Chapter Eighty-Eight: May
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past month, the college seems to have shifted from the frequent events of the previous month to the daily mode, and the days are still uneventful, but unlike in the past, there will be a beautiful encounter every three days.
The 18th issue of the newspaper Bignius was sold out in less than half a day, and this was on the premise that the sale was automatically closed when the class bell rang.
In other words, the sales time is only a few recesses that add up to 30 minutes and one hour at dawn.
The sales volume of each issue is also stable at 3,000 copies, which has never been left, and is basically in short supply.
Here I have to mention the quality of the production of this newspaper.
The paper of each issue of the newspaper is amaranth paper. As the name suggests, its raw material is amaranth, which is the main food of Rob sheep. It is precisely because the latter uses this grass as the main feed that the sheepskin on the body has a good magic guiding effect, and has become an excellent carrier for making parchment paper, contract letters, scrolls, etc.
Mu Yan used the moon amaranth grass and the special potion to soak the pulp to make the newspaper, which he was even more extravagant than the "Magic Daily", which was only mixed with 1/5 of the moon amaranth as a magic channel, so as to make the pictures on the newspaper move......
That's why every Bignius newspaper has its own soft backlight, and at night the text is faintly fluorescent, not dazzling. In addition, the magic video clips attached to it will also be automatically played back and forth, and there are major font reminders for key information, such as the revelations about Kane's Horn in the 7th issue, which comes with special effects of font condensation and explosion, which has made many students have a lot of changes in this holy place in their hearts.
The magic power on the newspaper is enough to last for half a month, and after it is exhausted, as long as the mage infuses the magic power, it can be used repeatedly.
The cost of these consumables alone translates to 60-70 silver coins per newspaper – plus the cost of technology.
Even Armand, who is in charge of operations, said that Mu Yan was making a loss-making business.
Because from typesetting to design and printing of newspapers, most of the mental magic consumed in the process comes from Mu Yan himself. In the opinion of Mr. Gao Wen, Mu Yan is at least capable of wearing a white robe, and counting the commission of a mage of this level, the newspaper must be sold for more than 5 gold coins to be able to pay off.
He had not yet calculated Mr. Eric's fees, and had always thought that the newspaper was in a loss-making state, and repeatedly offered to increase the price in order to turn the loss into a profit......
In this regard, Mu Yan had no choice but to say that this popular serializer was his friend, and it was friendship work that dispelled his thoughts for the time being.
This can't help but make Mu Yan sigh, the purpose of professionals is strong, and with a boss like him, Mr. Gao Wen may also be helpless......
Speaking of Eric, we have to talk about "A Song of Frost and Fire", after all, this is the main reason why the newspaper has such amazing sales. Except for the occasional explanation of major news on campus and the subtle correction of values, most of the pages of the newspaper were given to Eric to play.
Unlike the book on Earth, this one uses POV writing to focus on the characters, but also strengthens the linear narrative, so that the content of the serialization is not too fragmented.
At present, the Stoke family in the north has appeared, and the night watchman of the Great Wall of the North, the royal city of Kingsland, etc., have also been slightly introduced.
In the story, after the king visits the north, he invites the Duke of Stoke to become the Hand of the King to help him govern the country, and before the group can set out, the youngest son of the Duke of Stoke is pushed off the tower and falls into a coma because he finds out that the queen is cheating with his brother. But at this critical juncture, the Duke had to put aside his grief and return to the royal city with the king.
Then the pen turned and came to the western steppes of Westeros, where the king of savages, who ruled the nomads of the steppes, and the remnant of the dragonborn, the exiled prince of the Targaryens, made a deal, and used the army to the seven realms as a bargaining chip to win the latter's sister, who was the most beautiful woman in all of Westeros.
For a time, the undercurrent in the royal city was surging, the remnant dragon was dormant on the grassland, the undead in the north were revived, and a majestic huge picture scroll was wrapped in a thick sense of epic, which made a group of readers want to stop.
More and more people are beginning to speculate about where the brilliant Mr. Eric came from and where this grand story will eventually go......
The most curious of them all turned out to be Professor Dawn.
The old professor quoted excerpts from the book more than once in his own class, and thus gave historical facts, and became the biggest researcher and supporter of the book. At the same time, more and more students were added to his class - this time he actually came to listen to the class.
The old professor asked Mu Yan more than once that he wanted to meet this Mr. Eric and talk to him about the historical references in his creation, as well as his views on that period of history. In this regard, Mu Yan could only politely refuse again and again.
This is also what Eric meant, in the words of Mr. Writer, most of the ideas for this book come from Mu Yan, who is reluctant to take what others give him for himself, and brag about it with a clear conscience, which will make his face burn.
It is also strange to say that Mu Yan was the first time he was a copyist, and he only provided Eric with a general background, such as the Seven Realms, such as what frost and fire represent, such as the history of Westeros, etc., but I didn't expect the story content that Eric reproduced from this to be exactly as good as the original......
What's even more interesting is that these histories can be found in the long human history of the Horse Plain......
After thinking about it for a long time, Mu Yan can only come to the conclusion that most of the tricks used by human civilization in intrigue and deceit are not enough, even in different time and space, different populations, the price paid for seeking power and strength is mostly similar to brain power, especially in the plain of herding horses, where the three major empires were surrounded by city-states and many forces, which are quite similar to the Mediterranean coast in the Middle Ages, and the original author, Old Man Martin, also borrowed a lot from medieval political stories, so the two will be similar.
But in any case, there is no doubt that "A Song of Frost and Fire" has successfully aroused the enthusiasm of Jialan students for history.
In addition to these, Mu Yan has been busy with the most in these days, and there is nothing more than the "mural" task.
Although his strength alone is limited, as the person who knows the project best, and as a legendary mage himself, the progress of the work is still passable, allowing him to complete one-fifth of the workload in a month.
Of course, this is also the simplest part, that is, similar to building foundations and magic pathways, establishing the energy connection between the hive and underground deposits, etc., and the deeper structure has to wait for the arrival of two helpers.
At the same time, Miss Chacha's progress is also quite obvious, and the entry of a box of information was completed half a month ahead of schedule, and it is precisely because of this that Mu Yan can start building a channel early.
After that, with the help of Xia Mu, she gradually began to understand the basic functions of many magic circles, although she still couldn't understand the profound principles of this, but Miss Cha Cha gradually understood the meaning of her work.
She had heard from her father that some of the fishing grounds along the coast of the Turing Empire had already achieved magic-driven assembly line work, that is, fishermen bought magical fishing nets, usually buried them in the river mud, and when the harvest season came, as long as they provided charged hedrons, the nets would work automatically. And in every area there is an executive who controls the fishing nets on the magic sandbox, and there is no doubt that she will play the role of such an executive in the future.
This also made the girl realize that the burden on her shoulders was heavier.
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On the same night, the double moon hung high.
On the outskirts, the teleportation array at the bottom of the Haunted Moulin Rouge suddenly lit up, and after a few seconds, the space distorted, followed by a burst of human voices.
"Ahem, why does your mage tower smell musty......"
"It's good that the antiques of more than two hundred years have not been demolished by Ikali, doesn't your catacombs smell musty?"
"I'm sorry, but the catacombs I built are clean, not even flies are born, and the dead who have lived there say yes. But I wonder how the 'Red Devil' used to store the spell materials, and did they hide them in the kitchen and cellar? ”
The other voice was visibly overwhelmed, and after a moment of silence, it abruptly shifted the subject.
“…… Be careful, even though you and I are both 'free people' now, you are still exposed to danger if you have not entered Jialan's barrier for the time being. ”
"What kind of free man, Mu Yan said that it is called a black household......"