Chapter 95 Investment Attraction
At 10:00 a.m., the Midarda family's luxury electric car appeared in front of the Hex Audio Workshop, the leader's base, without missing a second.
The driver got out and opened the back door for Miss Meyer. The maid got out and stood respectfully outside the door.
Mel then took a step forward and leaned her elegant and graceful figure out of the car.
"Mr. Mel!" Levi was waiting at the factory gate early. In order to cope with this important social event, he even changed into a high-end suit that he had never worn before.
With the beautiful bluebird standing elegantly on his shoulder, he looked like a Piltover gentleman.
As soon as he saw Mel show up, Levi showed his enthusiasm for work in the Investment Promotion Office and took the initiative to step forward and greet him: "Hello, Councillor Mel."
"Hello, Mr. Levi." Mel was more approachable than she had imagined. She shook hands with Levi and said gently, "Actually, you don't have to call me Congressman."
"I am just an investor who came here to visit and inspect in a private capacity today."
"Okay, Miss Mel." Levi changed the subject and went straight to the point: "Then Miss Mel, the factory has already started production. Do you want to go in and visit our production workshop now?"
Mel glanced at the factory behind Levi, but shook his head slightly: "No hurry."
“Before I go to the factory tour, I want to visit a few other places.”
As she said this, she looked back at the maid.
The maid understood and came forward, handing Levi a pre-planned route map.
Li Wei took the route map and looked at it:
This picture shows the road circling around the South City, even passing through the Zuan community in the middle, and making a big circle before returning to the factory.
And Levi could see that this route passed through several places...
Those were the brothels, casinos, and Glimmer's shops formerly run by the Iron Fist Gang.
"Miss Mel, why do you want to visit these places?" Levi asked.
"Because of this." Mel said bluntly, pulling out a pamphlet.
The booklet was only the size of a palm, the cover was slightly curled, and the edges of the pages were worn to a fine layer of hair.
It was obvious that this booklet had been read many times.
And its title is:
"A brief summary of Janna's thoughts..." Levi had a strange expression: "Ms. Mel, are you still interested in our theory?"
"Yeah, I'm very interested." Mel made no secret of his purpose. "So I want to see what surprises Mr. Levi, who can write these words, will bring us after taking over the Iron Fist Gang's territory."
"Well... okay." Levi thought for a moment, "Since Miss Mel is interested, I certainly can't spoil your fun."
"So, shall we set off now?"
"Get in the car, or?" Levi thought Mel wanted to take the car to complete the route.
"Walk," Mel said.
"We have to pass through the Zaun community." Levi reminded.
"That's why it's better to walk." Meier smiled: "If you just pass by in a car, you won't be able to see a lot of details."
Levi was slightly surprised by her performance.
This lady was obviously not someone who could be easily fooled.
However, there was nothing sensitive about the places she wanted to see today, so it wouldn't matter even if she looked more closely.
"Then please—"
Levi very gentlemanly raised a gust of wind, using the airflow to lift up a stone slab and use it as a "wheelchair" for Mel:
"It will be easier to walk on this stone slab."
"Nice spell." Mel praised politely, then stepped onto the stone slab with the maid.
In this way, Levi took her and slowly moved in the air. Soon they walked out of the factory area and came to the city of Piltover.
The first place the group arrived at was the busy downtown area in the southern part of Piltover.
The Iron Fist Gang originally opened a luxurious casino here, which made a fortune every day. This casino was so big that it could even be said to be a landmark in the southern city of Piltover.
Mel was very curious about what would happen to this casino after it fell into the hands of the leader.
With this mood, she and Levi came here.
Then she stood in the street and looked out into the distance, and saw:
The casino was still open, and there were people coming and going in broad daylight.
It seems that the leader not only did not close the casino, but also used some unknown method to make it bigger and stronger.
"Business is good." Mel showed a playful smile.
As expected...
No matter how beautiful the ideal is, the reality is cruel.
The organization needs to function and the workers need to eat, so how can we not do something that can make a lot of money?
"I didn't expect that the leader is also very smart in doing business. When the Iron Fist Gang was here, this casino wasn't so lively."
Mel understood, but still spoke in a subtle tone.
It was as if some beautiful expectations were suddenly dashed, making her feel inexplicably bad.
"No, no, no." Levi said, "Miss Mel, you are wrong."
"This is not a casino we opened—" Levi pointed to the large glowing sign in the distance and explained, "This is a 'Board Game City'."
"Board Game City?" Mel smiled.
Do you think she is stupid? If a casino changes its name, it is no longer a casino?
What are board games? Isn't it just playing cards and gambling?
"Let's go in and take a look." Levi led the way in front, and his attitude was quite positive.
This board game city was originally an entertainment business project that he had created early on in order to make quick money.
As early as when Leader was first established, this project was being promoted simultaneously with the Walkman project.
Later, the Leader took over the Iron Fist Gang's casinos, and Levi tried to transform one of the casinos into today 's "Board Game City".
Even if Mel didn't come over on his own initiative, Levi wanted to pull this big money sponsor over to take a look.
"This..." Mel was curious and walked into this so-called "board game city" with care.
After entering, the atmosphere is really different from the original casino.
First of all, the beautiful dealers are gone and there are fewer waiters.
The vast space originally designed for the upper class is now occupied by various game tables and becomes much more cramped.
Not all the people who come here to play are upper-class gentlemen in suits and ties, there are also many guests dressed in casual clothes.
“They were playing…”
Then Mel suddenly realized that she hardly recognized the "cards" these people were playing.
The most popular item isn’t even a card.
But a bunch of "small squares".
"What is this?" Mel was a little curious.
"Mahjong." Levi replied.
"What about this?" Mel asked again.
"Gwent."
"What about this?" Mel was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
"Yu-Gi-Oh."
"What about this?" she continued to ask.
"Three Kingdoms... um, the Three Kingdoms refers to Demacia, Noxus, and Ionia."
These games, of course, are localized versions of the Runeterra cultural background.
Facts have proved that good cultural products are attractive everywhere.
The guests in the hall were having a great time, and the excitement was no less than that of the previous casino.
As Mel watched, someone was having a great time playing a board game. He slammed the card of [Zhao Xin, Seneschal of Debon] on the table and excitedly dubbed, "Behind this natural barrier of the heroic city is the iron wall of Debon!"
You can tell at first glance that they were having a great time.
Mel looked thoughtful:
All kinds of new and interesting ways of playing are thrown out as if they are free...
With the help of these game ideas, has the leader actually successfully transformed this casino into a board game store?
"Ms. Mel." Levi immediately took advantage of the situation to promote the project: "Look at this project, are you interested?"
"We have registered copyrights for these game methods in Piltover. We plan to convert all 11 Iron Fist Gang stores into board game centers within the next month. The project has now reached the start-up stage, and all we need to do is..."
"I vote." Mel didn't even listen to the end before throwing out the money.
But what she was interested in was not an investment project at all.
"No matter how much money you make from opening a board game store, it won't be as good as a casino, right?" Mel looked at Levi. "And you also know that this kind of game play is very easy to be pirated. Given the business environment in Runeland, even if you apply for patent protection, no one will really protect you."
“This project is actually far worse than a casino.”
"Indeed." Levi's expression became serious: "Not even one tenth as good."
"Doesn't the leader lack money?" Mel asked again.
"There is a shortage, a great shortage." There is nothing to hide. Anyone with a keen eye can find out.
“Then why did you close the casino?”
“Because we are the leaders.”
“……” Mel was silent for a while.
She looked at Levi with a complicated expression and sighed, "Idealists can't accomplish anything. Without money, you can't save anyone."
"But..." Levi was about to explain, but Mel said, "I'm willing to take another look."
