Chapter 194 Old Sam’s Blessing
Outside the Erudite Tower that day, the sales manager of Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory failed to buy the patent copyright for the portable lamp.
Although he rejected the other party and the other party did not pester him again, Duke did not hesitate to speculate on others with the greatest malice.
In case Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory really wants to start a business war.
He had to be prepared for it.
"Kleilinda, the director of the Observation Tower, is a third-level arcane mage; Aziguli, the director of the legal department of the Erudite Tower, is also a third-level arcane mage... These two are the main arcanists behind the Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory... ...This scale is not small."
Basically, the scale of Runwanjia Spiritual Equipment Factory is on the same level as the Shenjiao City Hotel.
Facing a company of this size, Duke must challenge within the rules and be cautious in his words and deeds, otherwise it will be quite troublesome for the other party to find loopholes.
"Of course."
"Now that the Giant of Light is still a baby, the other party may not really care. Maybe he will wait until the Giant of Light grows to a certain size before it will attract the other party's attention." By the next day, the Giant of Light Spirit Weapon
Company The R&D department sent two sets of sample products of headlamps, miner’s lamps and portable lamps.
All are made by skilled old craftsmen, purely handmade, and the texture is quite heavy.
"Practice makes perfect. This polishing skill is much better than mine." Duke sighed, picked up a set of headlamps and miner's lamps, and walked out of the office.
Knocked on the door of the office next door.
"Your Excellency Duke." Kylia's assistant Jisi opened the door, "Please come in, what do you want?" "
Is Kylia here? I have something to do with her." "
She is here, I will inform the lady right away. "The area where Jisi is located is outside the office, so you have to go through a door to see Kiriya.
Soon Kilia invited Duke into the office inside: "It's rare to see you here, Duke, do you want coffee or tea?" "
No need, I just drank a lot." Duke didn't do any ink and just said it directly Putting the things in his hands on the table, "I opened a company of my own, Giant of Light Spirit Weapon Company. These are my company's products that are about to be launched. I'll give them to you to take a look." "You also opened your own company
. Company?" Kilia was a little surprised. In her eyes, Duke was an image of someone who only focused on academics and did not care about worldly affairs.
"Work around and earn some living expenses." Duke smiled and took out the headlamp and miner's lamp to demonstrate, "This is my company's main lamp. The headlamp is mainly worn on the head, so that both hands can be freed when working at night. It is especially convenient for working in the mine."
The miner's lamp is similar, except that it has more fixing methods and can be carried, carried, hung, or worn.
"These two lamps are absolutely necessary for going down the mine. The mines of Xibidi Ling Mining Company in this area may consider it." After listening to Duke's
sales pitch, Kiriya reached out and brushed the wavy blond hair beside her ear. , said: "So you are here to sell products to me. I think these two lamps are very interesting, but I have never been involved in the family business." "Haha, it doesn't matter, I just gave it to you to try. If you think it's good
, When you meet the management staff of Xibiti someday, just mention it casually."
Duke gave Kylia lamps, in line with the principle of taking advantage of the situation.
After all, the Nutao family is the largest shareholder of Xibiti Ling Mining Company. At the same time, the Nutao family has many minerals in the area and can use headlamps and miner's lamps.
As the new arcane mage of the Raging Waves family, Kiriya will sooner or later come into contact with these businesses, or the clan members who are in charge of the businesses.
With that said, Duke introduced the portable lamp again.
This portable lamp is built-in, small and exquisite and looks cool: "If headlamps and miner's lamps are both needed for work, then I think you will need this portable lamp even if you are a Kiriya. It has built-in storage." The spirit card can be recharged anytime and anywhere."
"It's really convenient." Kiriya took the portable lamp and looked around, "This is much easier than carrying the spirit wind lamp." "
You turn the lamp head, yes, That’s the spot,” Duke said.
Kiriya turned the lamp head and immediately discovered that the light beam illuminated by the portable lamp was no longer straight, but spread out.
A surprised expression appeared on her beautiful face.
While admiring it, Duke explained: "The adjustable aperture allows the portable light to take into account both long-distance lighting and short-distance lighting, and can be adjusted according to needs. Whether walking at night or getting up at night, I believe it is better than the Lingfeng lamp. Use it."
After a pause, Duke added: "It's daytime now, and the effect is not very obvious yet. You can wait until night and try again." "I can already
feel its benefits. This is indeed a great thing. invention." Kylia said happily, "I will keep all these lamps to try, and if there is a chance, I will help you recommend it to the family." "Thank you, I will treat you to dinner another day." "You are too
polite
. , with a little effort."
Without much conversation, Duke politely left.
If it were the same person in his previous life, Duke would definitely talk shamelessly to the beautiful woman he admired. But that's not what I'm interested in in this life. Compared to studying spiritual arcana and doing business to make money, beauty can only be ranked third.
Giss sent Duke out of the office. When she came back, she saw Kiliya fiddling with her headlamp. She couldn't help but said, "I really made a mistake. I thought Duke would be like Lidman, who would focus on academic research." "
It's normal. Duke is an arcane mage who came from the bottom and has more urgent needs to improve his life." "
Miss, do you think anyone will buy this kind of lamp?" "
Definitely, invention "The author's creativity is very good. You see, after putting this headlamp on your head, your hands are completely freed." Kilia put the headlamp on her wavy blond hair. Her elegant image was completely ruined by the headlamp, but she still It has a bit more life.
"It's not a good look to wear," said Geese.
"Ordinary people might not mind. In short, if I had to choose, I would choose to wear it when working at night."
Taking off the headlamp, Kiriya continued: "Aunt Jisi, please help me put it on." Put it away and I will give it to my father later."
"Miss, you are so friendly to your colleagues and are willing to help them sell products." Jisi praised.
"But it's really convenient, isn't it? I think it can really improve work efficiency." Kiriya said matter-of-factly, "And look at this portable lamp, it can really replace the Lingfeng lamp. When it goes on the market, I will I suggest you buy one, Auntie Jisi."
"If it's your suggestion, miss, I will buy it."
...
the other side.
Duke, who wanted to make a fool of himself, asked Mulali to go to the Erudite Tower and make an appointment to visit Erwin.
Kiliya was just a backup, and Duke didn't really believe that a little girl from a noble family could dictate the family business. You must know that the Earl of Nutao's family has been divided into many branches, and the blood between the branches has long been weak.
Duke's real hope is Ervin.
Only this Arcane Master with the title of true scholar can truly see the value of lamps such as portable lamps and headlamps, and then he has enough authority to facilitate the purchase of the Xibiti Spirit Mine Company.
"But then again, Erwin has a lot of things to do, can this small business be considered in his eyes?" "
It doesn't matter, as long as I can get him to praise it, it's worth it."
By the afternoon, Murali said: The Erudite Tower returned and brought the appointment information: "Sir Erwin is not in the Erudite Tower. His secretary will help you convey the appointment request. You need to wait until Lord Erwin comes back to confirm the time." "Then wait."
Du Ke nodded.
Then he said: "Let your aunt go to Sheshou Town later and discuss with your father the purchasing needs of Sheshou Town." The Giant of Light Spirit
Weapon Company's products already have major customers before they are launched on the market.
At least Sheshou Town, under the rule of the Black Snake family, will provide orders as soon as possible, and Youshi Clothing Company will also purchase a batch of lamps.
"My mother sent a letter, saying that my father has been contacted and that the family will support the Giant of Light as much as possible." "The
Black Snake family is my close comrade-in-arms."
Duke pinched Mura with some emotion. Li's face, and then felt that the feeling was not as good as before.
The Black Snake family doesn't know whether it's because of their bloodline, but most of the female members have oval faces.
Beautiful, beautiful, but not enough meat.
"I don't know what it feels like to hold Kilia Furtao's slightly baby-fat face." The thought flashed past and was thrown away by Duke.
After get off work, the shuttle flies through the streets and alleys.
Every day, Duke would ask his driver Royce to fly along different streets and browse the cultural scenery of Shenjiao City, instead of following a fixed route and repeating the same scenery countless times.
Suddenly.
Duke saw a familiar figure in the streets and alleys.
"Stop!"
The shuttle stopped. Duke looked through the car window, but there was no familiar figure in the streets and alleys.
"Sir, what's wrong?" Mulali didn't know why.
"It's nothing." Duke shook his head and rolled up the car window again, thinking that he might have been dazzled and didn't pay attention.
The shuttle blew out a stream of air and started flying again.
When the shuttle disappeared without a trace, two people, an old man and a young man, walked out of the shop in the alley. They stood fixedly at the entrance of the alley, looking at the street where there was no shuttle.
"Grandpa, why are you hiding?"
"Because grandpa met an acquaintance, but was too embarrassed to see him." The old man shook his head and pulled his grandson back to his community quickly.
The community has a good view, and they are all townhouses.
When the grandson got home, he shouted: "Grandpa met an acquaintance today, riding a shuttle! The shuttle is so handsome, can our family afford it?" "
Sitting on a shuttle?" The old man's son raised his eyebrows. He asked excitedly, "Dad, the only person you know who can fly a shuttle is Mr. Duke, right?" "
Your dad and I know a lot of big shots!"
"Come on, you old man Why are you bragging to your son? You have been running a card repair shop in Sheshou Town for half your life. I'm afraid you haven't seen a few Master Ao." "Hmph!" "Just tell your son,
are
you Lord Duke?"
The old man was the original owner of Little Sam's card repair shop, Old Sam. Hearing this, he sighed and answered after a while: "It's Duke." "Hey, why don't
you say hello to him? What's wrong with meeting and saying hello by chance? That's Master Arcana!" His son had an annoyed expression on his face, "If you don't want to go find him, you can always meet him on the road!" "What do you know!" Old
Sam scolded.
"I don't understand why. Didn't you just make a fortune from his patent? He is an arcane mage, and he still cares about this?" "Show some shame on you. I feel guilty about Duke
. The continuous coating technology was resold for 1,500 gold dragons, and we had a big house like a townhouse." Old Sam shook his head, "I gave him ten gold dragons and sent him away. ."
"I know that...but what happened to the 10 gold dragons? Didn't you say that he only wanted 5 gold dragons at that time? You doubled it for him, which is not enough. It's your ability to make more or less. Don't you even Did the card repair shop give it to him?"
"I earned my ability, but I owe my conscience."
Old Sam ignored his son and said to himself: "I couldn't wait to buy a big house in Shenjiao City after I got the money. , I also bought a house for your sister, and then used the money to do business with you. I didn’t think about Duke at all, and I was even afraid that he would pester me, so I didn’t even tell him the address." He looked at his son
, His tone was solemn: "If Duke stays in Snakehead Town for the rest of his life, nothing will happen. But now he is the Master of Arcane Mage... Tell me, what would he think if I took away his patent with 10 gold dragons?"
The son muttered: "Isn't that what he is willing to sell?"
"He is willing to buy it. He didn't come to me again after being promoted to Arcane Mage, but if I really see him, do I have to take out the money?" Lao Sa Mu had a look of hatred on his face, "You dare to make money from Master Arcana? You are greedy!"
The son shrank his head and said with a smile: "That's not the case, is it? Our family has spent all their money. Where can I get it..." "
So, just go about your small business honestly and don't always think about clinging to the powerful. Who are you and who am I to be qualified to cling to the powerful!"
" Alas, but Dad, this is the only opportunity for our family!"
"Stop shouting by chance. What you and I have to do now is to wish Duke higher and higher, to a height where we can't see his back, and then Completely forget about me, the old guy who made his money, so that our family's money can be saved."
After Old Sam finished speaking, he lay down on the sofa tiredly.
He sighed in a low voice: "How could I have known that Duke was really promoted to Arcana Mage? When he praised him for his talent as a scholar, it really came true..." ...
Duke
had long forgotten about old Sam. .
Although he has always been grateful to Old Sam in his heart.
But Old Sam didn't leave him an address in the city, so he understood what the other party meant.
So when the shuttle passed by an alley, he saw a figure similar to Old Sam's back. He just stopped to take a look, but did not get out of the car to look for it.
But this also gave him another idea.
After successfully making an appointment with Erwin, the arcane earth mage, when he went to the Erudite Tower, he asked the exclusive guide to check it for him. "Continuous slurry supply technology...Okay, I will help you find similar patented technologies."
Duke then entered Erwin's office.
Erwin has his own mage tower, but as the chief director of the Erudite Tower, he basically stays in the Erudite Tower to work all year round.
"Lord Erwin."
"Sit down." Erwin still looked like a kind old man. "Why do you want to meet me? Have you planned to come to the Erudite Tower to work?" "I haven't decided yet. I am here to meet you today because I am a junior
. , I would like to ask you, an old master of natural history, for advice."
"Oh, what can I ask for?"
"The lamp I invented." Duke took out several samples such as a portable lamp and a headlamp, "In your opinion, can Please tell me, do these lamps have market value, and can they be brought to the bottom of society to bring benefits to the people?" The purpose
of the Erudite Tower is to disseminate the achievements in the field of spiritual arcana to the bottom of society.
Duke is putting a layer of skin on the lamp to bind it morally.
"I have seen your patent. Combined with the lamps you brought, I can see that it has a certain value and should be able to sink to the bottom of the private sector." Erwin played with the lamps carefully and gave his opinion Conclusion, "We have a big start."
Duke said happily: "I opened a company, the Giant of Light Company, which specializes in producing various lamps to bring light to the people at the bottom." "
This is a good thing."
" Therefore, if you think these lamps are good, perhaps the Hipidi Ling Mining Company can purchase a batch to send a signal and facilitate the rapid promotion of these lamps to the bottom of society." Duke continued to talk about benefiting the people. flag.
Erwin smiled and said nothing. After a moment, he narrowed his eyes and said, "You little kid, you have a very flexible mind. Your ideas have come to me." "My lord, you
are the beacon of natural history in the Black Dragon River. I am determined to make a career in natural history, so I naturally want to get your guidance."
Erwin has long been immune to this level of flattery.
He did not answer directly, but said with a smile: "As long as the lamps are indeed valuable, I believe that ordinary people will make the right choice. I have lived in a high tower for too long... Of course, I will tell Xi Bidi Say hello to the purchasing department."
After hearing the last sentence, Duke knew he was safe: "Thank you, sir!" "
You are a promising young man. You must continue to work hard in the field of natural history. After graduation, the Erudite Tower will have you. A position."
"I will."
After getting the satisfactory result, Duke didn't waste Erwin's time anymore and quickly got up to say goodbye and left the Erudite Tower.
After getting on the speed car, he ordered his follower Andre: "Go back to the Giant of Light and tell the people in the Propaganda Department that Lord Erwin is full of praise for the portable lamp series products and ask them to summarize a publicity plan and hand it over to Me."
"Yes, sir." Andre responded.
Returning to Master Penrose Tower, Duke inspected the experimental progress of the research team, then returned to his office to continue studying spiritual magnetic waves and slide cards.
At the same time, I took the time to practice making a level 1 arcane card - arcane shield.
"Xiao Yi, the progress is getting faster and faster. We can already draw two-thirds of the part. If we work harder, we will try to win it within two weeks." "
Xiao Yi has been working hard. Master, please follow Xiao Yi. Let's work hard together, success is not far away from us."
"The way you talk is becoming more and more like a normal person."
"There is still a lot of room for improvement." Xiaoyi responded, as a nine-ring level The arcane weapon exists, and its potential is huge, but it is limited by Duke's hardware not being able to keep up.
After Duke was promoted to Arcane Mage, Xiaoyi's computing power and human-computer interaction abilities were rapidly improving.
Busy until get off work.
After returning to the villa, Butler Morris came over and said, "Sir, the balance on the family spirit dragon card is less than this month's expenses." "Are you out of money?
I'll transfer it to you." Duke took out his personal spirit dragon card. Dragon card.
He opened three Spirit Dragon Cards by himself.
A personal spirit dragon card is carried with him and stores most of his personal property; a public account spirit dragon card is kept by Mulali, who is responsible for various expenses when going out; and a family spirit dragon card is kept by Morris, who is responsible for the villa. 1 should be spent.
Swipe each other's spirit dragon cards.
Duke transferred 200 gold dragons to be used for the expenses of these two months.
However, when I took back the personal spirit dragon card, I took a look at the balance on it and found that there was less than 100 gold dragons left.
"The balance on the public account Linglong card is not much...the expenses are too much these days." Duke became a little depressed.
The shuttle was purchased in installments and has not yet been fully repaid.
The little chicken clamored to eat spiritual crystals every day, and one spiritual crystal would cost 25 gold dragons.
The expenses of the Knight Guards, the Broken Sword Mercenary Group, the expenses of the entourage, and the entertainment expenses between arcane mages were all overdrawing his Spirit Dragon Card like crazy.
"If I couldn't get some experimental supplies from Penrose Mage Tower, I would be too poor to even do the experiment now!" "
I didn't pay for the cost of the Giant of Light. I relied on the 2,400 gold dragons invested by three companies to maintain it. I may need more to expand the production scale in the future. Invest some money in it."
Finally.
He scratched the hair on his temples: "I have to make some quick money!"
But there were not many places to make quick money, so he quickly used the post owl to send a letter to Captain Xina of the Broken Sword Mercenary Group.
The letter asked Zina to collect a damaged third-ring spirit card in Snake Head Town.
"Return to the old business and repair the cards!" This was Duke's decision. With Xiaoyi assisting in the card repair plan, he was better at repairing the cards than any other card maker.
For some severely damaged 3-ring cards, the card maker may be helpless.
But after Xiaoyi's calculations, there may still be a glimmer of hope for repair, and this hope is his guarantee to make money.
Xina's response was quick.
On the third day, she came to Shenjiao City in person and met Duke: "Sir, your letter is really timely. Recently, the number of spiritual beasts around Cuihai Valley has increased sharply. The major mercenary groups can no longer bear it and are heading towards Cuihai Valley again. Hunting."
"Aren't you afraid of the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon?"
"Maybe you think that if you don't provoke the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon, the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon won't show up. After all, the Black Jade Horseshoe Crab Dragon has never appeared in the past one or two years." Zina shook her head, "Mercenaries are a profession that licks blood on the tip of a knife. No one wants to sit back and live in vain." "I
see." "
After I got your letter, I went around to various mercenary groups and successfully collected them. Here are seven damaged level 3 arcane cards."
Xina took out seven arcane cards.
Duke took it in his hand, inspected it briefly, and determined through Xiao Yi's quick calculations that four of them had been completely damaged.
"These four spirit cards cannot be repaired. I will give the remaining three cards a try." Duke ordered, "Have dinner here at noon and then go back. After you go back, you will continue to collect cards. You will continue to collect 3-ring arcane cards. Some You can also accept valuable second-level arcane cards, but don’t accept those that are too cheap.”
As a card maker, almost no one wants to continue the card repair business.
Duke could afford to put aside his net worth, but ordinary 2-level arcane cards were worth dozens or hundreds of gold dragons each, and repairing the cards would probably only earn a fraction, which was a waste of time for him.
"I understand. I will increase my efforts to collect cards when I go back." Zina said happily.
Collecting cards, repairing cards, and selling cards were her plans to make money a long time ago. However, after Duke was promoted to arcane mage, she had no time to repair cards.
She continued: "You repair high-end cards, and Little Sam's card repair shop repairs low-end cards. The card repair industry basically belongs to our Broken Sword. Before the end of the Cuihai Valley Development War, this industry will have a big impact. Profit."
"Don't be in a hurry to make money... I'm a little tight on money now. I just opened a spiritual weapon company, and the investment is relatively large. If I wait for a year and a half, I can almost achieve financial freedom." Duke explained how he repaired the card
. s reason.
Then he said: "You continue to develop Broken Sword, and when the company gets on the right track, money is not a problem. There are a lot of spiritual materials in Cuihai Valley, which are urgently needed for my next research. It is best not to delay, as this will affect me Research."
"Sir, please send me the list of materials, and we will look for them at any time." "
I will send them when needed."
Ryuzina had lunch in the villa.
In the afternoon, Duke took advantage of the weekend to ride on the spirit horse he bought and took Levin to the Duke-James Farm.
"Levin, you wear a pocket and white gloves and wander around the farm." Duke patted Levin on the shoulder.
Levin, this silly big man, was like family to him.
Usually Levin is always bored at home. Whenever he has a chance, Duke will take Levin out with him to let him relax.
"Master, can I untie the collar of White Gloves?" Levin asked.
White Glove is a four-eared hound, and he was also the only one among a group of four-eared hounds raised in the countryside that was brought to the city.
"Of course, it's fun."
"Yeah!"
Levin untied the collar of White Gloves and ran to the farm. Kabuto had already become familiar with Levin and ran into the farm together.
Duke rode a spirit horse and joined the guard knight captain Vivian: "Vivian, I can also "Imperial Dragoon", let me practice with the guard together, and stay in the bushes on the outskirts. Let go and run wild!"
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