MTL - Magic Tower Starry Sky-Chapter 13 greetings from the association

The chariot team from the chamber of commerce came two more times, bringing not only the supplies purchased directly with the subsidy money, but also the goodwill from the association. And this goodwill comes from the forums that have recently seen a surge in registrations. Just looking at the additional discussion areas, it almost wiped out all the departments of the Xijia branch, and it also included the teaching institute to which the branch belonged, which is where the three masters and apprentices were originally staying.

For apprentices, the training institute is like a boarding school; for formal magicians, it is like a dormitory for a manpower dispatch company. The facilities inside are perfect, but you have to pay for use; the materials are complete, but you have to pay for reading; the resources are sufficient, but you have to pay if you want to use them. Although there are many ways to make money, the cost is also high.

It can be said that in one of the four major divisions on the southwestern border of the mainland, where the most magicians gather in the Xijia division, the use of forums began to become popular and gradually expanded outward. Just look at the discussion section named after a certain magic tower that popped up from time to time, and you can know that the influence of the forum is indeed increasing.

In the association, the price of the magic titled "Tripwood Forum Browser Technique" is exactly what Lin once said. However, the magic stones used for duplicating the system must be provided by the magician who wants to buy them; and the part of the paper explanation document will be directly converted into an electronic file and placed in the discussion area of ​​the "Xijia District Branch Announcement" opened by the Magicians Association . That is a discussion forum that allows visitors to watch at will, just like the 'Miscellaneous' discussion forum. It can be said that in this way, the cost of materials is reduced to a minimum.

However, the association should take a commission, and they will not take less. For this reason, on a peaceful coding afternoon, the energy pool screen was suddenly replaced by an old face that filled the entire screen, and Lin's heart almost stopped in fright.

Seeing the shocked and dazed expression, the old man in the mirror was also a little embarrassed. And in order not to continue to be so embarrassing, he had no choice but to break the deadlock first, and said, "Gabrash Lin Tripwood Your Excellency."

"Well, President Eaton." Lin hurriedly got up and saluted. The person in the mirror in front of him is none other than the president of the Association of Magicians and Xijia Branch, the great magician Chengguo Eaton. Coming from the Eaton family of magic, he is a senior great magician with great strength and background. Although he is not a haughty and annoying personality, but he is by no means an amiable old man.

And this magic that can use the mirror of the energy pool to appear and talk is called "Charles Calling". It's just a super annoying and troublesome wizarding world video call system with no ringtone and no choice whether to answer or not. Lin slandered about this, and secretly made up his mind to come up with an Instant Messenger or something, with visual, audio and text messages, so that everyone could experience the feeling of being unable to read back.

Theoretically, the status of the tower owner is equal to that of the president of the association. But in the face of this young, vicious president, few people have the courage to stand in front of him. That's why Lin made himself look respectful. In fact, he respected each other quite a lot. Although there hasn't been any deep relationship in the past. However, under the leadership of Chairman Eaton, the Xijia District Branch has many policies to take care of relatively disadvantaged groups of magicians and apprentices, and Lin is also one of the beneficiaries.

Now that such a big shot is actually face to face with him, how can Lin not panic.

"Don't worry, Your Excellency Tripwood, I have good news." Comforting the newly promoted magician who is much younger than himself, Chengguo? Eaton has a bit of kindness in today's advanced age. .

Lin Gong cupped his hand to signal, and Chengguo Eaton continued: "The browser magic you handed in is very good. Whether it is in terms of convenience, distance, or the amount of information contained, it can be said to be a pioneering work."

"Thank you, President, for your appreciation." Lin Dao thanked, but he didn't feel complacent. Because big people come to you to say these things, usually followed by a 'but'.

So just listening to Chengguo? Eaton continued smoothly: "But now we have encountered some small problems, that is, the association will charge some fees for managing these magical knowledge. The price you set is directly the minimum basic The unit, the association is doing nothing."

"President, I once told the Great Mage Greenwyn, and it was also stated in the attached letter that the association can add the necessary management fees to the price I set as the final price. But from your maintenance Looking at the price of I Keel, you know that you also understand that the real value of the forum lies in the number of users, not how much money you get from selling this magical knowledge. So the price of I Keel, in addition to allowing magicians to have 'even if there is no It’s just a waste of Ikeel, such a harmless idea, it’s to make it affordable for ordinary apprentices to achieve the effect of promotion.”

Seeing the old man nodding his head in approval, Lin Cai went on to say, "So in terms of management expenses, I am willing to share half of the income as the cost of the association. What do you think of this?"

For the old man who just showed up and went straight to the point, Lin explained the two parties' ideas for a while, and then readily gave up half of the benefits. Chengguo Eaton nodded in satisfaction. With his status, although he is not extremely disgusted with the bargaining behavior in the mall, he doesn't have any good feelings either.

Negotiation is to directly show the bottom line, and the deal is almost in line with the psychologically expected goal; if it is too exaggerated, just shoot directly, there is no back and forth. Furthermore, for the spread of magical knowledge, the benefits of the original creator are indispensable, because that will discourage the enthusiasm of other magicians, which will have a negative impact. For the long run and the magician as a whole, the gain outweighs the loss.

Now that the first problem is solved, Chengguo Eaton asked the second question: "For the domain name system and the webpage system, I tried to build them on the president's exclusive energy pool. Although it seems to be a success , but it cannot be activated. And you did not explain it in the documentation, where might this problem occur?"

Just listening, Lin knew the answer without even thinking about it. Because that was exactly the hole dug in the explanatory documents handed in before. Facing inquiries from his immediate boss, Lin began to explain the tree structure that the domain name system should have. Each layer of server only points to the server of the upper layer, and manages its own legally authorized domain name.

To put it bluntly, the Atoli source pool of the Great Sage's Tower, as the first DNS server in the Lost World, naturally has the status of .(dot). Other energy pools can only become sub-level servers and register with .(dot) in order to have legal domain names.

If someone else wanted to set up a .(dot) top-level server, it would just create two separate networks that would be hard to link to each other. If you want to communicate with each other, you have to go back to the most primitive and memorize the complex and lengthy string of symbols in the energy pool of each magic tower.

"Then can the domain name system with .(dot) authority be handed over to the headquarters of the association?"

Faced with this good question, Lin of course boldly said yes, even the data that already exists on the forum can be completely transplanted there! The premise is that all current forum users have to suspend their use during the transplant operation, and this time is uncertain how long it will be.

In view of the fact that people who don't know the world of Lost Earth, what is the limit of tolerance for "server maintenance", Lin also expressed his doubts very bluntly.

Chengguo? Eaton also admitted that such a situation is unfavorable when the forum is still in the stage of promotion. If the user loses confidence, it will take more effort to recover.

In this regard, Lin took advantage of the situation and proposed the concept of "". To put it simply, let the headquarters of the association area have a first-level DNS server, and other people who want to own a domain name can apply directly to the association. The .(dot) of the Tower of the Great Sage is only used as the starting point of the URL query.

Chengguo? Eaton also agrees with this approach. In the final analysis, the association just hopes to have the space to manage all magicians. Just like the magical knowledge whose original creators have passed away, the association does not spread it for free. Instead, the set price becomes a method of controlling the extent of the magic's circulation.

For knowledge that you don't want too many people to know, or powerful attack magic, set the price a little higher, so as to reduce the purchase desire of some people who are cash-strapped. For the magic that every magician can use, it is to set a lower price and vigorously publicize it, wishing that everyone would stuff a spell note. In the end, I hope to stuff those spells that are listed as "must learn" into the three-ring textbook for apprentices.

Of course, those fees became one of the important sources of income for the association.

And as long as the association has room to operate, Orange Fruit? Eaton doesn't have to insist on a certain result. Besides, Lin's willingness to give up profits before was not a good reason to take a step back here.

For my own problems, I have a good result. Chengguo? Eaton said a few polite words, then cut off the connection. Things returned to normal, and more than ten days later, such a scary scene happened again...

This time it was aimed at the chamber of commerce to which the Association of Magicians belonged.

The profit-seeking nature of businessmen makes them quite sensitive to some newly born technologies. Not to mention that the forum can get information from all over the world in the first place—as long as there is an eyeliner in the local area—this is better than expressing 800 miles, flying pigeons to send letters, or finding a messenger who runs a marathon fast.

In addition to commercial information, if magicians, tower owners and other chambers of commerce in various places can trade and place orders on the forum, as long as they are matched with reasonable delivery routes, the trade volume will undoubtedly rise to another level.

It is a pity that on the forum, in the explanation before the new article, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com clearly wrote three prohibitions. People who came into contact with the Internet for the first time in the world of Yimi, actually obeyed obediently, at least they didn't hear of any accidents. Lin couldn't help but sigh at this simple Internet atmosphere.

The first prohibition is to prohibit writing full magic spells in the general article area; the second is to prohibit drawing magic circles in the general article area.

These two prohibitions are for the same reason. You must know that the forum was established based on the eight powers based on magic. That is to say, this seemingly technological product is actually something on the mysterious side. If you write a spell or draw a magic circle in the article, it is not impossible for other people to open the discussion thread and be washed by the fireball.

In particular, the basis for installing the browser system is either the energy pool or the magic stone, which itself is the source of magic energy.

Although the way the text is coded does not directly make the text represent its meaning. In other words, the text content displayed in the mantra on the forum, the code behind it may not necessarily produce the effect that the mantra should induce. But I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, if it's just right, some unlucky ghosts will be covered in magic.

For this possibility, Lin passively uses article classification to deal with it. In addition to general articles, there is also a category of magic articles to remind users who click on the discussion thread that the contents of the articles contain spells and magic circles, which may have effects, so please take protective measures by yourself.

The third prohibition is aimed at trading behavior. All acts of bartering, money for things, things for money, and knowledge exchange are all prohibited. For this ban, not only orange fruit? President Eaton, many users are puzzled. It's just that today the chairman represents everyone and asked in front of the creator.

Lin only replied with one sentence:

"I have no ability to guarantee the fulfillment of the contract."