377.Chapter 375: 374 Too Much Emptiness If All It Takes Is Prosperity

Chapter 375: 374. If prosperity is all you need, there are too many loopholes to exploit!
Live Whole Quite Well is a rather peculiar one among all the little players at the moment.

This peculiarity not only comes from his dual status as a combat professional and administrative player, but also from the fact that he is one of the few “Evil Stream” players at the moment. In the long period of time since the discovery of the career paths of the Trickster and the Back Coffin Man, although there were a lot of craving parties on the forums who vowed to have fun with an Evil Stream character, there were only a pitifully small number of people who had actually switched to the Trickster profession.

Old Huo was the most awesome one among them, after all, the Trickster’s career path was discovered by him and Touch Your Poor together.

But that’s not enough to make him the “odd one out” among the players. His most well-known and popular feature is that he brought his four secretaries into the game to serve as his specialized “administrative team”.

Sinking fish and falling geese, closed moon and shy flower four girls in reality are very outstanding auxiliary managers, they in the old Huo’s company as an administrative position and receive a high salary at the same time also the “vase” this contemptuous name shattered to smithereens.

They are real elites in the workplace, able to properly complete the various tasks given by their superiors, and their professionalism can’t be hidden even when they are fishing in the game. Although they are jokingly referred to as the “Four Golden Flowers” by the players, and although they occasionally wander around the streets with nothing to do just like the other players, most of the time, they stay in the administration office! They study Transylvanian Management.

The four girls are with the purpose of entering the game, and because of the employment relationship with Lao Huo makes it difficult for them to enjoy the fun of the game, and then the good things such as going to work like punching the clock after the people will not be happy.

However, it turns out that the “real other world” does have the charm, along with the kind of forced business helplessness is also much less.

At this time in the carriage, in the face of Lao Huo’s dissatisfaction with their work, the eldest sister of the four Golden Flowers “Sinking Fish Playing Games at Work” immediately retorted:

“This is already the most detailed report and development strategy we have given according to the current situation and development degree of Transylvania, we are not just patting our heads and brainstorming out of the program, which is based on Professor Chen’s advice to the No. 1 village to develop the optimal solution!

Prof. Chen’s student, Bricklayer, is the mayor of village number five, and he has decided to develop his village into the headquarters of the ‘Brotherhood of Stonemasons’ and open a ‘Craftsmen’s Guild’ there to build a base camp for manufacturing professionals.

This proposal has now been approved by the Administration.

The fifth village was destined to become the distribution center for craftsmen in Transylvania, and in the context of the territory’s current urgent need for various industrial goods, the fifth village’s development speed would definitely be the fastest among the five villages.

We must ride on this east wind and the best part is that the Brotherhood of Stonemasons needs assistance from the other villages as well, so this kind of cooperation is almost zero cost.

To sum up, developing our Village No. 1 into a functional village for craftsmen to provide raw materials and auxiliary services is the fastest and least-invested option, and the revenue it can yield is quite substantial!”

“Right!”

The youngest of the four Golden Flowers, “Shy Flower Goes to Work for Off-Duty” also argued to her boss:
“Sister Sinking Fish’s explanation is already very clear, boss, the program we chose for you is the ‘low investment, quick results’ path, which doesn’t require you to put in extra effort and time. The four of us can easily take care of the administrative inputs required for this current program as well, you only need to put up a name then follow Brother Xiao Fu to explore the world.”

“I’m not saying your program is bad, sisters.”

Live Whole Quite Well shook her head.

He wasn’t a bad boss, and realizing that his executive corps hadn’t understood what he was saying, he explained slowly and methodically while stroking the spine scythe that rested in his hand:
“I know that your strategy of reducing risk while maximizing returns is a very sound investment idea, however we are not making an investment right now, and I am not asking you to hold a sum of money in your hands for as long as it takes to necessarily get me back several times the return.

In the end, this is not in business!

I can probably understand why your plan is the way it is now, you still haven’t turned the corner from your previous thinking, however on the matter itself, I need you to jump out of the mindset of chasing returns.

Your idea is not wrong, it just doesn’t fit my current needs.

I am first and foremost an appointed lord, and secondly a profit-seeking businessman, and as such the political aspect of my administrative career is more rewarding than simple money.

What I need is to increase my development as quickly as possible in a short period of time! Rather than simply putting money in my pocket.

Moreover, if my village is constructed as a place for the Brotherhood of Stonemasons to provide supporting services according to your proposal, it means that my village’s development will definitely be limited by the Brotherhood of Stonemasons’ expansion rate.

Professor Chen is currently shouldering a lot of construction pressure, he doesn’t have the time to develop his Brotherhood of Stonemasons And although the bricklayer talks a good game, he’s just a student, his experience in this area is almost zero.

This also means that the development degree of our village road will lag behind the remaining three villages.

And I talked to Tepal, the village head of the ‘Newbie Village’ is very thoughtful, his village might be taking off in a month or two!”

Old Huo shook his head and said:

“It’s not like I’m trying to prove that I’m better than anyone, but the point is, we can’t wait passively, sisters, we have to take the initiative!”

He re-explained his thought process, and the four administrative sisters frowned at once.

According to the boss’s idea, their program really needs to be modified, but where to start from makes people numb their claws, this is after all grassroots construction is very different from doing business, and the four sisters joined the workforce directly after finishing their MBAs, and none of them have the experience of going down to the grassroots to be a village official ah.

The four of them in the carriage around the concept of “development degree” whispered discussion.

Old Huo leaned back in his chair and watched the four secretaries, each with their own unique characteristics, busy in front of him, he was quite satisfied and appreciated this pleasing picture.

Really just appreciate.
Old Huo did not mean anything else.

He has the same background as Little Brother Fu but in the business level he is much better than Little Brother Fu, he knows that once the relationship between the boss and the secretary goes further, it will turn into a rather troublesome scenario, but his gaze was soon discovered by one of them and was kicked gently by the latter under the table, so he hurriedly moved his gaze away.

However, from the old Huo’s wise and dignified demeanor at this time, he actually had an idea in his heart about how to quickly develop his No. 1 village.

He was just waiting for his secretaries to “get the hang of it”.

As a dual player with administrative and combat professions, Old Huo was not destined to have so much time to spend on his own territory management in the future, which was also the main reason why he recruited his secretaries into the game.

He needed a stable backing that could constantly provide him with funds and resources, so that he could live a carefree and happy life in the game as well.

This was old-fashioned thinking, much more secure than Brother Fu’s sit-on-his-ass approach of bringing the Scorpion Lion around all day.

However, as his childhood friend, Old Huo knew that Little Rich Brother had invested in Stick’s Scarlet Hammer and Sickle Corps in the game, which made him realize that his “Red Trousers Brothers”, who had no achievements in business, finally knew how to properly invest in “good products” after learning from his mistakes.

It seems that the once powerful Old Zhang Tou’s “business bloodline” has awakened in Little Brother Fu, although so far, the awakening is still only a little bit.

Just when the old Huo thought of running hair, his four beautiful and intelligent secretaries have already had a preliminary program.

They listed a list again after a few minutes to confirm that there is no error will be handed over to the live whole quite good, the latter received in the hand to see, said:

“Well, this time it’s a lot more down-to-earth, and it also knows how to find the differentiation track to highlight the advantage of our No. 1 village being the closest to the Moorland Village, and it intends to provide supporting services to that place which is destined to become the commercial town of Transylvania and Cato region in the future.

This idea is a little better than the previous stonemason fraternity attachment.

However the good is limited
You guys still haven’t opened up your patterns and ideas.

You see, I’m the village chief, I’m after the prosperity of the village, and we actually have many, many cases to refer to. Falling Geese, you’ve studied at the academy over in Pasadena, California before, right?
Ever been to Las Vegas?”

“Been there.”

“Falling Geese playing video games at work” nodded.

She knew that Old Huo was definitely not talking about Vegas to chat about the past, and since reading people’s words was always a must for qualified secretaries, Falling Goose quickly understood.

She said: “Do you mean to use ‘evil ways’ to enhance the development of the village? But would the example of Vegas be a bit too extreme?”

“Extreme? No, not at all.”

Live Whole Quite Well said, shaking his head:
“I’ve carefully read through a series of scattered decrees currently issued by the Administrative Division, and there is nothing in them that states that gambling is forbidden in Transylvania, and it’s not like the Blood Rats have been running a handicap at the Fight Club for more than a day or two, and any man with a little bit of spare cash in the entirety of Scarlet Castle’s rule likes to go there to try his luck.

And according to my observation, Ms. Dorothy has actually started casinos in several hidden corners of the sewers but on a very small scale, after all, she can’t go too far under the eyes of Lord Murphy.

And Transylvania is currently poor, the locals don’t have much oil to spare no matter how much they’re pressed, so if my No. 1 village is going to go the Vegas route it’ll have to plan ahead for the target demographic.”

“The first merchants from the Yankees are coming through!”

“Closing the moon to work and tanning the bills,” mused the man at once:
“I’ve learned from the Batasin Chamber of Commerce’s representative in Scarlet Fortress that Lord Murphy signed an agreement with the Yankees, and the merchants from Nordstorf will soon be coming to Transylvania with all sorts of merchandise, and they’re clearly planning to use this place as a dumping ground.”

“Yes, the merchants of the Yankees are definitely going to spend the money they make from us!”

Old Haw narrowed his eyes.

This was the first time that the coldness of the “successful businessman” in him was fully displayed, and in the carriage, he returned to the aura of the 32-story office building in which he had been wielding his power.

He said in a deep voice:

“Instead of letting them bring the money they raided in Transylvania back to their country to support the development and construction of Her Majesty, the Wolf Woman, who is no match for us, why can’t we, Lord Murphy’s administrative warriors, think of a way to take back the money that belongs to us by turning a hand to it?

They don’t spend money here simply because there is nothing here to attract them!
But facts have proven countless times that under a sophisticated enough design, human nature can never be defeated by the temptation of overnight riches and the pursuit of ‘uncertainty’ from the inferior nature of life, and human nature can’t be put to the test, even if this is just a game!
Therefore, with our current understanding of the intelligence possessed by NPCs, I’m seven percent sure that as long as we find the right path, our No.1 Village can definitely create a business miracle within half a month!

I admit, I’m definitely a bit lacking in morality to do this kind of business in Transylvania, however, from the perspective of the entire territory, it would be beneficial and harmless to build a large casino here that is only open to the Yankees.

Sisters, we should teach these rich medieval merchants a good lesson!
We should show them a higher level of entertainment than just making money and then returning home to breed slaves and chase courtesans, we should show them how to spend their money correctly in order to bring satisfaction and pleasure to themselves!
Life is just a few decades, the money earned not to bring life and death do not take away, save that is just a bunch of numbers, only spend money is called money! Only money that flows has meaning.”

Live whole quite good long sigh of relief, he narrowed his eyes and said to his four secretaries:
“After you guys get off the line go find the information, I want to see the operation plan of the No.1 Village Casino in three days, if you guys feel that you need a field trip to give you enough inspiration, then go to Las Vegas or Macau this afternoon.

This trip will be reimbursed at public expense.

I have only one request.
I want you guys to replicate the internal logic of Vegas operations as much as possible, and I need degrees of development! I just want development degrees!”

“No, that’s a bit risky, boss.”

The most composed Sinking Fish shook his head and warned:

“Lord Murphy and Consul Miriam didn’t explicitly prohibit gambling simply because such a large-scale systematic business model has never appeared on this great land before, and I’m worried that if we do this right off the bat we’ll subject you to unexpected punishment.

Therefore, my opinion is that it would be better to try a downgrade first to test the attitude of the management, and if they acquiesce to our operation, then the four of us will definitely come up with a proposal that will satisfy you.

If such an attempt offends the Executive Branch’s taboos, we will also be able to stop it in time.”

“Well, that makes sense.”

Old Huo sobered up from that state of inspiration storm, and he asked curiously:

“So, do you have any good ideas about this aspect of the attempt?”

“Yes!”

Sinker nodded his head with certainty and said:

“The scale of gambling can be big or small, but their essence is the same, as you said, the fundamental logic of any gambling behavior comes from the human nature’s pursuit of ‘uncertainty’ and the desire to ‘master everything by oneself’ .

That being the case, we can start by downsizing and adopting a legally compliant gambling model I mean, the lottery! To be more precise, if we just try it out, we don’t even need a large-scale offering and pre-preparation, we just need to switch to a small lottery ticket that can be redeemed at any time.”

“I know I know! Scratchers!”

The youngest, Shy Blossom, said as she held out her hand:

“My family owns a lottery store, and scratch-offs are the best-selling pro-people product, and I’ve never seen a lottery store owner lose money on scratch-offs.

I’ll go offline and go home to find my parents to ask.

But the production of this thing requires a scale machine, does Transylvania have anything similar?”

“There is!”

Old Huo said with a nod:
“When Brother Little Rich bought a gun from Little Earl Sherron earlier, he said that he had seen Sherron use something similar to a typewriter. If typewriters are available, then making a simple printing press is also a simple matter.”

“Boss, it’s best if we do this with the locals, even if something goes wrong we can get them to cover it.”

Closed Moon, who majored in Business Management with a minor in Law, suggested in a small voice:

“You can’t gamble with your political career in Transylvania on this one, and we’ll need to have a good relationship with the local powerhouses when we do this kind of business in the future.

Baron Maxim doesn’t need to say much, his personal reputation can be brushed up, but the Blood Rat Gang that walks in the gray area is a bit difficult.

Unless we’re willing to join them.”

“Then let’s join.”

Old Huo said with an unconcerned wave of his hand:

“I myself am a Trickster, a ‘Cultist’ in the eyes of others on this continent, this buff iteration is so full, it’s not a big deal in joining a thieves’ organization, you guys go about your business.

I’ll take care of the relationship with the Blood Rats, we’re players, we’re a whole, which means we have an almost endless supply of contacts to use.

Ah, Transylvania. This barren land reminds me of that old Chicken Soup for the Soul.
It’s that story about the shoe salesman who went to Africa.
That story seems almost like an IQ screener in reality, but I really feel like I’m the unlucky or lucky shoe seller now.

Well, sisters, do you think it’s possible that the five of us will create a business empire in Transylvania later on?”

Live Whole Pretty Good joked:
“With such a favorable environment handed over to us and without any competitors, I feel that we might make a lot more noise here than in reality. When the time comes, I’ll give you four shares.

Ha, we should also name our company, let’s call it ‘Transylvania Entertainment and Leisure Industry Guild’.”

(End of chapter)