Chapter Seventy-Seven: Covent Royal Opera House (Subscription Requested!! )
At 6 p.m., the potions grocery store put up a "close" sign, closing the day's business.
On the first day of opening, the total income of the store was 126 gold pounds, and in addition to the eldest prince Charles and the second prince Shukri, several customers came to the door one after another, but none of them bought goods.
There is no business, Ma Wei is not in a hurry at all, every emerging industry has to go through such a process, he can use marketing means to promote himself, but .....
Not necessary for the time being.
The audience of potions is the middle and upper class, that is, the guys who have some spare money in their hands, they will definitely come over to join in the fun after knowing that there is a potion grocery store on Flower Street, Ma Wei estimates that it will be a matter of two or three days, and the matter of the eldest prince and the second prince coming to buy potions today will soon be publicized, and there will be no guests at that time?
The eldest prince and the second prince are the best marketing tools, just like inviting Warren Buffett to lunch.
The day after tomorrow is New Year's Day, and the famous dramatist Helena Sheffield will perform Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Covent Royal Opera House in central London tonight, and this will be her last performance of the year.
"It's too expensive! The private room on the second floor costs a full 35 gold pounds! They might as well go and grab it!"
Levin, who came back from the black market, scolded and was in a very unhappy mood.
For tonight's performance, the normal ticket price on the first floor is 12 shillings per ticket, and the higher the seat, the higher the price, but it will not exceed 1 gold pound, and the private room set up for guests on the second floor is only 10 gold pounds per room.
If it weren't for Ma Wei's insistence on going to Miss Helena tonight, Levin would never have spent this kind of unjust money, 35 gold pounds is equivalent to a year's salary of an ordinary worker!
"Okay, what's there to complain about?"
On the way to the Covent Royal Opera House in a horse-drawn carriage, Ma Wei said disapprerovitically: "Behind those scalpers are the owners of the opera house, and the ticket prices on the surface are false, but the prices in the hands of the scalpers are real, and the money is going around and around, or it still falls into the pocket of the opera owner."
"Still hateful!" Levin said indignantly, "They really deserve to die if they engage in such unseemly means to collect money!"
"Do you know who is the owner behind the Covent Royal Opera House?"
「.... I don't know, who?"
"Marquis of Brecken."
"So what?"
"The Marquis of Brecon is a member of Prince Charles's camp, he has a number of properties under his name, his shadow is in all walks of life, he is the money bag of Prince Charles, and half of the shares of the Covent Royal Opera House have been transferred 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 eldest prince's popularity, and the gentry and nobles who spent a lot of money to buy tickets and go to see Helena's performance are all to curry favor with the eldest prince, and the tickets in the hands of scalpers are just stepping stones."
Ma Wei roughly estimated that with the size of the Covent Royal Opera House, the hall can accommodate 500 people, and the private rooms on the second floor can accommodate 50 people, that is, the eldest prince Charles can earn nearly 3,000 gold pounds for just one performance.
You must know that the income of the middle class at the bottom is only 300 gold pounds a year.
The eldest prince Charles has many other hidden incomes, and the same is true for several other princes, these people's ability to accumulate wealth is not ordinary, and behind the leading bosses in all walks of life, there are their shadows.
Who is the leader of every industry, and who are the supporters behind it, Ma Wei knows that before coming to the Kingdom of Windsor, Dino gave him a list of nobles that he had collected, which was full of things about the nobles of the Kingdom of Windsor, 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 the whole of London, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hot potato.
Of course, Ma Wei will definitely not make this form public, at least not in the short term, and he still wants to use this information to infiltrate the inner circle of London....
Four wheels
The carriage slowly stopped beside the stone brick street, and the coachman politely opened the door and said in a respectful tone, "Sir, Covent Garden has arrived."
Covent Garden, London's most prestigious old theatre, is located in a prime location in the heart of London, hundreds of years ago as a convent's garden, and then gradually turned into an entertainment center, to be able to perform here, is the dream of all theater actors and art practitioners.
Although it is the center of London, it is an old street, magnificent, splendid, the Royal Opera House is like the Roman temple with six huge white jade pillars, in the faint mist, a luxurious carriage engraved with the family crest of the aristocracy parked on the side of the street, men in formal clothes slowly walked into the theater with their delicate female companions, gilded extravagance came to the face, and East London seemed to be two worlds.
"Did you buy the rose?"
"Bought it." "I bought ninety-nine roses from the florist, and I wrote the cards myself, and after the show, the bouquets were sent backstage," Levine said.
The fact that Helena Sheffield is the lover of the eldest prince Charles is no secret anymore...... Originally, this was indeed a secret, and not many people knew about it, but a year ago, a certain "damn rose monster thief" directly made this matter public, which caused a lot of waves at the time, and then it was over, and the turmoil subsided.
Since then, Helena, who receives more than a dozen love letters a day, suddenly became unpopular, and everyone still cheered her on, but no one continued to send her flower love letters - except for the eldest prince Charles.
Helena Sheffield's ability to stay in London to this day seemed unbelievable to Mavey, because the wife of Prince Charles, Roseanne Crowley, came from the Duke's family....
That's right, it's Marvi's old friend from his time in the Royal Navy, the Duke of Crawley's family where Toure Crowley was born.
The Crowley family is a century-old duke, a typical old nobleman, the family is powerful and influential, and Rosanna is the second daughter of Duke Crowley, Ma Wei has seen her a few times, and she is a very powerful woman.
Such a woman, after learning that her husband was having an affair with Helena, actually acquiesced, which was a development that Mavi never expected, and it also meant that the Crowley family had high hopes for the eldest prince Charles.
Today, Helena is once again welcoming her admirer, Felix von Manstein.
What is it like to dig into the corner of the eldest prince Charles under everyone's noses?
Ma Wei hadn't tried it and wanted to try it.
"Big brother, look!"
After paying the fare, Ma Wei was about to enter the theater when the sharp-eyed Daniel suddenly saw a royal carriage coming from not far away, with no olive wreath on the coat of arms, and it was not the Grand Prince or King Rhodes IV....
Who will it be?
Second Prince or Third Prince?
Or is it some other member of the royal family?
Curious, Mavi stopped to see who was sitting in the carriage.
Equally curious as Ma Wei were the other gentry and nobles, who stopped and cast their eyes at the carriage.
The royal carriage slowly stopped, and in the open door, a shiny leather shoe was the first to poke out, and then...
Strands of blonde hair, which stood out in the darkness, appeared.
The Fourth Prince - Arthur!
Ma Wei silently watched as he stepped down from the carriage, turned around and grabbed Gulhanna's palm, Arthur, who was as elegant as a gentleman, did not step forward to talk to him, but withdrew his gaze: "Let's go, the show is about to start, go buy some snacks for Yunia first."
As the Mavi and the others turned to leave, Arthur seemed to sense something, and turned his head to look at the place where the Mavi and the others had just stood, which was empty.
"What's wrong?" Gulhana asked, "Is there anything?"
"It's okay...." Arthur shook his head and asked with a smile, "Why are you suddenly in the mood to come back to the theater tonight?" I also named Miss Helena to see her performance..."
"You can go back to London because the eldest prince has said a few kind words for you, isn't it? He also
I'll take care of you, he'll know about Miss Helena's support."
Looking at Gulhana, Arthur suddenly asked, "Are you hiding something from me?"
"No, what can I hide from you? If you want to wield more power, you must choose a faction, didn't Bishop Fowler also say it? He addressed the Archbishop of Ubri .... Pope Ubri has said hello and entrusted Pope Ubri to reconcile the conflict between you and the Grand Prince, so we should show favor to the Grand Prince!"
"I see..."
Arthur nodded slowly, smiling again:
"I'm overthinking, I'm sorry."