Chapter 1316: Technical Support from Beacon Hill (II.)

Hearing the words "text messaging", Roland was angry. His resentment against this teasing spell can be described as "high mountains and deep seas", and he has long wanted to find an opportunity to criticize it fiercely, and Nikita will send the opportunity to him, which is so empathetic!

"Nikita, the 5-ring spell is nothing in the eyes of you spellcasters, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is already a very high-level spell! The cost of a single cast is up to 450 gold, which is quite a high cost considering commercial promotion. ”

The eight masters stopped communicating, and their eyes all focused on Roland's face, listening to him with different expressions.

"The cost of casting spells is a matter of opinion, so let's talk about the specific function of the 'SMS', frankly, I don't know what the inventor of this spell thought in the first place, but one thing is for sure, this spell is not suitable for commercial communication at all!" Next, Roland deeply analyzed the characteristics of the "short message technique", "There are three advantages of this spell, one is that the transmission speed is fast, and the information can be transmitted to the recipient in just three seconds, and the second is that it is very intimate to send a reply service, even if the recipient does not know how to cast a spell, he can also send a reply for free after receiving the short message, and the third is that the communication range of this spell is very large, if you dare to bear the risk of information loss, you can even transmit it across planes." ”

"You said so many advantages, it must be all a foreshadowing of wanting to promote and suppress first, and then you have to 'but', right?"

Nikita's complaint made the masters all laugh out loud, in fact, there is no need for Roland to say that they also know that there is a serious flaw in the "text messaging technique".

"Well, I'll do what you want," Roland replied to Nikita's questioning in a serious manner, "but ah, there's an obvious flaw in the text messaging technique, which can only deliver a maximum of 25 words at a time!" ”

The hall was filled with laughter again, and this time Nikita couldn't help but laugh as well. 25 words is indeed a little too little, not enough to say two love words. Even if it is a high-level communication stone that has a constant "short message technique", it can only say a maximum of 25 words at a time when making a call, and if there is a long paragraph to say, it has to be split into several sentences and sent separately, which is really painful. What's more, the high-level communication stone is not as infinite communication as it seems on the surface, and the service life is limited when it is manufactured, such as sending up to 100 "short messages", which will be scrapped when the number of uses is used up, and in the final analysis, it is just an expensive FMCG.

Andre raised his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet. "SMS" is a sculpting spell, and as the head of the Sculpting School, it is his duty to defend it.

"Everyone, please don't laugh, I know this spell looks stupid, but it was originally invented as a means of emergency communication on the battlefield, and the inventor thought that there was no need for a long story to transmit military information, and the civilian value of SMS was not considered at all, so we don't need to laugh at the predecessor who invented the short telematics, what should be done is to improve this spell to meet the needs of modern life."

Andre's words made Roland ponder. As the legendary archmage said, many spells were originally created for a specific purpose, and the inventor didn't think much about it at all, and later generations felt that the spell was flawed because they tried to use the spell to do something that went against the original intention of the inventor.

Roland's restriction on the number of words used in communication reminds Roland of a social networking site called Twitter, where users can post messages at any time from their mobile phones, but each message is limited to 140 characters.

When "Twitter" was first created, the mobile phone function was relatively simple, not suitable for long-form typing, and 140 characters was enough for users. However, with the continuous advancement of mobile phone technology, more and more powerful, people are gradually accustomed to writing articles on mobile phones, and even writing long articles on mobile phones is not unusual, at the same time, most social networking sites have abolished the byte limit of posting information, at this time "Twitter" can and should abolish the 140 character limit. It's a pity that until the day of Roland's crossing, "Twitter" still hasn't lifted this restriction, and it's hard to understand why this company insists on this kind of inadequateness......

"Roland, I have some research on the 'short message technique', and I think that my knowledge reserve in related fields is quite rich, tell me your opinions on the transformation of this spell, maybe I can come up with a plan that satisfies you." "Red robe," Andrei said with a smile.

Roland heard the strong confidence behind his humble words, and said respectfully: "Master Andre, I think' The information capacity of SMS is seriously insufficient, and it should be expanded in this regard, but this will inevitably increase the level of the spell, which will increase the cost of casting the spell in disguise, so I consider reducing the communication distance of this spell, for the public living in the city and the countryside, there will be almost no need for interdimensional communication in the ultimate life, and the communication distance of SMS is actually a redundancy, a waste, and there is no need at all. ”

"In other words, the communication distance is shortened while the communication capacity is expanded, and the transmission is limited to the original plane?" Andrei asked carefully.

"In fact, dimensional communication is a bit wasteful, and the distance is limited to the Varestianyu to meet the needs of most people and most situations." Roland replied.

"Varestianyu" is equivalent to the universe where his hometown "Earth" is located before he traveled (Uss Tianyu), and he can communicate in any corner of the universe, which is completely enough for ordinary people. Of course, a very small number of people may have communication needs across the universe and even the plane, but after all, it is a very small number, the market is too narrow, and the first consideration of a technology in the commercialization of the needs of the majority of people should be, only after the needs of the public are basically met it is necessary to open up the market for the special needs of a small number of people.

Andrei crossed his chin with his hands and fell into a long contemplation. Roland stared at the legendary archmage's shiny bald head, guessing that the head must be full of wisdom and should be able to solve the problem he raised.

The results did not disappoint him. Andre finally looked up and gave him a confident smile.

"If I can provide the arcane that meets your needs, how are you going to work with me next?"

Roland perked up and replied without thinking: "If you are willing to sell the magic patent, I can buy the right to use it for a certain number of years, or we can co-establish a company to promote new communication technology, I will provide the funds and be responsible for industrial production and commercial operations, you will use the technology as a shareholder, and nothing else will have to worry about it." ”