Father Mavie

Chapter 480 Covent Royal Opera House (Please Subscribe!!!)
At 6 o'clock in the evening, the potion grocery store put up a [close] sign, ending the day's business.

On the first day of opening, the total revenue of the store was 126 gold pounds. Apart from the eldest prince Charles and the second prince Shukri, there were several customers who came to the door one after another, but none of them bought any products.

Without business, Ma Wei is not in a hurry. Every emerging industry has to go through such a process. He can use marketing methods to promote himself, but
Not necessary for now.

The target audience of the potion is the middle and upper class, that is, guys with some spare money. After they know that there is a potion grocery store in Huajie, they will definitely come to join in the fun. Ma Wei estimates that it will only take two or three days. The fact that the eldest prince and the second prince came to buy potions today will soon be publicized. Are there still no customers?

The eldest prince and the second prince are the best marketing methods, just like inviting Buffett to lunch.

The day after tomorrow is the new year, tonight the famous theater actress Helena Sheffield will perform Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Covent Royal Opera House in central London. This is her last performance this year, for her There are countless guests, and it is hard to find a ticket.

"It's too expensive! The private room on the second floor costs a full 35 gold pounds! Why don't they grab it!"

Levin, who came back from the black market, was cursing and in a very unhappy mood.

For tonight’s performance, the normal ticket price on the first floor is 12 shillings per ticket. The closer the seat is, the higher the price will be, but it will not exceed 1 gold pound. The price of the private rooms set up for distinguished guests on the second floor is only 10 gold pounds per room , Now in the hands of scalpers, it has more than tripled!
If Mavi hadn't insisted on going to support Miss Helena tonight, Levin would never have spent such a waste of money, 35 gold pounds is equivalent to a year's salary of an ordinary worker!
"Well, what is there to complain about?"

On the way to the Covent Royal Opera House in a four-wheeled carriage, Mavi said disapprovingly: "Behind those scalpers, they are the owners of the opera house. The ticket prices on the surface are false, and the prices in the hands of the scalpers are the real ones." Yes, the money went round and round and fell into the pocket of the opera house owner."

"It's still hateful!" Levin said angrily, "They should be damned for making money with such unappealable means!"

"Do you know who is behind Covent Royal Opera House?"

"... I don't know, who is it?"

"Lord Bracken."

"so what?"

"The Marquess of Bracken is a member of the Grand Prince Charles' camp. He has many properties under his name, and he has shadows in all walks of life. He is the pocket of the Grand Prince Charles, and half of the shares in the Covent Royal Opera House have been transferred. I gave it to Helena Sheffield." Ma Wei said calmly: "You only know that Helena Sheffield is the lover of the eldest prince Charles, but you don't know that Helena is the prince's favorite and spent a lot of money to buy tickets , The gentry and nobles who went to see Helena's performance are all to curry favor with the eldest prince, the tickets in the hands of scalpers are just a stepping stone."

Ma Wei roughly estimated that, with the scale of the Covent Royal Opera House, the hall can accommodate 500 people, and the private room on the second floor can accommodate 50 people. That is to say, just one performance, Prince Charles can earn nearly 3000 gold pounds.

You must know that the income of the bottom middle class is only 300 gold pounds a year.

The eldest prince Charles has many other hidden incomes, as do the other princes. These people's ability to earn money is not ordinary, and behind the leaders of all walks of life, there are their shadows.

Who is the leader of each industry and who is the supporter behind it? Mavi knows that before he came to the Kingdom of Windsor, Dino gave him a list of nobles he had collected, which was filled with information about the nobles of the Kingdom of Windsor. Things, including which lovers they had, what their illegitimate children were called, and the transaction records with the Pluto Chamber of Commerce.

Once this form is leaked, there will be a major earthquake in London, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hot potato.

Of course, Ma Wei will definitely not make this list public, at least not in the short term, and he still wants to use this information to infiltrate the core social circle in London
The four-wheeled carriage slowly stopped beside the stone-brick street. The coachman opened the door courteously and said in a respectful tone, "Gentlemen, Covent Garden is here."

Covent Garden, London's most prestigious old-fashioned theater, is located in a prime location in central London. It used to be the garden of a convent hundreds of years ago, and later it gradually became an entertainment center. It is all dramas that can be performed here. The dream of actors and art practitioners.

Although it is in the center of London, it is an old street, magnificent and resplendent. The Royal Opera House has six huge white jade pillars like the Roman temples. In the faint mist, there are aristocratic family emblems engraved on each vehicle. The luxurious carriage was parked by the street, and the men in formal suits walked slowly into the theater with their female companions in exquisite makeup. The gilded and extravagant atmosphere rushed over, as if it were two worlds from East London.

"Did you buy the roses?"

"I bought it." Levine said: "I bought 99 roses from the flower shop, and I wrote the card myself. After the performance, the bouquet will be sent to the backstage."

The fact that Helena Sheffield is the lover of Prince Charles is no longer a secret. It was indeed a secret, and not many people knew about it, but a year ago, a certain "damn rose thief" directly revealed This matter was made public, which caused quite a stir at the time, but later it was ignored, and the disturbance subsided.

Also since then, Helena, who received more than a dozen love letters every day, suddenly no one cares about her. Everyone still cheers her on, but no one continues to send her flowers and love letters—except for the eldest prince Charles.

Helena Sheffield can still stay in London so far, which seems incredible to Marvie, because the wife of Prince Charles, Roseanne Crawley comes from the duke family
That's right, it was Mavie's old friend from the time he served in the Royal Navy - the Duke of Crawley's family from which Toure Crawley was born.

The Crowley family is a hundred-year-old duke, a typical veteran nobleman, with a huge family power and far-reaching influence, and Roseanne is the second daughter of the Duke of Crowley. Mavie has met her several times, and she is a very cunning and powerful woman .

Such a woman acquiesced after learning that her husband had an affair with Helena. This was a development that Mavi never expected, and it also meant the high hopes that the Crowley family placed on the eldest prince Charles.

Today, Helena once again welcomed her admirer - Felix von Manstein.

How does it feel to poach the corner of Prince Charles under the eyes of everyone?
Mavi has never tried it, but wants to try it.

"Brother, look quickly!"

After paying the fare, when Mavi was about to enter the theater, the sharp-eyed Daniel suddenly saw a royal carriage approaching not far away. There was no olive wreath on the badge, and the person who came was not the eldest prince or King Rhodes IV.
Who is it?
The second prince or the third prince?

Or other members of the royal family?
The curious Mavi stopped, wanting to see who was sitting in the carriage.

Like Ma Wei, there were other gentry and nobles who were equally curious. They all stopped and cast their gazes at the carriage.

The royal carriage stopped slowly, and a shiny leather shoe protruded from the opened door, followed by
The golden hair that was quite conspicuous in the darkness appeared.

The fourth prince - Arthur!
Mavi watched silently as he got off the carriage and turned around to hold Gulihana's hand. Arthur, who was as elegant as a gentleman, did not go up to chat with him, but looked away: "Let's go, the show is about to start , Go buy some snacks for Junia first."

When the Mavics turned and left, Arthur seemed to notice something, and turned his head to look at the place where the Mavics had just stood, and there was no one there.

"What's wrong?" Gulihana asked, "Is there anything?"

"It's okay." Arthur shook his head and asked with a smile, "Why are you suddenly interested in watching a theater performance tonight? You even asked to see Miss Helena's performance."

"You were able to return to London because the eldest prince gave you some good words, didn't he? He took good care of you. He will definitely know about our support for Miss Helena."

Looking at Gulihana, Arthur suddenly asked: "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"No, what can I hide from you? If you want to gain more power, you must choose a camp. Didn't Bishop Fowler also say that? He greeted the Archbishop of Ubli, Pope Ubli, and entrusted Ubli Pope Buli has come forward to mediate the conflict between you and the eldest prince, so we should show our favor to the eldest prince!"

"It was so"

Arthur nodded slowly and smiled again:
"I was thinking too much, sorry."

(End of this chapter)