Professor of Magic

Chapter 361 Mutual Use
"Haha, Lin, you're finally back. If you don't come back again, I'm going to die of panic." After learning that Lin Yuan was back, Boss Searle came out to welcome Lin Yuan immediately.

Seeing the exaggerated anxious expression on Boss Searle's face, Lin Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, "Boss Searle, you really like to joke. You are a person who is used to strong winds and waves. What can make you anxious?"

"The problem is that the storm this time is much bigger than before." Boss Syl actually sighed.

This made Lin Yuan very puzzled. It is said that the paperback version of "The Theory and Fundamentals of Hybrid Magic" brought such high profits to Seale's bookstore after it was released. Why is Boss Seale's dissatisfaction?
It couldn't be because he made too much at once, which made him feel uneasy.

"I can't tell for a while. Come on, Lin, Sara, go in and sit down. Let's talk slowly."

After the three of them sat down in the small courtyard behind the bookstore, Boss Searle took out something like a document and handed it to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan took it over and saw that this was a certificate issued by the Kulor Chamber of Commerce. With this certificate, Lin Yuan could go to the Coulor Chamber of Commerce to withdraw gold coins at any time according to the amount marked above.

"One hundred thousand gold coins?" Lin Yuan looked up in astonishment. "Boss Searle, Salo told me that the [-] copies have not been sold out yet, why..."

Boss Searle waved his hand: "This is just paying you in advance. I heard from Shaluo that you may need to spend a lot of money during this time. Anyway, the [-] copies will definitely be sold out soon, and the money will come sooner or later." For you, we have cooperated for such a long time, so it doesn't matter if we give it a few days earlier."

Lin Yuan glanced at Sha Luo, he did mention this in his correspondence with Sha Luo.

After thinking about it, Lin Yuan was no longer polite, he stuffed this certificate into his pocket, and raised his teacup to signal to Boss Searle.

"Come on, Boss Seale, let's have a drink for the success of our cooperation."

Sha Luo couldn't help but give Lin Yuan a blank look, holding a cup of tea and making such a gesture, thanks to him for being able to do it.

Boss Syl was taken aback for a moment, but instead of raising his glass, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Lin, it's too early to talk about the success of the cooperation. This is what I'm anxious about."

Lin Yuan and Sha Luo were also taken aback.

"Boss Searle, didn't you say that the [-] copies will be sold out soon? So what's the problem?"

"Lin, you don't know. Although my bookstore is the largest bookstore in the Kus Empire, it is impossible to occupy all the markets in the Kus Empire. There are many other bookstores competing with me. On the mainland of Farinos, my bookstore can’t be said to be the largest one. Both the Renault Empire and the Maginot Empire have bookstores of about the same size, and they are backed by the royal families of the two empires. Much more powerful than me."

Lin Yuan frowned. What Boss Sear said didn't surprise him. After all, the entire Farinos continent was basically in a three-legged state, so it's not unusual for this state to appear in the bookstore industry.

What made him frown was the hidden meaning of Boss Searle's words.

"You mean...the paperback edition of "The Theory and Basics of Hybrid Magic" is on the market, because of them, they are in trouble?" Lin Yuan asked after thinking for a while.

"It can be so much." Boss Syl nodded. "Because you edited the book "Theory and Fundamentals of Hybrid Magic" together with the two great magisters, so they dare not say anything. But because the paperback book sold so well after it was released, it made them a little jealous."

"What did they ask for?"

Such a direct question from Lin Yuan stunned Boss Searle, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Originally, when books published by Searle Bookstore are released in Reynolds Empire and Maginot Empire, a part of the proceeds will be given to the bookstore. They, in the same way, I have to hand over a part of the proceeds of the books published by the two of them in our Kus Empire, which was agreed a long time ago. But now they are asking for an increase in the proportion I give them, and they What was given to me has not changed."

"Why don't they grab it?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but sneered, "What reason did they use?"

"There's no reason!" A hint of anger flashed across Boss Syl's face. "This is a joint decision made by the two of them. If I don't agree, Searle Bookstore will be completely banned in the Maginot Empire and the Renault Empire."

"Hey, so they are really robbing." Lin Yuan had nothing to say about this kind of rogue behavior. "How are you going to deal with it, Boss Sir? Are you going to block them too?"

"They have the imperial support behind them, but I don't." Boss Searle said with a wry smile. "If they really block each other, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the loss. It is precisely because they see this that they will be so direct."

"But Uncle Searle, if this precedent is set, wouldn't they be able to make demands on you at will in the future?" Sha Luo couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah, that's why I'm worrying about this matter." Boss Syl sighed with distress.

Lin Yuan took a sip of tea, feeling a little doubt in his heart.

"Boss Seale, they should have other requirements? Oh, I mean, there should be other solutions, right?"

Lin Yuan did not believe that those two bookstores would block Searle Bookstore so stupidly. It is the nature of businessmen to seek profit. "The profit of hundreds of thousands of gold coins brought by this area is so envious. If they really block each other, the loss to them will be far more than hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

"This..." Boss Searle glanced at Lin Yuan. "Lin, they have made another request. If they can release the copyright of "The Theory and Fundamentals of Hybrid Magic" to their two bookstores, then they will withdraw the previous request."

Hey, sure enough.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, put down his teacup, tapped his fingers on the table, and pondered: "Boss Searle, if I remember correctly, the [-] copies of "The Theory and Fundamentals of Hybrid Magic" are available in Renault Empire and Maginot The empires each have [-] copies for distribution, which should be enough for the needs of the magicians of the two empires under normal circumstances. In other words, they are asking for it now because they are jealous of you, so they want to make a profit too? "

"Lin, you are very accurate." Boss Searle nodded appreciatively. "That's right, that's what they mean. But Lin, you also said at the beginning that the paperback is only [-]..."

"Give it to them." Lin Yuan interrupted Boss Searle's words. "But only [-] copies can be given to their family."

Both Boss Searle and Sha Luo were taken aback. They didn't expect Lin Yuan to make such a decisive decision before Boss Searle finished speaking.

"Lin... didn't you say..."

"It was then, and now is now." Lin Yuan smiled. "Boss Searle, whether it's from the standpoint of a partner or a member of the Kuz Empire, I can't let you suffer because of me, right? They want it? Just give it to them. Anyway, the two of you Your Excellency, the Great Magister, did not limit how many copies I could issue. But boss Syl, remember to remind them that since I gave them [-] copies, they must not print the [-]th copy, otherwise I will not print it. Guarantee how the two great magisters will react when they find out."

Threats, this is a naked threat.

However, Boss Searle smiled when he heard it. With Lin Yuan's words as a guarantee, he would undoubtedly have a lot more confidence in negotiating with the two bookstores.

I believe those two bookstores did not dare to say anything more. After all, Lin Yuan was supported by two great magisters. Let alone these two bookstores, even the emperors of the Reynolds Empire and the Maginot Empire would dare not have any objections.

"Oh, by the way, Boss Syl, you have to remind them that half of the salary I deserve is going to the two great magisters, so..."

Boss Searle nodded again and again: "Don't worry, they must understand."

"That's good." Lin Yuan nodded, and suddenly took out a notebook from his pocket and handed it to Boss Searle. "Boss Searle, your problem has been solved, now it's time to talk about my business."

"Is this... the second volume of "One Hundred Thousand Whys About Magic"?" Boss Syl flipped through his notes and asked.

It was Sha Luo who answered: "That's right, Uncle Syl. In fact, Lin and I have already discussed the above issues, but I only have time to sort them out in the past two months. Now I leave it to you, I hope You print it and distribute it."

"Oh, old rules?"

"No, it's different this time, Uncle Searle." Shalo shook her head.

"Different? What's different?" Boss Searle asked in amazement.

Sha Luo glanced at Lin Yuan, saw Lin Yuan nodded, and continued: "Uncle Searle, Lin and I hope that you can release this book at cost price. And the "One Hundred Thousand Whys About Magic" that will be released in the future will be the first one." I also hope that you can lower the price of the album and try to issue it at the cost price."

Sha Luo's face flushed slightly. The meaning of her words was to tell Boss Searle not to make money from this book, but Boss Searle was originally a bookstore, so what else could he do if he didn't make money by selling books.

Boss Sear didn't show any surprise or surprise expression, instead he smiled, looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Lin, it seems that you were finally poisoned by Shaluo, haha..."

Sha Luo immediately asked eagerly: "What is poisoning, Uncle Syl, this is something that is beneficial to the entire Farinos continent, don't you think so, Lin?" The last sentence turned to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but smile, it seems that Sara also knows how unreasonable it is to let a businessman not make money, but for future considerations, he and Sara have to be unreasonable once again today.

"Cough, er... Boss Syl, I think what Shaluo said is right, this is something that is beneficial to the entire Farinos continent, um... so I hope that the book "A Hundred Thousand Whys About Magic" Book, you can try to sell it at the lowest price, and I also hope that you can vigorously promote this book, and Sha Luo and I hope that as many people as possible can read this book, the better."

Boss Searle turned his playful eyes on the faces of Lin Yuan and Sha Luo a few times, and said with a laugh: "It's easy to say, since you and Sha Luo made this request together, how can I disagree. Well, I It will be released and sold at a price lower than one-tenth of the cost price, and at the same time, we will contact the two bookstores mentioned earlier to promote this book together. Don’t worry, as long as our three bookstores jointly promote it, I can guarantee that People all over the continent will know of the existence of this book."

Lin Yuan and Sha Luo were startled and shook their heads together.

"Boss Searle (uncle), if the price is lower than the cost price, wouldn't it make you lose money, that's not okay."

"Don't worry, I don't care about selling a book at a loss, and it won't have any impact." Boss Searle said proudly.

"No, absolutely not." Lin Yuan's expression became serious. "Boss Seale, do you still remember the first time I talked to you about the issue of publishing? I said at that time that if you let you publish at a loss, it will be detrimental to the promotion of this book. Actually, thinking about it now, I think Even if it is not feasible for you to issue at cost price, it means that you are doing useless work.”

"You two, are you looking down on me?" Boss Searle seemed a little unhappy, and waved his hand and said: "This matter is settled like this. This book is released at a price lower than one-tenth of the cost price. You guys Don't argue any more, don't forget that I am responsible for the printing and distribution of this book, and you can't control so much."

Seeing Boss Sear's insistence, Lin Yuan and Sha Luo had no choice but to stop talking.

Lin Yuan sighed and said: "Boss Searle, if the circulation of this book is getting higher and higher in the future, and you feel that you can't bear it, please raise the price at any time. I don't want this book to be cut off halfway. Lose."

Boss Searle frowned, he didn't know the risks involved in this matter, but he has been in this industry for so long and knows all kinds of situations like the back of his hand, so he doesn't believe that any book can be so powerful.

The three of them chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Lin Yuan and Sha Luo said goodbye together.

When leaving the bookstore, Lin Yuan suddenly remembered something.

"Boss Syl, why didn't you see Vashki today?"

Boss Sear was taken aback, and looked around the bookstore, but he didn't find the familiar little girl, so he called a clerk to inquire, and it turned out that Vashki asked for leave today because Kael'thas was going to What school of magic to apply for.

"Apply for the Magic Academy?" Boss Syl was stunned. "I remember this kid was still in the Fighter Academy some time ago, why did he go to apply for the Magic Academy now? He thought he was the protagonist in the novel, so he could not succeed in both magic and martial arts?"

Lin Yuan and Sha Luo looked at each other, seeing the surprise and joy in each other's eyes at the same time.

If Kael'thas really went to apply for the Magic Academy, it would prove that his magic level has reached a fairly good level, and it was only five months since the last time the two of them tested his level. Within a month, he could actually improve so much.

Perhaps this speed is really slow for people with excellent magic talent. For example, if Fasno is given half a year, he might be able to break through to the seventh-level magician, but Kael'thas was rated as having no magic talent before. Son, in less than a year, he was able to apply for the Magic Academy, which is enough to prove that Lin Yuan and Sha Luo's previous conjectures are very likely to be correct.

"Boss Searle, if Vashki comes back, let her bring Kael'thas to the academy to meet me." Lin Yuan said.

"You seem to have always been interested in their siblings?" Boss Searle looked at Lin Yuandao with a half-smile.

Thinking of the first time Boss Sear misunderstood him and asked Wasiqi to see him, Lin Yuan really wanted to give Boss Sear a blank stare.

"Boss Syl, if I tell you that Kael'thas is likely to be the one who changed the entire Farinos continent, do you believe it?" Lin Yuan asked.

"I'd rather believe that "On the Existence of Hexapods" will hit the top of the sales list tomorrow." Boss Syl rolled his eyes and replied.

The book "On the Existence of the Hexapod Wyvern" has been at the bottom of the sales statistics in Searle Bookstore for ten consecutive months.

Lin Yuan smiled, and didn't try to explain this problem to Boss Searle. He took Shaluo's arm, waved to Boss Searle, turned around and left.

"Lin, you agreed to Uncle Searle so easily just now, is that okay?" After walking a few steps and turning into another street, Sha Luo asked immediately.

It seemed that this question had been on her mind for a long time.

"Are you saying that you promised to give the other two bookstores the distribution rights of "Theory and Fundamentals of Mixed Magic?"

"Well, Uncle Searle didn't finish talking at all just now, why did you agree?" Sha Luo frowned. "Besides, you didn't discuss it with Uncle Hawke at all. What if he finds out and disagrees?"

"Hey, old man Hawke won't disagree. Don't worry, he and Sargeras, the great magister, have already handed over this matter to me. Besides, you think the two of them will care about such trivial matters. Is it?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.

After thinking about it outside, Sha Luo nodded in agreement with Lin Yuan's statement.

After all, at the level of the great magister, there are many things that ordinary people seem to be serious, but in their eyes, they may not be worth mentioning at all.

"But you agreed without knowing the situation of those two bookstores at all. I'm afraid there will be problems. What Uncle Searle said just now was unclear, and he seemed to be hiding something." Shalo said again.

"You can see it too?" Lin Yuan turned his head to look in the direction of Searle Bookstore, and sneered. "Things will never be as simple as he said. If the two bookstores can easily join forces to force him to agree to their conditions, how did the Searle bookstore survive for so many years? It doesn't make sense at all. .Actually, according to my guess, this is simply because he colluded with the other two bookstores to earn more gold coins from the book "Mixed Magic Theory and Fundamentals."

"Then you still promise him?" Sha Luo couldn't help but give Lin Yuan a blank look.

"Is there any loss for me to agree to him?" Lin Yuan shrugged and said with a relaxed expression. "No matter how many copies they want to print, they will give me the reward I deserve in the end, unless they dare to challenge the great magister."

"Then why don't you just open it completely? Why only give them [-] volumes, which is [-] volumes less than Searle Bookstore?" Shalo asked again.

"If you let go of it completely, they will have no scruples and feel that I am too talkative, which is not good. And giving them [-] less copies is also a consideration, Sara, believe it or not, those two bookstores will definitely want to pass the book. Boss Searle asked me to give them [-] copies, or even more. I did this to let them know that this matter is up to me after all, and it cannot be decided by them."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, Sha Luo bowed her head and remained silent for a long time.

It wasn't until Lin Yuan sent Sara to the door that she looked up at Lin Yuan and said, "Lin, I found that you have really changed a lot since the summer vacation. The old you would never think about so many things."

Lin Yuan was slightly taken aback. The last time Sha Luo said that he had changed, he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just a woman's sensitivity.Now Sha Luo actually brought it up again, and her tone was so... so heartbroken, it seems that she was serious.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, lowered his head, stared straight into Sha Luo's eyes, and asked softly, "Saro, do you believe me?"

"Of course I do." Shalo didn't hesitate at all. "I'm just worried."

"Well, let me tell you, some things did happen during the summer vacation, which had a great impact on me, so some of the things I'm doing now and some of the changes that have occurred will make you unable to understand." Lin Yuan sighed. "Although I can't tell you what exactly happened during the summer vacation, but you believe that my heart has not changed, and I am still the same person I was before."

Sha Luo looked at Lin Yuan who did not avoid her gaze at all, and nodded slightly.

"That's fine, as long as you know what you're doing." Sha Luo turned her head and glanced at her house, then suddenly said, "Lin, my father wants to see you."

Lin Yuan was startled: "Now?"

Shaluo shook her head: "He's not in Wendnor now. But more than a month ago, he once said that he wanted to see you once and ask you some things. I just want to remind you now, my father, he...he may go to find you at any time You, you are mentally prepared."

"You still have to be mentally prepared?" Lin Yuan rolled his eyes, suddenly laughed, and said, "Could it be that he wanted to tell me, Lin, I think you're a good boy, and I'm very satisfied, so now I decided to marry Sha Luo to you." you?"

Shaluo gave Lin Yuan a white look, and said angrily: "I'm going to marry you sooner or later anyway, it's fine if my father talks to you about it. But I think he has other things, but I asked him and he didn't tell me .”

Lin Yuan shrugged, and said nonchalantly: "Then I'll just wait for him to come. I dare to resist the old Taishan's call."

"Old Tarzan? What's that?"

"Well...it will take a long time to explain, it's too late now, you have to go back to rest, I'll explain it to you next time I have a chance."

Sha Luo looked up at Ellis who had risen to the top of her head, she had no choice but to nod, and said goodbye to Lin Yuan reluctantly.

Seeing Shaluo walk into the house, waving her little hand to him and then closing the door, Lin Yuan suddenly touched his chin and said to himself, "Maybe... after seeing him, I really should propose marriage?"

(End of this chapter)