Chapter 523: Sponsorship? part 2 (1/2)
Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce
Elvis cleared his throat before starting to explain, ”Do you remember what I said to you back then, Guild Leader Leo? About the regulation to restrict the non-participants from causing any trouble to the participants?”
”I remember,” Leo replied, as he then asked, ”Is this related to sponsorship?”
”Yes, because it's the sponsors themselves who are the main target for that regulation,” Elvis replied before explaining, ”In the case of the Emerald Event, sponsors would help participants by catching Magical Beasts and giving it to them or by causing trouble to other participants so as to not let them earn more points. By doing this, they are helping the participants they are sponsoring increase their points faster and also allowing them to reach higher placing in the leaderboard, preferably reach the top 100 and be qualified to participate in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition,”
”And in the case of the Emerald Elven Battle Competition, the sponsors offer various different weapons, equipment, tools, and other helpful items to the participants to help them win the round,”
”It was exactly because of this why the Evergreen royal family was forced to create a regulation that forbids them from abusing their power,” Elvis finished explaining.
”But what does the sponsor get from doing all of that?” Leo curiously asked.
”Very simple, in exchange for them doing all of that, the participants who they are sponsoring are required to help them gain more fame and increase their popularity, by means of using their own products, shouting their names, or whatever kinds of method to achieve the same effect,” Elvis replied.
”Wait, so these sponsors we are talking about are actually merchants? And what you really mean to say is, that they want us to simply help them increase their customers?” Leo asked in confirmation.
”Yes, exactly,” Elvis nodded his head to confirm.
”Okay...” Leo really doesn't understand why exactly the merchants are doing something like this. In his opinion, they are just wasting money by doing all of that. After all, as long as their products are of good quality, customers would naturally come to them to buy their products.
”It's a bit difficult to explain because I haven't really experienced something like this before, and not to mention that I'm also not really that much of a merchant myself, not an experienced one to say the least,” Elvis said while scratching his head, a bit embarrassed that he wasn't able to give Leo a satisfying answer.
”Let's see,” Leo took out all the letters related to sponsorship and began looking at them one by one, ”A sponsorship from Good Morning Breakfast Restaurant, Delicious Meal Restaurant, Sexy Ladies Slave House, Butchering Slave House, Hardest Steel Smithy Shop, Excellent Armament Smithy Shop, Pink Dress Tailoring Shop,...”
There were nearly hundreds of sponsorship letter that was given to him and his Mischievous Lion Guild.
”Wait, there's even a sponsorship letter from Elves Secret organization?!” Leo expressed his surprise.
”Huh? Let me see,” Elvis quickly asked in shock after hearing the word 'Elves Secret organization' from Leo.
”Here,” Leo handed the letter to Elvis.
”It's indeed from the Elves Secret organization,” Elvis said before opening the letter. In the next moment, his eyes widen as he gave the letter back to Leo and saying, ”This was even written by Madam Flores herself!”
Leo grabbed the letter before quickly reading the content. Just like what Elvis had said just now, the letter was personally written by Madam Flores, the President of the Elves Secret organization branch in the Emerald Tree Kingdom, to request that he accepts their sponsorship and in return, she will assist the Mischievous Lion Guild in both the Emerald Event and Emerald Elven Battle Competition.
”Leo... I mean, Guild Leader Leo, I suggest that you ignore the rest of the sponsorship and just accept only the sponsorship from the Elves Secret organization instead,” Elvis suddenly suggested.
”Eh, why? Wouldn't it be good if we decide to accept all the sponsorship given to us? The more sponsors, the better, right?” Leo asked in doubt.
”No, you're completely mistaken, Guild Leader Leo. More sponsors don't necessarily mean a good thing for anyone. Imagine, when you are fighting someone else in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition, you would sometimes be needed to use one of the products of your sponsors. What if those products actually turned out to be bad in quality? Then there's a high chance that you'd lose the fight if that really happens,”
”Not all of the sponsors have a good intention to the participants, Guild Leader Leo. Some of them would sponsor a participant for fun and something similar. That's why we need to think thoroughly about the sponsorship that we accept. In fact, I recommend that we only accept a few sponsorships,”
”However, after seeing that the Elves Secret organization had actually decided to sponsor us, I strongly recommend that we only accept their sponsorship. Not only because I'm sure that what they will give us would certainly be of high quality and really helpful for us, but also because the Elves Secret organization has never sponsored anyone in the past,” Elvis explained. He added, ”So if we become the first participant that the Elves Secret organization has decided to sponsor, not only are we going to help them gain fame and increase their popularity, but the same thing would likewise happen to us. In other words, we would gain more from their sponsorship than what we can give to them,”
”Let me think about it first,” Leo replied, as he waved his hand and said, ”You can go handle your work now, I'll call you again once I have my final decision,”
”Yes, Guild Leader Leo,” Elvis bid farewell and left the room.
After seeing Elvis leave, Leo stood up from his chair as he then looked outside of the hotel from the window of his room.
At this moment, the street of the Smiling Lion Village is bustling with a lot of activities. The Public Market is already open, both of the hotels they have constructed already had plenty of the members of the Mischievous Lion Guild taking residents, a huge line for those who wanted to join the Mischievous Lion Guild is formed outside, and a lot more of activities.
There is no doubt that right now the Mischievous Lion Guild is developing towards the right path.
Nevertheless, that doesn't mean that the Mischievous Lion Guild doesn't lack anything...
Leo turned to look at the sponsorship letters above the table as he scans their names one by one again.