Chapter 289 Mage Apprentice
"What?"
Before Mo Lan could say anything, Lin Wo asked in surprise, and Mo Lan also looked at Lu Bin.
"Congratulations to the Fourth Ring."
Lu Bin first said something to Lin Wo and then turned to Mo Lan.
"A noble applied to join the Mage Association to study. His attitude was very good and he was very upright. He came with an attitude of seeking education."
"Who is it?"
“You should have seen this president before. He is Mark Cohen, who auctioned the castle. He is from the Viscount Cohen family and he is the current Viscount Cohen.
Both his parents died, he had no brothers, and he was the only one left in the family. All the servants were dismissed, the castle was auctioned off, and he was left with only an old butler.
"Well, him, I met him before. He should be the first noble I met."
Mo Lan recalled the carriage he met on the way to Hongfeng City when he had just left Tieshu Town.
"The situation this time is somewhat special. How we deal with him will almost directly form a benchmark, and will determine our considerations and attitudes towards other nobles and indigenous peoples who apply to join in the future. It is quite important, so I came to ask you and discuss it together."
Mo Lan nodded slightly when he heard this, and said after thinking for a moment.
"First of all, we need to emphasize our long-standing route of recruiting indigenous people. Players make up half of the sky, and indigenous people make up half of the sky, right?"
"Yes, I mentioned it in the meeting a long time ago."
"Well, the tone has been set. Lu Bin, tell us about the problem we are facing now."
Lu Bin already had a draft in mind, and after organizing his words a little, he spoke out loud.
"The only problem we face is that these indigenous people are not eligible to join the Mages Guild, but we want them to join anyway.
To be frank, and not to target any particular individual, almost all indigenous people are no match for any member of our association.
The universal higher education in our country is not useless. Although many people waste opportunities, as long as they are serious enough and seize the opportunity to complete their studies well, it means that in terms of knowledge reserves and insights alone, not counting strategy, intelligence, mind, will and other aspects, these players have basically reached the top position of medieval culture, and their masterpieces are at the top level.
But in the face of these indigenous people who are obviously lacking in capabilities, do we need to recruit them?
According to the route we have set before, indigenous people need to be recruited.
So is the recruitment standard for indigenous people a separate standard, a dual-track system with players, or a single standard for players?"
Lu Bin looked at Mo Lan, who pondered for a moment and then shook his head.
“The dual-track system doesn’t work. Let’s not talk about the opinions that players may have. What about the benefits of joining the dual-track system?
Our association is all about points. Even if we lower the standards and recruit indigenous people, they will not be able to complete the technical tasks and can only do hard labor at best.
But do we lack coolies? Is it necessary to recruit coolies? "
Hearing this, Lu Bin shook his head and continued to ask.
"Then unify the standards with the players? To be honest, it's not that I look down on them, but with their current level, it will take them at least a few years to catch up with the players and compete on the same stage with them in terms of research, if not a long time.
This is not about how powerful the players are or how stupid the indigenous people are. It has nothing to do with people. This is the crushing of the times. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
What seems like common sense to the players seems like fantasy to them.”
Every word Lu Bin said made sense. Mo Lan pondered for a long time before coming up with a relatively feasible solution.
"Then we should stagger it with the players and implement a dual-track system that is not a dual-track system."
"Um?"
Lu Bin and Lin Wo looked at Mo Lan in confusion, but Mo Lan did not keep them in suspense and spoke directly.
“When recruiting association members normally, indigenous peoples and players compete for the same places, and this has not changed.
The eliminated players will still be eliminated, but the eliminated natives will be given another chance .
Give them some special places where only indigenous people can compete, but these are not places for formal members.
It is the quota for apprentice mages. Aboriginal people cannot come in as formal members, so they can join as apprentice mages and only enjoy some of the association’s benefits.”
"Then how do we define apprentice mages? What's the difference between them and full members?"
"As the name suggests, apprentice!"
Mo Lan said softly, and Lu Bin and Lin Wo were startled when they heard it, and then looked at Mo Lan, obviously having thought of something.
"Let me ask you a question. Are the ordinary members of our association bad?"
"Not bad, carefully selected, even the most ordinary members have extremely strong abilities."
"Do they have the ability to independently research and develop, organize experiments, and develop projects?"
"have."
"So what are they doing now ?"
Lin Wo reacted.
"Some are helping the elders and elite members, and some are doing missions."
"Do they want to do this? Do they want to develop it independently?"
"They definitely won't have a big problem with helping out. They are very capable, but the elite members and elders are even more capable. Helping out can help them learn a lot and help them grow."
Mo Lan smiled when he heard that.
“But they still want to do their own independent research and development, right?
Moreover, as the association's resources become more abundant and members accumulate points, they are now beginning to have the need to build new mage towers and their own mage towers."
Lin Wo and Lu Bin recalled for a moment and then nodded.
"indeed."
“This kind of thinking is perfectly normal and we need to face it squarely.
We can't always let these elites help out, and we can't always have this mage tower."
"So, President, you mean to let the natives serve as apprentice mages, doing odd jobs and helping out with the official members while learning? They will definitely grow quickly in this environment.
Well, then we will give them regular assessments, and those indigenous people who have reached the standard of formal members will be included as formal members?
Yes, this way we can both recruit indigenous people and allow them to grow quickly. After all, the indigenous people who can come in must have talents.
Players will not have any objection to this operation, as they are just apprentices helping out, which will make them even more fanatical.
As long as you come in, you will be assigned as an apprentice, and you can get great help whether you are doing experiments or research.
At least it can free us from most of the manual labor, repetitive and low-skilled labor, and in the end, it is still decent enough.”
"Yes, that's it."
Mo Lan nodded.
"Then, President, what should we do with Viscount Cohen? Should we recruit him directly as an apprentice?
Or should we let him go back and wait for our unified recruitment if he wants to join?"
Mo Lan pondered for a moment after hearing this.
"I'll go meet him. Also, Zong Xin, please help me call Al over.
Ask him to bring two identical test papers. Now he... never mind, ask him to bring the one he did last week."
"good."
Upon hearing this, Lu Bin, who was standing next to him, immediately showed a hint of evil amusement in his eyes.
"I'm afraid Viscount Cohen will start to doubt his life now."
Lin Wo pursed his lips.
"I sincerely hope that he will not give up being a mage because of this. A mage without enough knowledge can only be a melee mage, casting a bright spell and then shouting Ura with his staff."
Mo Lan smiled when he heard that.
“Don’t say this in front of Zhang Guangmo, otherwise he will still beat you up even if you advance to the fourth ring.
In addition, melee mages now also need a high level of culture. Without sufficient culture, you cannot become a melee mage."
