Pirates: I, the Dragon Man

"Have you heard about the competition that Saint Charles is going to hold?"

“It’s hard for me not to know the headlines of World Government News and World Economic News.”

In the navy headquarters, in the marshal's office, Tezoro and Akainu sat opposite each other.

Akainu opened the drawer, took out a box, then pulled out a cigar, placed his index finger on the end of the cigar and lit it, then handed one to Tezolo.

Tezzolo smiled and refused:

"Sorry, I can't."

Akainu raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect that among the senior officials of the World Government, there were some who didn't smoke cigars.

"Okay then, I remember that this matter has nothing to do with the navy, right? Why did you come to see me -?"

Tezzolo smiled and kept stroking the ring on the ring finger of his left hand with his right hand:

“The Navy has many branch bases on the sea, all over the world, so I would like to ask you to allow the Navy branch to be the registration point for the competition.

Then, after the game starts, I hope that the navy can serve as a guard to maintain order on the field and at the same time protect the safety of the contestants on the field. "

Tezzolo's voice was full of confidence and indifference, and even though Akainu's brows across from him were getting deeper and deeper, he didn't seem to worry at all about the navy's disapproval.

"Soldiers in the Navy are not made to do this kind of thing. Your request is too rude and I will not agree to it."

Akainu decisively rejected Tezolo's proposal, but Tezolo still looked calm and calm:

"I think you have no reason to refuse."

"Oh? Why are you so confident?"

Akainu raised his eyebrows again. Although he knew that Tezzolo had strong business ability, the cost of this competition was also very high.

According to the newspaper, the competition will be held on the Cloud Island, which is the eight-story Cloud Island above the Shampoo Land and made by Sky Island Cloud. The ninth floor is the Shampoo Land.

The top level is exclusive to the Celestial Dragons, and the second level is for senior officials of the World Government, including the Navy's alternate admirals and above, as well as some elite lieutenant generals.

In this competition, the preliminary round is on the eighth floor, and as the competition progresses, it goes higher and higher.

The finals take place on the top floor.

These are just a lot of expenses, as well as the players' accommodation and food expenses and the biggest prize.

The first place has 50 billion Baileys, but the top ten have bonuses, and the tenth place has billion.

To sum up, Akainu does not think that Tezoro can make money in this competition. He even feels that this competition is promoted by Tezoro purely to please the Tianlong people.

"Because, I will give 10% of Leary's money in this competition to the navy."

"How much more money can you make? The cost of this competition will be 100 billion beli, right?"

Akainu looked at Tezoro with a very strange look, and really didn't understand why the other party could say such a thing.

"The cost alone should be around 200 billion."

With this calm look, Akainu's eyes became even weirder. He suddenly felt like an idiot:

"With such a high cost, how much money can you make? And how much can you give to the Navy?"

Tezzolo thought about it carefully:

"A conservative estimate is that the Navy can get 100 billion."

"puff!"

Akainu couldn't help but squirt out half of the tea he drank. Fortunately, he turned his head in time to avoid being rude——

"you sure!"

"If you don't believe it, we can sign a gambling agreement, or I can directly pay the navy 100 billion beli, but there will be no share."

Akainu couldn't sit still anymore and stood up.

After becoming the marshal, Akainu understood why the navy had not been able to enforce justice for hundreds of years——

Because justice also costs money!

The maintenance of the Sihai branch; the salary of the entire navy; the maintenance, manufacture, and research of warships; the use of artillery; the expenditure of retired navy; the medical expenses of injured navy; the pension of fallen navy; the maintenance of naval school...

One after another, which one does not cost money?

No money?

Simply let soldiers use their love to generate electricity? Or give less and talk to the soldiers about justice, dedication, sacrifice, and realizing the value of life?

Akainu felt he couldn't afford to lose that face.

Soldiers risk their lives to maintain justice. If they can't take care of their lives and just talk about it, Akainu thinks this is more disgusting than pirates.

"No, no, no, just divide it, just divide it!"

Akainu held Tezoro's hand with excited hands:

"No one in the entire world government knows Mr. Tezzolo's abilities, so you don't have to worry, our navy will definitely cooperate with you fully.

I will send the document to the branch soon and I will definitely let them handle this matter.

You don’t have to worry about the navy maintaining order.

I guarantee that in every game, there will definitely be more than ten naval officers. At the same time, I will equip three times the number of marines who can move on foot to protect the players.

There will definitely be a Vice Admiral to control the battle in the mid-term, and in the final I will send a general to control the battle in person.

No, I will assign a general to take charge of this matter now and deal with all kinds of troubles.

Don't worry, the Navy will not let you down! "

World Government, Department of Commerce, Office of the Minister.

"Mr. Tezzolo, do you really want to help Charlos organize that competition?"

Sabo hesitated again and again and finally asked his doubts.

"What, you think you can't make money?"

Sabo shook his head and said sincerely:

"I don't think I can make much money. The cost of this game is too high. Even if some Charles Ross appears in the final, how much can the tickets be sold for?

What's more, aren't you planning to broadcast the game live? If the tickets are too expensive, there will be people watching the live broadcast, right? "

"Tickets? How much does that cost?"

Tezzolo looked at Sabo playfully:

"I didn't expect to make money from the tickets. Think again."

Sabo frowned and started brainstorming. After five minutes of hard thinking, he said dejectedly:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tezzolo, I just didn't expect it."

Tezzolo smiled and shook his head:

"Don't mind it, you're still young.

First of all, this game will undoubtedly attract many nobles and wealthy businessmen, all of whom have money. Coincidentally, there are many luxury jewelry stores in Shampooland under the name of the World Government's Ministry of Commerce.

Secondly, since it is a national live broadcast, there will definitely be many people watching it. In other words, if a certain product is introduced on it, or the introduction of a certain product is posted on the venue, the whole world can see it.

If those wealthy businessmen can afford the money, I wouldn't mind helping them publicize it.

Finally, since it is a competitive sport, there will naturally be winners and losers, and there will definitely be disputes.

Therefore, I plan to open a handicap and let people who support different players express their support with practical actions. The world government will make sure they get the losers' money when they wake up.

However, as a price for protecting their interests, is it not too much for me to charge a 10% handling fee?

Moreover, there are too few entertainment options on the sea, so I decided to enrich their lives.

Even if they don’t have a team to support, they can still try to guess the winner of the team, first place, second place, etc. If you guess correctly, you will get triple the bonus. "