Chapter 27: The Money Offensive
Wren secretly said that sure enough, he guessed it.
Instead of answering or refusing immediately, he asked, "Mr. Kenegie, why did you come to me? ”
I just did a soul test at the Violet House, and not long after I came out, the other party came over, and the news of the Steam and Mechanical Union is too well-informed, right?
Keneji saw Wren's doubts, laughed, and said a little smugly: "Wren, don't get me wrong. It is true that our mechanical union has been recruiting talents, but it is actually a coincidence that we can contact you so quickly today. ”
He explained, "A friend of mine happened to see you doing a soul test at Violet House, and I happened to be running errands nearby, so I rushed over as soon as I heard about it. ”
Wren nodded, but he was noncommittal in his heart, not fully convinced.
However, as the vice president of the mechanical union in Longshande, Kenegi himself is a rich man, a nobleman, and he is definitely a pivotal figure in the city, but he can pull down for an ordinary person from a civilian background, personally run to win himself over, behave politely, and do not despise himself because of the status gap between the two, which shows the depth of his sincerity.
As if to show his greater sincerity, Keneji immediately set conditions.
"Wren, as long as you are willing to join the mechanical union and become a mechanic, the union will provide you with all conveniences, including meditation methods, demon souls, potions to enhance soul power, and alchemy items, all of which we have covered until you are promoted to legend!"
"In addition to the needs of cultivation, the union also pays you a salary, starting with a first-level mechanic, with a monthly salary of ten gold. ”
"As your career level goes up, so does your monthly salary. ”
"Even if the career level is stagnant, there are two opportunities for a salary increase every year. ”
"In addition, the union has also prepared a big house in the Silver Star District for you, and has hired housekeepers and servants to escort you, and the cost of employing these people will be settled by the union, and after you become a mechanic, the house will be transferred to your name immediately. ”
"I won't go into details about some other benefits, anyway, as long as you become a mechanic, strength, golden shield, beauty, status, I guarantee that you have everything, and overnight, you will be promoted to the upper class of Longshande. ”
After Keneji finished speaking, he took out his pocket watch from the inner lining of his jacket and glanced at it, and said seriously: "You have five minutes to think about it." ”
Wren was shocked by this series of treatment conditions, and there was only one word left in his mind: wealthy!
To be honest, he was really moved, so he seriously thought about it.
The Steam and Machinery Guild, often abbreviated as the Mechanical Guild, is one of the top powers that has been in the Empire for hundreds of years, and is no less influential than the Church of the Three Gods.
How long the history of the mechanical union is, Wren can't remember clearly, but it vaguely seems to be more than four hundred years.
But there is one thing that he is very impressed by by the mechanical trade union, which he saw in the history books, that is, the founder of the mechanical trade union, that is, the president, from the beginning of the establishment of the trade union to the present, is the same and has never changed.
In other words, the president of the mechanical union lived for more than four hundred years!
The legend seems to have appeared out of nowhere one year and rose like a meteor.
However, very few people know the name and origin of this president, at least not in the book, and he is a mysterious figure among the commoners of the Empire.
Despite the mystery of the President, the astonishing changes that the Mechanical Guild has brought to the Empire and the world are real.
Since the establishment of the mechanical unions, all kinds of machinery and equipment have appeared, including the most important steam engine, as well as buses, ships, steam trains, airships, looms, elevators, etc., and countless more small machines, which have penetrated into all walks of life and changed people's lifestyles.
It's like clockwork and gears for the whole world, and everything is speeding up and moving at a rapid pace.
Some historians once lamented that the changes in the past 400 years have been more drastic than those of the past 4,000 or even 40,000 years, and they are almost earth-shaking.
If there is a strong person above the legend who has been sleeping for four hundred years and wakes up now, he may not recognize this world.
It can be said that the emergence of mechanical unions has completely changed the whole world.
Naturally, the rise of the mechanical union also gained countless wealth, the world's minerals, machinery companies, factories, transportation industry, most of them have an inseparable close relationship with the mechanical union, they buy everything with money, establish one industry alliance after another, and grasp power through capital.
With the rise and growth of the mechanical union, it is the extraordinary profession of mechanic.
The mechanic is a semi-caster, so the requirements for talent are not low, or even inferior to the wizard, but the combat strength of the mechanic is far inferior to that of the wizard.
At least below the legendary level, it is almost impossible for a mechanic to be an opponent of a wizard of the same level, and the strength of the two is very different.
This is because mechanics focus on the study of mechanical technology rather than strengthening themselves.
In the early days, mechanics had fewer spells, and most of them were not powerful, but were used to aid in the creation of mechanical items.
As a result, low-level mechanics rely on soul guns to make up for their lack of lethality, which makes them often mistaken for gunslingers.
Of course, the mechanic is not strong enough in the early stage, which is compared to the wizard.
If compared to the general transcendent profession, such as the Iron Guard, the Mechanic is still very strong.
As the level increases, the mechanic can make more and more mechanical equipment, the functions are gradually improved, and the power is also increasing, and the overall strength will grow explosively.
It is rumored that after the legend, the mechanic is one of the most powerful transcendent professions, and there is an exaggeration that "one man is a legion", which is comparable to the top panaceaic wizards, and may be even more than that.
In the words of a previous life, a mechanic is a late career.
It's a pity that this late outbreak came too late, how many people can be promoted to legends?
You must know that half of the transcendents will not be able to break through to the middle level in their lifetime, and the legend is like an unattainable dream for them.
Although there are other benefits to becoming a mechanic.
For example, with a mechanical skill in hand, the chances of obtaining a lot of wealth are much higher than in other professions. Generally, you don't have to fight monsters by yourself, and you can buy everything you want with money.
However, this is the Orion Empire, a country ruled by wizards, and how many young people who can become wizards are willing to be a mechanic with relatively weak early strength?
Without the mechanics, the mechanical unions would cease to exist, and sooner or later this huge organization would have collapsed.
This is probably the main reason why the mechanical union is so concerned about talents.
Fortunately, the mechanical union also has its own advantage, that is, money!
Open the way with money offensive, all kinds of welfare benefits are opened casually, a lot of gold shields are smashed down, smashed to the point that people are dizzy, in the face of various temptations, Wren believes that there will be many people who are willing to become mechanics.
I won't be the first person to be knocked out with money by the mechanics, and I certainly won't be the last.
But he was not completely carried away by the money.
Because there is no such thing as a free lunch.
After entering the trade union to become a mechanic, it is inevitable to serve the trade union and earn back every copper lisuo invested in himself, at least it must be valuable.
Having said that, Wren was still interested in mechanics.
In his previous life, he majored in mechanics in college, which can be said to be a professional counterpart, and he is very suitable to be a mechanic.
If you enter the mechanical union, with your own mechanical knowledge, you should soon be able to gain a firm foothold and be appreciated by the upper echelons.
Say yes "should" because Wren isn't much sure.
The mechanical technology of this world is based on steam power on a broad level, without internal combustion engines and electricity, but has developed another powerful magical power. At a high level, many mechanical techniques are combined with magic, but they are not common in life, and the most typical application is mechanical golems.
In Wren's memory, there were two mechanical golems at the door of the library of the Transcendent Academy.
Shaped like a colossus, powered by magic, they have complete mobility and friend or foe recognition, and they are as fast as real creatures, and they are so tall that they are clumsy robots in their previous lives.
Now that he thinks about it, Wren doesn't understand the principle of these two mechanical colossias at all.
He was interested in researching mechanical golem technology, and if it weren't for the more powerful class of wizarding to choose from, he would gladly agree now.
For Wren, the temptation of the wizard is too great, even stronger than the temptation of the golden shield.
As an ordinary person who has lived on Earth for more than thirty years and has never seen supernatural powers, Wren's desire and expectation for supernatural powers far exceed those of humans in this world.
Since you have the opportunity to have extraordinary power, of course you have to choose the strongest!
There is no better option than wizards.
But the mechanic is also very good, perhaps not the most powerful profession, but it is the most suitable for himself, and there are also the favorable conditions offered by the mechanical union, and wealth and status are at your fingertips.
"It's embarrassing. Wren thought with a headache.
It's like having two beautiful girls in front of you, one is unbelievable, domineering, and loves you with all her heart, and the other is beautiful and generous, empathetic, and has a mine at home or is an only child, but you can only choose one of them.
Which one will you choose?
Wren wanted to shout: I want them all!
Unfortunately, this is not a simple multiple-choice question, and there is no way to have it both ways.
Wren looked at the street scene from the car window, the car was speeding on the street, and he was sitting in the car very smoothly, but his mind was not calm at all, he was hesitant and entangled, and he couldn't make a decision.
Keneji saw Wren's tangled expression beside him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and he smiled proudly in his heart.
He didn't speak again to persuade him, thinking that he was stable.
Few young people can withstand such a huge temptation, especially those who are from civilian backgrounds, who may not even have sat in a car, and surrender easily in front of the golden shield.
Such a talented and inexperienced young man, he has seen a lot, and now he is a mechanic.
Before the five minutes had passed, the car had already stopped on the side of the road, and a few steps ahead was the largest Demon Soul Market in Longshande.
Kenegi didn't urge, just opened his pocket watch and looked at it, and was about to remind Wren, only to find that Wren reached out and opened the car door, as if he wanted to go down.
"Wren, have you thought about it?" Kenegie felt incredulous, which was completely unexpected, and he suddenly became a little anxious.
"Yes, Mr. Keneji, I'm sorry. Wren's expression was calm.