Chapter 3599

Schiller was stunned; he hadn't thought it would be for this reason. Mainly because he really had no concept of magic, so he asked: "How much money does it take to build this school?"

"How much money does it take to build the Hogwarts in your dreams?"

"Stop, stop, stop, don't say that name." Schiller looked left and right sneakily, do you have the copyright? Just shouting the big name?

Schiller really hadn't thought about this problem, because after all, in the magic world of "Harry Potter," magic is almost purely idealistic power and doesn't need to pay any price, so building a school shouldn't have any cost.

So he estimated it according to the cost of ordinary humans building such a large castle, and came up with a quite high figure. It's not that building materials would be very expensive, the key is that the land is too expensive.

Such a large castle, plus a lake and woods, buying such a large piece of land is not easy. Schiller doesn't know much about land prices in the UK, but he knows land prices in the US very well; to buy such a large piece of land, it basically requires a tycoon of Stark's level to make a move.

"This is a bit troublesome," Schiller said, "It's not that I don't have money, but if you only count on me to invest alone, that's probably really difficult."

"Of course I didn't plan for you to invest alone. Actually, there are plenty of people who want to invest. The new school will be a joint-stock system, I need our own people to occupy enough shares in it."

"So that's it." Schiller said. He knew that if Batman was among the people who proposed this, they would definitely propose a joint-stock system, so they could also understand the school's operation and conduct supervision and inspection.

"How do people from other universes plan to invest? Is it using Battleworld currency? Won't it be a bit of a loss for Kamar-Taj?"

Strange knew what Schiller was referring to. There are not many mages with accounts in Battleworld, and there are even fewer on the DC side. In this case, using Battleworld currency would make it difficult to exchange for good things in magic with others, which is a loss for Kamar-Taj.

"So we are conducting a three-party transaction," Strange said, "You use the money from our universe to invest in building the school, and the Battleworld currency they give when they buy shares is also handed over to you. You can exchange it for things on the technology side, or simply skip this process and let Batman or Kamar-Taj from other universes use technology as shares."

"That's not bad." Schiller fell into thought. They help people from the opposite universe improve their magic strength, while Batman from the opposite side uses his wisdom to help this side improve its technology level, which is actually a mutually beneficial win-win.

And although their technology is developing fast, Earths in other universes are not that advanced. They can also resell Batman's technology to earn some good things from other universes.

For example, the Dream Power in the hands of Doctor Strange. Whether it's Strange or Schiller, they have been eyeing it for a long time.

The strength of Dream Power Doctor Strange is in the first echelon of Marvel, but the universe he is in doesn't have anything special, basically belonging to the average level. He himself is not very concerned about it either.

But sales emphasize creating demand where there is none. It doesn't matter if you aren't concerned now; come for two extra-boundary invasions, and naturally, there will be demand.

If he could use the technology he obtained to exchange for a part of Dream Power Doctor Strange's power, or simply let him help work, that would also be a steady profit without loss.

"I think this plan is good," Schiller said, "What percentage of shares do you think we should occupy? 51%?"

"No need to be that high," Strange said, "As long as the shares in our hands are higher than others in our big world. Batman is from next door after all, he can't come over easily."

"Also, in that case, the budget can be lowered a bit. But building such a large magic academy is not easy. Listening to your meaning, you don't plan to use magic on a large scale?"

"Mainly because the ability of ordinary humans to build is also very fast now," Strange said, "Stark's engineering team doesn't take long to rub out a Mercury base. Just a magic academy, it doesn't take many materials, and it won't delay much time."

"If magic energy must be used, I would be more willing to use most of the energy after completion, to add a defense system to the school, rather than wasting power in the construction process."

Schiller nodded and said: "Indeed. In the case of being able to extract solar energy, the energy of Stark's mechanical engineering team is worthless, it is indeed better to use their energy. And the more versatile magic energy should be used in more important places, using good steel on the blade."

"I think so," Strange said, "Everyone in our whole universe added together occupying about 30% of the shares is enough."

"Are there that many people in our big world who want to invest?" Schiller frowned slightly, "If they only take 30%, that means the share each of the other investors in the Marvel big world gets is far lower than this number, then there are actually quite a lot of people."

"There aren't many people now, so we still have to rely on ourselves to develop." Strange raised his eyebrows and said, "I have already convinced Loki, Asgard will also come to mix in a share."

"They also want to invest? What necessity do they have... Oh, Loki seems to have told me about this before."

"Yes. There are also some races in the Nine Realms who covet human magic, and even within the Aesir, there are some people with weaker innate constitutions who are more suitable for practicing magic."

Schiller remembered it completely now; Loki had complained to him before that being a wise and benevolent king is not that easy.

In the Odin era, everything served war. Just like the Spartan civilization would eliminate weak infants, the Aesir at that time were about the same. If you had no war value, then honestly stay in the corner and don't be an eyesore; the All-Father would give you a bite to eat at most, don't expect more.

Loki, as a prince, would encounter all kinds of troubles caused by physical differences, and other Aesir with poor health were even more so.

Although this proportion is not very high, there are some. For example, some pregnant women were affected by certain forces or were seriously injured during pregnancy, and the energy provided to the child was insufficient, so the child was born with innate deficiencies.

It could be done like this in the Odin period, but not in the Thor period, because they are now striving to move closer to a normal civilization. The direction of normal civilization's efforts is to let everyone have something to rely on when young and something to support when old, rather than directly eliminating the weak.

Under such circumstances, the destination of those unfortunate infants with poor health became a trouble, because the Aesir simply did not have an education system for them.

If you let them practice fighting like normal children, they would probably be broken in two or three moves. But if you don't teach them anything, they might have psychological problems because of being ostracized by companions.

Loki had said before that he wanted to send these children out of Asgard, but he had no clue where to send them. Logically speaking, sending them to Vanaheim to learn magic would be good, but these children actually don't have as good magic talent as the people in Vanaheim, and being stuck in the middle is very awkward.

Loki actually didn't mention sending them to Earth at all, because he also knew that Earth would not agree. After all, no matter how weak the Aesir are, they are still much stronger than humans; if any big trouble happens, many people will die.

The hypothesis proposed by Strange can be considered a compromise plan, helping Thor and Loki a favor; besides being able to obtain their investment, it also made them owe a personal favor.

Moreover, the Aesir who grew up on Earth will naturally have more feelings for Earth, and may choose to work directly on Earth in the future instead of returning to their hometown. To some extent, it can also be considered adding talent to Earth.

Still the same sentence, although compared with other Aesir, their bodies are not very good, but after all, they still have racial advantages, and even have better physical fitness than most races in the universe. When the time comes, with a hard body and magic, who can stop them?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was good, Schiller nodded and said: "How many shares do they plan to occupy?"

"Loki bit down hard on wanting 20%, but I think that's too much, at most give them 10%, just a bit more than people from other universes."

"Let Nick go negotiate with them," Schiller said, "He will definitely come back with a price we are satisfied with."

"I think, their side is mainly resource investment, responsible for the material part of the school building. After all, the things they can get are much stronger than those on Earth, and some have properties that are immune to energy, which can well prevent bear children from dismantling the house."

"You arrange these," Schiller said, "You are the insider, I listen to you."

"Loki has already announced this news within the Lokis, and quite a few Lokis are interested. But I think there won't be many that can be negotiated at the beginning, one or two universes are enough, the others have to be left for the opposite side."

"Then I will go ask Dream Power Doctor Strange," Schiller said, then he thought for a while and said, "Oh, by the way, there are also two Iron Man slots."

Schiller was talking about Superior Iron Man and the Mechanical Overlord Iron Man, also known as the Iron Man of Calculation. The technology in the hands of these two Iron Men is quite special; one is the Extremis virus, and the other is virtual technology, which this universe should be able to use.

"Then it's actually complete," Strange said, "I sent you the information of the Batman who came to ask me first through Battleworld's chat system, see if you recognize him."

Schiller received the message, opened it, and found that he really recognized him; it was the Adventure Batman who went to the DC universe to perform tasks before.

But this is not strange, he had expressed interest in the magic defense network before, and it is very normal to want to get one for his own home. It's just that I don't know who he will send to learn. Schiller guessed that there would probably be one of Damian and Cassandra.

Then Strange sent him the information of several other Batmen. The main universe Batman participated in it, Schiller guessed that he might have been eyeing this system for a long time, after all, the main universe is exceptionally full of disasters.

Then there is Arkham Batman. This is also not strange, Arkham Batman has already become president, and it is the unprecedented concentration of three powers, he has greater responsibility for Earth, and the requirements for safety are naturally higher.

And some universes use the name of the Justice League Dark, but Schiller guessed that there must be Batman's leadership behind this.

"But I want to remind you," Schiller said after reading the list, "People from various different multiverses will be very complex, and various courses and learning arrangements might be a big trouble."

"Fortunately, I have a ready-made reference," Strange said, "I am prepared to spend more time to clear the wonderful world in your dreams."

"But there is no way to copy it completely," Schiller sighed and said, "The students of that magic school are at least all people from the same country. Ours are not even from the same universe. You will have plenty to be busy with when the time comes."

(End of chapter)