The Happy Life of a Duchess

The final decision was the manor with the lake in the suburbs, and both Mr. Duval and Adele liked it very much.

The manor here is just right in terms of size and scenery. In addition, there is no shortage of carriages and horses for the two of them objectively. They will live for themselves in the future, and there is no need to reduce the number of residences for geographical convenience. level of comfort.

Nearly a month passed like this.

Adele and others have successfully distributed the third issue of the newspaper.

Just for the first issue, she obtained about 7000 copies of the newspaper "Lady's", which only has two pages, not counting the small amount of copies that are still being purchased one after another. Sales, so that she has a total net profit of more than [-].

This amount, equivalent to a year's annuity for a house, surprised her.

It is really because after deducting the cost of her original work so carelessly that there is a considerable premium and some other necessary initial investment, she can still get [-] francs for nothing.

Of course, this is based on the fact that there is no apportionment to employees.

For example, at the beginning of the second period, the base salaries of Mr. Weihan and Mr. Crewe will be added to Adele's cost. Of course, a percentage of the commission bonus for them will be deducted from the income. In addition, although Because of Mr. Crewe, a part of the original cost and material cost was reduced, but after the second time, there will be expenses for renting a house, and it will cost money to communicate with the downline and the layout of the sales point.

But even so, by the second time, she had an astonishing first seal of about [-].

And the thickness of the second issue is larger, the price is higher, and it is closer to the layout of a magazine. The advantage is that the sales line is still much longer, and the disadvantage is that the price is high and fewer people will buy it.

But it never occurred to me that within the first week, all the places where the first printing was sold would soon become a copy of every woman's hand, without which it would appear to be very "outdated".

The second marketing campaign was obviously better, and successfully added the added value of that kind of brand to this product, so that whether it is a woman in the upper class or a courtesan who is rich but not looked down upon Or any other actress, or even a slightly better-off woman among the common people, would want to buy it, or at least own it.

In the early stage, after deducting the cost that was calculated to be much higher than the initial cost, it still had a profit of tens of thousands of francs. After the printing was completed and it could be sold in some special offline sales points in a stable manner, it basically reached A profit of twenty thousand francs.

This wealth even surpassed Adele's own imagination.

During the preparation for the third issue, they received more letters, more submissions, and even some bolder businessmen, especially in fashion, came to test their words.

It's not directly asking them to praise their clothes and hats, but to use a conservative trial method to gain a little word of mouth.

In the summer in Paris, the hottest topic women talked about was none other than this newspaper, which was originally a newspaper and then thickened, but it was not exactly like a book, but a thin magazine in between.

Adele has already received feedback. Most of the [-] magazines prepared for the third issue are about to be sold out.

And because of the new recruitment of members who participated in the salon, people with more status participated, and higher-quality submissions were screened and published, and the quality of their current issue will only be higher.

Many female writers and critics, headed by Ms. Joyce, praised it one after another.

According to the time results, the fashion-related content they publish in it is in line with the trend and can be recognized and even pursued by the majority of women, and the collocation suggestions in it are considered "good-looking", "reasonable" and "exquisite".

And their appreciation of poetry has also been recognized at the literary level. In the second issue, Adele tentatively used the form of a story novel to describe a story written in a romantic form, and it also aroused considerable discussion. , which surprised her.

She knows that realistic novels are not popular nowadays, and people don't want to see such a sparse reality, where nobles are immersed in luxury and wealth, while ordinary people are struggling to survive.

But this does not mean that they are really ignorant of the reality. Everyone just pretends to be confused. It seems that after the Great Revolution, people who live too clearly may be involved in some political party disputes and then be beheaded.

Adele's story, reminding them in gentle ways.

She didn't describe the brutal reality, but only hoped to bring some philosophical thinking, and because it can meet the aesthetic needs of romanticism, it is generally acceptable.

Adele doesn't need full approval, or she wouldn't be writing anonymously.

What she wants is to use her stories to make some people whose brains are not completely rigid or who are already sober but pretend to be confused to think and argue.

Unlike them, the current magazines are only published once at the beginning of each month. Other newspapers are updated every day, no matter how bad they are, they are also weekly.

Their amount of information is relatively larger and more up-to-date, but no matter what kind of newspaper is big or small, you can see some similar discussions.

Female literati are not without a place in the literary world, and there are many critics or writers.

But in comparison, there are still more male writers, but men are not all troubled.

They hope to have some room for discussion, and want an environment where they can discuss their own literary ideas and opinions, and of course they may also have political ideals and judgments on the current situation.

But right now, the salon is in the hands of most aristocratic women, and they don't like to continue their "serious" discussions in the slightly impetuous atmosphere of the club.

Adele is also very aware of this.

This situation is particularly prominent among young people.

These young people in their teens or twenties, who may have just left school or are still studying, have a sense of loyalty, and of course they are full of talent and the unique youthful aura and vigor of young people.

Some of these people may have a higher status and are big nobles who have a large family property to inherit, and some may be relatively ordinary civilians or have fallen nobles who do not have countless money to squander.

The latter may have natural talent and aura, and may have been enlightened by studying in some church-like or relatively public schools through some other means.

But they are not like the former, who can easily obtain the privilege of walking casually in the upper class. They are not from that circle, and it is not easy to squeeze in and participate in their salons.

"Cafe on the Rhine..."

The smile on Adele's face deepened a little.

There is a place where their literary aspirations, or that of young people of all circumstances, can be discussed.

Adele roughly knows that there are a large number of talented and famous writers who are still very young at this time. The opportunity and the power of the salon were easily seized - although it may have been caused by poverty at first.

They are there to have a voice.

Until everyone can no longer ignore their existence.

Until their talents are seen by everyone and deeply shocked.

Adele invested in them—

More precisely, in the name of Mr. Duval, these young people who may not be very rich at present, who do not have so much money to rent venues or spend freely, can talk about ideals and create literature there.

Adele went to see them once, and had an exchange with them once.

Now they are still very young, even immature, and they are sincerely grateful for her help.

Adele also encouraged them to submit articles, and even if some of them were temporarily struggling to survive, she also funded them, which was called borrowing and did not ask them to pay back the money.

Now, she is also someone who can make money from magazines and handmade cloth workshops.

Adding up the income of the magazines, she spent tens of thousands of francs everywhere, and saved some of them, and invested the rest.

Whether it is used to invest in fixed assets, real estate, gold, or what she thinks may have promising industries and stocks, the latter is purely for fun, and does not pursue absolute returns. Of course, there are also investments in people, all kinds of There are all kinds of charity preparations to set up organizations to protect women and children or invest in young people under the name of the church.

She made plans for those large sums of money herself.

Now that she has income and is no longer relying solely on her father for food, she should make good use of it.

Of course, cloth shop's income is far less than that of newspapers and periodicals that have already seen results and explosive sensations.

It doesn't have the high degree of discussion that almost everyone discusses in the newspapers, it doesn't have her carefully build momentum and control public opinion, and it doesn't involve many noble ladies and ladies.

Although the momentum is not as good as it is, Adele also knows that this will be a very stable business, and the profit will not be small. The most important thing is that it will become a fashion brand, but right now it is still only a trial production of fabrics and dyeing. .

In terms of craftsmanship, its fabric is not much different from others, but what is better is that it has an excellent designer, Mrs. Daumier.

In the third issue of the newspaper, the dress Adele was wearing was a dress made of her own fabric and made by Mrs. Daumier.

This batch is different from Mrs. Daumier's clear thinking and complete set of dresses.

The sole purpose of these is to show the clothes, the better they look, and the more special and beautiful the fabric is, the better.

Adele didn't want to make a bigger splash, so she didn't deliberately promote it.

But she expected that with her own fame, it would only take a month or two, and maybe the autumn social season would be the time when it should really be a sensation and become popular.

That was the most appropriate appearance.