Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 199 Great Success
"As for the date, it's this Saturday, at the main teaching building at Backlund University of Technology's Hillston campus."

"Sure, no problem... But I might need to ask some friends in the media to do some coverage, and I also want to promote my improved phonograph at the same time.

"So I might need your help to reserve some seats for the media...is that okay?"

"It's just a small problem. Just invite me and I'll take care of it."

Seeing that Roger agreed readily, Emerson Bruce also agreed to the other party's conditions without thinking.

The middle-aged man then said:

"By the way, I was really looking forward to buying your new record as soon as possible... What a shame today."

"New record? Regrets?"

Roger was stunned for a moment and was a little slow to react.

According to Cecilia, "Aurora Love Letters" should still be in the trial sales stage and not be widely known.

In the end, he just managed to say: "Thank you for your appreciation."

The two sides shook hands again, and then Mr. Bruce apologized for disturbing them, and then continued to take his students to listen to the introduction of the workshop staff.

Roger let out a sigh:

"It's great to go to school."

"Yes, at least I don't have to worry about work and livelihood."

Thomas Doyle agreed with this, and then he continued to give Roger the design drawings of the improved portable phonograph and the information on the supplementary patent application.

"You just need to go to the Patent Office, fill out a form, and submit the information."

Thomas smiled slightly. "With the signature and seal of the Lever Church, there will be basically no obstacles in the patent approval process, and it will be much faster than your normal application."

"I'm really sorry to trouble you."

Roger expressed his sincere gratitude and at the same time praised the professionalism of the Steam Church in his heart.

After finishing this matter, Roger bought another batch of refreshments for the staff of Leverage Church Workshop as a reward. He also ate a little to fill his stomach and then drove to De Walker Art Marketing Company.

As soon as he entered the gate of the beautiful stone building, he saw that it seemed very busy inside. Many staff members were walking around with various materials in their arms. Even though it was lunchtime, these people didn't seem to have any intention of relaxing.

"Ms. Caitlin, what's going on?"

Roger looked at the pretty lady at the front desk curiously and asked.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Jones."

Ms. Caitlin smiled apologetically. "It seems to be a problem with a certain record distributor. I'm not sure about the details. You can go upstairs and ask Miss Cecilia."

"Is there a problem with the record distributor?"

Roger's heart skipped a beat. He nodded, then quickly went upstairs to Cecilia's office.

As soon as he entered the office, he saw Cecilia's busy figure in work clothes.

Not only her, but all her team members seemed to be very busy.

"Cecilia."

He patted his sister's shoulder. Cecilia turned her head impatiently, but her expression softened when she saw that it was Roger.

"What's going on? I heard there's a problem with the dealership?"

Roger looked around at the people in the office and asked.

"Something went wrong, a big problem."

Cecilia said seriously at first, then she smiled and punched Roger.

"what is going on?"

This time, even Roger was confused.

"Strictly speaking, it's not the dealers who have the problem, but the factory's production capacity can't keep up!"

Cecilia threw a copy of the Tussock Gazette to Roger:
"Don't you read the newspaper all day?"

"I didn't have time to pick up the newspaper when I left home this morning..."

Roger opened the newspaper while muttering to himself and defending himself.

I saw a large report on the front page of the newspaper. The headline of the report was very short but very exaggerated:

"New Era."

Roger was a little confused. He continued to read the report below, and his brows gradually relaxed.

The author of this report enthusiastically but rigorously analyzed the superiority of the new pop music "Aurora Love Letters" co-produced by Mr. Benelux Jones and Ms. Alice Yeman, and attached a lot of flowery praises.

To sum it up briefly, there are three points:

"Good, very good, good enough to revolutionize the times!"

"Oh my god... This really sounds like a follower of an evil god."

The Tussock Post is not a tabloid like The Sun, The Backlund Post, or The Mirror that likes to spread gossip and exaggerate. On the contrary, it is a more formal paper media.

For such a biased review to appear in a paper media of this size, either the Dwork Art Marketing Company spent a lot of money, or the author of the article really likes "Aurora Love Letters".

"How is this going?"

Roger looked at Cecilia in confusion.

"Is such that."

Cecilia reluctantly stopped what she was doing and explained to Roger:
"Yesterday morning we sent some audition samples of 'Aurora Love Letters' to the editorial offices of almost all mainstream media outlets for audition, which is also part of our promotion and publicity.

"The original plan was that these newspapers would write a review of no more than 500 words on the second or third page, but unexpectedly, Ms. Windermere, the literary editor of the Tussock Post, seemed to be immediately moved by the song, saying that the song reminded her of her own experiences in her youth. She spent an entire afternoon writing such a review and promoted it to the front page.

"Because of this report, the 1000 copies of 'Aurora Love Letters' we just tried out today sold out within 10 minutes of opening. There were even fights over people not getting a copy and people cutting in line. Even the entire Sivellas venue was alarmed by this...

"Luckily, after you reminded me yesterday, I personally went to the factory this morning and delivered those records to the distributors in advance. Otherwise, I would have missed out on this wave of profits."

"Our dealers have never seen anything like this before. They're just about to come to Mr. Edmund's door with a knife and force him to increase production..."

Hearing this, Roger suddenly realized what Mr. Emerson Bruce meant by that nonsensical remark he had made earlier.

Considering that "Aurora Love Letter" is a love song from a female perspective, his wife or daughter must have seen the report and rushed to queue up early to buy the record, but unfortunately they didn't get it.

"It's such an exaggeration."

Roger himself was shocked by this situation. You know, even when the portable wind-up phonograph was released, there was no such scene.

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll go find Mr. Edmund."

Roger patted Cecilia on the shoulder and then went out to Mr. Edmund's office.

"Please come in."

After Roger knocked on the door, he soon heard the slightly tired voice of Edmund Dwork.

"I heard that because of your insufficient production capacity, my assistant went hungry?"

Roger pushed open the door and looked at the pale-faced Edmund Dwork with an amused expression.

"It's all because of your record."

Edmund saw that it was Roger, and slammed the table and said angrily.

"Blame me."

Roger shrugged, and the two looked at each other for a moment, then both burst out laughing, and the laughter got louder and louder.

After a long while, Edmund pounded the table again:
"This is truly unbelievable! If I had known this would happen, I would never have limited the pre-sale quota to 1000 copies."

Edmund was filled with regret. He was both happy and sad at the moment, as if he had missed out on a million pounds.

“How long will it take for the new goods to arrive?”

Roger also stopped laughing and asked seriously.

"Cecilia has already given the factory an ultimatum. If the distributors don't get 5000 records by tomorrow morning, we're going to end our relationship with them."

"Is it reliable?"

"It should be fine."

Roger finally breathed a sigh of relief and shook his head:

"In fact, I had already predicted that this album would be a big hit, but I didn't expect the editor-in-chief of the Tussock Reporter to give us such a great assist."

In the era of print media, the celebrity effect is very obvious. Ms. Windermere should obviously be one of the authorities in art. Moreover, unlike those general art authorities, her identity as editor-in-chief of the Tussock Newspaper gave her an excellent platform to reach ordinary citizens at the lower level.

"really."

Mr. Edmund nodded. "I really have to thank Ms. Windermere, but this also shows that Aurora Love Letters has been recognized by the market."

"Yes."

Roger nodded, and then he suddenly thought of a question:
"By the way, Mr. Edmund, does DeWork Music Company have any major cultural performances recently?"

“Yes, there will be one in half a month. The standard is not very high, but it is a collaboration with the Royal Art Troupe.

"There's musicals, symphonies, and popular art. 'Four Seasons: Winter' and 'October Piano Concerto' are also on the program... By the way, could that be what you mean?"

As Mr. Edmund spoke, he seemed to have guessed what Roger was thinking.

"Yes, I'd like to arrange for Miss Alice Yeaman to perform on stage once, singing 'Aurora Love Letters'. Is that okay?"

Roger asked expectantly.

In his previous life, in addition to records, television, tapes, CDs and other means of disseminating pop music, another very important channel was concerts.

Concerts not only promote music sales, but also build a singer's personal fame, connect him with the audience, and pave the way for more music releases in the future.

This is a good idea considering Alice's need to perform the role of "magic master" on stage and Roger's own need to spread popular music.

On the other hand, because the only pop song Roger and Alice have collaborated on so far is "Aurora Love Letter", which is not enough to support a concert, it would be better to just find a ready-made performance and add a program in temporarily.

"I need to discuss this with my brother... But considering your fame and the subsequent market performance of 'Aurora Love Letters', I don't think this will be very difficult."

Mr. Edmund was slightly stunned when he heard this, then thought about it for a while and gave a relatively positive assessment.

"Thank you for your help. I'll be waiting for your good news."

Roger nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

He opened the suitcase and placed the "hybrid" phonograph that Thomas Doyle had helped to modify in front of Mr. Edmund. "What is this?"

Mr. Edmund's attention was immediately drawn to it. He was very familiar with this founder-model phonograph, so he immediately noticed that it seemed to be somewhat different from the previous ones.

“I asked the mechanics at Lever Church to help make some modifications so it can now be powered by batteries.

"It has longer playback time and requires less effort. Of course, if users don't want to spend the money to buy extra batteries, they can continue to use the clockwork."

Roger carefully introduced the changes that Thomas helped to make, and then demonstrated the specific operation of playing "Four Seasons Autumn" using battery power.

"interesting."

Mr. Edmund looked over the blueprints bearing the Lever Church seal several times, fiddled with the modified phonograph, and asked:
"You hope to promote this improved phonograph?"

“Yes, it can be used as a high-low match with the original wind-up phonograph. We just need to sign a supplementary agreement.

"This Saturday I'm going to give a lecture on phonographs at the Hillston campus of Backlund University of Technology. My idea is to launch this new phonograph at the lecture. You can invite some media representatives to come, and it'll be free promotion.

"Sorry to trouble you with the patent registration as well."

Roger, who had already made up his mind, replied with a smile.

"sure, no problem."

Mr. Edmund stood up, said excuse me, opened the door and went out.

About ten minutes later, he returned with a thin folder in his hand:
"If you look at the specific terms, they're pretty much the same as before, except for the addition of a merchandise item."

Because the collaboration with Roger was the most profitable project in the history of DeWalker Art Marketing Company, he was very active in promoting the new phonograph.

Roger read it quickly, confirmed that he had read all the terms and conditions and there were no problems, then signed it.

"There are two copies. You take one."

Mr. Edmund also signed and returned a contract to Roger.

"But I have to tell you in advance that three days is not enough time to make a prototype of the new phonograph, so you'll have to bring your existing one for a live demonstration."

"Ok."

In response to Mr. Edmund's instructions, Roger nodded slightly, then left the documents behind, picked up the suitcase containing the improved portable phonograph, and walked out again.

"Hurry up and arrange meals for your employees!"

Before he left, he didn't forget to give one more reminder.

……

After arriving home, Roger found Klein talking to the air, while Alister and Perseus were huddled together in the corner of the stairs, trembling as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

"As I was saying…Roger?"

Seeing Roger return, Klein stopped talking and looked at him.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Sharon."

Roger put down his suitcase, took off his wide-brimmed hat, and bowed slightly toward the bay window.

Sure enough, Sharon's figure emerged from there, and then broke away from the glass, becoming three-dimensional and fuller.

She nodded slightly as a greeting, and then looked at the twins at the corner of the stairs.

The twins screamed again, and finally Bandit, who was standing by, became impatient.

The tabby cat jumped off the sofa and said to the top of the stairs:

"If you keep getting so freaked out, I'll have Roger take you on a day trip to the spirit world."

Frightened by this, the two brothers immediately quieted down and turned to look at Roger.

Roger pursed his lips slightly, and nodded solemnly to Alister and Perseus, confirming Bandit's statement.

"Fuck, the children of the Abraham family are actually afraid of ghosts, how can this be allowed?
"Besides, Ms. Sharon is not a ghost. She is a powerful Beyonder, but her path is rather special."

After completely pacifying the two naughty kids, Roger turned around and found that a barely perceptible smile flashed across Sharon's lips.

"She's laughing? Sharon's laughing?"

For a moment Roger thought he had seen it wrong, but when he came to his senses, Sharon's expression had returned to its cold state.

She slowly said:
"I heard from Detective Moriarty that there might be a high-sequence enemy. What organization is it from?"

"Witch Cult."

Roger replied, and then said:
"But don't worry, those high-sequence witches will be dealt with by the Storm Church.

"All we had to do was take advantage of the chaos to plant some explosives and blow up some fortifications...that was all.

"I will ensure that you can successfully enter and find a good detonation point, but you will need to prepare the explosives."

Sharon hesitated after hearing this, and after a while she asked again:
"How big is the building, and what is it made of?"

"It's a stone building. It's an imperial mausoleum."

After that, Roger carefully told Sharon about the information he knew about the Black Emperor's mausoleum, and added:

“The price is good.”

Sharon seemed to have made up her mind after hearing this:
"Let's make it clear in advance that I only provide consulting services on explosives and installation of explosives, but I don't have the ability to participate in high-level combat.

"If force majeure prevents me from completing my mission, I have no other options... After all, neither the Witch Cult nor the Storm Church are suitable targets for someone like Maric and I to provoke.

"As for the price, considering the potentially large amount of explosives, the complexity of determining the detonation point, and the potential danger, I'll charge 4000 gold pounds for this order."

"make a deal."

Roger finally relaxed after hearing this.

"I'll let you know the specific time in advance. It should be soon."

Roger paused and continued:

"Also, I have another task for you, Ms. Sharon."

When he said the second "you", he looked at Klein beside him.

"What mission?"

Klein asked.

"I'm going to give a lecture at Backlund University of Technology this Saturday. You need to find an opportunity to help me investigate a female student. It would be best if you could follow her and find her current address..."

As Roger was talking, he soon noticed that Klein and Sharon were looking at him strangely.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not a pervert."

He immediately realized that the two had misunderstood his motives, and added:
"That female student is a member of a Beyonder family. She holds a seal from the Abraham family."

"Angelina Bartley?"

Klein then realized that Roger had mentioned the other party's existence to him once before.

"Yes, because the Steam Church can't watch her 24 hours a day, it would be easier for us to take action when she is attending a lecture at school.

"The best option is to get the Sealed Artifact directly from her. The middle option is to get the Sealed Artifact's whereabouts from her. The worst option is to find out her address and then ask her in person.

"Of course, if you encounter a situation beyond your capabilities, don't take risks."

"This commission is simple, so I'll consider it a bonus."

Because she had already received a big business from Roger, Sharon regarded Angelina's matter as a gift to maintain customer relations.

"It doesn't cost any money on my end, it's just a small favor."

Klein expressed the same attitude.

"Well, I won't be polite with you."

Roger took a deep breath:

"Well, Ms. Sharon, I'll see you at Backlund University of Technology on Saturday."

Sharon didn't say anything, just bowed slightly, and then her figure quickly disappeared.

"Let's eat."

Klein smiled, stood up, and went to the kitchen to bring down the red wine beef that had been stewed for almost two hours.

……

At about half past eight in the evening, Alice came again to give Alister and Perseus an art appreciation lesson.

Since the two brothers quite liked Alice's class, and Roger also had something to say to Alice, this course was added temporarily after Roger communicated with Alice with the help of "De La Hoya's Rat".

"Teacher Alice."

Seeing Alice coming, the two brothers greeted her very politely.

"Hello."

Alice touched the two brothers' heads with a smile, then took out the teaching materials that had been printed in advance and distributed them to the two brothers.

"Today we will be discussing the first lesson on the history of modern Loen art..."

Because of the previous adjustment, Roger was not too worried that Alice would go wrong in her lecture. He went to the living room alone and quietly read the new social commentaries and news reports on "Aurora Love Letters" in various evening newspapers.

“Sure enough, the subsequent response was very good.”

Apart from a few criticisms from die-hard art critics, the feedback in the newspapers was overwhelmingly positive.

On the other hand, Roger's "anchor" has seen a further increase.

What’s different from before is that the anchor Roger obtained through “Aurora Love Letter” is of higher quality, and the mental power and spiritual blessing feedback it provides is stronger.

He speculated that this was because the channel through which he obtained anchors was pop music, an art genre that could be considered his own creation. In addition, pop music was easier to understand and had a stronger emotional awakening effect, so the anchor effect was more concentrated.

As Alice's class was about to end, Roger suddenly heard the layers of illusory voices coming from Mr. Fool again.

Without delay, he got up and went to the bathroom.

Soon, Roger saw clearly the images coming from Sefirah Castle.

"Is this... Mr. Hanged Man?"

(End of this chapter)