Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems-Chapter 214: Recruiting Six Assistants

The first person to enter was a female second-class wizard apprentice. She handed her materials to Locke and the other two, appearing very nervous.
Locke glanced at her materials and hadn't yet spoken when Axi had already begun speaking to her with obvious dissatisfaction.
"We require recruiting second-class wizard apprentices with experience in potion clinical trials. Your materials only show experience working at two small magic potion shops. What use is that?"
"This is simply wasting the time of us three potion masters."
Next, no matter how this female second-class wizard apprentice explained or elaborated on her confidence in doing the Phase III trial work well, Axi didn't give her the opportunity.
Locke and Andrew were indifferent about it.
After all, hiring experienced second-class wizard apprentices would indeed make things much easier. Otherwise, just teaching these second-class wizard apprentices would take quite some time.
They were recruiting assistants to save themselves time and energy, not to pay money to teach these second-class wizard apprentices.
Next, fifteen more second-class wizard apprentices came in successively for interviews and self-introductions.
Andrew and Axi, especially Axi, appeared very demanding when selecting assistant candidates.
Among these sixteen second-class wizard apprentices, she only selected three who had experience with potion clinical trials and met their recruitment requirements.
All the other second-class wizard apprentices who wanted to come learn or try their luck were immediately driven out by her.
According to Axi, their project was a typical popular project that even the academy's upper management paid attention to, so they didn't need to worry about not being able to recruit qualified second-class wizard apprentices.
After all, for those second-class wizard apprentices, joining them was itself an honor and qualification.
Soon, someone else pushed the door and entered. This time Locke showed a surprised expression, as the person entering was actually Pierre, his friend from when he was a third-class wizard apprentice.
Locke glanced at Andrew and Axi, then took the initiative to reveal his relationship with Pierre. "Pierre? How did you come here?"
When Pierre saw Locke, his eyes lit up, but when he looked up and saw Andrew and Axi, he immediately lowered his head again, his heart filled with nervousness and pressure.
After all, this place didn't just have Locke, whom he was familiar with, but also two first-class wizard apprentices he had never seen before, who looked very serious and worked very conscientiously.
"Hello, Lo... Potion Master Augustine. I'm here to apply for the assistant position," Pierre said somewhat nervously and stammering. "Three potion master lords, I want to apply for this recruitment position."
"Although I don't have relevant work experience, I work very carefully and seriously, and will definitely do the job well."
Axi and Andrew exchanged glances. At the same time, Axi looked at Locke, and seeing that Locke had no reaction, Axi rarely showed a faint smile on her face. She said to Pierre, "Well, you have confidence, and that's very good."
"This is a relatively rare quality. Confidence and responsibility are both important qualities for doing good work. But can you take on working with others to complete the animal experiments for the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion?"
Locke glanced at Axi. He understood why Axi arranged it this way, because during the earlier recruitment, they had already confirmed finding a very experienced veteran second-class wizard apprentice for the animal experiments of the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion.
If they recruited Pierre, they could have that veteran second-class wizard apprentice lead Pierre, saving them the energy of repeatedly teaching Pierre.
Pierre was extremely nervous. "Yes... yes... I have this confidence."
Axi showed a smile. "Very good, then you're hired."
"Andrew, Locke, you have no objections, right?"
Locke naturally had no objections, and Andrew also nodded. After all, they needed to hire six second-class wizard apprentices, so bringing along one inexperienced second-class wizard apprentice wouldn't affect things.
Moreover, this second-class wizard apprentice was very familiar with Locke and was a reliable person. Just having him supervise the animal experiment direction to prevent others from embezzling funds would be a good choice.
Sometimes among assistants, you also need someone with limited ability but sufficient reliability as one of your own people to control details and monitor progress.
After Pierre left, Locke and the others interviewed six more people, finally determining the last two second-class wizard apprentices. After signing contracts with these people, today's recruitment activity was officially concluded.
Locke distributed the materials to Andrew and Axi, saying, "I have some personal matters to attend to recently, so please help me keep an eye on this project together."
"Remember to hold group meetings every two weeks to discuss with those six second-class wizard apprentices," Locke said. "These second-class wizard apprentices will each receive sixty magic stones from us per month. I can fully pay for this portion of the money."
Andrew and Axi immediately expressed that they could also share the monthly expense of three hundred sixty magic stones with Locke.
But Locke refused. After all, only by paying the money himself could he completely control this entire project team. Otherwise, Andrew and Axi would have a cooperative relationship with him, but now in fact, they were similar to those six second-class wizard apprentices, all just employees he hired to complete the Phase III trials of the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion.
They just had higher ranks.
Moreover, spending three hundred sixty magic stones monthly to hire six second-class wizard apprentices for half their time each day wasn't a loss.
Currently, he could afford this amount of money.
The treatment range of the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion was particularly extensive. To complete its Phase III experimental work would indeed require quite a few people. The current manpower might still not be enough. But once completed, the future benefits would definitely be enormous, providing great help for the massive resources he needed to break through to become a formal wizard.
Locke said, "As for funding, I'll first leave five hundred magic stones with you two to allocate to the six of them for expenses."
"Five hundred magic stones should be enough to cover all expenses needed for civilian experiments and animal experiments. The wizard apprentice stage experiments will be assisted by the Healing Hand Treatment Center, so this part won't cost much money either."
Andrew and Axi nodded repeatedly as they listened.
Now it was equivalent to Locke providing money, ideas, and research materials. Locke was standing in a position similar to their mentor's position in a research group, speaking from there but the two had no objections, because the entire project was originally created by Locke.
Andrew assured Locke, "Don't worry, Locke. Axi and I will help you manage the funds and allocate them reasonably."
He also didn't inquire about what Locke was going to do, as this was after all a sensitive question. First-class wizard apprentices all had their own affairs, so he didn't need to ask.
If Locke wanted to tell him, he would naturally tell them.
Axi also patted her chest, assuring Locke.
After finishing the instructions, Locke hurriedly left this office, leaving the follow-up work to Andrew and Axi to handle.
During this period, they had each published a Grade B article based on the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion, while Locke, being busy with bloodline transformation, had only published two Grade B articles related to the Bear Spirit Jade Bile Detoxification Potion.
This way, he currently had a total of 13 Grade B articles and 2 Grade A articles.
He was currently almost equivalent to a mid-level first-class wizard apprentice, even developing toward the top level of first-class wizard apprentices.
After Locke left the office rented at the talent market, he headed straight toward the direction where the sketch shops run by Illusion School wizard apprentices were located. There were many sketch artists there.
Locke walked into a gallery, knocked on the open door, and shouted toward the depths of the gallery, "Is anyone there? I want to hire a sketch artist for one month."
The reason for one month was because the building he wanted the sketch artist to survey this time was the Curse Techniques Research Institute.
To prevent the sketch artist from revealing their plans to outsiders, Locke wanted to hire him directly for one month.
After he completed his one-month mission, his undercover assassination operation would already be over.
Anyway, his personal potion master workshop and botanical garden indeed needed sketch artists to help him draw the appearances of various magical plants and potions he had cultivated.
This was a type of preservation measure.
When certain magical plants and magic potions were lost, they could be re-cultivated or prepared based on the preserved information.
Although this was optional work, it was a good choice to use as a cover.