Chapter 99 The Mysterious Chamber of Commerce in the West
"Hello, does this lady need anything?" A man in a neat black dress walked out from behind the table in the store.
"I saw it outside and was a little curious, so I came in to take a look." Lorraine Hill explained, his eyes briefly glanced at the inconspicuous badge on the man's collar, which was decorated with silver-edged night flowers.
The corners are a background of silver leaf veins, and the middle is a purple glazed petal. The black lines outline the night flower in a mysterious and beautiful way.
This is the new version of the Chamber of Commerce coat of arms. Lorraine Hill vaguely remembers that when he left the Western Continent in 56 years, someone in the Chamber of Commerce proposed several revision plans to him, and this was the one he later agreed to.
The silver-leaf lacquer night flower badge represents that this person is a powerful middle-level person in the chamber of commerce. Generally, it will be awarded at this age only if he has outstanding performance. Judging from his conversation, he does have some appearance. Lorraine Hill has a lot of respect for this person.
The members of their own chamber of commerce secretly scored in their minds.
"Even if you just want to take a look and get to know each other, we welcome you, please." He didn't seem angry but simply made a gesture of invitation, moved out of the way, and introduced Lorraine Hill.
"Because our Chamber of Commerce has just arrived in the East and established a branch, there are not many physical objects here yet, but some small models and pictures can help you easily understand the history of the Kalites Chamber of Commerce and the help it can provide you.
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He walked forward and found that the store was indeed a little empty now. Many of the stations were vacant, but there were still some erected drawing boards, in which realistic oil paintings were used to depict the appearance of various products.
The largest painting in the center occupies a prominent position. It is about five meters high, almost as high as three Loland Hills. The background is blue and white waves, and a mighty warship in the middle is turning in the huge waves.
, the thick fort was emitting incandescent fire, the golden cannonballs pierced the sky, and there were traces of airships floating in the sky.
"This is a scene recorded in the midsummer of 1700 in the Third Age. It depicts the highest masterpiece of our Chamber of Commerce, the majestic appearance of the 'Aglaia' class battleship among the three goddess battleships, which bloomed in the battle with the Canghong Empire.
Glory, destroying countless Imperial warships."
"Although the war is far away, our Carites Chamber of Commerce still retains its excellent requirements for quality and quality. The Chamber of Commerce originated from spices, flourished in shipbuilding, and later involved alchemy, brewing, machinery, steam turbines, magic furnaces, and extraordinary
Various fields of pharmaceuticals.”
As he spoke, the man walked aside and pulled down the velvet cloth hanging on a booth, revealing another beautiful oil painting.
The picture shows a harvest orchard. Orange trees are neatly arranged beside the aisle full of fallen leaves, extending into the distance. Among the deep green branches and leaves, plump and orange fruits are heavy, bending the branches, and in some fruit trees
Next to it, several maids in long skirts stood on the ladder and carefully cut off the fruits with scissors, and then put them into the fruit basket nearby. In the picture with a dark background, the orange fruits are particularly prominent, which makes people look at it.
I can't help but want to touch it, and in the lower left corner of the picture, there is a small basket with several bottles of wine bottles with labels written on them. The amber liquid in them is reflected in the fragmented sunlight.
A little halo.
"This is a picture depicting the orchard of our Chamber of Commerce. The Carites Chamber of Commerce is rich in all kinds of fresh fruits. Unfortunately, due to the long distance, it is difficult to transport them to the East for everyone to taste. However, we have specially designed a new type of wine for the fruits. Cointreau
The mellow aroma of the wine will allow you to experience the tranquility and leisureliness of the southern orchards in summer.”
"It looks really good, but it's a pity that I don't drink much." Of course Lorraine Hill knows about Cointreau. She has also visited the orchard of the Chamber of Commerce before, but the real situation is slightly different from the one in the painting.
She vaguely remembered that most of the fruit pickers were aunts and uncles, not maids, and the fruit used for making wine was also a bluish orange. The paintings here probably painted the ripe fruits to match the color of the wine.
It's orange.
"Excuse me, Miss, what are you interested in? I may be able to provide you with some help." There was no anger in his voice, or he didn't care about such a trivial matter.
"Let me think about it." Lorraine Hill turned his head and looked at the booths throughout the store. Many of them had oil paintings, and only a few had models and real objects.
Lorraine Hill walked in small steps to a booth with a small golden windmill. The exquisite windmill placed on the velvet cloth here was making light music. Compared with the traditional music box, its sound was softer.
Because of its variety and complexity, it can already roughly simulate some singing sounds.
"This is the third generation of the 'Canary' music box developed by our chamber of commerce. Compared with the original version, it has 216 kinds of timbres and can simulate most songs. And every once in a while, our chamber of commerce will also
The latest music disc is provided, and you can purchase it as needed to add more music to it."
"It's the third generation..." Lorraine Hill thought thoughtfully. She was only the second generation when she was in the southern border. At that time, she discussed the development of this kind of music box with Wei Miya.
In such an environment, there are limits to using classical mechanical firing to produce sound, so I had to put it aside for the time being.
Although there are magic creations such as gramophone stones, their principles have nothing to do with alchemy or science. The sounds recorded in them will gradually become distorted as the particles of magic power change, and cannot be maintained for a long time. They can only be used to record the sounds of some conversations.
, but if the music is still inappropriate.
"Yes, our Chamber of Commerce hired the famous Master Langli, a representative figure in the music industry to transform the design for us, which resulted in the third generation of works. In addition, Master Lanli also invented many products such as magic speakers and amplifying bonnets.
, neon lights, sound fountains, cochlear gramophone and other works.”
"Master Lanli, is this Master Lanli from Hopelaner?" Lorraine Hill asked with a feigned surprised expression.
"Yes, this master is a leader in the music industry. He is also friends with two generations of world-famous Cangzhi diva. He is a household name." When he saw Lorraine Hill exclaiming, he showed a smile on his face and continued to explain.
"Then I want to buy this." Lorraine Hill blinked. In fact, she was also a little curious about what improvements Lan Lier had made to break through to more than 200 timbres.
"We only have three samples of this 'Canary' music pinwheel. It may be difficult to lower the price, but after all, you are the first customer of our store. We can give you a certain discount for promotion. It only costs 24 pieces.
You can buy it with gold coins.”
"24 gold coins, so expensive." Lorraine Hill was slightly stunned. At this price, you can buy a house in the small town of Crancia.
"Because it is not easy to make, the price is indeed not affordable. Please forgive me." The person was still smiling, as if he believed that the lady in front of him could afford this music windmill.
"Then I'd better take another look." Lorraine Hill shook his head slightly, indicating that he still needed to think about it carefully.
"Okay." He continued to walk ahead and introduced Lorraine Hill.
"This is Crancia's most advanced magic steam turbine model at present. Its efficiency and power far exceed those ordinary products on the street. Moreover, we also come with a one-year warranty. I believe this is the first time you have heard of this.
Class service, but this is our trust and pride in the quality of our products. It can not only be used for large ships and airships, but also for many industrial equipment, becoming an excellent and stable power source, which allows you to compete with your opponents.
Take advantage of the competition." I have to admit that this man is indeed a powerful salesperson. If Lorraine Hill hadn't known that this was his own product, he might have been tempted.
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"This row is a special potion called 'Beauty under the Moon'. It has four detoxification potions, three whitening potions and two youth potions, which can make you more beautiful..."
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"The above is the 'Black Rain' level mechanical crossbow. It is a perfect creation of gold quality. The 24 blood-blade enchanted crossbow arrows included can easily break through the defense of sixth-level monsters. It is silent when fired and is easy to use.
Even a 7-year-old child can operate it easily. It was named 'Black Rain' to commemorate the eldest lady of our Chamber of Commerce who defeated the enemy killer cavalry that attacked her in 1684 of the Third Era and became famous in Hopeland.
The story is that it was raining at night, and the enemy was a powerful cavalry body covered in black."
"The eldest lady of your Chamber of Commerce sounds very scary." Lorraine Hill bit her lower lip lightly, wondering to herself who chose this name.
"No, no, no, although it sounds like a very dangerous scene, the eldest lady of our chamber of commerce is indeed a gentle and beautiful girl. The battle was also forced. After the war, the eldest lady forgave some of her attackers.
Kill them." But they went to jail and toil, Lorraine Hill blinked.
Seeing that the witch girl in the black hat and black skirt was not very interested in this kind of weapon, the man once again led Lorraine Hill to one side, which was the corner of the temple. There was a special booth inside, surrounded by other weapons.
A red rope is used to stop people.
"Our chamber of commerce does not sell many costume jewelry, but the style is very suitable for you, Miss Witch. I believe you will have some ideas after seeing this painting." Seeing how confident he said, Lorraine Hill also felt excited.
Somewhat curious.
"Really?"
Then the man climbed over the rope and carefully removed the velvet curtain from the painting, revealing the dreamy and soft scene inside.
The background of the oil painting is a dark house, with the half-open windows casting halo of light on a girl sitting on a wooden chair. The girl's head is slightly tilted, and her eyes are like black smoke crystals, and there seem to be thousands of words in them.
As she recounted, she was wearing a complicated black and red dress, with her hands lightly placed in front of her. One side of her cheek was illuminated by the sun, while the other side was in the shadow, which vividly highlighted the delicate whiteness of the girl's skin, and there was also a careful look in the light.
Some dust particles are drawn, giving the picture a hazy and dreamy beauty.
This painting... Lorraine Hill's mouth widened slightly.
She could tell at a glance that it was herself in the painting, but why was she here?
There seem to be a lot of portraits and statues of himself in Crancia and the Empire, but in fact most of them are based on the pictures in some photographic stones. It really makes Lorraine Hill sit in front of the painter and let the other party draw the portrait.
In fact, it only happened once. That was when she was enrolled in Emenas that year, because she didn't have enough money to buy clothes in Servais's store, so the other party left a painting.
Servais promised not to let the painting be circulated casually, but why does it appear here? In addition, do the people in the Carites Chamber of Commerce really not know that the person in the painting is theirs? Many of her identities are actually in
Later, it was gradually exposed, and it is difficult to say that the identity of Luo Lan, who was studying in Emenas, was not guessed by others later.
"What is the painting in this painting?" Lorraine Hill lowered the brim of his hat slightly and asked in a low voice.
"The person in the painting is the eldest lady of our Chamber of Commerce, Lacey." His voice softened rarely, and he looked at the painting with an expression of admiration in his eyes.
After a while, he turned around and introduced to Lorraine Hill the legendary leader of the Chamber of Commerce and the ups and downs of Carites' fate.
"...Since then, although Miss Lacey is no longer in the Chamber of Commerce, her appearance, voice, and legacy have been passed down and preserved."
Hey, hey, I'm not dead yet. Lorraine Hill wanted to say something, but in the end he decided not to speak. He just glared at the man who was intoxicated with self-expression.
"That's right, she is indeed a very beautiful person." Lorraine Hill turned his face sideways, not looking at the person in front of him.
"Sorry, I seemed to have said unnecessary words for a moment and troubled you, Miss." The man seemed to wake up from his intoxication and fantasy. He lowered the velvet curtain again and walked out of the fence.
"As you have just seen, our chamber of commerce also sells some special styles of clothing. The style is very suitable for you, so I recommend it to you." As he said, he walked to the counter and asked a clerk to take out a thick book.
The picture album uses exquisite and bright colors to depict pieces of black and red witch style, or dark windbreaker dresses. It is said that this kind of clothes is very popular in the south of Crancia, and many Emenas students
I will also wear this kind of clothes.
In the Western Continent, Emenas can be said to be the first-class university, and the popular style within its school will also affect the younger generation outside the school.
"I remember that Emenas had to wear school uniforms, because I also graduated there before." In order to avoid meaningless comparisons among students, Emenas students have many restrictions on what they wear.
"I didn't expect that the young lady turned out to be a top student in Emenas. Yes, Emenas does have dress requirements. Most of the time, it's school uniforms from different colleges and grades. But in some daily gatherings, school outings, and...
When there are holidays, there are no mandatory requirements for what to wear.”
"It seems like this..." Lorraine Hill recalled the past. It seemed that at some parties and weekend outings, everyone wore different clothes. Among them, Letis's clothes were particularly numerous, and they were almost different every time.
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"If you have a style you like, just leave a deposit and we will tailor it according to your figure and make a perfect-fitting product for you within a month."
He really never forgets about business. Maybe that’s why he got to this position. Lorraine Hill sighed in his heart. On the one hand, he was happy that his chamber of commerce had such outstanding salespeople. On the other hand, he was also worried that the chamber of commerce would be too immersed in profits.
In the process of earning, I went astray.
Well, you should also restrain your desire to control a little. If the members of the chamber of commerce have not made big mistakes, don't blame them. After all, they also have their own lives and things they yearn for. There is nothing wrong with working hard to make money, but don't do evil and
Just forget the principles.
"Let me think about it, just choose this one, and also wrap the windmill music box I saw earlier." In order to take care of his own business and verify whether the product is qualified, Lorraine Hill finally paid for it.
Of course, it’s hard to say where the money ultimately came from.