#1068 with Capitalists

In the end, Luffy and his party escaped from Judicial Island and returned to the Water Capital!

But as soon as they returned to the water capital, they faced a serious problem - a certain money!

Their Golden Merry must not go any further, so they must change ships here too, but it takes money to change ships, and they happen to have none!

Well, there is no Aini Road on the empty island, and they have not found any golden land, and naturally they have not received any gold, so they have no money to exchange ships!

In this regard, Robin made the proposal that she should pay all the money.

However, Luffy and his party decisively refused!

In their words, it was very embarrassing to spend Robin's money in the sky before, and this time Robin can't be asked to pay.

And they are a team, it is not a problem to always let Robin pay!

As a result, their group, together with the newly joined Franky, was in a predicament!

Ask about the money needed for shipbuilding, ask about the shipyard you need, and ask about the boatmaker you need.

But, it's just money!

On the Golden Mery!

"What should I do?" Nami counted the money on the ship, and she was a little worried!

The current money on their ship, from what they originally had, plus the bonus from Zoro Sky Island for participating in the wrestling competition and the remuneration from the gym at Brokeback Mountain, is about 30 million!

For outsiders, this money is already a huge amount in the eyes of ordinary people, enough to live on for a lifetime!

But the distance to shipbuilding is still a big difference!

The shipyard they found is the largest shipyard in the water capital, Carrera Shipyard!

As for the ship they were going to build, Bingshan, the helm of the Carrera Shipyard, saw Franky's face and gave Luffy and his party a discount, which was basically the cost price!

But even with such an offer, they are still missing the gap of nearly 200 million Bailey!

"I can't count it as borrowing from you, right?" Robin couldn't help but suggest again, looking at Nami who was frowning.

"No, we are a team, how can we use your money all the time!" Luffy refused again!

Although the others did not speak, they all nodded, showing a look of approval.

Obviously, Luffy thinks it's right to refuse!

"Hey~ we can't think of a solution together, let's make a low-level one!" Nami sighed and came up with a compromise.

"No! The ship is an indispensable member of our adventure group. It will experience many battles with us in the future. If the level is low, it will be damaged soon!" Sanji shook his head and said.

"We can also buy some materials ourselves, and I'll ask my brothers to help and build a boat together, so that the boat's level is higher and the money is less!" Franky also helped with an idea!

Although his identity has been a part-time bounty hunter all these years, his craftsmanship of shipbuilding has not fallen, and it is also possible to build a ship by himself!

Of course, a boat built in this way is definitely not as good as that of Carrera's many professional boatmen!

"This is a way to go when there is no other way!" Sanji thought for a while and nodded.

While the people on the boat were discussing, Luffy was sitting on the boat, looking up at the starry sky, his eyes were confused, and he didn't know what he was thinking!

Usopp stood at the stern of the boat, stroking the railing of the boat, his eyes showing nostalgia!

To say who on the ship has the deepest feelings for the ship, there is no doubt Luffy and Usopp!

The Golden Meli was Luffy's first serious ship after he hit the road, accompanying him through many battles.

In addition to the above reasons, Usopp was more because the Golden Meli was the one he liked, given by Keya, with Keya's blessing on it, which he was reluctant to bear.

Because of this, although the two of them didn't say anything about changing ships, they were still a little bit resistant!

It's just that now the ship is really in a situation where it has to be happy, they reluctantly agree to change it!

Just when the people on the ship fell into different emotions because of the ship.

"Da da da!"

Suddenly, a burst of footsteps came from far and near!

Subconsciously, the people on the boat followed the sound and looked over!

A middle-aged man in a suit boarded their boat and appeared on the deck!

"Are you. The uncle who sent Uncle Arthur news that day?" Luffy asked the middle-aged man after hesitating for a moment.

"Exactly!" The middle-aged man smiled and nodded.

"Is Uncle Arthur coming?" Luffy suddenly became excited!

"no!"

The middle-aged man shook his head!

Luffy suddenly showed disappointment!

"Your Majesty asked me to send this!" The middle-aged man said, took out a few documents from his arms and handed them to Luffy!

Subconsciously, Luffy took the file!

The other crew members present also came over curiously!

"About the authorization contract for the characters of the Straw Hat Adventure Group"

"???"

The Straw Hat Adventure Group looked at the title of the document and were dumbfounded!

what the hell?

around?

"Uncle, is this?" Luffy looked up at the middle-aged man and asked hesitantly.

"This is an authorization contract about your peripherals!" The middle-aged man explained, "The so-called peripherals are dolls, posters, costumes, etc. made in the image of your characters!"

"Oh!"

Luffy nodded knowingly.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled, took out a small doll in the image of Luffy from his arms, handed it to him, and said, "Simply put, this is the surroundings!"

"Oh I see!"

Luffy took the doll, looked at it, and nodded heavily.

This time, he really understood!

And the rest of the Straw Hat group looked at this thing and basically understood it!

"Because of the King of Adventure, your popularity has become very high, and therefore His Majesty Arthur is preparing to make a batch of such things to sell, and for this reason His Majesty has prepared such a contract for you!"

"As long as you sign the contract, there will be 200 million Bailey's signing fee! Then, with the sale of toys, dolls, posters, clothing, etc., you can still receive about 10% of the share!"

"In other words, if you make money from selling these things in the future, you can get ten baileys for every hundred baileys!" The middle-aged man explained with a smile.

This seems to be a good thing for the Straw Hats and Arthur White to send them money!

But the truth

Wool appears on sheep!

How could Arthur as a capitalist lose money?

He is already selling these!

He has come from the information age, and he naturally knows how much money these surrounding things make!

So he started selling these things shortly after the release of King of Adventures!

With the official endorsement of St. Martin, and no one dared to pirate, he also made a lot of money because of these peripherals - nearly 2 billion Bailey's income in just a few months!

Well, this amount of money is incomparable to his property, but who would think too much money?

Besides, 2 billion Baileys is not a small amount!

After Blackbeard becomes the Four Emperors in the future, the reward will only be more than 2 billion!

Originally, he didn't need to distribute the money to the Straw Hats!

They don't know anyway!

But seeing that they were in trouble recently and had no money, Arthur decided to give some of the money to help them

Let them continue to take risks and continue to "work" for Arthur without knowing it. At the same time as the government of the underworld, it also allows him to make a lot of money on the adventure king.

(Arthur: Migrant workers, migrant workers, migrant workers are all superiors!)

Of course, these are things that the Straw Hats and the others don't know about!

Right now they are looking at this contract, their eyes are shining!

what is this?

contract?

no!

It's pie!

Pies that fall from the sky

As long as they sign this contract, not only will their problems be solved now, but they will also have a surplus, and there will be a steady stream of income in the future!

It can be said to be a big surprise!

"Isn't this Uncle Arthur going to lose?" Suddenly, Luffy frowned and asked worriedly.

"Don't worry! This is what we have calculated carefully! As long as you sign the contract, we will not only not lose money, but also make a fortune!" The middle-aged man said with a smile.

Maybe you will win, but we will never lose!

"I sign!"

Hearing this, Luffy put down his worries and signed his name happily!

And the Straw Hats and his party have no objection to this!

They don't know much about the things around them, but if someone sends money, how could they refuse?

soon!

The Straw Hats and his party have all signed their names!

"It's time for me to go!" The middle-aged man said with a smile after receiving the contract.

"Goodbye Uncle!" Luffy grinned and waved his hand.

After the middle-aged man also waved his hand, he turned around and left!

But at this time, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Robin, who had not spoken, and said, "Princess Robin. Your Majesty asked me to warn you not to do this again in the future. In the face of a general like Aokiji, all you need is to escape or call someone!"

After speaking, the middle-aged man walked away without looking back, leaving behind a group of stunned straw hats!