Chapter 108 Magic Patent Protection Fees
This year's Lampari Kingdom Wizards Guild qualification examination is likely to be the largest assessment ever.
According to the statistics of the Magician Guild, the number of magicians who signed up for the assessment this year exceeded 8,000!
You must know that the total number of magicians in the entire Lampari Kingdom is only a little over 10,000.
In other words, the number of magicians who came to participate in the assessment this time actually accounted for nearly eighty percent of the total number of magicians in the entire Lampari Kingdom!
Although the total number of magicians who participated in the assessment last year was close to five thousand, and there were preliminary signs of this, the number of magicians who participated in the assessment this year suddenly exceeded eight thousand, which suddenly made the Magicians Guild of the Lampari Kingdom very busy.
If it weren't for President Allen's plan in advance, I am afraid that this serious qualification assessment would plunge the magicians' union into chaos.
However, despite the preparations, due to the significant increase in the number of people participating in the assessment, the originally scheduled one-week assessment time that followed the usual practice was forced to be extended to half a month.
And even though the time has more than doubled, the process of participating in the assessment every day is still extremely urgent, so that the staff of the Wizards' Guild must work all day and night, with almost no time to rest.
However, no one complained about this, because unlike previous years, this year, during the qualification examination, President Allen announced that during the qualification examination, in view of the increased workload, a special financial subsidy will be given to each staff member, tentatively at two gold coins per person per day.
Two gold coins a day, half a month. This means that you can get an additional subsidy of thirty gold coins.
That's a lot of money for all the staff of the Wizards' Guild. Naturally, their enthusiasm for work is particularly high. No matter how busy the work is during this time, no one complains, but is extremely hardworking and serious, so that the qualification assessment is carried out very smoothly, and there are few mistakes and omissions.
"I said President Allen, even those ordinary staff members have special subsidies, so shouldn't we great magicians also give some subsidies?" said Grand Magician Essinka to President Allen, who was sitting at the top.
President Allen laughed, "Eisenka, don't be kidding. With your wealth, do you still need to ask me for such a subsidy of dozens of gold coins? Besides, our Wizards' Guild has finally been able to have some surplus this year to improve the welfare of its staff, so as a great magician, you shouldn't fight with them for this, right?"
The three Grand Magicians sitting on the other side, including Grand Magician Camilla, all laughed.
Here is a meeting held by the five great magicians for the qualification assessment of the magician's union, mainly to discuss the content of the senior magician qualification assessment at the end of the qualification assessment.
Archmage Eysenka couldn't help but make a joke when he heard President Allen explain how to deal with the pressure caused by the increased workload on the staff.
"Speaking of which, why do we still have some surplus money from the Wizards' Union this year? Didn't we have to rely on special appropriations from the General Labor Union to barely cope with the past in previous years?" asked the Grand Magician Truch curiously.
Speaking of which, this is mainly because of Xu Yi's contributions. President Allen looked at Grand Magician Camilla, who was habitually silent, and smiled, "If it weren't for the magic patent he proposed, how could our union have a surplus of money." ”
"Oh, so there are a lot of magicians who have applied for magic patents?" asked the Grand Magician of Torres, with a curious expression.
"That's right. President Allen nodded. "According to last month's statistics. At present, the total number of magic patents registered in the union has reached more than 13,000, and the cost of patent insurance has exceeded 200,000 gold coins. ”
"So many?" said Archmage Truchi and Archmage Torres were both surprised.
Eisenka archmage frowned: "This is a bit too little, isn't it? The total insurance cost of more than 13,000 patents is only more than 200,000 gold coins. On average, wouldn't the cost of protecting a patent be less than two gold coins?"
President Allen laughed and said, "Because there are some magicians who have very low insurance fees for their patent applications, and the patent protection fees paid are not even a single gold coin. ”
"Then what did they apply for?" said the Grand Magician Truchi in amazement, "Such a low insurance fee will not play a protective role at all." ”
"You don't understand that. The Grand Wizard of Torres laughed. "Truch, it's very popular to patent the magic I have researched now, and even I have applied for more than a dozen. Of course, the patent protection fee I paid is not much, and it probably adds up to less than 100 gold coins. ”
"Why?" the Grand Magician of Truchi wondered. "Why apply if you don't have to?"
"To put it bluntly, it's just for the sake of face. Archmage Torres said. "Think about it, there are two same magicians, one of them has more than a dozen special magic patents, and the other doesn't have even one, do you think that the level of magicians without magic patents is relatively low?"
"This ......" Grand Magician Truchi thought for a moment and nodded slightly. "It seems to be the same thing. ”
"So, many magicians have begun to use the number of magic patents they can apply for as a very important symbol. Truch, I advise you to apply for a little bit as well, or when we all have a dozen or dozens of magic patents and you don't have any of them, will it make you feel a little wrong?"
Grand Magician Truqi smiled bitterly: "That's right, it seems that I have to think about it." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Grand Magician Issenka and Grand Magician Camilla. "What about you? Even Torres has applied for more than a dozen magic patents, and you two only have more, right?"
Grand Magician Essenka smiled slightly: "I don't have much, I only applied for thirty-two magic patents." However, I paid 3,000 gold coins for these thirty-two magic patents, which is a little more than Torres. ”
"How can I compare to you as rich?" Torres rolled his eyes.
The Great Magician of Eisenka laughed, pointed at the Great Magician Camilla and said, "If you really want to say that you are rich, even I can't compare to Camilla now." I'm sure Camilla has applied for the most magic patents of any of us, and she has paid the most royalties. ”
Including President Allen, the eyes of the other four archmages were focused on Grand Mage Camilla.
Grand Magician Camilla shook his head slowly: "My current identity is a special researcher of the Magic Research Institute of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and even if I have applied for a magic patent, I will apply for it in the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, not in my personal name." Of course, the patent protection fee paid is also paid by the new flying company, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
"The new flying chamber of commerce is so rich, it must pay a lot of patent protection fees, right?" Torres asked.
"I don't know about this, because Xu Yi asked people to do these things, and I didn't care about them. Grand Magician Camilla replied.
The crowd looked back at President Allen.
President Allen coughed lightly, glanced at Camilla's Grand Mage, nodded and said, "That's right, all the magic patents applied for by magicians in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are applied for in the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, so I don't know which magic patent was researched by Camilla." However, I do know that among the total 563 magic patents applied by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, the magic patent with the highest patent protection fee has paid a full 10,000 gold coins!"
"Ten thousand gold coins?" Archmage Eisenka's eyes widened with incredulity. "Just for a magic patent?"
"Yes. President Allen nodded.
The Great Magician of Eisenka's heart moved, and he asked again, "What about ...... President, what is this magic patent?"
President Allen shook his head: "I can't reveal the details, but I can tell you that if the New Flying Chamber is willing to transfer this patent, I am definitely willing to spend 10,000 gold coins, or even tens of thousands of gold coins, to buy it." ”
The Grand Magician Torres and the Grand Magician of Truqi exchanged a look of surprise, and the Grand Magician of Truqi moved in his heart, and couldn't help but ask President Allen, "President Allen, I heard that the magic machinery factory you opened is very profitable?"
President Allen's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand again and again: "It was opened by that kid from Anko, and it has nothing to do with me." But the benefits...... Not bad indeed. ”
Seeing the smug look in President Allen's smile, Grand Magician Truqi hesitated for a moment, then turned to Grand Magician Camilla and asked, "That...... Camilla, what do you think...... I...... Can you open a magic machine factory?"
Hearing the question of the great magician of Truqi, the other four were stunned.
When it comes to conservatism, even Grand Magician Camilla is far inferior to Grand Magician Truchi.
In the past, when discussing issues related to magic patents and the new flying chamber of commerce and new magic machines, Grand Magician Truchi has always been opposed.
Now that he had offered to open a magic machine factory himself, he was a little surprised by the other four great magicians.
The world has changed too fast, hasn't it? Even the most stubbornly conservative Truch has changed!
After being stunned for a moment, Grand Magician Camilla asked in confusion, "Truch, what happened to you all of a sudden? Why did you come up with the idea of opening a magic machine factory?
Grand Magician Truchi sighed deeply: "It's hard to put into words. Anyway, I need money now, so you can tell me if I can do it, right?"
"This ...... I'm not sure. Grand Magician Camilla shook her head. "It's not that easy to start a magical machine factory, I think...... With your character, I'm afraid you won't be able to get it. (To be continued......)