After leaving Samuel's place, Rhodes's attitude towards Xia Duo changed a lot, no longer as businesslike before, but revealed a smell of stuttering, but because the two of them were both high-level mages, it seemed a little weird.

"Master McCad, wait a minute, let's go to the negative three layers for permission certification first, and only you can have your own private laboratory."

Xia Duo nodded, and asked with some puzzlement, "Are the assistant researchers and Level 1 researchers just behind this private laboratory?" ”

"Of course it's not all, there's a big difference!"

As if to be a joke, Rhodes began to recount the differences between different levels of researchers: "The assistant researcher can only choose to be affiliated with a regular researcher's laboratory, and the assistant researcher cannot lead independent research projects, everything can only be cooperated with the regular researcher.

"The Level 1 researcher is the initial stage of the formal researcher, and at this stage, he can have his own independent laboratory, independent research projects, and have the authority to apply for additional material and energy support."

"What about Grade 1 researchers?" Xia Duo asked again.

"There are also level 2 and level 3, and they have higher authority, and I don't know what kind of authority they have and how to get promoted, but I know that Vice Dean Samuel is a level 2 researcher, and Dean Bernie is a Grand Arcanist, but he is also a level 2 researcher."

"The Grand Arcanist is also a Level 2 Researcher?"

Xia Duo thought about it, and it seems that the level of this researcher should not be related to strength and qualifications, but to academic achievements and contributions.

Correspondingly, the researcher himself should not be able to have an additional political status bonus.

Of course, since the researchers themselves are all arcanists, they may also have political identities at the same time, just like the branch director of the Institute on the side of the Inquisition, and it is difficult for Xia Duo to imagine how much power and influence he can reach.

"By the way, what about the research assistants?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

In this regard, Rhodes said calmly: "Under the assistant researcher, there is an apprentice!"

"Every year, the following college will send a group of outstanding graduates to the institute for internship, and each formal researcher will be assigned a certain teaching task every year.

"These tasks can be done by the researcher himself, or they can be handed over to the assistant researcher to do, every time a high-level mage is cultivated, a certain amount of points will be awarded to the researcher, as for how much the assistant researcher can share, it depends on whether his boss is generous enough!"

In the end, there was a hint of resentment in Rhodes' tone.

“……”

"Those apprentices are also considered members of the research institute, it is much easier for them to get promoted than outsiders want to join the research institute, as long as they become high-level mages, they can get a chance to get an entry test, and if they pass, they can become assistant researchers, and this is how I was promoted."

"What are the requirements for an assistant researcher to be promoted to a Level 1 researcher?"

"There are only two hard indicators, one is to become an Arcanist, and the other is to have participated in at least three Level 1 research projects and received a [moderate] or higher evaluation from a formal researcher."

Speaking of this, Rhodes once again cast an envious glance at Xia Duo, combined with Rhodes' tone before, Xia Duo judged that Rhodes' promotion to the rank was probably not only stuck on the advanced arcanist, but it might be more difficult to evaluate more than three [medium] times.

In all fairness, if he had several assistant researchers under him, and the promotion mechanism was like this, he would probably not be able to resist the promotion of his subordinates.

After all, free and easy-to-use labor is a scarce resource everywhere.

"And who's your current boss?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

"It's a student of Vice Dean Samuel, a Level 1 Fellow, Brado, and he's working on a project with the Associate Dean right now, which has been going on for three years and has no end in sight, and I'm not on this project."

Rhodes had a bitter face, the most difficult thing was not to be squeezed by his superiors, after all, no matter how much he squeezed, he couldn't make it too ugly, what really made him want to vote for others was idle with no end in sight.

I can't even touch the project, so what if I can? It's not that you can't be promoted to Level 1 Researcher!

说到这，他满含期待地看着夏多，“我随时可以进阶奥术师，而且我也筹备了两个1级研究项目，如果麦卡德法师愿意收下我，我愿意为你讲解奥火秘卷，并且在进阶时任你观摩！ ”

In Rhodes's opinion, this is undoubtedly McArd's big money, where can he find two assistant researchers of the Level 1 project under normal circumstances, not to mention that he can also explain the arcane fire secret scroll, and open to advanced observation.

All he needed was three [average] or higher project evaluations for him to be promoted to Level 1 Researcher.

Such conditions are impossible for a normal level 1 researcher to look at all, people themselves are already arcanists, and if you don't want to explain the arcane fire secret scroll, instead of trying to figure out your two level 1 projects, it is better to continue to hang and let you work for nothing.

Not to mention that advanced arcanists are fine, but when it is said that they are about to advance, maybe the squeeze will be even worse.

A special existence like "McAdder" is extremely difficult to encounter, and Rhodes feels that he can't let go of this opportunity, otherwise, he doesn't know how long he will have to stay up to be promoted to Level 1 Researcher!

In a sense, it is far more difficult to move from assistant to level 1 than from level 1 to level 2 or level 3.

After all, only research results and contributions are needed, which are quantifiable indicators that can be seen and touched; The former largely depends on the character and mood of the boss, which is not easy to grasp!

……

After listening to Rhodes's words that are almost equivalent to unconditional surrender, Xia Duo sighed in his heart, if he is a person with no bottom line, this is simply free labor sent to the door.

Maybe Rhodes is really desperate.

Seeing that the promotion under the vice dean student Brado is far away, and the other researchers have to regain their favorability, it may be better to wait for Brado's conscience to find out!

Then you might as well try the newcomer "Mercard", maybe there will be a surprise!

After thinking about it carefully, Xia Duo finally decided to accept Rhodes, he didn't need Rhodes to explain the arcane fire secret scroll, and he was destined to be difficult to create arcane fire in the projection plane, unless he could find a means to degrade.

But Rhodes himself came at the right time, and Xia Duo needed a helper who was more familiar with the research institute!

This might allow him to find the resurrection spell sooner.

"Master Rhodes, what procedures do I need to go through to attach a research assistant?" Chateau didn't say it explicitly, but his hint was already obvious.

When Rhodes heard this, he was overjoyed, he just saw McCadder hesitating, and he was about to increase it, but he didn't expect this-

"Master McCad, you mean you agreed to take me?"