svetikya Chapter 101 Preparing for Advancement
Chapter 101 Preparing for Advancement
Chapter 101 Preparing for Advancement
On March 15, 1347, in Hillston, Backlund, when Altair's carriage stopped in front of the building that already had the Bianchi Bicycle Company sign hanging on it, a servant rushed forward and opened the carriage door.
After getting out of the car, Altair was led by a waiter across the red carpet to the guest registration area, where he signed his name and received a brochure.
After doing all that, Altair went to the VIP lounge and chatted with the people who had already arrived.
As for Altair, the organizer and largest shareholder, the main reason why she was a guest sign-iner is that she used the "hidden shareholding" method to hold shares in the company.
Since Altair is currently still an underage female noblewoman on the surface, this practice of holding shares covertly is conducive to maintaining her safety and peaceful life.
Unless an insider reveals it, outsiders will never know exactly how many shares she owns. Therefore, others have little reason to target her.
Altair wasn't the only one who did this; there were others, such as Uncle Rafe.
Uncle Owen, Vivian, and others all used this method to hold shares.
With everyone opting for implicit shareholding, the only visible target for the bicycle company would be Earl Hall, Audrey's father.
Although the Hall family's shareholding was the lowest among everyone, he was still happy to be the target after considering the benefits.
The main reason Earl Hall was willing to be the target was his differing political stance from that of his uncle Rafe and others.
Earl Hall was not a member of the military; he was a politician. This identity meant that he could make a fortune through the bicycle industry, which was both "beneficial to the people" and "a new technology."
As for whether aristocratic politicians would be ridiculed for losing face if they did business, that depends on what kind of business they were doing.
If this aristocratic politician were to engage in simple charitable business, such as selling cheap flour, he would certainly be ridiculed for being beneath his dignity.
However, if what he did was invest in and start the world's first bicycle company, he would not only not be ridiculed, but would be regarded as enlightened and visionary.
This new industry is respectable, benefits the people, and allows his name to be associated with the progress of the times.
After chatting for a while, everyone from the VIP room was invited to the main hall.
As the largest shareholder, a local government official, and a renowned banker, Earl Hall took on the responsibility of delivering the speech. He began by discussing Backlund's industrial development from a governmental perspective, affirming the role of the new bicycles in supplementing urban transportation, and then mentioning "His Majesty King George III's encouragement of industrial innovation."
From an industry perspective, the design ingenuity of the bicycle was also praised, emphasizing "the craftsmanship of Ruen Industrial".
After explaining all this, the author then explained the original purpose behind the creation of the bicycle. The basic idea is that the primary reason for designing the bicycle was to solve the transportation problem in the Kingdom of Rune. By purchasing a bicycle, people would no longer need to worry about transportation, as they could easily travel short distances by bicycle.
After the introduction, the workers demonstrated the simple structure and practical advantages of the prototype vehicle, and finally, the guests and workers were thanked.
After a series of persuasive sales pitches, even Altair, who had been completely uninterested in selling bicycles, began to have a slight desire to buy one.
After his speech, Earl Hall invited all the distinguished guests who were eligible to participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Earl Hall, the host, led everyone on a tour, introducing the new products while answering questions from reporters.
For example, it briefly introduces the convenience of bicycles, which completely eliminate the need for cumbersome horse-drawn carriages, allowing riders to go wherever they want, and tricycles and "backward donkeys" can also be used as freight vehicles.
Then, let's talk about the prices: ordinary bicycles retail for only £3-£5, while tricycles and "backward donkeys" that can be used for hauling goods will cost a little more, around £5-£10.
When Altair was setting its price, it directly borrowed Klose's idea, focusing on cost-effectiveness so that people earning £1.10 a week could afford it if they gritted their teeth.
After the tour, Altair, before leaving, still bought two women's bicycles as a guest and took them back with him.
On March 20, 1347, in Backlund, Queens, at Sheffield Manor, Altair, carrying the extraordinary materials she needed, once again entered the laboratory she had used when she was promoted to witch.
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She is preparing to advance to Sequence Six, the Witch of Pleasure.
Yesterday afternoon, after selling the potions, she felt that strange feeling again. She knew it was the witch's potion, the feeling she had already experienced and digested.
The role of the "witch" was progressing much slower than expected. It had taken Altair a full seven months to complete the role since advancing to Sequence Seven.
Altair herself couldn't do anything about this, because her extraordinary "four-in-one" characteristic meant that she needed to spend four times the amount of time acting as other extraordinary individuals.
She's about to be promoted to "Pleasure Witch," but she still hasn't figured out how to play the role, so she can only take it slow and steady for now.
The Assassin's Path Sequence 6 Pleasure Witch, whose main material comes from the Witch Cult, is a pink gem with countless threads entwined inside.
Auxiliary materials: 100 ml of pure water, 5 drops of black datura juice, all the remaining hair of the enchantress, 10 grams of powdered Fennebot fly, and 5 grams of real mummy ashes.
The resulting potion had the appearance of a pinkish-red liquid.
The audience approach, Sequence 6 Hypnotist, also utilizes readily available extraordinary properties as its main material: a viscous gel-like substance, like a mirror with an unstable shape that reflects everything around it; deep within the gel are tiny transparent bubbles that reflect sunlight from different angles, displaying different colors.
Additional materials: 80 ml of blood from a young spiritual dragon, 3 scales from a young spiritual dragon, 1 belladonna berry, and 1 mirror that has been placed in your room for more than three months.
Once the potion is made, it appears as a transparent, colorless, viscous liquid. When it is still, it is like a mirror, reflecting everything within its range. When it ripples, tiny eddies silently rotate beneath the surface.
The Moon Path, Sequence 6 Potions Professor, this special path doesn't require readily available materials; having extraordinary properties is already quite good.
The main material is a blood-red gemstone, which emits a light like moonlight.
Auxiliary materials: 100 ml of blood from the troll sage, 7 hairs from the dark bat, 10 drops of essential oil made from June snow, and a potion invented by himself.
The potion's appearance is: a glass of clear water that looks like a red moon fallen into it, with the darkest color in the middle and the color getting lighter towards the outside, and it has a very strong stimulating effect.
Generalist Pathway, Sequence 6 Mechanical Specialist, Main Materials: Brain of the Four-Armed Madman, Spark of the Carnivorous Furnace.
Auxiliary materials: 150 ml of blood from the four-armed madman, 30 g of ash from the carnivore furnace, 1 hand-polished gear, and 1 newly conceived mechanical design drawing without major errors.
The potion's appearance is that it appears to be composed of crimson flames, but various iron-black substances float on its surface.
Altair's assessment of this potion was that it was the least potion-like potion.