"Come in."
The cold and unquestionable voice appeared directly in Merlin's ears.
Merlin pushed the door open carefully and saw Weber sitting on the sofa in the office, drinking tea leisurely. The old man waved at him.
“Yo—”
In an instant, Merlin's nervousness disappeared. He looked at Weber in astonishment, wondering why Old Deng was in the vice-president's office?
"Are you Leo Merlin?"
Merlin's expression instantly tensed up when he heard the voice. He raised his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Jenny with a serious face, like a white-haired witch.
Merlin quickly performed the noble etiquette and said, "Dear Vice Principal, I am Leo Merlin."
The moment Merlin bowed, Vice Principal Jenny raised her hand, and an invisible magical power grabbed the letter of introduction from Professor Harrington in Merlin's pocket.
The letter of introduction flew to Jenny's desk. She waved her hand again, and Merlin's body flew uncontrollably to the sofa opposite Weber.
Merlin sat properly, ignoring the winks directed at him by Weber in front of him.
"I already knew about your situation when you entered the Mage Tower. I didn't plan to meet you as a student. After all, the Arcane Academy has always been a sacred place for teaching and educating people. I don't want the Arcane Academy to have too much to do with commercial interests."
After Jenny finished speaking, she continued, "I just said in the office that as long as you can rely on your own strength to solve the function array and come to my office, I will agree to your idea of renting a classroom to open a store."
Merlin's mood had already hit rock bottom, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better. He was now especially grateful to himself for his hard work in studying mathematics during the three years of high school.
"I can rent you a classroom. After all, there are quite a few vacant classrooms in the Arcane Academy. Most of them are used as warehouses. It's okay to leave them there, but we also need to discuss issues related to the rent."
Jenny took out her personal seal and stamped it on the letter of introduction written by Professor Harrington. Then she took out a contract scroll from a drawer beside her. She clenched the quill pen between her fingers and wrote the contract on it in a very lively manner.
"This is the condition I offer. If you can introduce me, I will allow you to rent a classroom in the Arcane Academy to open a shop. You will not have the opportunity to bargain. If you cannot accept this price, please go back."
Merlin looked at the contract that floated over. It contained various clauses regarding classroom rental. These rules were similar to the clauses for renting a shop on Blue Star, except that the most important thing was the rent and the clause attached at the end.
The rental price varies depending on the size of the rented classroom. The annual rental price for a large classroom is 100,000 gold coins, the annual rental price for a medium-sized classroom is 60,000 gold coins, and the annual rental price for a small classroom is 30,000 gold coins.
This can be said to be a sky-high rent, but for Merlin, it is just a small amount of money and is completely acceptable, mainly because it is an additional clause in the contract.
The additional requirements were quite excessive, requiring Merlin to purchase goods worth one million gold coins for the Arcane Academy every year, including all products sold by the Academy.
You have to know that the debt Merlin owes is only 500,000 gold coins, and one million gold coins converted into Blue Star's RMB is 100 million.
Jenny looked at Merlin. The requests she made were indeed somewhat difficult. She was actually very conflicted now. She hoped that Merlin would retreat in the face of difficulties and maintain the academic purity of the Arcane Academy, but she also hoped that Merlin would agree.
One million gold coins is not a small number, not to mention that the Arcane Academy has not been profitable in recent years and has even had a financial deficit. As the real manager of the academy, Jenny must increase revenue for the academy, and signing a contract with Merlin is also an attempt.
Merlin's lips curled up into a smile. He tried hard not to laugh out loud, but he couldn't help it and he just burst into laughter.
Weber was startled by Merlin's laughter, and looked at Jenny with a reproachful look, "Look, the terms you proposed have scared the child silly, and he started laughing like crazy."
Jenny didn't expect Merlin to react so strongly. She raised her hand and said, "Merlin, if you can't do it, you can cancel it..."
“No, no, no!”
Merlin's eyes suddenly widened, and he jumped up from the sofa, bowed to Vice Principal Jenny and said, "I agree to this contract! However, there is one place I would like to modify."
Jenny frowned and said, "Merlin, I said there is no chance for bargaining. If you can't accept this price..."
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."
Merlin smiled confidently. He held the contract in one hand and pointed with his other index finger at the clause that required the school to purchase goods worth one million gold coins every year. "I mean, can this clause be modified? One million gold coins is too little. Vice Principal, what do you think of five million gold coins?"
Five million gold coins? !
Vice Principal Jenny stood up after hearing what Merlin said. Seeing that Merlin didn't seem to be joking, she said, "Merlin, do you know what you are talking about? That's five million gold coins."
"I know very well, Vice-Principal, I am willing to purchase goods worth five million gold coins for the academy every year, but I would like to make a small request."
Jenny sat back in her chair. For the sake of the five million gold coins, Merlin had no problem with any request as long as it wasn't too excessive.
"What do you want to ask for?"
"I would like to add to our contract that all venues available for rent at the Arcane Academy can only be rented to Leo Merlin."
Jenny was a little surprised when she heard Merlin's condition. "Is that all? Merlin, you have to know that the Arcane Academy is a place for learning after all. It is impossible for us to rent you too much space. If that's all you ask, I'll agree."
Merlin bowed deeply again. "Thank you for your generosity, Vice Principal. This is the only condition I have. If you add this condition, we will sign it immediately."
Vice Principal Jenny felt something was strange, but having never done business before, she didn't think much about it and added this clause to the contract.
Merlin and Jenny signed each other's letters and stamped them with the seals of the Arcane Academy and the Leo family.
Merlin carefully put away the contract and then seemed to have thought of something. "Dear Vice Principal, I would like to ask if the [commodities] listed in the contract are indeed all the products that can be sold by the Arcane Academy?"
"Of course, you just need to bring your purchase records to the college's finance office to report it."
Merlin nodded. He felt that this female headmaster was the type who focused on academics and knew almost nothing about business. He actually understood that this female headmaster wanted Merlin to bring in 5 million gold coins for the academy.
But... the contract states that the goods are to be purchased for five million gold coins, which is different from the profit of five million gold coins.
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