"Why?!" Joffrey stood up immediately.
"The qualifications of the students from the Noble Academy are not very strong." Regnar rolled his eyes and said in a sly manner: "Since there are two academies, why can't we let one of them produce gold coins and the other produce gold coins?" What about developing talents? This can be said to be a self-sufficient operating model, right?"
"..." Annelotte looked a little weird. She never expected that Regnar would come up with such a solution that was almost... almost shameless. I don't provide anything here, but you have all the money? At least Annelotte couldn't think of such a method yet. As for his talk of "self-sufficiency", it is simply shameless!
Even though Annelotte lost a lot of her memories, she still remembered that there was some kind of competitive relationship between the two colleges. But now Regner actually put the matter of asking competitors for money on the table. How could this person come up with such a method if he didn't have a very thick skin
"That's not possible!" Joffrey waved his hand angrily: "If a college charges high fees and the other college has huge subsidies, only a fool will enter a college with high fees!"
"That's not necessarily the case." Regnar waved his hand and laughed like a profiteer: "This is because Your Highness, the Great Prince, doesn't understand the consumption psychology of the rich! Sometimes those rich people don't care about things. Good or bad, as long as that kind of thing is expensive enough and can form a certain popular trend among the upper-class aristocracy, then these rich people are happy to be the ones who take advantage of it. As long as it can highlight their status, they don't care about money!"
"Hmph! How do I know if what you said is right?" Naturally, Joffrey would not be easily persuaded by Regnar.
"Then think about it from another angle." Regnar rolled his eyes and continued: "As Anne said, civilian colleges also have their own thresholds. That is to say, if you don't have the qualifications, then even a nobleman will not be qualified. It will be accepted. So, that doesn't mean that nobles can enter if they want. But what if they also want a magician's sign? At this time, the Noble Academy will be happy to serve you wholeheartedly! "
"This guy does have the potential to be a profiteer." Annelotte couldn't help but think to herself when she looked at Regner's face.
"Even if the Noble Academy can make money, why only let one academy pay for it in vain?" Joffrey couldn't help but secretly scolded Regnar that although Regnar was not very bright, he was surprisingly good at deceiving and abducting. Even he had to admit that what Regner said just now was very reasonable.
"Because the empire needs two things at the same time." Regnar replied with a confident smile: "Money, and mages. Since His Majesty Ralph has spent so much money to build two magic academies, then we should contribute to him at the same time. These two things he needs. Is this something that will benefit the empire without any harm, or do you have some reason for yourself, Prince Joffrey, to not want to help the empire mass-produce mages?"
"..." Joffrey gritted his teeth, but Regnar's last words sealed his retreat.
Yes, it's not that he doesn't want to help the empire mass-produce mages, but he doesn't want Annelotte's academy to mass-produce mages. Because although Larvin didn't say it explicitly, the establishment of two magic academies itself had the intention of making them compete with each other. As a result, Regnar has caused not only top students to be recruited away from Annelotte's academy, but also half of the money he managed to collect with Annelotte? Where can I explain this kind of thing
"Okay." Mel yawned after hearing this and waved his hand: "I think what Regner said makes sense. Then let's settle this matter!"
"Master Mel!" Joffrey became a little anxious when he heard this.
"Your Highness, please don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet." Mel made a downward gesture to Joffrey: "But it would be too unfair to just ask the Noble Academy to pay unilaterally."
"Master Mel, how do you think you should make up for it?" Regnar shrugged and asked nonchalantly. He knew that Mel would definitely not cheat Annelotte.
"First of all, due to limited funds during the construction of this college, one college was larger and the other was smaller. Since His Highness Joffrey wants to establish a noble college, then give him the larger college. Take care of it," Mel said.
"I have no objection to this." Annelotte was very happy about this. Anyway, the college has been built and the facilities are similar. The size is not an issue at all. If the civilian students she recruits really want to learn magic, they won't care too much about life. environmental.
"Secondly." Mel thought for a while and then said: "Half of the research results of the civilian magic academy will be shared with the aristocratic magic academy for free."
"Half?" Regnar was shocked. If it was half that much, would the deal be a loss
"I wonder who specifies the content to be shared?" Annelotte asked.
"Just because..." Mel looked at Annelotte, and then at Joffrey who was hesitant to speak. In the end, he felt that no matter whether this matter was left to the two of them, the other would only be left to suffer. loss. So the little old man said helplessly: "Leave it to me to decide."
"Okay..." Joffrey gritted his teeth and finally chose not to say anything. If it were left to Annelotte to designate, he would not do anything. Because he is also a mage, Joffrey knows how important the quality of magical research results is. To put it bluntly, Annelotte's feat of restoring the magic cannon is enough to be worth the lifetime research results of any alchemist in the Court Mage Association.
The fruits of magic can range from worthless trash to priceless treasures. What's the point of coming if Annelotte throws him a face full of rubbish? Although he knew that Mel was partial to Annelotte, it was still within his acceptance range to let him be the one to share the results. He also didn't expect to get the designated power to share the results-because in that case, Annelotte would definitely not do it.
On the other side, Regnar saw that Annelotte didn't say anything, so he chose to acquiesce.
"Third." Mel continued: "I think we all understand that the financial dilemma of the Civilian Magic Academy should only be temporary. Therefore, when the Civilian Magic Academy becomes self-sufficient, I hope that the Civilian Magic Academy can The debts I owed in the past few years should be repaid to the Noble Magic Academy. How about we... just use ten years as a time limit? Such a long time is enough for a group of young people with certain qualifications to grow into independent mages? As for them when the time comes How to repay your college, Annie, it’s up to you to figure this out.”
"Okay." Annelotte nodded again. Ten years is a long period, and it is unknown whether she will still be sitting in the position of dean by then. Annelotte was too lazy to think so long-term. Anyway, there was someone in front of her who gave her money for free, so she didn’t want it for free!
"Then those are the three points." Mel nodded: "I wonder if you two have any other opinions?"
"Only one thing." Joffrey added: "I hope that the money I owe can be measured in items with stable value such as magic storage crystals. Ten years is too long. I don't want to owe tens of thousands of dollars." Ten thousand gold coins will depreciate by 20 to 30% in ten years."
Unlike Annelotte, Joffrey was determined to hold on to the position of dean of the Academy of Magic. Because he also hopes to use this institution to compete with his younger brother for the throne (this is why he hopes that the Magic Academy can recruit noble students - he wants to be linked to more powerful forces). Ten years seems to be a long period, but judging from Larvin's current physical condition, it is still very possible for him to stay in the position of the King for ten years. Therefore, Joffrey will not give up any opportunity to gain benefits, even if it is benefits ten years later.
"No problem." Annelotte still agreed.
"Okay." Mel felt relieved when he saw that both of them finally got a price that he was satisfied with. There was no need to say more about Annelotte. If it weren't for that annoying father, Mel would have loved her as his own daughter. On the other side, there was also a fat king standing behind Joffrey. He usually cursed a few words, but it would not be a good thing if he was obviously wearing small shoes.
So Mel looked at Regnar who had solved the problem with some gratitude, and then said: "In that case, it's settled. Your Highness Joffrey, you will be in charge of the big college west of Merindl. Annie, you are in charge of the small college to the east."
"In order to distinguish, Joffrey feels that it is necessary for us to clearly name the two colleges." Joffrey then suggested. His meaning was very clear. At least these two colleges should be distinguished in terms of names.
Mel and Annelotte exchanged glances, and then Mel said: "Okay, Your Highness Joffrey, your western college is the first magic academy of the Hawke Empire, and Anne's eastern magic academy is the third magic academy of the Hawke Empire. And the Magic Academy. How about this?"
"Okay." Joffrey was not polite to others because he didn't dare to be polite. Otherwise, who knows what shameless guy Regnar would do
"Okay, that's all we have to discuss today." Mel nodded: "You two should go back first. I know the college will start in two or three months, and there must be a lot of things to do. "
"Joffrey takes his leave." After Joffrey got what he wanted, he left without further ado.
Annelotte walked out and stood at the door. She originally wanted to leave, but seeing that Regnar had helped her a lot today, she thought it would be better to wait for him.
"Annie, come in." Regnar waved happily. He felt that since Annelotte was willing to stay and wait for him, this meant that the Frost Girl was really trying to accept him again. How could this not make him happy
"Okay, boy, if you need anything, just ask! Old man, I have an alchemy experiment to host this afternoon!" Mel jumped on the chair, then took a sip of tea and said.
"Young man, I came here today mainly because I want to ask you about someone." When it was his turn to get down to business, Regna also put on a serious look.
"Oh? I didn't expect that your dignified Director of Military Intelligence could ask me about people? Tell me!" Although Mel seemed a little careless on the surface, he was a little uneasy in his heart. He took another sip of tea and even The hand holding the teacup trembled slightly.
"Willis, Willis Rollin." Regnar stared at Mel's face, and then spit out the name.