Chapter 128 The First Welfare Lottery of Great Chu
After three days of publicity, the first issue of the Dachu Welfare Lottery arrived as scheduled. The time was too short and it seemed a bit hasty. Considering the cultural level of the people of Dachu, Renault did not choose the digital prize-winning mode on the earth at the beginning of the setting.
This is a matter of no choice. The literacy rate is too low. Whether it is Arabic numerals or official texts, more than 90% of the people in the Great Chu people cannot recognize them. Using the numeral method will only cause endless trouble. Even if you send someone to explain, it will be useless. There will always be people who don’t believe that they have not won the prize.
The solution is very simple. Scratch card draw, a small cardboard with different patterns printed on it, and a layer of paper is pasted on it. When buying it, a piece of copper is torn apart, reveal the pattern inside, and compare it with the winning pattern, and it is clear at a glance.
At this time, the effect of the papermaking workshop was shown. The first 100,000 scratch cards were completed in just two days, and the number of people using as many as 3,000 people. Renault felt a headache when he saw it. This was too low and the labor cost was too high.
One hundred thousand scratch cards, just a small test, after all, only one hundred thousand coppers, which is pitiful. Renault is suffering from production efficiency, while Emperor Chu and the court officials have no confidence at all.
The first draw is calculated based on the total amount. The funds of 50,000 copper coins are printed in 100,000 scratch cards based on the rewards of different levels, and are sold in the Yulin Military Exercise Field outside Luocheng City.
Sold on the spot, draw on the spot, and reward on the spot.
Renault had long figured it out. If you want to make welfare lottery popular, you have to let people see the benefits. You can't see the money, and it's useless to say that the dragon calls you.
Just above the martial arts stage, four sets of copper loudspeakers have been arranged in place. This original amplifier has not been very effective. Renault tried it and it sounds like it is vague a hundred meters away.
In order to solve this problem, he has arranged manpower to make electric speakers. With hand-crank generators, it is not that difficult to make electric speakers.
In the sky, people from Chu came out from the eight gates of Luocheng, called friends and walked into the Yulin military exercise field. Three days of publicity was obviously far from enough. Not many people came, and most of them were idle people. How could a real family of giants look at a lucky lottery with a bronze medal?
The real poor people naturally won’t come. They just want to buy a few suspicious scratch cards when they leave the city. They have to waste a day, and they can’t afford it. The wife and children at home have many mouths waiting for the rice to be put into the pot.
Although Luocheng is not short of food now, people in Luocheng already know that a large number of disaster victims have appeared not far from Luocheng.
The price of grain must be increased. At this time, I won’t buy more food at home, so I’ll wait to go hungry in the future.
Luo Yi patted his cheeks to make himself look more energetic and walked slowly to the martial arts stage. He really didn't want to take this job, but Master Lei kissed him, no matter how unhappy he could only cheer up and respond.
"Everyone, the time has come, and the first welfare lottery for Dachu is about to start selling. You should have heard of the role of welfare lottery. In the first period, a total of 100,000 scrapped card lottery tickets were sold, including a grand prize of 50,000 copper coins. On average, every two or thirty scrapped cards will be one with a reward, and the remaining 50,000 copper coins are used for disaster relief. Without further ado, we will start selling it now." Luo Yi said at the top of his voice.
In fact, he was not optimistic about the so-called welfare lottery at all. Just look at the number of people coming from the martial arts field. The martial arts field that can be used for 100,000 Yulin Army is currently less than 3,000 people. However, the Yulin Army, which is responsible for maintaining order, has a total of 10,000 people.
One hundred sales points are opened at the same time. The so-called sales points are actually a large table with a huge box filled with lottery tickets. Behind the table, two salesmen are standing, responsible for collecting money and selling cards.
Below the martial arts stage is a long row of tables with colorful banners hanging on them, with a letter from: The place to exchange money.
The sale began, but no one came forward and everyone was watching. In fact, one copper coin was really not a big deal. If you have time to watch the fun, there was no one missing a copper coin, but no one had experienced this. I thought I would like to take a look.
After tens of breaths of silence, someone finally stepped forward: "One bronze and one piece, right?"
"Yes." The salesperson cheered up. There were hundreds of sales points around him. He was the first to open it, although he himself was not optimistic about the lottery.
"Give me ten pictures." You can tell from the person's clothes that are not rich or lacking money. There are not many ten pictures at a time.
"Please choose whatever you want." said the salesperson.
The man pulled out ten cards casually, and under the gaze of the salesperson, he finished counting and handed over ten copper coins. Under the guidance of the salesperson, he tore open the paper covered on it to reveal the pattern inside.
"Dog, cat." While reciting, he looked up at the cardboard erected next to the sales point, with different patterns of fifth-class awards on it, and none of them matched.
"If you don't match, is this card useless?" the man asked.
"Yes, if you don't have the middle and upper scraper, it will be ruined. You can do whatever you want." The salesperson replied.
The man shook his head and was reluctant to throw it away. Just look at his expression and knew that he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with the lottery, but he spent all the money and had to finish it.
Seeing that someone really paid for it, many people gathered around to watch the fun. Half of them looked glad, but fortunately they didn't buy it themselves, so this play was indeed unreliable.
I tore another one, but I still failed.
Tear another one, dog, fish, rabbit, the man looked up at the cardboard, rubbed his eyes, and seemed to have won the prize?
"It seems that I have won. Can I repay the money?" The natural person said to himself, stood up and ran quickly towards the repayment place.
"You won the fifth prize, three bronze coins. Please give me the scratch card and put it here." The staff of the prize redemption office collected the scratch card and redeemed three bronze coins to the good people on the spot.
Luo Yi was shocked and knew that his work was coming. He stood in front of the bronze trumpet and shouted loudly: "Congratulations, the first fifth prize has been awarded, exchanged for three bronze coins.
On both sides of the martial arts stage, fifty war drums were ringing at the same time...
Some people won the prize, some people redeem the money...
Three copper coins are so small that they can be ignored, but when people hear that someone really wins the prize and really pays it, they feel completely different.
The person who was already a little moved quickly ran to the sales office, took out the copper coins and shouted, and gave me ten pieces...
In the palace of An, Chu Xingyun was unintentionally practicing. He sat upright in the main hall, drinking absent-mindedly, without moving the dishes on the table.
There is really not much 100,000 yuan, and whether you can try the waters and succeed is the key. Master Lei’s plan...
What a fresh word for the plan.
It is very clear that welfare lottery is a new thing in Dachu. If people want to accept it, it will take a process. Today and the next two days. Through a series of methods in the plan, Dachu's acceptance of welfare lottery can be seen.
"Report!"
"Tell me." Chu Xingyun drank with his head down and said casually.
"General Luo Yi announced that he would start selling, and there were not many people present, only more than 2,000."
"Report! The sales began, and everyone was waiting and watching, no one took action. No. 1 bought ten pieces as planned, and the third piece won the fifth prize. It has been redeemed successfully. More than ten people started to buy."
That’s right, the first person to buy a lottery ticket was not the real buyer, but the child care. When Chu Xingyun saw this part of the plan, his head was blowing. How could a secret master think of child care?
"Report! Someone won the second prize and lost 1,000 copper coins. Now there are many buyers, and almost everyone present is buying. The number of people entering the martial arts venue has exceeded 6,000."
Chu Xingyun raised his head, a little surprised. Someone won the second prize so soon. He knew when he heard the reward that this time it was not a child caregiver.
In fact, in order to make a shot in Luocheng, Renault arranged a total of 500 childcare workers in his plan.
"Report! There are more than ten thousand people in the martial arts field."
"Report! The grand prize is released, and 25,000 copper coins are redeemed."
"Report! All 100,000 lottery tickets are sold out."
Chu Xingyun stood up, walked out of the hall, looked up at the sky, and was surprised. It was just after noon, and all the 100,000 lottery tickets were sold out?
The people of Dachu thought of lottery tickets too simply. The gambling method that could be popular on the earth for thousands of years and fascinated hundreds of millions of people naturally had its unique features.
To put it bluntly, there are only two items. One is cheap. Each scratch card is the lowest currency value in Dachu. As long as you are not a beggar, you can basically afford it. The other is excitement, on-site lottery draws and on-site exchanges, watching others make money, and making a lot of money. This excitement can easily make people lose their minds in a short period of time.
If you get a little impulse, you will pay for a few tickets. Anyway, the lottery is cheap enough. If you can't buy a few copper coins, you will suffer losses and be deceived. Even if you don't win the prize, you can afford to lose money.
Even if you don’t win the prize, it’s quite exciting to watch others win the prize.
In order to further increase the stimulation, Renault raised the general very high, and the other fourth prize was very low, and the winning rate was increased. On average, one of the two or thirty scratch cards won.
And he also played open and fair. Every time someone was a lieutenant general, Luo Yi would shout, and there was someone in the prize redemption office who was specifically responsible for recording. After the five awards, he kept drawing regular characters, and each person was hit, he would draw a stroke.
The people who watched the fun on the first day were not poor. Many rich people bought a silver coin at will. A silver coin can buy a thousand lottery tickets.
There are really not many 100,000 lottery tickets. When I met a few big players, I bought lottery tickets every minute. At the beginning, everyone was hesitating and waiting and really getting started. There were really many people who bought lottery tickets with silver coins. There were not enough 100,000 lottery tickets.
The first welfare lottery for Dachu was prepared for three days. When it was actually sold, it didn’t even take two hours. In the first hour, most of them watched the fun, but in the second hour, they were busy tearing and scraping the cards.
Even after selling, people were reluctant to leave for a long time. Later, they came to talk about lottery tickets first, and the people were full of joy and drooling.
Chapter completed!