Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 118: Academic Clique

Locke also understood why they needed to recruit so many students from outside their network of relationships.
Nothing else.
Just finding people to take the blame.
By recruiting so many second-class wizard apprentice helpers who could ostensibly be called assistants, even if experiments really went wrong, when the White Wizard Association and academy higher-ups came to investigate, they could immediately push out these dozen or so 'assistants' from the pharmaceutical laboratory, saying it was their responsibility.
With Halen Vera's powerful network of relationships, Anglon could handle this matter smoothly, while those second-class wizard apprentices without backgrounds had no ability to resist and could only take the blame for no reason.
This way, Anglon and the others would be safe and sound.
But those second-class wizard apprentices who took the blame for no reason would undoubtedly have their futures affected, and might have their path cut off in potion studies.
But obviously no one would consider this matter.
The unremarkable-looking Terry Calvin nervously watched Locke, as if waiting for some kind of verdict.
Learning potion studies originally required consuming large amounts of resources, and she had also fallen into this kind of scandal.
This interview could be said to be her last chance.
If this didn't work out, she could only give up potion studies and focus on studying plant magic.
Locke tapped the office desk surface with his fingers, beginning to think and weigh the pros and cons.
He glanced at the poor resumes of those second-class wizard apprentices before, and then at Terry Calvin's resume. Undoubtedly, Terry Calvin was the most suitable, and it could even be said that she had at least been trained very professionally in Anglon's pharmaceutical laboratory.
She even had experience working in a medium-sized personal pharmaceutical laboratory.
Of course, she also had flaws, her resume had blemishes.
'I need to ask Teacher Sophia whether the problems with this person would affect my pharmaceutical laboratory's ability to pass the approval process. If it affects it, then forget it, I can't lose a watermelon just to pick up a sesame seed,' Locke thought. 'But if it doesn't affect it, then it's equivalent to me finding a bargain.'
'Most likely it won't affect it. After all, she's just an assistant, the approval process mainly targets me and the personal potion formulas I register.'
"Everything else is just additional accessories. These assistants and helpers, in the approval process, are no different from the equipment in my pharmaceutical laboratory to those academy higher-ups responsible for approval."
Locke looked at Terry Calvin, his tone no longer cold, with a bit more warmth, after all she might very well become his assistant. "A second-class wizard apprentice assistant's standard monthly salary is approximately ninety magic stones per month."
"But you're carrying some responsibilities that belong to others, so I can only pay you sixty magic stones per month, what do you think?"
Locke felt he was being quite fair.
After all, Terry Calvin serving as his pharmaceutical laboratory assistant had additional benefits, namely that as long as she worked here for more than a year, it would be almost equivalent to cleaning her resume once.
Next time she looked for related work, it wouldn't be as difficult as it was now.
Moreover, recruiting her might cause him some small troubles, so her only getting two-thirds of the salary was very reasonable.
If his situation weren't special, if his wizard mentor also had networks of relationships, he wouldn't even recruit assistants from outside, but would directly recruit his junior brothers and sisters.
That would be more reliable.
So meeting him was also Terry Calvin's luck, not all first-class wizard apprentices who established personal pharmaceutical laboratories would recruit from outside.
Moreover, sometimes some positions might even be like Anglon's pharmaceutical laboratory, recruiting you just to have you take the blame.
Terry Calvin gratefully bowed to Locke, performing a courtesy. "Thank you, Master Augustine."
"Thank you for giving me such an opportunity, I will repay you with hard work."
Locke didn't care much, saying to her, "It's not completely confirmed yet, I need to confirm that the problems with you won't affect my pharmaceutical laboratory."
A flash of guilt crossed Terry Calvin's face.
Locke said, "Go outside and tell them I've already recruited someone, have all the people outside disperse."
Continuing the interviews wouldn't have much meaning.
The efficiency of external recruitment was relatively low.
Many second-class wizard apprentices unrelated to potion studies all wanted to come try their luck, what if Locke happened to have other work positions suitable for them?
There were even second-class wizard apprentices bold enough to forge resumes.
Their average professional quality was also substandard.
Locke had encountered Witch Sophia, so it was equivalent to receiving the best one-stop foundational service in potion studies, breeding studies, and plant magic all the way.
But most students in the academy, the knowledge they learned, apart from the fixed public course portions provided by the academy, other knowledge was fragmented and pieced together from various sources.
Their potion studies knowledge couldn't possibly be up to standard, unlike Terry Calvin before him, who had at least received certain professional training.
So speaking of it, in Terry Calvin's previous position, you couldn't say she necessarily suffered a loss.
If others hadn't made her take the blame, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to receive relatively professional potion studies training.
Terry Calvin walked out of the house with a slightly excited mood, then conveyed Locke's meaning to the second-class wizard apprentices outside.
The second-class wizard apprentices outside all seemed quite regretful.
But there was no other way, so many people were actually competing for one position.
After completing the interviews, Locke walked to the neighboring wooden house laboratory. Yesterday he had bought another set of the most basic simple standard cauldron equipment.
"Potion studies is a discipline combining theory and practical operation." Locke took the formula and began thinking. "Let me first use some cheap substitute materials to start practicing brewing Minor Viridian Potion."
"As long as I can stably brew Minor Viridian Potion, just treating others would allow me to earn quite a few magic stones."
Locke busied himself in the laboratory with the most basic equipment and practice materials for half the morning. Near noon, a second-class wizard apprentice helper from Lijin Secret Language respectfully came to visit and brought news from Yuri Burns.
"Master Augustine, Manager Burns asked me to come invite you to have a meal together at the Witch Kitchen."
"Manager Burns said that joining this meal will also be Master Zack, the first-class wizard apprentice responsible for academy procurement. Master Zack is very satisfied with your Crystal Palm Fire Lotus, but wants to meet you personally to discuss specific details of the academy procurement contract face to face."
"What do you think, will you go? Or should we arrange another time?"