Chapter 8 Sales are booming
"Carl, this is actually not a difficult problem to solve. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info" After thinking about it, Qin Tian said.
Carl looked at Qin Tian and wanted to solve this problem.
"Carl, the company we're going to set up in the future, it's called Welfare Lottery Inc. What is the Welfare Lottery? That is, part of the profits from the sale of lottery tickets will be used for the construction of social welfare. For example, providing food and medical subsidies for the poor, providing financial support for orphanages, and so on. In this way, we will have a great prestige in society. If others want to attack us, they will have to take into account the reaction of society. Qin Tian said with a smile.
In many cases, social fame is also a talisman. After having a very high social reputation, many methods that cannot be used on the table cannot be used. Otherwise, it will cause a strong reaction from the whole society.
"Your Royal Highness, this is a good idea." Carl nodded.
"In addition, the lottery market is a huge piece of cake, and even if I am a prince, I can't eat it. So, I decided to give a portion of the profits to the royal family. In this case, there is the royal family to support it. No matter how bold others are, they won't dare to touch us! Qin Tian continued.
If he could, of course, he would want to swallow all the profits. However, his current body is still too small and fragile to withstand those pressures. The only way is to distribute a portion of the benefits in order to preserve the majority of the benefits. In this case, it is better than being swallowed without even a bone left.
"With the support of the royal family, there is also a high social prestige, plus the status of His Royal Highness himself. In the whole of Germany, no one should dare to fight our idea anymore. Carl nodded again and again, thinking that Qin Tian had thought it out very carefully.
Regarding the distribution of profits, Qin Tian planned it this way. Twenty percent of the profits were used for social welfare, twenty percent of the profits were contributed to the royal family, and sixty percent of the profits were left at his own disposal. After all, if Qin Tian wanted to fulfill his promise and donate battleships to the German Navy, the funds needed would not be a small amount.
"Alright, let's do it. Tomorrow I will go to register the company, find an office location, and start preparations. Within three months, our lottery tickets went on sale. Qin Tian said.
Although it took three months to prepare, the time was too short. However, time was of the essence, and he did not have that much time to prepare.
"Your Highness, we can spread it in North Germany first, and after success, it will be much easier to spread it to South Germany. Of course, we need to apply for a patent for this kind of gameplay first. Otherwise, those guys will soon start counterfeiting. Karl said through gritted teeth.
Qin Shou nodded: "Then we will apply for a patent after we register the company." ”
"That's all my savings, five million marks, to start the company. If you save a little, it should be enough. You will be the legal person of the company. I give you twenty percent of the company's shares. Qin Tian said. In his capacity, he is not suitable to come forward to become a legal person of the company. It was only fitting that Carl would have stepped in.
"Your Royal Highness, it is an honour to be able to partner with you. What's more, this is a sure-fire project. If I don't have a penny and I own so many shares, I can't feel at ease. This money should be regarded as my shareholding. Carl pulled a check from his bosom.
Qin Tian took it and saw that it was a check written by Deutsche Commerzbank, with a face value of one million marks.
"Carl, where did you get all this money?"
"Your Highness, this is the start-up capital that my father gave me." Carl said with a smile.
"Haha, it seems that His Excellency Jonalet is still very supportive of us." Qin Tian laughed.
"But, Carl, though you have twenty percent of the shares. But the profit can only be divided into 10 percent. After all, the other 40 percent of the shares are to be used for social welfare and contributions to the royal family. ”
"Of course, Your Highness, I can understand. I'm very satisfied with being able to get 10 percent of the profit. Carl said sincerely. He knew that even if it was only ten percent profit, that would be an astronomical amount. After all, according to Qin Tian's plan, the lottery will be drawn three times a week, and in a year, this is an astronomical amount.
The next day, Qin Tian and Carl went to register the company and began to apply for patents at the same time. The patents applied for by Qin Tian are not only two-color balls, but also those lotteries of later generations such as the big lotto.
The status of the prince made Qin Tian enjoy a lot of preferential treatment when handling these affairs. It would have taken a long time to get it done, but they were able to do it all within a week.
Next, the company began to recruit employees. At the same time, the preparations for the listing of the lottery also began.
Printing lottery tickets,It is Qin Tian who specially found a professional printing house,Specially designed anti-counterfeiting signs。 And, because lottery tickets are now sold, they are not as networked nationwide as in later generations. So, each ticket is divided into two parts, the first part is held by the player, and the second part is archived by the company after the ticket is sold. Sales will stop six hours before the draw. All archived lottery tickets will be shipped to Berlin. Avoid internal and external collusion to cheat bonuses.
To promote the lottery. Qin Tian has placed a lot of advertisements in major newspapers in Germany. The advertising slogan is also very seductive: Do you want to get rich overnight? Play Double Color Ball, the 5 million jackpot is waiting for you.
Although, a large number of advertisements made Qin Tian's funds spend like flowing water. A few million marks, and it will soon bottom out. But in the same way, the intensive advertising bombardment, so that the two-color ball lottery has not yet started to sell has been popular. The whole German bettors are crazy because of the two-color ball. Even those who don't usually buy lottery tickets are all attracted to it.
In this day and age, not many people can resist the temptation of a prize of five million marks. Once you really win the first prize, you will really get rich overnight.
Time passed little by little, and on November 18, 1904, the two-color ball lottery tickets of the German Welfare Lottery Company began to go on sale throughout Germany. Originally, they were only going to be sold in North Germany for the time being. But the power of advertising was so great that it was easy to spread out in southern Germany.
Lottery ticket sales points around the world,There are long queues from the beginning of the opening of business. The sales of two-color balls are hot in an all-round way.