Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

The Magic Shadow Festival has already begun for three days, and the residents of Waterdeep have gradually become accustomed to the strange behavior of these foreign visitors.

For example, there are groups of fans shouting “Ahhhhhhh, XXX is there!”

At first people would think that something serious had happened.

Later I gradually realized that it was just another unfamiliar celebrity appearing on the street.

This fixed sentence pattern that begins with "Ahhhhhhhh" is also jokingly called the star-chasing battle cry.

Because the level of psychological tension it makes people who hear it is not much different from a war cry.

Fortunately, everyone is quite tolerant of people who come to give money.

For most businessmen in the city, business has never been so good.

When you make money, your mood will improve. Recently, the relationships between citizens are very harmonious and everyone can't help but smile.

Except Drogo.

Drogo looked at the revenue statistics with a look on his face as if someone owed him a few hundred gold coins.

"why?"

"what why?"

Elsa asked curiously. She had also looked at the revenue statistics. Judging from the numbers, it was definitely excellent. She wondered why Drogo was dissatisfied.

"Nearly 90% of the spending was at the Festival of Shadows, the station, and near the accommodation, and the remaining 10% was spent on playing the full version of Doom." Drogo said seriously.

"Uh, what else?"

Aisha asked back in great confusion.

"Isn't the purpose of holding the Magic Shadow Festival to attract people to spend money? Why are you not happy when they spend money at the Magic Shadow Festival?"

She found Drogo a little baffling.

Drogo looked at Elsa with disdain, "Stupid, the Shadow of Shadows Festival is for people to spend money, but it's also for attracting traffic. My goal is to attract people through this festival, and then have them visit more places in the city.

"But other places can't attract people right now. That is to say, if the Magic Shadow Festival is over, Waterdeep will no longer be able to attract tourists. This is a business that can only be done for a few weeks a year."

A lot of entertainment facilities and venues can be built in Waterdeep City, with devilish style as the main selling point. In-depth cooperation with Asmodeus is carried out to make this place a well-known tourist area.

However, it now seems to be unsuccessful and tourists are not interested in other attractions in the city.

Even if these tourists are magic movie enthusiasts and come with a clear purpose and are not very interested in other projects, the conversion rate should not be so low.

"That's difficult, isn't it?" Elsa said. "Famous tourist cities all have a long history and many places of interest. Ours is a newly built city."

“Does the Twin Towers City have a long history?”

"It's much longer than Waterdeep. I think we have a few decades here and can slowly develop into a tourist area. You, Yilong, can wait."

"No!"

Drogo said seriously: "We are going to do what most people think is impossible."

Elsa knew very well that when he spoke like that, he was probably going to assign her extra work.

“Think about it, a city that was built only a few years ago has become a famous city on the mainland. Isn’t this exciting? Isn’t this an achievement worth remembering?
"This is not a question of how fast you make money, but a question of achieving an unprecedented miracle. Do you just want to spend an ordinary life with countless wealth?"

Elsa really wanted to answer that she wanted to, but under Drogo's gaze, she shook her head reluctantly.

"Very good. I know you are a good kid with great ideals. Now I have an important task for you. Get into the hearts of those tourists and find out why they don't like to go to other places in the city. Don't do a questionnaire or anything like that. I want to hear their true feelings."

She knew it.

Elsa rolled her eyes.

It sounds like this kind of job has no exact working hours.

"If you do a good job, I can consider returning the deducted year-end bonus to you," Zhuo Ge added.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Elsa said with full motivation.

Looking at Aisha's leaving figure, Drogo sighed.

No, I've learned my lesson. Just drawing rosy rosy pictures doesn't work anymore. Students who have just graduated from school are easy to deceive...

Elsa changed her outfit and put on heavy makeup, which was a rare occasion. She modeled her outfit after the fans of the Zhuoer band.

Exaggerated hairstyle, super dark eye shadow, and a bunch of pendants.

She also found an open metal ring and clamped it in the middle of her nose to pretend she had a nose piercing.

To be honest, she didn't really understand how this strange decorative trend became popular.

Tie a ring around your nose.

This is too strange.

Even among the orcs, only a few tribes have the tradition of piercing their bodies, and the rest have only been seen on cattle.

Don’t understand, but respect.

She dresses like this because, although she is not a public figure, she is well-known in the city and can be easily recognized when she walks on the street.

In addition, many bands were invited to participate in the Magic Shadow Festival, some to compose music for the Magic Shadows, and some to perform.

Therefore, there are also many fans with this kind of style coming to Waterdeep.

There is also a lot of overlap between music lovers and magic movie lovers.

Elsa's image here is not out of place, and it is easy for her to fit into a group with similar styling styles.

What is professional!

So, Ai·Sha, the undercover little gangster girl with limited edition look, came to a bar near the largest hotel in the city.

Many tourists like to have a drink or two here to kill time after returning from the Magic Shadow Festival.

in other words.

They would rather spend time in bars than hang out anywhere else.

It's a bit strange indeed.

Aisha adjusted her state and pushed the door open.

The bar was doing very good business, almost full, and there was a band performing inside.

The song she sang was one that Elsa had never heard before, but judging by the style of the music, the way she dressed fit the mood very well.

Many bands started out by performing in bars.

The perfect choice for a small band’s debut performance!
Anyway, most audiences in bars don’t have such high requirements for background music.

A good song is one that moves you.

Of course, the biggest stage that most bands have ever performed on is the bar stage.

Music is an industry with a low threshold, but once you cross the threshold, there are still many barriers behind it.

It took Elsa less than thirty seconds to make friends with several people at the bar who were dressed similarly to her.

She chose to fire at the hottest band.

That is the abandoned piece underground.

The most popular bands are usually the ones that self-proclaimed "niche music" fans hate the most.

The more I liked that band when it was a niche band, the more I hated it after it became popular.

And often said words, like what Elsa is saying now.

She whistled first. No one knew where she learned it from. "They sing well. They are much better than the current Underground Abandoned. They changed after they became popular. They became more and more popular and not rock at all."

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted many echoes.

"It's just a bullshit rock and roll, pop band!"

"They don't have any rock spirit. They forget their original intentions after they get rich!" "Those who still like to listen to "Underground Abandoned" are just following the trend!"

In this way, Elsa quickly mixed in with the people in the bar.

I hope Xiaode doesn't mind.

She has a good relationship with Djokovic, the lead singer of Underground Abandoned.

This was all to get back her lost year-end bonus.

After getting to know the people here, we started to curse several popular bands for being "degenerate".

After scolding for about ten minutes, Aisha finally got to the point.

"Hey, guys, why are you still staying in the bar when you're all out having fun?"

“What’s wrong with a bar?”

"I mean, there are bars everywhere, and they all feel the same, with cocktails and rock music. But since we've finally come to Waterdeep, why not go hang out in other parts of the city? Isn't this a devilish city?" Elsa guided step by step.

"Ha, you're new here, right? The devilish features here are so boring!"

This is apparently the general view in this circle, and everyone agrees with it.

Moreover, he seemed quite dissatisfied with Waterdeep's so-called devilish characteristics, and was somewhat angry when it was mentioned.

"Yes, I just arrived. After putting my luggage away, I thought I'd have a drink first and ask where there are fun places here."

"Don't go. There's nothing fun to do there. Just that..."

"Doom!" another man shouted.

"Yes, Doom Slayer is OK, it's awesome. If you like Demons, the Demon Festival is worth a look. Other places don't have any demonic feel. The demons here are even more civilized than me. Can you imagine that? I went to a demon-themed bar, and the demons inside were wearing tuxedos. When they saw me come in, they lined up and shouted 'Welcome'."

He became more and more excited as he spoke. He took a big gulp of wine and continued, "You, a group of devils actually used you? Where are you, the fighting race, the violent and arrogant race? How can you defeat the Varian army like this!"

"You mean, the demons here are too civilized to be interesting?" Elsa tried to summarize.

"Of course, what's the point of a civilized devil!"

"Wow." Elsa couldn't help but exclaim.

She really wanted to say that these devils didn't want to be so civilized, but if they didn't, they would probably have to swim in lava.

After saying goodbye to her new friends in the bar, Elsa went to several bars outside the hotel and the rest and entertainment area outside the Magic Shadow Festival venue.

The result is the same.

Tourists generally believe that the civilized and polite devil is really boring.

The so-called devil's characteristic area is not worth experiencing.

In order to verify whether this statement applies to all tourists, Aisha also created an entry on Weibo.

#Waterdeep, boring! The devil is not the devil#
And contact the operations staff to push it to the top of the hot searches.

Soon this entry was filled with tourists who had been to Waterdeep.

Completely verified Aisha's guess.

People really don’t like the “good baby” devil.

With this result, Elsa replied to Drogo.

Seeing her conclusion, Drogo frowned. "So, I asked Asmodeus to control the demons, but I was wrong?"

A large number of tourists came to see the stereotypical devils, but were disappointed when they found that the devils were different from what they had imagined.

“What they like is probably not the real devil, but the devil created in art,” Aisha added.

"Makes sense."

Drogo nodded. It was impossible for anyone in Fearin to like the devil in its original state in hell.

So what they need is not a real "fighting race", but a performed, exaggerated, but harmless fighting race.

Perhaps, what Waterdeep needs is to turn the Devil’s Special Zone into a big stage.

"Contact Asmodeus."

The Lord of Hell soon appeared and he looked very happy.

"Hey, Drogo, did you know that there is a hot search on Weibo, saying whether the devil is a devil or not? Hahaha, my efforts have finally paid off. So many people think that the devil is civilized and we are civilized. Hahaha..."

"Ahem," Drogo coughed awkwardly twice, "Um, that trending search was actually put up by Elsa."

"Oh, really? Well thank Elsa then, no!"

Asmodeus suddenly performed a very standard noble salute, "Thank you, the respected and beautiful Ms. Elsa."

Leading by example is one of them.

"Well, what I'm thinking now," Drogo said, "is to make your devils less civilized."

"What? Did I hear it wrong? We have put in so much effort to improve the reputation of the devil." Asmodeus asked in surprise.

"No, no, my idea is not to restore the devil to its previous state of being hated by everyone and representing fear."

"That is?"

"Do you remember Fehlin Wrestling Entertainment?"

Drogo mentioned the program that he and Asmodeus had agreed to do in hell.

A special program that is mainly performance-oriented and supplemented by fighting, with dramatic conflicts as full as a TV series, but it is entirely presented on the ring.

"Of course I know. That was the first successful show of the devils. Many big devils gained a lot of fans."

"What people want to see is the devil on that show, belligerent but measured, seemingly fierce but not fatal, and principled. This is the 'fighting race' that people like."

Asmodeus understood.

Indeed, that state is closer to the state of the devil itself than the current state.

The code of civility and courtesy has caused dissatisfaction among many devils and is very tiring to act out, and the image in wrestling entertainment, although not completely realistic, is very close to the real situation.

And people like devils like that.

"So what do you think?"

Drogo smiled. "We will show people what they want to see. The entire Waterdeep is like a huge wrestling entertainment stage."

Asmodeus suddenly realized.

"How to do it exactly?"

"What is the most stereotypical impression people have of the devil? A bunch of grand dukes, dividing up territories, and constantly in conflict. So we can divide Waterdeep into several territories, each ruled by a selected fake grand duke, and there will be conflicts and disputes between them."

"Like a gang?"

"Yeah, but a glorified gang."

Real gangs are not good things, every one of them is a beast.

"These demons must have principles, and each grand duke must have his own creed, so that they can be charming. When conflicts occur, the scene must be cleared. After all, it is a performance, there cannot be any danger, and no tourist can be harmed. Safety must be guaranteed."

"I see."

Drogo talked about many things that needed attention and confirmed the initial script with Asmodeus.

Now that we have the stage and the actors, we still need some publicity.

Drogo's idea is to have a "war newspaper" that specializes in reporting the "battle situation" of the forces in the city.

This can't be a serious newspaper.

He suddenly thought of the Sunshine Daily that interviewed Lavin that day. It seemed to be an entertainment newspaper, and the boss seemed to be capable and worth investing in.

"Well, Aisha, contact the owner of the Sunlight Newspaper. I want to invest in him and increase the circulation. I will first reserve a front-page headline article called "Waterdeep City - The Most Dangerous City on the Continent." (End of this chapter)