Snowing.
Ke De stood behind the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the office with a pipe in his mouth, looking out of the window with ecstasy at the fluttering and falling snowflakes, as well as the slightly hazy factory buildings amidst the fluttering snowflakes.
In this northern country, the first snowfalls always come early, and early snow often visits early, even before winter officially sets in.
In the past... In fact, not too long ago, premature snowfall was often regarded as a bad start, and even associated with death.
The early cooling means that outdoor activities will be terminated early, and it will become difficult to store fuel. The common people will have to use limited food and fuel to fight a longer winter. Extending one day is often the world of life and death.
So people even have a special name for this kind of snow that comes in advance: white death.
But that's in the past, at least in most areas of the southern border. In Cod's eyes, the scenery of the first snowfall is gradually covering the impression of "White Death" in his mind. The scenery is not bad.
I just hope that the snow coverage will not be too large, especially the Holy Spirit Plain... After all, there are still many areas in this country that cannot withstand the power of the White Death.
Cord was biting his pipe, and a red light flashed in the pipe. The thick smoke slowly dispersed, and his thoughts drifted involuntarily along with the dispersed smoke.
The wind blows snowflakes and beats large pieces of crystal glass. This crystal clear material has always been associated with being expensive and scarce in the past, and few have been manufactured in such a large size. The monopoly of the Typhon Empire, the difficulties in transportation and the deliberate blockade of Typhon, resulted in the standard pane size of various buildings in the Anzu era never exceeding half a meter. Until a year ago, Cecil’s It was not until the alchemy factory successfully deciphered the technical secrets of the Typhon people to make cheap white crystals that large-scale crystal glass gradually appeared on various buildings in the southern border.
With the emergence of large-size crystal glass and the new architectural style brought by Emperor Gawain Cecil, the brand-new architectural element of "floor-to-ceiling windows" has gradually become popular this year.
As for how the technicians of the alchemy factory cracked the technology of the Typhon people in the absence of samples and materials... Codd, who is a businessman, has no idea about this.
The rare leisure time didn't last long. A rhythmic knock on the door interrupted Kodd's thoughts. He heard the voice of the eldest son Parr behind him: "Father, someone is looking for you."
The big businessman turned his head: "Are you a representative of Marlin Trading Company?"
In this snowy day, the other party came very early.
However, the young man at the door shook his head: "No, it's a young man from the north who calls himself Film. He said he has something very important to show you, and he said that you will be interested."
"A young man from the north?" Cord blinked unexpectedly. "It's not easy to travel long distances in this freezing weather. Maybe he came to the south on the 'Highlander' to try his luck..."
The big businessman muttered, feeling quite emotional.
It was no surprise to him that strangers came to visit him. As the owner of the increasingly famous Codd Family Information Company and as the leader of the Carroll Area Businessmen Association, he always had visitors, and some of them embraced The brave young man with a dream The new order brought by His Majesty Gawain seems to have brought a kind of vitality to the whole land. In the vast sea of people, young people are always the most courageous. All kinds of opportunities are sought in the changing land, and there is no doubt that there are opportunities in Kodd.
But most of the time, brave young people are only brave. They lack knowledge and experience, so that many of the clever ideas in their minds are actually useless. From a personal perspective, Kede Jiashitong must create an image that accommodates innovation and attracts talents. Only in this way can it continue to attract talented people. People, on the other hand, made Ke De always think of himself, of his reckless first business trip when he was young, and of his rekindled passion for challenge in the past two years.
It's just that I didn't expect that a stranger from the north would come to visit... That young man must have inquired after he came here.
The partner who made an appointment to discuss has not yet arrived, so it doesn't hurt to meet that young man.
"Let him come in," Cord nodded, "tell him in advance, it's only twenty minutes."
"Yes, father."
The eldest son Parr exited the room, and a moment later, a young man with blond hair in a blue coat appeared in front of Cord.
Out of habit, Cord first took a look at the young man's clothes and temperament
A more decent jacket, made of woolen material, although it looks old, but it is clean and well-maintained; the smile is gentle and polite, with a seemingly habitual humility, without the slightest aura or aristocratic details.
He should be a citizen with an upper-middle-class family background, well-educated, may have served the nobles, or may have a job that requires frequent dealings with people of higher status than himself. Obviously, the financial resources can afford the tickets for the Highlander, and the tickets for the middle class .
"Hello, I'm very glad to meet you, Mr. Curd," the young man smiled, with a hint of excitement on his face, "I'm from Barron, you can call me Film..."
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Film, please close the door," Kord nodded, pointing to the seats reserved for guests with his chin, "Please feel free."
Film hurriedly closed the door, and then sat down on the high-backed chair covered with soft cushions. He heard the well-known big businessman asking: "Mr. Film, I am sorry for the north. All too well, Barron is…”
"Oh, it's a town near Saint-Sunil, and it's not that famous," Film said with a smile on his face. Since he was taught by his father since he was a child, and has seen many markets in the old capital, he knows how to keep smiling. However, he is still young, so his nervousness cannot be well concealed, and he speaks much faster than usual, "It is on the west side of the capital, and it was lucky that it was not affected by that war. …”
"Mr. Film, let's talk about your purpose of looking for me first," Cord interrupted the other party, "It is not an easy journey from Saint-Sunil to here, why is it worth your time in this winter season?" Come so far from home?"
"Yes, sir, it's really far away. If it weren't for the 'Highlander' being much faster than ordinary ships, I'm afraid I'm still on the Gorgon River now, and I may even have to trek halfway on the bank after all. The flight is suspended," Film said, opening a small suitcase he carried with him, and solemnly placed the contents on the table in front of Cod, "I came to you to show you One thing... I asked some people in Rock City, and they all said that if you have novel ideas and things, you can go to the president of the Carroll Chamber of Commerce to try your luck. You are always willing to help young people, generous and insightful Unique and often buy their great ideas…”
Cord didn't pay too much attention to the compliment in the other party's words, but turned his attention to the small box, but the things in the box made him frown uncontrollably.
It's just a piece of crystal. The crystal in the picture shows that its shape should be an artificial crystal produced in the southern border. The grade does not seem to be high, but as a magic item, its price in the north should be quite expensive. Judging by Film's cautious attitude towards this crystal, Just knowing that this thing must be very precious to this young man from the north, it is probably the most valuable possession in his possession.
After all, the north is not like the south, where magic-related items are still quite rare and valuable, although recently the new traffic line composed of mechanical ships and magic vehicles has begun to transfer magic items from the south and various cheap man-made crystals. It is transported to the north, but due to the limited quantity, this still cannot change the high price of magic items in the north in a short period of time.
But in any case, the photo crystal is not a rare item for Kord... So, what is valuable should be the things recorded in it
He raised his head and looked at the young man standing in front of him: "What's in it?"
"Yes, sir, please let me show you..." Film said as he took out a few metal plates with runes from the box. Those were rune base plates, but there were no regular steel seals and The standard buckles may be imitations produced in the small factories in the north during the "Ansu restructuring" The magic device was successfully activated, and then he put the photo crystal produced in the southern border on the magic focus of this pile of things, "It's almost ready, it's almost ready, sir."
Codd wanted to say that he has an advanced magic net terminal here, which is a new model with a universal slot, which can directly play the content in the photo crystal, without such troubles, but in the end he still looked at the young man with curiosity and patience. It's all done.
He saw that the poor-quality crystal finally gradually lit up, and then a picture emerged above the crystal.
A man in brightly colored and exaggerated clothing stands in the projection, loudly praising someone off-screen.
A woman in a long skirt came in from outside the frame, arguing with the man.
After a funny dispute, the third person came to the center of the picture, he seemed to be trying to mediate the conflict, but was attacked by both men and women...
Kod stared blankly at the screen in the projection, until the end of this short plot, until the screen began to be played repeatedly, he finally muttered to himself: "This is... what..."
"The Lady of Butterfly Manor, ah, that's a play that has been very popular in the capital...I mean the old capital, even in the old capital," Film spoke quickly, with high spirits, All the tension seems to have dissipated, "Of course, of course it's just a little bit, and I tweaked it a little bit... because after all, the crystal is not the stage... Ah, sir, I should actually make a longer one, it's followed by a really good Fighting and debating, but there is no way, the king's capital... the magic net terminal at the old king's capital is only allowed to be used for less than ten minutes at a time, and it took me a lot of effort to ask the management staff to help me take pictures Crystal recorded the picture... and I dare not let my father know about it... "
Kord felt his mind was running fast, and he just subconsciously asked in the midst of his thoughts: "Your father?"
"Yes, his name is Barna, he is a well-known playwright in San-Sunil and surrounding areas, and he has his own theater troupe... But no one here must know..." Film's tone was proud, and a little Embarrassed, "We often perform for the nobles, but now... you should know that the nobles don't seem to have the energy to come to our show, and there are not so many nobles in Saint-Sunil... Father, if he knows that I put him I'm most proud of the script, and he took his actors to the square to 'perform', I'm afraid I won't be very happy... "
"Son," Cod suddenly interrupted Film's rambling narration, his eyes were burning, fixed on the young man's eyes, "how did you come up with this idea? I mean record the drama on the crystal... "
"I went to see the coronation ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor," Film laughed, a little shyly, "but I was standing far away at the time, and I could only see a huge image suddenly rising from the square and someone told me, That is the magic net terminal from the southern border. Unlike the illusions created by mages, there seem to be many magic net terminals in the southern border, and they are placed in the streets... "
Speaking of this, the blond young man paused in embarrassment before continuing: "Sir, our troupe is in a bad situation and everyone is in a bad situation. Half of the theater in Saint-Sunil has been closed. "
The war in the north has changed the lives of many people.
That's why there is the "Highlander", and there are all kinds of human beings that Film saw on the ship.
The stubborn father was still waiting for the nobles to return to the theater, but the brave young man ran out, wanting to see the world far away, to see the place where those incredible magic devices were born.
Maybe those nobles would visit those gorgeous and elegant theaters again after they recovered, but Kord looked at the crystal that was still playing the screen repeatedly, and he knew that something was about to change.
He even trembled a little.
He wasn't the only one who could think of installing heat runes on iron plates and ice picks in food preservation boxes.
How much can this thing be worth