185: Convincing Mr. Joyce (Part 3)

"Okay!"

"I'll listen to you, Glynn. Recruit people, the more the merrier."

Teacher Joyce pondered for a while, incorporating the sentiment of his homeland into the revenge plan, and realized that Glynn's idea was indeed somewhat feasible.

Previously, Teacher Joyce's idea was to invite some well-connected, good-natured White Wizards to go to the Wizarding World on the Middle-earth Continent together. Now, it seems that the recruitment conditions can be further relaxed.

Anyone with an idea can be recruited, except for Black Wizards, of course...

"Teacher, the second advantage is geographical."

Glynn revealed an ill-intentioned smile:

"The Blood Fortress suffered heavy losses in this trip to the Ancient Elf Secret Realm. In terms of top-tier Wizard Apprentice combat power, they are completely at a disadvantage. It will take two or three decades for them to recover, which is an excellent window of opportunity."

"At this time, if we don't expand, wouldn't we be letting down the many Wizard Academy mentors who fought so hard in the Secret Realm?"

"On the Mist Coast, it has always been that whoever has the bigger fist is right, and whoever can occupy more territory and benefits."

"According to the rules of the Seven Towers Alliance, Formal Wizards cannot personally participate in territorial disputes between Wizard Towers; everything is contested by Wizard Apprentices."

"Heh heh, these Wizards from the Blood Fortress didn't hesitate to seize our territory when we were weak. Now that we are strong, why can't we take it back?"

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"I have no objection to that."

Teacher Joyce said very decisively:

"When I first founded the Plant Heart Academy, the Wizard Apprentices were very weak, lacking even peak combat power. Now the Wizard Academy has developed, and we have developed Bio-armor, with more than a dozen peak combat powers, and that number can continue to increase."

"Glynn, I don't object to you expanding territory in the direction of the Blood Fortress Academy, but remember to maintain a sense of proportion and not step into their core territory."

"Don't worry, Teacher."

Glynn patted his chest, full of confidence.

"I'm not going to be so reckless as to cross the red line of the Seven Towers Alliance. I am a very rule-abiding person. Fighting within the rules is how we show our wisdom, isn't it?"

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"Teacher, the last point is 'harmony among people'."

Glynn became a little excited when he talked about harmony among people.

"This harmony among people is different; there are two aspects to it."

"On one hand, there's harmony within our Wizard Academy. Teacher, you haven't been involved in the Wizard Academy's grassroots for decades, so you don't know how much internal competition there is in our Wizard Academy!"

"After more than a hundred years of development, the Wizards in the Wizard Academy are already saturated. From the first day I entered the Plant Heart Academy, I've been competing, my classmates have been competing, and the mentors have all been competing."

"Through countless five-year major assessments and countless selections, I relied on extraordinary effort and a bit of luck to become the 'King of Competition,' achieving final victory and becoming a Formal Wizard."

"But, Teacher, do you know? Behind me, how many Wizards have fallen, how many Wizards have been forced to destroy their dreams and their paths forward?"

"Hundreds? Thousands? No, it's tens of thousands."

"In over a hundred years of the Wizard Academy's development, out of tens of thousands of Wizard Apprentices, only one person, me, became a Formal Wizard. What a cruel probability that is."

"And that's not the worst part, nor what I want to talk about. After all, for most Wizard Apprentices, becoming a Formal Wizard is simply too distant."

"What I'm concerned about is the Intermediate Wizard Apprentice class of the Wizard Academy."

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Teacher Joyce:

"Oh, Intermediate Wizard Apprentice. Is there a problem with that class?"

"The problem is huge! The most severe internal competition in the Wizard Academy is within the Intermediate Wizard Apprentice class. The Wizard Academy's training system is very lenient, and the benefits during the welfare period are really good. More than 80% of Wizard Apprentices can reach the Intermediate Wizard Apprentice stage and get stuck there."

"As a result, the competition among Intermediate Wizard Apprentices has become absolutely unbearable!"

"Teacher, let me give you an example."

"Thirty years ago, in our Wizard Academy, for a job paying 1000 magic stones per month, an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice only needed to work an average of 22 * 8 = 176 hours per month. But now, for the same job, an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice needs to work 26 * 10 = 260 hours per month to earn the same magic stones. The work intensity has increased by about half."

"Moreover, for the same job, thirty years ago, a novice who had just become an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice could find this job and do it well. But thirty years later, the job content hasn't changed, yet the recruitment requirements have increased by a level. Only experienced Intermediate Wizard Apprentices can find the same job."

"Has the job content changed?"

"Has the job difficulty increased?"

"No, neither. The job is still the same job."

"It's just that the talent supply exceeds demand."

"As the number of Wizards in our Wizard Academy grows, more and more Wizards are getting stuck at the Intermediate Wizard Apprentice level, but the Wizard Academy's job positions have long been saturated."

"This creates a phenomenon where many new Wizard Apprentices, once they pass the 20-year welfare training period, experience 'graduation equals unemployment'."

"They graduate but can't find a job, and they no longer have the Wizard Academy's welfare support. Tell me, how can these Wizard Apprentices grow and develop?"

"It's probably hard for them to even survive."

"So, as long as we start large-scale development and aggressively expand resource acquisition areas, we can resolve these class contradictions, and countless grassroots Wizards of the Wizard Academy will raise their hands in support."

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"I don't know much about this aspect."

Teacher Joyce said calmly:

"But, judging by the facts, what you're saying makes sense."

"Since the Wizards inside will agree, you can try to make it happen."

"I can deduce a thing or two about internal harmony, but where does this external harmony come from?"

"Teacher, this external harmony still depends on you."

"The strategy of large-scale development, grand expansion, and significant growth that I proposed, all of it hinges on one word—money."

"The initial investment requires real money to get started, especially for a major project like building a Wizard Tower sub-tower, which requires a massive amount of resources."

"Our Wizard Academy is out of money now; the accumulation of over 100 years was consumed in preparing for the Ancient Elf Secret Realm."

"So, we need to find other sources of funding."

"And on the Mist Coast, who has money?"

"I've studied it. The distribution of resources in the Wizard World is an inverted pyramid, meaning a very small number of Formal Wizards control the vast majority of resources."

"As for having money, Wizard Apprentices are all wage earners and very poor; only Formal Wizards have money."

"Therefore, we can use the situation where these Formal Wizards need your help to invite them to jointly participate in the development of the Wizard Tower sub-tower."

"As long as their money is in place, the construction of the Wizard Tower sub-tower will be very fast."

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"Glynn, Glynn..."

Teacher Joyce couldn't help but laugh wryly:

"You really want to squeeze every bit of value out of me, your teacher, don't you?"

"Are you from a capitalist background?"

"Teacher, I'm wronged!"

Glynn protested loudly:

"I'm a genuine country bumpkin; how could I be associated with capitalists? I'm just thinking for the Wizard Academy!"

"As long as the Wizard Academy can develop, my hard work doesn't matter."

"Alright, I know."

Teacher Joyce said with a kind smile:

"I, your teacher, can't help you too much. Before I leave, just make use of me as much as you like."

"Whatever you need me to do, I'll cooperate. Just go for it."

"However, I also have a condition: you must devote at least 60% of your energy to receiving my Botany School inheritance. In these 10 years, I must teach you everything I know. More needn't be said, but you must at least get an introduction to it all."

"As long as you can fulfill this condition of mine, you can do whatever you want with the rest of your time."

"Okay, Teacher. No problem!"

Glynn was especially excited:

"It's a deal."