Peng Hai smiled and shook his head.
"Of course, I won't bet my life on it. I'm just testing the waters. After all, I was only in charge of a department in the Crimson Nimbus Guild. I don't have the experience of founding and running a big sect yet.
"I've been thinking about investing in a project. Whether it succeeds or not, it's not a bad thing to accumulate some experience.
"Junior Brother, you came to me just in time. Although I haven't read the feasibility report of the project, I know that the Demon Beast Detector must have a promising future. Otherwise, the Zephyr Guild wouldn't have been so anxious to deal with it with so many resources.
"If there's a chance to cooperate, it will be good for all three parties. Why wouldn't I do it?"
Li Yao was very touched.
Although Peng Hai said so, Li Yao knew that Senior Brother Peng was willing to do so mostly because of him.
While talking, Peng Hai opened the spiritual crane messenger and typed in a message.
"Junior Brother Li, as you know, I used to be in the business of opening trade routes, which mainly relied on bloody battles. I don't know much about the promotion of magical equipment. Wait a moment. I'll invite an expert here!"
Not long after, a beautiful woman in her early thirties with a serious expression and professional temperament silently appeared in the training room through the short-distance teleportation array set up on the roof.
She was surrounded by more than ten light beams, from which countless streams of information were pouring down like a storm.
Her eyes were fixed on the information and she was absorbing it at a very fast speed.
Li Yao found the beautiful woman familiar. He vaguely felt that he had seen her somewhere before, and more than once.
Peng Hai said, "Let me introduce you. This is Shang Tianling. You can call her Sister Shang."
Li Yao finally remembered that he had seen Shang Tianling on the Internet and in the news many times.
She was a genius admin-type Cultivator. After she graduated from college, she held important management positions in many Cultivation sects.
Since three years ago, she had been the director of operations of the Martial Brightness Tower. She was determined to make progress and made drastic reforms. In only three years, she had helped the Martial Brightness Tower to increase its comprehensive strength by more than a hundred places, making it into the top 500 of the Federation!
Senior Brother Peng was right. She was indeed an expert.
But wasn't she the director of operations of the Martial Brightness Tower? Why was she here?
Shang Tianling glanced at Li Yao and smiled.
"Peng Hai, it seems that I didn't find the wrong people. Everyone in the Martial Brightness Tower is a bunch of people who don't want to make progress. They're satisfied with being one of the top 500 in the Federation. Every single one of them is timid and afraid of the slightest thing.
"It's not bad to join you. You haven't even officially established your sect, but you're already prepared to fight against the Zephyr Sect. Interesting!"
She nodded at Li Yao. "Shang Tianling is now Peng Hai's private asset and brand consultant. She is responsible for operating Peng Hai's assets and building Fiend Blade Peng Hai's brand in the Cultivation World."
Li Yao didn't dare to be careless since the other party had been the operations director of a Fortune 500 company.
"Sister Shang, hello. I am Li Yao, Peng Hai's junior brother."
Shang Tianling smiled.
"Vulture Li Yao, this name has been quite popular in the world of cultivation recently. Many people think that your future achievements will not be much worse than Fiend Blade Peng Hai's. I think so too."
"How about it? Do you have a private asset and brand consultant? If you don't, think about it. I can help you two run the business together. "
Li Yao was dazed for a moment.
"What exactly is a private asset and brand consultant?"
Shang Tianling said.
"It's very simple. Most non-admin-type cultivators don't know how to make money. They make money with their talents.
"The battle-type cultivators hunt demon beasts in the Grand Desolate Plateau. The creation-type cultivators like you refine magical equipment and sell it.
"But making money involves too much energy."
"For example, if you want to sell a piece of magical equipment after you refine it, it will be a waste of time. Besides, you may not be able to find a suitable buyer and sell it at the highest price.
"Even if you sell it at a high price and get a large sum of money, how can you make more money with the money? You can't just put it in the bank and earn interest, right?
"This is the time when admin-type cultivators like us have to take action.
"As an asset and brand consultant, I will help you craft the magical equipment and come up with a comprehensive marketing plan. Once you make money, I will help you find suitable investment channels. If other sects want to cooperate with you, I will be responsible for investigating the backgrounds and the real purpose of the sects and selecting the best partners." "That's right," Li Yao said with a smile.
"All in all, my job is to maximize the client's assets so that the client can devote himself to cultivation without any worries.
"As for brand, it is even easier to understand.
"A person's name is like the shadow of a tree. Every cultivator has their own brand when they are in the world of cultivation. Fiend Blade Peng Hai is a brand. Vulture Li Yao is a brand. Fiend Star Li Yao is a brand.
"If you run your brand well and leave a positive impression on the public, it will bring you a lot of benefits. Apart from everything else, if you take a few commercials a year, the advertising fee alone will be enough for you to buy a lot of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
"If you don't run your brand well, you will be regarded as an extreme and eccentric freak despite your formidable strength. That will be terrible.
"The simplest example is your nickname, Vulture, and you were born in a place like the Magical Equipment Graveyard. If someone is fanning the flames in the dark, it will be very easy for them to create an extreme, eccentric, cruel, and bloodthirsty image of you.
"Once the image is fixed, it will be very difficult to shake it. Everyone will regard you as a big villain and be vigilant against you. How will you survive in the world of cultivation?
"But if I run the brand Vulture Li Yao, I will try to highlight your hard work, struggle, and unyielding side as much as possible. I can build you into a non-mainstream dark hero. This kind of image will be very popular among teenagers!"
Li Yao was suddenly enlightened.
In the past, he was just a poor, low-level cultivator. Naturally, he didn't have to worry about assets and brands.
However, as his strength gradually increased, various kinds of chores increased day by day. He also began to come into contact with a higher level world. It seemed that he needed an expert to help him take care of it.
Peng Hai smiled.
"Tianling, it's rare that you are so interested in my junior brother. But let's talk about the Demon Beast Detector first. You must have studied the relevant files on your way here. What do you think? Is this project worth investing in?"
"This project is definitely worth investing in."
Shang Tianling nodded and said, "Besides, I think your proposal is very good. You and your senior brother will establish a new sect, and this new sect will invest in the Mountain Sea Sect.
"The key to this investment is not how much money you can make, but how to build the brands of Fiend Blade Peng Hai and Vulture Li Yao.
"Peng Hai, although you have the opportunity to become the youngest Golden Core Stage powerhouse in the federation, your strength is only reflected in battle. As for whether you can create and preside over a large sect, there are still many doubts in the cultivation world."
"It is the same for Li Yao. Although your skills in the Refiners' Registration Examination have shocked everyone, whether or not the first piece of magical equipment you craft can achieve commercial success will have a great impact on your future development, too."
"As long as you can defeat the Zephyr Guild, your two brands will be established!"
Li Yao frowned.
"But the Zephyr Guild has a strong influence in the circle of magical equipment refining and sales. Many suppliers and dealers of the Mountain Sea Sect are under pressure from the Zephyr Guild. What should we do?"
Shang Tianling smiled.
"The Zephyr Guild is indeed very influential in the circle of magical equipment production and sales. However, if we look beyond the circle, the resources that the two of you can use are no less than those of the Zephyr Guild, especially you, Vulture Li Yao.
"Me?"
Li Yao pointed at his own nose, somewhat confused. He was just a college student. What resources could he use?
Shang Tianling said,
"You are just one person. Of course, you are nothing.
"But behind you is the behemoth that is the Grand Desolate War Institution!
"You are the first student of the Grand Desolate War Institution to earn 40,000 credits in one year. You are now a celebrity in the Grand Desolate War Institution.
"Besides, I'm told that the Grand Desolate War Institution has invested a lot of resources in the construction of the Refining Department, planning to make it the fifth major.
"Other than that, the combat sects on the Grand Desolate Plateau are sponsoring the Refining Department, too.
"And you happen to be the senior brother of the Refining Department and the leader of the Starfire Union, right?"
Li Yao nodded his head. His eyes were glittering, as if he had grasped something.
Shang Tianling continued.
"I believe that your relationship with the Grand Desolate War Institution must be quite good. The Grand Desolate War Institution must be considering you as a star of hope. They will definitely consider your minor request seriously.
"Then, even if the Demon Beast Detector can't be promoted in the market for now, can't it be promoted within the Grand Desolate War Institution first?
"Such promotion doesn't need to consider the economic gains and losses. Even if the price is lower than the cost, as long as the teachers and students of the Grand Desolate War Institution are willing to use the Demon Beast Detector, the goal will be achieved!"
"That's right!"
Li Yao felt as if a lightning had flashed in his heart. He was suddenly enlightened.
The key to the problem was indeed him!
The Grand Desolate War Institution had the best Combat Department in the Federation. Most of the teachers and students had gone to the depths of the Grand Desolate Plateau to fight.
A lot of combat sects and the military had also sent people to the Grand Desolate War Institution for further studies. They were cooperating with the Grand Desolate War Institution.
If the teachers and students of the Grand Desolate War Institution could use the Demon Beast Detector on a large scale, wouldn't it be the best advertisement?
Once the soldiers of the military and the disciples of the combat sects brought the Demon Beast Detector back to the army and the Cultivation sects, it would spread like a virus. Who could stop it?
As for how to promote the Demon Beast Detector, it wasn't a big problem.
Right now, the Refining Department was fully invested in the construction of the Demon Beast Detector. After all, the Demon Beast Detector was a piece of magical equipment refined by the students of the Refining Department. It would be a great honor for the Refining Department if it was successful.
On the other hand, he had been wearing the Demon Beast Detector in the Thunderbolt Cup, which had attracted a lot of people's attention.
Ding Ling Dong, Zhao Tiange, Lu Tieshan … They were all good friends of his. It wouldn't be a problem for him to make connections with the teachers and students.
As long as the price was right, the Demon Beast Detector might even become the designated magical equipment of the students of the Grand Desolate War Institution. The school would purchase it on a large scale as a teaching tool. Every student who went to the Grand Desolate Plateau would have to wear one.
In such a case, would it be difficult to promote the Demon Beast Detector?
Seeing that he seemed to be enlightened, Shang Tianling smiled and continued.
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