Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2050 New opportunities are working hard
However, although Xia Duo explained the source of the next infrastructure materials, for Cecily, there is still one problem that cannot be ignored, and that is the problem of money.

The account still has to be settled in the end. Where does the money come from?
When this question was mentioned, Niya also seemed a little confused, and asked Xia Duo: "That's right, even if you don't need to pay cash for the time being, you will still have to pay in the future, and it can't be delayed for several years, right?"

"This question can actually be answered by Cecily herself!"

"I?"

Cecily said with a look of disbelief, and continued to hold Niya's arm and cried, "The Tower of Time has not much money in its books. Although there will be a lot of money in the future, the previous order must be paid back first."

The Tower of Time had already owed a large sum of debts for maintaining and supporting the construction of the Floating Void City. If it hadn't been supported by the income from mass-produced magic items, it might have gone bankrupt long ago.

Now I have to spend again, and I don't know when this account will be paid back!

"Ugh--"

Xia Duo really wanted to talk about women's views, but Niya was also waiting for his explanation. For a while, he couldn't tell whether Niya really didn't know, or she was just pretending to be confused.

"Cecily, tell me, what is the current monthly net income of the Tower of Time?"

"About 20, but the sales volume of communication instruments has declined recently. It should be that the market is close to saturation. It is all supported by the high profits of the second-generation communication instruments, but it is foreseeable that it will not last for too long."

Speaking of her own job, Cecily knows better than anyone else, but it is because of her understanding that she is even more worried, "But most of the 20 net income has to fill the gaps in the previous orders, especially the reserve resources. It's just a bottomless pit."

The reserve resources that Cecily mentioned were actually the consumption of the early construction of the floating city. During the peak period, it was necessary to receive materials of over a million gold coins every month. Fortunately, the main construction time was relatively short, which prevented the Tower of Time from going bankrupt.

It is now turned into a flat reserve, and it is actually still a balance of payments, if Xia Duo hadn't come out now.

"Cecily, you only saw the decrease in sales of the Tower of Time's communication artifacts, but you didn't see the overall decrease in the prices of magic items in Netheril. Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?"

"This means that a more brutal price war than in the past is coming, and this is a new development opportunity for the Tower of Time!"

"What kind of opportunity is a price war? At the end of the war, everyone has no profit, so don't do it!"

Cecily's words were obviously full of anger, and there was no need for Xia Duo to refute. Niya first nodded heavily on Cecily's forehead, and said with a smile:

"You idiot! Now only the Tower of Time can mass-produce magic items, and of course we are the only ones left standing at the end of the battle!"

If it was before Xia Duo went to Sluwende, Niya might still worry about whether the price war would lead to a real battle in the end, but knowing the true power of the floating city, Niya would not worry about that, but would be more concerned about the possibility. The troubles that arise are a little eager to try.

Although her statement is a bit straightforward, it is closer to the job of the matter. The reason why the Tower of Time can make money now is not because of those specific products, but because of the mass production capacity!

If there is no such thing as a communication magic weapon or a warning talisman, you can also find a way to develop other products. As long as you have mass production capabilities, there will be no shortage of opportunities to make money.

And Xia Duo has long understood that even if he is just one step ahead in technology, he can get a lot of bonuses, let alone half an era ahead!

When the Tower of Time develops a more general-purpose manufacturing machine (mainly in terms of software) in the future, it can be said that it is an entire era ahead of Netheril!
In fact, Xia Duo doesn't like price wars, but prefers to make a fortune silently like before. However, the progress of the times cannot be stopped. In the early stage, he can only use price wars to occupy the market, and then he can increase the premium through brand management.

Of course, if you can become the setter of industry standards, the benefits will be difficult to calculate with money.

Xia Duo is confident that the Tower of Time can maintain its existing advantages and has always been at the forefront of the field of magic applications.

As for the theory, working hard is not unattainable. The equation spell that Xia Duo discovered before has completely reached the pinnacle of Nether magic, and even opened up a whole new field.

The theoretical basis of [Mythra] is not complicated, it is an independent arcane fire device, it is only limited by materials or other factors so it is difficult to realize, it can be said to be an engineering miracle, but it is hardly the pinnacle of theory.

Arcane Fire is the core of the Nether magic system, even if Iolum or Xia Duolai did not come up with [Mythra] now, there will be someone else to make a corresponding independent Arcane Fire device in the future.

There is no doubt about this, it can be foreseen from the beginning of the birth of the Austrian Fire Theory.

……

After explaining why the Tower of Time would not be able to make ends meet, Xia Duo originally wanted to send Cecily away directly, but seeing how close Nya and Cecily are, he couldn't help but add a few more words:
"In the future, the division of labor in the Tower of Time will be clearer, and the related work will be more professional. Cecily, if you want to continue to do work in areas such as material coordination, revenue and expenditure management, and even financial planning, you need to work harder in these areas. "

Xia Duo didn't want Cecily to rely on her relationship with Niya to obtain the position of the Tower of Time's material department. In the long run, it is almost an inevitable result that someone more competent than Cecily will appear in the Tower of Time.

If Cecily doesn't put more effort into her own business, Xia Duo will definitely replace her in the future.

In fact, Xia Duo didn't just say this to Cecily, but also to Nya. When Xia Duo said that he would give everyone two choices at the meeting, Niya was persuading Cecily to choose learning machine.

Because Niya knows him well and knows that he will definitely find a way to improve the learning machine, but——

If Cecily is very talented in magic, then this choice cannot be said to be wrong, but what about Cecily's real talent?
Among the few students left by Lord Epps, only Cecily is still a low-level mage, and among the apprentices recruited during the transformation of the Tower of Time two years ago, there have been middle-level mages.

To know the benefits and treatment that the current Tower of Time apprentices and new mages can enjoy, Cecily will only have more, not less, and there is no progress in this case.

Then choosing a learning machine is a pure mistake.

The perfect learning machine is not a magical tool that can be learned at a glance. In essence, it is not much different from Xia Duo personally teaching, but Xia Duo has no confidence in training Cecily to become an arcanist.

Of course, if there is no time limit, you should be able to become an arcanist, but learning this kind of thing has stages, and you can't learn it after a certain period of time. Even if you learn it later, it doesn't make much sense.

In the foreseeable future, Xia Duo is not going to popularize the longevity technique, at least not to everyone.

So instead of letting Cecily develop into the research field in pain and not get any success in her life, it is better to choose a field that she is good at now, and maybe she can achieve a good achievement.

In a normal and orderly civilization, there will be no distinction between high and low, only the division of labor.

Although there may be some gaps in reality, under the helm of his own efforts, Xia Duo believes that the gap will be controlled to a level that most (future) people can accept.

In the current words, he is trying to persuade Cecily to choose a good employment direction instead of choosing a high-level basic research field that he is not good at, and may not even be interested in.

(End of this chapter)