Chapter 199 Maria’s Coming of Age Ceremony (2)

Chapter 199 Maria’s Coming of Age Ceremony (2)

When Meldan opened the jewelry box in Gillis's hand and took out the diamond crown from it and put it on Maria, Annika led Livia to the side of the stage. She and her cousin, whom she called "little fox", looked at each other, and the two nodded slightly. Gillis silently retreated to the other side of the stage.

"We are honored that a gentleman named the original model of a epoch-making work 'Maria'. The Holt family would like to share this honor with the guests present." Meldan waved his hand, and the servants in the audience began to distribute a palm-sized silver square to each guest. At this time, Gillis pushed a small cart with a glittering golden owl on it.

There is a prominent cursive "D·R" on the forehead of the metal owl, and there is also a small cursive "D·R" mark on the lower left corner of all the silver squares.

Della Riddle, that's why everyone here is here, they have no interest in a little girl's coming of age ceremony.

"As we all know, wizards now mainly rely on owls to transmit information, but it takes at least a day for the information to be delivered, and the timeliness is very poor." Livia stood next to the golden owl, and the bow on her head began to tremble with her rich hand movements. "And most of the current communication tools can only realize one-to-many command transmission, and cannot flexibly build a bridge of communication between any two people."

"But with this little owl, the information transfer piece 'Maria', the situation will be completely different!" Livia made a 'tapping' gesture to the golden owl, "We have already written all the 'silver letters' present into the 'Maria' system in advance. You can try injecting magic power first."

Dag in the audience did this first. The black words "Enter your name" appeared in the center of the silver square. He used magic to write Dag Rochier's name. After the input was completed, the silver square returned to a blank. After a while, the names of other people present appeared on it one after another.

"The names that appear above are all people that can be contacted directly. If you are all looking at the 'Silver Letter', this kind of communication can be carried out in real time. You can give it a try." Livia continued, "Because I mainly want to show you the real-time communication function of this work, I only brought the 'Maria' type work machine that can see all the people written into a system. This model is mainly used in the workplace."

The people in the audience began to try to send messages to the people present. When they really got instant contact, they looked up at each other in surprise. When they heard Livia say that this was just one of the product models, they all looked eagerly at her and the golden owl behind her.

"Considering the privacy needs of individuals, we also have an owl network that can only be used for communication after exchanging bank messages. This is also the model that will be sold in the market later." Livia was not at all nervous because of the attention focused on her. "And 'Owl' also supports personalized customization. You can discuss the specific requirements with the Holt family."

Livia finished what Annika had told her to say, and left the stage with her usual smile on her face. Meldan took Maria back to the center of the stage and said, "Thank you all again for coming to this coming-of-age ceremony. If there is anything wrong with our hospitality, please forgive us. The Holt family is always open to you all."

After expressing his intention to cooperate, Meldan bowed slightly to the audience, and Maria followed suit by lifting her skirt and saluted, and her appearance officially ended.

The struggle for interests behind the scenes officially began.

They all realized that the golden owl would completely change the communications industry in the wizarding world, and there was no reason not to seize the opportunity.

This can be considered a gift from Della to the Rochier family. Since it is difficult for the Rochier family to squeeze into the field where power has already been solidified, they will directly have a place in the new field.

Of course, because this work was made with the resources of Beauxbatons, the Holt family, as the board of directors of Beauxbatons, should have a say in this important patent. The Rochier family also needs to cooperate with a large local family in Country F. One family cannot swallow such a large market.

It is both a collaboration and a check and balance on them by Della.

At the same time, this product is also a gift from Della to all those who have pledged their loyalty and been chosen. The new method of communication will sweep the entire wizarding world, and foreign wizards will be able to take advantage of their own country's market. Della has placed a blue ocean that can bring huge profits in front of them.

Unlike Voldemort who could only shout slogans and show intimidation, Della Riddle first gave them real benefits.

Everyone present looked at each other and began to quietly gather around the wizards from their country. They had to roughly divide the country's share before negotiating with the Holt family.

Of course, those who are more flexible have already made appointments through the "silver letter" in their hands.

Della Riddle did not appear at the party, but she made an admirable debut.

As for Maria, although she herself had no idea what the ubiquitous 'D.R' at the coming-of-age ceremony meant, she had already benefited from the light that Miss Riddle was willing to give her, and her status had risen.

The Holt family in Country F is known for the 'three bests': the coldest contract, the shrewdest heir and the most docile girl.

Dag Rochier knew this statement from the beginning, but he didn't take it seriously at the time. After confirming the cooperation agreement with the Holt family, he married the beautiful wife he had met a few times.

Kay was very competent as Mrs. Rocher. Internally, she never lost her temper and was completely considerate of Dag's emotions. Externally, she was able to deal with Dag's most annoying brother's family with her gentleness and impeccable manner, and never asked Dag to do anything for anyone in a biased manner.

Dag was very satisfied with Kay. During the busiest period of his career, his gentle and lovely wife and lively and lovely daughter gave him great comfort. But when he had time and began to try to cultivate Maria, he found that Maria had been completely raised to be like her mother.

She is gentle and considerate, but has no opinion of her own and is a completely unqualified heir.

At that time, Dag finally understood Kay's "gentleness". It was a puppet cultivated by the Holt family who was submissive and had no desires.

After thinking it through, Dag did not blame Kay. After all, he enjoyed Kay's tenderness and it was impossible for him to hate the daughter he had always loved. He was also partly responsible for not teaching Maria well. He could not force a person without desires to raise the child he wanted.

So after his youngest daughter Annika was born, Dag personally took over her education. He valued the heir more, but this did not mean that he abandoned his other daughter Maria.

The saying of "three mosts" can be spread. Everyone knows that the Holt family does not value girls, but everyone also knows that insulting their girls is an insult to the Holt family.

If all Maria wanted was a decent happiness like her mother and she didn't want to continue living with her father who had been in prison, then she couldn't just be Rochelle of the Holt family, she had to be a complete Holt.

If Maria is willing to be a puppet all her life like her mother, she must be the most luxurious and rare one. Even if she changes her last name to Holt, she and Annika are still blood sisters, and Rochelle will still be her supporter.

Dag took a last look at Maria, who was walking down the stage with Meldan to exchange greetings. Even though he was unhappy that the position of her father beside Maria was taken away, he had no intention of going forward to embarrass Maria. He valued his daughter's future more than asserting his sovereignty over her.

"Dag." At this time, Old Nott walked to Dag Rochil, and Dag sent him a message in a silver letter.

"You got the chance to be instructed, kind man," Dag, who was in a bad mood, stabbed Old Nott, and then made a gesture to follow, "As expected, it's your fox who joined in without making a sound."

"Malfoy family, isn't there?" Old Nott's expression didn't change at all because of Dag's ridicule. He just asked the question that had been bothering him for the past few days with a little hesitation.

"The way they seize the initiative is different from ours," Dag snorted and led Nott to a door, making a 'please' gesture, "and what they get is certainly different from ours."

"..." Old Nott looked at the low-key and heavy door in front of him, then looked at Dag who still looked indifferent, and opened the door after taking a deep breath.

This was a study room. The desk was facing the door and the office chair was turned around. As soon as Nott entered, he saw two young men standing next to them. One was Gillis Holt, whom he had seen on the stage, and the other was a black-haired young man who seemed somewhat familiar.

"Trev Ewing," the dark-haired Trevor stepped forward and extended his hand to old Knott, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Knott."

Old Nott glanced at Trevor, stepped forward and shook his hand. "Have we met before?"

"I studied at Hogwarts before, and I was just an ordinary student," Trevor said, with a smile on his handsome face. "Thanks to my school experience, I had the opportunity to meet that adult."

Trevor let go of old Nott's hand, walked slowly to the chair that had turned its back, and gently and respectfully turned the chair over with both hands. Maggie, who was about one meter tall, leaned against the armrest of the chair, staring at Nott with his wide eyes with a pair of vertical pupils, constantly spitting out a bright red snake tongue.

"This," Old Nott took a step back subconsciously, his eyes full of horror.

"Uncle Nott," Gillis spoke at this time. Although he used the respectful title for his elders, his blue eyes, as pale as his father's, simply looked at old Nott. "You are the only one coming from Country Y, but the Nott family should not be able to swallow such a large market."

Country F wants to get involved with Country Y.

Old Nott understood Gillis's words, and before he could respond, the great snake he feared straightened up and hissed, while Trevor bowed slightly in respect, as if listening.

Another Parseltongue!?

While Old Nott was shaken, Trevor slowly stood up. The young man still had the same polite smile on his face. "After all, we are old friends from the same hometown. The Riddle family is willing to support us a little more."

Riddle, home?

Blood relationship?

Nott didn't quite understand this sentence, but he understood what Trevor meant by "support".

Della Riddle does not want to consolidate the power of Country Y, she wants to create her own power in Country Y.

And Trevor is the newcomer she pushed forward.