Chapter 104: Watcher

"Name? Let me think..."

Before deciding to open a security shop, he really hadn't thought of a name. Although calling it Wizard Security Shop is fine, it doesn't seem to have any memory points.

Since it is aimed at benchmarking against Aurors, the name must be loud enough and have a deterrent force.

Murphy thought for a moment. "Avengers?"

Not quite...

Wizards who don't understand Marvel would probably think they are a group of bad guys.

Justice League?

Forget it... it feels a bit ironic.

"Just... Watcher."

As a future Auror substitute, watching over the peace of the Wizarding World, this name is so appropriate.

"I've had it calculated. Opening an eight-inch 1.5-micron process chip factory requires an investment of between 30 million and 100 million pounds. This mainly depends on the number of lithography machines and chip production capacity. If you only produce one or two fixed chips, 50 million pounds should be enough."

"However, according to your idea, memory particles also need to be produced, so that's at least four or five types of chips, and the investment is at least over 130 million pounds."

"If you are also prepared to design IP cores and chip architectures yourself, starting from scratch, the cost will at least double five times, or it may even be a bottomless pit."

"In addition, there is the R&D of supporting systems and basic applications. Let's count it as 100 million pounds. This is a conservative estimate. If the time is too long, this is also a bottomless pit."

"However, this is only the R&D and production stage costs. The money needed for subsequent marketing, promotion, etc., is not small at all."

"In short, if you want to realize your plan, don't even think about it without 1 billion pounds as a base. 2 billion pounds can probably be used for dreaming, and 3 billion pounds can probably cover it."

"But even if everything goes well, it will be very difficult for us to break even. Do you know that the global semiconductor industry revenue this year is only about 27 billion pounds? If our investment amount accounts for more than one-tenth of the global revenue of this industry, unless our products can really reach a monopoly status, don't even think about breaking even."

In the lakeside villa, as soon as Patrick saw Murphy, he reported a series of numbers.

Murphy's expression didn't change at all. He picked up the tea that had already cooled on the table and took a sip.

"Patrick, if our products can't even achieve industry monopoly, what's the point of talking about changing the world?"

"..."

"Okay."

Patrick calmed himself down. Since partnering with Murphy, their products have been taken out by Murphy like magic, and every time he takes action, they are things with extreme market dominance. He really hasn't worried about problems like "R&D failure."

"I consulted several financial experts. The market valuations of Isis Pharmaceuticals and Camelot are both good, around 4 billion and 6 billion pounds respectively. If we go public, we can raise at least 2 billion pounds in funds. However, the IPO process is complex. The fastest we can complete the fundraising might be in the second half of the year."

Murphy nodded. "Do it first, but don't wait. Invest as much money as you have first. If not, borrow some. Our cash flow is so good, borrowing money shouldn't be difficult."

"By the way, I plan to develop a luxury brand based on Camelot. The early products are several perfumes, and then find some designers to engage in some exaggerated clothing and accessory designs. It should work."

The so-called luxury brand is actually similar to a technology company in the fashion industry. What they sell are concepts and creativity. A bag with a cost of 100 yuan, plus a brand logo and some design concepts that ordinary people can't get at all, is immediately worth a hundred times more.

Isn't it just telling stories? He happens to be quite good at this.

Murphy ran back and forth between the research institute and the Muggle world, and time soon came to 1989.

Outside, the ice and snow melted, but the magic research institute built underground was constant in temperature and humidity, so he didn't feel anything about it.

One day in February, Mind Magic Research Group.

Murphy came here because Funes and Omid told him that Selica was on strike.

"What's going on?" Murphy asked.

Funes was very embarrassed. "Sorry, Boss. Maybe the way we used the Soul Seed on some animals made Selica misunderstand. She thinks the two of us are perverts who abuse animals and refuses to use the Soul Seed on animals again."

Murphy glanced at Selica, who was puffed up with anger. He then asked, "What experiments have you done?"

"Most of them just used a short-term effective Soul Seed on small animals to study the changes in the animal's brain during this process. Sometimes we would issue a Soul Seed without a lifting condition. In this case, it often leads to some animals going crazy or dying."

"For example?"

"For example, they asked me to release a Soul Seed on a crow, making it think that water is poisonous and refuse to drink water, eventually dying of thirst," Selica interjected.

"This magic is really too domineering and evil. Continuing to study such black magic is not good," Selica said. "It will distort people's minds. If a person feels that they can control the fate and thoughts of others at will, they will definitely try to do so and become more and more accustomed to doing so, eventually becoming a Dark Lord who is accustomed to enslaving others with magic, just like the Dark Lord!"

Murphy looked at Selica and understood that the other party was trying to persuade him.

He thought for a moment and said, "What you said is not wrong, but it is not magic that affects people's minds, but people who learn and update their behavioral habits in the feedback of using magic."

Selica was a bit confused. "What's the difference?"

"Wizards are accustomed to attributing the fall of Dark Wizards to their love of studying Black Magic, thinking that Black Magic pollutes their minds. But in fact, even the most ordinary evil spells still have such power."

"Any action a person takes on this world will bring feedback. When you use the Tarantallegra spell to make a person dance involuntarily, you also enjoy the pleasure of forcing others to obey. When you use the Petrification Spell or the Coma Curse, you are also using a way to make the other party go offline to temporarily avoid this obstacle."

"If you are accustomed to using Tarantallegra to tease someone, accustomed to using the Coma Curse instead of persuasion or other means to avoid obstacles, when your thinking is increasingly accustomed to solving problems in a simpler and rougher way, you are actually the same as those Dark Wizards who only use the Three Unforgivable Curses to achieve their goals, falling into a self-enclosed circle."

"It can also be said that you have been polluted by Tarantallegra or the Coma Curse. It's just that the Three Unforgivable Curses are stronger and therefore have a wider range of usage scenarios, while these two spells are weaker, so they are less likely to produce dependence."

"Of course, I'm not saying that the Three Unforgivable Curses are safe. They may have some ability to reverse-influence the caster's mind, but we haven't started such research yet. There's no need to worry about Black Magic polluting the mind from the beginning. That will only hinder our cognition."

"However, the Soul Seed is too strong," Selica said. "It is the most terrible spell I know, second only to the Killing Curse. It can't even be lifted normally. The Imperius Curse is somewhat similar to it, but the Imperius Curse is far less terrible than it."

"If you are accustomed to using this magic to make others obey, won't you rely on it?"

Thanks to Twilight Star for the 500 starting point coin reward, thanks to Lunluo_Chengmei for the 1500 starting point coin reward, thank you~~

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