Ezekiel continued to refine the Taobao app. He could complete the project as a programmer with practically just a thought. On the first day Taobao launched online, more than 100,000 orders were placed, which seemed impressive, but compared to the total number of users, which was approaching 80 million, it was actually quite small, and this included all the residents of Alabasta. They trusted their King Ezekiel.
However, in the headlines of Morgans' News, he harshly criticized Ezekiel , as he was now in charge.
"Major failure! Is Taobao a waste of time?"
"Why should people spend money buying things on Taobao instead of shopping at the market?"
"Mobile shopping doesn't guarantee product quality!"
"His Majesty Ezekiel's mistake"
"Alabasta absolutely supports His Majesty!"
"Alabasta spends tens of billions of Berries supporting Taobao, will this affect supplies in the event of a war that might start?"
"During war preparations, His Majesty Ezekiel creates a new toy, Taobao"
"What is Taobao?"
The editorial department was busy, and Morgans was loudly shouting
Hurry up, guys, move it!
But that wasn't enough for him. Under his leadership, traditional newspapers and other media outlets sent white sheets flying across the sky. Morgans adjusted the tie around his neck while sitting in his office. Today's television news would be broadcast by him personally.
"The foolish His Majesty, such a wise being, came up with such nonsense."
"It took tens of billions of Berries to purchase a large number of products, and a lot of Devil Fruit power was used. At such a high cost, His Majesty Ezekiel probably wants to save us a bit of shopping time? Many people really don't think you need this, Your Majesty," Morgans smiled during the show without hesitation. "Do you really need that, Your Majesty? Many people don't think so."
Seeing this news, Ezekiel was calm. Morgans dared to say it, but he was angry with him; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to mock the King directly.
But what Ezekiel didn't expect was...
The newspaper staff were still busy, and no one noticed the sand grains pouring in through the cracks of doors and windows, and then...
Whoosh! - A massive sandstorm swept through the entire news office, knocking Morgans, who was broadcasting live to the world, his head hitting the camera and then the wall, leaving his funny, distorted expression completely bewildered on air!
Until the storm passed, the office was a mess, and the live broadcast had to be cut off.
Not far from the editorial office of the Information Agency, a woman in a cowboy hat and leather jacket smiled, turned around, and slowly walked away into the sand, ignoring Morgans' roar.
I know it was you! Bitch! You can't escape! Nico Robin!!! I will definitely sue His Majesty! I swear, I will!
After all, as everyone knows, Nico Robin is the most devoted follower of His Majesty Ezekiel .
Anyone who dares to question His Majesty will face this demonic woman.
As Morgans shouted about suing Ezekiel , the King could only sigh quietly. He suggested that Morgans make peace with Robin.
"She is an elegant woman with immense power," Morgans was told.
Morgans walked, limping, with red eyes, and his albatross hairstyle was not as neat.
On the second day, Taobao's sales reached 300,000! Hundreds of merchants, mostly from Alubarna, actively listed their products for sale online!
On the third day, Taobao's sales reached 500,000! The number of merchants reached thousands, and even the Syrup Family announced they were joining Taobao!
"Did you buy anything?" were the questions on the Forum.
"Yes! I bought a cart made by Willport, here it is!" responded one man, using the Forum's photo upload feature to showcase the item he purchased.
"It seems that King Ezekiel is not deceiving us. You can indeed use your mobile phone for shopping, but it doesn't make much sense. I don't mean to speak ill of His Majesty. I just mean that this thing developed by His Majesty is worse than some of the features that changed the era in the past. It's not as cool as other applications," someone said puzzled.
"It doesn't matter; in any case, it's the idea of His Majesty, and we just need to support him!" wrote a fan of Ezekiel .
In fact, the people currently supporting Taobao are mostly residents of Alabasta. As for the tens of millions of users abroad, very few have tried making purchases.
But Ezekiel wasn't in a rush. When the users of the East Blue can buy products from the Grand Line, they will learn about the endless possibilities of this app.
Waking up in the morning, Ezekiel habitually glanced towards Nami's room; the door was tightly closed, which meant she had already left. Under normal circumstances, this girl would definitely have left the door ajar and said "good morning" to Ezekiel , and so on. They would have had breakfast together.
"Where's Nami?" he asked the maid Meidi.
"Nami was going to visit the mirror world, saying she wanted to check out the goods…" Meidi said, handing him a towel.
In fact, not many merchants are willing to try this completely new sales model because they are worried about placing their goods in the mirror world, and ordinary people also strongly resist going to the mirror world to buy things.
Thus, most of the products are actually sold wholesale on behalf of the Kingdom, and the current turnover is 1 billion new dollars, which is 10 billion Berries, which is more effective for now in the mirror world.
There were not enough workers, so Ezekiel was forced to send tens of thousands of soldiers to help. Nevertheless, they still faced a shortage of labor.
Since all the goods were stored in the mirror world, it was very appealing to Nami.
And Ezekiel had been expecting this from her for several days. Such is Nami's nature. She is a woman who loves money as much as her life, no... she probably loves money more than life itself.
The Mirror Fruit can not only create a mirror world but also allow people to pass through the mirror world with the user's permission, so Koza doesn't have to do everything himself.
Ten people with the ability of the Mirror Fruit could enter the mirror world and let others in.
This represents a super logistics hub.
Ezekiel believes that the mirror world can solve the employment problem for at least hundreds of thousands of people in Alabasta, and each mirror world should have no fewer than 100,000 stores. He wants to use the Taobao app to turn Alabasta into a super-industrial country, just like China on Earth.
Let the industrial flag of this great country wave over the sea.
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