Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Chapter 523: Chapter 522: Publicity Method_1

Tao Yaoye paused for two seconds, then spurted out two words: “What?”

It wasn’t that she didn’t hear what Vice Headmaster Shi was saying, she just felt that his words didn’t match the previous atmosphere.

Lan Ting was as stunned as Tao Yaoye.

Given the atmosphere just now, if Huo Huashen and Vice Headmaster Shi each held a large machete to their necks and demanded money, she wouldn’t be surprised at all.

Lu Yang, on the other hand, had some expectations.

Rather, he had thought about this when Tao Yaoye first invented the Dream Mirage.

Even when Tao Yaoye first interacted with Vice Headmaster Shi at the barbecue restaurant with Lu Yang, he told her not to be too nervous when meeting people from the Nine Nether, as they might need her help someday.

At that time, Tao Yaoye didn’t understand.

Originally, Lu Yang wanted to use his identity in Heaven’s Court to find an opportunity to suggest to Vice Headmaster Shi to cooperate with Tao Yaoye. However, after a second thought, he found that it would seem that Heaven’s Court overvalues the status of the barbecue shop, which might arouse suspicion in Vice Headmaster Shi, so he gave up on this idea.

It seemed that Vice Headmaster Shi was rather smart, thinking of cooperating with Junior Sister Tao without being reminded.

Vice Headmaster Shi, thinking that he had spoken too suddenly, smiled faintly.

“I wonder if Mr. Tao has heard of ‘Come Again Barbecue’? My surname is Shi, I am the owner of the barbecue shop.”

Seeing Tao Yaoye and Lan Ting still dazed, Lu Yang showed a surprised look: “The recently popular chain that has spread all over the continent, and all who have tried it can’t stop praising ‘Come Again Barbecue’?!”

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“This must be Talent Lu, who managed to fight on par with the Young Master of Heaven’s Court, truly a pride of our generation of cultivators.”

The compliment from Vice Headmaster Shi was sincere, he knew well about Lu Yang’s background. Being the personal disciple of Bean Tianzun and the designated next Master, Young Master Lu’s talent would even make ancient immortals cautious, which speaks volumes about his strength.

Who would have thought that even someone as strong as Young Master Lu could encounter an opponent that is on equal footing with him!

“I’ve heard a lot about Mr. Tao. Mr. Tao is truly talented, able to create such a novel thing as the Dream Mirage, causing a stir in the Great Xia. Truly an achiever at a young age.”

Vice Headmaster Shi lamented internally, such is the gap between people. Look at Tao Yaoye, not even twenty years old, already a millionaire. This was just the beginning, compared to himself, two thousand years old, owing a billion in debt, being struck by lightning every month.

“The person who brought you guys here is my subordinate, also the manager of the first barbecue restaurant, his surname is Huo.”

“He isn’t good at talking, and I’ve advised him not to speak out of turn. I hope he didn’t say anything impolite on the way here.”

Tao Yaoye thought to herself that he indeed didn’t say anything impolite. In fact, he didn’t speak at all, which was more frightening.

“I’m not sure how Mr. Shi intends to use the Dream Mirage for advertising?”

“Well, there’s a waiting time before the Dream Mirage starts, right? I’m thinking of using that time to advertise our barbecue shop.”

Tao Yaoye hesitated slightly: “But that time is only one minute, can such a short time be used for advertising?”

“One minute is enough, we’ll produce a one-minute ad.” Vice Headmaster Shi smiled, he had already done his research.

After these days of running the shop, Shi Huagu summarized two conditions for the shop’s prosperity. One is a good reputation, meaning favorable taste and service to attract repeat customers, and the other is good advertising to build a name.

The Dream Mirage is growing much faster than their barbecue shop, countless people are watching it every day. It’s an excellent method of advertising, definitely much more effective than running commercials at the Land Money Trade Association!

Vice Headmaster Shi’s decision to use the Dream Mirage for advertising is based on multiple considerations. As an old demon, he has his own ideas.

One reason is the effective advertising. Another is Tao Yaoye’s identity – a disciple of the Seek Dao Sect.

It’s not easy to find an opportunity to cooperate with the Seek Dao Sect, this is an excellent opportunity to establish a connection with them!

Look at the Eternity Sect. They’re trying everything possible to expand their influence in the Seek Dao Sect, infiltrating the sect, using both intrigue and clandestine methods.

It’s not easy to establish a connection with the Seek Dao Sect.

If this effort succeeds, they, the Nine Nether, will publicly cooperate with the Seek Dao Sect while secretly cooperating with Heaven’s Court. With back-up on both Righteous and Demon Paths, they’d be prepared for all eventualities, flexible and adaptable, taking all advantages into account!

“As for the expenses, what do you have in mind, Mr. Tao? Everything is negotiable.”

Vice Headmaster Shi was prepared to go all out. This was an important means of advertising for the barbecue shop, and an opportunity to establish a connection with the Seek Dao Sect. He couldn’t begrudge spending spirit stones.

Fearing that Tao Yaoye might refuse to cooperate, he even arranged for an actor to play the master of the Washing Lady, attempting to kill Lu Yang and the others on their way, and then let Huo Huashen save the day.

That way, they would owe him a favor, and be sure to agree to cooperate.

Under these circumstances, they were not likely to ask for a high price even.

In fact, this plan has flaws if you think about it. The one that put a ward against Lu Yang and the others was at the Divinity Transformation Stage. It took her twenty years just to harvest an ordinary human soul from Mr. Song. Even if you consider that she was being cautious with her demonic cultivation, the efficiency of secretly killing was extremely low.

Lu Yang saw through this, but he didn’t point it out.

There’s no need to. The barbecue shop is their own business. Even if Vice Headmaster Shi didn’t use these methods, Lu Yang also wanted to use the Dream Mirage to advertise the barbecue shop.

Tao Yaoye was torn, this was the first time she had encountered such a thing and didn’t know how much would be appropriate to ask for.

She sneakily glanced at Lu Yang, seeking his help.

She was afraid to use her Spiritual Sense to communicate telepathically with Shi Huagu around, fearing he might intercept it.

Lu Yang didn’t know the market price either, this was the first case. He leaned slightly forward and asked with a smile, “I wonder how many Spirit Stones Mr. Shi is prepared to spend, and how long he wants to buy the advertising rights for?”

Shi Huagu didn’t expect the other party to throw the problem back at him.

He gritted his teeth and said, “Ten million, for one year of advertising rights!”

Ten million, that’s all a common Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator could accumulate in his lifetime. If it’s a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator from an influential family, there would be more money.

“Mr. Shi, you do love a joke.” Lu Yang chuckled lightly as he took out the Storage Ring given to him by the association and placed it on the stone table.

“The three of us can earn six million for completing a mission, ten million doesn’t seem to be enough, does it?”

Lu Yang wasn’t bragging. Based on the earnings from each of his previous missions, earning six million this time was on the lower side. The last time he did a mission, he went out to cheer up Li Haoran and incidentally established the Heaven’s Court. The time before last, he killed a tiger demon to solve the Ghoul problem, and incidentally infiltrated the Eternity Sect. These were gains that couldn’t be measured by spirit stones. The earnings from each of those missions were higher than this one.

“Twenty… no, thirty million!”

Shi Huagu’s heart was bleeding. Nobody has used the Dream Mirage for advertising before. If it fails, this thirty million is just wasted.

Lu Yang still had the same relaxed and contented look, “A fixed price, fifty million, for one-minute ads at the beginning within a year, plus scenes of eating skewers in ‘Come Again Barbecue’ will appear in the Dream Mirage.”

Vice Headmaster Shi hesitated, he hadn’t thought of this method of advertising.

If the advertising is truly successful, fifty million might not be off the mark.

Thinking of the booming business of the barbecue shop, and the generous Heaven’s Court, Shi Huagu set his mind, “Alright, fifty million it is!”

“Mr. Shi will be glad to have cooperated with us.”