The first day of publication of the first issue of Mathematics Journal.
The Lost Land of this era is not like the Crazy Earth, where there will be a group of people queuing up all night long. Therefore, Kabamba College still maintains the same calm as in the past.
It means that the old man did not put the place where he sells journals inside the college. Instead, he placed it near the gate, at the reception desk for outsiders. This is usually where young students in the enlightenment class meet their parents.
Selling mathematics journals here can also prevent too many irrelevant people from entering the college.
The price of each journal is XL Geir (40 gold). This price is considered to be at the lowest level among the magic knowledge sold by the Magician Association. For a formal magician, it is not a lot of money, but it is not expensive either.
It’s just a small amount of money that you can easily take out without even thinking about it.
Dean Kabanbai didn't feel much about such pricing at first. For a magician of his level to buy any piece of magic knowledge that he likes from the association, the price would be hundreds or even thousands. Four
Ten gils was no different than drizzle. It wasn’t until someone said: There is one issue every month that the old magician’s eyes twitched.
When a magician purchases advanced knowledge from the association, he or she will not be able to figure out the reason without studying it for several years. Therefore, although the cost is high, the period of use is very long.
Paying 40 kilo per month to buy a journal means 480 kilo per year, which is close to the price of an intermediate-to-high-level magic knowledge; 960 kilo for two years, which is already more than the price of a high-level student
The price of magic is average. I don’t know if I didn’t calculate it, but I was shocked if I calculated it. As this young man said, this is just a slow knife.
However, according to the agreement, all income will be divided into two equal parts. One part belongs to the funds of the printing workshop, including the salaries to be paid to the apprentices, the purchase costs of paper and ink, and the necessary future expenses, all from this amount.
It is paid from the funds. There is also the most important item, which is the 'tax' paid to the Holy City, which is also paid from this part.
As for the manufacturing cost of the printing press, although it was paid by someone, Lin generously used it as capital to invest in the printing workshop. In contrast, the land for the workshop and other troublesome matters were taken care of by the college.
Already.
The other income will be divided into two equal parts, that is, the income belonging to the college and Lin's personal income. This part is pure income, because the Holy City of Estali only charges transaction tax, unlike the earth where there are individuals
Income tax.
In other words, after a large group of people have been busy for the past few days, the college can receive an income of 10,000 kilo, which is almost equivalent to the college's regular expenses for a month. It includes faculty salaries and the cost of food ingredients for everyone to eat in the college.
In the past, although the operation of the college was not stretched, it was not very generous either. The cost of additional materials required for some special courses often had to be subsidized by the capital of the founders, so that the college could run smoothly.
Go down.
This is the reason why many magicians who run academies are obsessed with money. It is also the reason why the great magician Kabanbai charges high tuition fees for mathematics courses and life courses. It is all because of money.
But now a journal seems to have relieved the financial pressure of Kabamba Academy. This is something that the great magician Kabamba never considered from the beginning. It can be said to be an unexpected blessing.
However, someone poured a bucket of cold water on it at the right time and said, "Dean, you don't think that all these thousand copies will be sold, do you?"
"Well, what do you mean?" The old magician, who was smiling brightly and calculating accounts with mathematics, blew his beard, stared angrily, and asked in a tone that he thought was very calm.
"First of all, ten books must be sent to the big library. This is something we cannot afford to miss."
Although ten books are a bit too much to send to the big library, the old magician would never refuse such a thing. Even if someone didn't make an agreement at the beginning, he might still spend his own money to send one or two books to the big library.
Seeing that the old man really calmed down, Lin continued: "I hope to take out ten more books. Three books will be donated to the college, which will be arranged by the college; three books will be donated to the mathematics building, which can be borrowed but not taken out; two books will be donated to
The workshop keeps records so that people in the workshop can use them as reference materials when needed; I have two copies for myself, both for keeping records."
A total of twenty books are given away for free, which is not too much compared to the total number. Moreover, the academy can also get a lot for free, and the great magician Kaban Bai also has no reason to refuse. He nodded and acknowledged it.
Lin continued: "And the most important point is that not all of the remaining 980 copies will be sold. Maybe only a dozen people will support it, and then the rest will become warehouse furnishings."
Although they say so, someone doesn't want this to happen, but the journal is different from the way the Magicians Association sells magic knowledge. The latter is that when it is confirmed that someone wants to buy a certain knowledge, the association will issue a commission for copying.
Member. A thousand copies of the journal were printed in one go, but except for the twenty copies whose destinations have been confirmed, the whereabouts of the other guests are not yet known.
Shouldn't it be like the little match girl, putting the mathematical journals in the basket and selling them along the street? So someone thought.
What was more worrying than him and the great magician Kabamba was the ten apprentices who had just joined this profession. Looking at the expressions on their faces that looked as if their heavens were about to collapse, Lin shook off his uneasiness.
, said to them with a confident expression: "Don't worry, if the sales are really not good, we will just reduce the printing volume from the next issue. And the salary promised to you will not be reduced any more. No matter what
No matter what, I will support this journal as long as I am around. At worst, I will use my lecturer’s salary to subsidize it.”
Yes, the worst case scenario is to use the lecturer's salary to subsidize it. Anyway, the dean charges a lot of tuition fees for math classes, and even the remuneration he brings to himself is considerable. After one class, he can earn hundreds of kilo, and that's just this kind of income.
It's no wonder that other colleges are jealous of its level. So it's really not a big problem to use part of it to subsidize journals.
If it doesn't work, if we really want the printing workshop to be responsible for its own profits and losses, I will print a bunch of pornographic books like crazy. What about Jin Ping Mei, ***, the overbearing president rapes me, etc. Don't underestimate the people from the 21st century on earth.
Otaku! If I become promiscuous, I'm sure to turn the whole world into porn.
Because he understood the possible risks, the great magician Kabanbai regained his sanity and returned to normal conditions. At his age, gains and losses are not that important, but just follow your true heart.
At the moment, Lin has another thing that he has to do personally. That is to deliver books to the Great Library in accordance with his promise to the Dharma Saint Mildiades. In fact, he just sent the book to the Dharma Saint's magic tower.
Naturally, there will be a manager who will handle the follow-up matters. However, out of respect, it is more appropriate for you to make the trip yourself the first time you send the book.
Accompanying him is the great magician Kabanbai. This is the dean of Kabanbai Academy, his guide and introducer. Otherwise, with his face alone, he might not have even entered the magic tower.
He will be blocked. The old man next to him has a reputation that is top-notch in Estali.
Since he was going to send books to the big library, it goes without saying that the great magician Kabanbai took out the treasures at the bottom of the box to show off. After all, this can be regarded as doing something to save his own face.
The box that contains ten mathematics journals is a magic wooden box specially placed to deliver important documents. It is made of a wood with a sweet smell. High-grade magic materials have a bright golden natural texture.
A flash of magical power. It has the effects of preventing insects, adjusting temperature and humidity, etc. It means that the thing is so hard that no insects can get in.
Then he pulled out the most luxurious carriage in the academy, as well as two pure black horses with Warcraft blood. The horse's manes danced like flames, and the huge horseshoes scratched the ground, directly scratching grooves. A snort can make people
Feel the heat wave on your face.
These two horses cannot be bought if you have money. Moreover, unless Kabanbai or Bijan travel in person, these two horses cannot be controlled, even if the two ladies come forward, because these two horses have never been
His father and grandfather had lived and died together with the two magicians. The relationship between them was not just that of owners and pets, but more like comrades who could be entrusted to each other.
Of course, the great magician Kabanbai is also dressed in orthodox attire, tied with two golden tassels, and is ready to set off for the six towers of the holy city of Estali. In comparison, Lin's clothes don't even have the word 'shabby'.
It's not perfect, it can be described as "shabby".
This is because the Master's "dress" is different from the so-called dress of ordinary nobles. It is not embroidered with gold thread, sewn with lace, made of various patterns, made of good materials or fluffy, shiny fur, it is called dress;
Rather, it depends on the amount of additional magic, its effectiveness, and the strength of the magic power it contains. The attire of a real magician is not for demonstrations, but for death battles.
The more powerful the equipment, the stronger the sense of oppression it will bring. It is like a turbojet engine with greater horsepower. Just standing behind it, not only the ear-splitting noise will almost drive people crazy.
, the whole person will still feel as if he is about to be blown away.
Another extreme of magic equipment is that it swallows everything around it like a bottomless pit. Just like standing in front of a turbine engine, it seems that if you are not careful, you will be sucked in and crushed to pieces.
As long as a person with a normal mind has no other reason, he must instinctively stay away from these sources of threats as much as possible.
In comparison, the threat in someone is...zero. Of course, you can pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger. But when you see yourself as a cute big fat pig, even those with a little teeth want to come up and bite a piece of meat. This pretending
Zhuke acted quite sad.
So looking at all the belongings of the great magician Kaban Bai, someone secretly decided that he must equip himself with luxurious equipment no matter what. When people see it, they want to take a detour and cannot think of any challenge. This
Only then can you live your own little life safely.
The reason why this old man was so 'dressed up' was because he was going to enter someone else's magic tower this time!
No matter how kind-hearted the tower owner is, or whether the tower owner is a reputable force leader, as long as he enters the area where others have the power of life and death, it is impossible for a magician who cares about his life not to ignore it. If he falls out, even if he doesn't
The only way to cause trouble for the other party is to make sure you can escape.
After everything was ready, the two of them got on the carriage together and headed to the strongest war fortress in Midland, one of the management offices of the Great Library, and Tower VI of the Six-in-One Magic Tower of Estali in the Holy City.