Arcane Linguist

Chapter 169 Lunephth's Gift, A Historical Opportunity for a Liberal Arts Master (ask for a monthly ticket)
"Teacher, is the Cowrens family really planning to withdraw from the Kingdom of Leiner? There are rumors going on outside, saying that Arterine is planning to change its strategy there."

Roland was in Nieves City, so he naturally heard the news.

He immediately found his teacher and inquired directly from him, the arcane committee member.

Sitting behind the large desk, Orvisto said while looking at the documents in his hand, "Didn't there be rumors before, and now it's just on the agenda."

"What is the committee's plan?"

"I do not know."

"do not know?"

"There are so many arcane committee members, each with different ideas and different interests, and the emphasis is on coordination.

Who will know until the results of the coordination are out? "

Ovisto said frankly that he finally put down the document in his hand, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Some resolutions, let alone me, even His Excellency Antonia can't predict."

"That's true." Roland agreed.

"However, such a change in the current situation may not necessarily be an opportunity." Orvisto reminded, "After all, compared with the interests of the Magic School and the Magic School, our Rune School is more concerned with politics and culture. field.

Some schools are destined to be more likely to make war fortunes, so they attach importance to the resource benefits brought by military industry and colonial rule, while some schools pay peace fortunes and pay attention to cultural victory.

In fact, Leon of the Cowrens family has already returned to China, but he was isolated and prepared to attend the hearing.

Some things, instead of asking me, you might as well go and see for yourself. "

Orvisto said to Roland.

"The hearing for the Reiner Kingdom will be held on the morning of January 1th. You are now a sixth-level arcanist and a senior lecturer, and you are qualified to attend as an audience."

"Okay, I'll be there then."

……

Since he couldn't contact Leon for the time being, Roland didn't waste his time, and went directly back to No. [-] Chancellor after he got out of the committee.

As a result, just as he walked to the door, he heard a voice faintly coming from the wind.

"Honey, I'm in Nieves City, where are you now?"

Level 2 spell "Wind News"!
The mage badge Roland carried with him contained the mysterious imprints of many people he knew, but he didn't need to check it to know that it belonged to Lunifuth's voice.

Roland had mastered this "Wind News Technique" for research before, but he hadn't reserved it in the magic net quota.

Fortunately, the mages of Alterain are used to casting spells from the magic net, but it doesn't mean that they can't cast spells without the magic net. It's just a tool.

So, he mobilized his magic power and cast the spell by himself: "Niss, I'm at the villa..."

After some exchange, Roland said to Al who heard the sound and came out to check: "I'll go out again, and I won't come back for lunch today.

Uh, maybe not coming back at night. "

"Master, where are you going?" Al asked curiously, "Do you need Miss Trina to accompany the guards?"

"It's in this city, no need." Roland waved his hand.

Today happens to be the arrival of the new year, January 10026, 1 in the Art Rhine calendar.

Although the history and culture of Arterine does not pay much attention to the New Year, it is more or less a holiday. All departments try to have a holiday as much as possible, and even the carriages on the road are less than half.

It took Roland a while to wait for a carriage, and after getting in, he ordered, "No. [-] Iser Street."

The place where Lunephth lives is the official residence of the arcane commissioner equipped by Arterine, which is a policy benefit, and the archmages who have always been born in the Kingdom of Iser will be arranged there.

Even in this floating city with a limited area, No. [-] Iser Street still occupies a large area, with a scale of tens of acres.

So when Roland arrived there, what he saw was a manor full of flowers. The main building and the attached buildings inside were surrounded by flowers, like a fairyland in a dream.

The owner of the manor, Luneves, came out to wait in person. She hadn't seen her for a long time, but she was still dressed in Chinese clothes, radiant and radiant, and her plump and mature figure was full of charm.

"Oh dear, finally seeing you again."

With a bit of joy and excitement, Lunefuse stepped forward to greet her, and under the surprised gaze of the maids nearby, she hugged Roland tightly, followed by a suffocating love kiss.

Roland hooked her snow-white shoulders and necks with his hands, and returned the same enthusiasm.

After a while, the two separated, looked at each other and smiled.

Roland admired sincerely: "Nice, you are still so beautiful."

"I've passed my age, like a rose that is about to wither, and I'm no longer pretty." Listening to Roland's praise, Lunifuss complained, "If I was just an ordinary woman, I could It’s good to be by your side all the time.”

"If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night?" Roland said casually.

Lunephth's eyes lit up: "Oh, my God, this poetic sentence.

Although I don't quite agree with this point of view, I have to say, my dear, you are so talented! "

Roland was ashamed, seeing the other party's blurred eyes, with an obsessed and sickly look, who was about to hang on his body, quickly helped him stabilize, and reminded: "There are still people watching here, let's go in first."

Lunifuss said: "It doesn't matter, these are all my confidants who came over from Snow Castle."

Roland took a look, and sure enough, there were a few familiar faces in his memory, they were the maids in Snow Castle.

He nodded, and walked in with Luneves in his arms.

The two had lunch together and exchanged heartfelt feelings. Only then did Roland learn that Luneves had come here on purpose.

As the eldest princess of Iser and the arcane committee member of the arcane empire, Lunefice's time does not belong entirely to her.

There are endless meetings, endless documents, and various occasions that need to be attended...

But compared with those big shots in Blue Star in her previous life, she still has great freedom and plenty of vacation time.

Then the two talked about some topics in the arcane world, including the recent popularity of calligraphy, the changes in the Reiner Kingdom, Roland's work in "Rune", daily life in the city, and so on.

Lunifers said to Roland: "There is something beautiful in my room, come and see it with me."

Roland went in without knowing it, and followed Lunifuss in.

As a result, as soon as she entered the door, she was dragged onto the bed with a coquettish smile, carelessly missing Jingzhou!
……

Three hours later, Lunifuss took something from the bedside cabinet and handed it to Roland who was panting there.

Roland couldn't help being a little surprised: "What is this?"

What appeared in his hand was a rather exquisite small box, the whole body was made of some kind of magical beast tooth material, embellished with gold and emeralds, it looked very expensive at first glance.

"The switch is here, turn it on and see."

With a contented smile on her glamorous face, Lunephth lay on her side beside him, and pointed.

Roland opened the box as he said, only to find that it turned out to be a card box full of cards.

Lunefice unraveled the mystery: "Recently, the Katona family's education group launched a brand new cultural product called the Siris Phantom Magic Card!
Phantom Magic Cards is a card competitive game that originated in the age of magic. Adding the prefix of Siris, under the general rules, it mainly focuses on the mythological characters and historical figures that appeared in your "The Romance of Siris". It belongs to a new module .

It has four series of Myth, Romance (Epic), Hero, and Common, corresponding to the four levels of Rare, Rare, Precious, and Common in the general rules.

The Katona family entrusted me to tell you about this matter, and hoped to be authorized. I took a look and found it quite interesting. I specially asked someone to collect a set of limited edition mythical series cards and give it to you. "

"There is such a thing?"

Magic cards are nothing new, they have been popular among thousands of mages as early as in the history of Alteraine.

It is said that this was originally a mnemonic card specially invented by a certain archmage to give lectures to students, and later derived pictures, words, and even magic runes and other imprints.

Later, someone transformed it into a poker-like battle game, and then slowly evolved into a competitive card with a role identity.

Some people have even tried to use the production technology of spell scrolls to transcribe magic spells on this kind of thing.

In this way, the magic card becomes a real spell-casting prop.

It is not surprising that the Katona Group seized the business opportunity and launched the Siris module, but it is definitely a good thing to be able to enter this field in front of a large organization like Hilt Corporation.

"What do you think about this matter?" Roland cast a questioning look at Lunifuss.

"Instead of asking me, it's better to talk about your own thoughts first." Lunifuss said.

"I think Kevin Katona dares to think and do things, and his execution is quite good, and the Katona family is a noble in the Iser region. If you give them the authorization of this magic card, you You can also exert your own influence."

Roland thought about it and said to her.

"That's true. This family is a member of the noble council of the Iser Kingdom. The ancestor, the Marquis of Katona, was one of the founding heroes. He once followed my ancestor to establish a secular rule.

If you think this kind of magic card is worth a look, I will pay more attention to it.

However, in a sense, Hilt Company has a channel for plane travel and can promote it on a larger scale. My suggestion is to hand over the printing and production to the Katona family, while the distribution will be done by Hilt. The company is responsible, so that some checks and balances can be carried out from the perspective of benefit distribution, so that the tail is not too big to lose. "

Luneves did not favor the families in her kingdom, but sincerely gave reasonable suggestions from the perspective of Roland's interests.

After hearing this, Roland took it for granted: "That's not bad."

As he spoke, he drew out the card and looked at it.

With the magic level of Arterine, it is not a problem to print graphic products, and with some craftsmanship of making magic scrolls and other alchemy products, it can be extremely exquisite.

Katona Company definitely hired a skilled painter to create the heroes in the Romance of Seris. The myths and legends drawn vividly restored the characteristics of the Seris described by Roland.

They adopt the narrative style of mythical epic as a whole, re-deconstruct the chapters in "Historical Records", and extract "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", "Chi You", "Xing Tian", "Feng Bo", "Yu Shi", "Ying Long", "Gong Gong" ", "Zhu Rong" and other characters are specially set and created, and the level is not inferior to a certain game company in the previous life.

What surprised Roland in particular was that it could endow the physical card with a magical dynamic effect, and even cast a life-sized phantom after the magic power was injected into it.

This augmented reality (Augmented Reality, AR) technology is far better than the level of the previous Blue Star.

Roland liked it more and more, and he praised it sincerely.

"Since you like it, then you have to treasure it carefully." Lunifuss reminded with a smile, "According to the nature of these commercial companies, such rare and limited edition card sets will not be released at will.

It is said that they plan to release only 100 sets in all planes and worlds, while the Romance (Epic) series is 1 sets, and the hero series is unlimited, but it will be adjusted according to the sales situation. , sell for money. "

"How much do they plan to price and how to sell it?" Roland asked.

露妮芙丝道：“应该是1铜币（10铜元）一张普通牌，按照身份角色达到数铜币至1银币（100铜元）不等，而英雄牌在1金币（1000铜元）以上。

As for the Romance card and Myth card, they are completely at the level of alchemy props, and the cost price is at least 100 gold coins (10) and 1000 gold coins (100 million). "

Hearing this, Roland was surprised and took out the cards he had just put away to look again, and found that there were 55 trial-issued phantom magic cards in this box, which meant that they were worth more than 55000 gold coins.

This is just the cost of magic materials.

"It sounds good, but I don't think it is necessary to sell it at a fixed price. It can be changed to the form of krypton gold draw cards, for example, one draw for more than 10 copper dollars, and ten consecutive draws for more than 100 copper dollars.

Find some actuaries, take a good look at the probabilities, and control the shipments at 200% or 300% of the original price.

According to the law of large numbers, the arithmetic mean of a sequence of random variables will always converge to the arithmetic mean of mathematical expectations, but it is easy to sell better by stimulating consumption.

If the price is too high, which affects sales, then from time to time, launch some pools with limited probability up or limited-time promotions to reduce the price to the original price, or even 80%, 50%, and then launch some tens of copper dollars, which is equivalent to hundreds of the original price. Silver coins, a super-optimized monthly card that allows players to win money, can be saved by the poor who could not afford it, gain a wave of luck, participate in national entertainment by the way, and become a game experience for the rich.

If there are too many cards drawn, some players will inevitably accumulate a large number of unnecessary cards, and they may trade with each other. This requires launching new products from time to time, and finding ways to use public opinion to guide XP to draw cards, deepen fetters. "

"Oh dear, you are a business genius. Did you come up with this 'krypton gold draw' model? You are so smart!"

Luneves winked like silk, her face full of surprise and admiration.

Commercial activities in Alteraine are suppressed. Although merchants can make a lot of money, they will never be as noble as nobles, let alone be comparable to mages.

So some sophisticated modern business routines are not so easy to develop.

No matter how brilliant the routine is, how can it compare to taking refuge in the nobles?

Lunifus was amazed by this, and cast a "scribing technique" on the spot to record the main points Roland said.

"Having said that, this is a cultural product, and perhaps the best way for our rune mages to realize it."

Roland suddenly remembered something, and lay in bed chatting with Lunifuss.

Lunifers said: "It's true, not all arcane knowledge can make achievements in the physical field, and not all arcane achievements can be directly realized."

"But in truth, people's spiritual needs are infinite, and they are more difficult to meet than ordinary physical needs, and they have broader prospects."

Roland said.

"Ordinary people, eating three meals a day is already the greatest satisfaction. If the conditions are better, then they will start to pursue partners, children, family members, successful careers, and all the way to the noble class. There are all kinds of enjoyment in life.

But the natural imperfection of the human spirit leaves them in a void, necessitating the invention of all kinds of pastimes and activities.

From the salons, balls, and gladiatorials that the nobles like, to the common people, all kinds of chess pieces and games that the common people like, and all spiritual things must be placed on these physical objects.

Cards are just one of them, but they are objects that can be played on many occasions. It may seem like a trivial matter, but in fact, it can be popular among hundreds of millions of people and become a national game competition.

The content of the card is essentially a cultural product. If you can own the corresponding intellectual property rights, you can not only control people's spiritual entertainment, but also get a lot of benefits. "

The content-oriented game and long-term IP model are proven successful products.

The Chinese civilization has accumulated a profound historical and cultural heritage for thousands of years. In the previous life, it was able to popularize the surrounding countries for thousands of years. Even after experiencing the devastation of wars in modern times, it can still produce trendy products and make a lot of money.

To give a few simple examples, it is the Three Kingdoms game. How much game market has been harvested?Anime character Sun Wukong, what is the first impression foreigners see?There are also Taoist handprints, Chinese medicine prescriptions...

As for the various antiques living overseas, there are countless of them.

However, there are some fields that Kou can go to, and so can I.

Humbly accepting the reality of humiliation, learning from the pain, and striving to catch up is a necessary change.

Only by earnestly studying these modes of plundering, harvesting, and monetization, and achieving your own industrial and cultural achievements, can you win all-round victory in various battlefields of politics, economy, and culture.

And after traveling to this world, it is even more adapted to the time and local conditions, turning into a battle with other schools of thought.

At the same time, it is also striving for the necessary resources for the survival and development of itself and the school, and achieving success in various senses.

Roland concealed the things about Blue Star in his previous life, and told Lunifuss some of his thoughts.

""The Romance of Seris" is your masterpiece, and it should reflect the corresponding value, but what I suddenly think of now is that it may be combined with the recent topic of the Reiner Kingdom that has been hotly discussed by the committee."

As expected of an Olympic committee member, they are all lying here chatting, and they are still concerned about state affairs.

"The promotion you mentioned should still be in the commercial category, but what I want to talk about now is political and cultural tasks.

As a mage of the school of runes and liberal arts, he should shoulder the important task of fighting side by side with the mages of science, open up ultra-limited battlefields from all aspects of politics, economy, history, culture, philosophy, etc., and participate in this war of national strength field come.

In fact, the current situation of the country is still quite bad. Discussing the Reiner issue is essentially a decline in the control over overseas vassals.

Throughout the ages, I don't know how many successes and failures are in it. "

It's really hard for ordinary people to talk about the topic of Luneforth. As a young mage in his early 20s, Roland is far inferior to Luneforth, an arcane committee member, regardless of age, background, political background, and arcane status. Princess of the kingdom.

But as a time traveler, his mental age and political experience made him realize instantly.

"Yeah, there are some things that if you don't advance, you will retreat. You should have prepared earlier."

What was the influence of Tang, Song, and Ming a thousand years ago on neighboring countries and small countries beyond the ocean?

Although there is no colonial rule like the Art Rhine, the cultural victory is certainly not far behind.

Regrettably, due to the historical vision and productivity conditions at the time, it was impossible to transform this cultural victory into actual rule.

But it is also not good to place more emphasis on science than literature. Soft power is still an important part of power and should be given the same attention.

The relationship between the two should maintain a certain balance.

In the face of such historical opportunities, liberal arts mages should play their role, instead of being reduced to plagiarism and lip service, making people feel that liberal arts is useless.

The Rune School of Arterine is a very old school, which can be traced back to the School of Knowledge and before the School of Witchcraft.

In his previous life, Roland didn't have many opportunities to practice, so he traveled back and found such an opportunity just by comparing the history of Art Rhine.

He suddenly saw that the current Art Rhine was on the eve of the decline of an empire similar to that on which the sun never sets. It was constantly retreating amidst the world's anti-colonial tide, and even had to give up some actually controlled colonial lands.

This means that from now on, the exchange and development of magic technology will be accelerated, and the wave of plane trading and all-dimensionalization will be booming.

The voices of civilization development and anti-war, anti-genocide, etc. will also continue to escalate.

In essence, this is actually the result of several high magic civilizations checking and balancing each other.

To put it simply, it is blindly fighting and killing, and the law of the jungle can no longer be conquered by force.

Under the violent check and balance between high-magic civilizations, all low-magic worlds will have the opportunity to be promoted to the devil, and the promotion to the devil means powerful force, and comprehensive military conquest and rule will bring great benefits. consume.

Force is of course a hard guarantee that never goes out of date, but soft power, cultural victory...

It should also develop at the same time, and pay attention to it!
(End of this chapter)