[Number of overseas Pokémon Home branches that can be opened for free: 3] [All Pokémon sale prices reduced by 40%] [Cost of opening a domestic Pokémon Home branch reduced to 10 million] [Store expansion available; each branch may add 2 staff members] [Current sales revenue: 1,000,120,000] [Current number of Pokémon Trainers: 2,303] [Mission 1: Complete 5,000 battles at Pokémon Home to reduce all prices by 20%] [Mission 2: Reach 1.5 billion in overseas sales revenue to reduce all prices by 20%]
The missions this time were clearly harder than the previous ones.
But Qin Feng was not too surprised. After all, the system worked one step at a time.
It gradually helped all Trainers understand and accept Pokémon.
As for the second mission, he had even less reason to worry.
Since the RM Group had already approached him, he could leave the publicity to them once they agreed to work together.
All he had to do was open the stores.
When Qin Feng checked the sales figures for his branches, he noticed something.
Poké Ball sales had increased noticeably over the past two days.
And compared with earlier sales figures, the revenue generated by the increase in Trainers was considerably lower.
That meant someone had already discovered the secret of taking people to Pokémon Island to catch Pokémon.
But Qin Feng did not mind much.
That was fine, too. If not for the sales revenue missions, he would have revealed that secret long ago.
After deducting all his expenses,
Qin Feng still had more than 800 million in cash sitting in his account.
Now that the system had lowered the cost of opening stores,
he could open dozens more branches.
First, he had to get those three overseas branches up and running.
Qin Feng called Bai Xiyue.
"Hello! Boss Qin, are you calling in the middle of the night to treat me to a late-night snack?"
Bai Xiyue's rich, husky voice came lazily through the phone.
Qin Feng laughed. "Sure. Order as much as you like, as long as it's under fifty yuan."
Bai Xiyue sent him an eye-roll emoji.
"You really are a miser!"
"Go on, what is it?"
As far as Bai Xiyue could remember, Qin Feng had never called her first. If he was calling this late, it definitely was not just to chat.
Qin Feng said, "I wanted your opinion, Miss Bai. If I were to open three stores overseas, which cities would you recommend?"
Bai Xiyue asked, "You're opening stores overseas?"
"If there are three, you should definitely spread them out. First, divide them by region-Europe, the Americas, and Central Asia, for example."
"There are wealthy people everywhere, after all, so you shouldn't cluster them too closely..."
Bai Xiyue's suggestions were much the same as Qin Feng's own thoughts.
After discussing it, Qin Feng decided to open one branch each in New York, London, and Tokyo.
For the first two cities, he raised the price per draw from the initial 200,000 to 500,000.
In Tokyo, the price would be one million per draw. No bargaining!
The system had set a minimum price, but no maximum.
As for why he did that,
those who knew, knew!
Qin Feng also selected more than thirty cities within the country.
He arranged for a branch in every one.
Each store covered more than five hundred square meters.
Each had three staff members.
By the time he finished all that, it was past three in the morning.
Egg Yolk had long since started blowing bubbles.
The next day, just as he stepped into the classroom,
Jiang Xiaoyu approached him with a miserable expression.
"I saw the video of Pikachu battling Butterfree yesterday."
The pretty girl pouted, looking thoroughly unhappy.
Qin Feng knew what she was thinking.
She simply felt that Jigglypuff lacked powerful attacks.
But this pretty girl clearly did not recognize its worth.
Jigglypuff was a remarkable species that could put even Ancient Pokémon and humans to sleep.
"Did you read the Trainer's handbook I gave you?"
Jiang Xiaoyu nodded.
"Jigglypuff is a gentle Pokémon by nature. Focus on developing its ability to adapt and awakening its fighting spirit. Teach it to combine its singing with combat, and its potential will be limitless."
"Besides, Trainers won't be limited to just one Pokémon in the future, so you don't need to worry."
Jiang Xiaoyu nodded, but some disappointment still lingered on her face.
Qin Feng smiled. "Why don't you try drawing another one, then?"
Jiang Xiaoyu immediately shook her head. "No."
Just then,
an unwelcome visitor appeared at the classroom door.
Ever since Ye Chen had gotten his Pokémon, Magnemite, he no longer brought bodyguards to school.
He glanced at Qin Feng and snorted.
Although he had visited Pokémon Home several times, Ye Chen still did not know that Qin Feng was its real owner.
He thought Qin Feng was just a pretty boy who relied on Pikachu to win girls over.
"Xiaoyu, are you free at noon?"
"Want to have a battle at Pokémon Home?"
Qin Feng froze. So asking someone out to lunch is out of fashion now? People arrange fights instead?
The disgust on Jiang Xiaoyu's face was plain to see.
Just as she was about to refuse,
she heard Qin Feng say quietly,
"Accept. It's the perfect chance to test Jigglypuff's strength."
Jiang Xiaoyu was a little taken aback.
Qin Feng's confidence in Jigglypuff's strength left her deeply skeptical.
Jigglypuff was clearly a little lady. How could it possibly fight?
But seeing how serious Qin Feng was,
she said, "All right, I accept. We'll battle at Pokémon Home at noon."
Ye Chen smiled. Sure enough, now that I have a Pokémon, Jiang Xiaoyu treats me differently.
After classes ended at noon,
Qin Feng brought Wang Lin and Deng Jialiang to Pokémon Home.
He planned to take them to catch two Pokémon.
After all, following the latest price reduction,
a Poké Ball now cost only 3,600.
And Qin Feng could now be considered secretly wealthy.
Wang Lin and Deng Jialiang were both brimming with excitement and anticipation.
"Qin Feng, consider this money a loan. Once I start earning, I'll definitely pay you back," Wang Lin said.
"Right, right. Put mine on my tab too, but you can't charge interest," Deng Jialiang said, patting Qin Feng's shoulder.
Qin Feng smiled without saying anything.
Both his roommates came from rural families, and their parents had limited means.
Putting them through university was already difficult enough.
Naturally, Qin Feng would not ask for the money back.
"Enough of that nonsense. Let me tell you, I'm not taking you to catch Pokémon today so you can use them to pick up girls."
At that, both of them looked at Qin Feng, their faces full of confusion.
"Once you have Pokémon, I want you to work hard to become qualified Trainers. Then you can earn money by taking people from Pokémon Home to catch Pokémon."
"With Poké Balls at their current price, charging a few hundred or even a thousand per trip should be no problem."
"As long as you work hard, I can't promise you'll become fabulously rich, but buying a car and a home and finding your footing in this city should be entirely possible."
Neither Wang Lin nor Deng Jialiang doubted Qin Feng's words.
They had seen the prices of Pokémon for themselves.
They were also rather touched.
After all, teaching someone to fish was better than giving them a fish.
"Oh, and if you do well, you could also work in Pokémon-related industries later, such as care, maintenance, teaching, livestreaming, and so on."
"But you'll need a solid grounding in the relevant knowledge."
All of this came from Qin Feng's experience in his previous life.
As Pokémon became widespread, these supporting industries would inevitably emerge.
This time, neither of them wore their usual playful grin.
They nodded earnestly.
Because to them, this meant a chance to change their fate.
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