This year's certification exam for the Lampari Kingdom's Sorcerers Guild was very likely to be the largest exam in history.
According to the statistics of the Sorcerers Guild, there were over eight thousand magicians participating in the exam this year!
It had to be known that there were only a little over ten thousand magicians in the Lampari Kingdom.
In other words, the number of magicians participating in the exam this time was close to eighty percent of the total magicians in the Lampari Kingdom!
Even though there were close to five thousand magicians participating in the exam last year and there were signs of this, there were over eight thousand magicians participating this year. This instantly made the Lampari Kingdom's Sorcerers Guild very busy.
If it wasn't for president Eren's plan, the Sorcerers Guild would have fallen into chaos this time.
But even if they were prepared, because of the large increase in the number of people participating, the originally scheduled one week exam was extended to half a month.
Even though the time had more than doubled, the process of participating in the assessment every day was still extremely urgent. The staff of the Magic Guild had to be in a state of work all day long, with almost no time to rest.
However, no one had any complaints about this because unlike previous years, President Eren announced that during the qualification examination this year, due to the increase in workload, every staff member would be given a special allowance. The temporary standard was two gold coins per person per day.
Two gold coins a day meant that in half a month, they would receive an extra thirty gold coins.
This was a considerable amount of income for all the staff of the Magic Guild, so naturally, their enthusiasm for work was particularly high. No matter how busy they were during this period of time, no one complained. Instead, they worked very hard and seriously, making the qualification certification examination go very smoothly, and there were very few mistakes.
"I say, president Eren, even the normal staff members receive a special allowance, shouldn't we Great Magicians also receive a bit of allowance?" Great Magician Eisenkel teased president Eren sitting in the main seat.
President Eren laughed, "Eisenkel, stop joking. With your wealth, do you still need to ask me for a few dozen gold coins?
Then again, our Sorcerers Guild finally has a bit of surplus to give to our staff members. As a Great Magician, shouldn't you be competing with them for this? "
The three Great Magicians sitting on the side including Great Magician Camilla all began to laugh.
This was a meeting the five Great Magicians were holding for the Sorcerers Guild's certification exam. They were mainly discussing the high level magician certification exam at the end.
Great Magician Eisenkel couldn't help making a joke when he heard president Eren explain how to solve the pressure of the increase in workload.
"Speaking of this, why does our Sorcerers Guild still have a bit of surplus this year?
Didn't we have to rely on the union's special allowance before? "Great Magician Telucci asked in a curious voice.
"Speaking of this, it's mainly because of Xu Yi."
President Eren looked at the habitually silent Great Magician Camilla and said with a smile, "If it wasn't for the magic patents he proposed, how could our guild have a surplus of money?"
"Oh?
That means there are many magicians applying for magic patents? "Great Magician Torres asked with a curious look.
"That's right." President Eren nodded.
"According to last month's statistics, there are over thirteen thousand magic patents registered with the guild and the patent protection fee is over two hundred thousand gold coins."
"That much?" Great Magician Telucci and Great Magician Torres had looks of surprise.
Great Magician Eisenkel knit his brows, "Isn't this a bit too little?
The total protection fee for more than 13,000 patents is only over 200,000 gold coins. On average, the protection fee for each patent is less than 2 gold coins, right? "
President Eren said with a laugh, "Because there are some magicians who apply for low patent protection fees, they don't even pay a single gold coin."
"Then what are they applying for?"
Great Magician Telucci said in a surprised voice, "Such a low patent protection fee, it doesn't have any use at all."
"You don't understand." Great Magician Torres laughed.
Great Magician Torres said with a smile, "Telucci, applying for patents for the magic you researched is a very popular thing right now, even I've applied for several.
Of course, I didn't pay much, it added up to less than a hundred gold coins. "
"Why?" Great Magician Telucci was a bit confused.
"If there's no need, why would you apply?"
"To put it bluntly, it's for face." Great Magician Torres said.
"Think about it, if there are two magicians and one has several special magic patents while the other doesn't have a single one, wouldn't you think that the level of a magician without a patent is lower?"
"This ….." Great Magician Telucci thought for a bit before nodding.
"That seems to be the case."
Great Magician Torres said with a smile, "So that's why many magicians have begun to treat the number of patents they can apply for as an important symbol.
Telucci, I advise you to quickly apply for a few as well. Otherwise, when we all have several dozen patents and you don't have a single one, wouldn't you feel that something is wrong? "
Great Magician Telucci gave a bitter laugh, "That's right, it seems like I need to properly consider it." After saying this, he turned to look at Great Magician Eisenkel and Great Magician Camilla.
"What about you guys?
Even Torres has applied for several patents, shouldn't the two of you have more? "
Great Magician Eisenkel revealed a faint smile, "I don't have much, I've only applied for thirty two patents.
However, I've paid three thousand gold coins in patent protection fees for these thirty two patents, which is a bit more than Torres. "
"How can I compare to you in terms of money?" Torres rolled his eyes.
Great Magician Eisenkel broke out in laughter as he pointed at Great Magician Camilla and said, "If we're talking about money, even I can't compare to Camilla.
I'm sure that Camilla has applied for the most magic patents out of all of us, and she's also paid the most patent protection fees. "
Including President Eren, the other four Great Magicians all looked at Great Magician Camilla.
Great Magician Camilla slowly shook his head, "My current identity is a top grade researcher of the Magic Research Institute of New Flying Chamber of Commerce. Even if I applied for a patent, it would be under the name of the New Flyer and not my own name.
The patent protection fees would naturally be paid by the New Flyer, it isn't related to me. "
"The New Flyer is this rich, they must have paid a lot of patent protection fees, right?" Torres kept asking.
"I'm not clear on this because these things were all done by Xu Yi, I didn't care." Great Magician Camilla replied.
Everyone looked at President Eren again.
President Eren gave a soft cough and looked at Great Magician Camilla before saying with a nod, "That's right, all the patents that the magicians of the New Flyer have applied for are all in the name of the New Flyer, so I don't know which patent was developed by Camilla.
However, I do know that out of the five hundred and sixty three patents that the New Flyer has applied for, the one with the highest patent protection fee was ten thousand gold coins! "
"Ten thousand gold coins?" Even Great Magician Eisenkel had wide eyes with a look of disbelief.
"Just for a single magic patent?"
"Yes." President Eren nodded.
Great Magician Eisenkel's heart skipped a beat as he asked, "Then ….. President, what is this magic patent?"
President Eren shook his head, "I can't tell you the details, but I can tell you that if the New Flyer is willing to transfer this patent, I am willing to spend ten thousand gold coins or even several tens of thousands of gold coins to buy it."
Great Magician Torres and Great Magician Telucci looked at each other in surprise. Great Magician Telucci's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help asking President Eren, "President Eren, I've heard that the magic machine factory you opened is quite profitable?"
President Eren's expression changed slightly as he waved his hand and said, "That was opened by that brat Ankh, it's not related to me.
But the profits ….. are indeed not bad. "
Seeing the proud smile on President Eren's face, Great Magician Telucci hesitated a bit before turning to Great Magician Camilla to ask, "That ….. Camilla, do you think ….. I ….. can also open a magic machine factory?"
Hearing Great Magician Telucci's question, the other four were stunned.
If they were talking about being conservative, even Great Magician Camilla couldn't compare to Great Magician Telucci.
When discussing the magic patents, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, and the new magic machines, Great Magician Telucci had always been against it.
Now he actually took the initiative to open a magic machine factory?
This really made the other four Great Magicians feel that it was a bit strange.
Wasn't this world changing too quickly?
Even the most stubborn and conservative Telucci had changed!
Great Magician Camilla was stunned for a bit before asking back in a confused voice, "Telucci, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?
Why do you want to open a magic machine factory?
Weren't you the one who couldn't accept this before? "
Great Magician Telucci gave a deep sigh, "It's hard to explain.
In short, I need money right now, so can you tell me if it's possible? "
"This ….. I'm not certain." Great Magician Camilla shook his head.
"Opening a magic machine factory isn't an easy matter. I feel that ….. with your personality, you won't be able to do it."