Was everyone happy to see the development of the academy?
Of course not.
At least for Sir Shure Ewon, the disciple of the president of the Sijia District Branch of the Society of Sorcerers, the manager of the Charlie Richard Fund, and the direct descendant of a great aristocrat, the better the academy developed, the more his incompetence was highlighted.
Who were the first batch of children who joined the academy? Wasn't it just a group of bumpkins who were abandoned by him?
Who were the people who were sent to the academy after that? Children who were self-taught and came to Wulian City from all over the world with a magic dream. These people were supposed to find a teacher who was willing to teach them magic knowledge after their magic talent was identified.
But Shure Ewon didn't do anything. He just stuffed them into the academy, hoping to cause some trouble to the person who managed the academy. As a result, there was a rare cyan talent among them. At the age of nine, he became a second circle magic apprentice.
Suddenly, even the great magician, Juan Javier, who once declared that he didn't want to take any apprentices in his life, wanted to break his vow for the second time. Not to mention the other mages who stayed in Wulian City, whether they were keen on teaching magic knowledge or not.
What kind of role did an excellent student play in the world of magicians? In addition to highlighting the ability of their teachers, these students would also be the best helpers when they were in trouble and needed help. From the perspective of a student, when they encountered trouble with other people or their teachers, it was always more difficult for the latter to refuse to provide assistance.
To use another analogy, it was like when a top student on Earth was preparing to choose a high school, no matter which school it was, they would want to fight for it. Because these top students were admitted to a first-class university at home and abroad after three years of hard work, the high school was bound to share the glory and become the best advertisement to attract other students.
If the top student had a successful career after entering society and returned to his high school alma mater to provide some sponsorship, it would be a win-win situation where the top student gained fame and the alma mater gained substantial benefits. Therefore, who didn't love a top student and a graduate?
So in everyone's original idea, Shure Ewon proposed a good idea to make trouble for the academy, but now it seemed that it was stupid.
He thought about stopping this phenomenon and wanted to return these children who came to Wulian City because of self-teaching to the past. After screening at the headquarters of the district branch, they would be referred to magicians who were willing to accept apprentices. Unfortunately, it was very difficult to return to the past.
The Charlie Richard Foundation did not use its own dedicated window to issue all kinds of assistance-type tasks. Instead, it entrusted the north tower of Wulian City, which specialized in handling the mage business, to issue tasks and distribute rewards on its behalf.
The advantage of this was that the Fund didn't have to pay for the personnel costs. The disadvantage was the current predicament. Although they were required to send all the children back to Wulian City to Sita, who was responsible for this part of the work, now all the employees who accepted the task would directly send the children to Orange Eaton Academy.
Although Shure Eon had asked the people in the North Tower to check the progress of the magicians' missions, those who did not strictly follow the requirements would not be granted a mission reward. But … no one paid any attention to him. The money that should be given would still be given, and the money that should be taken would not be softened.
He had also tried to cut off the flow of gold, stopping all the missions related to the Charlie Richard Foundation from paying out rewards. Before the day was over, the fourteen-member council of the Sika branch had invited him to drink the most popular coffee.
The meaning behind the words of the old men of the council was very simple. Someone wanted to do something in the Fund, and everyone pretended not to see it for the sake of the president. But the money was not someone's own. He was just responsible for the management. To stop the original function of the Fund, it probably only showed that the manager was not fit for the position and needed to be replaced.
As for the protest against the fact that the children who were brought to Wulian City because of the Fund did not report to the headquarters of the branch, but were all sent to the academy. Mages looked at the actual results, and favors and so on were secondary. What's more, Shure Eon was the president's man. That old man didn't say anything to support his student, so why should others be courteous for no reason?
And that old man, as usual, sat on the president's throne without saying a word. But in the past, he had used an expression of victory to look at the people below arguing with each other. This time, there was only disappointment in his eyes.
Was it a problem that the newly discovered talented apprentice was taken over by the Orange Eaton Academy? Of course not. As long as he obtained the student's consent and paid the tuition fees during his stay in the academy, Guebrach Tripwood would simply let him go. He would not make things difficult for him, and he could also take away whatever he obtained from the academy.
There were already several promising magic apprentices who were moved by the enthusiasm of several mages and took the initiative to leave the academy. Unfortunately, the sisters who were the center of attention, although the elder sister's talent was mediocre, the younger sister had a rare talent. She was a genius who tied two silver spikes in a year.
Under the sister's strong request, anyone who wanted to accept her as a disciple had to have the awareness of buying one, getting one free, and was bound to accept her sister as well. For the sake of a genius, taking in a mediocre person was not something unacceptable. The problem was that the elder sister was stubborn and was only willing to stay in the academy. As the younger sister, she followed her elder sister's lead and stayed in the academy to enjoy the inhuman treatment. Many mages couldn't help but wonder if their faces were crooked.
Although the academy had only been established for nearly a year, it proved that it was not a bottomless abyss for the apprentices. Instead, it was a place that came and went naturally, and could be used as a springboard for advancement.
It was a pity that the administrator of the academy did not care whether the apprentices stayed or left, and allowed the mages to take the initiative to persuade them. If he was willing to follow the wishes of the other mages and take the initiative to assign the children, things would be much simpler, and the burden on the academy would be reduced. Wasn't that good? Many mages who came into contact with the academy and wanted to fish people out of it silently criticized it.
In any case, no one took Schur Eon's complaints to the Council of Fourteen to heart. Especially in the early days of the academy's establishment, the decision was made with the support of the Charlie Richard Foundation. In the end, they did not fork out a single cent, and even stuffed a bunch of people into the academy, hoping that a few more mouths would be able to eat up the newly established academy.
These trivial matters were seen by everyone. It was just that for everyone, no matter who they helped, there was no benefit to themselves. What's more, the victims did not jump out to complain, but remained silent … Not exactly silent, but rather domineering, paying out of their own pockets and throwing in money to pass.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange for anyone to jump out and take the initiative to interfere in this matter. And if they really did so, they might also offend the old man sitting in the main seat. This kind of strenuous and unrewarding behavior, naturally, everyone was not interested. Not helping either side was the safest way.
Like Schur Eon, or the other people who harbored such thoughts, whether Lin knew or not, his life would still be the same. It was not because he knew that his life would be more comfortable; it was also not because he did not know that his life would be more comfortable.
And in this year's time, he was not the only one who started by creating all kinds of surprises and scares to the people of the Sijia District. There were also things that were beyond his imagination. When he heard about it, a certain someone was also dumbfounded. And this matter was related to coffee.
After the knowledge about coffee was spread out in large quantities, of course, Lin made a small fortune again. The first wave of people who obtained the relevant knowledge also started to run coffee shops. The stronger group also set their sights on the forest where the coffee trees were planted.
And as the ancestor of Mi Di Coffee, of course, Lin was not idle. Instead, he let his two little apprentices open their dream coffee shop in a corner of the academy. The dream on Earth was realized in a different way in Mi Di.
Of course, Lin did not do this just to realize his dream. Every time people came to the academy to find him, they always wanted to treat him with coffee. After a few times, especially when some people came to challenge him and wanted to drink his coffee for free, a certain someone pondered about opening his own shop. This way, he would have an excuse to say that coffee was a business, and it was inconvenient to give it to others for free.
Lin wanted to open his own shop, so of course, these people who bought coffee books from him would rebound. With a gem in front of them, who would be willing to patronize their small shop? Lin used an incomparably powerful reason to block everyone's mouths. That was, the academy was remote!
These people in front of him were all used to doing business. How could they not know how much a good location could help? And in the suburbs, far away from the core and commercial area of Wulian City, in a place where there was no village ahead and no shop behind, the academy did not have any attractive conditions, except for the coffee brewed by Lin and his apprentices.
If there was really someone who was willing to walk so long every day just to drink a cup of authentic coffee brewed by Lin and his apprentices, then such a loyal person would not accept coffee brewed by other shops for other reasons.
In short, coffee shops sprung up in various areas of Wulian City like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. For people in the Mi Di World, there was no resistance to caffeine, which meant that drinking a sip of coffee would be extremely exciting. This feeling was dispensable for a warrior, but for a mage, it might be the distance between life and death.
After drinking coffee, not only did their thoughts become more flexible, even the magic effects they cast had obvious improvements and improvements. Now, many mages would come to the shop for a cup of coffee before going out on an adventure. Even if they did not drink, their hands and feet would tremble, and they could not even concentrate on doing one thing.
It was precisely because of this high expected profit that the war under the table began. This was not like the drinking at the aristocratic banquets that Fen played at, but a real war with blood.
From seizing territory, seizing seeds, seizing fruits, seizing manpower, to defending the territory, protecting the trees and seeds, processing and processing, the most important thing was to have enough manpower to do these heavy jobs. Being too gentle and thrifty would only make people want to take a mile after taking an inch. Therefore, men should solve problems with hot blood and iron fists.
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