The first game of the World's Singer ended in the evening, and Joshua got into the carriage back to the Hearthstone Tavern.
"In the end, are Leia and Luvita the only ones who are slightly famous?"
Joshua's fingertips were swiping on the magic web interface in front of him. A large part of the posts on the caster forum were discussing "Lea" and "Luvita". did not see.
"Even the daily discussion section is a post about the black wood elf, Joshua... I also saw people asking for the record of the song just now."
Ciri sat beside Joshua and was "soaked" in the caster forum just like Joshua.
"The work of releasing the record is not in a hurry now."
Joshua opened the curtains and looked towards the Nolan National Theater, which was gradually receding out of the window. This theater ushered in one of its most brilliant nights this evening.
When Joshua walked out of the theater, there was a huge crowd outside... After the dark wood elves finished their performances and left the Nolan National Theater.
After thoroughly experiencing what it's like to be famous, people rushed towards Luvita after discovering the brave black wood elf girl Luvita.
Those elf priests were completely frightened by the big scene at the time. Fortunately, this situation was very common for the flower of Pharossi.
With the help of Carroll, the nine black wood elves broke away from the crowd and successfully boarded the carriage and returned to the Farosi mansion.
Qiao Xiu chose to leave through the "back door" more tactfully, because Qiao Xiu was also accompanied by two big men.
"Are they all asleep?"
Joshua looked at the seductive scene in front of him.
Frost elves Tailin and Ino were both sitting opposite Qiao Xiu. Tailin hosted "The Singer of the World" for a whole day today. Even if the physical fitness of the elves far exceeds that of humans, Tailin is sitting After getting on the carriage, he also looked a little tired.
Before chatting with Qiao Xiu for a few words, he slowly fell asleep, and Ino, who was sitting beside Tai Lin, was also trapped in sleep, and with Qiao Xiu's permission, he fell into a deep sleep on the other side of the carriage.
But now from Qiao Xiu's point of view, the two beautiful girls fell into a deep sleep unsuspectingly in front of him, still in a "cuddling" position.
"They really don't even have the slightest bit of vigilance." Ciri held her magic wand in her hand and looked at Taelin and Ino who fell into deep sleep after closing their eyes for three seconds.
When this spellcaster was surviving in the wild, she never slept so dead.
"If you're sleepy, you can take a nap." Joshua pointed to his shoulder, "I'll tell you when I get to Hearthstone Tavern."
Ciri didn't answer Joshua, and after a short silence, Joshua felt the weight and temperature on his shoulders.
Joshua stretched out his hand and gently brushed the ends of the silver-gray hair beside Lichili's ear, then quietly waited for the carriage to arrive at the Hearthstone Tavern.
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Nolan National Theater is not far from Hearthstone Tavern, and the carriage arrived at the door of Hearthstone Tavern in about twenty minutes.
When Joshua returned to the study at Hearthstone Tavern, Mrs. Marina gave Joshua some… bad news.
"Have the available funds bottomed out?"
Joshua flipped through the ledger that Mrs. Marina put on the desk. The recent ledger was several times heavier than it was a few months ago.
The content of the expenses inside is also much more complicated from the simplest daily maintenance of Hearthstone Tavern.
But the balance of the last remaining amount in the previous account book can be so large that it can be piled up into a mountain of gold coins, and it is no problem for Ciri to roll on it a few times.
But the amount of gold coins remaining in the account book today is less than three digits...
Qiao Xiu's entertainment guild ushered in a not too serious economic crisis.
"Mr. Joshua, I have made a statistic about the use of assets recently, and they are all written at the end of the account book." Mrs. Marina turned the account book to the last page.
On this page, Qiao Xiu clearly saw where his money had been spent recently.
"As expected of a theater in Nolan Central, the price is simply ridiculous."
Qiao Xiu looked at the largest expenditure on the account book, which was to buy the entire Nolan National Theater.
The purchase of the Nolan National Theatre was partly financed by Sir Whitehorn and partly financed by Joshua.
Although the theater was on the verge of bankruptcy, the thin and dead dragon was bigger than the lizard. The money Josh had spent to buy that theater could no longer be described as "chopping hands".
"The maintenance of the Nolan National Theatre is also a huge expense." Mrs. Marina said, "In the industry you are in, the future value of this theatre is inestimable, but it is too reluctant to sell it now."
"I don't think the Nolan National Theater has a return statement. It's always good to be one step ahead of others."
Joshua's eyes fell on the other two expenses on the account book.
"Another expenditure is on the magic machine called 'TV'. I have tried my best to save you money in this regard, and finally acquired forty-seven shops and taverns that are not very famous in Nolan, And part of the money spent on persuading 'good character' pub owners and shopkeepers to install TVs."
"I became the owner of forty-seven taverns and shops again without knowing it? Suddenly there is a sense of being a real estate tycoon." Joshua scratched his head, he really had no concept of money, let alone Financially.
It is also a well-known "hand-chopping party" on the earth, knowing that when you come, you want it, and hesitating is the reason you want to buy.
During this time, Mrs. Marina was worried so that the entire Hearthstone Tavern would not go bankrupt due to Joshua's chopping.
"Fortunately, these forty-seven pubs and shops of yours have attracted a large number of customers in two days due to the installation of 'TVs', and they are all positive at present."
Mrs. Marina found a map of Nolan and spread it out on Joshua's desk. The map clearly marked the shops and taverns that belonged to Joshua.
"We can consider opening branches of Hearthstone Tavern in these two taverns, but unfortunately it will take some time before there will be enough funds to continue producing new magic machinery." Mrs. Marina said.
"And what about the money to raise food?"
Joshua continued to glance at the relatively small expenses below, next to these two are the maintenance costs of the Hearthstone Tavern, and the remuneration of the Black Dove Member Organization.
Since the dark elf integrated the entire black dove, they have become Joshua's eyes in Nolan, providing Joshua with the latest news from all over Nolan for the first time.
For this group of hard-working black pigeons, the salary price offered by Joshua is of course very... kind.
However, Qiao Xiu is only an agent among the black pigeons, and the dark elf has the final say on how much the members can get paid each month.
"Due to funding problems, this plan can only be put on hold." Mrs. Marina said in a regretful tone, "I have already purchased a portion of the grain from various commercial guilds in Nolan, but due to the large quantity, recently The price of food has been going up."
"How much did you raise?"
"Probably can support 2,000 people for about ten days." Mrs. Marina gave Joshua the most intuitive description.
And Joshua came to the conclusion that it was far from enough.
These grains are to be provided to Demon Realm King City, so that Demon Realm King City can survive the period of famine as much as possible.
Although Qiao Xiu did not expect to feed all the civilians in the entire Demon King City by himself, this amount was still too shabby.
"It's been a long job, and in terms of funding... it's almost time for 'TV' to play a role."
Joshua admits that he is very bad at spending money, but... as long as he can make money, everything is fine.