Chapter 592 Old friend, small goal of transformation
After talking to the previous few mid-level mages who were close to high-level and at the same time had real power and connections, Xia Duo had a more accurate and realistic grasp of the transformation plan.
Therefore, when meeting Leonard, Shado acted more like a meeting between old friends. Leonard was not much younger than him, and he had stayed in the projection plane for a few more years.
Coupled with modern life on earth and all kinds of information, Xia Duo is now older than Leonard, both in terms of mental age and physical age.
In addition, at this moment, there is a huge disparity in status and power between the two. With Sha Duo's deliberate approach, Leonard easily won the "vote" for him.
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The time soon arrived the next morning, which was the time for the group meeting that Xia Duo had notified in advance.
On this day, the apprentices on the public floor suddenly discovered that the master mage, who was usually hard to see, all appeared one by one today, and they all went to the same place.
Word spread almost quickly.
On the other side, after Xia Duo and several mages from the Jin Institute saw the Pegasus in the Arcane Garden, on their way to the public floor, they could hear the apprentices discussing in low voices from time to time.
He knew that someone should have arrived early, which was really rare. The mage might be on time, or he might be late, but it was very rare to arrive early. It seemed that everyone was very concerned about the transformation of the Tower of Time!
When Xia Duo arrived at the large conference room, he took a quick look around and saw that there were clear levels of hierarchy inside. The junior mages basically sat around the mid-level mages. The only exception was probably the members who had entered the society.
There are currently no mid-level mages in the society, most of them are the youngest and most junior new mages. In addition, there are more apprentices who have not yet become official mages, but they are not qualified to participate in this meeting.
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Even though the focus of this meeting is apprenticeships!
After entering the door, Xia Duo and the familiar mages nodded in greeting, and then naturally came to the main seat, and stood up the [Saville Scepter] that Niya had handed over to him through Aibo to prove the identity of the agent.
Next to the seat, he sat down later.
In an instant, he felt that the voices in the conference room were a little quieter. For this meeting, he rarely put away his [Pioneer Scepter] just for this moment, so that its use would be more symbolic and demonstrate his authority.
[Saviour's Scepter] to increase "persuasiveness".
Chateau and the few people who entered the academy were probably the last ones to arrive. He also saw Sandur in the conference room. Although they met less than once, he still recognized the person.
Especially last time, when Sha Duo became Niya's representative, he stood up and questioned it, which left a deep impression on Sha Duo.
After all, this guy didn't dare not to come directly.
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After a while, the last official mage came over in disgrace. It was Siole. This guy usually likes to be unique and specializes in doing weird things, and he causes magic accidents from time to time.
Because of Edrich's relationship, Xia Duo knew about it at least four or five times, and there may be even more that he didn't know about. I don't know what happened to him today. He had some strange hair and hair on his face.
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Xia Duo was really worried that he would kill himself one day. He looked at the time and saw that it was still a little short of the notified meeting time, so he arrived in time.
cough--
Xia Duo coughed lightly. The sound was not loud, but it was still very clear in this relatively quiet conference room. It immediately attracted everyone's attention, including those who were still chatting in low voices.
"Members of the Tower of Time! You must have received some news more or less. What I want to tell you now is that the news is true, the Tower of Time will begin to transform!"
Having said this, Xia Duo paused subconsciously, wanting to see everyone's reaction. Some were stunned, some were confused, but most of them had no expression on their faces, just looking at Xia Duo quietly.
Even though he knew that there was no high-level mage among these people, Xia Duo still felt the slightest pressure. This was probably the so-called mass base. The more he valued it, the more pressure he felt.
If it were a completely self-centered person, then he would naturally not feel any pressure and would just do what he wanted, but he would have to bear the consequences himself.
Of course, Xia Duo also needs to bear the consequences, but he chooses a collective decision-making led by him, taking everyone's reaction into consideration as much as possible. The so-called consequence is that the decision-making fails at most, and the decision will be repeated next time.
There will not be a dictator's personal backlash, or rather there will be, but the system will help him share the burden.
Compared with one-man dictatorship, Xia Duo's approach may not be as efficient as one-man dictatorship, but in other aspects, such as the soundness of decision-making, breadth of thinking, potential for future development, etc., it will be better than one-man dictatorship.
Furthermore, the collective decision-making led by him does not undermine his majesty.
Facing a group of expressionless spellcasters, Xia Duo felt pressure and responsibility at the same time. These silent gazes were clearly the worries of the uncertain future of the mages who were aloof in front of ordinary people.
The purpose of the transformation is to make the Tower of Time quickly become stronger, catch up with other mage towers in Netheril, and prepare for a possible all-out war in the future.
No matter in the short or long term, the personal interests of these mages seem to be affected, but from another perspective, they may become the founders of future magical civilization.
What benefits and glory can compare with this!
Chateau is confident in this.
In the conference room, he continued:
"Everyone, there has been a wave of transformation in the mainland. If we fall behind, it will be more difficult in the future. After discussions with Master Niya, Master Aibo, and many mid-level mages, we have decided to transform the Tower of Time.
Transformation.
"The transformation will be temporarily divided into three stages, which will be implemented gradually. What is about to be carried out is only the first stage. Please stay tuned. I will also listen carefully to your suggestions and opinions. These suggestions and opinions will be obtained in the future transformation process.
remind."
Glancing at everyone present again, Xia Duo found that the expressions on the faces of the mages who had been expressionless just now were much softer. After all, Xia Duo had given them respect.
But Xia Duo knows that mere verbal respect cannot solve the problem. It still depends on the actual implementation of the transformation plan. If they cannot be satisfied, then the subsequent stages will largely not be able to proceed.
However, Xia Duo didn't have much to worry about. Once the plan started, it would be out of their hands.
“Now I will announce several goals for the first phase of the Tower of Time’s transformation—
“First, incorporate all apprentices into the official sequence of the Tower of Time and establish a formal apprenticeship management office;
"Second, for the adjustment of library permissions, the borrowing permissions and fees for some books on the nature of the magic network and the principles of magic are reduced or exempted, including but not limited to apprentices;
“Third, for the adjustment of private research laboratories, improve the existing material allocation rules and establish a formal audit office;
“Fourth, organize formal exchange meetings within the Tower of Time and formulate regulations, including but not limited to apprentices.
"The above four points are the small goals for the first phase of the Tower of Time's transformation. If you have any questions, you can ask me now. I will try my best to answer them within the scope that I can answer."
After saying that, Xia Duo calmly leaned back on the chair behind him and waited for the first questioner to come forward.