Gretel dragged Aurora straight to the Tower of Babel.
Fortunately he caught the last train, and fortunately Master Carlisle stayed in the mage tower day and night. When Gretel arrived, his office was like a specialist clinic, with a disciple inside asking for advice.
Question, a group of disciples and disciples are lining up outside the door...
Aurora lifted her head against the door frame and looked around. Master Carlisle saw him at a glance, waved him in, asked a few questions, took out a seal, and greeted the disciple in front of him who asked questions:
"Rodrick, take them there. Don't rush to buy calculation time. Chat with Talling first to see if Talling can fulfill their requirements."
"Okay! Don't worry, teacher, I will take good care of them!"
Roderick took the order and left. Some time ago, they followed Gretel to do several big projects, including electrolytic smelting, compressed air separation, and everyone made a small fortune. Gretel was generous, and the research points for the entire project
and contribution points, give them half of it.
——Contribution points are second, the most important thing is research points! That stuff is so hard to earn, follow Grete, you can get one or two hundred points, two or three hundred points, you can win easily!
More importantly, Grete did not restrict them at all in the follow-up research, nor did he ask for a share. After the end of the project, several colleagues were conducting in-depth research and published two large articles...
With such a connection, Rodrick became very friendly when he saw Grete and the others. As he walked and explained, Grete realized that before applying for calculation, he could communicate with Talling outside the computing center to ensure that Talling could understand
, and can fulfill the magician's requirements.
"You have to start paying when you step into the calculation room. 1,500 contribution points per hour is very expensive. It can last for a day and a half in an intermediate meditation room. No matter if there are large-scale magics to be calculated or high-level magic weapons to be designed, no one will pay.
Can't afford this money!
——Last time, there was an unlucky guy who came from other provinces. He didn’t know this trick and just paid for it. He burned 1,500 contribution points in vain. Ta Ling said that it couldn’t be counted at all, and he cried so miserably..."
It must be expensive to rent a supercomputer. Grete said he understood. Moreover, the program must be written in advance to rent a supercomputer. Who would write the program temporarily when the calculation time has started?
"——Oh, by the way, if you really want to save money, you can come in the middle of the night. Magicians have to meditate in the middle of the night, and from 00:00 to 6:00 in the morning, the calculation fee is 20% off!"
Hey, super computing, ah no, Taling’s computing power, and its peak and valley prices? Who runs this computing center, the power company?
I really have so much to say...
After chatting and explaining all the way, we soon arrived at the computing hall on the 15th floor of the Thunder Tower. The person on night shift in the computing center was an old man with a snow-white beard. His badge indicated that he was only a level 5 magician. It was obvious that the council had arranged to retire here. Roderick was not going either.
Not bothering him, he took Gretel to the corner of the calculation hall, took out the seal of Carlisle's Prime Minister, and flashed it into the air.
"Dear Mr. Mage, hello. Taling Gregory is at your service." A young and energetic voice said happily. If it weren't for the sizzling sound of electricity in his voice, Grete would almost have thought that
It's a living person. He coughed lightly and took the seal from Roderick's hand:
"Mr. Gregory, let's apply for the use of computing power. - I would like to ask if you can scan, enter and make statistics on the existing documents?"
He unfolded two documents. One was a copy of the death record, and the other was a form made during the day. The blue light lit up, shot down from the air, and scanned the two documents respectively. Grete pointed out
The form said:
"That's it, fill in each death record separately in the form, and count it as 1 in the corresponding column. Finally, add up the numbers in the corresponding column -"
His fingertips slid down the vertical columns:
"You can get the total number in each category. For example, last year, the number of deaths between 0 and 6 years old, the number of female deaths, and the number of epidemic deaths - can it be done?"
There was a moment of silence in the computing hall. The blue light flashed, as if Talling was squatting there and blinking, thinking about what Gretel meant. After thinking for five or six seconds, he squeaked out:
“How to classify income?”
"According to occupation. I will give you the form later."
“What about residence classification?”
"Mr. Gregory, can you call the map of Nevis and surrounding areas to determine the location of your residence? Let's go back and delineate the area on the map..."
"Then, it can be done."
Yeah! Gretel shook his fist slightly and was overjoyed. He no longer had to deal with those apprentices, and he no longer had to endure manual entry and the ridiculously high error rate!
Data entry, storage, calculation, Taling can handle it all!
Mage Roderick coughed next to him. Gretel came back to his senses and looked towards him, only to see Mage Roderick gesticulating and mouthing as hard as he could:
money!
money!
"So, how long does it take to complete data entry and analysis?"
Gretel came back to his senses and asked. The blue light shot down, swept across the paper line by line, and disappeared instantly. The clear voice of the tower spirit sounded:
"How many pages are there in this document?"
"A total of 20 years of materials, one for each year, each between 700 and 800 pages." Grete recalled. Taling quickly gave feedback:
"It takes 12 seconds to scan and enter each page, 2.3 to 2.6 hours per page, 20 years, a total of..."
"Stop!" Grete sweated. The 20 years are 46 to 52 hours, and the contribution points are 1,500 points per hour. He is so bankrupt that he can no longer go bankrupt! "Can we scan and enter 20 books at the same time?"
"..." Another moment of quiet calculation. Ta Ling spoke again:
"It can be done. You also need to call 20 invisible servants, control page turning, invisible servant rental fee, 10 contribution points per person per hour..."
"Can I find someone to turn the pages?"
"Can."
Grete breathed a sigh of relief. It took 12 seconds to scan and enter each page, including the page turning time, which was between 13 and 14 seconds. It took 3 and a half hours to flip through the thickest record, plus the subsequent data.
Processing will take at least 4 hours...
Even if he works in the middle of the night, he must prepare at least 4,800 contribution points...
However, 5 days of data were entered at once, plus the subsequent days of data sorting, and the time was compressed to 4 hours. By the way, the accuracy rate was greatly improved... As expected, research and other things are the most profitable.
Is it royal?
"Ta Ling, how many contribution points do I have in my account now?"
Gretel asked aloud. The blue light scanned the badge on his chest and immediately gave the answer:
"2998 points."
It was a lot more than last month, probably because the profit from selling the microscope was recorded in the account, but it was still not enough. Aurora saw Gretel frowning in deep thought and touched him carefully:
"Hey, I still have 1,500 contribution points here, which are also yours. You can use them. If it's not enough, can we find a way to borrow some?"
"What can I borrow?" Grete took a deep breath. For research, you should spend research funds, and never take money out of your own pocket!
The next day, he asked Aurora to take charge of the entry work, and he asked to meet the review committee member of the Department of Protection. With the record book in his left hand and the form in his right hand, he stated his research ideas and confidently made the request:
Grant the right to use computing power!
Or, add additional project funding!
"Authorized to use the computing room?" The white-robed mage shook his head repeatedly:
"The Parliament does not have this rule. Gretel, you have to know that almost all high-level mages are responsible for the research tasks of the Parliament. If you hold the Parliament's projects, you can use the calculation room at will. The result will definitely be that everyone will huddle together, and in the end
We can only rely on robbing."
"What about additional project funding?"
Grete asked. The white-robed mage continued to shake his head:
"Generally speaking, it's possible, but Grete, I don't know yet whether your project will be successful or not. It's basically impossible to convince the reviewers that you will overdraw such a large amount."
"That--"
Gretel is a little anxious. To be honest, no one wants to go back to the era of hard work and hard work. To be honest, if you process data manually, accuracy and time efficiency are both problems——
The white-robed mage smiled:
"But it's not impossible. You can advance the payment yourself first. If the public health institution is successfully established, I will be sure to convince the review committee to include the calculation costs in the research funds, and then we will reimburse them together."
"...No money!"
"You can get a loan!"
The white-robed mage smiled confidently:
"The Magician Management Department has a special loan institution. A loan of 5,000 contribution points - well, you can borrow more - is designated for this research project. If the project is successful, the council will pay for it. If the project is unsuccessful, you will repay it at your own expense.
The evaluation committee will issue a certificate, and if you take it to the management department, they will definitely lend it to you."
"...Isn't the council worried that I can't afford the repayment?"
Gretel couldn't help but complain.
I’m really not worried. The Dragon’s Breath Hand is not open for redemption right now. Once it is open, it will only take half a year to reach 5,000 contribution points. The white-robed mage shrugged and did not want to explain to Gretel in detail, but just smiled.
road:
"Can you use your mage tower as a mortgage? Well, it doesn't matter if the repayment period is longer. Let it be three years. The interest-free period is half a year. Repayment will begin after one year. The annual interest rate is 5%. This condition.
Isn’t that considered bullying you?”
Use the Mage Tower that has not yet been built and only exists on the drawings as collateral - it is very good and powerful. Except for the members of the review committee, probably no one can approve this kind of policy loan. Grete lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head
palm:
"make a deal!"
"make a deal!"
With a snap, the palms of the two mages struck together in the air.
It is impossible not to be able to repay the loan! This project will definitely be won, even for those workers who died of poverty and illness, I must win it! For the sake of accurate data, for the persuasiveness, and for the sake of helping them as soon as possible -
—
Let’s spend money first!
At midnight that night, 20 Necromancer apprentices lined up in a square formation, each holding a record book, and stood in the calculation room of Thunder Tower.
"Everyone, please pay attention. The blue light flashes twice to indicate that the scan is complete. Just turn the page and wait for the blue light to flash again... One, two, three! Start!"
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Today there are another 6,000 words...three thousand at noon and three thousand at night...but after finishing writing today, it will be paid off with rewards and updates!