Lord of Arcane

Chapter 779
After confirming the borrowing fee and whether copying is allowed, Xia Duo's "Principle" book will finally enter the library of the Austrian Law Federation.

"My lord, you need to provide at least two original copies, one for storage and one for borrowing. If there is only one, you also need to pay 200 gold coins for the production fee."

Ok?
Xia Duo suddenly thought that many libraries, including the Tower of Time and the Tower of Gilles, had different levels of dungeons. He thought it was set up for appearance, but he didn't expect that there was such a layer in it.

As long as there are more copies, the possibility of being borrowed will naturally be higher, and correspondingly, the income will be higher.

Since the goal is to let more people see it, Xia Duo is naturally not satisfied with only one or two copies. In fact, he has prepared more than ten copies before, but he just sent out 8 copies yesterday, and now only The last 6 are down.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Can I add copies later? Or can you make more copies?"

"My lord, it's all right, but if we make it, you need to pay a production fee of 200 gold coins for each copy." The administrator replied.

"Are there no discounts for large quantities?"

"Sorry, no!"

"..."

That is really black!

Xia Duo has produced more than ten books by himself, so he naturally knows how much the cost is. Although the "Principle" book is a book related to magic, it is indeed an ordinary item.

In other words, the biggest part of the cost lies in the raw materials, such as ink, paper, etc., at most only a few dozen gold coins!
If it is said to transcribe the text like Xia Duo, the labor cost may exceed 200, but as long as you think about it for a while, you will know that this is impossible.

Can a normal mage do this job?
As far as Xia Duo knows, he only obtained a [Transcription Technique] from the princess’s teacher Byron, the principle is different from Xia Duo’s own [Transcription Technique], it controls the pen to write, Xia Duo controls the ink Form text directly.

The efficiency of that [transcription technique] is extremely low. It is conceivable that if a mage really uses this method to make a copy, he will definitely lose 200 gold coins.

Obviously, only ordinary people are used to transcribe, and the wages of ordinary scribes are at most about 15 silver coins a day, that is, 1.5 gold coins per day.

Obviously, a book doesn't take that long to transcribe.

The Austrian Law Federation earns such a large sum of money on book copies, which is really good at making money!

Xia Duo is definitely not willing to make a copy on the side of the Arcane Federation. He decided to ask the apprentices of the Tower of Time to copy the "Principle" book. Anyway, it is going to be distributed to them as a textbook. Copying the book should be used as a familiarization in advance!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately took out the remaining 6 copies from his portable space and handed them over to the administrator, "Use these first, I will make up later!"

"No problem, my lord, I will handle it for you!"

……

The relevant details have been negotiated long ago, and now that there is a copy, it only takes a matter of minutes to register and put it in the warehouse. Soon, Xia Duo got a standard contract.

The general idea is that Xia Duo, a member of level 4, voluntarily registered the book "Principle" in the public library of the Austrian Law Federation, and the borrowing fee and whether copying is allowed are also reflected in the contract.

One of the more critical ones is that you can come to the Austrian Law Federation to check the number of borrowed books once a year, and receive the income from the books borrowed.

It didn't say anything about the share, which means that Xia Duo can get all the income by default, not even miscellaneous fees such as management fees.

Maybe this is the treatment of level 4 members, but it's really good!
……

After completing the storage procedures and directly pre-depositing 3 gold coins as the borrowing fee, Xia Duo turned around and got into the library, preparing to scan the books.

Although the collection of books in the library of the Austrian and French Federation seems to be larger than that of the Giles Tower, Xia Duo saw the copies of the books one after another, and knew that it was actually inferior to the Giles Tower.

Although the Arcane Federation has 15 great arcanists, and almost every high-level mage and above is a member of the Arcane Federation.

But this kind of loose organization is obviously not as expected as the Mage Tower run by the Grand Arcanist himself.

Except for those controversial things, such as [Neither scroll], which are not suitable for the private collection of one or a few great arcanists, if there are other good things, how can they not be put in their own mage tower!

Sure enough, after actually looking at it, Xia Duo found that many of the books here have already been included in the Tower of Gilles, and of course there must be fish that slipped through the net.

It may be that the mage in charge of Gilles Tower didn't like it, or it may have been missed. In short, this trip to Xiaduo is probably much easier than in Gilles Tower.

Of course, the wallet will be a lot easier!
However, his speculation was quickly slapped in the face after he finished scanning the public area.

The Arcane Federation accepts "contributions" from mages, and the public area is fine. After all, it is still open to ordinary people, but the magic areas at all levels can be described as flooding.

A thin volume of "The Art of Fire" or "Northern Adventure Guide (Magic)" can be registered to cheat money, and at least 100 gold coins should be read once.

Xia Duo thought that if his thick "Principles" book could be split into 10 volumes, it would be perfectly fine, but he really couldn't bear to do such a thing.

He took out a copy of "The Art of Flame" and opened it. After reading it, Xia Duo only felt a sense of emptiness, and his mind was full of questions about who I am and where I am.

This book only introduces some usage scenarios of the fireball technique, some of which can be called exquisite, while others can only be said to be deadly.

It can't be said that it has nothing to say, at least for novices, it provides a lot of real-life cases for reference, but the content is too little, and there is no magic detail related to fireball.

There is also a borrowing fee of 100 gold coins!
Xia Duo realized that the library of the Arcane Federation might be different from what he had imagined. There were too many books used by middle-level mages to deceive fools.

Although Niya gave him the sponsorship fee, it was not used in this way. Besides, he and Niya were husband and wife, and he also had a share of the sponsorship fee. It was really a waste to use it on the books of those middle-level mages.

Then, Xia Duo simply skipped the writings of middle-level mages, and he would pick up and read them unless the introduction of the title really inspired him. Fortunately, there is no headline party in Netheril now, otherwise it would be Interesting.

His main goal is still on the writings of high-level mages and above. Although middle-level mages can join the Arcane Federation, their income is low, and there are still a lot of membership fees to bear. Books can also understand.

But high-level mages basically don't have to worry about income. At the same time, there is also a problem of reputation. Even a bad person may not be willing to let others think that he is a bad person.

In today's relatively orderly environment, the image of high-level mages is generally positive.

After reading several books written by high-level mages in succession, this conjecture was also confirmed, and it was indeed more predictable than that of mid-level mages.

It is no longer just a thin booklet to fool people, and even in the travel notes, there are a lot of spell details, and all kinds of skills, experience, and knowledge are everywhere.

This is what a normal mage writing should look like!
The only regret is that Xia Duo has never read a book of pure magic, which always seems to have some storytelling, and most of the less storytelling ones are in the form of dialogue.

It doesn't look boring anymore, but it also loses its academic rigor and magic.

"I hope that "Principles" book can bring a new trend!"

(End of this chapter)