Li Mu didn't quite understand how to run a racecourse. He could only try to do it according to his own ideas, and the basic rules he based on were exactly what he was good at, game production ideas.
Before joining the game company where he died suddenly after working overtime in his previous life, Li Mu worked in a small browser game studio. He participated in the production of a browser tower defense game called "Three Kingdoms Generals vs. Ultraman", which tells the story of Ultraman.
The Man Army traveled through time and space and invaded the Three Kingdoms in the troubled times. The story of the Three Kingdoms Wei, Shu and Wu united as one to resist the invasion.
When designing profit methods at that time, one of them was to recruit military generals. The same Zhuge Liang has different cards such as Green Zhuge, Blue Zhuge, Purple Zhuge, Golden Zhuge, SSR Colorful Divine Equipment Zhuge, etc. Each card has different ability values.
They are different, and the skills are also different. If you want to get more powerful cards, you can only use two methods, either directly charge money to buy them, or charge money, charge less, and try your luck to draw them.
Because the odds of winning were so bad, people were furious, and there were more than 9,000 complaint emails every day. In frustration, the boss announced the launch of a small game to increase the odds of winning for fans.
The name of the mini-game is "Guan Yu Dismounts", which was produced by Li Mu. It is taken from the allusion of Guan Yu's gold seal. The system randomly provides three Wei army counselor cards. The player chooses one of them and pretends to be a pursuer. Since each
The attributes of each card are different, so there will be different obstacles on the way of pursuit. If the Wei army counselor played by the player catches up with Guan Yu, Guan Yu will dismount and follow the player back to Cao Cao.
Playing Guan Yu's Dismount costs one hundred diamonds. If the player catches up with Guan Yu, his luck value will increase for one hour. If he fails to catch up, sorry, the diamonds will be confiscated. According to the recharge ratio designed at the time, one hundred diamonds are worth ten yuan.
This small game designed by Li Mu was a huge success. It was originally a special event for the benefit of players, but it brought a 20% revenue increase to the game company. As a result, Li Mu was chosen by his later boss and received a high salary.
After poaching, he died suddenly after working overtime.
This is a sad story that tells people that those who do evil will inevitably perish.
But this does not prevent Li Mu from drawing on previous experience. Knights and horses are equivalent to Wei army counselors. Letting them practice at the racecourse every day is equivalent to showing attribute values to the people. What everyone sees will be different.
, take Saburo Tianka as an example. Some people will think that this person has superb equestrian skills and will definitely be able to achieve good results in the competition. But others will think that this person's equestrian skills are too fancy, and the horse race is about speed. Can he do it?
The same knight will have completely opposite evaluations in the eyes of different people. The same horse will have different colors, different fatness, different running range, and different endurance, which will give people different feelings. No one will think
And they are wrong. In this way, when they place bets, they will be very dispersed. The final result is that fewer and fewer people will win, and more and more people will lose money.
Then comes the best part. People who lose money will not blame the racecourse, but will blame themselves. Because the racecourse has shown both people and horses, there is no hiding, it is you who did not study thoroughly.
Who is to blame for losing money?
At this time, people who have lost money will dig deeper and look for methods that they think are right in order to get their money back. This is human nature, just like the gamblers of later generations, even if their family is completely destitute, there will be very few people.
If you blame the casino, you will only blame yourself for your poor skills. If you give him a chance to start over, he will not control himself from gambling. Instead, he will learn the gambling skills he thinks are strong and then gamble again. This is also human nature.
It is true that betting on this is not a good thing. But you must know that this is a subjective matter, and the initiative is in your own hands. A person who will lose all his money in gambling will bet on other things even if he does not bet on horses. The Tang Dynasty was not
There are no other gambling tools. Nowadays, folk gambling is very popular. Some people use stones to bet on odd or even numbers, and some even bet on whether the neighbor's child is a boy or a girl. Not to mention the high-ranking officials, the 'leaf card' has already flourished.
Even if you don’t play leaf cards, you can still gamble in chess. Gambling is human nature and cannot be stopped. Since everyone earns money, why not earn it?
Anyway, Li Mu has no psychological burden at all.
After walking around, Li Mu and Cheng Yaojin found a place to sit down next to the racecourse, with Cheng Qian waiting beside them.
Li Mu said: "The arrangements are very good, and I didn't raise any problems. However, for the sake of the future, I have two things to discuss with my uncle."
"My dear nephew, just speak up. Whatever you say is what I want. As long as I can make money, I will listen to you."
"The first thing to do is the open space near our Happy Valley. We have to find a way to make use of these open spaces."
Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened and he asked: "How to use it?"
"Uncle, think about it, when we compete at the racecourse, there are crowds of people around. If there are people, there is money. Do you think, if someone wins money by betting and gets an unexpected windfall, will he want to spend some of it? So?
My plan is to divide the open space into grids, with each grid being a stall, post notices, and rent the open space to those who do business. Let this place form a market, and charge different rents according to the business operations of the vendors.
In this way, we can collect a lot of rent every time there is a competition."
Cheng Qian calculated in his mind and said: "Master Hou is right, even if there are thirty stalls, each stall can earn hundreds of yuan a month."
Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully: "It's just a hundred pieces, how can it be such a big mistake?"
"Uncle, a penny is money," Li Mu said seriously: "An extra penny is a penny, and an empty penny is an empty penny. Besides, as many small traders as we can help with this move, there will be as many mouths. When we don't hold a Marseille,
When you say something good about us, doesn't your uncle see the value in it?"
"Well..." Cheng Yaojin tried his best to act like he understood, but he really couldn't understand. He said irritably: "What you say is what it is. I'm too lazy to think about it."
Seeing that Cheng Yaojin agreed, Li Mu added: "There is one more thing...after I say it, uncle must calm down and not get too excited."
Cheng Yaojin blinked his eyes and said: "Speak of it, I am a general who leads an army. Even if Mount Tai collapses before your eyes, you can still remain calm. Are you still afraid of scaring me?"
"Uncle, I think if we want to grow our business, we need to share some of it."
"You! What! What?!" Cheng Yaojin suddenly stood up, his eyes were as wide as those of a cow, and he jumped to his feet and shouted: "You kid, do you have water in your head? Why are you thinking about the benefits of your own family?
Give it away! We gave it to His Majesty last time, so we didn’t say anything, and now we have to give it away again? How much money do we have left? Don’t do it! I won’t do it! The worst is that we won’t do business, and we won’t suffer from cowardice.
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Li Mu guessed that he would be like this, so he was not angry. He stood up and patted the dust on his buttocks, cupped his hands and said: "Since Uncle Cheng won't let my nephew finish what he said, then he won't say anything anymore. My nephew is also a member of the racecourse."
No, Uncle Cheng can take care of it himself, my nephew has gone home and still has things to do."
"You go, you go!"
Cheng Yaojin shouted, and Li Mu turned around and left. Cheng Qian was so anxious that he knelt down at Cheng Yaojin's feet, hugged his thigh and said: "Master, I am your servant, I shouldn't talk too much.
But you have to think twice, our racecourse is inseparable from Zhuluhou in every aspect. If you break up with him, how many more days can our racecourse be open? This is all money, my father-in-law!"
Cheng Yaojin struggled endlessly. Seeing Li Mu approaching the gate of the racecourse, he quickly shouted: "Wait a minute, kid!"
Li Mu stood still and looked back at him. Cheng Yaojin strode over and said, "You say it, you say it. I want to see who has such a big face and dares to come to me, old Cheng, to split the account!"
"Uncle, who would dare except Your Majesty? You don't let my nephew finish what he said. It's not that someone wants to share your money. What I mean is that in order to make more money, we have to take the initiative to share part of the business.
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Cheng Yaojin growled angrily and said, "I, old Cheng, am a reckless man and don't understand the twists and turns. You pick up what I can understand and say it!"
"Uncle, do you still remember that the last time I discussed with you about allocating 30% of the net profit to Your Majesty, I said that the main reason for allocating the pure profit to Your Majesty is for the exclusive rights."
"Remember!"
"Does the franchise promised by His Majesty only refer to the franchise in Chang'an City?"
"Hmm..." Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes and said, "You mean, we are the only horse farm in Datang?"
"This is not realistic either."
Cheng Yaojin said angrily: "Then what do you mean?"
Li Mu remained calm and said: "I heard that Luoyang, the eastern capital, is as prosperous as Chang'an. A horse race in Chang'an earns 7,000 guan. If Luoyang holds a horse race, even if it is less, it will still cost 5,000 guan!"
Cheng Yaojin's eyes lit up and he said: "It's very easy. Just send someone to Luoyang to open a horse farm."
Li Mu laughed and said: "Uncle, it's not that my nephew is looking down on you. In Chang'an, everyone can give you a face. This is because you are in Chang'an. But when you go to Luoyang, there is a saying that the sky is high.
The emperor is far away, and His Majesty's will may be violated secretly or secretly. In the face of such great interests, who will give you this face?"
Cheng Yaojin remained silent. Although he wanted to make bold statements, he knew in his heart that Li Mu was absolutely right.
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Li Muchao: "It's very simple, chain operation."
"What's the meaning?"
"Our biggest advantage now is that we have a franchise granted by His Majesty, which means that the government only recognizes the racecourse we operate, and other racecourses are illegal. In addition, we know how to run a racecourse, such as how to make a profit and how to determine compensation.
They don’t understand. If we just imitate, they will definitely lose money. At this time, if we let the wind go, all the powerful families can come to chain racecourse business with us, and we will teach them how to run a racecourse. We
Come and help them get recognition from the government, and we will help them train their workers. As long as they receive a portion of the profits from their operations, how do you think they will react?"
"Why do you need to ask about such a good thing? They must be crawling on the ground and pounce on us!"