Mandy is really popular, especially the ladies and young masters of the nobility in the aristocratic circle, all know Mandy, the ladies of the nobility regard Mandy as an idol, and the young masters of the nobility regard Mandy as the lover of their dreams.

But Lin Xia felt that it was not enough, in Lin Xia's opinion, the entertainment life of the vast number of Charlemagne mainland people, especially the common people, was too little, and there were so many square dance aunts waiting to be fed, so he asked Bacon to go to the Magicians' Guild to buy a few large gramophones and put them in various squares to play.

What disappointed Lin Xia was that although there were many people who went to the square to listen to the song, there was no square dance aunt, or Xavier reminded Lin Xia that the commoner's aunt usually can't eat enough, how can she have the physical strength to dance, at most she comes to the square to listen to a song. And the aristocratic aunts will not come to the square to enjoy the joy of music with the commoners.

However, Mandy has also become a well-known star in the imperial capital because of "square music", you don't know who the prime minister of the empire is, but if you talk about Mandy, everyone will definitely say that it is the one who sings in the square, or sings "When Love Is a Thing of the Past".

As Mandy's popularity grew, many nobles wanted to invite Mandy to sing in the mansion, and the first to come was a secretary of the Imperial Secretariat, which was equivalent to the Hanlin Academy in ancient China, and the secretary was equivalent to Hanlin. In the civil official group of the empire, it is regarded as a middle-class official position.

The secretary asked the servants in the house to invite people to Universal Music, because he was the first to invite Mandy to sing in the house, and he was also received by Rodney. The secretary's servant asked Rodney how much it cost to invite Mandy to appear, and Rodney had already received Lin Xia's instructions and directly opened 1,000 gold coins, almost not scaring the servant, and went home directly.

For the appearance fee of 1000 gold coins, Rodney also felt that it was too high, Lin Xia just smiled at Rodney, which seemed extremely unfathomable, making Rodney brainless, and could only be announced to the public at the price of 1000 gold coins.

The second to invite Mandy was the Minister of War Mars, even if the empire has experienced more than two hundred years of peace, and the civilian clique is pressing the military, but this Mars's power in the empire can definitely rank in the top five.

Mars was a little stronger than the previous secretary, and instead of letting an ordinary servant come to invite Mandy, he asked the housekeeper in the house to come in person, thinking that he had given Lin Xia a face.

The butler was still received by Rodney, and when Rodney saw that the Minister of War asked the butler to come in person, he thought that the Minister of War would be more cheerful, but he thought that the butler insisted that he could only give out 100 gold coins, and then secretly stuffed 50 gold coins into Rodney. This made Rodney laugh and cry that it was happening that the Secretary of War had bribed a gang leader.

But after all, the other party was the Minister of War, and Rodney didn't dare to refuse directly, so he could only report to Lin Xia, and when Lin Xia heard a hundred gold coins, he went out directly and let the housekeeper go. If it was someone else, he wouldn't dare to let the housekeeper go directly like Lin Xia, but Lin Xia, relying on the name of the Lionheart King, didn't believe that the Minister of War would dare to be unfavorable to the Xilin family because of such a personal matter. As for the darkness, Lin Xia is even more afraid, with the current situation of the Xilin family, there is no room for suppression and exclusion.

Originally, Lin Xia felt that Mars was the Minister of War after all, and it was not a big deal to discuss and give him a discount, but only a hundred gold coins were paid, this was no longer a bargain, this was a slap in Lin Xia's face.

And the third one to invite Mandy was Cook, the finance minister of the empire, but what made Lin Xia feel incredible was that Cook did not let the servants or housekeepers in the house come, but he came in person, and Lin Xia had to meet in person, Lin Xia thought that since Cook came in person, he must have wanted a ruthless setback.

Lin Xia met Cook in the reception room of Universal Music, Cook is in his fifties this year, has been the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the empire for more than ten years, before Cook, there has not been a Chancellor of the Exchequer who can reign for more than ten years, and will inevitably be dismissed because of financial problems, and there has been a exile for being too greedy.

During Cook's reign, there were no incidents of corruption and bribery, not even rumors, and his reputation in the empire was extremely good, and he was also valued by Emperor Charles.

The two met and greeted each other, Cook expressed his admiration for King Lionheart, and Lin Xia also praised Cook's prestige in the empire, but he never mentioned Mandy's appearance fee, and in the end, Cook couldn't help it, and first mentioned that he wanted to invite Mandy to sing in the mansion, and asked Lin Xia to discount.

Lin Xia pretended to think for a while, and said with a cheerful face: "Lord Cook, you are here in person, and the discount is naturally not a problem." After saying that, he compared two to Cook.

Cook was excited for a while, thinking that Lin Xia was talking about 200 gold coins, but he thought of Lin Xia and said, "I'll give you a 20% discount, 800 gold coins." ”

Hearing that it was an eight-fold fold, Cook almost stumbled, and the feelings were more than two, and the corresponding was eightfold.

Cook had a difficult face, obviously dissatisfied with Lin Xia's discount, and the look of wanting to speak again made Lin Xia feel a little funny, so he said: "You are classified as the Minister of Finance, 800 gold coins should be nothing to you." ”

What made Lin Xia go away, Cook said with a bitter face: "You don't know, you know that I have been in the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer for more than ten years, and every step is in the same step, step by step, for fear that I will make any mistakes and lead to the destruction of the family." ”

Lin Xia listened to Cook's distress, and he also knew that with the current corruption of the empire, Cook might be the only clean official. But he still couldn't help but feel strange and asked, "As far as I know, the officials of the empire basically have their own business, and I think Master Cook also has his own family business,"

"Hey. If it was more than ten years ago, I wouldn't have frowned on these eight hundred gold coins, but now, hey, ......" Cook sighed and said: "Although the family has a lot of business, I don't have much personally, as the Minister of Finance, all the officials of the empire are looking at me, which makes the business worse day by day, and now it is just barely maintained." ”

Everyone says that power and money depend on each other, but Lin Xia only knew after watching Cook that when you have power, you may not be rich, and it may lead to poorer, which Cook is a typical example. This Cook might as well resign, and he can easily be a rich man, but Lin Xia also knows that Cook, as the minister at the top of the empire, has a huge family behind him, so if he wants to resign, he will resign, not to mention that the emperor is unwilling to let go, and even the distant relatives in the family will not agree. This Cook is really a pitiful and respectable man.

"Since Lord Cook is living in poverty, why do you want to invite Mandy to sing in the mansion?" Lin Xia couldn't help but ask.

Hearing Lin Xia's words, Cook's eyes turned red: "You know that I don't have a son, only two daughters." ”

Lin Xia nodded, indicating that he knew. The fact that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's family does not have a son is not a secret, and almost everyone in the aristocratic circle knows about it, because without a son, there will be no successor, and it will inevitably be discussed.

"My two daughters are my heart, and since listening to Mandy's songs, they have both fallen in love with Mandy and regard her as an idol. My youngest daughter has her birthday the next week, and she has only one request, to hear Mandy sing in person, as the last request she will make to me in her life. Cook's eyes grew redder.

"One last request?" Lin Xia quickly grasped the point.

"Yes, one last request. Cook burst into tears and choked up, "She had an extremely rare form of flu, fever, cough, and vomiting for days. And his appetite is extremely poor, and he can only eat a small bowl of gruel every day. Even His Majesty's imperial physician said that the little girl may not live for more than a month. ”

Lin Xia knew that in the absence of antibiotics in this world, the mortality rate of severe influenza was extremely high, and he was a little embarrassed about what happened to Cook.

Cook raised his head and looked at Lin Xia seriously, and choked up: "You say that as a father, how can I not fulfill her last wish in this life?" After speaking, he got up and bowed to Lin Xia: "Please help me fulfill my little girl's wish." Cook's willingness to bow to a young man for his daughter's wish shows the importance he attaches to his daughter's wish.

Lin Xia hurriedly helped Cook up, and almost directly promised Cook to let Mandy play for free. At the moment of agreeing at the beginning, it suddenly occurred to me that if this opening is opened, and someone will invite Mandy in the future and sing me a tragedy, will they all let Mandy appear for free.

After thinking for a while, Lin Xia first asked Cook to sit down and said to Cook: "Lord Cook, it seems that I still want to charge you 1,000 gold coins." ”

Cook heard that it was still 800 gold coins just now, and now it has risen back to 1000 gold coins, and he has completely lost hope, it seems that there is no way, he can't use the identity of the finance minister to order Lin Xia. Before the Chancellor of the Exchequer came, he deliberately asked someone to investigate Lin Xia, and with Lin Xia's character, even if he used the identity of the Chancellor of Finance to order him, I am afraid that he would not agree, and Mars would not suffer a loss here. Since Lin Xia no longer offered the price, Cook planned to leave.

Lin Xia hurriedly stopped Cook and said with a smile: "Master Cook, don't worry, although I can't give you a lower discount, you can pay in installments." ”

Cook held his foot, looked at Lin Xia, and couldn't help asking, "Installment?"

"Yes, installments. You can pay it over 10 years, and I don't charge you interest, you only need to pay 100 gold coins a year. Lin Xia smiled and said, "Lord Cook, I'm not a cold-blooded and impersonal person. ”

Hearing Lin Xia's installment payment, Cook understood what Lin Xia meant, Mandy's worth could not be reduced, but in order to fulfill his daughter's wish and complete the payment in ten installments, he was in his fifties, and it was not certain whether he could live for ten years.

Cook completely accepted Lin Xia's affection, and was about to bow to Lin Xia again, but Lin Xia hurriedly stopped and said, "You are a great father. ”

Lin Xia said to Cook again: "You arrange someone to handle the formalities, and I will let Rodney personally take care of it to ensure that Miss is satisfied." ”

Cook called his servant, and Linxia also called Rodney to hurry up and get a contract for Mandy's singing.

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Because the Chancellor's house is Mandy's first "paid performance", Lin Xia also attaches great importance to it, because to celebrate the birthday of Cook's youngest daughter, Lin Xia specially "wrote" a "happy birthday song" that everyone in China will sing, and let Mandy sing at the end of the performance.

Rodney received Cook's invitation to Lin Xia and wanted to give the invitation to Lin Xia, but Lin Xia had not arrived at the Hongxing headquarters for two days.