Arcane Rebirth

After this period of operation, the library book bar has developed very well. Not only has all the initial investment been recouped, but Jialan also has a large amount of active funds in his hands.

This fund was not saved by Jialan. Instead, it was reinvested in the book bar and library, and a comprehensive upgrade was carried out in terms of raw materials and hardware.

Someone asked, what class of people are mages?

In Jialan's era, in addition to being controllers of mysterious power that transcended the worldly elite, mages were also symbols of mystery, power, wealth and aristocracy in the eyes of ordinary people.

A mage, regardless of whether he has a noble title or not, his social status is absolutely no less than that of a real noble, and this social status will also increase as his spellcasting rank increases.

It can be said that mages are truly born uncrowned nobles. Their status does not need to be recognized by the secular government, but the secular aristocracy has to recognize it, because no matter they are nobles or royals, they are not willing to offend a person easily.

A mage who possesses mysterious and unpredictable spellcasting abilities.

Therefore, although the vast majority of spellcasters do not care about power and status, they still have a transcendent identity and are respected and worshiped by the people of the world. This is often reflected in the fact that they are admired by ignorant civilians.

Rich life.

Money is not of great significance to mages, but few mages are so poor that they have no money to eat. The mysterious arcane knowledge they possess can always easily earn them a large amount of wealth.

Compared with the money consumed by expensive and luxurious spell experiments, the living expenses of mages are really negligible. Mages who may not pursue a luxurious life themselves do not realize that the magic they use

Those daily necessities that even the truly rich and noble may not be willing to use.

There is no difference between drinking water from a luxurious Swarovski crystal cup worth 20,000 gold coins and drinking water from a rough oak cup worth two copper coins. They are just casual purchases when the funds for experiments are abundant.

It's just daily necessities. Naturally, there are servants and housekeepers who are responsible for taking care of the mage's life to take care of these things.

But after all, the servants of the spell caster do not have as detached mentality as the mage master. With the huge financial support provided by the master, they will often try to purchase the best quality and most expensive luxury daily necessities for the master.

Ensure that the owner is happy.

The mages unconsciously use the most luxurious living utensils and enjoy the most expensive clothing, food, housing and transportation all day long, which invisibly elevates their taste of life to a very high level. These words and deeds have become a part of their lives.

A natural habit.

After all, mages have an indifferent attitude towards life, but they are not really stupid. Between a delicious roast suckling pig and a hard, coarse black bread, when you are hungry, which one do you think the mages will choose?

This natural luxury living habit naturally becomes the so-called "natural aristocratic temperament" in the eyes of ordinary people.

Having lived in such a living environment since childhood, Jialan naturally has this so-called "natural aristocratic temperament", so when choosing various hardware facilities in the book bar, he randomly chose him among the samples sent by the merchants.

The things I love.

This may not be obvious in the "Public Area" in front of the library, but it is very obvious in the "Wizard of Oz Area" behind the library that has not yet opened.

As the sunset gradually sets, the light in the ancient forest gradually dims. Not far from the entrance of the forest, several middle-aged people are following Ailan along the road with angry faces.

They are the heads of the college management office, teaching office, and financial department of [Kemo University]. What is very interesting is that most of the middle managers of the college are not magicians, but just ordinary people hired with management capabilities.

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In a sense, they are also equivalent to the role of housekeepers and servants who served spellcasters in Jialan's era? After all, most magicians focus on research in the field of magic and have no extra thoughts.

Responsible for these complex management matters.

Therefore, in addition to laboratories, museums, libraries and other areas involving magic items and books, it is not a bad idea to leave some less important academy duties to ordinary people who specialize in these areas.

The three middle-aged people were in a very bad mood at the moment. A student who was suddenly appointed as the librarian actually dared to put on such a big show, kept them waiting all afternoon, and even asked someone to call them from these colleges.

The manager condescended to see him!

Who does he think he is? Those magic professors at the Magic Academy? Or the Dean?

It would be fine if he were one of those weird-tempered magicians. Ordinary managers like them can't afford to offend you. But as a magic apprentice who has just entered school, what qualifications do you have to make such a big splash?

However, as they went deeper into the woods, they discovered that the atmosphere here was completely different from their impression of the dark, humid, corrupt, and eerie ancient forest!

Because the Wizard of Oz area has not yet been fully constructed, it has not been put into operation for the time being. After the craftsmen finished their work, the place seemed particularly quiet.

The soft grass underfoot and the ancient trees full of mottled history slowly overflowed with the refreshing and rich phytoncide, and the milky white gauze lamps hanging on the branches every ten meters cast soft light, illuminating a path

Forest path.

There is a faint and elegant fragrance floating in the air, mixed with the phytoncide emitted by the trees, which makes people feel refreshed!

After all, they are also members of the management team of the college. They are also high-status social elites outside the college. Naturally, they can identify that they are from the [Southeast Continent] - [Velena County] - [Blade Desert] area. The desert elves [

Kashma] Tribe’s [Focusing Incense]!

It is said that this rare magic incense has a very magical effect, which can enhance the mental power and concentration of magicians, so as to obtain better results when memorizing and reciting magic spells.

However, this kind of magic incense is extremely expensive on the market, with one dose costing hundreds of golden orchids. Even those magicians often close themselves off in order to bring out the best effect of [Kashma Concentrating Incense].

Used in secret rooms.

Someone actually lit [Kashma Concentration Incense] in such a large forest? How extravagant is this person to do such a wasteful thing?

After walking for some distance, Von Kasmer, the head of the finance department of the college, suddenly discovered that the gauze lamp hanging on the tree branch was actually burning [Fishman Oil]!

This kind of transparent oil is tempered with the fat of fishmen. It has a very strong fishy smell when it is not burned. However, after burning, it has a faint fragrance and emits an extremely bright and stable light.

Any fumes will be produced.

Good quality means expensive price. 500 ml of lamp oil costs 10 jintalans, so not everyone can afford it. Although the fish oil is very durable, a little bit can burn for a long time.

But as they walked along the road, they passed at least dozens of gauze lanterns. If all the lamp oil used in these gauze lanterns was [Fishman Oil]... Finance Minister Von Kasmer swallowed his saliva, they

Is it possible that he is going to see a duke?

Perhaps because of the quiet and solemn atmosphere in the ancient forest, coupled with the low-key luxurious effects of [Kashma Concentrating Incense] and [Murfish Oil], the three of them unconsciously stopped being angry and became cautious.

The meeting place did not go too far into the ancient forest. Soon, a simple round table appeared in front of them under a strange old tree with a crooked neck and next to a clump of purple lavender flowers.

A young man with black hair and black eyes was sitting quietly at the table, reading a thick ancient book. On the round table in front of him, a cup of hot coffee exuded a faint glow under the bright light of the gauze lamp.

The mist made him seem to be enveloped in a hazy and mysterious atmosphere.

Ten girls wearing exquisite purple dresses were divided into two rows and stood in the afterglow of the gauze lamp. They neither looked obtrusive nor could they be ignored. They lowered their hands and lowered their eyes like demure elves in the dark night.

Ailan, who was leading the way, quickened his pace and walked to the black-haired young man. He slightly bent his slender waist and whispered something, and then stood behind the black-haired young man with another girl in a purple dress.

The Minister of Finance and others involuntarily stopped not far from the round table, as if they were servants waiting for their master to summon them, and carefully held their breath.

Just when they felt confused for a while and felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, the black-haired young man put down the book in his hand, stood up leisurely, and said with a slight salute: "Good night everyone! Please sit down.

, come and try the newly arrived Nusaki coffee, I believe you will like it.”

The three people who looked at each other involuntarily bowed slightly, then carefully sat down at the table with some restraint, while the girls hidden in the darkness began to get busy lightly.

Some took out a steaming pottery pot with a pointed beak from behind the bushes, while others used an ancient hand grinder to grind coffee beans. Soon, three cups of fragrant coffee were placed in front of them.

But those girls quietly returned to the darkness beyond the light, as if they had never appeared.

Picking up the cup of coffee in front of her, Jialan smiled and gestured to the three managers, took a sip, and showed a satisfied look.

The three managers, who had been confused by this weird atmosphere, awkwardly picked up the exquisite glass coffee cups and tasted the Nusaki coffee in front of them, which cost 1 jintalan.

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When the three of them were immersed in the aroma of expensive coffee that they could not often enjoy even with their high-paying positions and huge salaries, Jialan then started to smile.

He said: "I wonder what the three managers want from me?"

The three people who were tasting the coffee with squinted eyes were suddenly stunned. Then they remembered the purpose of their visit. When Jialan suddenly asked them, they were at a loss.

This time, he was thinking about the huge profits shown in the library book bar in just a few days of operation. He took the lead and invited two directors from the management office and the teaching office to come to the library for accountability, in an attempt to bring the books to the public.

The management rights of the library library were taken over from the new librarian so that the profits could be divided among them.

As you can see, the management of [Kemo University] is actually divided into two parts, internal and external. The internal management is composed of [Kemo University]:

[House Management Office] composed of deans of each branch;

[Tutor Supervisory Association] composed of the chief magic professors of each department;

[Students Association] composed of outstanding student representatives from various disciplines;

The three-level management of "upper, middle and lower" are only responsible for students' education and internal affairs, while the external management is composed of external managers from various departments of the college, who are responsible for the college's

Operation and management work.

In terms of status, there is a superior-subordinate structure between the two. Regarding the decision-making of the [Faculty Management Office] and [Tutor Supervision Association], these external managers have no right to interfere. Even the student affairs organized by the [Students Union]

They can only assist in activities, but cannot intervene in management.

Even the behavior of administrators will be supervised and reported by students and faculty, but the main daily management work of the college is performed by them, including the operation and development of the college, the college's contact with the outside world, and

communication and the like.

It can be said that this class is a compromise cooperation between the top management of the college and the outside forces [Kelan City]. Outside forces are strictly prohibited from intervening in the internal affairs of the college, but external forces are allowed to obtain some direct or indirect benefits from the college at the expense of the college's services.

"benefit".

After all, magicians cannot completely avoid the fireworks of the world. In many places, some power from the world is needed, not to mention those tedious and troublesome management tasks that require a lot of time and energy. No magician is willing to do so.

Responsible for taking over.

Therefore, when someone is willing to take on this part of the work, the college's senior management is happy to leave these troublesome matters to them. This leads to the existence of a middle class in the college management that cannot intervene in the college's decision-making, but has management rights.

The "benefits" of having someone in the family serve as managers of [Kolan University] are obvious. Just obtaining some magic items and magic technology from the magicians of the college is enough to make the major forces in [Kelan City]

, the fight ended in a bloody battle.

Therefore, the positions of the management of [Kemo University] have always been important positions in the exchange of interests and power games among the major families and major forces in [Kelan City].

The internal markets, restaurants and other consumption places within the college are also managed by major families who have placed them in the college and use their authority to gain management rights for the family.

Just imagine, a college with a population of more than 400,000 is almost equivalent to the size of a small or medium-sized city.

Because students cannot easily leave the college during their studies, it has become a closed living circle. So many people's life problems need to be solved, so how huge are the benefits contained therein?

The best thing is, because the status of [Kemo University] in [Kelan City] is much higher than that of [Kelan City Civil Affairs Council], not only is it not under the management of [Kelan City Civil Affairs Council], even the various departments within the college are

There is no need to pay taxes to [Kelan City Civil Affairs Council] for any business project!

For the major families and forces in [Kelan City], the internal market of the college has become an extremely fat piece of meat. Whoever can win the management and operation rights is equivalent to whoever gets the tax-free amnesty.

, how could you not rush to take a big bite!?

But no one expected that out of their sight, a so-called "book bar" run by the library would suddenly pop up in the once dilapidated and deserted college library.

I originally thought that this was just a temporary adjustment made by the new librarian to repair the library, temporarily placing the reading area outside the library.

However, the administrators soon discovered that a group of freshmen who were employed in the library as part of a work-study program actually started serving light meals and drinks for readers in the book bar. This was understandable.

However, after they learned about the prices of light meals and drinks provided by the book bar and estimated the number of people consuming in the book bar, their faces almost turned green!

The markets operated by various major families and forces in various branches within [Kemo University] are extremely profitable, but after all, there are more wolves than meat, so if everyone divides it up, there is always a feeling that there is still something to be desired.

Because the on-campus consumption venues do not have to pay the 10% to 25% commercial tax to the [Kelan City Civil Affairs Council], there is a relatively large profit margin, so in order to obtain more benefits from [Kemo University], we can only continue to

Improve the quality of the consumer places you operate and lower consumer prices to attract students from other branches to consume in your own territory.

However, with many competitors and vicious competition, the market potential and profit margins have been tapped and squeezed almost transparently. Originally, everyone was guarding their own territory and competing based on their own abilities, so there was nothing to complain about.

But at this time, this library book bar suddenly appeared without any warning. Without any greetings to the college management forces, it forcibly entered the student market, seriously squeezing their living space, and making everyone

The turnover of this business establishment has dropped to the lowest point in history. How can the forces behind the major managers not spray a lot of blood!?

You must know that [Kemo University] has many branches and departments, but there is only one big library. No matter which branch or department students are, they must go to the library to borrow books. The original library environment is poor and the location is

It's remote, so not many students stay. When it's time for meals, they will still go back to their respective colleges to eat.

But now, the library book bar provides meals and drinks to students who borrow books. Even if the meals provided are far less rich and delicious than the college restaurant, a large number of students are too lazy to return to the college to eat on the spot.

Cut off everyone’s financial path!

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