11. First meeting
When Fitzwilliam Darcy came to visit his friends, he met the crazy Dylan, but when he saw this beautiful embroidery, he understood that this magical embroidery deserved everyone's obsession with it.
Fitzwilliam D'Arcy's mother was very fond of embroidery from the East, and there are still many embroideries in the Bloombury estate, but he dares to say that they are not even half as good as this embroidery: "Dylan, is this your new embroidery?" I don't know if you're willing to cut your love? β
Dylan said with a pained face, "No, Darcy is not mine, this is little Maria's, and she plans to take it to the auction." β
Darcy looked at the only little girl in the room, and was stunned, he didn't expect that little Maria, whom Dylan always talked about, looked like a little girl, and he had always thought that Miss Ghost was at least in her twenties.
Seeing the confusion in Darcy's eyes, Maria was also helpless, looking petite and blaming her: "Hello, Mr. Darcy, my name is Maria Lucas." β
"Miss Ghost?" Darcy asked uncertainly, he still felt incredulous until this point, the little girl in front of him had a sweet smile, flaxen slightly curly hair, golden brown eyes flashing innocently, and the whole person looked like an angel.
Angel? Phantom?
"Yes, I remember that you often write to me, thank you very much for your continued advice and support." Maria also felt quite surprised, she always thought that the gentleman who could write such a serious comment should be a stubborn tough guy, but she didn't expect Darcy to be a rare beautiful boy, which was too friendly for Maria, who was a little face-controlling, and the residual resentment towards the other party in her heart also quietly disappeared.
Only then did Darcy have to believe that the little girl in front of him was the legendary Miss Spectre: "If you don't mind, it's fine." Facing the ghost lady in front of him, who looked like a delicate porcelain doll, he suddenly felt that his original words might be too harsh, but it was rare that this young lady did not mind.
Dylan interjected, "Little Maria, I think you may consider selling this embroidery to me, and if you send it to auction, I can't guarantee that they will keep it a secret for you, which will cause unnecessary trouble." And Maria's family is clearly not equipped to cope with these troubles.
Maria looked at Dylan and asked generously, "I wonder how many pounds you are willing to pay for this embroidery, Mr. Stoker?" β
Darcy, who was in attendance, was surprised that the young lady would talk about pounds, but he still gently proposed: "Miss Lucas, would you mind telling me what you need pounds for?" You must know that such a beautiful embroidery is quite rare, and no one will be willing to sell it unless it is necessary. β
Maria felt that the other party really knew the goods, this embroidery was bought by her from the mall, it came from a world of abilities, and as long as the ability on this embroidery was not destroyed, it could remain unchanged for thousands of years. Of course, its price was definitely worth its value, and it cost Maria a full 100 points to get it.
Darcy knew that she was writing a novel, and Maria directly told the other party about her plans.
Darcy didn't expect this young lady to buy a publishing house for the publication of the novel, which is really ...... Finally, Darcy said in a gentle and polite manner, "Miss Lucas, I don't know if you are interested in working with my publishing house, I can sign a share contract with you." β
"Oh, no, Darcy, you can't set this precedent. Once you do, other authors will ask for it! "Darcy wanted to buy a publishing house, he knew about it early on, after all, Darcy was going to leave it to his own management. So, Dylan hastened to stop: "Leave aside the others, Mr. Cady will certainly make the same request, he is the latest novelist in England at the moment." β
"Dylan, I remember that many authors have published books that have been divided into that, so what's the matter with giving Miss Lucas some special treatment." Darcy pursues rigor, but not pedantic. In his eyes, Miss Lucas's work was much better than that of Mr. Cady, who was only an author who had become popular in a literary salon, and perhaps his previous works had some merit, but now they were all clichΓ©s, and he did not bother to help them publish them.
Dylan also knows that Darcy can't get used to Mr. Cady, but other people's works are to sell goods, so you have to accept this! Well, Maria's work, once published, will also sell exceptionally well.
Knowing this, Dylan was reluctant to nod in agreement, but there was really no way. He is not Darcy, he has a large piece of land waiting for him to inherit, he is only the youngest son of the family, there is no way to inherit the Stoke family's inheritance, and his future standard of living depends on how much he earns.
Maria didn't expect that Mr. Darcy actually had a publishing house, and the other party was willing to sign a ridiculous sharing contract with him, for a while, she felt a little sour in her heart, no wonder Elizabeth would be moved after visiting Bloomburly Manor, and finally married him, Mr. Darcy's "money" ability is too exciting!
Seeing Miss Lucas staring at him stunned, Darcy thought the other party didn't believe it, and casually explained, "I recently bought a publishing house and am planning to get involved in the publishing industry. β
"Medusa Publishing House has been around for more than 100 years, and I recently bought it because of poor management. If you wish, you can exchange the embroidery for 25 percent of the shares of Medusa Press, and you don't have to pay anything else. Of course, your novel can be published exactly as you want it to, and I won't interfere with that. β
Dylan was shocked by Fitzwilliam Darcy's extravagance, knowing that Darcy had paid a whopping 38,000 pounds to buy Medusa Publishing (along with the land)! And that's not even counting the cost of his subsequent renovations, which he knew no less than the cost of a complete restoration of the Baroque publishing house.
Of course, he felt a little sorry for Darcy to buy the embroidery, but he knew that he could not afford this level of embroidery, and he didn't know where Maria got it, so it must have taken a lot of effort.
Through the change in Dylan's expression, Maria knew that she might have taken advantage of it, and although she loved money, she did not want to trick her collaborators: "I have a paper-making recipe in my hand, and the paper made by this recipe has a soft beige color, which can relieve eye fatigue caused by long reading, and it is very cheap to manufacture. β