I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 117 Loyalty Shackles (Second Update)

As the dean of the School of Economics, it was natural for Tong Yongshan to transfer an undergraduate student into his research group without any resistance.

Team member registration, confidentiality agreement, intellectual property agreement... After signing a bunch of things, Fang Yu officially joined the team.

To Fang Yu's surprise, there was actually a salary.

The money is not much, only 3000 yuan a month. As a factory owner and capitalist, Fang Yu may earn more than this amount every minute in the next few months.

But these 3000 are different.

It's different from the dirty money that comes into the world with blood and filth dripping from every pore from head to toe.

This is the hard-earned money of the cattle and horses.

Fang Yu decided that after receiving his first month's salary, he would buy some gifts for his grandparents.

For Chen Shi'an and his wife, Fang Yu's annual earnings of 100 million yuan are not as gratifying as his academic achievements.

The arrogance of those in power does not come from themselves, but from the power granted by their position.

The arrogance of those who own money does not come from themselves, but from the money they control.

In essence, they can no longer be considered simple people, but have become slaves to external things. There is no essential difference between Zhang San being in power and Li Si being rich and Wang Wu being in power and Zhao Liu being rich.

We can see that the behavioral logic of these people seems to be the same.

They all seem to have become cold-blooded animals cut from the same mold.

Only when their power and money are taken away from them can they be themselves again.

Or you may never be yourself again.

Only scholars are different. The most valuable thing about scholars is their knowledge and intelligence, which truly come from themselves.

It’s not that Chen Shian is old-fashioned or narrow-minded. On the contrary, the old man has seen too much.

Fang Daqiang's past industry background determined that Fang Yu would not be able to pursue a career in politics, and even if he did, he would certainly not be able to rise to a high position.

In this case, the safest approach is to give yourself an academic background while doing business.

Therefore, Chen Shian has always hoped that Fang Yu can achieve academic success.

However, finance is also an option that Chen Shian can accept. Saving the country through the financial industry is also a relatively easy way for Chen Shian to operate.

But if Fang Yu could achieve academic success and prove that his success came from knowledge and intelligence, rather than status that could be taken away at any time and illusory luck, then Chen Shian would definitely be happier.

Fang Yu nominally joined the group, but the entire research group had not actually been established yet. This project not only required resources from the School of Economics and the School of Mathematics, but also resources from the Computer Science Department.

Tong Yongshan from the National University's Department of Computer Science looked down on my work and wanted to cooperate with the Department of Computer Science at NCU. However, the Department of Computer Science at NCU was not satisfied with having only one second author and wanted to be listed as the first author on the paper. They are now arguing about this.

Although Tong Yongshan is not a particularly skillful leader, he is indeed a humane boss.

Although Tong Yongshan did not personally organize a group dinner for Fang Yu, an undergraduate student, who joined the group, he asked Jiang Nanzhen to bring Cheng Feng and Fang Yu together for a gathering.

The place to eat was quite familiar; it was the Jingxinju where Mada and I had dinner last time.

"I'm sorry, Junior Brother, I didn't know you would join the group today. I didn't book a private room in advance. Let's sit in the lobby."

Jiang Nanzhen chose a table for four by the window. Cheng Feng was obviously a little afraid of this senior sister, but also a little admiring of her. He lowered his head and did not dare to sit next to Jiang Nanzhen. Instead, he sat opposite Jiang Nanzhen.

Fang Yu remained calm and asked Jiang Nanzhen to move in a little and sat next to her.

Jiang Nanzhen glanced at Fang Yu in surprise.

"I'm sorry, Senior Sister Jiang, I'm left-handed, so it's more convenient to sit outside so there's no fighting when I pick up food." Fang Yu raised his eyebrows and grinned.

Jiang Nanzhen couldn't help but show a bit of annoyance in her eyes.

She didn't think Fang Yu was harassing her, but in this situation, Fang Yu, a newcomer and a man, did not go to the opposite side and sit with Cheng Feng, but instead pushed her to the inside and sat with her. This was undoubtedly a challenge to her leadership of the team.

Jiang Nanzhen did not graduate from a national undergraduate university. After graduating from graduate school, she actually worked in a financial company for more than a year.

Most people working in finance will be screwed.

Jiang Nanzhen has been in the financial circle for more than a year, and suddenly he had an epiphany. He felt that based on his experience, coming to the academic circle would be a dimensionality reduction attack.

So I started looking for a way to take the doctoral exam again.

After Tong Yongshan returned to China, Jiang Nanzhen somehow got through to Tong Yongshan's wife and became Tong Yongshan's first female doctoral student at the National University of China.

Give me a fulcrum, I can lift the earth, what is Wendi Deng? Of course, if Lao Tong can't be dealt with, then finding a doctor with the potential to become a scholarly tycoon as a springboard is not unacceptable.

In her opinion, having an undergraduate student in the group is not a big deal. It is good to have an extra laborer, the more capable the better, but the prerequisite is that he has to be obedient.

"You are young and ignorant. I will teach you a lesson later." A fierce look flashed in Jiang Nanzhen's eyes.

After Jiang Nanzhen ordered the dishes, Fang Yu had already started chatting animatedly with Cheng Feng.

Cheng Feng is a typical academic geek, and people with the same academic background can easily pick on his sophistication. Coupled with the recent cram schooling and Yuzi's help, Fang Yu can easily have a more in-depth academic discussion with Cheng Feng.

Although Jiang Nanzhen now holds the title of a doctoral student, she only understood most of what was said.

After Fang Yulue's brief trial, he had a rough idea in his mind.

Academic Daji, I had only heard of her before, but I didn’t expect to see her alive today.

No wonder this cheongsam is so hot. Cheng Feng blushed so much that he didn't dare to look up.

You can have a fever, but just don't bother me. I'm too lazy to help you reduce the fever.

But if you want to grab one of mine, hey, check out the "Loyalty Shackles" that cost 550 magic crystals.

The "Loyalty Shackles" are a pair of wristbands that appear to be woven from fine obsidian and silver wire, with ancient slavery runes engraved on the surface. It is said that this pair of wristbands was once a slave control tool used by the Kingdom of Vesta, capable of controlling extraordinary creatures and ordinary creatures below level 0.

Of course, this also includes people.

Once someone begins wearing the bracelets, they will begin to slowly but inevitably erode the wearer's will until they become a loyal slave to the bracelet's true owner.

The enslavement effect of the bracelet can only be removed by a specific spell or a 5th-level purification spell.

Additionally, if the owner dies or relinquishes control, the bracelet's power will dissipate.

This thing can subtly change people's thinking and make people fall into it without realizing it.

In the Age of the Great Arcana, Loyalty Shackles were contraband. No one except researchers could possess or use them.

But it’s like this with everything, as long as there are regulations, there are always ways to get around them.

Even in the Age of the Great Arcane, when the popularity of arcane magic was high, these arcane mages were still a privileged class in all planes and sub-planes.

Since it is a privilege, it is easier to circumvent the regulations of the Austrian and French Federation.

For example, the Piedmont Alchemy Company offers this product as a membership product that only premium members can purchase.

As long as the buyer signs a statement that it will only be used for ancient arcane research.

Moreover, this statement was not a contract oath notarized by the magic network, but just an ordinary statement signed on ordinary white paper...

Jiang Nanzhen felt extremely awkward during the whole meal. She just listened to two nerds talking about things that she didn't understand at all and she couldn't get a word in.

Now she misses the financial world a little.

After all, at that time, even if you couldn't interrupt, you could still be interrupted.

"Fang Yu! You are here too!"

While Jiang Nanzhen was bored, she suddenly heard a girl's voice. She turned around and saw, "Huh? Isn't this the host of the school anniversary party yesterday?"

The girl behind the host is also very beautiful, and a little taller, but she looks a little cold.

The so-called professional knowledge in the previous chapter was compiled by me, so please don’t criticize me if you are an expert.

I write these for the first purpose of showing off, and the second and most important reason is to create an atmosphere.

Since the protagonist is a top student, he must look like a top student, at least to make outsiders think, well, this is what a top student looks like.

The same is true of the Age of the Great Arcana that I wrote. In the earliest few chapters, the protagonist reads the preface of "An Introduction to the Demonic Web". A reader said that I was watering down the beginning, but that was not the case.

Writing these things is very laborious, okay? It is to increase the reader's sense of immersion by enhancing the reader's sense of reality.

In fact, the best applications of this technique on Qidian are Squid and Zhiniao Village, both of which enhance the reader's sense of immersion through a large number of realistic details and prevent the reader from being distracted.

When Cuttlefish wrote Arcane Throne, there were a lot of professional descriptions, and it can be seen that this technique was used in a very stiff way. But in the later secrets, it was completely smooth. Many people think that the best friend is awesome because of the 22 extraordinary paths, but in fact, the real awesome thing is that Cuttlefish read a lot of Victorian materials and integrated these things into the text almost seamlessly, whether it is people's daily life or economic order, completely recreating a virtual Victorian era, which makes the book so immersive.

So, considering how hard I work, it’s not too much to ask for a list of books and monthly votes, right?

Knock.

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(End of this chapter)