Chapter 148

At the end of the afternoon movie, the audience were reluctant to leave. Count Henrietta took Harvey and them to the back hall of the cinema during the transition to the evening show. When they arrived, more than a dozen guests were present, all dressed in formal clothes and holding champagne to talk to each other. When Harvey entered, his eyes naturally focused on him, with admiration and surprise, I'm curious.

The opening speech of the film "count of Monte Cristo" let everyone know the identity of this young man. On this day, Harvey has become a rising star in Norton society.

Three crystal chandeliers illuminate every corner of the banquet hall. The white gauze rolling curtain on the dome converges from the corner of the room to the center, showing a more hazy beauty under the light. Statues, flowers and oil paintings from famous artists are placed on the walls of the living room. Guests can enjoy these works of art in their spare time.

Most of the seats are placed on both sides of the room, and the large space in the middle is for guests to dance or socialize.

The guests who can be invited to the back hall are basically the ones with the highest status in the audience.

Harvey can also recognize several women, Susie Terrence, the president of the magic association, who seems to be out of place here. She is wearing an old style witch robe, with deep dark circles under her eyes and giant panda's eyes. With her morbid gray skin, the nobles around her are afraid to avoid her, for fear that she will be cursed if she is not careful.

Princess Elinor Windsor, the first successor of the Kingdom, is a mature woman in a flaming red dress. Standing in the crowd, her enchanting figure always attracts the attention of male guests, but she is afraid to see more because of her identity.

DuPont Arnold, the Minister of the Royal casters' Association, is an old and healthy old man. Standing there gives people a feeling of not angry but powerful.

When they enter the hall, William pulls Jared and they naturally sit on the table of the guests. Although they are nominally one of the producers of the film, the guests on the scene are probably only interested in Harvey. They will only ask for nothing if they are reluctant to join. There are social rules in social circles, and the class gap naturally determines the different circles.

Led by count Henrietta, Harvey greets these distinguished guests one by one.

"Mr. Adrian, I'm very surprised to meet you here. It's said that you don't like social activities. You haven't even appeared at the award ceremony for the novel the count of Monte Cristo." Eleanor Windsor took off her red gloves and said with a smile that hand kissing, as a long-standing traditional etiquette in the society, is generally only given by men to women, which means that they are close to each other. Generally speaking, members of the royal family do not take the initiative to let others kiss their hands, so it is a great honor for the nobility.

Harvey bent down to hold her hand and gave her a kiss. After the salute, Harvey straightened his waist and replied with a smile, "you're serious. I hope the count of Monte Cristo doesn't disappoint you, Princess Eleanor."

"I'm very satisfied. It's an unprecedented experience for me. I have to marvel that the story of count of Monte Cristo is really wonderful. When the phantom is over, I can see the excited eyes of the female audience on the first floor. Although their cries were drowned in applause, I believe that tomorrow, all Norton's newspapers will give praise to the birth of mirage. " Princess Elinor was generous, and the male guests around him nodded in agreement.

"Princess Elinor, you look as beautiful as ever." A handsome man came over with champagne. First, he bowed to Elinor and looked at Harvey with emotion: "Mr. Adrian, you are much younger than I expected. I thought that the writer of the novel the count of Monte Cristo must be a wise scholar. He can only be a middle-aged man or an old man with rich life experience. In addition, the count of Monte Cristo you play is really wonderful. I almost doubt whether you are really the count of Monte Cristo. After all this, you write such works

"Thomas, I thought you were here for some other purpose." Princess Elinor replied by pulling up the hem of her long red dress.

"Count of Monte Cristo alone is enough. I'm very grateful that you recommended this novel to me, so that I didn't miss a day of witnessing history." The man raised the champagne and drank it down.

"My name is Thomas Turner. It's a pleasure to meet you here." He put down his glass, shook hands with Harvey, and then said with a smile, "Mr. Adrian, please forgive my abrupt request. I wonder if I can bring your work back to my country for translation? I think the count of Monte Cristo is a very excellent novel, which deserves to be respected and seen by all readers who like novels. "

Originally, there was a need to have relevant people to explain Harvey's identity quietly, but count Henrietta was socializing with others.

Harvey didn't know who he was, but he still nodded with a smile: "of course, that's what I want to see."

After the meeting, Harvey knew the identity of the handsome man in front of him, the son of a duchy, and his status was no inferior to that of Eleanor Windsor. He came to Norton specially for the phantom of the count of Monte Cristo.

Harvey went to talk with the other guests again. The president of the magic association seemed to be lack of interest in him. After polite greeting, he didn't have any chance to talk. Instead, DuPont Arnold, the Minister of the Royal casters' Association, paid more attention to Harvey. He would ask some questions about the casters, discuss them and seek Harvey's opinions.

I don't know if casters like to wear robes to show their status and mystery. DuPont Arnold is wearing a modern style robe. The style is like a combination of black suit and robe. Many places are embroidered with mysterious golden patterns. He can feel the fluctuation of magic. It should be the constant defensive magic on this robe.

DuPont Arnold's face is old, his white hair is neatly combed, which gives people a warm impression, but his eyes are severe and old-fashioned, which makes people unconsciously avoid.

The old man in front of Harvey has three identities: the first is the president of the Royal caster Association, the second is the Royal mage consultant, and the third is the Royal Minister of magic. Generally speaking, the hearty old man in front of Harvey is the nominal leader of all the casters in the kingdom of Baren.

"Mr. Adrian, what do you think of modern magic?"

Modern magic?

Harvey didn't expect that DuPont would ask such a vague question. After a little thought, he said, "as far as I know, modern magic is still more general, and it's not accepted by the mainstream casters."

DuPont's eyes were complicated and said: "modern magic is a compromise made by the gradually bad casting environment. Previous casters disdain to study the magic that can benefit ordinary people. I think the magic crystal researched by Mr. Adrian belongs to modern magic."

"Do you mean the magic that can affect people's lives is modern magic?"

"Not all, you know."

Harvey pondered for a moment, "in my eyes, and about the division of modern magic, I think magic is a means for human beings to perceive the changing laws of everything in the universe. The difference is only how to use it. If modern magic refers to technology or magic that can make people's life better, it is worth pursuing and studying."

DuPont nodded with satisfaction, looked at Harvey a little loose, nodded: "very objective answer, Mr. Adrian, if one day you are interested in this, you can come to me at any time. There are few excellent casters in the kingdom who are as good as you and have a keen interest in modern magic."

Harvey said with a leisurely smile: "in fact, I'm going to publish a magic paper on photographic crystal."

DuPont gujingwubo's face fluctuated, pulled the corners of his mouth, and gave Harvey a deep look: "it seems that we need a deeper long talk."

The Royal Association of casters runs an academic publication called nature and magic, which is only available in the kingdom of Baron and the magic association. It is not a branch of the magic association in the kingdom of Baron, but the headquarters of the magic association in another continent. Of course, the publication has only a moderate response, with no more than 1000 readers in the kingdom of Baron, In another continent, it's estimated that it's a little useful to pad the foot of the table.

Harvey plans to publish the principle and some techniques of photographic crystal. If there are enough professional casters to make imitations, the photographic crystal production process he has developed will not be published easily.

The Cromwell chamber of Commerce has shown enough sincerity to cooperate with him. Harvey married Diana and took 40% of the shares of the Cromwell chamber of Commerce. He couldn't get by without doing anything. Moreover, 40% of the profits of the Cromwell chamber of Commerce will fall into his pocket.