Chapter 43: Running a Magic Magazine in Dalaran

The Secret of Sephorosa, the name of Orondo's magical monthly magazine published privately in Dalaran.

Because the editor-in-chief of "Kenrito Monthly" strongly rejected his request for remuneration, and Dalaran's official resources have always ignored him.

Orondo, who was very short of money to spend, simply came out to rob the business of "Kenrito Monthly" by himself, and made a magic monthly magazine himself to make money.

Printing is not very difficult, this world is inherently magically printed. Orondo combined the printing technology on Earth and transformed the magic printing technique, getting a set of equipment to start printing his own magic monthly on the first floor of the castle.

There was no law in Dalaran that only allowed the Kenrito Monthly to exist, nor did it prohibit the mages or residents from printing their own newspapers.

A copy of Kenrito Monthly, which costs about three silver coins, can sell 10 Dalaran gold coins and sell more than 14,000 copies a month, which means that the cost of three or four hundred gold coins can sell 1340,000 gold coins a month!

This is more outrageous than a book of thousands of profits, this is a book of tens of thousands of profits! After Kenrito Monthly explicitly rejected his request for a manuscript fee, Orondo simply came out to grab the money himself, and this is how "The Secret of Sephorosa" was born.

Orondo was the editor-in-chief and boss, and brought his friend Kel'thugadra over as an editor, and incidentally brought Kel'thugad's friend Ansrem Ruin to help.

The content of the monthly magazine was mainly written by himself, and then Kel'thugad and Ansrem Ruin also wrote a little, and his mentor Solan Lian also contributed a little research, and even Neras Elam made a paper on the situation of the Southern Wizard.

At the same time, in the first issue of the monthly magazine, he announced that any mage was welcome to publish his academic work, emphasizing that he was different from the "Kenrito Monthly". On The Secret of Sephorosa, each mage will be paid for his scholarly writings and papers!

He also directly reported the remuneration of Neras Elam's most unacademic article "The Current Situation of Stormwind City Mages", which immediately made many mages who knew blush.

Because it's just such an investigative paper, the kind of article that can be written by a Southern mage, "The Secret of Sephorosa" actually gives a reward of 1,000 Dalaran gold coins!

That's right, what Orondo wants is a horse bone. "The Secret of Sefrossa" does not have an official status like "Kenrito Monthly", and if it is not beneficial, others are likely to vote for "Kenrito Monthly", after all, the papers published in "Kenrito Monthly" can more easily get the attention of Dalaran's upper echelons.

In order to increase the appeal of his own magical monthly, Orondo even released a powerful spell at the end of the monthly magazine - "Sephorosa Howe Fireball Technique"!

With the help of the Eye of Truth, he got the idea from the Hao Fireball Technique in the previous life "Naruto", combining the fireball technique and the Dragon Breath technique of the mages, and then transforming and creating a new spell under the guidance of Egwen.

This new spell can make mages breathe fire in their mouths, and at the same time, the fireball technique also has the characteristics of ordinary fireballs.

In Dalaran, this is also a very powerful plastic spell. If it weren't for the fact that it was to increase the appeal of the first issue of Magic Monthly, he wouldn't have spent so much money to put this powerful spell on it.

The first issue of The Secret of Sephorosa has a total of 5 essays, a new spell spell. Orondo himself contributed two papers, Kel'thugad published his latest research on pet rations, Ansrem Ruin published his research on the casting materials of teleportation spells, and Neras Elam published a social survey paper that could be written by a Southern mage.

It is about 30 pages in total, and unlike Kenrito Monthly, "The Secret of Sephorosa" is not made of ordinary paper, but silver leaf paper with a certain amount of arcane magic. There is the aesthetic of many newspapers and magazines in Orondo's previous life, and the latter is also more exquisite, more attractive and eye-catching.

And in order to expand sales, and at the same time to show the force, Orondo also enchanted a small spell on each copy of "The Secret of Sephorosa".

This spell makes The Secret of Sephorosa only available to the purchaser, and the effect of this spell is that when you want to open it, you must pronounce the code to the monthly magazine, which is set by the purchaser when the monthly magazine is first opened.

If the code is incorrect, the monthly magazine will not be able to be opened and read. If you forcibly open it to read, the self-destruct setting of the monthly magazine will be activated, and the entire book will spontaneously combust directly.

That's why the printing paper for Kenrito Monthly is just plain paper, while The Secret of Sephorosa requires a magical paper like silver leaf.

Because only magic paper can be enchanted on it, and the effect of the spell can be maintained for a long time.

This practice allows a monthly magazine to be read only by the purchaser himself, and at most to lend it to one or two friends. It can ensure that the monthly magazine will not be so easily pirated to the greatest extent, and it can also increase some sales.

It's magic paper, it's enchanted, and so it costs more than three gold coins to make and print a copy of "The Secret of Sephorosa", which is a hundred times the cost of "Kenrito Monthly".

This cost does not include the remuneration given to Kel'thugad, and if the cost of remuneration is included, the cost must be more than four gold coins.

Of course, it's more beautiful and compelling than "Kenrito Monthly" - magazines that require a code to read, magic books with self-destructing abilities, and are taller than ordinary books, right?!

"The Secret of Sephorosa", which costs as much as three Lalaran gold coins, is priced at the same price as "Kenrito Monthly" for 10 Dalaran gold coins, which can be pre-ordered and delivered to your door!

In the 7 days since its listing, more than 3,500 copies have been sold, and Orondo has earned more than 20,000 Dalaran gold coins excluding costs and remuneration.

It's not a panacea, but it's also very profitable. And as sales increase, costs will fall slightly, and profits will rise again.

If you can reach 10,000 copies sold, you can earn almost 70,000 or 80,000 Dalaran gold coins a month.

To be able to breathe a sigh of relief, to refuel a shriveled purse, and to increase his influence, Orondo did a great job.

Today, on the first floor of his castle laboratory, which has been temporarily converted into the printing house and headquarters of "The Secret of Sephorosa", he received several friends who had been helping during this time.

In front of Kel'thugad and the others, Orondo explained why he had asked them to come over.

"Guys, I have a new idea. An idea that can make our monthly magazine more tasteful and more enjoyable for the mages. At the same time, it can also reduce everyone's workload and reduce costs. ”