Gold is Justice

Shouldn't I be able to punish him, but should continue to praise him instead?

Speaking of it, this really cannot be blamed on this assassin who has not studied for a few days and has grown up with that crowbar since he was a child. It may be more difficult for him to understand these theories in economic operation.And he, Norris, doesn't have the skill to teach this guy how to deal with this kind of thing.

This kind of guy who developed from a small civilian thieves will always be intolerable to losses, and is easy to covet petty profits.So speaking of it, it's really not his fault, but his own decision-making mistakes, the fault of not being able to foresee that his character would lead to such a result.

Thinking of this, the uncertainty on Viscount Norris's face gradually disappeared.Although he still looks very serious, judging from that expression, there is no such creepy feeling anymore.

Although Poison Needle didn't quite understand why his master suddenly seemed to have spared him again, he was generally happy to be able to escape, and it made him feel relieved for a long time. in one breath.

Chapter 230 Three Unfair Competition

"Then...Your Excellency the Viscount, you see, our economic income has completely suppressed Song of the Mermaid. According to my idea, we should be able to advertise a lot in the future and attract more rich people to entrust us with work. -"

"Starting tomorrow, all guild commissioning activities are free."

Before the poisonous needle could finish speaking, Norris suddenly issued the next guild management policy.

Such a decision really made Poison Needle a little puzzled. He looked at his master with a pair of puzzled eyes, which showed an expression of doubting that he had heard it wrong.

"That...Your Excellency the Viscount? Please forgive me, I seem to be deaf lately...that..."

"You are not deaf, and I am not wrong. Make an advertisement. Starting tomorrow, all mission commissions in our Honey Pot Guild will not charge a commission fee of one iron coin. The discount lasts for one month, and will be restarted after one month. Start charging. You just put the ad out."

Poison Needle still had an expression of incomprehension.

But even though he didn't understand, he knew very well whether the expression on his master's face allowed him to ask back.

After thinking about it, he finally did not ask any doubts, but nodded seriously: "Yes, Your Excellency Viscount. I will make this advertisement as good as possible! Please be sure rest assured!"

Seeing that although this poisonous needle is not very smart, but he still obeys orders directly, Norris is somewhat relieved.However, since this guy's brain is indeed not very smart, and he also likes to use some cleverness, Norris feels that he still needs to make a patch——

"You have to remember clearly that you are entrusting work for free. This advertisement is not for you to play around with. You must really promote this advertisement in Pelican Town, and at the same time face those entrusted work You also have to do your best to complete it without any distaste or resentment. No matter what the commission is, even if that Mermaid Song personally entrusts the work, you must treat it with a professional work attitude and do your best to complete it."

It could be seen that there was some incomprehension on the poisonous needle's face.But it doesn't matter, as long as this guy nods seriously, then it doesn't matter.

After saying this, Norris thought for a while, and added another sentence: "By the way, even if Song of the Mermaid comes to entrust, I will help to complete it. But if Song of the Mermaid raises obvious problems, I even ask you to go to You can't refuse the job task when you die, you must follow it. On the contrary, you must inform me of this information as soon as possible. Hmm... Also, not only the song of the mermaid, if you find some other townspeople Suddenly, some very strange commissions will be proposed, revealing a strange atmosphere, and when commissions that may put your lives in danger, you should also tell me immediately."

For these, the poisonous needle still agreed.But Norris could see that although he agreed, his expression was still full of strangeness and doubts.

It is obviously not a good working mood to let your subordinates work with problems.Norris decided to show some of his "tenderness", smiled and said, "Do you have a problem?" Seeing his master smiling, Du Jing thought for a while, and decided to ask the question in his heart: "That ...Your Excellency the Viscount, the quest given by Song of the Mermaid...we all have to accept it? What benefits will we gain from this kind of quest?"

In this regard, the lord leaned comfortably on the chair, with a smile on his face, and said slowly: "Benefits? Ha ha."

"As long as Song of the Mermaid dares to ask us that kind of commission, then we will have a good show~~"

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Arrow knew that his troubles were far from over.

This kind of result is actually not difficult to foresee. It can even be said that from the very beginning, he has already thought that the appearance of this kind of result is absolute.

Now, Arrow is quite sure that the Honey Pot Guild, that Viscount Norris must have received some kind of instruction from the capital, and this instruction will definitely allow him to kill his Mermaid Song at any cost. .

That's why the Honey Pot is now resorting to this kind of price war measure that kills one thousand and hurts eight hundred.Although it seems that it only lasts for one month, I believe that even if it is charged after one month, it will definitely not be too expensive.Looks like that Norris is all about breaking himself down!

Sitting in the rest area of ​​the guild hall, he watched as the lumberjack dad was sorting out the guild's bulletin board.There is nothing on the bulletin board, let alone work, even a fly may feel that it is so bare that it is not suitable for landing.

Buffy flew down from the second floor with the iron fruit flapping her wings and landed on the rest table.

While injecting magic power into the fruit, she looked at the empty guild hall and said, "President Airl, it's not as good as us, is it free?"

Arrow smiled, noncommittal.

If it is really a price war, my own financial resources will not be able to compete with the lord behind the honey pot.If you really follow the opponent's pace, then it's really game over.

At this time, Brad also came back from running outside. He picked up a towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Seeing Airl's helpless look, he thought about the turmoil outside the past two days. No matter how slow the news of the free work of the pot, he knew what his president was worrying about.

"President Airl! Actually, I have an idea. I wonder if you want to do it?"

Brad walked up to Airl, and said with a swearing--

"Didn't the honey pot say it's completely free? So how about entrusting them to work if we make a mistake?"

When Buffy heard this, her face was stern, and she immediately flew up and stopped in front of Brad's nose, reaching out and nodding his nose: "You idiot, we are the hostile guild! What are we going to the hostile guild to support?"

Brad shook his head quickly and explained: "No, no, that's not what I meant! Buffy, listen to me. What I mean is, since they are all free, let's entrust them with more ordinary tasks. For example Help us clean up the guild, help us run errands, and keep their guild members busy, so the townspeople can't entrust them with work, so the townspeople will come to us to entrust, right?"

Regarding this, Airl just gave a wry smile, and shook his head lightly: "Consignment of work does not mean that we have to choose between Song of the Mermaid and the Jar of Honey. The townspeople will entrust it. To a large extent, the other party keeps it free. So they entrust the things they usually can do by themselves. If we go to occupy their work, then the townspeople will also do the work themselves and will not entrust us. .”

Brad froze for a moment, then let out a slightly frustrated sigh.

But this reminded Buffy, the flower fairy flew to Airl again, and said, "President, president! Then how about we make a mess and let them go to Schwann Castle to destroy that monster again? Or Let them visit the mines in the Sleeping Mountains! There is also the Shining Forest. What we have been exploring is only the surface of the Shining Forest, right? I think there is a very powerful natural magic in the depths of the forest. We can let them go Check it out!"

Arrow smiled. "Well, that's a good idea."

"That's right! That's right! Then I'll go entrust right now! Big man! Let's go!"

"okay!"

"Bring them all back to me!"

Arrow felt as if he shouldn't be joking with the pair, sighed, and said—

"This kind of thing can't be done. If we do this, Viscount Norris will hold us. I can think of several ways to use it. The easiest one is to go directly to the town. The folks claimed that we used their free stage to deliberately send them to death. This is equivalent to instantly creating our mermaid song into an evil guild that cares about other people's lives for making money. Our guild's reputation in Pelican Town will immediately plummet , so it is absolutely impossible.”

The excited expressions of the pair of partners suddenly turned gloomy.But after just a few seconds, Buffy raised her hand again: "Then... just like last time, let's ask some other people to entrust them to do this?"

The method is a good method, but this method has already been used once, so the poisonous needle may not detect it, but Viscount Norris will definitely not be fooled a second time.

So, Airl still smiled, analyzed the pros and cons to them, shook his head and rejected the proposal.

Brad was a little anxious, and said: "This will not work, that will not work! President, what do you think we should do next? We have hardly made any money since the end of the guild war. We are really going to be suppressed." Is it dead?"

At this point, there is really no good way at present.

This is exactly what Airl is worrying about.

In fact, it is not impossible to say what he really wants to say. He had imagined this situation as early as when he was studying in school.If he is allowed to be the chief financial officer of the Blue Bay Empire, he will definitely introduce an anti-monopoly law immediately, and the strategy of prohibiting price wars must be carefully formulated!

Price wars seem to be very beneficial to ordinary people on the surface.is not that right?On the one hand, seizing the market through ultra-low prices is equivalent to making all the common people cheaper.

But here lies the problem. A party with strong capital can completely destroy its competitors by losing a small part of its profits through price wars.When there are no competitors, the entire market can be completely monopolized.At that time, no matter what price he intends to set for his products, ordinary people will have to pay for them!Because there is no other branch, civilians don't even have the qualifications to bargain!

Chapter 230 The Four Commissions Finally Arrived

And since there are no branches other than this, common people can't bargain at all, so the quality of products or services naturally need not be kept so high.If things go on like this, civilians will get some low-quality and high-priced products.

A little longer, the impact of this behavior will also affect those nobles and wealthy people, and then affect the economic lifeline of the entire country.

But even knowing that this situation is so bad, but thinking about it again, how could those big landlords and rich people who occupy a state monopoly position allow themselves to formulate such a law to prevent them from making money!

So now, he can only silently endure the frontal and unsolvable challenge from the Honey Pot Guild. For a while, people really can't think of any solution.

"President?"

"Shhh, let me be quiet. I'll figure out a way, so please don't disturb me."

Brad and Buffy also seemed a little uncomfortable seeing the forced happy expression of their president.The two stopped going out to exercise, and sat down directly in front of Airl.Even if they can't use their brains, they can still do things like waiting for orders anytime and anywhere.

At this moment, the lumberjack father had already measured the length, width, height and location of the bulletin board, and nodded.Ke Ke came out to send the old carpenter away, turned around and sat down at the table, and said, "Brother President, why don't we take advantage of a dark and windy night to burn the Honey Pot Guild down?" ?”

Napa, who was lying on the counter cushion, also shook her tail and said: "If necessary, I can help. After all, I also have a part in this guild. You are responsible for finding a life, and I am responsible for blasting their guild together with their members." Fly. Don't worry, I guarantee the safety of those guild members."

Airl couldn't help but laugh: "Are we some kind of evil organization? Did we start killing people and setting fires when we couldn't make money?"

Napa was slightly taken aback: "Isn't it? Based on what I know about you, if you think this is appropriate, you will be happy to do it."

Even if you agree, you can't say such things in the open!To be a villain is to have the awareness of being a villain, right?

Airl coughed intentionally, shook his head and said, "No, we can't take this crooked path. You'd better leave me alone for a while. I'll think about other ways to break through these obstacles. Let me be quiet first. ..."

Now that Airl had said so, everyone had no choice but to stand up and prepare to disperse.

But at this moment, Cream stepped into the door with a beaming face, and after greeting Airl and the others, he immediately greeted the person outside and welcomed that person in.

"Little Liquor Boss! You are really welcome! Alas, our president will be very happy to take on your task!"

It was none other than the owner of the Unicorn Bar who came in.

The middle-aged bartender with shining eyes still walked in with his slightly thin and long figure.After seeing Airl, he nodded slightly and walked over.Seeing this, the other members hurriedly gave up their seats and let the bar owner sit down in front of Airl.

The bar owner seemed very steady.

This has always made Airl feel a little weird.

In a small bar owner in such a border town, Little Liquor is always able to maintain a calm expression no matter what time of day.And in many things, he is often able to make very bold moves.

Just like in the previous guild war, the bar owner was undoubtedly the first one to ask for help.Perhaps from a certain situation, he is either a person with a serious gambler mentality, or a person who has a lot of life experience, knows too much about the world, and can even see a lot from it.

Coco served a cup of hot milk and placed it in front of the small spirits.

The bar owner took a sip without thinking about it, looked at the guild hall again, and said, "Your business doesn't look very good."

Airl shrugged, smiled and said, "During the recent renovation, the business will naturally be a little less. But please rest assured, Song of the Mermaid is not so easy to pass."

"Truly confident people don't talk about their confidence all the time."

Xiao Liquor took another sip and slowly put down the glass of milk.He raised his head, a pair of deep eyes inlaid on that thin face, landed firmly on Airl's body——

"As early as the first day when you came to Pelican Town to hold a guild, I advised you that it is better not to do this kind of thing here. In this small town, if there is any problem with the operation, even a little There may be no turnover. Unlike those big cities, if this road fails, there are plenty of other roads for you to take.”

Arrow didn't want to be reprimanded by the bar owner in front of him.It's not that he can't afford to be reprimanded, but as the president of the guild, he must let his members understand that the president has the awareness and courage to face any difficulties.

At that moment, Ai Luo also straightened his waist accordingly, and said with a smile: "Little Liquor Boss, even if you are not here to entrust us with work, I would be very happy if you simply came to our place as a guest. But in terms of the guild's operating policy, You really don't need to worry about me."

Xiao Lijiu silently looked at the mermaid president in front of him, his eyes seemed to be thinking about something, and seemed to be hesitating whether he should take the next action.

Airl doesn't know what the bar owner wants to do now, but at least he wants to confirm one thing, that is, the bar owner should not be wooed by the honey jar now, right?

Thinking of this, Ai Luo immediately said: "That...Little Liquor Boss, are you here today...to make trouble?"

Hearing what Airl said, Xiao Liquor immediately shook his head.He sighed slightly, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said: "President Ai Luo, I know, you must be in trouble because of the problem of the Honey Pot Guild recently, right?"

Airl snorted softly, letting himself show a neither humble nor overbearing expression: "In business, there will always be difficult times and smooth times."

Little Liquor didn't know whether he really couldn't hear the meaning of Airl's words or simply ignored it, and continued: "I don't have any liking for the honey pot, and I don't have any bad feelings. As long as it can benefit Pelican Town, I will All are welcome, and the more the better. However, the business over at the honey pot is really full recently, and I can’t entrust my work, so I can only come to you to entrust you.”

Arrow finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was business.The expression on his face also turned into a passionate commercial smile again, he nodded and said: "Oh, so you are here to entrust?! Little Liquor Boss, seeing how vague your words are, just say no sooner." What! What is the request?"

Xiao Liao closed his eyes, took a few breaths silently, and then said: "I would like to ask you to help me transport some of my specially brewed malt wine to Tianhe City, and hand it over to a local tavern called Firebird. Every year After winter, I usually deliver the goods myself, but this winter you led all of us to hold a guild war, so many things that I could have done in winter have not yet been completed. Would you like to do this entrustment? accept?"