"Your Excellency, I want to cooperate with the Royal Academy of Magic in the name of Karl Laboratory!"

Finally came to the most critical negotiation link, Xia Lin said solemnly.

"Hah! Partnership? Excellency Xia Lin, do you know what you're talking about? ”

It was the first time that Dean Manan had seen a mage come to the door and whimsically want to cooperate with the academy, and after a short period of surprise, he smiled dumbly and said:

"The Royal Academy of Magic has been passed down for more than a hundred years, during which time the academy has produced countless mages, and some of those mages have even become the court archmages of the Six Rings.

Now, you, a small one-ring mage, are ashamed to want to cooperate with the academy? ”

"No, Dean Manan, I am not working with the Academy as a Ring Mage, but as the founder of a magic laboratory.

In addition, the long history does not tell anything, as long as the cooperation is beneficial to both parties, whether older or younger, both sides have a basis for cooperation.

The partnership we want to establish with the Royal Academy of Magic is based on the benefits of both parties.

In this cooperation, the laboratory and the college exchange talents, resources, and magical research results.

For example, I would like to share my research results on mental power meters and magic meters with the Academy.

In return, the academy should also open the library to our Karl lab, and allow us to hire students from the academy for the purpose of magical research, and ask the professors of the academy for various questions about magical research.

Of course, this is based on the condition that it does not affect the normal teaching order of the college, and at the same time, we will pay employment fees and consulting fees. ”

Xia Lin paused for a moment, allowing Dean Manan to digest what he had just said, and then threw down the most weighty chip:

"The most important thing is that, as the inventor of papermaking technology, I am willing to give away 20% of the shares of the paper mill that will be established to the academy, and at the same time will provide a batch of paper to the academy at cost price.

After holding this 20% stake for one year, the college will receive a free transfer of the paper mill's papermaking technology. ”

"What? You're willing to hand over papermaking technology to the Academy?! ”

Dean Manan was silent and did not react to Xia Lin's previous words, but when he heard Xia Lin's last words, Dean Manan suddenly looked shocked, got up and slapped his hands on the table.

That's paper-making technology, and although the illiteracy rate in this world is high, the consumption power of mages and nobles is enough to provide an extremely large market for paper!

Even though he realized his gaffe, Dean Manan frowned again and began to pace around the room, as if weighing the pros and cons of working with Carl's lab.

After a long time, Dean Manan stopped pacing, his eyes focused on the paper for a long time, but finally shook his head helplessly:

"If this is the case, as the dean of the academy, I am personally very willing to cooperate with the Carr Laboratory, and I believe that if the paper is really as cheap as you say, the benefits will be extremely huge.

However, since the establishment of the Academy of Magic, there has been a rule that no one except the professors of the Academy can enter the library unless the royal family allows it, and even the dean is powerless to change this rule. ”

Behind the Royal Academy of Magic is the royal family, and Manan Amos is just a dean appointed by the royal family, and it is impossible to go against the will of the royal family for some interests.

After all, the key to the existence of the Royal Academy of Magic is the large amount of grants and various magical resources provided by the royal family every year, without which it is impossible for a mage to be willing to waste his research time as a professor.

"Royal?"

When Xia Lin heard the dean's words, he first showed a look of disappointment that could not be concealed, and then remembered the possible invitation of the imperial daughter, his mind suddenly moved, and he felt that things might not have taken a turn for the better, so he pondered for a moment and asked:

"If I can get permission from the royal family, will I be able to enter the library?"

"That's natural, and while the royal family has a lot of money, you know, it always costs a lot of money to study magic.

If you can get the profit from paper, I don't think anyone in the academy will object to it.

In addition, when paper becomes more widely available, the cost of research for mages will be reduced considerably, and even I am grateful to the people who invented the new type of paper.

Alright, kid, it's getting late, I have an appointment with Professor Maltz, and I beg your pardon for not being able to continue talking to you! ”

Dean Manan sighed and got up to see off the guest.

"Wait, Your Excellency, you don't have to be in such a hurry.

Although the Academy's library will not be allowed to enter until the Royal Family's permission, we can start other collaborations first, and the 20% stake in the paper mill will be handed over to the Royal Academy of Magic once the paper mill is established.

For example, Karl's Lab is currently working on a project to mathematically model the spiritual power nodes in the runes, which will be a big project and requires a large number of mages who can exert mental power, and I only have two first-ring mages in my lab.

Therefore, I would like to borrow a dozen first-year cadets from the Royal Academy of Magic to help us with this project, and every day we in the Karl Lab will pay them 4 silver mar.

When I was a non-commissioned officer, although I had a subsidy from the school, my life was still very embarrassing, and I believe that it would be good for the college, the students, and our Carl Lab to let the non-commissioned officers from poor families come out and earn an income for more than ten days. ”

"Other collaborations?"

Manan didn't expect that there was no hope for the open library, which was the most critical in his opinion, in the conditions of cooperation, and this child was still willing to cooperate with the academy, and said with some surprise:

"If you are still willing, then I can establish a partnership with Carl Lab on behalf of the Academy."

Dean Manan then went on to add:

"However, the third-year students of the academy have just started their practical training classes, and they are busy getting familiar with spells and becoming a ring mage.

First-year students have just entered the school and can't even release their mental power, so you can choose the candidate you need from the second-year students!

The specific time is set for seven days, and if you come to the college again on June 29, I will arrange for students to choose from for you, but you must remember your promise not to disturb the teaching order of the college! ”

"Of course! I'll be careful, but there's one thing I need the Dean's accommodating attitude on.

Although the paper mill has not yet been established, can we sign the contract now and give us the rights we have in the terms of the Carl Labs cooperation in advance? ”

Seven days Xia Lin could afford to wait, so he agreed, but after hesitating for a moment, he made a new request.

"No problem, but after the paper mill started producing paper, our college needed 10,000 sheets of paper of this specification every month, and it was provided at a cost price of 2 copper coins."

Dean Manan was not prepared to wait for the paper mill to be established before signing the contract, but he immediately nodded and made the same request.

"Very well, then Your Excellency, let's draw up a contract now! Confirm that the conditions on the contract are okay, then we can sign it! ”

For this small request, Xia Lin had no idea of bargaining at all, and readily agreed.

Anyway, even the previous small workshop-style production of paper, a round of production cycle can produce 400 sheets of 16 open paper, if a larger paper mill is established, I am afraid that 10,000 sheets of 16 open paper is only four or five days of output.

And there is one thing that Xia Lin did not tell Dean Manan, that is, the cost of paper may be reduced after the establishment of the paper mill.

Of course, Xia Lin would not be stupid enough to play tricks on such a thing, and the greatest benefit that cooperating with the Academy would bring him was not money, but nominal and powerful mage group assistance.

Therefore, Xia Lin is ready to explain this point when the time comes, and I believe that he should be able to earn a favor from the academy.

The two of them wrote a contract on the terms just now, and Karl Lab could recruit second-year sergeant students to assist in research in the academy on the premise of not affecting the normal operation of the academy, or consult professors in the academy with various magical questions.

The Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital received a 20% stake in the paper mill owned by Karl Labs, and the academy was able to purchase the paper produced by the paper mill at cost price, tentatively at a rate of 10,000 sheets of 16-carat standard paper per month.

After the two parties confirmed that there was no problem with the terms of the contract, they signed the contract, and Xia Lin, who successfully achieved the purpose of the trip, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With this contract, his Carl Lab will be able to pull the tiger skin and erect a banner to deter those who are ready to move, and I believe that his industrial park plan will be carried out smoothly.