Chapter 389 I, Lillian, make money
Ten minutes later, the delivery boy who was responsible for delivering the copies delivered "Incredible Magic Academy 2: Prophecy Crystal Ball" to Jiang Qi's room.
Come with Ben to deliver the milk tea bought by Jiang Qi.
"Mysterious Magic Academy 2: Prophecy Crystal Ball" is packed in an oversized box similar to the snack gift packs purchased online. The quality of the box is very good.
The flash delivery boy only sent this box without props. Jiang Qi didn't care whether this book had props, but the game mall didn't deliver it and planned to send it to the amusement park via express delivery in two days. It's still 9 million. The book simply has no props and only has this big book box.
In the face of the unit price of 9 million, unless the props included with this book are a sack of magic supplies, it will be difficult to repay the money without drawing cards.
You may not be able to get your money back even if you draw a card.
What a sad story.
Before reading the book, Jiang Qi planned to send the milk tea to Jiang Bing next door.
Because he was dissatisfied with the delivery price when ordering a single order, Jiang Qi hooked up with Jiang Bing when ordering milk tea for takeout. As a first-class travel enthusiast, Jiang Bing prefers to lie on the bed in a hotel and sunbathe in the sun instead of sunbathing on the beach.
In Jiang Bing's words, the sun is always in the same place. It doesn't matter where you lie in the sun. The hotel bed is softer.
Jiang Qi came to the door of Jiang Bing's room carrying milk tea.
"Sister, the milk tea is here, open the door!"
"I'm coming!"
Jiang Bing opened the door cheerfully, and Lilian, Liu Lan and Wang Erya poked their heads out from behind the door with her.
The four of them are playing mahjong in the room.
Jiang Qi:?
The company team building team came to the beach. They did not bask in the sun, play beach volleyball, swim, go shopping, or eat and drink.
Stay in your room and play mahjong?
What’s the latest team-building project?
Wang Erya smiled guiltily at Jiang Qi, looking at her as if she was hiding in the last row playing poker during class and was unfortunately caught by the patrolling dean.
"Why don't you go out to play on such a nice day, why stay in your room playing mahjong? Speaking of which, where did your mahjong come from? Is there anyone who brought a pair of mahjong to the team building?"
"I borrowed it from the hotel." Jiang Bing said, "The mahjong table was also brought here by people from the hotel. I heard people from the hotel said that there are dozens of sets of board games at the front desk. Let's invite more people to play board games together in the evening!"
Jiang Qi looked at Lilian: "Can you play mahjong?"
Lilian is the card character who is the slowest to adapt to the new world among the many card characters drawn by Jiang Qi.
Maybe it's because Lillian's usual job is to play herself. She still retains the logic of the magical world when she speaks and acts. She is slow to accept new things. She can't even understand how to play with a smartphone.
Thanks to her having a foreign face, all the seemingly weird behaviors can be explained by a lack of understanding of the language and different habits. If it really doesn't work, you can still use a trick to pretend you don't understand, and the gangster will always get through.
"No, so Sister Bing is teaching me." Lillian, who is much older than Jiang Bing, calmly called Jiang Bing Sister.
Jiang Qi glanced at the card table and saw a card with tens of thousands of cakes gathered, a red and two white boards, and everything was possible. He probably guessed that the owner of this wonderful card was Lilian.
"How much did you lose?"
"not much."
"How much is not more?"
"...About one month's salary."
Jiang Qi:......
Jiang Qi thought about the debt for the bombed doll house that Lillian could almost pay off and the doll she owed Lili. He then analyzed that Lillian would lose several months of wages today at this rate, and decided to speak out. Help her.
"Ahem." Jiang Qi cleared his throat.
"I just happened to meet Card Game Studio Publishing when I was out. Their studio has released a new book, the 2 of the Incredible Magic Academy series. Lillian, don't you like this book very much? Now this book is with me In the room, do you want to go read this book with me?”
"Huh? You just went out and met the publisher of the card game studio? The publisher is also on vacation? No, there is no sign on his face that he has a hairstyle. How do you know that he is a publisher when you meet him? Did he go out? You were holding this book in your arms at that time?" Jiang Bing was confused.
"2!" Lilian looked surprised, "Can I really see it?"
"Of course." Jiang Qi smiled slightly, turned to Jiang Bing, who was still confused, and said, "Sister, I will take him away. Now you guys go to the front desk and ask for a deputy. I will help you find someone later. Playing board games.”
Jiang Qi left with Lillian alone.
Speaking of which, Lilian was born at the wrong time. Jiang Qi drew so many cards, but when he drew Lilian's character card, there was no corresponding card slot.
This means that all card characters have read their corresponding scripts, except Lilian. Even Wang Erya had read her script. She couldn't read at the time, so Huang Fugui read the script to her.
When Lillian was summoned by Jiang Qi, the scripts had been sent to the script shop for dozens of performances. Lilian herself has not been to a script store since she was summoned, so she naturally has no chance to look at her own script.
But it doesn't matter whether Lillian has read her own book. She is just a background NPC in the book, and there is no story about her at all.
Compared with other card characters who more or less have their own plots in the script, Lillian was able to be drawn out by Jiang Qi entirely due to her own efforts——
It was based on the 50 coins she gave to the registration teacher when Jiang Qi was queuing up to register.
Jiang Qi still suspects that his building card that was hacked by the card game was squeezed out by Lilian.
"Boss, when you read the script later, when you enter the world of the script, do you enter with your consciousness or do you enter with your body and consciousness together?" Lillian asked curiously.
Lilian's question was indeed a bit overwhelming for Jiang Qi. Jiang Qi thought for a while and waited until Lilian opened the box and revealed a stack of familiar invitations and advertisements on the top before he came up with an answer.
"When I entered the script world before, in the words of Toy Spirit, my body was still in the room, but my consciousness had disappeared."
"But the last time I entered your world, I can confirm that I entered it with my body. I also asked the game customer service Xiaoka. Xiaoka said that the magical world is a special world. I guess it may be because of the time magician in your world. It’s because I can travel through time and space, so I’m not sure how I entered the world of the script when I read this book.”
Lillian didn't reply. She was already deeply attracted by the advertisement in the book.
The advertisement is still the familiar large-character advertisement, with black characters on a white background and a gold-gilt pattern on the edge.
[The Grand Opening of the Incredible Magic Academy!
Are you still worried about not finding your favorite magic school?
Are you still hesitant because your race is too weak and you may be discriminated against or even bullied when you enter school?
Are you still worried about entering an unreliable magic school and becoming a magic material when you graduate?
Incredible Magic Academy, your wise choice!
With 1,700 years of experience in running schools, a long history of running schools, a beautiful teaching environment, low tuition fees, and high-quality teaching, it is the cradle of outstanding magicians in the future!
Miss Peggy, a well-known space magician, serves as the principal. The school reopens with half-price tuition for the second place in the school. The first 1,000 people to sign up and pay three years of tuition at a time can enjoy a 20% discount on tuition.
What are you waiting for? Pick up the communication crystal ball in your hand and call to sign up!
In addition: the school is recruiting 80 teachers of various subjects, 10 logistics experts, 3 gardeners and several chefs. The salary is favorable. If you are interested, you can come to the school for consultation. ]
Jiang Qi:......
"The Incredible Magic Academy was closed before Principal Peggy took over?" Jiang Qi looked at this advertisement and recruitment notice. In my heart, I praised Principal Peggy’s business acumen.
While advertising, I also don’t forget to send out recruitment information and save a lot of recruitment fees. I am really a good businessman who makes money well.
It’s no wonder that the Incredible Academy of Magic has grown and prospered in her hands.
"It was closed down for hundreds of years due to poor management." Lilian looked at the advertisement in her hand repeatedly, "But that was more than 100 years ago, and my grandfather was not even born at that time."
"Because the business has been closed for hundreds of years?" Jiang Qi raised an eyebrow, "Then why did Principal Peggy think of buying the school and reopening it?"
"Principal Peggy didn't buy it. The Incredible Magic Academy was originally her family's ancestral property. In Principal Peggy's words, she couldn't bear such a big school to be wasted like this. She wanted to restore the glory of her ancestors. The school was reopened.”
"But according to Teacher Zero, the reason why Principal Peggy reopened the school was because she bombed it too many times while conducting experiments. She lost all her family property and had no money for experiments. She wanted to sell the school's castle directly for money."
"But the castle of the Magic Academy is in the mountains, not a good location. The castle itself is in a state of disrepair and cannot be sold for a high price. Principal Peggy then thought of simply reopening the school and raising the tuition fee. Recruit more students at a cheaper price to make the school appear popular, and then sell the school at a high price."
"Unexpectedly, the school became more and more prosperous, and Principal Peggy was reluctant to sell it. This is how the Incredible Magic Academy came to be."
Jiang Qi didn't expect that the glorious Magic Academy had such a past. It's no wonder that Principal Peggy was not surprised that Lillian bombed the laboratory every three days and went bankrupt. It turned out that she had been there.
but……
Jiang Qi picked up the advertisement: "You, Principal Peggy, are too stingy when recruiting people. For such a big school, you only recruit 10 logistics staff and 3 gardeners. Even if the goblin can work 22 hours a day, he can't Are the goblins going to use it to their death?"
Jiang Qi knew the scale of the Incredible Magic Academy. The castle alone had 7 floors, and the ground floor below actually made it 8 floors. The castle itself covers a large area, and the interior is expanded with space magic. There are thousands of teachers and students in the school combined.
Even if the school hasn't opened yet, Principal Peggy is worried that she won't be able to recruit students and needs to recruit fewer people, but these 10 support staff are too few, right?
The previous owner, the Duke, boasted that there were more than 30 goblin servants alone, and this school didn't even have as many servants as one Duke.
"Maybe it's because Principal Peggy has no money at this time..." Lillian guessed, "Teachers' wages can be owed. Teachers' wages in our school are paid on an annual basis, but support staff's wages cannot be owed. Every month Want to send it."
Jiang Qi nodded and looked at the next invitation.
[Dear ___ Magician:
The Incredible Magic Academy will re-enroll students this year. If you have children of the right age at home, or if you are not of the right age but have a heart to become a magician, you are welcome to come to the school for consultation.
Our school will be open for tours on August 1st. Principal Peggy and teachers from the college will be there to receive you in person. We look forward to your visit.
During the school’s open visit, the prophecy crystal ball collected by Principal Peggy will be on display. Destined people can get the prophecies from the prophecy crystal ball. I hope you will be that fateful person.
Principal of the Magic Academy: Peggy]
It’s still a familiar invitation, and it’s still a familiar recipe.
Jiang Qi knew very well that according to this routine, he only needed to take out his pen and fill in his name in the blank of the respected ___ magician, and he could become a visiting student again.
It’s just that last time I visited in the name of students, this time I visited in the name of students’ parents.
To fill it or not to fill it, that is the question.
If you fill it out, go visit it immediately. If you don’t fill it out, choose to read the book. There is a high probability that you will go in and visit it when you see the first page.
He knows the routines of this card game very well.
Moreover, the Mysterious Magic Academy that has not yet become big and powerful is actually a bit dangerous.
Werewolves, skeletons, vampires, witches, evil spirits, and demons, a series of races related to evil, are all candidates for admission to the Magic Academy. When Jiang Qi went to visit and queued up, there were vampires in the queue who bared their teeth at Jiang Qi.
This invitation can also invite parents of students.
What does this mean?
This means that the one who bared his teeth at Jiang Qi this time was a big vampire.
Jiang Qi suddenly felt worried about the safety of his visit. Without Lilian's personal following and protection, and visiting with a great vampire, a great werewolf, a great witch, a great evil spirit, and a great devil, what was his chance of surviving?
If a player dies in the scenario world, is the card game responsible?
Jiang Qi looked thoughtfully at Lilian, who was reading the character book with relish.
Generally speaking, a large box means there are many books. Jiang Qi didn't count the number of character books this time, but looking at the thick stack of books that Lilian took out, I guess there are quite a few.
"Boss, these character books actually include Teacher Ling's character book!" Lilian happily raised the character book in her hand. The vertical painting on the character book was a handsome young man with a standard elf appearance.
Pointed ears, high nose bridge, three-dimensional and deep facial features, and the whole person is so white that it shines.
The elf students Jiang Qi saw in the Incredible Magic Academy were basically carved out of this template, with 80 million soft light pixels. Among the crowd, the elf clan was the most obvious. Skeletons standing next to them would be noticed. Take away the luster.
"Lillian." Jiang Qi picked up one of the invitations, "Do you want to see Teacher Ling from 100 years ago?"
"Ah?" Lilian was a little confused.
"Do you want to?"
"Of course I do!"
Jiang Qi pushed the invitation over, walked to the table, picked up the signature pen provided by the hotel, and handed it to Lilian.
"Write your name on it if you want."
Lilian looked at the invitation and Jiang Qi, and hesitated: "Is it okay?"
"Let's give it a try. There's still a pile of it anyway. I can sign a labor contract with you even if you praise me. Why can't you go with me as a visiting student? It's not like you won't come back."
Lillian was persuaded and signed her name in the blank space with a pen.
Jiang Qi took the pen and added his own name after Lilian's name. The two names were squeezed into the space with only one space, making this invitation letter particularly shabby.
The next second, a white light flashed, and Jiang Qi and Lillian entered the script world.
.
"Hello, please show me your invitation letter."
When Jiang Qi came to his senses, he had already appeared at the familiar registration office.
Lillian was right behind him. After coming back to her senses, Lillian took an incredible deep breath and tried her best to feel everything that had just happened. She moved her five widely spread fingers repeatedly, pinched her wrist, poked her cheek, and gave herself a hard blow. Slap, as if I want to test whether I am in a dream.
"It's so amazing." Lilian, who slapped herself hard, covered her mouth and sighed, "Is this what it feels like to travel through time and space? I went back to the past from another world. Why don't I feel anything at such a wonderful time?"
"It's normal." Jiang Qi said, "Just get used to it, if you have a next time."
The teacher in charge of registering the invitations looked at Jiang Qi and Lillian with crazy eyes. He probably saw that Lillian's clothes were quite expensive and she seemed to be the parent of a wealthy student. He smiled and raised his voice:
"Hello, please show me your invitation letter."
Jiang Qi handed the invitation letter he held in his hand to the teacher at the registration office.
Regarding the act of having two names on one invitation letter, the teacher in the registration office accepted it well and just muttered in a low voice: "Oh my God, the principal is not even willing to send out an invitation letter per person. She really has the money to pay." My salary this year?”
Although he said this, the teacher at the registration office was still as efficient as ever. He quickly stamped the invitation letter and at the same time took out two number plates for Jiang Qi.
"Mr. Jiang Qi, Miss Lilian, this is your number plate. With this number plate, you can eat in the canteen for free. You can go to the auditorium to visit the prophecy crystal ball at seven o'clock tonight. I wish you two to be the lucky ones today. There will be a teacher at the door taking you two to the Academy of Incredible Magic."
When the teacher at the registration office handed the invitation letter and number plate to Jiang Qi, he accidentally exposed the white hair on his hand.
It's a half-orc, but the animal-like parts are not exposed, so it's hard to tell which race it is from.
The number plates are No. 99 and No. 100.
Jiang Qi left No. 99 and handed No. 100 to Lilian, and they both walked out the door.
"Lillian, do you think your great-grandfather or great-great-grandfather will come to visit the Incredible Magic Academy at this time?" Jiang Qi asked curiously, "Do you recognize them?"
"There are portraits at home." Lilian nodded, "But it is unlikely that they will come to visit. I heard from my father that my great-grandfather was a general and had no interest in magic. I have been a magician for several generations in our family. Today There is a high probability that you will never see them.”
"Boss, do you want to..."
"Let me/you go to them and borrow some money."
Jiang Qi and Lilian were in tune with each other, and both of them could see the disappointment in each other's eyes.
"You definitely can't borrow money." Lillian sighed, "Even if you can meet them today, they still have to believe that I am their great-granddaughter."
"However." Lilian lowered her voice, "I just read Teacher Ling's book. Principal Peggy invited many wealthy parents to visit. The parents who came to visit today should be either rich or noble except us. "
"I know this kind of rich people. We don't have mobile payment here. You have to pay in cash. Everyone carries a lot of money and magic stones with them."
Lilian made a beheading motion: "I think we can just pick two people to rob when we are about to leave."
Jiang Qi:......
Was your ancestor a general or a bandit?
"Lillian." Jiang Qi said earnestly, "I am a human being."
Jiang Qi pinched his clothes: "These are just ordinary clothes without any protective spells. You and I are together. Our names are both written on the same invitation. Haven't you noticed that everything in the academy If anyone hits me, will I die on the spot?"
Jiang Qi said that he cherishes life more than money.
Lillian thought for a while: "I also have some skirts with protective spells in my magic pocket."
"……No, thanks."
The two of them had already reached the door.
open the door.
There is a beautiful and gorgeous magic carriage parked at the door.
Different from the shabby magic carriage Jiang Qi saw in "Ice and Snow World" before, this magic carriage can be called truly luxurious.
The body of the carriage is inlaid with brilliant gems, and the carriage also has windows, which are faintly glowing with magic patterns. If you look closely at the white horse pulling the cart, you can find that it is not a real living horse. It is an alchemical artifact, a lifeless but very vivid fake horse.
There was a man standing beside the horse.
He is tall and tall, with blond hair, pointed ears, deep black eyes, a high bridge of nose, smooth skin, and his whole body is so white that it glows, and it looks like he has a flashing effect under the sunlight. Her facial features are so perfect that they look like Nuwa's graduation work that she spent three days and three nights painstakingly creating. It makes a beautiful girl like Lilian look like a fool.
This handsome guy Jiang Qi looked very familiar, as if he had just met him.
"Mr. Jiang Qi, Miss Lilian, welcome to visit the Incredible Magic Academy."
"I am a teacher at the school, my name is Ling." Teacher Ling said with a smile, his eyes passing over Jiang Qi and Lilian in turn.
"You two can just get on the carriage and it will automatically take you to the Academy of Incredible Magic. I hope you can have a pleasant visit." Zero pointed at the carriage and made a gesture of invitation.
Lillian was completely stunned.
From the moment she saw Teacher Ling, she had been staring at him intently, not even daring to blink a few more times, as if she missed one glance.
Lilian sat in the carriage with Jiang Qi blankly.
Seeing Lilian's devastated look, Jiang Qi wanted to express some words of comfort to her.
Jiang Qi has heard of how kind Teacher Ling is to Lilian.
Now suddenly seeing the teacher who has been dead for many years is still the younger version of more than 100 years ago, anyone will be extremely sentimental.
In fact, Lillian didn't cry on the spot, so Jiang Qi felt that she had been able to control her emotions very well.
"Lillian." Jiang Qi organized his words.
"Boss!" Lilian came back to her senses, looked at Jiang Qi with a serious expression and spoke firmly.
"The two of us can borrow some change from the teacher!"
"ah???"
"Wait a minute. I will go directly to Teacher Zero and tell him that I am his student more than 100 years later. Now that I have traveled back through time and space, I can only stay for one day. I want to build a magic circle but I don't have a magic stone."
"It should be enough for Teacher Ling to borrow two bags of high-level magic stones. I just don't know if Teacher Ling has that much money at this time. If you can't, you can just borrow one bag."
"Teacher Ling should be quite rich now. The carriage we are riding in belongs to Teacher Ling. Later he gave this carriage to me. I sold the carriage to Principal Peggy because I had no money. Now that he has bought If you can afford this carriage, you should have quite a lot of money to carry with you.”
"There should be two bags of magic stones." Lilian murmured.
Jiang Qi:......
When you see a long-dead teacher from more than 100 years ago, your first reaction is to ask him to borrow money?
And don’t you think what you said just now sounds like a liar?
Your scam is similar to Qin Shihuang's method of making money.
Lilian, wake up!
"...Do you think Teacher Ling will believe you?" Jiang Qi looked at Lilian with a complicated expression.
He had always thought that Wang Xinghua was obsessed with money, but now it seemed that he was wrong. The real person who was obsessed with money was Lilian.
It was both robbery and fraud. Lilian really understood the criminal law.
"Yes, I've already appeared here, how could Teacher Ling not believe me?" Lillian said matter-of-factly, "Teacher Ling will definitely be proud of me, I have traveled through time and space!"
"Although not through my own efforts."
Lillian reached out and touched the gem on the pillar in the carriage.
"It feels so wonderful to travel through time and space." Lilian murmured.
I originally wanted to finish it in one go, but ended up writing it in a day and only getting started ○| ̄|_