Those who looked like veterans gathered together and whispered. It seemed that they were visiting such a place for the first time, and they were curious but reserved.
The people brought by Siphis were much better. Although many of them were visiting such a place for the first time, but...
They are from a magazine company. Considering the content of their magazine, what kind of scenes must they not have seen?
But generally speaking, the nobles... are very far away from most common people, especially the real nobles who live in such old castles. They are still very mysterious to common people.
Some people may have seen a little about the lifestyles here from novels, storybooks, or even film and television programs, but now when they enter here and see it with their own eyes, they still feel shocked.
Except for the maid who was not what I imagined.
This long solid wood conference table looks like it was split in half from a whole old tree.
Looking at the dense growth rings on the table and thinking about the width of the table, in that era, such century-old giant trees should have been the main material for making warship keels, right?
But here it was luxuriously cut into pieces and used to make tables.
And these tea sets...
An employee of a magazine was quite sharp-eyed. He took the transparent tea set in his hand and examined it carefully. Suddenly he found that it seemed to be crystal instead of glass!
This is too luxurious. The ordinary tea sets for guests to drink tea are all one-piece crystal cup tea sets made of pure crystal?
Each of these things in here could be sold for a lot of pounds, right?
"Ahem! The Earl is coming!"
“Swish, swish…”
Following Butler Huth's gentle reminder, the entire conference room suddenly became quiet, followed by the sound of messy chairs being moved. Although it was not orderly, everyone in the conference room stood up.
…
“Tap, tap, tap.”
As footsteps approached, everyone in the conference room turned their eyes towards the door.
The first to come in is...
A maid serving tea.
Behind her is the owner of this castle, His Excellency the Earl of Carmarthen.
…
"Good morning, Your Excellency the Earl of Carmarthen!"
"Haha, we are all family, sit down, no need to be polite."
Alan smiled politely.
…
It doesn't mean that everyone has to bow when meeting a noble, but such etiquette is only used when you know for sure that the person you are going to meet is a noble.
Even the way of greeting each other has specific rules.
For the three major ranks of nobility, namely, knight, baron and viscount, it is sufficient to just add a respectful prefix to their titles.
If you know the specific title later, you can also address the person together with the title, such as the Honorable Sir, the Honorable Baron, etc.
And the title of Your Excellency is a higher level.
The three major ranks of nobility, namely Sir, Baron and Viscount, cannot be addressed as "Your Excellency" in formal occasions.
This is a title exclusive to high-ranking nobles, used for the titles of Earl and Marquis.
The detailed details here are that if the nobles of this level have fiefdoms, they must be referred to together with the fiefdoms, for example, the Earl of Carmarthen, the Carmarthen here refers to the location of the fiefdom.
This is also a reflection of status.
As for the higher levels, that is His Royal Highness, and at this level are the Duke and Prince.
Like the Prince of Wales, or the Duke of Cambridge like little William.
The individual title above that is Your Majesty.
These are the specific titles for each level.
…
If it is a civilian, it doesn't matter if he shouts wrong if no one specifically guides him. After all, we live in modern society and it's no big deal.
But in very formal occasions, or in aristocratic circles, and also in occasions like this where you meet for the first time, you cannot call out the wrong name. It would be embarrassing if you did!
Normally... for someone like Allen, after you get familiar with him, you can call him "Master" or "Sir", that's fine, but you cannot call him by his name directly, that would be the most rude.
There is another situation where you can call someone by his or her name, that is when the other person has not revealed that he or she has a title. Ignorance is not a problem.
…
Watching the butler still debugging the slides, the principle of this thing is to write the content on a small transparent card, and through the principle of projection, enlarge it and project it onto the screen in front.
It sounds simple, but it is very troublesome to debug, because this thing has to be placed upside down and the position has to be adjusted to face the screen.
"Hahaha, doctor, I thought it would take a few days for you to arrive."
Alan looked at a thin young man with short hair. This was a doctor on the ship when he was serving. His level...
It’s just average, his nickname is Doctor.
"Alan, we went through the formalities after you left. They didn't make it difficult for us. As soon as we received your letter, we flew back."
"Very good! You came at the right time. I will give you the task in a moment."
…
Alan then set his sights on another sturdy white man, whose appearance and hairstyle looked like a character in an arcade fighting game - Guile.
That's the shirtless American soldier wearing camouflage pants and with a blond mop-top hairstyle.
"Old donkey! Do you still remember your dream that you told me before?"
Hearing Alan's words, the sturdy man nicknamed Old Donkey was slightly stunned, then he looked at the many people present in the conference hall and said shyly: "Boss...I was just joking."
…
"No! I, Alan, never like to joke. Didn't you say... that you like being around women and your biggest dream is to die of exhaustion in **? This time... I found a big task for you."
Alan raised one eyebrow, and combined with the scar on the corner of his eye, his smile looked a little evil.
Old Donkey looked at Alan's expression and shuddered, having a bad feeling.
Before he could refuse, the butler handed Alan a pointer, indicating that the slide was ready.
…
"Alright! Look here. I called you all here today. I want to explain my recent plan to you first. First, unify your thoughts, and then assign tasks!"
Alan hit the screen with his pointer, making a crackling sound. The shaking screen did not affect the projected content.
The top row on the projection should be the name of the plan - Black Duck Marketing Plan.
???
Just looking at the name, everyone present was confused. What was the Earl going to do?
Selling ducks?
Entering the food industry?
…
Butler Hut has seen his young master working hard these days. Apart from receiving a few guests, he has been staying in the study these days to work on a plan. He hasn't even seen this plan yet.
But... the young master's attitude is at least good, hardworking and motivated!
Hut stood happily at the door of the conference room. Looking at the name of the plan on the projection, he suddenly frowned slightly, feeling a little puzzled.
Look down along the curtain.
"On promoting the emotional and physiological problems of millions of middle-aged and elderly women and widows in the UK, and supporting the tourism economy in Gambia, Africa"
What is this?
What the hell is this?
Hut's hands began to tremble slightly unconsciously.