Starry Sky of the Magic Tower

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

Only a group of people hurriedly completed this simple task. But even after finishing it, they couldn’t believe that a book with dozens of pages would do just that, even though the appearance looks very inelegant, and it can even be said to be crude.

After completing five volumes, Lin did not stop, and controlled the amount of five volumes printed by the printing press. This time, I also asked the Academy to take a look at the operation of this machine and record the power consumption of the shaping technique that controls the manroland metal printing plate. The follow-up work is also done by apprentices.

But this time, no one did it. Because when someone was demonstrating just now, their brains were stunned, who still remembers what the whole process was like.

Lin did not urge, nor did he show any contempt. He just watched everyone’s performance. Finally, a young apprentice stepped forward and fumbled for the paper cutter table. There are two types of pressboard designs, one is movable and the other is fixed.

What Lin used just now is a fixed pressboard, which is embedded in the main body of the cutting table. When needed, lift it up and get stuck. That’s it. There are several pieces of fixed pressboard, which is just the length that can cut the full-open paper from large to small.

After a while, the young apprentice groped out some insights. Pull out the farthest piece of pressboard, find an apprentice close to you, and cautiously put the newly-baked printed products on the paper cutter. Cut out the pages of the book with a single knife. At this time, other people also came to help, and a group of people was still in a mess.

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

Everyone looked at the finished product and became very excited from the very beginning. It seems that as long as someone has a voice, he is ready to do his best to keep printing.

But the most important control panel operation, except for the magician himself, no one else knows it. So everyone stared at someone with piercing eyes. Of course Lin knew what that look meant. It’s not for the mathematics career, so dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety; this is just the appearance of seeing new toys and reluctant to let go.

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

The ten volumes of periodicals that will be completed, including the one in the hands of the Academy’s leader, are all returned to their hands. All the people who were reading it were a little bit reluctant. Lin Xiang everyone said: “Don’t rush to print the book. Before that, there is a very important work to be done. ──”

The ten periodicals in his hand were distributed to the big magician Kaban. Thanks to the ten apprentices who have brought help,

“─Everyone has seen that printing is just a job. Now everyone may find it new, but after a long time, you will get tired. And who is this? The work that is always possible does not necessarily require a magic apprentice to do. But for this book to be published, there are still parts that need to rely on your talents. This is actually just the first draft, and you need to proofread carefully. Of course, I don’t want you to catch errors in mathematics theory, but catch spelling mistakes, grammatical mistakes, and mistakes that are unclear and misunderstood. As for inconsistent mistakes, you can catch them. Find out, and then correct these errors.”

The matter of proofreading seems to be very strange to people who are fascinated. I saw a group of people looking towards themselves with doubtful eyes of’what are you talking about’. After all, before today, the completion of a book was all dependent on the scribe. Even if there is a mistake in the copying process, it does not necessarily mean that other people will make mistakes, unless everyone copied the same copy of the mistaken copy.

But printing is not like this.

Lin had to explain more: “Mathematics is a science with correct answers. If there are some ridiculous mistakes in a book that focuses on mathematics, it would be a shame. . So before the official publication, you must make a first draft, ask people to read the text, find out those superficial errors, and correct them. Such proofreading is crucial to printing. Because once mistakes are made, they will be printed later. Several copies are wrong. Can you understand the seriousness of this?”

After listening to someone’s explanation, everyone suddenly understood the importance of proofreading. Mastering mistakes are just plain mistakes, and if such things go out, they will only become a laughing stock. And everyone can imagine that this first issue of mathematics journal is definitely the object of many people’s attention. Any small flaw in it can be a target for everyone to attack.

Understanding this, the great magician Kabanbai gave up the idea of ​​taking back the journal he had just handed; although he also wanted to take a copy and do the work of proofreading together. The apprentices who got it also understood that what they were holding was still a semifinished product. To complete it, everyone’s efforts are needed.

Seeing that everyone’s excitement was over, and there was a sense of disinterest, Lin knew that the next thing to say is the business. “Of course, I would like to ask you to help. It will not be for nothing, but will be paid. Of course, this reward is impossible, as you used to, for copying a book, you can charge two to five kiel (gold), such a high price. “

Someone has also learned about the compensation of scribes. Because that was the job I wanted the most when I first came to Lost Land. It is not only safe, but also lucrative. Just to do this job, in addition to ability, you also need some background. Someone didn’t have either at the time, so they could only go to find uncivilized goblins to kill their lives.

Second to the hardware remuneration, 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 of copying general magic knowledge, if some high-level magic knowledge, such as the strategic level magic listed as forbidden spell, the amount of this reward will be even higher. It should be noted that the average person’s living expenses for a month also don’t use one gold.

But obviously, printing compensation is impossible. Because there is too much difference between the workload and the content of the work. In the past, I helped the association or magician to copy the magic knowledge, first, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive; second, the paper and ink needed to be specially made, and it was still necessary to prepare it by yourself. After all, the material cost was included in the reward. But now it’s completely different, so how to calculate this reward, everyone’s ears are upright.

“This time the first issue of the mathematics journal, I expect to print a thousand copies, and everyone will be responsible for it. In terms of remuneration, each person is 20 kilos (gold). It is estimated that it will include the proofread It takes about five to seven days to complete the entire production of a periodical. If the overall operation process is proficient, it is estimated that the time can be shortened.”

One person is paid 20 yuan, but someone Actuarial. The basis of actuarial calculation includes the past experience of rolling in the bottom of Xijia District, as well as the news found on the forum index. Spending the same amount of time, a fast-moving scribe can use the old methods to transcribe magic knowledge, and probably can earn between ten and thirty pieces of hardware.

But this also includes the material costs 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 the price of the material source can be obtained. Even so, the income is still considerable at the level of the maze.

The remuneration of twenty gold is probably a little higher than the income of a scribe who spends the same time. And this is a net income excluding material costs. And twenty gold is probably the basic one month spent by a magic apprentice in the daily life of learning magic. Including the consumables needed for meditation ceremony, or the cost of materials needed for some exercises and research, and of course there is also the consumption of buying magic stones.

So the compensation offered by Lin is just okay. It’s not worse than before, but it’s not much more. Seeing that my teacher came forward and asked for his help, he could still help. As for the astronomical number of 1,000 copies, it has been ignored by everyone.

Because in Lin Yuan’s actuarial calculation of remuneration, he did not take into account the price of Holy City Estali and these experienced scribes, you can find out more Young Sect Master in this job. Dao, how much profit is squeezed out. Spend the same time and work harder, they can get more than 20 gold.

In this part, someone can only say, don’t compare special cases with general cases. In the field of statistics, if you use special cases to make the case, you will die as many as you want. It’s simply not comparable. But there is no way to arouse the enthusiasm of the apprentices. Use bonuses as bait for fishing, no one can’t get caught.

So Lin said with a smile: “Although the basic remuneration is only twenty kilos (gold), as long as the proofreaders are careful enough, this journal can be published perfectly without a trace of error. , There will be an extra bonus.”

Seeing everyone’s eyes brightened and their ears upright. Someone cleared his throat and said: “With a one-month period, as long as no one makes any mistakes in the text public before the next issue is published, you can receive the same remuneration as this issue. The amount is used as a bonus. In other words, the remuneration for the first issue is 20 kilos (gold). As long as no one is picking at places other than mathematical theory before the second issue is published, the next month even if you are unwilling to continue to help , You can also get a bonus of 20 kiels (gold).”

This represents the precision of the proofreading, and it is related to whether or not your reward can be doubled! The ten magic apprentices involved in this work almost jumped up and screamed.

Lin Guang is about the recording method when errors are found in the proofreading. Some people can’t wait to turn over the first draft and examine the text.