Arcane Lord

Everriska.

Now that May is already halfway through, neither the comprehensive testing that started last month nor the snow-melting competition that started at the beginning of this month and ended now has done nothing good or bad for the construction of public computing power pools. Influence.

All work is being carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Xia Duo. Now more than half a month has passed, and the computing power pool sub-nets of various countries in the alliance have also been connected to the main network one after another, and relevant testing and debugging have begun.

When Xia Duo came to the Lingsi Network Research Center at the alliance headquarters again and saw various data given by the center's researchers, he knew that this public computing power pool could finally be put into formal operation.

"How's the discussion going with the finance team?" Xia Duo inquired a little.

"I just talked to them yesterday. Judging from their tone, there should be results."

The finance team has direct contact with researchers, because negotiating charging standards and even future operating models requires knowing the relevant costs, including research funds, in advance.

It is impossible to just hit the head and come up with a plan out of thin air. During the discussion, people in the finance team must refer to as much first-hand information as possible from the researchers.

As for Xia Duo, he doesn't have much contact with those financial personnel. After all, for the time being, the only connection between them is these researchers.

Even if the public computing pool is officially operational in the future, the financial staff will nominally listen to him as the general manager, but in all likelihood they will still remain relatively independent.

"Then when you report the data to them, do you use the original data or the data that has been summarized and analyzed?" Xia Duo asked again.

"At the beginning, they were given raw data, but they couldn't understand it at all. In the end, they still asked for the data that we simply summarized."

The researcher who was asked by Xia Duo was a golden elf. He did not hide his contempt for those who were not familiar with magic.

"Very good, we will do this from now on. We will give them whatever data they want."

Xia Duo explained that this is actually an industry practice. Who wouldn't strive for favorable conditions for themselves as much as possible?

Now the advantage of researchers is to have first-hand raw data on public computing power pools, and even these data can be deliberately shaped.

If you confess everything to the financial staff and try to make the other party truly understand, then to be honest, it will be difficult for even Xia Duo to do anything in private.

It’s not that it’s not good to do this, but it’s actually impossible to do. If those financial personnel were really proficient in research related to computing power pools, they wouldn’t be financial personnel.

In the magical world, studying magic obviously has more prospects and status.

Fortunately, the Lingsi Network Research Center under the leadership of Xia Duo will not go too far. It is nothing more than seeking some convenience and benefits for researchers.

Compared to those who only focus on emptying their units, Xia Duo can be called a saint by doing this.

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Leaving the research area, Xia Duo went straight to an independent area that was previously designated as a work area for the financial team. Although the current financial team only has 19 people in total, many of them are here to make up the number, but they are also given a large conference room, a Common offices, as well as several independent offices.

When he arrived, Shado first went to the public office area. Once there, he saw two elves chatting in the middle of the office area and two dwarves drinking in the corner.

Fortunately, the drink he drank was ale, otherwise the entire office area would have been suffocated by the alcohol.

"Come here, I have something to ask you!"

Xia Duo waved his hand and continued walking towards the large conference room without stopping. The remaining financial staff should be there.

Soon, Xia Duo did see ten financial personnel in the large conference room, and the others hurriedly arrived after his arrival.

"Consultant Xia Duo, what do you want to do with us today?"

The person who spoke was a chamber of commerce accountant sent by Evereska, who looked quite cautious in front of Sha Duo. Sha Duo was not busy answering, but observed in this large conference room.

In the center of the conference room is a rectangular conference table, with a large number of draft papers scattered on the table. There is a bookshelf on the side of the conference room, and the books on it do not take up even half of the space.

Perhaps because of the long reading time, most of the books are scattered, and many are even spread out directly on a certain page.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo could see the fruits of the labor of these financial personnel during this period, so he answered the previous question:

"Half a month has passed. Have you negotiated a rate standard for the computing power pool?"

"Consultant Xia Duo is really well-informed. We just made a plan yesterday and we are about to submit it to Consultant Xia Duo for you to check!"

It was the same Evereska accountant from before. After learning of Sha Duo's intention, he immediately stood up and took down a thin booklet from the bookshelf on the side of the conference room, and then handed it to Sha Duo.

Xia Duo took the brochure and flipped through it quickly. There was indeed a tariff plan on it, but in addition to this, there were also strategic suggestions on the future operation of the computing power pool.

It seems that this group of people has indeed been idle in the past half month. Of course, Xia Duo knows who has contributed the most among them.

"In your plan, you suggest that the computing power pool connector be free. Can you tell me what you think?"

"This is mainly because the computing power pool requires more mages, the better. In this case, it is best to have as low a threshold as possible. Free connectors are just the basis!"

"Um."

Xia Duo nodded, noncommittal, but in fact, he still agreed very much. He had thought that these people would set a very low price for the connector, but he did not expect that these people would have such courage to directly give it away for free.

The specific plan is just as the Everesca mathematician in front of me said. The free connector is only the basis. Any official mage can get a connector for free.

But if you want to earn some extra money through the computing power pool, you need to pass the level certification of the research center, which ranges from level 1 to level 20. Each level represents a subsidy of 10 gold coins per hour.

That is, the subsidy is 10 gold coins per hour at level 1, and the subsidy is 200 gold coins per hour at level 20.

This also means that any official mage, that is, the default level 1 mage, can use the basic functions of the computing power pool for free and for an unlimited time after getting the connector.

The basic function is priced at 10 gold coins per hour, which can just be covered by the level 1 mage subsidy.

Starting from level 2 mage, the income of any mage who is connected to the computing power pool is greater than the expenditure. Taking a level 2 mage as an example, if he is connected to the computing power pool for 10 hours a day, that is the income of 100 gold coins.

What is gold coins falling from the sky? This is gold coins falling from the sky!

If you are more ruthless and have access to the computing power pool 24 hours a day, your net income will be 240 gold coins per day, which is far beyond the wealth that a normal level 2 mage can obtain. (End of chapter)