Chapter 236 - Recruiting Doge (1/2)
”So many?”
Hearing Doge's report, Lorne was also surprised. He checked the list that Doge handed over, and it surprisingly stated all the alchemist organizations that wanted to reach an agreement with them.
A total of 157 forces, including humans, gnomes, elves, orcs, and various other races, sent sincere invitation letters.
Most importantly, there were many authoritative organizations in these alchemist organizations. Their recognition would allow Lorne's books to have a higher reputation in the world.
In addition, it could also lead to the implementation of the Tyrant Award.
”Mr. Tyrant, these are only a portion.”
Doge said, ”According to my estimation, the total number of alchemist organizations in the various cities of the Human Empire Alliance, the Elven Kingdom, and the Gnome Kingdom should exceed 300.”
”There are only 157 of them now, because I have sent out the incomplete version of the Encyclopedia of Rare Herbs. I included about 70% of the herbs. These are already more complete than the best pharmacopoeia in the Empire. In addition, I have kept 30% of the rare herbs and edited a portion of their characteristics. The remaining characteristics of the herbs will be continuously updated in the future versions.”
”This way, we can maintain the popularity of the Pharmacopoeia and maintain a cooperative relationship with all the alchemist organizations in the world.”
Doge explained his plan, which impressed Lorne.
His thoughts were consistent with Lorne's, even more thorough in fact.
This was because Lorne had only recently thought of this problem, and Doge had considered all aspects when he published the book.
It had to be said that this Alchemist Association's President indeed had a powerful business mind.
”Yes.” Lorne nodded, then asked, ”How do you plan to cooperate with them?”
”Originally, I wanted to place the books in their various libraries and let them rent them for a price to read. This way, all the alchemists who read this book have to pay a certain amount of reading fees. Although the reading fees will not be very high, under such a huge number, it can still bring us high benefits.”
”However, after careful consideration, I discovered another problem. If we release it like this, it's very likely that someone will secretly record the contents of the pharmacopoeia and issue a pirated copy, damaging our benefits.”
”Therefore, I've recently been considering selling it by directly buying it off. Although this will also be harmful by the pirated version, this method can maximize our benefits.”
With that, Doge looked at Lorne again and asked, ”Mr. Tyrant, what do you think we should do with this?”
How should he deal with it?
Lorne thought for a moment and said, ”I think we can use an online reading method. The Recording Crystal seems to have this function.”
”The Recording Crystal does have this ability, but it doesn't seem to be able to solve the problem of piracy.”
Doge frowned. He had long prepared the crystal version of the book, but that would not stop the piracy. In fact, the function of the crystal would make the piracy even more rampant.
”Don't worry, Doge.”
Lorne said, ”I saw a special device created based on Recording Crystal in the Gnome Mineral Company's shop. It can store information and provide a special account. Only those who log in can check the information inside.”