Meet the principal

Reiner vaguely remembered that on Earth, there was a concept of impact factor for the ranking of academic journals, which was roughly the ratio of the number of times a paper was cited to the total number of papers. It was used to refer to the quality of papers in the journal. He wanted to come to the catalog just for reference. Are there similar indicators to judge various academic journals?

But it is a pity that this world does not yet have such a mechanism. Since modern magic has only been established for three hundred years, various systems are still being explored. In most cases, some problems are only repaired.

If he could become a member of the High Council, he might be able to promote academic reform, Reiner thought, but it was just a thought.

Putting down the catalog in his hand, Reiner thought for a while and finally decided to wait for the review results of the paper before making a reply.

It was already late at night, and Reiner stretched himself and decided to read for another hour before going to bed.

He had a very fulfilling life in the past two days. The treatises on other worlds contained a lot of knowledge. Reiner combined it with the knowledge in his own mind and finally figured out the extent of the development of magic in this world.

Magic is divided into elements, alchemy, astrology, necromancy, change, law and other factions. Among them, astrology and necromancy are more derived from ancient magic. Modern theories have not yet been deepened. Elements and alchemy are relatively easy to understand.

Judging from Reiner's comparison of various theories, the theoretical research on magic in this world is basically equivalent to the nascent period of science on Earth, but it is developing very rapidly. The master of the law system, His Excellency Isharis Ebdon, was as early as fifty. The three laws of law system motion were proposed years ago, directly rewriting almost all related spell models.

Reiner also saw many familiar theories, but in the end he focused on the alchemy department that was closest to him.

With the concept of elemental mass proposed by Lord Eagles Field, measuring the mass of each element has been popular in the alchemist circle for nearly fifty years. So far, the mass of forty-six discovered elements has been determined. , everyone’s goal is to find new elements and find the patterns between elements.

New elements are occasionally discovered, but the patterns between elements seem to be invisible.

"I wonder if this world also has the periodic law of elements?"

Reiner thought for a while, but felt like something was coming outside the window.

When I turned around, I realized it was a little wild cat with tiger stripes.

"How did you get up here?"

Reiner smiled and opened the window, and the little wild cat immediately jumped into the house, seemingly frozen by the cold wind outside.

The little wildcat looked around the room, then looked at Reiner.

"Meow--"

It barked softly.

"Are you hungry? But I don't have anything to eat."

Reiner put the dinner on the table that he had not finished yet on the floor. It was a bacon sandwich, and he had saved half of it for a midnight snack.

"Meow~"

The little wild cat seemed very happy looking at the food. He circled around the dinner plate before sticking his head out.

But what he didn't expect was that the cat actually stretched out his paws to open the sandwich, then picked up the bacon inside, turning a blind eye to the vegetables and bread on both sides.

Are cats in the magical world so powerful?

Reiner's mouth twitched as he watched the little wildcat finish the bacon, lick its paws, then walk across the room as if patrolling its territory, and jump out of another window.

Everything became quiet again. Reiner tidied up for a while and lay down on the bed.

The moon outside the window is bright, the stars are twinkling, and the night is like water.

...

At noon the next day, Reiner received the news that the first batch of Coke samples had been produced, and took Claire to Antoine's alchemy workshop in the town.

"Very efficient, Mr. Antoine."

Reiner praised, and what was placed in front of him was a hundred bottles of Coke. This Coke is packed in lightweight glass bottles.

The metal bottle cap and the label on the bottle were designed by Reiner and asked Charlotte to help. It read "Crescent Coke" and was in black and red, simple and extraordinary.

While reading Xia Luo's experimental notes, Reiner discovered that the girl had very good sketching skills. After asking, he discovered that Xia Luo was good at drawing when she was a child, but due to her father's resistance, the girl gave up. Draw and concentrate on magic.

When Reiner heard this, he proposed to sponsor Xia Luo to continue learning painting. In his opinion, image design will definitely play a huge role in the future, and planning in advance is the best way.

"As long as the alchemy circle is designed well, it is very simple to produce these things."

Antoine pointed at the magic circle that was shining in the room.

I saw a bottle being lifted into the air from the box by an inexplicable force. The sugar water in the bucket on the other side drew a curve and slowly flowed into the bottle. Then, the bottle actually turned upside down and flew quickly to a place with a pipe. glass container.

The conduit penetrates the mouth of the bottle and reaches the bottom of the bottle. Then a stream of air emerges from the conduit. At the same time, the bottle begins to vibrate slightly, mixing the gas with the sugar water.

With a snap, the bottle was turned upside down, and the metal cap was immediately sealed. The pleated edges designed by Reiner gradually closed up, locking the gas in the bottle.

After that, the printed label flew to the bottle, and the entire bottle of Coke fell into the temperature-controlled insulator. In this way, the production of a bottle of Coke was completed. It was different from the one on earth and was full of the tone of the magical world.

Although the whole process is complicated, it actually takes no more than a minute. Including the time for changing raw materials, it only takes two hours to produce 100 bottles of Coke. This is just a production line.

This would be absolutely impossible on Earth. Just setting up the production line would take a lot of time, and it would also require manpower for packaging and inspection, as well as all kinds of overhead turnover. Here, a one-ring alchemist can handle it. appropriate.

Praise the magic.

Surprised by the advanced productivity of this world, Reiner nodded and then asked.

"Does Mr. Antoine have any ideas about sales channels?"

Antoine heard Reiner's question and picked up a small stack of letter paper from another table.

"I contacted a few old friends who take care of the business, and I have solved the problem of the first batch of goods. Here is the delivery list."

Reiner took a look and found that most of them were pharmacy stores, which were far from the catering industry he originally envisioned. However, if he thought about it, Coke on Earth originally existed as a medicine, so there was nothing to worry about.

However, the quantities of these orders were very small. The largest family only bought 20 bottles. Everyone was not able to accept this novel drink. The order was placed entirely due to Antoine's talent.

"It seems that if you want to sell well, you still have to rely on word of mouth."

Reiner is not worried about Coke not being able to sell, but it seems that it needs a little opportunity to become popular in a short time.