Xu Yi received the notebook and opened it to see a title on the first page.
"Introduction to Magic Machinery Fundamental Theory"
Scrolling down, one would discover that this notebook was describing extremely basic, but also the core of magic machinery theoretical knowledge.
Evita's description of these fundamental theories in this notebook was incomparably detailed and exceptionally easy to understand. Even a person who had never come into contact with magic machinery would be able to obtain a preliminary understanding of magic machinery principles from this notebook.
However, one could see that the contents of this notebook were more focused on the construction of magic arrays and the effects of using magic arrays as a power source on magic machinery. As for mechanical knowledge, it was slightly less involved.
Simply speaking, this was closer to an introductory reference book on magic power theory, but it was still lacking compared to a complete magic machinery fundamental theory.
This wasn't out of Xu Yi's expectations. He had asked Evita to assist in writing this magic machinery fundamental theory book, and originally requested her to focus on the construction of magic arrays as well as the effects of using magic arrays as a power source on magic machinery. As for the mechanical aspect, it was mainly written by himself, with Canbi and the other engineers assisting him.
Xu Yi skimmed through it once, and discovered that Evita didn't disappoint his expectations. Not only did she not make any obvious mistakes, but she also made many details exceptionally perfect, even exceeding his expectations in explaining and understanding.
"Very good, Evita. I discovered that in the field of magic array theory, you are definitely not inferior to me, or even to any magus in this world."
"You are exaggerating."
Evita laughed embarrassedly. After pondering for a moment, she asked, "Sir chairman, do you really intend to publicly publish this book?"
"That's right." Xu Yi closed the notebook with a 'pa' sound.
"I intend to use this book as an introductory reference book for establishing the magic machine industry theory system. I guarantee that anyone will be able to gain a certain level of understanding and interest in the magic machine industry through this book.
Not only do I want to publicly publish it, I want to publicize it so that everyone will know of its existence, buy it, and read it. "
Speaking till here, Xu Yi suddenly chuckled towards Evita. "Evita, I can guarantee that this book will sell like hotcakes. Then, as one of the authors, where do you want your name to be placed?"
"Ah?" Evita was startled.
"Sir chairman, shouldn't this book be published under your name?"
"Do I look like a thief who steals the fruits of other people's labor?" Xu Yi purposely frowned, reprimanding her with a face of dissatisfaction.
"Actually, if not for the need to publicize this book, I wouldn't even want to put my name on it. Because I don't need this book to raise my fame, right?"
"But I don't really wish to be famous ….." Evita said.
"No, Evita, you must be famous, you must be extremely famous."
Xu Yi grabbed Evita's shoulder and said with a serious look, "Remember, you are the chief of our Frestech Chamber of Commerce's magic research facility, so in the magic machine industry, you are the most outstanding expert. There is no one more outstanding than you in this industry.
You must have this confidence. Do you understand what I mean? "
"I don't quite understand.
If we really compare our understanding of magic machines, I am far inferior to sir chairman. "
"Don't compare yourself to me. My main identity is the chairman of the New Flyer." Xu Yi shook his head.
"Or let me put it bluntly. We need to establish an expert. I am the chairman, so I am not suitable. Canby and the others aren't humans, so they aren't suitable either. Thus, you are the most suitable candidate."
"If that's the case, then Akali is also very suitable."
"But Akali isn't the chairman, you are." Xu Yi sternly said.
"In short, listen to my arrangements, alright?"
Evita was silent for a moment before nodding. "Alright, sir chairman."
Seeing Evita agree, Xu Yi revealed a smile. He patted Evita's shoulder and comforted her, "You don't need to worry that Akali won't be happy, I've given her something else to do. Compared to this, she will be more willing to do these things."
"Yes, I believe in you, sir chairman."
Seeing Xu Yi let out a sigh of relief, Evita laughed, "Sir chairman, you don't need to care about our feelings.
We are your subordinates, so of course we have to listen to your arrangements. "
Xu Yi shook his head, "No, I have never treated you as my normal subordinates.
Even if it wasn't because of Stiel, just by myself, I can't ignore your feelings. "
"Is that so?"
Evita blinked and glanced at the door of the laboratory. She suddenly let out a faint sigh, "But what do you plan on doing with Teresa?"
Xu Yi turned his head to look at the door. He narrowed his eyes and didn't say anything for a while.
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The Marquess Of Southguard and Russell had left very quickly, but Princess Caroline had gone against her previous attitude of wanting to return to the Drake Duchy. She had stayed by Xu Yi's side every day, not leaving for a second.
Xu Yi had revealed to her that he wanted to cooperate with the Drake Duchy in terms of production magic machines, which had aroused her interest.
There were countless magic machine companies in the surrounding countries, but other than New Flyer, the other companies were only producing household magic machines. There wasn't a single company that was involved in production magic machines.
Although the main reason was that the Frestech Chamber of Commerce hadn't released the technology related to the production magic machines, a part of the reason was that the production magic machines required a company to have a high technological foundation. A normal magic machine company couldn't satisfy this demand at all.
Not mentioning anything else, just the most basic Magic Thread Rolling Machine required technology that was completely different from household magic machines.
To grasp this technology, even if New Flyer was willing to transfer it, the other companies would need to invest large amounts of money and manpower.
Normal companies weren't willing to do this kind of thankless thing, but for the Drake Duchy, this was something that they couldn't ask for.
Of course, Xu Yi only said that he would cooperate with the Drake Duchy in terms of production magic machines, he didn't have any plans of handing over the production magic machine technology.
This so called cooperation was just to copy their previous cooperation. New Flyer would build a production magic machine factory in the Drake Duchy.
Moreover, this production magic machine factory would only produce agricultural magic machines, it wouldn't involve other production magic machines.
As for why Xu Yi wanted to do this … …
"Of course it's because I'm in the Drake Duchy, isn't it?" Princess Caroline revealed a smile as she said this with a proud look.
Xu Yi rolled his eyes at her, "You don't have that much face."
Although this choice did consider part of Princess Caroline, it wasn't because she was beautiful. It was because she had a good relationship with Xu Yi, as well as the good cooperation they had before.
But if one was to talk about the most important reason, it was completely because of the Drake Duchy's location.
The Drake Duchy had a border with the Sack Kingdom to the west and a border with the Falk Kingdom to the northeast. These two countries were countries that didn't popularize magic machines yet, so they were new markets that had just been developed.
New Flyer had already signed an agreement with the Sack Kingdom, so the Sack Kingdom would buy over a hundred thousand agricultural magic machines from New Flyer. The Falk Kingdom had already shown a strong interest in these agricultural magic machines.
If they produced the agricultural magic machines from the New Flight Commerce Main Base and transported them over, it would take a large amount of time and transportation costs, which would increase the cost by quite a bit.
If they built an agricultural magic machine factory in the Drake Duchy, it would be easier to satisfy the needs of these two kingdoms.
Other than this, there was also a long term consideration, which was the Malor Empire.
According to the Marquess Of Southguard's performance over the past few days, Xu Yi felt that if nothing unexpected happened, he would start working with New Flyer after returning to the Malor Empire.
Of the things that he was interested in in New Flyer, one of the things he cared about the most was the agricultural magic machines.
Building an agricultural magic machine factory in the Drake Duchy that was over two thousand kilometers closer to the Malor Empire than the Principality of Constantine would help satisfy the strong demand of the Malor Empire.
Xu Yi didn't need to say this, but Princess Caroline could guess it.
But she didn't care about this. The important thing was that New Flyer would really invest in an agricultural magic machine factory in the Drake Duchy.
This was New Flyer's first time investing in a production magic machine factory with another country, which was a precedent.
This meant that even if the Drake Duchy's relationship with New Flyer couldn't compare to the Lampari Kingdom's, it was still better than the other countries.
Among the countries to the southwest of Sines, New Flyer was already recognized as the best partner. Being able to receive special treatment from New Flyer was without a doubt a great piece of news for the Drake Duchy.
So not only did Princess Caroline follow Xu Yi every day, she also had a bright smile on her face. She even revealed an infatuated look in front of Stiel.
She had indeed done it on purpose.
Other than showing Xu Yi her special attitude, it was also to provoke Stiel.
This fellow had said that he was magnanimous before, but Princess Caroline didn't believe him.
As a wife, how could she not mind seeing another woman pestering her husband!
However, Stiel's performance had completely disappointed her.