At noon, Benjamin returned home to Riley City.
Everything is safe at home, you are doing what you need to do, nothing happened. Kang Zangzi, no matter how turbulent the undercurrent is in Xuedi City, at least here in Riley City, the sky is windless and rainless, and the world is peaceful.
In his mind, Benjamin also planned how he would use the five elemental crystals.
No doubt he will use them on everyone. There may be more mages who will defect to him in the future, and there may be more good talents with outstanding talents that are worth cultivating, but from the perspective of trust alone, they will definitely not be as good as the more than twenty people now.
He planned to hold an arena competition every once in a while like last time, and the winner in the end would get the crystallization. Through this kind of habitual competition, he will gradually cultivate everyone's upward fighting spirit and give everyone a direction to work hard.
He believed that after the five arena competitions, the level of the mages would definitely improve qualitatively.
Of course, as the king said in his letter, he wanted to cultivate a force that could compete with the Masters and Freemasons. Then, Benjamin cannot rely solely on these twenty mages. Just like the three new people who joined, Benjamin still needs to expand his team, at least... there must be hundreds of people.
This process is more complicated.
Now, Benjamin is very popular in Riley City, and he should be able to recruit people if he wants to, but most of the people he recruits will be opportunists. Therefore, Benjamin must further demonstrate his strength - not his personal strength, but what they can do as a force.
Only in this way can we attract serious mages who want to seek development.
And how to do this, Benjamin has already prepared.
He planned to start with magic props.
Therefore, as soon as he returned home, Benjamin finished his meal and without even having time to rest for a while, he found his "finance minister" Wallis and prepared to discuss the next thing.
"How is the performance of the magic props going? Has the inventory reached the level we planned at the time?"
Wallis shook his head and said, "Not yet. According to the boss lady's progress, it will probably take another week."
Is there another week...
"Seven days are almost here, we have to start planning." Benjamin thought for a moment and said, "We need a venue, a layout, and a relatively strong publicity to be able to hold this exhibition."
Regarding how to use magic props to open up situations, yes, he plans to hold an exhibition.
After all, it is a rare thing. Not to mention other places, at least in Riley City, only his family can produce it. In this case, of course Benjamin must do a good job on this.
When magic props are produced, in addition to personal use, they must also be sold. The act of selling is equivalent to further expanding Benjamin's influence. And Benjamin's need to expand his influence was relatively large, so he had to give up the idea of arming everyone and go out to take out food first.
At first, Benjamin also thought about auctions, which would be lively and profitable. But then he thought, their current production is not enough to support an auction, and the magic props are so rare, he can package them a little more grandly.
Each magic prop is placed in a beautiful glass cover like a work of art, with a price tag for people to bid on. This is a powerful sales method!
If Benjamin could shape his image in that direction, there would be no need for publicity, and I believe countless mages would rush to join them.
"You can rest assured about this." Wallis nodded and said, "As for the exhibition venues, there are many vacant places in Riley City, and renting them will not be too troublesome."
Benjamin asked again: "What about the decoration? We must decorate the whole place very beautifully in order to package those magic props."
Wallis took out a small book, flipped through it, and said: "Candlesticks, chandeliers, tables, chairs, utensils for exhibitions... I have already contacted the merchants and can order them at any time. Red wine, meals and flowers are not difficult either. The solution is to order on the day of the exhibition. I am still in contact with the merchant. As for the waiters on the day, I have already contacted some. You can see if it is enough. If not, I can contact you again... "
After listening to the other party's report, Benjamin nodded with admiration.
Wallis was originally a businessman and was very good at what he did. And these days, he is also doing the work of dealing with the outside world. After going back and forth, he seemed to have figured out the context of Riley City, and he could contact people no matter what he wanted to buy.
If it weren't for such talents in the team, Benjamin wouldn't have dared to think of holding an exhibition!
but…
"Although it hasn't been finalized yet, you should be able to roughly come up with a figure, right?" He took a deep breath and asked the most critical question, "How much will it cost to add up all of this?"
Wallis had obviously made some calculations. He put away his notebook and replied directly: "After deducting the remaining money in our treasury, there is still a gap of about three thousand gold coins. With our current income, it will be enough to wait another four months. It’s affordable.”
… four months
Benjamin frowned.
More than a quarter is still too long to be honest. It's not that Benjamin is impatient, but that he wants to use this exhibition to expand his influence and then expand his team. We only started to expand the team four months later, so when the team is formed, it will take until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse
The royal palace and his party gave him a great sense of urgency. He felt that he could not afford to wait these four months.
"No, the exhibition must be held in a month." Therefore, he said decisively, "I must take advantage of this period of time while I still have some reputation in Riley City. In four months, who will remember who Benjamin is? The publicity fell short again.”
Wallis was helpless: "But... where did these three thousand gold coins come from?"
Benjamin replied: "You don't have to worry about this. In short, I will find a way to get it within this month. If not, we will follow the four-month plan."
Although three thousand gold coins is not a small amount, it shouldn't be too difficult for a mage... right
Wallis hesitated for a moment, then suggested: "Actually, everyone still has some savings. If more than 20 people pool their money together and find ways to get some from outside, they should be able to collect three thousand."
When Benjamin heard this, he immediately rejected the proposal.
"How about that? Everyone should keep the money themselves, what if something happens one day?" He patted Wallis on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
"… Oh well."
Although Wallis is still a little worried about the three thousand gold coins, Benjamin has already said so, and of course he will not object anymore.
In fact, they followed Benjamin these days, and every decision was made by Benjamin. Sometimes it seems risky, but now, aren't they living a very comfortable life
Therefore, Wallis had long developed a trust in Benjamin.
Although Benjamin had not shown anything in terms of earning power, looking at the other party's confident look, Wallis felt that his many years of business experience were useless - for such an outrageous thing, he felt that Benjamin can do.
"Isn't it just three thousand gold coins?"
After Benjamin left, Wallis was alone in the room. Suddenly, he imitated Benjamin's tone and said something. Then, he couldn't help but laugh.