Arcane Linguist

Chapter 167 Calligraphy Association, Expansion of Power
In the Autodox Guild Hall, Gallo stood on the large balcony of the second-floor platform, holding a kettle in his hand, watering the flowers and plants in front of him.

These flowers and plants are exotic products carefully cultivated by the gardeners of the guild hall. Each plant is colorful, competing for splendor, showing tenacious life.

In the evening sun, the sun set and dyed Gallo's face golden.

The exotic flowers and plants in the tank were also dyed the same color.

"With just so much effort, it has grown so well. It's really a pretty flower."

Oxea was reading the newspaper not far away, raised his head inadvertently, saw Gallo's concentration, and said with a smile.

"You're overthinking it, but it's just forced to spawn with the high price of constant temperature circles and special fertilizers.

These things are all delicate things that are endangered in the place of origin, and some are even harmful poisonous weeds, which are cultivated by people because they have some special uses. "

Gallo sighed.

"It depends on it, but it's all about money."

Oxea was slightly taken aback, but immediately laughed.

"By the way, your article has been submitted to "Runes" before, and I don't know how it is now.

It is said that the review meeting for the re-examination has already started. It stands to reason that there should be a result. "

"It's nothing more than the two results of passing and rejecting the manuscript. With my current status, one more article is not much, and one less article is quite a lot. The more important thing is to find out the reality of that Roland.

How do you say this in Seres?By the way, it is called throwing stones to ask for directions..."

Gallo weighed the kettle in his hand, feeling that the water in it was about to be emptied, so he casually put it aside, shook off the water droplets on his hands, and sat down near Oxea.

"His temperament, attitude, and way of doing things can all be reflected through this incident.

Compared with the result of the submission, I am more concerned about the reasons for this result.

It would be best if Roland played a decisive factor in it. "

Oxea said: "It's just a kid who just got out of the mage's tower. Is it necessary to test him like this?"

Gallo didn't answer this question, because he didn't know why he attached so much importance to Roland's reaction.

But there was a voice in the dark telling him that Roland was worthy of being called his lifelong enemy, and the rise of the Siris School was even more related to the importance he and the Autodox School attached to him.

"Gallo, Gallo!"

Suddenly, someone shouted from downstairs.

"I'm here." Gallo poked his head out and found that it was a familiar member of the school.

The member of the school saw him, beckoned, and quickly walked towards the stairs.

Soon, he came to the balcony here, with a serious face, and said to Gallo: "The news just came, your article was rejected!"

"Oh? Is Roland still making a move?" Gallo said with a hint of sarcasm on his face, "My article is not so easy to reject."

Oxea said: "It's the first time for Roland to participate in such a review meeting, and he probably hasn't really understood the meaning of the words "lifetime responsibility system".

If you can decide the life and death of manuscripts at will based on your own preferences, and you don't have to pay any price, then the power of the reviewer is too great. "

The arcane review power of Atrein is indeed in the hands of these reviewers.

The lifelong responsibility system is a mechanism for supervision and review, and all contributors who have objections to the review results have the right to complain and investigate.

Among the departments under the Arcane Council, there is a special organization in charge of this matter, called the Arcane Morality and Discipline Inspection Committee.

Even before they used the school's influence to curb the growth momentum of the Siris School, they paid great attention to using the legal right to harm and did not leave obvious handles.

Roland's sudden acquisition of such power can be said to be a double-edged sword.

If it is not used properly, it will hurt yourself and your relatives and friends.

Gallo was mocking at this moment, just to conclude that Roland didn't have that kind of old-fashioned experience.

Ding!You have a new email from the Rune editorial team.

When the time came to 5 o'clock, when all departments were about to get off work, Gallo waited as expected for his rejection notice.

As a result, when he opened the mailbox and looked at it, his complexion turned pale immediately, and then flushed as if he was ashamed and humiliated.

Rejected because the handwriting is too ugly?
Although this letter does not express it in this way, the general meaning can be summed up in the words.

"Do you know how to appreciate it? That's art! Art!"

Gallo shivered, his body trembling slightly.

This rejection did not hurt him much, but it was extremely insulting.

"Gallo, I've already contacted you. I just wrote another article and plan to publish it in tomorrow's Arcane Review. Together with other writers, I will denounce Roland...Gallo, what's wrong with you?"

Oxea walked in from the outside excitedly, and saw Gallo standing there in the room, his face turned red and then pale, and he couldn't help showing a bit of surprise.

"Those speculations before are not true. Roland gave sufficient reasons for rejecting the manuscript, and the main force for rejecting the manuscript lies in the editorial department, not just Roland."

Gallo turned around, suppressing his emotions.

"How is this possible?"

Oxea was stunned.

It turned out to be a collective decision?
How far is the nature of questioning Roland from questioning the entire "Rune" editorial department?

This is self-evident.

Any arcanist has a good reason to question Roland. Even if Roland becomes a high-level mage or archmage in the future, everyone is not hypocritical in discussing arcane issues.

But when it comes to character and arcane ethics, the nature is much more serious.

And to question the editorial department of "Rune" is to question the platform of a first-line journal, and to question the system of the Arcane Empire.

"This Roland is far more cunning and sophisticated than expected. He has subtly controlled the rhythm of the review meeting and achieved his goals reasonably and legally."

Gallo had to admit that he was completely defeated in this confrontation.

What he was worried about was not the failure this time, but what his opponent showed.

Roland seems to be able to fully adapt to the power in his hands and wield this double-edged sword with ease.

This is where it gets really troublesome, even scary.

"Will these articles still be published?" Oxea hesitated. They originally planned to mobilize public opinion and put pressure on Roland.

"It's better not to post it, because if the formal process is to be questioned, it is to use public opinion to fight against the system.

Not to mention whether it will lead to an investigation by the superior department, even if the other party has followed suit, and in turn questioned our previous rejection of the manuscript of the Siris School, it is not comfortable.

We have also done similar things, and when the time comes, it will also involve review and review. "

Gallo sees this matter very clearly, that is, the schools fight against each other without breaking it, and some things are destined to be battles under the table, and there is no way to put them on the table.

Roland didn't show any flaws, so how to fight this public opinion war?
Can't beat it at all.

……

Gallo didn't choose to make trouble in the public opinion, but in the next few days, the news media and major platforms began to discuss Roland's speech at the review meeting.

The content related to the thesis has been carefully removed, and what remains is his opinion on the evaluation of calligraphy art and the regulations on the beauty of calligraphy.

Structure, strokes, and composition, these three put forward objective standards for judging calligraphy art works from different dimensions, and then attached Lei's private interview with Roland.

They chatted about calligraphy, including the choice of beginners and the path of practice.

Roland took this opportunity to share his personal experience in the previous life, including the eight methods of Yongzi, the introduction to Jinkai, Linbei, etc., and gave a brief introduction.

This is undoubtedly laying the foundation for the art of calligraphy in this world.

As for the few handwritings he showed during the meeting, they became the objects of everyone's scrambling to copy.

There are no two kings in this world, no Yan Liu Ou Zhao, and no Zhang Dian Su Kuang.

Only Roland, only Luo Ti!
What he shows is the only standard in the calligraphy world today!

Although Roland thinks that his calligraphy is mediocre, after imitating famous masters from the previous life, it still looks like that in the eyes of laymen. It is enough to become the number one official script, regular script, cursive script, and running script in the world. ...

Lei, in particular, admired him so much that he was on the verge of becoming a die-hard fan.

The relevant public opinion that has been aroused now is created by them and a few fellow enthusiasts.

Going to the editorial office again the next day, Roland chatted with Lei about this matter, and Lei also said bluntly: "I want more people to understand Siris calligraphy, so as to benefit the entire arcane community.

The biggest difficulty that Sailis calligraphy is facing now is not the lack of motivation to learn.

There is such a highly practical super-magic skill as the wild grass casting method that almost no mage can refuse.

What really troubles everyone is the relationship between the handwriting drawn out of thin air and the array of guiding runes.

It's not that random gestures can arouse the resonance of mana and magic power, but there must be certain norms.

The beauty of calligraphy you have proposed and the several calligraphy styles you have shown can just serve as a standard for learning.

I want to provide a corresponding introductory tutorial for the entire arcane community through this summary. "

"That's really hard work for you. I was entrusted by the Arcane Committee recently, and I am also working on this matter. I hope it can promote our cause."

After talking about this matter, Roland asked about the Autodox School.

"At yesterday's meeting, both Victor and Anna expressed their opposition to my opinion. They are members of the Autodox school. Will they restrict me more in the future?"

"That may not necessarily be true. They are not pure rune mages, and their loyalty to the Autodox school is also limited."

Lei said.

"Forget it, some things don't matter what they say. Whether they will continue to fight against us depends on their future performance."

Roland decided not to think about this matter for the time being. Even if the other party was really a loyalist, since the authority of the Siris School was in his own hands, the influence they could have was very limited.

The most urgent task at the moment is to try to use the advantages of having a firm foothold here to promote the growth of the school.

Lei suggested to Roland: "Apply for some talents related to Seres, just because the number of submissions in this field has increased too much and the workload is too large..."

Learning is the job of a mage, not work.

This is a perfectly valid reason.

……

In the laboratory applied by Orvisto Mage Tower, Leitlin, Tibo, Sitaya and others.

"Come and see, Roland has a new move in Nieves City."

"What? The standard of calligraphy art..."

Where liberalism is admired, art certainly has no standards.

However, as long as one has anything to do with arcane arts, one must be more or less objective, materialistic and standardized.

This is also the biggest difference between liberal arts and science in the traditional sense.

When perceptual cognition rises to rational analysis, the proposal of standards becomes necessary.

The emergence of this kind of thing has greatly reduced the difficulty of getting started, and made things that were originally clueless gradually become understandable.

"Mr. Roland proposed these, which is enough to be called a calligrapher!"

"There is also Mr. Lei, who is also the promoter of Sailis calligraphy..."

Such a statement has been circulating on the magic net for some time.

That's right, in the blink of an eye, Roland gained the title of a calligrapher.

Everyone discussed this topic hotly, and gave him the title of a calligraphy master.

Although everyone thinks that Lei seems to have come from behind and has a higher level of practice in the field of calligraphy, but he is still only a master.

Unless we introduce the old and bring forth the new, create an original school, or derive a writing system different from the Jiajin seal, official, cursive and regular scripts proposed by Roland.

And Roland is a well-deserved name as a master. He brought the real art of calligraphy and the corresponding evaluation standards to Art Rhine.

Seeing it himself, Roland blushed a little.

He knows his true level, but he is just a beginner in calligraphy.

How can He De He can.

……

On the other side, in the Tower of Mage Iser.

Dilent, who was a senior teaching assistant at the time, saw some news circulating inside the school in his residence, and was slightly absent-minded.

Some people in the school are calling for more manuscripts and more papers to be submitted to "Runes" while Roland joins the job.

Even, apply for a job there.

Although in theory, he has an obligation to avoid suspicion, and it is not always possible to review related articles.

But taking advantage of this time to pass the previously controversial things, it is still worth a try.

"Mr. Roland has actually arrived at "Rune"? It just so happens that I can try it too."

During Roland's visit last year, he listened to Roland's lectures and left a deep impression on him.

Since then, he has formally joined the Siris Language Joint Research Association and become a member of the school.

On the side of Iser's Mage Tower, thanks to the encouragement of Lunifuss, the funding and arcane atmosphere of this branch are in place, and the organization life is also held regularly.

One result of this is that the loyalty of the school members is very high, and the arcane research that is willing to devote themselves to this field has become more and more in-depth.

Although Dillent's main focus is on the direction of spells, this does not prevent him from studying some runes as well, and has a corresponding level.

After checking it out, Dylant was delighted to find that his qualifications fully met the open recruitment requirements of the "Rune" editorial department.

First-line journals like this are short of people all year round and need to be supplemented from time to time.

Although according to the past practice, experienced professionals were recruited from the lower-level journals, but Roland applied for an increase in manpower under Lei's suggestion, which created additional positions.

Immediately, he wrote a self-recommendation letter, and then asked several high-ranking mages in the mage tower to write letters and recommend them to work together.

With the support of several schoolmates, Dylant, who had no special relationship at first, successfully sent his resume to the personnel department of "Rune", and then quickly entered the approval process.

A few days later, Georg sent the resume to Roland.

"From the Master Tower of Yisel, member of the school, major in spells, and minor in runes?"

Roland looked at it and smiled slightly: "This person is not bad, he will issue a travel quota, let's invite him for an interview."

This is also the right he has in his hands now, and he can start recruiting troops.

Seeing that he had chosen, Georg put away the other resumes.

Roland can't configure many exclusive assistants now, so he can only transfer these to other departments, and even reluctantly refused.

School priority is an unspoken rule that is rarely put on the table.

If there is no sect, or if the faction is wrong, you will still suffer some losses after all.

……

Gallo has someone in the editorial department of "Rune", and he vaguely knows the two things that Roland has been focusing on recently, and he feels very bad.

To set standards and establish norms is to further establish the authority of arcane arts.

And recruiting assistants and arranging manuscripts is to further expand the influence of the school.

Both of these are places where he has focused on before.

Ous letter phonetic scheme, grass...

"Fortunately, it is still difficult for them to set foot in places where funding is approved.

And now Roland is the only one who truly has the authority and special status of arcane arts.

He has no skills at all. He mainly grasped "Runes", but he couldn't grasp "Magic", nor could he grasp "Text", "Alphabet", etc., and he couldn't manage small periodicals outside the third line. "

The members of the Autodox school are very widely distributed, which is not just reflected in the right to speak in the editorial department of a certain two journals.

Therefore, although Gallo felt a little uncomfortable, he quickly calmed down and determined to continue to chase and intercept in other aspects, fully restricting the development of this school.

But at this moment, Oxea came over and told him a piece of news.

Periodicals such as "Magic", "Journal of the Magic Circle", "Secret Seal", "Spell" and other journals also appeared in large numbers of job applications from people of the Siris School.

Even in some agencies and departments under the Arcane Council, such as the Magic Web Management Office, Journal Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Arbitration Tribunal, etc., there are some people who disclose their school backgrounds.

"How could there be so many people from the Siris school in these departments?"

Gallo was shocked.

"It's calligraphy! The common hobby of calligraphy has connected them!
Some people were originally members of the Seris School, but they had no public activities, and they didn’t get in touch with the top and bottom with this background, while some people just became interested in the Seris School recently, and joined because of their calligraphy hobby!

Recently, Lei also submitted an application to the Arcane Committee for the establishment of a "Seres Calligraphy Association", intending to establish a new organization independent of the joint research association, registered as a non-governmental organization, a non-academic institution...

I've heard that this organization has been approved, and several archmages are even planning to join! "

Oxea told him the news he found out.

The reason why the Sailis Calligraphy Association is independent from the non-governmental organization outside the Joint Research Association, rather than becoming its subordinate organization, is the result of Roland and Lei's deliberation.

Not everyone is willing to join the Seris Language Research Association or is interested in the organizational life of the school.

They may not necessarily have a common school appeal and arcane identity.

There are pros and cons to making the cut from the start.

But in any case, it is a way to expand the influence of one's own school and arcane achievements.

Sure enough, some people who were inconvenient to express their positions or should not have a position joined the Calligraphy Association without any scruples.

Anyway, it is just a non-governmental organization of a hobby nature, a non-academic organization, and has nothing to do with the position of the school or the identity of the arcane.

Gallo went numb on the spot.

I can't hold it anymore, I really can't hold it back!
At this moment, he understood the meaning of the phrase "press the gourd to float the scoop" without a teacher.

The Siris school has a foundation, and after it develops to a certain stage, it will naturally have a lot of growth and development power.

If this vigor and vitality are not touched, then the momentum of growth is unstoppable.

This is the general trend.

"Even some archmages plan to join?"

He suddenly had an ominous premonition, so that they would not be able to hinder the approval of funds or various activities.

But more important than that is something else.

"Should our teacher also join this association?"

He was cheated out of experience.

"Not really, the teacher doesn't seem to be very interested in calligraphy."

Oxea looked at him with a slightly strange face, Gallo, why are you so proficient in predicting in advance?

By the way, it seems that because Roland was able to enter "Runes", there was a teacher to help him...

He suddenly understood why Gallo asked such a question.

Okesia let out a dry cough, and said in a slightly heavy voice: "But within our school, there are also a small number of members who have joined this calligraphy association.

Masters are free, especially those non-core members of interdisciplinary fields, we simply have no way to exert too much influence. "

Gallo was speechless for a moment.

……

At this moment, Roland was also speechless.

"Even I didn't expect that in the city of Nieves in the sky, there are also a group of school members and calligraphy lovers. These are all potential contacts and influence!"

"Roland, the 27th of the day after tomorrow is the day when the Calligraphy Association will be officially established. Don't forget to be there on time!"

Lei was happy to tell.

He has been busy during this period of time, starting the association, and finally in return, he was unanimously elected as the first vice president and the actual host.

As for the official president recognized by everyone, of course it must be Roland.

(End of this chapter)