Chapter 105: Business Plan
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Chapter 105: Business Plan
After getting rights to the land for a half century, Sage contracted assistance in refurbishing the property to his specifications. The property used to be a large tea house and was quite popular until a competing tea house down the street was opened. Eventually both of them ended up closing as neither owner knew when to stop and were far too aggressive in trying to steal business from the other. Sage chose this land because of large size and existing landscape. While it was at the outskirts of the Servant District, that wouldnt affect it too much as he didnt plan on high volume sales, but on catering to the higher class.
Sage was getting into the high end entertainment business. With all the ridiculous and excessive methods of distraction that existed on Earth, Sage was going to outdo the other options for relaxation with things theyd never even heard of. Well, excepting of course the brothels. Sage wasnt about to get into such an unsavory business, nor would he even know how to try and compete in such an area.
The current property had a huge garden and small lake, creating a beautiful courtyard view for the visitors to the previous teahouse. Most liked to sit and sip their tea while listening to relaxing music and viewing beautiful scenery. Sage was going to keep this feature in tact, leaving half of the tea house just as it used to be for those used to or looking for such things. The other half of the tea house was being replaced by a large multi-story building that would put to use his other ideas hed been working on for so long.
The plan was to create a business and when successful open up more branches in other cities. As their popularity spread, so would the devices used in them, creating a market for his ideas. At that point, the Sect was bound to come to him. He wouldnt be surprised even if they were to beg him for the rights to produce his devices.
With careful research, Sage found a way to incorporate the viewing function of a Scroll Scout into a Memory Altar. Instead of recording memories into the sphere, he reversed the function and drew the contents out. The arrays of the Scroll Scout had to be tweaked and a sound function added from a messaging talisman, and Sage could play a memory out into an illusory screen. A few more iterations later and the memory sphere no longer erased itself as it played, the screen was made bigger and it no longer looked like a cheap hologram show. Sage figured he could have a far more popular business with just using this one device to create movie theaters, but it was the most expensive device by leaps and bounds. The other devices only cost him gold coins, but the Movie Projector cost five thousand spirit stones to finally complete and that wasnt even counting what was spent on research.
Just like movie theaters used their snack bars to make the real money, Sage was going to use the whole rest of the business to make him his money with the movies as the real draw that would get the rich coming back for an experience unlike anywhere else. Sure, Cultivators could use Memory Spheres to experience the memories of others practicing the martial arts, but who would use a hundred spirit stone memory sphere on frivolous things like a love story or an action adventure? After his business gained attention, he was sure others would use Memory Sphere for similar purposes, but without his projector they would be only for individual experiences. The fun of talking about the show with friends or colleagues would be gone. Adding on the steep cost of a sphere and producing the show, the market would surely be small. Better yet, if any of the competing memory spheres were good, he would just purchase them and play them in his theater!
From the viewpoint of an Earthling, this place was a huge mess. Each of the sections would be a separate business, but Sage was going for novelty. These were activities and styles that would be completely foreign to them and many of the rich loved that sort of thing. He planned to make other branches bigger or smaller depending on what was more popular along with adding a restaurant with Earth foods, but hed need to practice and teach the recipes to cooks before he could do that.
After all the construction, devices, hiring of staff, and the property purchase, Sages once large wealth had been severely reduced. Hed spent over two hundred thousand gold coins, over twenty thousand spirit stones, and half his contribution points. That left him with a bit over sixteen thousand gold, eight thousand spirit stones, and ten thousand contribution points.
I sure hope this works out. Thankfully everything is paid up for a year in advance already.
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Chapter 105: Business Plan
After getting rights to the land for a half century, Sage contracted assistance in refurbishing the property to his specifications. The property used to be a large tea house and was quite popular until a competing tea house down the street was opened. Eventually both of them ended up closing as neither owner knew when to stop and were far too aggressive in trying to steal business from the other. Sage chose this land because of large size and existing landscape. While it was at the outskirts of the Servant District, that wouldnt affect it too much as he didnt plan on high volume sales, but on catering to the higher class.
Sage was getting into the high end entertainment business. With all the ridiculous and excessive methods of distraction that existed on Earth, Sage was going to outdo the other options for relaxation with things theyd never even heard of. Well, excepting of course the brothels. Sage wasnt about to get into such an unsavory business, nor would he even know how to try and compete in such an area.
The current property had a huge garden and small lake, creating a beautiful courtyard view for the visitors to the previous teahouse. Most liked to sit and sip their tea while listening to relaxing music and viewing beautiful scenery. Sage was going to keep this feature in tact, leaving half of the tea house just as it used to be for those used to or looking for such things. The other half of the tea house was being replaced by a large multi-story building that would put to use his other ideas hed been working on for so long.
The plan was to create a business and when successful open up more branches in other cities. As their popularity spread, so would the devices used in them, creating a market for his ideas. At that point, the Sect was bound to come to him. He wouldnt be surprised even if they were to beg him for the rights to produce his devices.
With careful research, Sage found a way to incorporate the viewing function of a Scroll Scout into a Memory Altar. Instead of recording memories into the sphere, he reversed the function and drew the contents out. The arrays of the Scroll Scout had to be tweaked and a sound function added from a messaging talisman, and Sage could play a memory out into an illusory screen. A few more iterations later and the memory sphere no longer erased itself as it played, the screen was made bigger and it no longer looked like a cheap hologram show. Sage figured he could have a far more popular business with just using this one device to create movie theaters, but it was the most expensive device by leaps and bounds. The other devices only cost him gold coins, but the Movie Projector cost five thousand spirit stones to finally complete and that wasnt even counting what was spent on research.
Just like movie theaters used their snack bars to make the real money, Sage was going to use the whole rest of the business to make him his money with the movies as the real draw that would get the rich coming back for an experience unlike anywhere else. Sure, Cultivators could use Memory Spheres to experience the memories of others practicing the martial arts, but who would use a hundred spirit stone memory sphere on frivolous things like a love story or an action adventure? After his business gained attention, he was sure others would use Memory Sphere for similar purposes, but without his projector they would be only for individual experiences. The fun of talking about the show with friends or colleagues would be gone. Adding on the steep cost of a sphere and producing the show, the market would surely be small. Better yet, if any of the competing memory spheres were good, he would just purchase them and play them in his theater!
From the viewpoint of an Earthling, this place was a huge mess. Each of the sections would be a separate business, but Sage was going for novelty. These were activities and styles that would be completely foreign to them and many of the rich loved that sort of thing. He planned to make other branches bigger or smaller depending on what was more popular along with adding a restaurant with Earth foods, but hed need to practice and teach the recipes to cooks before he could do that.
After all the construction, devices, hiring of staff, and the property purchase, Sages once large wealth had been severely reduced. Hed spent over two hundred thousand gold coins, over twenty thousand spirit stones, and half his contribution points. That left him with a bit over sixteen thousand gold, eight thousand spirit stones, and ten thousand contribution points.
I sure hope this works out. Thankfully everything is paid up for a year in advance already.
Chapter 105: Business PlanAfter getting rights to the land for a half century, Sage contracted assistance in refurbishing the property to his specifications. The property used to be a large tea house and was quite popular until a competing tea house down the street was opened. Eventually both of them ended up closing as neither owner knew when to stop and were far too aggressive in trying to steal business from the other. Sage chose this land because of large size and existing landscape. While it was at the outskirts of the Servant District, that wouldnt affect it too much as he didnt plan on high volume sales, but on catering to the higher class. Sage was getting into the high end entertainment business. With all the ridiculous and excessive methods of distraction that existed on Earth, Sage was going to outdo the other options for relaxation with things theyd never even heard of. Well, excepting of course the brothels. Sage wasnt about to get into such an unsavory business, nor would he even know how to try and compete in such an area.The current property had a huge garden and small lake, creating a beautiful courtyard view for the visitors to the previous teahouse. Most liked to sit and sip their tea while listening to relaxing music and viewing beautiful scenery. Sage was going to keep this feature in tact, leaving half of the tea house just as it used to be for those used to or looking for such things. The other half of the tea house was being replaced by a large multi-story building that would put to use his other ideas hed been working on for so long. The plan was to create a business and when successful open up more branches in other cities. As their popularity spread, so would the devices used in them, creating a market for his ideas. At that point, the Sect was bound to come to him. He wouldnt be surprised even if they were to beg him for the rights to produce his devices. With careful research, Sage found a way to incorporate the viewing function of a Scroll Scout into a Memory Altar. Instead of recording memories into the sphere, he reversed the function and drew the contents out. The arrays of the Scroll Scout had to be tweaked and a sound function added from a messaging talisman, and Sage could play a memory out into an illusory screen. A few more iterations later and the memory sphere no longer erased itself as it played, the screen was made bigger and it no longer looked like a cheap hologram show. Sage figured he could have a far more popular business with just using this one device to create movie theaters, but it was the most expensive device by leaps and bounds. The other devices only cost him gold coins, but the Movie Projector cost five thousand spirit stones to finally complete and that wasnt even counting what was spent on research. Just like movie theaters used their snack bars to make the real money, Sage was going to use the whole rest of the business to make him his money with the movies as the real draw that would get the rich coming back for an experience unlike anywhere else. Sure, Cultivators could use Memory Spheres to experience the memories of others practicing the martial arts, but who would use a hundred spirit stone memory sphere on frivolous things like a love story or an action adventure? After his business gained attention, he was sure others would use Memory Sphere for similar purposes, but without his projector they would be only for individual experiences. The fun of talking about the show with friends or colleagues would be gone. Adding on the steep cost of a sphere and producing the show, the market would surely be small. Better yet, if any of the competing memory spheres were good, he would just purchase them and play them in his theater!From the viewpoint of an Earthling, this place was a huge mess. Each of the sections would be a separate business, but Sage was going for novelty. These were activities and styles that would be completely foreign to them and many of the rich loved that sort of thing. He planned to make other branches bigger or smaller depending on what was more popular along with adding a restaurant with Earth foods, but hed need to practice and teach the recipes to cooks before he could do that. After all the construction, devices, hiring of staff, and the property purchase, Sages once large wealth had been severely reduced. Hed spent over two hundred thousand gold coins, over twenty thousand spirit stones, and half his contribution points. That left him with a bit over sixteen thousand gold, eight thousand spirit stones, and ten thousand contribution points. I sure hope this works out. Thankfully everything is paid up for a year in advance already.
