Arcane Linguist

Chapter 253 The precursor to the popularity of magic cards
In the mage tower, in the department office.

Roland made a swipe sound and opened a handful of magic cards, like a peacock spreading its tail.

Princess Rosa couldn't help but cast a curious look.

"Rosa, these are level 0 spell cards made of special cardboard, "The Secret Blessing of Six Armors". Give them out as rewards for outstanding students, and treat them as benefits for elite apprentices.

As zero-level mages, they have a limited daily spell quota and the number of spells they cast is very small.

I can't even cast magic with Mana myself. "

Princess Rosa nodded and secretly sighed that the high-demon civilization really had all-round advantages over the low-demon civilization.

Alchemical products can be used as scythes to harvest the low magic world.

Atrein mages like Roland use the same thing as those elite apprentices, but the cost must be different.

"There are actually benefits?"

Boehner and others received the news soon and were very excited.

Roland gave each of them a batch of expendable spell cards that could be used as spell scrolls.

It is also a great tool for research and learning.

Maybe through copying and imitating, I can try to perform it myself, or create it.

A few days later, Roland visited Scoard and Thibaud's research institute again.

"We are replicating the 'Bisheng No. [-]' and will soon be able to debug and assemble it and put it in an outside workshop to perform production tasks.

But in this way, even if we officially enter the commercial field, we are not very good at distribution. "

"It doesn't matter. Just leave professional matters to specialized people."

Roland immediately thought of someone and said to them with a smile.

"That's fine. You came earlier than us and are more popular. I'll leave this matter to you."

Scord and Thibault said immediately.

None of them have any interest in getting involved in the business field, and they wish they could save some worries.

So after Roland returned, he asked Rosa to notify Moblan Capel, who was working at the Xishan Manor, to come over.

Now that Mobron's son Diego has become Roland's student, Roland also wants to support this middle-aged man and give him this opportunity.

"As far as I know, the current 'Bi Sheng' operates on a machine-plus-master model. The institute owns the ownership of the machine and master, while Hilt Company owns some intellectual property rights on the text.

According to the agreement, the issuance of Siris magic cards in this world needs to be handled by local companies..."

This is actually Roland taking advantage of the trend and striving for benefits for Reiner World.

In exchange for the intellectual property rights of other worlds and the agency rights of spell scrolls, Art Lain and Roland himself participated in the coordination.

As for the form of making a master plate, that is actually not the original intention of movable type printing.

It's just an artificial obstacle to limit the use of the Reiners.

At the same time, it also means adapting to the Atlético Export Restriction Act.

The real "Bi Sheng No. [-]" can actually be molded at will through software operation, which also means that it can be adapted to thousands of different spells at the same time (limited to magic that has been successfully translated into Siris) .

After adding some restrictions, a prepared master version is required as a decryption plug-in in order to be used normally.

This kind of master might contain a certain type of spell, or it might be a certain series.

All in all, they are all printing within a limited scope.

According to Scord, Thibault and others, it is even possible to add quantity and time limits to it, and it will be automatically destroyed after the limit is exceeded.

They plan to harvest the magic market in Reiner World by selling this master copy. Even if Reiner World succeeds in becoming a demon, it will be impossible to completely crack the mystery of this machine.

At best, it is to crack a few simple masters and achieve some level 0 spells and level 1 spells independently.

In this case, Atline can rest assured that the dog leash is always on.

It is worth mentioning that this encryption technology is provided directly by the Arcane Council.

Of course, with the level of low-level mages like Skod and Tibo, it is impossible to create such a magical thing, but it can be easily done by locking it with the secret mark provided by the legendary mages and combining it with some alchemical secrets. arrive.

This is technical crushing.

Rosa understood and immediately went to do it.

This kind of thing is beneficial to Lena World as a whole, not even limited to East Lena Kingdom.

There is no need for the Wang family to compete with the people and forcefully demand control of this industry.

Moblan was a little confused when he heard the news at first.

But when he came to the Mage Tower and heard from Roland that he asked him to resign from Hilt Company and open a magic card workshop, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

This is to make him the big comprador of Reiner World and take charge of the Siris Magic Card industry in Reiner World!
"Don't worry, Mr. Roland, I will work hard and run this business well."

Roland had nothing to say about this kind of thing.

He just needs to see the final effect.

……

Because it became his own career, Mobrun showed extraordinary enthusiasm and plunged into the field of magic cards.

Because it is a new industry and involves the most advanced knowledge of automatic printing, even the mage group does not have a deep understanding of this kind of thing.

They only know that this is a magic prop that can compress a large number of runes and engrave them on playing cards the size of playing cards, but it can also exert the effect of a spell scroll.

In terms of convenience and ease of use, it completely beats traditional spell scrolls.

But the disadvantage is that it is too small to withstand mid-to-high-level magic, so the theoretical limit should be level 2 to level 3 spells.

If you want to break through this limit, you must change from playing cards to mithril, fine gold, magic crystal and other materials. Especially the latter, it needs to be sliced ​​and cut in a special way, and then etched.

This is already a "lithography machine" in the true sense.

The research and development costs and manufacturing costs will increase geometrically, and in a short period of time, they will not be comparable to the ancient spell scroll industry.

Therefore, Moberon must clearly understand the advantages and disadvantages of this magic card, and then try his best to promote it and help Scord, Thibault and others overcome this difficulty in early research.

Roland didn't understand business matters, but he did have some thoughts on this point and specifically mentioned it.

"You could consider the time machine theory."

"Time Machine?"

"Now suppose that there is such a magical magic that can allow you to travel through the present and the past, and be reborn back to an era when many major inventions and discoveries in history have not been made, and a lot of important information is only known to you. What would you do? What?"

"Of course...invent and discover them first!
There are also some business areas that others have not yet occupied, and you can also take advantage of them first. "

"Yes, there is no such magic in reality, and even legendary mages cannot do it. However, because the development of magic in different worlds and regions is uneven, as long as you can go faster and further than others, you can practice this One theory.

The essence of profit-seeking in business is also due to the imbalance of information and technology. "

When Moblan heard this, he was shocked, but immediately he was deeply impressed by it.

Mr. Roland is indeed very wise. He actually revealed the essence of business in just a few words!

"I understand, what you mean is that the current world of Reiner is in a relatively backward low-demon era, which is actually equivalent to the past of Atrein...

Many things just need to be copied from Atrein..."

"Yes, think about it, how did Atrein popularize spell scrolls and replace the ancient and inefficient spell casting methods?

You know, the mage profession was not as powerful as it is now from the beginning.

Humans themselves are not magical creatures. In fact, they are not suitable for casting spells at all. The original mages used a concept called spell slots... (Note: For orthodox dnd settings, the following statements are somewhat magically modified and are based on some references. Ancient fantasy novels)
Because the model of the spell is too complex, and the mages do not yet understand the knowledge of arcana, they cannot use mental power to model it in their minds through meditation, so they must rely on some external assistance.

Ancient spells will be forgotten from the mind. When the mage wakes up every morning, he must spend a lot of time and energy to copy the spells from the spell book, burning and guiding them step by step.

"Scribe" was born in this process, followed by ritual magic, secret spells, runes, formations...

After a series of improvements and optimizations, something like a spell scroll was developed.

But the original spell scroll was not only not accepted, but was considered an expensive and useless thing.

Because the mages at that time had not yet developed an arcane system, they were keen to spend a lot of time and energy on meaningless repetitive exercises.

They believe that practice makes perfect, and the path to magic is inseparable from hard work and copying every day.

The spell scroll is not copied in the mind, but on paper, so it will invisibly take up the time and energy that should be used to learn magic.

If things go on like this, 'depending on external things will weaken your promotion potential'..."

Mobrun was shocked when he heard this.

Is there such a superstitious moment in the history of magic?
"Don't be surprised. Even today when magic is prosperous, there are still a lot of people who believe in ancient witchcraft more than modern arcana.

Naturally, this saying has been passed down.

So when did spell scrolls become popular?The answer is war.

Covering a large number of mage groups, large-scale wars.

The wars that directly and indirectly contributed to the formation of the Magic Empire and the establishment of Atrein's reputation.

The wars that created massive demand and stimulated technological progress..."

"But the current Reiner world is not capable of launching such a war."

Mobran had to admit that what Roland said was a true insight, and he looked at business from a very high perspective, but he was worried that he could not put this theory into practice. "Who said we can't launch it? The world of Reiner is not peaceful right now. There are refugees and bandits everywhere, and monsters are raging.

In order for the nobles to protect their territories, the villagers to protect the village, and the adventurers to take on missions and kill monsters, they naturally have to replenish their equipment. "

"But... please forgive me, the Siris Magic Card is much more expensive than the Spell Scroll. Why don't you choose the latter instead of the Siris Magic Card?"

"Of course that's because Reiner's world will soon be short of spell scrolls.

I have reached an agreement with Hilt Company to migrate the original spell scroll industry out through interest exchange.

The Kingdom of Lena will also promulgate a new pioneer law to encourage qualified adventurers to help the kingdom expand its territory and seize titles and land in various wars..."

Mobrun was shocked when he heard this.

Princess Rosa next to Roland also looked complicated.

Because this is actually immigration with a certain traditional colonial character.

Atrein hopes to move some low-end populations (zero to third-level adventurers, wild mages) here through this method.

The so-called open world of Reiner, the era of great adventure, is actually a great migration and great development!
However, compared with the past competition with the Lena authorities for land and resources, now it is a competition with nature for land and resources, which is indeed much gentler. (Mainly because the benefits controlled by the intelligent creatures themselves have been divided up)

Maybe in this process, the colonizers and the colonized can also perform a happy drama of human solidarity, mutual assistance, conquering nature, and defeating monsters.

The war with nature is also a war, so there is indeed an extremely vast space here.

……

Polina Company, Dance Building.

Amidst the brisk music, a group of girls with graceful figures and curvy bodies were sweating and training hard.

After a period of upgrading, the staff of Sophia and Polina's dance training classes have changed several times, and now they are mainly girls from middle-class families.

This is actually an inevitable phenomenon. After all, at first, the nobles were greedy for novelty and used it as a way of social interaction and etiquette, with both arty and elegant functions.

But serious dancing was too tiring, and it didn’t take long for me to lose interest in it. Instead, some civilians and middle-class families wanted to use this platform to climb up the ladder, and began to be enthusiastic about it.

During this process, Diego's sister Lacey finally began to stand out and became the dance teacher's assistant as a veteran student in the first batch.

At the same time, she also has the opportunity to appear as a dancer from time to time, accompany Polina to perform at the invitation of Noble Reiner, and accept various commercial advertisements.

Lacey knows that opportunities are hard to come by, so she is extra serious and hardworking when leading a class as an assistant teacher.

Unfortunately, dancing also requires talent.

After several sessions of training, she has basically mastered many movements of ballet, but she always has more than enough standards and insufficient spirituality.

She felt that she had worked very hard, but she could never master the mysterious rhythm that made people crazy.

To an outsider, it might be due to her body shape and appearance, but the harder she worked, the more she understood that she was really far from being able to reach Polina's level of master-level dancing.

There are some things that it is too late to learn in this life...

"Lacie, why are you dazed? It's your group's turn."

The coach's voice rang in her ears, and Lacey was startled. She quickly concentrated and directed a group of new students aged fifteen or sixteen to enter and catch up to the rhythm of the music.

"What happened to you just now?" Sofia was experienced and walked up, caring about herself, an outstanding student.

Lacey hesitated for a moment and told her what she had just suddenly thought of.

"I thought it was something. This kind of thing is very common. Everyone comes here like this...

Ordinary, what does it matter? "

Sophia smiled slightly.

"Otherwise, why do you think I changed careers and became an agent?"

Sophia was nicknamed "Big-breasted Monster" by Roland and Froya because of their secret complaints.

In the dance industry, such physical conditions are indeed not that good. It will affect the dancer's center of gravity and vision. In a sense, it can even be said to be a shortcoming.

Of course, from other perspectives, it is an advantage.

Lacey felt a little uncomfortable after hearing her consolation.

She is a woman who is not willing to settle for mediocrity.

"Don't think so much, just be yourself." Sophia patted her on the shoulder, encouraging her as she had encouraged Polina in the past.

Lacey nodded, took a deep breath, and started training again.

"Girls, come here, I have good news for you all!"

As a result, before long, another person in charge of the company came in and interrupted the dance.

Sophia cast a confused look.

In her company, dance training is a relatively important matter. If there is no reasonable reason, even the confidants she has trained will be criticized for doing so.

As a result, when the other party saw her, not only was he not afraid, but he came over happily and reported the good news to her.

"Boss, we just received a big order... No, to be precise, it's a lot of big orders, and we may need to shoot several series of advertisements!"

"What advertisement? Don't accept random calls." Sofia said with a bit of vigilance.

Although she was protected by her status as an Atrehine and by using some vague scandals tied to Roland, she was considered a foreign guest and a high-class person in Reiner's world.

But the girls under his command do not have such convenient status.

She didn't dare to go too far, staring at Roland and plucking his wool.

So we can only work harder and be more vigilant.

As a result, the person in charge told her: "Don't worry, this is the intention from Capel Company."

"Capel, by the way, Lacey, isn't your surname Capel? This is the noble surname of your family..." Sophia said in surprise.

"Our family has declined..." Lacey was stunned.

"Is it declining? But why do I feel that Capel Company is so rich?" The person in charge said with a bit of envy, "The way Mr. Moblan threw the pile of contracts at me is really too much. So handsome!”

"Wait, what are you talking about? My unsatisfactory father... is handsome?" Lacey suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Don't you know, Lacey? You are too ill-informed!" the person in charge expressed concern, "You should communicate more with your father and brother. After all, they are now famous people around Mr. Roland!"

Sofia next to her covered her forehead: "I remembered. Roland mentioned to me before that he planned to support his student's father. It seems that he even called your name and designated you to accept some advertisements and become Reiner. Where’s the big local star? Then I’ll let you be the heroine in this advertising list.”

"Huh? What? Is this really okay?" Lacey continued to be confused.

"Taking a long-term view, our company will cross dimensions and move towards the sea of ​​stars in the future. There are many opportunities. For Reiner, it is normal to use local talents like you.

Besides, although anyone with a discerning eye can see that Capel Company is Mr. Roland’s pocketbook, the person in charge is Mr. Mobron Capel!

In the words of Mr. Roland, what is that called... By the way, the boss, the boss! "

A glint flashed in Sophia's eyes, and she patted Lacey's shoulder again.

This time, it had a different meaning than before.

"Is my dad so mean and domineering?"

Lacey couldn't explain how she felt in her heart. In short, instead of being happy and excited about being treated as an advertising heroine, she felt a little bit unconvinced and unwilling.

It was only after someone reminded her that she suddenly realized that during the days when she was practicing dance hard, she was often away from her family, and she didn't even know that they also had their own experiences.

……

“This is the basic situation. The next marketing strategy is to amplify demand when there is demand, and create demand when there is no demand!
'The Magic Card of Siris, Patron Saint of Adventurers'...this is fear-based marketing.

Adventurers often open up camps and face the threats of various bandits and monsters. They need the ability to cast spells quickly and even cast spells instantly. The Siris magic card currently mainly uses low-level spells to cast quickly, so you can focus on this.

And then there's 'Sairis Magic Cards, Authoritative Certified Learning Samples'... This is marketing based on hope.

Nowadays, Reiner has officially confirmed that Siris will be the official language. The Mage Tower also accepts education in this language. If you want to become an apprentice and master magic cards and related spell-casting systems, you must focus on this.

We can extract some magic cards that are useless in actual combat, but have characteristics in the field of learning and can play a certain role.

'Sairis Magic Card, approved by the God of Light'... This is group and authoritative marketing, just sell it to the church, make religious themes, and purchase in bulk..."

After returning from Roland, Moberon seemed to have opened up the two channels of Ren and Du, clarifying multiple marketing routes and advertising slogans, and formulating development strategies.

He previously worked at Hilt Company and met a group of colleagues, who happened to be recruiting troops and became very popular.

"Sir, this is the list confirmed after the handover with Polina Company."

Soon after, someone delivered a contract to him.

"My stupid daughter, do you understand now who is the real head of the family? Hehehe..."

Moblan looked at the familiar name and smiled inexplicably.

However, at this time, he also suddenly realized that his past belief that learning to dance was useless was indeed a bit biased.

At least……

Mr. Roland seems to appreciate it?

It is said that Ms. Sophia and Polina also have some unclear connections with Your Excellency.

After he smiled, he gently stroked his daughter's name in his hand, thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)