"Demon World Attack and Defense - Battle Edition" was released half a month after the first set was taken away by a female official. On the first day of release, only more than a hundred sets were stocked.
The first mass-produced set was bought by my own carpenter, and then it was deserted... Who the hell would go to a furniture store to buy board games?
It was only the next day that I came to my senses and found a trustworthy vendor who specialized in groceries in the market to sell on a consignment basis.
Anyway, the factory only charges 20 yuan for a set of furniture, and it’s up to the vendor how much it can sell.
The merchant opened the box and looked at it on the spot in the furniture store. After asking about the situation, he said: "You really don't know how to do business. Let alone twenty. With the sign specially appointed by His Majesty, even if you sell it for fifty yuan, there will still be people asking for it."
Roland shook his head: "No, there are things you can do that I can't do."
In fact, the production and sales manual that comes with the board game clearly states that the price cannot be raised in the initial stage. Even if a set is sold for several hundred yuan on the market, as a copyright operator, the price cannot be raised.
Because twenty yuan is still not a small amount of money for people with the minimum wage, trying to keep the price close to the cost line can promote the game faster. With a large enough audience, we can later make commemorative editions and other higher-priced products to expand the revenue boundary. Raising the price now will undoubtedly exclude some people from purchasing, and will also affect subsequent profits.
The merchant didn't understand this, and looked like a child who couldn't be taught. He carried ten boxes on a small cart and left. In only half a day, he hurriedly came to the furniture store to buy new ones.
On the third day of sale, some people came to the furniture store to buy it.
This is normal as the address and name of the furniture store is engraved on the bottom of the box.
It may be a little strange, but almost everyone who comes to buy a board game will complain about it, such as "it was made in a furniture store" or "a good thing is wasted".
Roland doesn't care, as long as he can make money.
The current output is low, and most of the money has to be given to other manufacturers. A set can only earn less than 3 yuan in gross profit, and ten sets a day are only 30 yuan. After deducting the day's salary from the furniture factory, there are only a few yuan left.
But if it really sells, if you increase the purchase scale of your friends, you can get another one yuan off for just four sets of stainless steel frames. If you add up to seven, seven, eight, or eight, the gross profit can be doubled.
From Roland's personal perspective, he could never imagine this kind of money-making model, but he had no choice. With the book in hand, he didn't need to think about it.
On the fifth day of sales of the board game, production could no longer keep up with demand.
On the sixth day, as soon as the store opened in the morning, all of yesterday's inventory was robbed. There were still people guarding the store, asking to buy what had just been made in the factory behind, saying they wanted it while it was hot.
The last step of the board game is assembly and polishing. The polishing process will cause the wooden cards to heat up, and the wood dissipates heat slowly. It was really warm when it was first left on the polishing table and thrown into the box.
This kind of buyer appeared, and a few guys came over and bought a few more sets that day. As a result, there were only six sets available for sale on the seventh day, and the players blocked the door and scolded them severely.
Roland hurriedly went from the back factory to the store to tell everyone that he would never dare to do it again. He promised to sell what he made on the same day the next day.
In fact, at this time, more than a dozen sets can be produced a day, but for the rapidly growing player base, it is obviously a drop in the bucket.
For board games to become popular, in addition to a high literacy rate, there is also a prerequisite for lighting costs to be low enough. After all, many people have to go to work during the day. In the past, the cost of using low-light magic lamps was still high for citizens, but recently there is oil from Quagmire City in the south in the market, which can also be used for lighting, and the cost is much less.
Now you can buy translated books on the market, but books are not as fun as board games. More people are still willing to take risks by operating the cards themselves.
Of course, in terms of the current efficiency of information transmission, it went from being ignored to being wiped out within a few days. None of the above is the main reason. The main reason is that someone just set up a show in the market area to show off!
It's like playing chess. The person playing is not in a hurry, but the people watching are so anxious that they want to chop off the hand of the stinky chess player.
In addition, the original production capacity is also low, and it is easy for supply to exceed demand. This will arouse the curiosity of some passers-by. In the non-information age, people do not have many opportunities to access entertainment projects. If passers-by are not too tight, they can easily be converted into Players and various groups interact with each other to enter a positive cycle.
Roland doesn't need to worry about any of this. He only needs to worry about how to make more board games to satisfy everyone's enthusiasm.
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Red Rock City.
"Fuck, there are too many demons. I want to play demons."
"Haha, what a beautiful thought."
"Then play endless, or I won't play anymore."
"...Okay, endless is endless, I won't go to Wind Valley tomorrow."
The two people quarreling were none other than Red Rock City's popular entrepreneurs, Didion and Aarons.
"Demon World Attack and Defense - Battle Edition" is not sold in Red Rock City. After all, even the local demand in Phoenix City cannot be met. As long as small businessmen grab it at the store, they can resell it in the market and earn the price difference, and there is no time for takeout.
But who is Didion? His family is in the passenger transport business. It was only a few days after the sale. When the men who went to Phoenix Station to collect money got the news, they took it upon themselves to buy a set.
In fact, it's not self-inflicted, because Didion has been collecting various board games, but the collection is very small, and two of the more complete sets are supplied to the nobles from the Orc Empire.
But compared with "Demon World Attack and Defense", that one is too boring. It's just a dozen chess pieces eating each other.
After getting the game, Didion and his men played a few games, but they didn't enjoy it to the fullest. I don't know whether it was because they were deliberately playing bad chess or because there was a real gap in intelligence. Anyway, they couldn't enjoy the game.
I just happened to know yesterday that Aarons was back to care for his wife, so I called him over for a discussion.
Aarons himself is a descendant of the demon race, and he is even relatively pure. Many generations ago, he only had a quarter of the foreign blood. When he saw this game, his eyes lit up: "This theme alone is worth three thousand!"
As far as workmanship is concerned, no master craftsmen are needed. Even if there are a few special cards that are okay, the whole thing still belongs to the entertainment of civilians and small aristocrats. It is different when the theme is added.
Everyone knows that the north side of Phoenix City has been under military control after the big collision, and the city defense troops in the new city will occasionally shoot down a little devil. The north side may have been beaten several times, so the theme of "Devil World Attack and Defense" is very effective. Reflecting reality is a plus.
Aarons read part of the instructions from the demons on the spot, and started fucking Didion with the demons.
Didion is smart enough and has vision, but he is not a great strategist. He is just getting started. In the basic mode, the demons have a huge numerical advantage. It is difficult for beginners to defeat the demons in the basic mode unless they play demons. The players of this clan have a lot of food.
The two played two games, switched to endless mode, ate in a hurry on the way, lit the magic lamp and continued to kill, fighting fiercely until late at night.
When the two sides fought to the back, all of Didion's kingdom cards were on the chessboard, and he couldn't recruit any troops. Although Aarons has enough demon soldiers, almost 90% of the demon cards are little demons. Facing the hordes of kingdom soldiers, he has no ability to advance. He can only rely on two squares of movement to stay stuck in position and die. .
"This can't continue like this. We need more senior soldiers." Aarons frowned and asked, "If I have a Demon King card now, can I use it?"
The Demon King card is the card named "Anonymous Demon Tribe 010", which is stronger than His Highness Li Xiang's card. This is also one of the few cards in Aarons' hand that can kill enemies. Unfortunately, there is only one card, and he was surrounded by people as soon as he used it. Get up and beat him to death.
This question was a bit out of scope. Didian picked up the game book and looked through it, but couldn't find any relevant entries.
"I didn't say, it should be possible." He said this, because he also hoped that it could be done, so that he could prepare a lot of scouts and special envoy cards, and kill as many demons as they came.
"...Then it's a draw. I'll come back to you after I go to Fenggu to handle the business."
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