This time, I won't be the devil.

In newspapers, there are also a large number of advertisements related to Fulida.

"Fulida, your energy is beyond your imagination!"

"After drinking Fulida, he feels better... and I feel better..."

And on the streets and alleys, you can see posters with marble soda bottles printed on them everywhere.

In order to cope with various sales situations, Frey prepared various packaging for Fulda, including portable cans, large barrels sold to pubs and beverage shops, etc.

Among them, the most popular among ordinary consumers is the marble glass bottle (Kote bottle).

Although the Theocracy carried out a de-urbanization campaign in the Labyrinth City, some civilian factories built by the Federation that did not use magical technology were still preserved.

As the most classic soda container, the Corte bottle does not require overly complicated technology, so the factories in the maze city can also mass-produce it, and the cost is lower than the traditional cork-sealed glass bottle.

Today, the marble soda bottle has become the most well-known classic image of Fulida.

In addition to the above-mentioned direct publicity, in order to further tap into potential consumers, improve customer stickiness, and create his own cultural IP, Frey has also made great efforts in the field of soft advertising.

In the labyrinth city, the literacy rate (common language) of residents is about one in ten, but the voice and spending power of this minority are enormous.

After walking around the street, Frey walked into the only bookstore in the city.

The novel that Ye Tailang wrote for him has been submitted. With the help of Leonard, the novel passed the review and was successfully published after a lot of deletions and revisions and the addition of positive content praising the Church.

This year is the 1000th year of the Aiden calendar. In order to take advantage of the popularity of the year to increase the topic, Ye Taro used Chitose as the protagonist's surname in accordance with the naming habits of the Eight Islands Country.

In addition, Fulda is a soda bottle, so the novel was finally named "Chitose-san in the Soda Bottle".

The work caused a huge sensation and received widespread acclaim as soon as it was released.

At the entrance of the bookstore, a huge red sign was placed in the area where the novel was originally placed.

【Sold out, urgently reprinting】

When the readers who came here for the admiration of the brand returned disappointed, the salesperson who had been waiting at the door brought out a box of Fulida and said with a smile:

"Now, when you buy Fulida, you can enter a lottery with bottle caps. In addition to various generous prizes, even if you don't win, you can still redeem a novel after collecting 100 bottle caps."

"And the ultimate prize is the latest album signed by our idol, Miss Stella!"

One of the important reasons why Fuleda became so popular so quickly was the personal promotion by top idol Stella.

After successfully solving the kidnapping case, Frey asked the agency for compensation, which was to let Stella endorse his products.

After hearing that Stella personally endorsed a beverage and could win a signed album, the little stars of Bondoli spent a lot of money to find scalpers to buy Fulida for them.

After seeing the enthusiasm of the fans, Frey immediately thought that if he took the opportunity to launch a co-branded product and sell limited-edition peripherals, he would surely make a lot of money.

However, Fulida is currently only sold around the maze city, and the size of the entire sales team is also very limited, and it is currently unable to conduct overseas business.

Moreover, blind expansion will also affect the cake of other big businessmen, thereby increasing risks.

Currently, the Black Knights only have 20 regular employees, in addition to some additional sales staff.

During the interview process, relying on the [Identification] skill, Frey can directly distinguish a person's attributes and qualifications, and thus select the most cost-effective potential players.

For all the employees working under him, Frey gave them salary packages far exceeding those of other colleagues and sufficient rest time.

Therefore, the employees are particularly energetic, especially the sales staff, each of whom has a happy smile from the heart on his face, which naturally leaves a better impression on customers.

In addition, they can get commission for every bottle of Fulida sold, so their enthusiasm is particularly high.

At the launch conference of Fuleda earlier this year, Frey gave the following speech:

"I only have three things to say to all my employees."

"Eight hours' work."

"Eight hours' rest."

"The remaining eight hours are left to us!"

Facts have proved that a truly touching speech does not require fancy words. After listening to Frey's simple speech, the employees were so excited that they burst into tears.

Although Frey established a strict eight-hour work system, in the subsequent work process, many employees continued to help promote Fuleda after get off work.

"Why do you volunteer to work overtime?" A reporter once interviewed an employee.

Faced with this question, the employee choked up and said:

"Hey, I've worked in Labyrinth City for 20 years, and I've never encountered such a conscientious company. I'm really worried that our company will go bankrupt..."

After this news was released, other friendly companies sighed:

"Boss Lei's move was too ruthless."

Several local competitors couldn't stand it anymore, so they went to the court to file a complaint.

"That young man who produces the Fuleda really doesn't understand the 'rules'. He pays his employees so well, how can we exploit him?"

"For the sake of urban economic development, we must not allow this unhealthy trend of eight-hour workdays to continue."

However, unlike the period when Chis was in power, it is now Leonard who sits in the courtroom.

There was nothing illegal about Frey's behavior. Instead, these confused competitors admitted in front of Leonard that they had illegally exploited their workers.

Frey didn't really want to destroy his competitors' jobs. The reason why he was able to make such a big concession to his employees was mainly because in the production process of Fulda, the hard physical work was basically done by Erci Ape.

Now the sales scope and output of Fulda are very limited. Relying on the modern management knowledge in his mind and the command experience during the Demon King period, Frey can handle it easily.

But if the expansion continues, Frey will have to spend a lot of energy on running the company.

Frey does not intend to become a businessman. He makes money in order to become stronger faster. If he delays upgrading because of making money, it would be a loss.

During Leonard's tenure, no one in the Labyrinth City could cause trouble for Frey.

To be on the safe side, after earning enough money to buy the blessing, Frey will consider selling the business of Fuleda and only retain part of the patents and property rights. Therefore, he will pay special attention to product quality and brand image building.

In this way, time quickly came to late January, and the most important festival of the year in the Theocracy, Hanukkah, was about to arrive.

Chapter 75 Please accept my first time

At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the interior of the library orange.

What appeared before Frey's eyes at this moment was the library, the corner of the table, and the white-haired girl with a flushed face.

"Um, Mr. Frey, actually... I have something I want to ask of you."

"Well, you said."

Standing at the corner of the table, Shiloh had an awkward expression on her face. She placed her hands on the pair of huge treasure chests in front of her chest that made it impossible to look away, took a deep breath, and said:

"I have little experience in this kind of thing, and I may not be able to satisfy you."

"But I would rather give my first time in life to you, Mr. Frey, than to a stranger I don't know."

"You might as well make your words clearer."

"Some things cannot be expressed in words, but we should try to understand each other with our hearts..."

"Who knows this?"

After a conversation as obscure as the one during the Gundam Showdown, Hiro confessed:

"I hope you can take me to the maze for my first maze exploration in my life."

"So your misleading words just now were just to tease people?"

"Ah~ I'm curious about what kind of misunderstanding you have, Mr. Frey?" Shiro asked back.

After the Wind Feather Festival ended, Shiloh, who had returned from further studies in the capital, showed some changes in his performance when facing Frey.

Although she remained as gentle and polite as ever overall, she would tease Frey from time to time.

From the current Shiloh, one can seem to see a hint of Stella's shadow.

And like Stella, she is unwilling to reveal her true identity.

"What are you, a shepherd (librarian), doing in the maze?"

"Because I saw the commission you posted to hire a clergyman."

As Shiloh said, Frey did issue a commission to hire a clergyman in the name of the Black Knights yesterday.

The reason he did this was because he received an order from the Vatican.

Now, with only a little over a week left until Hanukkah on January 1, the new head of the Tribunal promoted by Pope Oscar has already begun handing over his duties to Leonard.

After reading Leonard's report on the current situation in the labyrinth city, he became interested in the hallucinogen Izanami.

It was a well-known fact that Frey had completed Didorice's special commission, and the fact that he had inherited Petrarch's real estate and potion formulas was naturally recorded by the Vatican.

Not long ago, a silver-level adventurer accidentally discovered a new function of Izanami.

While exploring the third level, the adventurer was accidentally surrounded by a group of vengeful spirits.

Different from ordinary monsters, vengeful spirits are special monsters transformed from the souls of dead adventurers under the influence of the maze.

Since the vengeful spirit has no physical body, neither ordinary physical attacks nor magic can cause effective damage to it.

In contrast, vengeful spirits cannot carry out physical attacks, but they usually have the means to launch mental attacks. The more powerful ones can even directly cause a person's mental breakdown, which is life-threatening.

After being cornered by the vengeful spirit, the adventurer thought he was doomed. He happened to have a bottle of Izanami bought from Frey, so he planned to drink it before dying to reduce the pain.

But after drinking Izanami, the adventurer actually escaped from the mental attack of the vengeful spirit.

The news spread quickly, and Frey quickly conducted relevant experiments and drew conclusions.

Simply put, people trapped in Izanami's illusion can be temporarily immune to other mental attacks. This mechanism is similar to fighting poison with poison.

Although Izanami can also cause mental confusion, compared to other deadly mental attacks, the hallucinations brought by Izanami are at least harmless to the body, and will disappear after the effect of the drug wears off.

Based on this characteristic, Izanami can be regarded as a psychic antidote with certain negative effects.

After getting this result, the new director asked Leonard to place an order for 100 bottles of Izanami with Frey in the name of the Holy See, with an asking price of million rupees.

Frey really needed a cash flow to expand production, and he also wanted to leave a good impression on the new minister, so he accepted the order.

But he didn't have enough raw materials to produce 500 bottles of potion, and at the current collection rate, he would not be able to meet the delivery date.

The production of Izanami cannot be increased because in addition to the amaranth, this potion also requires two other rare plants that grow in the maze.

One of them is a red flower called Sylvie that grows in the quicksand area of ​​the third layer. This flower can amplify people's emotions, allowing Izanami's users to see the illusions they desire most.

The second is a medicinal herb called evening primrose, which can allow the user to maintain a certain level of rationality, thus having the possibility of getting rid of fantasies.