Chapter 16 Brands

Xu Yi looked at the almost identical magic fan on the table and observed it carefully for a while before reaching out and pressing the switch.

The magic fan paused for a few seconds, and a few fan blades slowly accelerated, and after a while, a cool breeze was blown out.

Standing in front of the fan, Xu Yi felt the cool breeze and nodded lightly: "Well, yes, it's quite cool."

Heinze, who was beside him, was in a hurry. He reached out his hand and turned off the magic fan, and said angrily: "When is it, you still have the heart to praise it? Come and think of a way! Let me tell you, there are more than one thing. , I asked someone to check it out for me, and there are not many in Bangta City, but there are quite a few such imitations outside the city!"

"Then find out where the counterfeit is?"

"No." Heinze was suddenly discouraged.

"No need to check." Xu Yi waved his hand. "Even if you find out, it's useless."

"How can it be useless! We can sue..." Having said this, Heinze suddenly stopped.

Because he suddenly remembered that for this kind of handicraft, let alone the Kingdom of Lampari, even if there are no relevant laws and regulations in the entire Sainz Continent to protect them from imitation, even if he found someone who imitated magic fans It is impossible for anyone to rely on the laws of the kingdom to sanction each other, and even be scolded by the officials of the kingdom for being troublesome.

"Have you thought about it?" Seeing Heinze's face, Xu Yi knew that he had understood the main point. "Actually, I already thought of this when I designed the magic fan."

This is not Xu Yi fooling Heinze. As early as when he designed the magic fan, he read related books and finally determined that the Sainz Continent was just like what he imagined, and there was no such thing as patent rights at all. Not to mention patent protection.

So he was sure that there would be counterfeit imitations of magic fans a long time ago, because this thing is not very technical, and it is not difficult to imitate it.

"Since you've already thought about it, haven't you thought about how to prevent it? Are we just watching those despicable guys make copies at will? Xu Yi, you should know very well that every time they make a copy, we will reduce the number of copies. If we sell one, that means we have to earn one less golden coin!"

"Okay, don't be so excited." Xu Yi raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling Heinze to calm down. "Don't worry, since I've thought of it for a long time, of course I have prepared a method of prevention. Come on, look."

Xu Yi grabbed a magic fan he designed and produced, and gestured to Heinze by pointing to the base of the fan.

"What?" Heinze was puzzled.

"See this sign?" Xu Yi pointed at the circular icon above the fan base switch. "Well, this is the brand icon I designed for our magic fans."

Heinze frowned and looked at the icon with a half-winged pattern in a circle, and asked in puzzlement: "What's the use of this thing? What brand icon did you say... What does it mean?"

"Well... you can use it as a badge, a unique badge belonging to the magic fans we produce. And I have already applied for the registration of this badge in the Kingdom's noble council. Without my consent, anyone can use this badge. Badges will be severely punished by the noble council." Xu Yi explained.

"The royal council of the kingdom applies for a badge?" Heinze stared at Xu Yi with wide eyes, looking startled. "My God! You actually applied to the noble council for registration for such a small badge? You... wait, what level of badge did you apply for?"

Xu Yi smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Pa--" Heinze slapped his forehead and slapped in pain: "Although the noble council is not so strict about badge registration now, the third-level badge... every year just because of this thing has to be submitted to the The noble council pays three hundred gold coins, right?"

"Well, that's right. In fact, if I say that the noble council is not flexible enough, I have to pay enough years to allow the badge to be upgraded. Otherwise, I want to directly apply for the top platinum badge."

"Platinum badge?" Heinze suddenly raised his voice and shouted. "That's a thousand gold coins a year! You must be crazy!"

"No, I'm very awake." Xu Yi pressed Heinze down and sat down while handing him a cup of tea. "This badge is actually the only thing I can think of to protect our interests. With the protection of the badge, we can engrave this badge on every magic fan we produce, and others can imitate it. Magic fans, but they dare not engrave this badge on the magic fans they produce because they are afraid of breaking the rules of the noble council."

Heinze took a sip of tea and shook his head: "I still don't understand what you mean. Even if we have more badges than them, what's the use?"

"It's useful!" Xu Yi affirmed. "This badge can distinguish the magic fans we produce from those imitation guys, and this difference is the brand!"

Heinze still looked blank: "What happened to the brand? Can I eat it?"

Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that explaining brand value to people in this world is really ahead of his time.

Moreover, it is difficult for people to fully understand this thing just by talking about it. It is easier for people to understand it when it is reflected in specific events.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi waved to Heince.

"Hey Heinze, is there anything... er... like a newspaper in Bonta City?"

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Papa Alfalia was angry.

For him, an old hunter who makes a living by hunting, two gold coins are the income he only earns half a month after going into the mountains to hunt. Usually, he is completely reluctant to spend such a large sum of money all at once.

If it weren't for the fact that his favorite little grandson fainted due to heat stroke two days ago, he would never have made up his mind to go and buy this expensive magic fan.

Although this magic fan is indeed very good, it can blow cool wind when it starts to turn, making the little grandson smile, but... Damn it! This damn magic fan actually stopped spinning after only two days!

Father Alfalia even went to buy several magic crystals for this purpose, but no matter which one was replaced, it was useless, and the magic fan still remained motionless.

Looking at the little grandson's face that was blushing because of the heat, Father Afalia couldn't bear it any longer, and with the magic fan in one hand, he entered Bangta City.

The man who sold him the magic fan said that he bought this magic fan from a shop called Heinze Grocery in Bonta City, so now there is a problem with the magic fan and I can't find the damn fan Merchant, it should be no problem to find this Heinze grocery store directly.

Father Afalia didn't come to Bonta City very often. It took him a while to find the Heinze grocery store after entering the city. Living.

It turned out that the door of the grocery store was already crowded with people at this time. If you look at it, I am afraid that there are not more than a hundred people.

What makes Father Alfalia more curious is that almost everyone of these people is carrying a magic fan.

"Hey, young man, what's going on? Why are there so many people?" Father Afalia asked curiously, pulling a young man in the crowd.

The young man glanced up and down at Father Afalia, and when he saw the magic fan in his hand, he immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

"Old man, is your magic fan also broken?"

"Yeah, what? Are these people like me?"

"That's right. This damn profiteer!" The young man spat fiercely on the ground. "I finally made up my mind to buy a magic fan, but I didn't expect it to stop after only one night of use! I slept profusely in the middle of the night last night and didn't fall asleep at all!"

The young man's voice was very loud, and several people next to him could hear it clearly, and they all echoed.

"Yes, the same is true for the magic fan I bought. It didn't move after only one night of rotation. I couldn't even change the magic crystal."

"Mine is better than yours. I used it for two days, but it didn't work when I took it out at noon today."

"It looks like I'm the most unlucky. I just used it for less than two hours, and I was blowing it comfortably, and then suddenly it didn't work. Damn, this cost me a full three gold coins!"

"Huh? You spent three gold coins? Don't you only need two gold coins?"

"Two? Why did that bloody profiteer ask me for three?"

"You've been tricked..."

...

Hearing the chatter of the people around him, Father Alfalia felt a little relieved.

If it's just his family's magic fan that has a problem, maybe the profiteer won't admit it, and his problem won't be easy to solve.

Now that so many people have problems together, if this damn profiteer still refuses to solve it, there will be public anger.

While thinking so, the door of Heinze's grocery store creaked softly and slowly opened.

The surrounding people rushed over immediately.

"Hey, my magic fan is broken, can you fix it?"

"Mine is broken too! I'm asking for a replacement immediately!"

"Yes! Just replace it with a new one!"

"Profit merchants! Something that cost Lao Tzu two gold coins actually broke in just one day! Beware of Lao Tzu going to the Chamber of Commerce to sue you!"

...

The door of the grocery store opened completely, and Heinze walked out with a strange expression.

Looking at the boiling crowd in front of him, Heinze was greatly surprised.

"This Xu Yi, how did he know that such a thing would happen today?"

The situation when Xu Yi was talking to him flashed in his mind yesterday, Heinze raised his hand and pressed it down, shouting loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, please speak slowly if you have any questions! I am this family. The owner of the shop, Heinze, if it is a problem with our shop, he will definitely solve it properly for everyone!"

"You said to solve it? Well, tell me, you sold this magic fan from this store, and it broke after only one day. What do you say?" A strong man shouted loudly up.

"What else can be done, pay! How can something with two gold coins be broken so easily!" Another person also echoed loudly.

"Yes! Pay!"

"Even if you don't pay, you have to fix it for me. My tigress is too hot at home!"

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"Everyone be quiet!" Heinze raised his voice and shouted again, suppressing everyone's voices. Looking left and right, he pointed to the strong man who shouted the loudest just now and said, "Show me your magic fan."

The strong man shoved the magic fan in his hand to Heinze. With so many people watching, he was not worried that Heinze dared to fool him like this.

Who knew that Heinze took the magic fan and looked at it for a while, but shook his head at him: "I'm sorry, this magic fan was not sold by me here, I can't help you solve it."

"Huh? Are you kidding me?" Seeing Heinze denying it, the strong man was instantly angry. "I've already inquired. You are the only shop in Bangta City that sells magic fans. You didn't sell them here. Did they fall from the sky?"

"That is, there is no other place to sell it except your store, do you dare to admit it?"

"This bastard wants to repay!"

"The profiteer! Kill him!"

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Seeing the crowd surging, Heinze felt a hint of timidity in his heart, then took a deep breath, regained his breath, and shouted: "This magic fan is indeed not sold by us here, because there is no our brand on it. !"