Starry Sky of the Magic Tower

After the stock of periodicals is sold out, the matter is not over, there are still many magicians who want to see the printed matter of “advanced technology”.

Following the first brushing volume, why don’t you buy it, wait for the second issue of mathematics journals, and play with the fandi version of hunger marketing?

Guess what will happen to the printing workshop after the public outrage? Are the lost intellectuals and Earth’s bowlers on the same level?

The big magician Kabanbai didn’t dare to stand up to that many peers and Junior. A handful of old bones can’t stand the toss of that many people.

Someone thought about it, anyway, the printing workshop is not as formal as Earth’s publishing house, so there are many operating methods available. For those who can’t wait for the second period, the registration purchase system is adopted. Simply put, as many people register, as many copies are printed. In this way, you can avoid guessing the sales volume. If you guess less, you have to add three brushes, and if you guess too much, it will become inventory.

I am a clever apprentice. I suggest you learn the Chamber of Commerce ordering mode, collect the money first, and then print the book.

For such a suggestion, someone not even think rejected it. Although doing so, the printing workshop will be more secure. But if someone messes up in the process, or if there is a problem on one’s side, causing the money to be collected, but the thing has not been handed over to others, that can be offensive. If someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, it is always a problem. Now that the journal is in its infancy, no trouble can be caused.

If you don’t collect the money first, someone makes a reservation but regrets it, and it’s that person who loses his face. All orders are made under the real-name system. If anyone really wants to spread a reputation that is not a word, it is also true, and who is to blame.

Even if a magician really puts his face out, don’t let it go, how much does it cost to print a journal? Not counting the value of publishing knowledge, the cost of paper alone is less than 1 kiel (1 gold). Someone does not like to see inventory, just because it is too wasteful of resources, it does not mean that they can not afford the money.

In contrast, the risk of offending people by receiving money first, and the inventory risk of receiving money later, are of different magnitudes. For insurance, it is obvious which one to choose.

If there are people who don’t know where they come from, they will order one hundred or one thousand copies in one go. hehe. For the sake of it, playing this kind of trick that was badly played in Earth, just treat them, there is a hole in your mind.

But there really are people like this coming! But the identity of the other party is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and intends to sell it outside of Holy City Estali.

Of course, this aspect of affairs is left to the Academy, who has a relatively wide range of people, to talk about. Even if there is something tricky behind the other party, this experienced and knowledgeable Senior will not be fooled easily, and it will be more effective to find a place back. The fascinated masters are not just old scholars who only know how to study and don’t listen to foreign affairs.

As for the number of journals printed at the beginning of the second issue, in order to have a more precise grasp, some apprentices suggested that the same registration purchase system as this time could be adopted. It’s like Earth ordering a one-year magazine or something.

But this is not the beginning of collecting money, or opening a one-year subscription to discount sales. After discussion, pre-registered purchasers of the Midi version can enjoy the convenience of hand-delivered to the door and then collect the money.

In this way, people who are willing to buy for a long time can avoid the trouble of rushing and queuing. You know, the people who buy mathematics journals are not only magicians in the VI area of ​​Holy City. The French from other regions have to come to the Kabanbai Academy in Area VI, and there is also a long way to walk on two legs.

In the second issue, in addition to printing the number of people who have registered to purchase, it should be enough to print one or two hundred copies. In addition to handing over to the library and keeping it, there are also people who want to buy it temporarily. But there are not many such people, and mathematics journals are not easy books that everyone wants to take with them.

The finishing work of the first issue of mathematics is proceeding in an orderly manner, and preparations for the second issue must begin.

Because the method of submitting papers to mathematics journals has long been printed on the back cover of the first issue, a large number of submitted documents were collected in just a few days after the hot sale. Fortunately, the method someone gave was a specially set up magic network mail mailbox. If it was given to the actual address, it would not be overwhelmed by snow flakes of letters.

In order to cope with this astonishing number of manuscripts, Lin decided to implement a plan ahead of time, and told the people who came to the math course about the break time during the class. That is the Mathematics Journal Selection Committee.

“So, what does this committee do?” someone asked.

“To put it simply, it is to distribute a large number of submissions to the committee members for review. The committee members find that they feel suitable for publication in the journal, so they can discuss together and discuss which ones to put in the journal. After all, the layout Limited, it’s impossible to put everything on it. If you really have good new knowledge, but are limited by the layout, you can reserve the content of the next issue at your discretion.”

“Isn’t this your job? Tripwood master.”

“It’s true that I am a founder, but I prefer to establish a system for the publication of periodicals. Even without me, a system that can run for a long time.”

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Someone is so ambitious, although they haven’t stated it clearly before, everyone is more or less aware of it. But it’s always a good thing, and there is no reason not to support it, so everyone is still very interested in how the rules should be arranged.

Lin said: “I expect ten members of the selection committee, including me. Each manuscript will be randomly assigned to two committee members for selection, and as long as one person recommends it, it can be used for discussion. .Because the first day of each month is the issue date of the journal, according to previous experience, it takes about seven to ten days for proofreading and printing, so I set the 18th of each month as the deadline for submission of the current month. Contributed manuscripts are counted as the next month. The selection committee meets on the 19th of each month to decide which news to publish. The printing work will start on the 20th.”

For this arrangement, everyone indifferent expression. What everyone wants to know more is how to select these committee members?

In this regard, Lin said directly: “Of course I am one of them. At least until the mathematics that I plan to teach is finished, I have to keep this part in the journal. The other nine people, The way I think about it now is open recruitment. But at this stage, I don’t think that except for everyone who comes to math class, outsiders will be familiar with our math methods, so the selection committee will choose from among you. Waiting for the time to come, neither Excluding external recruitment.”

A few words, it can be regarded as a handful of people present. So everyone showed a proud expression, and no one was dissatisfied. But somebody didn’t say anything to death, just this “time is ripe”, they read it separately.

Confirmed that there is no objection, Lin continued: “Of course there will be a salary for this job, but not everyone is willing to do it, so I only recruit volunteers. If there are fewer than nine volunteers, then For the time being, volunteers will be the mainstay, and the insufficient number will be reserved for future recruitment. If there are more than nine volunteers, I will use a math test to select the eight people with the highest scores and the one with the lowest score and who did not hand in a blank paper. I jointly form the members of the First Critic Election Committee.”

Although Midi does not have a deeply rooted imperial examination system, it is not that absolutely does not have the concept of’test’. It’s like the apprenticeship’s promotion test, which is a test that the Fa masters will definitely pass through in their lives. So for someone who said that when the number of volunteers exceeds the required number, it is a very reasonable way to use the pros and cons of the test as the criterion for selection. But, which condition is the one with the lowest selection score?

For everyone’s question, Lin replied: “Pick the best people, I think everyone can understand. Because the test scores are excellent, you can tell the tester’s understanding of mathematics from a certain aspect; But does a person with poor grades mean that the tester’s mathematical understanding is poor? I don’t think this is absolute. Maybe it’s just that this person has a different way of thinking from others and has a different perspective, so he will come to the conclusion Different results. Mathematics has the only answer, but it is not so absolute about the quality of a thing. Perhaps if there is such a person, you can see what others have neglected, so as to take a more comprehensive perspective, Come to evaluate all the new theoretical knowledge submitted to mathematics journals in the hope of being published.”

This kind of statement allowed everyone to start a discussion. It sounds like some people are persuaded, but there are others who are not so in favor. Lin added at this time: “Actually, I don’t think everyone needs to worry too much. Because this can only be regarded as a temporary method. After all, it is something that no one has done before. If we do it, it will be like crossing the river in groping. Whenever we can’t move forward, we have to go back and choose other directions to go down. It’s normal. As long as we uphold the idea of ​​expecting knowledge to accumulate and progress, try our best to try and challenge the unknown. That’s it.”

All that said, no one insisted on opposing opinions. If it is found that this practice is not good in the future, it can be corrected.

Seeing that everyone has no opinion, Lin finally said: “If there are no other questions, then we will tentatively hold the first test in two days. Those who are willing to become the selection committee can be Registration takes only a few days. Because everything is invented and the system is not yet complete, the term of the first selection committee is tentatively set for one year. That is, after the twelve issues are issued, new selection committees will be re-elected. But the method is not necessarily the same. The salary is tentatively set at C Kil (100 gold) per month, and a journal is presented as a gift. Whether to adjust it depends on the future situation. If you have any comments, you are welcome to mention it. Come out to discuss.”

Listening to someone’s arrangement, it was already comprehensive and thoughtful, and everyone temporarily agreed. However, someone still asked: “If I serve as a selection committee member, can I still contribute?”

After thinking about it, Lin said bluntly: “I used to be inclined to avoid such questions. But then I thought about it. I think, because submissions are distributed, you don’t have to submit your papers, you will be selected by yourself. Even if it happens, you will select and recommend by yourself, but it will not necessarily be passed in the final election meeting. If it is true It does not mean that the new knowledge is valuable, and it has nothing to do with who published it. So I finally decided that there is no need to avoid such behavior for the time being. Of course, I will try this for a while to see how effective it is. Yes. If necessary, we will make changes in the future.”

What someone didn’t say is that you can actually use the method of sealing names, and wait until the final printing stage, and then list the names of the selected articles. If you have done this, and there are people who are so thick-skinned that I wrote the article at the final election meeting, and if you insist on recommending it, then you can only recognize it.

It’s just such an approach, so there is no need to make it public here. This is an internal matter for the selection committee.