Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

The people of Waterdeep have become accustomed to something new appearing in the city every day.

How do you say the word for lord?

Changes with each passing day.

It’s very apt, there’s something new every day, and the city seems to change every month.

And the latest new thing is obviously the Magic Shadow Festival.

A festival dedicated to the magic shadow.

Weird festivals are not uncommon, such as beer festivals and cheese festivals, but the Magic Shadow Festival is the first time.

If there is one thing that this new festival has going for it, it is the incredible number of visitors.

The people of Waterdeep have never seen so many outsiders before. Although most of them are actually "outsiders" who have only settled here for two years, they have already begun to treat this place as their home.

The station operates almost 24 hours a day, transporting a steady stream of passengers from all over the world.

When the station was built, people wondered why Drogo built it so big and even set up many shops, souvenir shops and restaurants in the station.

Now, those shops have become popular businesses, and you can make money if you rent them.

A small-scale business district has also formed around the teleportation point. Because the tourists who can use the teleportation have significantly higher spending power than ordinary tourists, the prices in the business district here are much more expensive.

It was so expensive that even the store employees didn’t understand why it was so valuable.

Shoes worth dozens of silver coins, bags worth several gold coins, and watches worth more than ten gold coins.

What kind of watch is so valuable? It doesn't work like a watch that costs only a few dozen copper coins.

The items handled by the shop assistants are all luxury items that they can afford with their annual salary.

What is even more difficult to understand is that those customers buy luxury goods as if they were buying them from small commodity stores.

Thanks to these tourists, the residents of Waterdeep have recently had a lot of extra income.

Who could have thought that those stars could attract so many people.

All shops and entertainment venues have seen a significant increase in customer traffic, and taxi drivers are overwhelmed.

Most of the drivers were originally horse-drawn carriage drivers. Drogo provided them with free driving training, helped them learn to drive a car, and provided them with low-interest car loans.

It is the lord’s responsibility to remember to arrange a place for the practitioners of the old industry when letting the new industry replace the old one.

Instead of simply saying "Those who can't keep up with the times deserve to be eliminated."

That's so cruel.

Who knows if they will be the next to be eliminated?

For someone who has worked in the same industry for most of his life, it is not easy to learn new things on his own.

If I leave them alone, it may be fine if there are only a few of them, but if there are too many of them, they will gather in the pub and express their dissatisfaction.

What if someone else stood up at this time and gave a passionate speech to a group of poor drunks?

Alas, let’s join in the fun!

Drogo's help for the carriage driver to change his career became an example in this rapidly changing era. Various media outlets did not hesitate to praise and tout the Red Dragon Lord.

It is not without precedent for dragons to serve as lords. After all, metallic dragons like to play the role of wise old men, so several of them have served as lords.

This is indeed the first time for the Five-Colored Dragon Lord.

So the media claimed that the only shortcoming of this outstanding lord was that he had the same name as the famous evil dragon.

Drogo even responded to this on a talk show.

"Yes, it's the same name. What's the Unforeseen Natural Disaster? I don't know it at all. There's a board game called Dungeons & Dragons recently. It's quite popular. There's an interesting scenario about defeating Drogo in it. I recommend you to play it..."

In short, the drivers were very happy during this driver training campaign because they kept their jobs and cars were more convenient than horse-drawn carriages as they did not have to take care of horses.

The civilians were very happy because the new means of transportation was much faster than horse-drawn carriages.

Drogo was also very happy. He gained fame and provided lords in other regions with a homework to copy, which would speed up the replacement of horse-drawn carriages with cars in those places.

Only the horse was not very happy.

During those months, many restaurants in the city started serving new dishes, all of which were made with horse meat and were only served during those few months.

Thanks to the contribution of horses, they facilitate transportation during life and warm the stomach after death.

And because the process of warming the stomach and intestines was too successful, many residents in the city were obsessed with the braised horse meat introduced by Drogo.

After the cheap horse meat was eaten up, horse meat at regular prices remained in people's diet, and pickled horse meat became a local specialty snack in Waterdeep.

It is also vacuum-packed, making it easy to carry and suitable for tourists to take back home.

"Can you eat less?"

In the lord's mansion, in Drogo's office.

This is a lord's mansion without a lord's hall, and Drogo usually stays in his office.

Looking at Elsa who was showing off her braised horse meat, he couldn't help but say.

"No," Elsa puffed her cheeks and said, "Who told you to deduct my year-end bonus? I'm going to use the employee benefits to get the money back!"

The snacks of the Zhuoge Group have always been supplied in unlimited quantities. They are not costly, can greatly improve the happiness of employees, and Zhuoge himself likes to eat them.

However, it is not common to see Elsa getting so angry.

"It's not that I don't allow you to eat it, but you should not just eat the marinated horse meat. It's quite salty. Be careful not to get high blood pressure when you get older."

“This is expensive!”

Aisha answered confidently.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "What is high blood pressure?"

"An incurable old age disease. Well, if you live an unhealthy enough life, it can also be a middle-aged disease."

Elsa's display of body paused for a moment, and one could tell that she was making a simple trade-off in her mind.

She soon came to a conclusion.

Take out a spinning bike from the treasure chest monster.

Another benefit of the Zhuoge Group is that it has a gym in its office, so a lot of fitness equipment has been designed.

As for Elsa's spinning bike, she won it in a lottery at the annual meeting.

Then, under Drogo's surprised gaze, she got on the bicycle, showing off her skills while pedaling.

"Salty food is unhealthy, but exercise is healthy. I eat and exercise at the same time, which cancels it out!"

Drogo was rarely at a loss for words.

Is this girl really a genius?
The legendary fitness blogger who eats voraciously in front of the camera while pedaling a cart under the table has now been realized by her.

Drogo decided to ignore Elsa's performance and opened the tourist statistics report.

Visitors to Waterdeep will have their visits and preferences recorded during the Shadow Festival cycle, and any areas they disliked will also be recorded.

Qian Zhuoge from the tourism industry does not intend to let go, and he also wants to make money from repeat customers. He does not want to do a business that is shady and will only cheat outsiders once.

So travel experience is very important.

The Magic Shadow Festival will officially open tonight, and as of yesterday, more than 60,000 tourists have arrived in Waterdeep.

Considering Felin's population base, this is a pretty good number.

The permanent population of the entire Twin Towers City is less than 100,000, which is already considered the second-tier urban population in the Kingdom of Sutton.

And as the Magic Shadow Festival begins, more tourists will arrive.

Thanks to Drogo's previous preparations and Waterdeep's relatively modern construction, the pressure of hosting so many tourists is high but still within an acceptable range.

These tourists are mainly star-chasers and magic movie enthusiasts.

All the famous shadow stars in Felin are now in Waterdeep.

Drogo used his ability, the Face Fruit! Actors, directors and other practitioners who rely on magic shadows for a living have to give face to the creator of the industry.

You have to come without any appearance fee, but Drogo will provide accommodation.

Outside the official hotel, there are now fans surrounding it all day long, squatting here all night just to see their idol.

The "raw photos" taken outside the hotel, that is, the photos that have not been post-processed, will immediately appear on Weibo and are regarded as the best standard for testing the status of stars.
To be honest, this group of fans disrupted traffic and put a lot of pressure on security.

But considering the spending power of the fan group, these shortcomings are acceptable.

Tourists who have the leisure to chase stars basically have no low spending power and will not come to Deep Water City for a budget trip.

They really spend their money.

In addition to the invited stars, there are also many unknown minor characters who come to participate at their own expense.

These people cannot be called stars, they can only be considered ordinary actors, or actors who want to take shortcuts.

All they want is to get some popularity at the Magic Film Festival. Maybe one of their pictures will go viral online, and once they become famous, it will be easy to get any film contract.

Or it would be even better if some important person took a fancy to you.

The entertainment industry has always been a circle where interest exchanges are very direct.

In fact, exchange of interests is very common in any circle with a lot of wealth, but it is a bit too direct in the entertainment circle, and if it is accidentally exposed, everyone will know it.

Drogo now receives a lot of hints or explicit offers from unknown actresses and actors every day.

Who knows if dragons are not picky about gender?

Drogo was very angry about this.

It’s not that Drogo is so upright, but these people don’t even understand his preferences.

Is he Drogo a dragon that is tempted by beauty?
Bring money with you! You can shoot whatever you want as long as you can pay more than the estimated box office. It's really...

Similarly, as Drogo's confidant and the group's first assistant, Elsa also receives a lot of "invitations" every day.

Simply put, she can pick any handsome boy who has not yet made his debut.

However, Elsa also refused.

In her opinion, this kind of unspoken rules will fundamentally damage the overall interests of the group. As she is the boss's assistant, she must set a good example and firmly reject this kind of behavior.

Amazing professionalism.

Drogo was so moved that he almost wanted to return some of the bonus that had been deducted.

In addition to her professionalism, another reason why Elsa refused was that she looked down upon these young actors.

As a former "small town test-taker" who used to be honest and upright, she felt a little disgusted by this extravagant life.

Just as Drogo was about to finish reading the statistical report, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The person who came was Asmodeus. "You're looking for me? Hey, what's the matter?"

He saw Aisha beside him.

Even the Lord of Hell, who has a long lifespan, has never seen someone doing such a cruel thing as riding a cart while showing off horse meat.

"You haven't seen it before. He's just practicing his special skills. Most humans would have gotten a stitch in the side if they did that." Drogo replied.

The Lord of Hell is the Lord of Hell after all. He won’t be too surprised by strange humans and will get straight to business.

"You're looking for me about the devil in the city?"

Asmodeus knew very well that Waterdeep was now the city with the largest number of demons on the continent. Although the reputation of the demons was gradually improving, especially in Augustan, where they were treated like heroes, they were still quite unfamiliar to people in other places.

This time at the Magic Shadow Festival, there were tourists from all over the world.

"Yes, the demons in the city must be restrained and set a good example to let tourists know that demons are a friendly race. This will benefit Waterdeep and the demons as well," said Drogo.

The matter of racial image must be grasped from the individual, and only Asmodeus has such a strong restraint on the devil.

Although it is a prejudice that individuals rise above the group, this prejudice is too common.

It is extremely common that when one person does something bad, people from the same region or the same ethnicity take the blame.

That’s how those regional jokes come about.

There are always some fools in every place.

But the devil is in a period of transformation, and any negative news can easily be made into a big deal.

It is also a common phenomenon that people cannot bear to see other creatures living well. When demons are popular, many people will stare at them.

Therefore, during the Demonic Shadow Festival, it would be best if the demons in the city did not cause any problems.

"I understand. Don't worry, my devils will definitely obey your orders."

Asmodeus answered confidently.

"That's good. By the way, tonight is the opening ceremony of the Magic Shadow Festival. You are also welcome to attend."

"I am attending the opening of the Magic Shadow Festival? I have nothing to do with Magic Shadow."

"But your participation will make people feel good about you. As the Lord of Hell, having fun with the people is a plus..."

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At night, 7pm.

The opening ceremony of the Waterdeep Magic Festival.

If there is one thing that makes the Magic Shadow Festival different from other opening ceremonies, it must be the red carpet.

All the invited stars and the young actors vying for the spotlight will show off their carefully prepared looks on the red carpet.

These looks will be judged by countless people.

If you perform well, the popularity you gain can sometimes be as great as playing a good role.

Raven nervously wiped the sweat from his forehead.

I am so useless. I am so nervous walking on the red carpet.

The crew of "The Silence of the Lambs" invited him, but he declined. He should not be nervous following the crew of "The Silence of the Lambs".

But he chose to stand with his crew.

Almost the entire crew was made up of Augustans, from the crew in the refugee camp.

He successfully finished filming his feature debut before the start of the Magic Shadow Festival, successfully entered the exhibition unit, and received high praise from Mr. Drogo.

Lavin doesn't expect his film to get a good response, as long as he is not scolded.

"Uncle Laverne, what is that sister wearing?" The young actor pointed at an actress who was being carried out of a car in the distance.

Yes, moving out of the car, her skirt had absolutely no elasticity so she couldn't get out of the car on her own.

"Um, maybe, maybe it's art." Raven answered uncertainly.

I've seen enough strange costumes in the past few minutes.

"Then is what we wear considered art?" the young actor asked again.

The actors in Lavan, who are also former refugees, give good performances.

Because that somewhat sad story is almost their life.

"Of course it counts." Raven lied to the child.

In fact, the dresses they were wearing didn't fit them well; they were cheap rented ones.

He really didn't have the money to order it custom-made.

"Let's go, it's our turn soon."

Raven looked at the bright sea of ​​flashing lights and said with a trembling voice. (End of this chapter)