British 1986

The few people who looked like veterans gathered around and whispered quietly. They seemed to be visiting this kind of place for the first time, and they were both curious and cautious.

The few people brought by Siphis were much better. Although many of them were visiting this kind of place for the first time,

They are from a magazine. Considering the content of their magazine, what kind of scene have they not seen before?

But in general, nobles are far away from most civilians. Especially the real nobles who live in such old castles are still very mysterious to civilians.

Some people may have seen a lot of the lifestyles here from novels, storybooks, or even film and television programs, but now that I have entered this place and seen it with my own eyes, it is still very shocking.

Except for the maid who was different from what I imagined.

Just like this long solid wood conference table, the wooden table looks like an entire old tree has been carved out from the middle.

Looking at the dense growth ring patterns on the table, and then thinking about the width of the table, in that era, such a century-old tree should be the main material used to make the keels of battleships, right?

When I got here, I was extravagantly carved out to make a table.

And these tea sets

There was a sharp-eyed employee of the magazine. He took a closer look at the transparent tea set in his hand, and suddenly realized that this thing seemed not to be glass, but crystal!

This is too luxurious. Ordinary tea sets for guests to drink tea are all one-piece crystal cup tea sets made of pure crystal?

Each of these things here can be sold for a lot of pounds, right?

"Ahem! Your Excellency the Earl is here!"

"Swipe, pull, pull, pull."

Following Butler Hu Te's gentle reminder, the entire conference room suddenly fell silent, followed by the messy sound of chairs being moved. Although it was not orderly, everyone in the conference room stood up.

"Tap tap tap."

The sound of footsteps approaching from far away made everyone in the conference room look towards the door.

The one who came in first was.

A maid serving tea.

Behind her is the owner of this castle - His Excellency the Earl of Carmarthen.

"Good morning, His Excellency the Earl of Carmarthen!"

"Haha, we are all our own people, sit down and sit down, no need to be polite."

Allen smiled politely.

It's not that everyone should salute when seeing a noble, but that such etiquette is only used after it is clear that the person you want to meet is a noble.

And even the names of greetings have specific rules.

For ordinary nobles of the three major levels of knight, baron, and viscount, just add a respectful prefix to the title.

If you know the specific title later, you can also address it with the title, such as Dear Sir, Dear Baron, etc.

And the title "Your Excellency" is at a higher level.

The three major levels of nobility, knight, baron, and viscount, cannot be addressed by the word "Your Excellency" in formal situations.

This is a title that belongs exclusively to senior nobles and is used for the two titles of earl and marquis.

The subdivision here is that if a noble of this level has a fief in his family, he must also be called the fief, such as the Earl of Carmarthen. The Carmarthen refers to the location of the fief.

This is also a reflection of status.

As for the higher-level ones, that is His Highness, and those at this level are Dukes and Princes.

Like the Prince of Wales, or the Duke of Cambridge like little William.

The separate title further up is Your Majesty.

This is the first-level specific title.

If you are a civilian, it doesn't matter if you shout wrong if no one is there to guide you. It's not a big deal in modern society anyway.

But in very formal occasions, or in aristocratic circles, or in situations like this where we are meeting for the first time, you can't call the wrong person, because it will be embarrassing!

Usually, people like Allen would call him "Master" or "Your Excellency" after getting familiar with him. This is fine, but you can't call him by his first name. That would be the most rude.

There is another situation where you can call someone by their first name, that is, if the other party does not reveal that he has a title, then it is not strange for those who do not know.

Watching the maid still adjusting the slides, the principle of this thing is to write the content on a small transparent card, and use the principle of projection to enlarge and project it onto the screen in front of you.

It sounds simple, but debugging is very troublesome, because the thing needs to be placed upside down and the position must be adjusted to face the curtain.

"Hahaha, doctor, I thought it would take a few days for you to arrive."

Allen looked at a young man with short hair and a thin build. This was a doctor on the ship when he was serving.

Just so-so, my nickname is Doctor.

"Alan, we have gone through the formalities since you left. They didn't make things difficult for us. As soon as we received your letter, we took the plane back."

"Very good! I came at the right time. I will give you the task in a moment."

Allen then set his sights on another strong white man, who looked and had a hairstyle that looked very much like a character from an arcade fighting game - Gu Lie.

That is, the shirtless American soldier wearing camouflage pants and with a blond broom hair style.

"Old donkey! Do you still remember your dream you told me before?"

Hearing Allen's words, the strong man nicknamed Lao Donkey was slightly startled. Then he looked at so many people in the conference hall and said shyly: "Boss, I was all joking."

"No! I, Allen, never like to joke. Didn't you mean that you like to be among women, and your biggest dream is to die of exhaustion in bed? This time, I have found a big task for you."

Allen raised one eyebrow, matching the scar on the corner of his eye, making his smile look a little evil.

The old donkey looked at Allen's expression and trembled suddenly, feeling a bit ominous.

Before he could refuse any more, the valet handed Allen a pointer to indicate that the slide was ready.

"Okay! Look here, I've called you all here today. I'm going to explain my latest plan to you first, unify my thoughts first, and then assign tasks!"

The pointer was knocked against the curtain by Allen, and the shaking curtain did not hinder the projection content on it.

The top row on the projection should be the name of the plan - the Black Duck Sales Plan.

? ? ?

Just looking at this name, everyone here is confused. What is the Earl doing?

Selling ducks?

Entering the food industry?

Butler Hu Te has watched his young master work hard in the past few days. In addition to receiving a few guests, he has been staying in the study for the past few days to make a plan. He has not even read this plan.

But at least the young master’s attitude is good, work hard and make progress!

Hu Te stood cheerfully at the door of the conference room, looking at the name of the project on the projector and suddenly frowning slightly, feeling a little baffled.

Look down the curtain.

"About promoting the emotional and physical problems of millions of middle-aged and elderly women and widows in the UK, and the Gambia Tourism Economic Support Project in Africa"

What is this stuff?

What the hell is this?

Hu Te's hands began to tremble slightly unconsciously.