Chapter 219: Hands-off Shopkeeper
"Gurgle!"
All the elders swallowed their throats at the same time, and Xu Zongxin couldn't help but ask.
"President, are you sure it's... all?"
"Yes, everything, including the most common flowers, plants, trees, soil, stones, gold, silver, copper, and iron, as well as relatively rare treasures of various types, beast fur, bones, claws, and extraordinary cores.
All known material and non-material things are within the scope of statistics, so this is a big project. "
“But President, this is too big. In the real world, the books on statistics of flowers, plants and trees alone can fill up an entire room.
If we really press all of them, we will never be able to finish them even if we die.”
Mo Lan smiled when he heard that.
"Then do it until you die. After you die, sign your name on the title page of the book, and then the next generation will continue."
Mo Lan's tone was very calm, but for some reason, after hearing these words, the elders present all felt a surge of emotion.
Xu Zongxin opened his mouth but ended up saying nothing.
Mo Lan thought for a moment and continued.
“This project itself was not intended to be completed in a short time. It is a super long-term project that will require ten, dozens, or even a hundred years of persistence.
The five hundred people we have now are just a beginning, building a framework.
After setting up the framework, we can assign tasks to each member.
Each person must complete tests on the properties of ten different substances in each assessment quarter. Just ten, not many, and everyone can complete it.
A special project team was organized to classify and integrate these materials and develop a query dictionary.
Maybe there are few now, but when our branches are spread across all the cities, then each person will contribute ten kinds of materials, and over time, the project will be completed one day.
Look at it this way, isn’t it not so difficult? "
Lu Bin was silent for a moment and then spoke.
“It’s still difficult, but it’s changed from being impossible to being somewhat possible.
In addition, the basic condition of this project is to establish a Mage Association in every city.
I don’t think this task is that easy.”
Faced with Lu Bin's resentful complaints, Mo Lan felt a little uneasy, but he didn't show it at all. He just smiled and said nothing.
“Okay, this project doesn’t require much, and I didn’t ask for a specific amount to be completed by when.
Just do as I say, from ordinary members to presidents, including me, every... every month, complete the property tests of ten substances every month. I will issue the specific test items, standards and methods later, and the project will start from this.
Ten types can basically be completed by spending a few hours every month doing experiments. If you can't even spare these few hours.
If you can't even do such a small thing while enjoying the welfare benefits of the association, then you might as well just close it. There's no point in asking for it."
Everyone was alerted when they heard this and nodded.
"clear."
"Okay, let's move on to the last item on the agenda."
Mo Lan looked around at everyone and smiled, but what he said made all the elders a little confused.
“From now on, I will officially withdraw from the daily management of the association.
The daily management work is temporarily taken over by Lu Bin, assisted by Lin Wo.
However, I need to submit a work report every month, and I will attend the quarterly work summary meeting.
I don't care about anything else. I won't make any comments on work-related issues and I won't approve any reviews or applications.
I will devote all my energy to the deeper study of mage knowledge.
Of course, the possibility of accepting certain project teams is not ruled out.
Okay, that's what happened. If you have any questions, please go to Vice President Lu Bin and Vice President Lin Wo. The meeting is adjourned!"
While all the elders were still confused, Mo Lan quickly adjourned the meeting and left.
The others looked at Mo Lan's back and seemed a little unresponsive.
"Wait, what did the president just say?"
"What can I say? You want to be a hands-off boss and leave everything to us."
Lu Bin said with resentment.
"Research. I want to concentrate on research! I came to the Mage Association because I wanted to have a good place to do research."
Many elders smiled when they heard this, and looked at Lu Bin with a hint of pity in their eyes.
“It’s okay, I’m just an elder and I have plenty of time to conduct my own research.
Hey, do you think I can set up a project team with my own ideas?"
"It should be possible. There is no difference."
Lu Bin thought for a moment and then noticed the looks of the elders, and suddenly became angry and embarrassed.
"Aren't you happy too early? Every one of you should work honestly for me.
Otherwise, when the time comes to review the project and the funding, I will make things difficult for you and hold up your funding.
Now I have the final say here!"
"Fuck!"
All the elders' faces suddenly changed when they heard this.
"President, don't you want to bring this? You can't do this."
A sinister smile appeared on Lu Bin's face.
"You want to run? Haha, no one can escape."
…
Mo Lan left the guild hall at the speed of light, with a satisfied smile on his face.
“If I can’t pass things on to others, then there’s no point in being the guild president.
So what should I do next? Well, let's set up a project team first.
In the past, I had nothing and could only bury myself in research, but now it’s different, I have the conditions.
Once completed, you can recruit two elders and a dozen elite members to conduct research together, and you can also recruit dozens of ordinary members to serve you.
The most important thing is that I can get Lu Bin to approve funding for me. I feel so happy. This is the life I want.
President, if you can't live the life you want, then this presidency will be meaningless.
As for research, um, I forgot to ask Zhao Hua for a few undead souls.
Forget it. It's not good to always ask for it from others. Although it's not an expensive thing, the rules must be followed by me. If I start to follow the rules, no one will dare to break them.
Then we will set up a project team first, then apply for materials from the association as the project team, and finally the association will purchase it from the Niehuo Guild. It’s a bit complicated, but it should be much more standardized this way.”
Mo Lan calculated silently in his mind.
"Alas, I wonder if there is such a place as the Elemental World. If there is, it should be filled with pure elements, and all of them should be elemental life, right?"
Mo Lan suddenly thought of it, but then shook his head.
“It’s too illusory. It would be great if there was some spell that could summon elemental life from the elemental world.
That way maybe I can follow the summoning of the spell model and find its source.
Damn, why is it that when I read novels, the protagonists all have all kinds of spells? Even if they don’t have any, I’ll give them to them.
But I have nothing here, not even a spell to summon elemental life?
I'm afraid it's still waiting for me to study and create it? The premise is that the elemental world really exists and there are elemental life in it."
Mo Lan rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
“Oh, if only someone could give me one.
Oh, Lord Haotian, please grant me a space passage to the elemental world?"
"Mo Lan, Mo Lan!"
Zou Peng suddenly walked in and called Mo Lan loudly. Mo Lan turned his head and looked at him.
"What's the matter? Why all the fuss?"
