Chapter 31: The New Fashion of the Imperial Capital

"I'm not sure either, and my teacher doesn't know anything about it, but I can test it out for her. Bacon said respectfully.

Lin Xia also knew that Bacon's teacher was only a second-level magician and didn't know much, so he said, "Have you brought a crystal ball, try it for Mandy." ”

"Brought it. Bacon said and took the crystal ball from his bosom.

"Mandy, you come over and rest first. Lin Xia saw Bacon take out the crystal ball and said to Mandy.

Mandy heard Lin Xia's call, stopped practicing, and walked over.

Bacon held the crystal ball in both hands and said respectfully to Mandy: "Miss Mandy, please put your hand on the crystal ball, and I will test it for you to see if you have magical talent." ”

"Test your magical talents?" Mandyci said.

"Yes, Miss Mandy, you have magic fluctuations around you when you are singing, and Young Master Lin Xia thinks that you may have a talent for magic, so he wants to test it. Bacon said.

"Oh," Mandy heard that it was Lin Xia's order, although she was curious, she still put her right hand on the crystal ball, looked at Bacon, and said, "What else do you need me to do?"

"You don't have to do anything, I'll summon the magic elementals. After Bacon finished speaking, he began to recite a spell to summon magical elements to test Mandy.

With the fluctuation of the magic element, Bacon obviously felt that after the magic element was summoned, he was very close to Mandy, but he ignored himself as a summoner, thinking that he could not control the magic element, and his heart was lost.

Although the magic element is close to Mandy, it is a pity that the crystal ball has not changed, Bacon said in his heart: "It seems that although Mandy is close to the magic element, his spiritual power is not up to standard, which is a pity." ”

Bacon hurriedly reported the results to Lin Xia, and Lin Xia also felt that it was a pity, after all, there were too few people like Mandy who were naturally close to the magical element, so Mandy didn't care.

"Young Master Lin Xia, maybe Miss Mandy can cast magic without mental power, after all, the main role of spiritual power is to summon magic elements, but Miss Mandy is close to magic elements, maybe she can skip the step of spiritual power. Bacon said.

Lin Xia thought about it for a while, and also felt that it was very possible, so he wanted Bacon to teach Mandy to try.

"But I don't know how to try, I've never been in contact with someone who doesn't summon magical elements with mental power, and I can't control magical elements myself. Bacon said.

Lin Xia also felt that this was the case, it seemed that he would meet a high-level magician in the future and see if there was a way.

Lin Xia asked Bacon to go back to the Viscount's Mansion first, and asked Rodney to call him, and soon Rodney arrived, and respectfully saluted Lin Xia: "Boss." ”

"I opened a shop next to Universal Entertainment called Universal Music, which specializes in selling Mandy's recording magic props. Lin Xia said, throwing the small recording magic prop that he had just used in the experiment to Rodney.

Rodney recorded the magic props and played them according to Lin Xia's instructions, Mandy's singing slowly sounded in the room, and Rodney hurriedly said, "Boss, how many such recording magic props are there now?"

"That's it. Lin Xia said.

"According to the effect of Miss Mandy's last performance at Universal Entertainment, the sales of this kind of recording magic prop may be very large, but there is only one song here, I'm afraid it is not enough. Rodney said with some concern.

"This is just an experiment, I'm going to record ten songs in it, this recording magic prop is just the basics, and the recording time is limited. Lin Xia said.

"Ten should be enough. How much do these magic items sell for?" Rodney asked.

"The current cost is 1 gold coin, and it can be cheaper if it is large, but I'm afraid it's not much cheaper, and each one needs to be recorded separately by Mandy, I'm afraid there won't be many. Lin Xia said.

"That's a pity, with Miss Mandy's current reputation, it should be easy to sell for 3 gold coins each. If the amount is not large, I recommend selling it for five gold coins. Rodney said.

"Five gold coins, so many?" Lin Xia asked.

"Our main target for sale is definitely the nobles, and recently many nobles have come to inquire about Miss Mandy, and want to invite Miss Mandy to the mansion to sing, but now with the recording magic props, the nobles can buy this and listen to it, five gold coins is nothing to them. Rodney said.

Rodney, who had been a merchant in the past, must have understood the psychology of the aristocracy and felt that it was feasible, and said: "The first batch is only sold for fifty, and you look at the propaganda." ”

Lin Xia thought for a while, the word recording magic props was too long, which was not conducive to publicity and promotion, so he said: "Don't call it recording magic props in the future, change the name to Gramophone, and the recorded Gramophone is called an album." ”

"Okay. Rodney agreed, paused and said, "Boss, is there another thing?"

"What's the matter?" Lin Xia asked when he heard that Rodney was still in trouble.

"The last time Miss Mandy came on stage, many people thought it was beautiful, but now many people come to ask where it was made, and I don't know if it can be customized. Rodney said.

"Oh?" Lin Xia listened to Rodney's words, felt that clothing was also a way to make money, and said, "You open another clothing store, and I'll design some clothes when I go back." ”

"Then I'll go and get ready. Rodney finished and left.

Half a month later, Universal Music opened near Universal Entertainment, and before Universal Music opened, Lin Xia specially arranged for Mandy to sing a few new songs at Universal Entertainment. What Lin Xia didn't expect was that there were really guests who went to the nightclub for half a month, waiting for Mandy to sing.

When Universal Music opened, large recording props were placed in the store and Mandy's new album was played on a loop. Mandy's singing voice has attracted many people to Universal Music.

Universal Music opened in the morning, and there were many nearby civilians around the morning, but not a single album was sold, which made Rodney a little worried. But just after lunchtime in the afternoon, many luxuriously dressed people came one after another, obviously these people were either nobles or wealthy merchants. Because this street is in a civilian area, and most of the nobles and wealthy merchants live in Jiangbei, it takes some time to get over, so it takes some time to arrive in the afternoon.

These people quickly bought fifty albums, and the last one was raised to sixty gold coins because of the competition between the two people. It's just that Rodney still sold the hardware at the original price to the first person to come.

When Lin Xia heard the news, he immediately made a decision to let Mandy record ten more albums, and asked an artist to paint Mandy's portrait, and each album used Mandy's portrait as the cover. At the same time, the lyrics of the album were copied on beautiful paper and signed by Mandy. Packed in the finest gift box.

Although Mandy still doesn't know how to read, it doesn't prevent Lin Xia from finding someone to design and sign for Mandy, and Mandy only needs to draw her name as usual for the time being.

Lin Xia asked Rodney to announce that the album with a regular version of hardware will be sold from time to time, but there are only these ten of these ten high-quality albums.

Rodney asked Lin Xia how much they were sold for, and Lin Xia said directly: "Fifty gold coins." ”

"Isn't it going to be a little expensive? Rodney asked, worried.

"Love to buy or not to buy. Lin Xia said. He didn't plan to sell it in the first place, the purpose of the expensive was just to build momentum and let people know that Mandy was worth a lot. If the aristocratic lords want to invite Mandy to sing, are you embarrassed to mention that the money is less, people's albums are sold for fifty gold coins, and if you want to invite Mandy to sing, you have to start with five hundred or one thousand gold coins. A thousand gold coins is an astronomical amount for a commoner, but it is still affordable for a senior nobleman, especially if he can invite Mandy to sing in his mansion, which is a very face-saving thing.

When Lin Xia released the news that the album would be released from time to time, many servants of nobles or wealthy businessmen waited at the door of Universal Music every day, so that the album could be bought as soon as it came out.

When the hardcover limited edition albums arrived at Universal Music's counter, the maids rushed to the top of the table, but when they heard that each album would cost 50 gold coins, the servants stopped. Because these people thought that the album was still five gold coins, but they didn't know what to do when they thought that it would suddenly increase tenfold, and some people planned to go back and ask for instructions.

At this moment, one of the most richly dressed men said in a loud voice, "I want to book five, but I don't have that many gold coins with me now, so I wonder if I can set them first and pay them later." ”

When everyone heard that someone was going to buy half of it at a time, they all looked at the man, and after a few days of communication, they knew that it was the servants of the Chancellor's family, and the two young ladies of the Chancellor's family were loyal fans of Mandy.

Rodney replied directly: "Yes." ”

The servant left in a hurry, and everyone saw that half of the ten albums were gone at once, and a few servants of the big nobles hurriedly said, "We will also order one, and we will pay later." ”

Soon the other five were also booked, and Rodney didn't expect it to be sold so smoothly, and it wasn't until these people came to give the money that they were sure that they were actually sold.

And there are also servants who were scolded by their masters for not buying them, and when they came to ask Rodney if there was still a time, Rodney felt that his worldview was about to collapse.

When Rodney reported to Lin Xia, although Lin Xia knew that he should be able to sell, he didn't expect it to be so smooth, and he couldn't help but sigh that the fan economy really has a market.

For a while, the entire imperial capital was covered by Mandy's singing, because the album was dominated by love songs, and even some aristocratic young people chose Mandy's album for courtship gifts, and it became fashionable to propose marriage with Mandy's album.

Some aristocratic servants also came to Universal Entertainment to ask if the magic props of the large recording that were being played were for sale, but of course Rodney directly refused.

At the same time as the album became popular, a clothing store called Universal Clothing also opened, and there are not many clothes here, only a dozen, but each one is a style worn by Mandy.

On the wall of each dress in the store, there is a portrait of Mandy wearing this dress, and every dress here can only be described in one word except for its good looks, expensive.

Of course, they are not ordinary commoners who come here, they are all young ladies from aristocratic families, and Mandy has become the idol of noble ladies.

But because of the civilian area in the south of Xishui Street, where Universal Music and Universal Clothing are located, the aristocratic ladies are usually very idle, and they run from Jiangbei to Jiangnan twice in three days, which is nothing more than to spend more time, but the servants in these mansions are tired.