“There were only five people participating in the competition, so my third place was nothing,” Kuba said with a shrug.

Despite this, Luther still admired them. Even if there were only five people participating in the competition, those four should be the elites of the School of Architecture, and they were able to achieve a mid-level level among the elites.

Kuba's talent in architecture is also excellent.

This way you don’t have to hire a dedicated designer.

But other things are still essential, such as hiring artists to build statues, purchasing or creating paintings, hiring musicians, dance hosts, and so on.

This hot spring resort will be a den for spending money, but also a bottomless pit.

One million three hundred thousand gold coins is actually not a very strong financial resource.

Luther felt that by the time the hot spring resort opened in sixteen months, the gold coins would be almost all gone.

The trip to observe the hot springs ended that day, and the group returned to Pompeii before dark. After returning to Pompeii, Luther chose a private villa and gave it to Mr. Kuba.

It's not worth many gold coins anyway, which is a drop in the bucket compared to Kuba's annual salary of 120,000.

After settling Bowser in the villa, Luther planned to leave, but before leaving, Luther remembered something and asked, "Mr. Bowser, do you know Lelouch and Bonaparte?"

Kuba frowned and thought for a while, then smoothed his brows, smiled and nodded, and said: "I know him. He is a young noble who once appeared in the Golden City for five months. He broke into some social circles in the Golden City, but eventually left. Why do you mention him?"

"Since he has made his way into some of the social circles in Golden City, he must have a bright future. Why would he leave Golden City?"

Luther asked curiously.

"It seems that he was dating a noblewoman and was about to get engaged. But as you know, it's a matter between men and women. In the end, the noblewoman became someone else's wife."

Kuba said, and then asked, "You seem to be very concerned about him?"

"So that's how it is." Luther shrugged. He didn't expect that Lelouch had such a past. No wonder he returned to Pompeii after going out to explore.

No matter whether it was someone's love being snatched away by someone else or something else, the emotional intelligence was always affected.

Man.

Then Luther said, "He is now my Mr. Mayor."

"Mayor? City lord?" Kuba asked in surprise.

Luther nodded, and Kuba smiled and said, "You have a good eye. He is a very capable person."

A man who was able to break into some social circles in the Golden City in just a few months, and won the favor of a noble woman and almost got married.

The ability is definitely not bad.

"I've always known this." Luther nodded with a smile.

After learning a little bit about the gossips about the pretending-to-be-mature senior and the mayor, Luther said goodbye to Mr. Kuba and returned to his own Pompeii.

And thinking happily.

No one knows who stole Lelouch's love, and no one knows what kind of noble woman abandoned Lelouch, but she will definitely meet Lelouch again in the end.

The great mayor of Pompeii, Mr. Lelouch.

I don’t know what the future will be like.

I'm looking forward to it, it's quite bloody.

Ha ha.

In any case, after Kuba, Brown and his team arrived in Pompeii and were officially hired as the general manager of Orange Group, the hot spring resort project began to start in full swing.

The name of the resort is Orange.

All kinds of practitioners, the overall design of the resort, the creation of corresponding artworks, the establishment of a top wine cellar, the purchase of top racehorses, amusement park facilities, etc., all started in full swing.

Everything started to run perfectly under the coordination of Kuba and Brown.

At the same time, the sixteen-month propaganda plan was launched. The Orange Group divided its forces into three groups and began bombarding the entire Orange aristocratic circle.

The three groups of people are the baron's eldest daughter and Miss Alice.

Although Miss Alice was very reluctant to run errands, she still tried her best for a bright future.

She has extensive connections in the barony and several nearby territories.

The second is the Morgan family, which also has extensive connections in the surrounding territories, but the scope is definitely wider than Miss Alice's.

Because this is a huge family, its members include knights, merchants, artists and so on.

Even Miss Amanda's father has some connections in Golden City.

Finally, it's Bowser, Mr. Brown.

Mr. Kuba has two channels for publicity. One is through his own personal connections and publicity in the capacity of Orange's general manager.

The second is to package the publicity work to a private company.

That’s right, there is a kind of company in this world that specializes in publicity, called a publicity company.

This was also the first time Luther heard of it. It was truly magical.

As the vigorous publicity campaign unfolded, the Pompeii family, with the support of the Orange Group and the resort, once again stood at the forefront of the entire Orange.

This time was even more spectacular than the last time the Autumn Wind Bandits were wiped out.

Why?

Because things got out of hand.

………….Barton Territory, located at the southernmost tip of Orange, is a product of the Seventh Exploration War. There are several noble territories bordering Barton Territory.

The northern location is a viscounty.

His title is Viscount Silver Wing and his last name is Smith.

The border between this Viscount's territory and Patton's territory is a river, which is the river north of the Blackwater Mountains where Luther wiped out the Autumn Wind Bandits.

Although the title of Viscount Silver Wing is Viscount, the size of his territory is not much different from that of Baron Barton, with a main city, several towns, and large villages and farmlands around it.

The total population is between 100,000 and 200,000.

The size, military strength, and influence of Baron Barton were similar to those of Baron Baron. Baron Baron's first wife was a direct descendant of a famous family entrenched in the Viscount's territory.

This family is called the Habsburgs.

The Habsburgs were once a royal family, but later fell into decline, and their members are scattered around the world.

The Habsburg family entrenched in this viscounty is a very small branch.

Although the former royal family was ruined, their ancestors brought a lot of wealth when they fled. In addition to the management of successive Habsburg members, the Habsburg family is currently a powerful family in several surrounding territories.

The family was famous for its manufacturing industry, especially for its exquisite carriages.

For example, Alice's flashy golden carriage.

Anyway, the Habsburg family is a wealthy and influential family. Ever since Alice's mother died and her father, Baron Barton, married his current wife, she has spent a long time every year living at her grandmother's house in the Habsburg family.

Her main network of contacts was also established with the Habsburg family as the starting point.

Now Alice's family has become the publicity ambassador of the Orange Group. She rode her flashy golden carriage to the Viscount's territory, a castle of the Habsburg family.

(End of this chapter)