Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 635

Chapter 632 Augustus series wizard shoes, business competition, new plans!

Chapter 632: Augustus Series Wizard Shoes, Business Competition, New Plans!
Another week passed, and Locke was in his study, looking at the reply letter from Lana Witch, the Sun Ring Wizard of the Rose Council, and fell into deep thought.

He discussed the idea of the ecological corridor with Lana Witch three times, and each time it was very helpful.

At this time, Locke threw some oak seeds on a wooden table in front of him. The seeds quickly took root and sprouted, and then some trees the size of grass grew out of the table.

These small trees on the table have grown into tree barriers on both sides, like a sacred road. At the same time, bits of natural energy flow through this road, as if resonating with a forest in the distance.

“This ecological corridor was created according to Witch Lana’s ideas,” Locke said, lost in thought. “I’ve been communicating with her through letters for a whole month. She shared some of the spell models with me, and combined with my own research, I’ve come up with the prototype of the ecological corridor.”

“But if this is used as the foundation for the Forest Alliance Spell… that won’t work.”

“This sacred road seems to be very good, but it requires such a sacred road to connect different forests. This completely goes against the idea of the Forest Alliance, which is to connect the forest sanctuaries of different wizards to form a larger forest kingdom.”

“The forest sanctuaries of the various wizards move around with each other. How can we connect them using a tangible sacred path like this?”

Locke fell into deep thought. “But every time I have some new ideas and tell Witch Lana and want to express my opinions to her, she always refutes me.”

“It seems that my idea is not working. Should I tell her my true needs? If I tell her my true needs, will it change her views and let her help me think about it?”

Locke also asked the witch Catherine, but she never replied to him.

He was not surprised by this.

Because most of the researchers in the Institute of True Knowledge are friends with Witch Ekaterina in the Water Hyacinth system, and most researchers who send messages to Witch Ekaterina receive this treatment.

Once, a researcher sent a bunch of bombarding messages to Ekaterina Witch in the middle of the night, but nothing happened the next day, he was just blocked.

Locke picked up the quill and wrote a few lines on the letter paper. Suddenly he thought of something and put the quill down.

He frowned. “The Forest Alliance Spell is a secret related to my advancement to the Second Ring, so I shouldn’t share it with anyone. Besides, even if I did tell her, what good would it do? Unless I reveal all the spell models of my Forest Sanctuary, she wouldn’t be able to help me. Even if I were willing to share them, perfecting them would require at least a million magic stones and a large number of skilled wizards.”

“I have no connection to her, so why would she help me like this? It doesn’t make much difference whether she tells me or not.” Locke slapped his forehead. “Since Witch Lana doesn’t agree with my ideas, I won’t bother with her anymore. I’ve already gained enough knowledge from her, and I can’t expect any more.”

Locke made up his mind, and a ball of primordial fire ignited the letter paper. “Let’s go back to the beginning and try to redesign a new spell model according to my original idea.”

“It’s just that this requires a lot of money and a research team. I should try to find more ways to make money.”

Locke waved his hand, and all the mini tree gods on the table suddenly shrank from micro trees into two rows of sapling seeds, and then these seeds automatically fell into his hands.

Locke left the dormitory and jumped on the Cloud Whale, heading to the Witch Kitchen to meet Scarlett Witch.

…

In the Rose Council, in Witch Lana’s office, she casually asked her First Ring Wizard assistant, “Are there any letters from Golden Crown Mountain today?”

The assistant shook his head. “No. That kid has written too many letters to the Sun Ring Wizard. Perhaps he’s been disciplined by his teacher. After all, it’s very rude.”

Witch Lana smiled. “Impolite? Not bad. It’s rare to see such a bold young wizard. And after discussing with him, I found that he has good ideas. Although not very smart, his ideas are clear.”

“Discussing with him is like discussing with a second-ring wizard. If I’m not mistaken, he’s very close to a second-ring wizard now. Therefore, I’m willing to help this junior.”

“It’s just that his ideas are too wild. He always thinks of useless things. If he can spend more time with me, I can discipline his thoughts on his behalf and make his ideas more down-to-earth.”

At that moment, Wizard Fleming was walking into this office.

Witch Lana’s expression suddenly turned ugly. “Why don’t I have such a smart wizard student to cooperate with?”

Witch Lana looked at Wizard Fleming and was never satisfied no matter how she looked at him. She felt upset for no reason.

Wizard Fleming was bewildered and froze in place.

So he left?
Lana sighed and glanced at Fleming with disapproval. “You have absolutely no sense at all. I don’t know how you became a full-fledged wizard.”

“Go help me with something. The Chaos Battlefield will open in a week, and I need you to help me debug a campaign-level magic device…”

“Academic rankings in Sanze are so complicated. Other regions only need to compare articles, projects, and talents, but in Sanze… humph, those grown men in the White Wizard Association who sit in their offices all day actually believe that everything is fake, except for the results of war. They use war results to help determine the academic status rankings of various universities…”

Wizard Fleming was a little frightened, unsure whether to respond. He looked at Witch Lana, whose eyes clearly expressed her dissatisfaction with him, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, “Those Chaos disciples in the Chaos World are no match for us, the Rose Language Magicians.”

Witch Lana glanced at him, and Wizard Fleming was already extremely nervous.

Witch Lana, contrary to her usual behavior, smiled and said, “Well, you finally said something humane.”

Wizard Fleming breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been pardoned, and then walked out of her office.

…

In the Dragon Blood Market Castle, Locke and Scarlett Witch sat together in room 23.

Scarlett Witch looked at him in surprise. “What? I was expecting you to treat me to a meal. Who knew you’d run out of money so quickly?”

Scarlett Witch gave a wry smile. “My dear Mr. Locke, did you go to the gambling den? Or did you go stock trading?”

Locke said, “It’s even scarier than these two. I’m going to do some research.”

Most of the funds have been invested in the Forest Sanctuary.

Another part of the funds was invested in the Queen’s Chessboard to analyze the Force-level characteristics and structure of the four planes of light in the Night Meteor.

Scarlett Witch revealed a look of understanding. “Oh my God. In just one month, I’ve already used up eight million magic stones through research.”

“Well, there are wizards who complain that even the money they lose from gambling and stock trading is not as much as the money they invest in research. But as long as there are results, it’s good. The worst thing is to gain nothing.”

Locke nodded slightly, agreeing deeply.

Scarlett Witch said, “Then I’ll treat you this time. Take a look at the menu. By the way, Locke, I called you out this time to ask if you would like to continue to operate the Augustus Wizard Shoes brand. If you do, then we need to release the next model of wizard shoes.”

“Take advantage of the fact that your last pair of wizard shoes sold like hotcakes, and the fact that you were the champion of the Golden Crown Mountain District Magic Combat Tournament is still hot.”

Locke nodded. “Of course, since wizard shoes are so profitable, I definitely can’t give them up.”

Scarlett Witch gave Locke some information. “Look, it’s your wizard shoes that caused the stock market fluctuations. Now there’s a bunch of wizards who hate you to bits.”

Locke glanced at it.

Most of them are still industries related to Overlord No. 1, and there is basically no impact on industries related to wizard shoes.

After all, this is different from the overall impact of Overlord Element No. 2. It is just a pair of pure magic plant wizard shoes, which cannot threaten the major textile workshops in the Golden Crown Mountain area.

Magic clothes, wizard hats, and wizard shoes are the three main industries of the magic weavers in the Golden Crown Mountain area.

Scarlett Witch said, “I guessed that the great breeder Augustine would definitely continue to develop in the direction of wizard shoes. Therefore, I have already applied for the Augustus Wizard Shoes trademark for you. Fortunately, I was one step ahead.”

Locke wondered, “What’s wrong?”

Scarlett Witch took a sip of witch watermelon juice and said, “If I had been a step slower, the trademark would have been registered by the Magic Weavers. Plus, there are some legal issues… In short, there are a lot of things to deal with. You haven’t been exposed to this industry much, so you don’t know how complicated it is.”

“But don’t worry, you have me, a gold medal trader, and Arthas here. Plus, you’re a researcher at Golden Crown Mountain, so they won’t dare to go too far.”

“Moreover, the headquarters of the Holy Tribunal of the White Wizard Association of the Golden Crown Mountain Region is right on your Golden Crown Mountain. Your mentor is also a scholar advisor within that tribunal.”

“So, it’s basically difficult for them to embarrass you legally.”

Scarlett Witch said, “When I was a silver trader, I encountered many complicated situations. For example, one time, one of my partner wizards released a pair of magic plant gloves, and the magic weavers thought it was offensive.”

“They used a bunch of patents they had applied for to sue my cooperating wizard in court, claiming he had infringed on the patents held by their magic weaver.”

Locke frowned. “That’s probably useless, right?”

Scarlett Witch smiled and said, “Locke, in this world, winning a lawsuit isn’t the only way to make someone give up. Raising the other party’s costs is enough to solve most problems.”

“My partner wizard was so annoyed by this that the Ethics Review Committee even came to investigate. You know, even the court isn’t as intimidating as the sacred masters on the Ethics Review Committee. So, my partner wizard simply gave up all research and development of related magical plant products.”

“That’s how the matter is resolved.”

Witch Scarlett said, “The magic weavers in Yunze Wetlands are relatively closed due to the personalities of some high-level wizards, and their actions are more ruthless.”

“They’ve already registered a ton of useless design patents for things like wizard clothing, wizard shoes, and wizard hats. They’re just waiting to use these design patents to provoke a fight with wizards like you when they encounter a competitor.”

“As for why you don’t do that now…”

Scarlett Witch smiled mysteriously. “That’s because you have someone behind you, Locke. I really hope someone foolish enough to provoke you in court. Most of my clients aren’t as high-ranking as you.”

“So, we are always bullied by those magic weavers. We can’t sell this, and we can’t sell that.”

“Anything that sells well cannot be sold!”

“But I suspect if they use this trick against you, they might end up in wizard prison. The courts nearby are all from your Golden Crown Mountain, and they’re almost completely controlled by Witch Catherine. There’s nothing to hide about this, everyone knows it.”

“Many wizards who had previously offended the Lord of the Throne were deceived by that court.”

Scarlett Witch said, “Besides this method of involving the other party in the lawsuit, there are even more sophisticated methods.”

“For example, deliberately sending someone with a criminal record into a competitor’s studio, and then immediately reporting it, leading to an investigation by the Ethics Review Committee, the academic committees of various colleges, and several departments of the White Wizard Association.”

“There are even cases where someone hires a wizard from another company’s studio, deliberately tricks them into signing a non-compete agreement, then allows them to ‘accidentally’ enter into technical collaboration with their former employer, and then sues them in court for unfair competition.”

Scarlett Witch said, “If you encounter such a situation, even Lady Catherine would not be able to help you openly. Besides, she is the Lord of the Throne after all. I don’t think she would help her students unconditionally.”

“I’m telling you this because I hope you’ll be extremely careful, Locke. There’s a chance a magic weaver might try to harm you.”

Locke frowned. “I didn’t expect the magic weavers of Yunze Wetland to be so treacherous.”

“It seems completely different from the breeders.”

I have previously damaged the stock prices of several breeders’ overlord industries, but after the witch Ekaterina stepped in, no one bothered me about it anymore.

Scarlett Witch said, “There’s really no difference between different professions, but the people who work in them are different. And the personality of a high-level wizard in one of them… can greatly influence the atmosphere of the entire industry.”

“The academic frontiers of the Magic Weavers are at Bonifacius University and the Rose Council. The problem lies with the Rose Council. The overall academic style of the Rose Council is…”

Scarlett Witch coughed. “Never mind. That’s not something a mere one-ring crystallization wizard like me can judge.”

“You breeders are already numerous, so there are many high-level wizards among you, and your personalities are all different. This actually makes the breeder profession more tolerant and open-minded.”

“Actually, the field of Magical Weaving is relatively good, with Bonifacius University providing the backup. Flower Language, that would be hilarious.”

“The environment over there with the flower language teacher is even worse.”

“The Magic Flower Shop is quite well-known, and it’s a place where shady workshops often appear. They exploit wizard apprentices, for example, making them do menial tasks for decades without teaching them any real skills.”

“Forcing foreign wizards to handle poisonous magical flowers, shortening their lifespans, and making them work for their magical flower shop.”

Scarlett Witch shook her head slightly. “The problems are so numerous, it’s laughable. The Rose Council has expanded so much that they’re barely managing it themselves.”

“Who would have thought that in the most wonderful and beautiful flower shop, the darkest industrial ecology was brewing!”

Locke frowned and said, “So, no one is going to take care of it? The Ethics Review Committee won’t take care of it?”

Scarlett Witch shook her head. “Of course we have to intervene. But that’s the Rose Council! Even the White Wizards Association branch has to give them some respect. Besides, every policy has its own countermeasures.”

“Even if you’re conducting a secret investigation, as long as you show up at the first place, the second and third places will immediately know. In short, the Magic Weaver industry has a relatively poor ecosystem, and the Rose Council academy is quite strange.”

Locke nodded slightly.

Scarlett Witch asked Locke, “Have you figured out the second pair of wizard shoes? It would be best if it were a King-level product made with No. 2 King Su. Your No. 2 King Su has left a deep impression on everyone.”

“You can develop a whole line of overlord wizard shoes! This way it will be easier to promote and leave a deeper impression on those wizards.”

Locke said, “Back when I was researching pineapples, I acquired a lot of pineapple technology. There are two pineapples that I think would be as suitable as the giant hummingbird pineapple, making them suitable for wizard shoes.”

“We can continue with the idea of the first Hummingbird Pineapple Wizard Shoes and create two more. They’ll be the Snow-Top Pineapple and the Flame Pineapple.”

“I can first overpower both to see if I can enhance their performance, and then make them based on the design of the Hummingbird Pineapple Wizard Shoes. The overall framework of the Hummingbird Pineapple Wizard Shoes is excellent.”

“I am confident that I can create two wizard shoes that will be of great help to wizards.”

Locke said: “It’s just that I need… funds.”

“Scarlett, do you have any idea how to quickly get me the funds to develop new wizard shoes?”

Maintaining the previous magic field production of the Five-Headed Hydra and Hydra, as well as the Hummingbird Pineapple Wizard Shoes, also requires a certain amount of funds.

If Scarlett didn’t have seeds in stock, Locke wouldn’t even be able to ship the goods now.

There is no other way, mainly because research is too expensive, and Locke needs to improve his strength to a satisfactory level before exploring the abyss.

So, I threw a lot of money into it.

Scarlett Witch wasn’t surprised by this. “That’s true. Geniuses like you make a lot of money, but they also spend a lot. But it doesn’t matter. I can try to apply for research funding from Arthas for you.”

“You already have two best-selling products in Alsace, so you already have certain privileges.”

“I expect to be able to secure a commercial sponsorship of 200,000 magic stones for you within three days. This will serve as investment and support for your new product development.”

Scarlett Witch asked, “Is two hundred thousand enough? If not, I can use my savings to support you.”

Locke thought for a moment. “Well, two hundred thousand should be enough.”

Scarlett Witch smiled and said, “Well, then I hope you can develop two products as soon as possible. Because in the Golden Crown Mountain Region, there will be two small festivals coming up in succession: World Walking Day and Shoe Exchange Day.”

“Wizard shoes will be selling especially well these next couple of days.”

“Also, I heard that the five major wars are about to begin one after another. We can only sell in the Golden Crown Mountain area, but the Golden Crown Mountain will soon start the real Demon World War with the Twin Demon Realms.”

“That’s not just the little fight from last time!”

“During the war, the sales of wizard shoes will definitely increase again.” Scarlett Witch looked up and Locke said, “So I want to make a request of you.”

“Can you develop another pair of wizard shoes for the Demon World War? Here is the information about the Demon World War.”

“The requirements are probably that the wizard shoes should be wear-resistant, have certain anti-theft functions, and be able to resist detection, tracking, and spatial disturbance.”

“Besides that, it also needs to have the basic functions of wizard shoes. These are basic warfare functions such as acceleration, resistance to void power, foot protection, and adaptive world principles.”

Locke raised his brow. “Those are very high demands.”

Scarlett Witch said, “This request is just an additional one. If you can’t do it, or don’t have the time to do it, it doesn’t matter at all.”

“This is actually a collective request from Golden Crown Mountain and the major wizard organizations for external bidding. During the Demon World War, the major wizard organizations sent sets of equipment to their wizards…”

“This set can guarantee the minimum performance in the most basic wizard wars and enhance the overall strength of the academy. Bidding is divided into internal bidding and external bidding.”

“In principle, each product can only be invested in one wizard academy. After all, the major wizard academies don’t want their Demon War sets to be the same as other wizarding organizations. If this principle is violated, it is easy to be collectively boycotted.”

“You’re a researcher at Jinmianshan Zhenzhi Academy, so you generally wouldn’t be considered for internal bidding. However, the results of internal and external bidding will be compared, and the product with better performance and greater trust will be chosen.”

“The entire Golden Crown Mountain, as well as other wizard academies, will be open to external bidding as a supplement. If there are better options, they might as well adopt external bidding.”

“A wizard set, including magic clothes, wizard shoes, magic gloves, a wizard sword and wand, a wizard hat, a magic ring, and a magic necklace.”

“It’s just for the wizards to borrow during the battle. After the war, it needs to be returned.”

Locke nodded. “I can give it a try.”

Scarlett Witch smiled and said, “Go ahead and give it a try. But if you fail, it’s okay. After all, the competition is fierce. There are countless wizard shoe designs, but only one will pass the review of Golden Crown Mountain.”

“Furthermore, even if you pass the review and outperform everyone, if your design doesn’t outperform the internal bidding design in the final internal bidding process, then in the end, it will all be in vain.”

“Because the requirements are so strict, many wizards who are not capable enough will not participate. But I think you can give it a try.”

Scarlett Witch said, “If it succeeds, you will be able to earn a large sum of money again, and it will also be very good for your reputation.”

“Once our wizard shoes participate in the Demon World War alongside Golden Crown Mountain and perform well,” Scarlett Witch paused, a complex look of desire and ambition flashing in her eyes. “This achievement can be used to feed back into the Augustus series of wizard shoes we’ve established.”

“This brand of wizard shoes could sell even better. Perhaps we could set up a dedicated studio and rent a colony in Alsace to specialize in production. We’d earn more, and with a higher status in Alsace, we could negotiate better contracts.”

“Let this wizard shoe brand become a famous wizard shoe brand. Let it be ranked alongside the famous wizard shoe brands founded by the magic weavers in Yunze Wetland!”

“It’s those famous magic weaver brands—Vicos, Osom, and Serendi… and the two most famous wizard shoe brands in Yunze Wetlands—Melachi Magic Steps and Solas Lightfoot (30K)!”

Locke nodded. “Scarlett, you have it all planned. You just seem a little excited?”

Scarlett Witch laughed and said, “I’m not afraid of you laughing at me. If I can successfully establish such a brand for you, I might be promoted to a platinum trader!”

“If I could become a platinum trader, I would have the resources to raise my magic pressure to the limit of the first ring, or even become a second-ring wizard.”

“Of course, these things are still just my fantasy so far.”

Scarlett Witch took a sip of wizard tea and thought, “My requirements are not as high as you geniuses. Just give me a world stone from a colonized plane. I can become a second-ring wizard.”

“You don’t have to be excellent at everything.”

“After all… with my talent, the second-ring wizard is the limit.”

(End of this chapter)