Roland returned to the inn, washed up, lit the candlestick, and sat down at his desk.
There was a set of exquisite tea sets on the table, Roland touched the samovar, the water was still hot, so he made himself a cup of black tea, spread out the manuscript paper and prepared to write the operation plan of the martial arts competition.
The Kitlanders of the North still use the traditional quill pen, and the new style of tap fountain pen has become popular among the intellectual class in the South.
Mr.
Rudolph Kolas was very fashionable, and ordered a beautiful new fountain pen and asked Master Merlin to send it to Roland, who was thousands of miles away, as a gift for his son's 19th birthday.
Roland received this gift from the "Item Teleportation Technique" this afternoon, and realized that today was his birthday.
At that time, I was busy going out without opening the package, and now I opened the box to find that it was a handmade fountain pen, with a simple and elegant appearance, and a pure gold nib that implied luxury.
Along with the pen was a text message from Rudolph to him, a few lines of words that reflected a deep father's love, and he was secretly moved.
To my dear son, my eyes, my heart, and the morning star: observe and record whatever you think is valuable, and that will be of equal value to me.
Unscrewing the cap, the never-wearable pure gold nib rustles across the paper, satisfying Roland with the smooth touch, and lines of beautiful letters emerge on the paper.
In the world of Vares, especially in the more conservative Lucia Mountains in the north, people generally lack financial knowledge, and the concept of running the games is still at the level of the ancient Greek Olympic Games on the earth.
If anyone claims that the martial arts tournament not only loses money but also makes a profit, I am afraid that the elders will laugh at "not being at home and not knowing the price of firewood and rice".
As a time-traveler, Roland's concept is clearly different from that of the local natives.
Before the crossing, he had read an article about the historical changes of the Olympic Games, and one section was dedicated to the fact that the Olympic Games were a huge investment in face engineering for a long time, and that the significance to sportsmanship and political propaganda was far greater than the commercial value, and that the situation of "making money at a loss" was similar to the situation of Kitlanders today.
Until 1984, the 23rd Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, USA, which was the first time since the establishment of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 that the Olympic Games were hosted by the private sector.
Businessman Uber Roth led the Olympic Organizing Committee to make major changes to the operation mode of the Olympic Games, introducing a commercial operation mechanism to maximize the economic value.
The Olympic Games, which were originally planned to cost about $500 million, not only did not cost the government a penny, but instead netted $2.5 billion, making it the first truly profitable Olympic Games in history, and it was also a far-reaching historical turning point for the world Olympic movement.
Roland intends to commercialize the Kitland Derby tournament with the modern Olympic operating model, and through Viglaaf, he conveys these suggestions to Beowulf and Natasha as a stepping stone to meet the two giants in the future.
Of course, Roland is also soberly aware that the experience on Earth cannot be fully copied to the world of Vares, especially Kitland City, the commodity economy is still in its infancy, and does not meet certain conditions of modern business operations, and copying cats and tigers will only mess things up.
What he wants to do is to make appropriate improvements to the existing operation methods according to the actual local conditions, and to achieve this goal, it is necessary to have knowledge beyond the times, but also to understand the real environment.
Roland is not short of knowledge, and today he wandered the streets and alleys until late at night, just to ensure that the plan he proposed was "down-to-earth".
Let's take a simple example.
Kitland's business district consists of four avenues that crisscross each other, and the facades on both sides of the street are mostly open to the public, and there are many questions to be concerned about: how many shops are there; what are the rental levels of different lots; what about the footfall; What is the approximate level of profit whether the store has advertising needs; What is the attitude of shops in demand towards commercial promotion; How much you're willing to pay for advertising Vigraf followed him all day, and also made a cameo appearance as a secretary for a day, recording the data he dictated, but did not understand the use of it.
In fact, it is by summarizing and refining these statistics that Roland can roughly calculate how much profit the commercial operation of the tournament can make in the advertising sector.
If you don't go deep into the streets and alleys in advance, you will come up with a so-called good idea as soon as you pat your head, thinking that you can get everything done if the theory is correct, and you don't consider the feasibility at all, how can you have the confidence to write a profit plan.
The auction side advertising is optimistically estimated to have an income of about 500,000 gold coins, most of which fall on the related industries of the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, such as the "Big Samovar Hotel", which is worth renting a billboard on the side of the venue, and Fat Pietro should be very interested in it.
As for the main trading company of the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, Roland did not involve too much.
There is no shortage of smart people in this world, and Viktoria must have talked to Mr. and Mrs.
Beowulf about using jousting tournaments to promote the family business, and even if she herself did not think of this, Katya would remind her as a secretary.
Kitland City's merchandising economy is simply underdeveloped, with a limited number of private stores and advertising revenues.
However, Roland also noticed during his investigation that the government industry in Kitland City was quite developed, even surpassing the Fort of Atonement in the south Roland's second plan was to use this as a breakthrough.
As we all know, the mercenary guild in Kitland City is a government-run institution, and the mercenaries are also the city guards in the system, so the security of the competition can save a lot of money.
That's not the point, the focus is on Kitland City's other major government-run property, the Temple of Kord When Roland visited the streets, he found a phenomenon: there are many local shops, food, clothing, housing and transportation, but as one of the largest cities in the Northland, adventurer's paradise, there are very few equipment stores, and most of the armor and weapons sold are whiteboard goods, which high-level adventurers disdain to patronize.
Coincidentally, the local private scroll potion shop, alchemy grocery store, and spell material store are very rare, and Roland traveled all over the city, only to find that the Shabalin mage had opened a magic item shop, and it was said that most of the income was used to fund union activities.
Is there no demand for magical items in the local area?
Of course, especially when the tournament is approaching, many adventurers gather in the city, and in the leisure time waiting for the tournament to open, they often form teams to go out of the city to explore and practice, hunt monsters, and have a great demand for various magical equipment, potions and scrolls.
So the question is, where do people usually go to buy magic items: