"President, you're amazing. I can't believe that 100 coffee shops across the country can earn tens of millions of yen in transaction fees just by relying on consignment points!" On the fifth day after the coffee shops started trading, Ichiro Honda looked at the business data of the coffee shops in his hands and said to Boss Jia with a face full of admiration.
After five days, just 5% of the transaction fees collected from the 100 coffee shops amounted to more than 10 million yen in transaction fees.
This was pure profit without any cost. In a month's time, the transaction fees were estimated to be about 50 million yen, which was enough to cover one-fourth of the coffee shops' costs.
If the coffee shops were to add in the income from selling coffee and selling the cards, the coffee shops' monthly income was estimated to be about 200 million. At the very least, the coffee shops were not losing money in terms of cost. The Daqian Empire was not losing money!
This made Ichiro Honda a little excited. After all, 10% of the lost money was his income.
"Mm!" Jia Yapeng nodded. He had only seen the news in the future that there was an intermediary trading website for Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Every month, the transaction fees were collected and the monthly income was hundreds of millions of yen.
There was no decent internet in this era, so it was impossible to set up a trading website. Boss Jia simply took over the intermediary trading business. He didn't expect it to be a very profitable business.
On the other hand, this also showed that the Yu-Gi-Oh card itself had been recognized by many players. After all, a card that only cost a few yen to make could be sold for thousands of yen. This was a magical thing in itself. If it weren't for the Yu-Gi-Oh brand's endorsement and popularity, it wouldn't have been sold at such a price.
"But President, I've reported some bad signs in the finance department!" Ichiro Honda said, "President, now there are some merchants who specialize in buying cards and then hoarding them to make a profit. This has greatly increased the price of many cards. Cards like the Three Egyptian Gods and Black Magic Shooters have been raised to more than 20,000 yen each. This has made many players very unhappy. I'm afraid it will affect our company's reputation!"
"I also guessed that this would happen!" Boss Jia nodded, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, these black sheep will indeed ruin our Yu-Gi-Oh, but I have a way to deal with these people. You'll know in a while!"
"But these cafes can't just make ends meet. They still have to make some money!" Jia Yapeng touched his nose and said, "Mr. Honda, what do you think about selling milk tea in the coffee shop?"
"What? Milk tea? " Ichiro Honda was stunned. He didn't think that selling milk tea in a coffee shop was too unique, but the Fusangpeople didn't even know what milk tea was.
In fact, other than a portion of Hong Kong and Dongguang Province, as well as the people in Wanwan, not many people in the world knew what milk tea was.
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"Sigh, there are more and more despicable drug dealers!" At this time, the little fatty had already developed the habit of coming to the coffee shop almost every day for a while. As he became more familiar with the coffee shop, the little fatty also became more and more resentful of the drug dealers in the coffee shop.
These drug dealers were the profiteers who specialized in hoarding and profiting. These people had a lot of money and specialized in buying all kinds of rare cards. Soon, the price of many rare cards was raised to more than 10000 yen.
In addition, the price of rare flash cards had been raised to more than 50000 yen by the drug dealers.
This made many players, who wanted to collect all the cards, hate the drug dealers. Ordinary players also had many conflicts with the drug dealers.
The players also asked the coffee shop to expel the drug dealers. The coffee shop did as they were told, but the drug dealers would turn around and trade outside the coffee shop. They didn't even enter the coffee shop's territory. The coffee shop couldn't do anything about these drug dealers!
"Sigh, soon the players' enthusiasm will be destroyed by these drug dealers!" Fatty shook his head. He hated the drug dealers the most because he still had nine cards that he hadn't collected. In fact, many of the cards could be bought for only 3,000 yen, but under the manipulation of the drug dealers, the price had been raised to more than 10000 yen. Fatty couldn't afford it at all.
In fact, many card friends in the coffee shop boycotted these drug dealers, but there were always some rich local tyrants who bought from the drug dealers at a high price. This made the drug dealers earn a lot of money and made their behavior even more unscrupulous. They directly held signs outside the shop and intercepted some rare cards at a high price, which made people very angry.
But even though he was angry, Fatty's focus was no longer on collecting all the cards. Instead, he was focused on the Yu-Gi-Oh battle.
If Little Fatty's initial goal was to collect cards, then later, Little Fatty realized that his interest had gradually shifted to the King of Gaming card battles.
This was because the coffee shop had a dedicated battle area. An hour-long battle only cost the price of a cup of coffee.
At first, Fatty was a little reluctant, but after watching many battles, he couldn't help but become interested in the Yu-Gi-Oh card battle.
In the beginning, the Yu-Gi-Oh battle was purely nonsense. The officials didn't release any complete battle rules. Players could only obtain the battle rules based on the words in anime and manga. Therefore, the Yu-Gi-Oh battle couldn't be carried out at all. Everyone had a different understanding of the rules.
However, this time, when Boss Jia created the Yu-Gi-Oh card, he directly referred to the complete Yu-Gi-Oh battle rules of the future and created a complete set of battle rules. Then, he created a concise battle rule manual so that all the players could easily understand the battle rules.
And because this set of rules was personally practiced by countless players in the future, it was filled with great fun. Therefore, it quickly attracted the attention of all the players.
Especially in the end, when the players began to use some of the game's cards as wagers in the battle, and when they won, they would receive a rare card. The battle area in the coffee shop was always full, and players had to queue for a long time to get a chance to battle.
And now, more than half of the players who came to the coffee shop weren't here to exchange cards. Instead, they were here to battle with other players who had the same interests. The place with the most people had changed from the previous card trading area to the battle area.
After watching others battle, Little Fatty couldn't help but participate in the battle himself. Little Fatty was quite talented, and the deck he assembled was very sharp. He won more than he lost, and he actually earned a lot of cards. At the very least, the cost of drinking coffee every day was recouped.
But after participating in the battle, Fatty became even more jealous of the Battle Palette.
During the battles, Little Fatty would often encounter players with battle plates in their hands. When they fought, it was very technologically advanced and dreamy. They would automatically draw cards from the battle plates, then place them on the plate to indicate battle and attack. It was so cool that it could explode the heavens.
On the other hand, Little Fatty could only place his deck on the table like he was playing cards. He had to hold a handful of cards in his hand. The difference between him and his opponent was like heaven and earth. This made Little Fatty even more eager to have his own battle deck as soon as possible.
Fortunately, tomorrow was the official announcement of the arrival of the second batch of Combat Bracelets. Little Fatty was determined to get a Combat Bracelet of his own.
So, in the afternoon, before the sky turned dark, Fatty stood in front of the coffee shop's official neighboring shop.
"Mr. Xu Yuanxuan, what would you like to buy?" The salesperson in the neighboring shop already knew Fatty who often hung out in the shop, so he asked with a smile.
"I'm not buying anything. I'm here to queue!" Xu Yuanxuan said.
"Uh, queue?" The salesperson looked around. There wasn't a second customer!
"Don't worry about other things. I'm waiting for 10 a.m. tomorrow when the second batch of Battle Palettes are on the shelves. Anyway, I'm standing here. I'll wait until tomorrow morning!" Xu Yuanxuan said stubbornly. The salesperson was speechless.
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