Chapter 541 Competitor

Honeycomb City, Old John Zhajiang Noodle House. This is a noodle restaurant in a relatively remote location in the currently open Hive City. The area is not very large and there are basically no customers. Because the location of this noodle shop is not good, the taste is also very average. Although it is made of fried noodles, the taste is very strange. It's not terrible, but it's indescribable, it doesn't feel like Jajangmyeon.

Next to the noodle shop, there is a long plaque with black characters on a white background, which is the same as the plaque that many government agencies hang at the door to show their identity. It’s just that this plaque says [Returned Magicians United Association] and there is a seal of the Hive City Office under it, which proves that this is not an illegal organization, but a legal non-governmental organization approved by the national government .

This is the headquarters of the Homecoming Mage Union. When the old mage with the same beard as Gandalf and Dumbledore stepped into the noodle shop, more than a dozen people dressed as mages sitting in the old John Zhajiang noodle shop stood up, and they looked at the old man with hopeful eyes. Master, someone asked, "Old Xiao, how are you doing?"

"A clear spring is like water." The old mage did not answer the question raised by the other party. Instead, he picked up a cup and used magic to conjure himself a glass of ice water, and then explained the spell: "Coke springs." Turned into an ice cold Coke.

The old mage took a sip and smacked the taste: "The cola created by magic really doesn't taste good, it's not stable enough. The sweet and sour taste is not comprehensive enough, and the bubbles are not enough."

"If you want to drink Coke, go to the refrigerator and get it."

"Don't you need money to buy Coke?! Why do you need money to solve problems that can be solved with magic?!"

The old mage named Lao Xiao pressed his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Don't talk about me, how is your harvest today?"

A dozen or so mage-dressed companions sitting in the Zhajiang noodle shop lowered their heads in shame.

But it doesn't matter if you don't talk, an ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws.

I saw a male mage wearing a black magic robe standing up: "I'm going to promote our new magic circle. But the recommendation effect is not good. At first, many people were quite interested. But when they heard about our magic circle, The magic array uses electricity. And after the energy consumption is no different from that of ordinary air conditioners, they are not very interested. Our magic array is more expensive than electrical appliances."

"And we have no way to issue a quality statement, no way to verify the quality of our products."

Old Xiao frowned after hearing this: "Didn't the management department of the hive issue a certificate for us?"

"It's just a production license certificate, which proves that our products are harmless and will not cause harm to people. But there is no way to prove that the quality of our products is good enough. Many people think that we may be liars, or the quality of our products is not good."

Lao Xiao nodded after hearing this: "That's right. The products we produce have no brand power first, and second, they haven't entered the market and are monitored by the market, so they don't have product power either."

"Apart from him, what about your promotions?"

"Not very good." Everyone else's face was dark.

At this time, a fat man with a ruddy complexion came out from the back kitchen. He held a magic wand in his hand, and a dozen bowls of fried noodles were floating in the air. He smiled and said to everyone: "Come, come, let's have dinner!"

More than a dozen bowls of fried noodles floated in front of everyone.

"Why don't you all eat it?" The fat chef magician looked at everyone strangely.

"Hey, business is not easy." A female mage who looked young couldn't help but said: "A dozen of us went out to sell today, and none of them is willing to use our products. Old Xiao, you said that we made these magic circles? It’s not useless. After all, this is not a foreign world, and electrical appliances are very convenient. Products that we used to think were very brainy in the foreign world are nothing on earth. Air conditioners, refrigerators, color TVs, these things are all available on earth .We can't make any products that are completely out of these frameworks."

The words of the female mage made the dozen or so mages present couldn't help but sigh. In those different worlds with weak imagination, everyone can make a lot of money from nobles by using magic structures to manufacture some daily necessities such as electric fans and air conditioners, and gold coins gather in their pockets like the sea.

But after returning to the earth, it will not work. Everyone has eaten and seen it. Can you make a cool circle better than an air conditioner? Maybe, but you are expensive! It is 30% or more expensive than ordinary air conditioners, will most people choose it? Not to mention that I don't know if your product will work or not. After all, you can't take it seriously with a brochure.

"And for research on matching the energy supply of the national grid. Our federation has already spent most of its savings." The female mage couldn't help but said: "We have manufactured and hoarded a lot of magic circles, but if we can't sell them, we will throw them all at our hands." What should we do with the livelihood of the more than 300 mages in our federation? Many cities outside do not allow us to use our abilities, causing many mages to work hard for a living. After finally coming to the hive, the jurisdiction here is much looser. It looks like you can rely on magic to make a living. But how could it be like this in the end.”

The emergence of the hive city gave many returnees a stable place to live. Especially those returnees who don't have a house at home. For example, these magicians, they came here because they took a fancy to the feature that the hive city can get a house almost for free. After all, this is China, you can't just build a mage tower in the wild, and then declare that the land within a radius of 50 kilometers from the mage tower is your own.

Old Xiao didn't care about those sorcerers who had no appetite, he took a bowl of fried noodles from the fat magic chef and started to eat.

Xilihulu ate more than half of it before he opened his mouth and said, "I went to a restaurant to sell today."

All the mages present stared at Lao Xiao.

"That's right. Originally, I thought it was a business of installing heat-controlling magic circles in a small shop of 60 square meters."

Everyone's eyes dimmed.

Lao Xiao continued: "But after chatting, I found out that this is a small shop of 60 square meters and a large shop of 450 square meters. The big shop will be a hot pot restaurant with a magic theme. It is willing to use our All the products produced will create a completely magical theme restaurant."

"OK!"

"This is big business!"

"Amazing, Old Xiao."

"For such a big store, it will cost at least two or three million yuan to buy it all! That's great!"

"And this store will definitely have a publicity effect after it is built. As long as we spread the word of mouth, we will definitely not lose business in the future."

Old Xiao stretched out his hands and pressed down: "Quiet, quiet! This matter is not as simple as you think. This boss is talking about cooperation..."

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After a period of time, after Lao Xiao revealed the so-called cooperation, the mages present were very angry.

"Bullshit cooperation! It's all about us doing free work for him!"

"9494."

"And it's the kind that brings its own dry food!"

"9494."

"Zi Gan Wu, Zi Gan Mei and Zi Gan Ri are not so excessive!"

"9494"

Old Xiao couldn't help shouting at the noisy crowd: "Quiet! Listen to me, everyone. In business, you always raise the price with your mouth, and the other party is bargaining. This is the earth, not another world. Everyone comes back like this." After a long time, you have to get used to thinking about how to do business with the thinking of the earth. Doing business here needs to be discussed, and it is not the same as in other worlds. At that time, I didn't fully agree to the boss's request. I just planned to hang him out."

"If you want to do business, you have to bargain. This is a skill. Tomorrow, Nana will go to that store and talk again. Don't be in a hurry with such a big business." Old Xiao pointed to the young female mage.

The next day, Lao Xiao came to the Zhajiang Noodle Restaurant at noon. Judging from the time, Nana should have almost returned.

As soon as Lao Xiao sat down, he saw Nana rushing back to the store while running and shouting: "The big thing is not good! The big thing is not good!"

"What's wrong?!"

"I... I just saw the guys from the Returned Immortal Cultivation Association at the restaurant that Old Xiao said!" Nana took a deep breath and said as evenly as possible: "They seem to be talking about the decoration of the shop. "

"The Cultivation Federation?! That group of bastards who sell fake medicine?! Last time I bought some of their oil for use... Cough cough, Nana, go on."

Nana rolled her eyes at the handsome mage: "The Cultivation Association doesn't sell medicine, and they don't have a production approval. You're probably being cheated. Next time you buy medicine, go to a regular store."

The handsome male mage muttered to himself: "Then the regular store should have the medicine I want."

Nana pretended not to hear and continued: "The leader of the Immortal Cultivation Association brought three or four of their members dressed in the same clothes as online game cosplayers, and they are measuring the area of ​​the restaurant now. Old Xiao, do you think the business will be good? Could it be that the guy from the Immortal Cultivation Association gave it a quick start? Maybe they don't open a magic-themed hotpot restaurant now, but change it to a cultivating-themed one?"

Old Xiao's face was gloomy: "Tiger doesn't post on Weibo, he thinks I'm hello-kitty! Come on sword! Come on stick!" Old Xiao waved his left sword and right stick: "Everyone copying guys, follow me!"