Magic Tower Starry Sky

"The Starry Sky of the Magic Tower (

Because the amount of printed paper is not much, only ten sheets, when cutting the paper, Lin finished it in one go. But he only bound a copy with his own hands and handed it to the great magician Kabanbai who entered the door. The remaining part is to be completed by ten apprentices who are ready to be responsible for the printing work.

It's just a group of people rushing around to complete this simple job. But even if it is done, they can't believe that a book with dozens of pages is done like this, although the appearance looks very elegant, even crude.

After completing five volumes, Lin did not stop, and controlled the printing machine to print five volumes. This time, it was also for the head of the academy to see how the machine was working, and to record the energy consumption of the shaping power used to control the Manroland metal printing plate. The next work is also done by the apprentices.

But this time, no one did anything. Because when someone was demonstrating just now, their minds were all ignorant, who still remembers the whole process.

Lin didn't urge, nor did he show any look of contempt, he just watched everyone's performance. Finally, a young apprentice stepped forward and fumbled for the paper cutter table. There are two designs of pressboards, one movable and one fixed.

What Lin used just now is a fixed platen, which is embedded in the body of the cutting table. When it is necessary to use it, lift it up and get stuck. There are several pieces of fixed pressboards, which are just enough to cut the fully opened paper from large to small.

After a while, the young apprentice found some ideas. Pull out the farthest piece of cardboard, find an apprentice who is close to him, and carefully put the newly printed product on the paper cutter together. With one knife, the pages of the book were cut out. At this time, other people also came to help, and the group of people were still in a hurry.

After tinkering for a while, I finally completed the production of the second batch of five periodicals according to the standards of the first batch of finished products. There are ten volumes in total, ten very unskilled people, even if they do it intermittently, it takes less than an hour to complete it in total. Speaking of which, it took a lot of time to assemble the printing machine this morning.

Looking at the finished product, everyone became very excited from the dazed state at the beginning. It seems that as long as someone has a voice, they are ready to do their best and keep printing.

But the most important control panel operation, except for the magician himself, no one else knows. So everyone stared at someone with piercing eyes, and of course Lin knew what the look meant. It's not because of the great cause of mathematics, so I put myself into it without thinking about my life; it's just the appearance of being reluctant to let go of a new toy when I see it.

But Lin did not meet the requirements of these people, because before that, there was another very important job.

Take the completed ten journals, including the one in the hands of the dean, back into your hands. Everyone who was flipping through it looked a little bit reluctant. Lin said to everyone: "There is no rush to print the book. Before that, there is a very important job to do.──"

He distributed the ten journals in his hand to the ten apprentices brought by the great magician Kabanbai,

"─As you have seen, printing books is just a labor job. You may find it new now, but you will get tired of doing it after a long time. Moreover, this job can be done by anyone, and it does not necessarily require a magic apprentice to do it. .But to make this book can be released, there is still a part that needs to rely on your talents. This is actually just a first draft, and you need to proofread carefully. Of course, it is not for you to catch mistakes in mathematical theory, but to catch Such as spelling mistakes, grammatical mistakes, and mistakes that are unclear and easily misunderstood, as for inconsistent mistakes, find out as soon as you can, and then correct these mistakes."

The matter of proofreading seems to be very strange to people who are lost in the land. I saw a group of people looking at me with suspicious eyes of 'what are you talking about'. After all, before today, the completion of a book depended entirely on scribes. Even if there is a mistake in the copying process, it is not likely that others will make mistakes, unless everyone copies the same master copy that made the mistake.

But printing, that’s not how it works.

Lin had to explain more: "Mathematics is a science with correct answers. It would be a shame if there were some ironic mistakes in a book that mainly focused on mathematics. So before it was officially published, It is necessary to make a first draft, ask people to read the text, find out those superficial mistakes, and correct them. Such proofreading work is crucial for printing. Because once a mistake is made, several copies will be printed wrong. Do you understand the seriousness of this?"

After listening to someone's explanation, everyone suddenly understood the importance of proofreading. If the master version is wrong, the book is wrong. If such a thing goes out, it will only become a laughing stock. And as you can imagine, this first issue of mathematics journals is definitely the object of many people's attention. Any small flaws in it can become the target of criticism.

Understanding this, the Great Magician Kabanbai gave up the idea of ​​getting back the journal in his hand just now; although he also wanted to get a copy and do proofreading work together. And the apprentices who got it also knew that what they had in their hands was still a semi-finished product. To complete it, the efforts of many people are needed.

Seeing that everyone's excitement passed, and there was a taste of fading interest, Lin knew that the next thing to do was to be serious. "Of course, if you come to help, it will not be for nothing, but there will be a reward. Of course, this reward is not like what you did in the past. You can charge two to five Kil (gold) for copying a book, such a high price .”

Someone once knew about the remuneration of the scribe. Because that was the job I yearned for the most when I first arrived in Lost Land. Not only safe, but also lucrative. It's just that to do this job, you need some background in addition to ability. A certain person didn't have both at the time, so he had to go to the uncivilized goblins to die.

The second is the remuneration for hardware, including the purchase of paper, ink, etc. that can carry magic words, but even so, there are still considerable profits in it. And this is only the price for copying general magic knowledge. If some high-level magic knowledge, such as strategic-level magic that is listed as a forbidden spell, the amount of remuneration will be even higher. It is important to know that the average person's monthly living expenses cost less than one gold.

But obviously, the remuneration for printing cannot be handled in the same way. Because the workload is too different from the job content. In the past, helping associations or magicians transcribe magic knowledge, firstly, it was labor-intensive and time-consuming; secondly, paper and ink needed to be specially made, and they had to be prepared by themselves, after all, the cost of materials was included in the remuneration. But now it's completely different, so how to calculate this reward, everyone's ears are listening.

"I expect to print 1,000 copies of the first issue of mathematics journals this time, and you will be responsible for all of them. In terms of remuneration, each person will be paid 20 Kil (gold). It is estimated that it will take five to seven days including proofreading. , to be able to complete the entire production of a periodical. If the overall operation process is proficient, it is estimated that the time can be shortened."

The reward of twenty gold for one person was calculated by someone. The basis of the actuarial calculation includes the experience of rolling in the bottom of Xijia District in the past, as well as the information found on the forum index. Spending the same amount of time, a fast scribe using the previous method to transcribe magic knowledge can probably earn between ten and thirty-five gold.

But this also includes the cost of materials that must be paid, which means that there will be about half, or even less than half, of the net profit, depending on how low a price you can obtain the source of materials. Even so, the income is still considerable at the level of Midi.

The twenty gold reward is probably a little higher than the income of a scribe who spends the same amount of time. And that's a net benefit that doesn't include material costs. And twenty gold is probably the basic one-month cost of a magic apprentice in the daily life of learning magic. It includes the consumables needed for meditation rituals, or the cost of materials needed for some exercises and research, and of course the consumption of magic stones.

So everyone felt that Lin's salary was just okay, not worse than before, but not much more. Seeing that my teacher came forward ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ to ask me to help, I can still help. As for the astronomical figure of 1,000 copies, it has been ignored by everyone.

Because in Lin's original actuarial calculation of remuneration, he did not take into account the price of the holy city of Estali, and how many tricks and profits these experienced scribes could find out in this job. By spending the same amount of time and working harder, they can earn more than 20 gold.

In this part, someone can only say, don't compare special cases with general rules. In the field of statistics, if you use special cases to break through general cases, you will die as many as you have, and there is no comparison at all. But it is not impossible to arouse the enthusiasm of the apprentices. Use bonuses as bait to fish, no one will not take the bait.

So Lin smiled again and said: "Although the basic remuneration is only 20 Kil (gold), as long as everyone proofreads the manuscript carefully enough to make this journal perfectly published without a trace of error, there will be an additional bonus. "

Seeing that everyone's eyes are bright and their ears are straightened up. Someone cleared his throat and said: "On a one-month cycle, as long as no one makes any mistakes in the text before the next issue of the journal is published, everyone can receive the same reward as this issue." The amount is used as a bonus. That is to say, the reward for the first issue is 20 Kil (gold). As long as no one criticizes other than mathematical theory before the second issue is published, it will be considered that everyone is unwilling to continue to help in the next month , you can also get a bonus of 20 Kil (gold)."

This represents the fineness of the proofreading manuscript, and it is related to whether my salary can be doubled! The ten magic apprentices involved in this work almost jumped up and screamed.

After Lin Guang finished briefly explaining the method of recording when mistakes were found in the proofreading, someone eagerly opened the first draft and examined the text.