Chapter 734: Advanced Study Class, New Order

However, his explanation only made everyone more confused. Of course, confusion was one thing, but they also felt much more at ease; at least they knew their future work would be related to the manufacturing of Magic Items.

"More professional? Just based on us?"

"Of course more professional. Even if you don't believe me, surely you believe Lord Xia Duo!" Danuosi tried hard to explain.

But the crowd clearly wouldn't let go of this chance to get information, continuing to press: "Then what about what was said before about training us? Could it be that it's not training like those New Apprentices?"

"I don't know about that, but I believe Lord Xia Duo definitely won't let us down, and our situation will definitely be better than before!"

Danuosi said confidently; compared to the others, he had been paying attention to the Tilake Research Lab for a long time.

He even fantasized about one day being able to receive the support of the Tower of Time like Tilake, and establishing an Independent Research Lab, something that in the past only Intermediate Mages had.

"Lord Aidelian?"

Soon, someone thought of the old lord's students, Aidelian and Bote; perhaps they would know more, but it was only then that they discovered Aidelian and Bote had long since left.

In fact, not long after coming out of the interview, Aidelian and Bote had left early. There were a few others who had left early like them, but the people here had their minds set on their worries about the future and hadn't noticed.

At this moment, discovering that Aidelian and Bote were both absent, the group discussed for a moment before dispersing. However, as they left, they had already naturally formed new small circles.

……

On the other side, Xia Duo visited all the Intermediate Mages of the Tower of Time one by one.

With Depake achieving Advanced Rank and also supporting Xia Duo, the current income structure of the Tower of Time had already changed.

The Intermediate Mages could no longer resist Xia Duo by working passively. After all, even if an Advanced Mage only had the title, the same product could be sold at a higher price. (Passive resistance within the contract—if Xia Duo went too far, it would be a breach of contract by the Tower of Time, and they could still choose to leave. Of course, after leaving, they might not be able to find a Mage Tower to affiliate with, and certainly might not have their current treatment, while also having to worry about the Tower of Time pursuing them.)

Not to mention, an Advanced Mage, regardless of the quantity or quality of products, could easily surpass an Intermediate Mage; it was truly a case of one being worth more than many.

The results of this visit were much better than before; at least this time, there were no more excuses to avoid meeting.

And besides a certain degree of appeasement, this visit was more importantly about finalizing two things—

One was to have these Intermediate Mages accept the existence of Magic Technicians and outsource part of their business to them;

The other was to have these Intermediate Mages accept the existence of the Low-level Mage Study Class and agree to regularly go there to teach and answer questions.

Under the pressure of the general trend, the price Xia Duo paid was merely establishing an Intermediate Mage Advanced Study Class and arranging for Advanced Mages to teach and answer questions regularly.

To be honest, Xia Duo had mentioned this condition before, but these Intermediate Mages were conservative and short-sighted, and also highly valued collective interests, so they hadn't agreed.

Of course, it could also be that they were too far-sighted, able to see that wave after wave of newcomers would soon appear, squeezing their living space, which was why they were so resistant to academy-style active education.

However, having experienced the expansion of apprentices and the transfer of low-level mages, they gradually realized that the general trend was unstoppable. Now, all they could do was strive for more benefits within the framework Xia Duo had set.

……

The next day.

The Leonard Research Lab and the Horst Research Lab, which were included in the Tower of Time's key support plan, were established simultaneously.

At the same time, the Private Research Labs of other Intermediate Mages also began to undergo rectification one after another.

Under the guidance of the brand-new "Tower of Time Research Lab Management Regulations (Trial)", the phenomenon of Intermediate Mages uncompensatedly exploiting low-level mages would be completely eradicated.

Replacing it was an hourly wage system linked to Spellcasting Level, with salaries paid personally by the person in charge of the laboratory. Correspondingly, low-level mages would no longer enjoy dividends from Private Research Labs (mainly depending on the mentor's conscience~).

In addition, the fixed tasks undertaken by Private Research Labs were also adjusted to better adapt to the brand-new production relations after the transformation of the Tower of Time.

As for the low-level mages, except for some who joined the Academic Affairs Office to become teaching staff, and some who joined the Leonard and Horst Research Labs to become researchers, the rest were all converted into Magic Technicians.

Of course, these low-level mage-level Magic Technicians could also choose to accept employment from Intermediate Mages and join their Private Research Labs.

The work content did not change much compared to before (it might be assisting in research, or it might be acting as human batteries; there were no odd jobs left, they were outsourced~).

It was just that this time, they had a relatively stable salary.

……

Near noon, there were still 11 low-level mages left who had not been rehired by Intermediate Mages or were unwilling to join Private Research Labs again.

Besides the 4 who joined the Academic Affairs Office and the 6 who joined the Leonard and Horst Research Labs, only 3 people were rehired by Intermediate Mages.

These 11 people were now the first batch of Junior Magic Technicians of the Tower of Time, and the Magic Industry of the Tower of Time officially began from this moment.

……

Seeing that the Tower of Time was about to step into a new order, Xia Duo finally couldn't help but come to Horst's place, wanting to urge the progress here; of course, it also reflected the importance he placed on this side.

The Horst Research Lab's main work was to carry out mass production design, while the Leonard Research Lab was similar to the Tilake Research Lab, both conducting exploration of new technologies.

Of course, they would both receive key support from the Tower of Time.

As for the Private Research Labs of other Intermediate Mages, from Xia Duo's perspective, they were actually just outsourced contract factories, and most of the workers weren't even theirs.

Of course, these Intermediate Mages' Private Research Labs could also conduct private research, but without the support of the Tower of Time, they could only be responsible for their own profits and losses.

If results were produced, unless they kept it hidden forever, they had to share them with the Tower of Time; after all, they had used the environment and equipment of the Tower of Time to produce the results.

Furthermore, the Tower of Time would also pay for their results. In the future, if they registered patents or developed products, there would be corresponding divisions of labor.

In this regard, the contracts between the Tower of Time and them had long since stipulated this.

Of course, these Intermediate Mages could also apply to the Tower of Time for support for individual projects, similar to Tilake's previous Constant Magic Project. For results produced by such projects, the Tower of Time's share ratio would be higher.

In fact, Xia Duo was preparing to strictly control the project applications of these Intermediate Mages; this was an important way to cut costs at present.

And even in the future, he planned to establish a specialized agency to review projects applied for by Private Research Labs to avoid the loss of the Tower of Time's assets.

……

Horst Research Lab.

Currently just beginning to operate again, Horst didn't understand why Xia Duo, who had just come not long ago, was here again now.

"Mage Horst, currently, except for Communication Magic Tools, the production of the Tower of Time has almost completely stalled. I hope you can come up with mass production plans for each product as soon as possible. I will have Dien and the others come over to assist you; they have experience in mass-producing Communication Magic Tools and will definitely be able to play a significant role."