Douglas looked around, only to discover that they were either members of the Highest Council or his students. There was nothing to be scared of. So, he smiled and said, "Oh? A package plan? Lucien, you've been thinking for a long time? "
Lucien had created the Congress of Magic, and his theoretical system had influenced generations of sorcerers, including the pope, the pontiff, the clergy, and the vampires. Lucien's intelligence and wisdom were among the top three in the whole world. Therefore, even though the Lord of Storm did not know Lucien's nature as well as he did, the Lord of Storm could guess that Lucien was trying to achieve something.
Lucien was quite shameless, and he did not mind that the two grand arcanists saw through his plan. He said with a smile, "First of all, about the satellite communication. According to the data in your paper, Mr. President, if we want to establish a communication field that covers the entire continent and the ocean, there are two plans. The first plan is that the orbital plane includes the artificial planets above the northland and the boundless South Ice Sea, and we need at least two of them. The second plan is to establish synchronous orbiting planets above the right ascension …"
Everybody present was an arcanist who had a deep understanding of astrology. Therefore, Lucien did not go into details but simply presented his idea.
"The best plan is to combine the two plans. Also, to ensure the quality of communication, the number of planets should be much higher than the minimum standard. Of course, since the materials of artificial planets are expensive and the energy consumption of space jump is high, we can only do it step by step and make a long-term plan. Well, I suggest we name it 'Constellation Creation Plan', a plan to construct different constellations with artificial planets around the world.
"In the meantime, we'd better establish a company and charge every sorcerer who uses a communication planet to make up for the cost of production and 'launch'. Well, for the specific communication alchemical items, we can either buy them from the company or make them ourselves after paying royalties to the company."
Fernando was an authority in electromagnetism. After hearing that, he slightly frowned and said, "It's essentially the same as President Douglas' concerns. When such artificial planets are used to communicate across the continent, a complete or even higher standard of electromagnetism messaging is needed to make the signal clear. As a result, the users are limited to sorcerers above the fifth circle, who only take up a small part of the whole sorcerer community. After all, few middle-rank and low-rank sorcerers have enough money to use it.
"Therefore, the charging standard can be higher, and part of the less important communication planets can be opened to the rich nobles. They must like the products very much, and they have enough money to afford it. " Lucien did not reveal the follow-up plan of 'magic base station'. He decided to put it on the agenda when the communication satellites were of a certain scale.
It was hard to reach the planets in the sky, but the base stations on the ground might not. He could only wait until the nobles liked the convenient way of communication.. By then, they would consciously maintain the base stations.
Lucien continued, "As for the communication needs of the middle-rank and low-rank sorcerers, I've constructed a new second-circle spell, Electromagnetic File Document, by simplifying my teacher's' electromagnetism messaging '. Although the range of the spell is limited and it can't be used directly, it's enough for the middle-rank and low-rank sorcerers to communicate with each other."
Electromagnetic File Document was a wireless telegram. The walkie-talkie with a very small range was not very valuable because of the secondary telepathic bond. It could only be used as a substitute in special circumstances. Therefore, Lucien did not spend any time to create this spell.
"Second-circle spell. Most of the nobles with titles, territories, and manors can use it." Norman nodded slightly. Obviously, he had found the possibility of this spell and its alchemical products being popularized.
"It's one of the most popularized items in the first place." Unconsciously, Lucien spoke in the business tone of Arthur, "Also, I've been inspired by the construction of the power lines recently. The reason why my teacher's' electromagnetism messaging 'has a high requirement is that the transmission of electromagnetic waves in the air is very easy to encounter all kinds of complicated environments and terrains. The only way to make up for the loss is to increase the intensity of the transmitted signal and the level of the screening and amplification magic circles."
"Using a communication planet as a transit is an alternative idea, and using a fixed transmission channel of electromagnetic waves is another one. We can set up a special line to transmit electromagnetic waves just like how we set up a power line. We can limit the electromagnetic waves in the line, and the line can avoid the complicated environments, and we can set up screening and retransmitting magic circles at the places where the line intersects. "
"If the line can be set up in every city, every manor, and every house, I think it's an alchemical product that can be popularized to the public. The problem is that the initial investment is huge, and the Church can easily sabotage it."
Douglas curled the five fingers on his right hand, "To achieve your goal, the construction of the line and the power lines alone is a long-term plan. It will take at least ten years to achieve the initial results in the Kingdom of Holm, not to mention the countries like Brianne and the countries on the other side of the Storm Strait."
"However, in such a long time, with the speed of our development and the speed of the change of the nobles' inclination, we should be able to completely suppress the Church in the Kingdom of Holm. In such a way, maybe in ten years, the picture you outlined will be roughly displayed in the prosperous places such as Renstadt and Paphos County, where an ordinary person can communicate with a distant friend through an alchemical product."
Then he smiled warmly, "Your plan is very layered. The artificial communication planet is aimed at sorcerers, big nobles, and big merchants above the fifth circle; the 'electromagnetism messaging' is aimed at middle- and low-rank sorcerers, small nobles, and rich merchants; the line communication plan is aimed at magic apprentices, declining nobles, and ordinary citizens. Almost all classes are covered."
"As a matter of fact, the last line plan can be further divided into two levels. One is to communicate directly through the line, and the other is to transmit files like the 'electromagnetism messaging'. The latter has lower requirements on the terminal magic circles. Also, we can only set up special service agencies in different areas of the city for now and let the people in need come to us on their own. In such a way, we don't have to start the plan until we popularize it to most families. " Lucien talked frankly, as if he were planning the future of the magic world according to the picture of the Earth in his head.
It gave him the pleasure of changing the world and making it develop under his control.
"Very good. When magic and alchemical products are popularized to most ordinary people, the foundation of the Church's faith will be shaken like never before. Right, we have to be prepared for the counterattack." Douglas nodded his head in satisfaction.
Well, Mr. President and Lucien also noticed the requirement of the Church to spread the faith? Lucien realized again that he was not the only smart person in the world. Therefore, he hurried to propose another plan, "Recently, I've been working on a new, cheap alchemical product. It can accept electromagnetic signals in a certain frequency range and turn them into sound. Although it does not have the function of point-to-point communication, it's enough to change the lives of ordinary people!"
What Lucien was talking about was a magic variant of the Ore Radio. It was a level-one alchemical product, but after mass production, the cost could be reduced to the apprentice level. The ordinary people could afford it after saving for several years.
"Change the lives of ordinary people?" Lucien did not explain the mechanism, functions, and limitations in detail, but Fernando understood it immediately. He was more interested in the description of the changes in the lives of ordinary people?
Lucien put on a wicked smile, "We can set up an electromagnetic program organization to transmit signals to the countries on the other side of the Storm Strait at a specific frequency. The program can be symphonies, piano pieces, operas, legends, or even the popularization of the basic knowledge of arcana and magic, as well as the disclosure of the dark history of the Church …"
Hearing Lucien's words, Luciana slightly opened her mouth and said in shock and astonishment, "We're destroying the foundation of the Church. They'll go crazy!"
"Therefore, we have to choose the right time and frequency. At the same time, the program must be interesting to ensure that it can arouse people's interest. As long as people are interested, they will voluntarily keep it a secret and gradually be converted. Of course, we also have to choose the right range at the beginning to make sure that even if someone is exposed, we have the ability to intervene and not let them be burned at the stake." Lucien said with a serious expression.
Douglas slightly sighed, "Very good. You can name this electromagnetic program organization." Both he and Fernando were keenly aware of the value of this plan.
"Well, let's call it Arcana Voice." Lucien would never admit that he had already made up his mind.
"Let's integrate the alchemy items and the communication plan you proposed into a company. We'll get shares according to our contribution and investment. As the initiator and the inventor of the alchemy items, you'll get 25% of the shares. "Fernando made the final decision. It seemed fair, but in fact, Lucien had a great advantage.
He was the creator of Electromagnetic Messaging. Douglas, Lucien, and the Prophet could all "launch" the communication planets. Luciana, Norman, and other sorcerers who could carry out the plan and invest money, as well as other technologies that needed to be roped in, only 75% of the shares were owned by Luciana.
Douglas did not object. He was quite grateful for Lucien's proposal. He asked with a smile, "What's the name of the company?"
"Allyn Telephone and Telegraph Company." Lucien answered out of reflex. Then he hurried to explain, "The communication and message transmission done by electromagnetic waves is abbreviated as Telephone and Telegraph."
After the preliminary communication plan was settled, Douglas looked at Lucien with a smile, "Do you have any other suggestions about the application of the artificial planets?"
He was definitely not only interested in the field of communication!
"Firstly, we should conduct deeper studies on the ionosphere and find a clearer and more stable way of transmitting electromagnetic waves. Secondly, we should refine concealment and orbit changing magic circles for the artificial planets in the future to prevent them from being attacked." Lucien answered without any hesitation, "Thirdly, because the orbit is high in the sky, most of the magic attacks on the ground will be weakened to a negligible degree, and some of them will even collapse in midair. Therefore, we need to develop super long-range attack spells with more concentrated energy, preferably below legendary level."
If it was a legendary artificial planet, Douglas would not be able to afford more than a few of them even with his savings.
"Fourthly, we can use the artificial planets to investigate the targets on the ground …"
Lucien had indeed proposed a package plan. Many of his suggestions were quite refreshing for the grand arcanists on the spot.
"You have too many plans. We need to go back and digest them. After a while, we'll establish the Allyn Telephone and Telegraph Company. Well, 'Arcana Voice' is our top priority." Affected by God's Arrival, Douglas looked a bit dispirited after the spirit-boosting effect disappeared.
Artil, on the other hand, clenched his fists and said, "I'm going back to write a paper and question all the arcanists who doubt your theory and the experiment of light speed!"
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