishu come and livestream the difficulty of the haunted house is much more exciting than any livestream of an escape horror game. I believe the other party will not miss such a good opportunity to attract traffic!

Mingyou explained everything, and the administrator was still stunned. Finally, he coughed twice to indicate that he believed the other party could definitely make the arrangements, so he stopped bothering him and left.

Only Mingyou remained standing there. He was ready to add Qishu as a friend and discuss business cooperation. He figured it would be Qishu's agent who would come to talk to him. Anyway, as long as the deal was reached, he wouldn't be short of money for the time being.

After sending the message, he put down his Rotom phone, then looked up at the haunted house in front of him and murmured, "That's it. Now all that's left is to wait for their reply. Hopefully, everything goes smoothly..."

He was actually quite afraid of failing.

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(End of this chapter)