The villain daughter did all kinds of things

However, there are many talented singers and dancers among humans. Mondoly was the most outstanding singer and dancer of her time, but she could not guarantee that she would always be.

What should I do?

Mondoly's solution was to control the dancers as much as possible.

Mondoly had been secretly keeping an eye on all the singers and dancers who were signed with the Arts Association.

Mondoly would select the true geniuses who might threaten her position and secretly use methods to suppress them or lure them into depravity, preventing them from devoting themselves to singing and dancing and ultimately wasting the talents bestowed upon them by God.

The singers and dancers promoted by the Arts Association are mostly talented but not enough to threaten Mondoli. Many of them have been brainwashed by Mondoli and are practically fanatical followers of hers. Even if they can absorb some of her faith power, it will be quickly absorbed by Mondoli again, making them almost like humanoid refiners of faith energy.

Later, when another powerful cultivator in the Fusion stage, Huai En, who wanted to take the path of faith to become a god, joined the group, the Art Association went even further, this time mainly targeting talents in the field of fine arts.

Despite what Mondoly did, she still allowed other singers and dancers to perform on stage and to leave their names for the audience.

Artists who sign contracts with art associations are in a much worse situation. Their paintings, sculptures, and other works cannot be published under their own names; the works can only be attributed to the art association.

Many talented painters' works are incredibly popular and worth a fortune, yet people don't even know the painter's true identity. The vast majority of the money earned from their paintings goes to the art association, leaving the painters with a pitifully small share.

With such harsh conditions, painters naturally didn't want to sign contracts with the art association. But not signing would only make things worse; their works would be subjected to even more vicious slander and suppression. Many talented artists even ended their lives in despair because of this.

Of course, not all artists have to sign with an art association. If an artist has a powerful financial backer who is not afraid of being suppressed by the art association, they can create their own works.

But such artists are already rare, and those with truly outstanding talent are even rarer.

It can be said that in the past few hundred years, the only artists who have both sufficient talent and powerful financial backers are the sisters Su Linsa and Su Lina. It was because of them that the Art Association provoked a truly powerful figure and was ultimately destroyed.

However, although Emery had terminated the contract with the art association, she was a capitalist, not a philanthropist, and could not unconditionally grant artists their freedom.

So after terminating the contract with the Arts Association, Emery immediately had the artist sign a new contract with Melson Entertainment.

Of course, this new contract is much more lenient, and many artists did not hesitate at all when signing the magic signature, as if they were afraid that Amelie might change her mind.

Emery was quite pleased with this and didn't bother to explain further.

The contract she drafted herself was basically based on the model of major live streaming platforms and contracted streamers in her previous life.

Myson Entertainment will no longer force its signed artists to do anything. Artists can organize their own performances and release their artwork. The company will also provide some necessary publicity and assistance. Of course, the company will take half of all the artists' income.

While it might seem like Meyson Entertainment is robbing them of half the revenue, the signed artists are actually quite satisfied. This income is much higher than the fixed salary paid by the Arts Association, a level of treatment they never dared to dream of before.

So after signing the new contracts, many artists were eager to make a name for themselves in art history.

These artists, who haven't experienced the internet age, don't realize that while the income ceiling for this model of creating and performing independently and then receiving a share is indeed very high, the floor is also low. The worst off might not even be able to afford food, and it would be better to work for an arts association and earn a fixed salary.

But that's also Amelie's goal; she needs to get these artists involved so they can become better and earn more money for her.

For example, Emerald would never force any female dancer to perform dances that involve increasingly revealing clothing for the sake of performance income, unlike the Arts Association. However, if a female dancer wanted to perform a dance for more money, Emerald would never stop her.

In short, the goal is for all artists to get involved starting today. Those who are truly talented and know how to manage their businesses will make a fortune, which will then encourage more people to become even more ambitious and outstanding, ultimately becoming high-quality cash cows under Emery's management.

Once the general operational direction is set, Emery will no longer concern herself with the specifics of how Melson Entertainment and its signed artists should create, perform, and make money... If she, as the boss, has to worry about everything, then what is the point of paying so many employees?

After Melson Entertainment completely absorbed the Arts Association and set the general direction, Amelie handed over the follow-up matters to the company's management, while she herself led her private technical team to the ruins of Mandora once again.

Clearing the rubble and building a memorial cemetery for the victims was one of the conditions Amelie agreed to for the federal government to take over the arts association, and it was something that would definitely be done, but it was just a formality.

The real purpose was to study the large ritual circle left by Mondori and to learn from some of the techniques and experiences to further improve the prayer magic system.

However, after a preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the damage caused by the giant fat woman Mondoly herself, as well as the damage she caused during her battles with many powerful individuals, was simply too severe.

Even though the main body of that large ritual array was buried deep underground in Mandora City, it still suffered very serious damage and has now completely stopped operating.

Even so, studying this damaged ritual array will surely yield results, and Amelie's technical team is very confident about this; it's just that this process will take time.

Since the research couldn't be rushed, Amelie let the technical team work on it slowly. She ordered the first step of clearing the ruins of Mandora City, roughly calculating the number of casualties and the affected area, and then building a memorial cemetery as a way to give the federal government an explanation.

This is no small project. If it were done by the construction team from Amelie's previous life on Earth, it would probably take at least a year and a half to complete. But in this magical world, a project of this size can be done in about ten days to half a month as long as there is enough funding.

Clearing the ruins of Mandora City was simple. Since there were no living people left in the city and the building wreckage was beyond repair, the construction team simply used magic blasting to demolish all the buildings, then used earth magic to turn over the entire city's ground and level it again. That was considered a cleanup.

Thanks to the combined efforts of several earth-elemental human mages and even more civil engineering mages who used magical artifacts, the entire cleanup process was completed in just four days.

However, when the engineering team expanded the scope to clear and explore the area around Mandora City, they discovered a strange phenomenon and immediately reported it to Emery.

In the Allen Federation, many large towns are surrounded by villages of magic-repelling people. These villages are generally more than 20 kilometers away from the town but no more than 50 kilometers away, ensuring safety from magic while also providing support from the town in case of danger.

The same is true for Mandora City. According to official federal records, there are a total of 8 villages of magic rejecters in the east, north and south of Mandora City. The largest village has a total population of over 10,000, while the smallest village has about 2000 people.

When the giant fat woman Mondori was entrenched in the ruins of Mandora City, theoretically, those magic-repelling villages, which were at least 20 kilometers away from Mandora City, were not in any danger because she almost never left the ruins and barely reacted to anything that posed a threat, unless someone in those villages deliberately provoked the giant fat woman.

Moreover, since the incident in Mandora City, the giant fat woman Mondori has been under the surveillance of various intelligence systems, and so far no attack has been found on any magic-repelling village.

However, when the engineering team hired by Emerald was exploring and clearing the area around Mandora City, they unexpectedly discovered that of the eight villages of magic rejecters, only five remained; three villages had disappeared without a trace.

The three villages that disappeared were all small villages located in relatively remote areas with a small population, totaling less than 9000 people.

In the vanished village, not only did all the villagers disappear without a trace, but the village buildings were also completely destroyed. Earth magic turned the ground upside down several times and restored it to its original level, almost completely erasing all traces of people's lives.

If the engineering team responsible for the investigation hadn't been so professional, people might not have discovered the sudden disappearance of these villages and would have assumed that the data provided by the federal government was wrong.

Where did the vanished villagers go? And who covered up the village?

Almost as soon as this was discovered, rumors began circulating within the construction team that the villagers had been captured by Mondoly to be used as material for practicing evil magic, and that the village had been destroyed by Mondoly.

This sounds reasonable; many evil spells are classified as evil because they require human bodies or souls as consumables during their practice. For example, the flesh and bone modification spell that the old witch Granny taught Amelie was a standard evil spell, and ranked very high on the list.

It was precisely because of this that Emerald was so knowledgeable about sorcery, and immediately after learning what had happened, she judged the rumors to be nonsense and that it was impossible for Mondorie to have done it.

Because no matter what kind of evil magic uses humans as materials, it will not use magic rejecters when practicing or using it... Why would evil magic use humans as materials? Of course, it's because the bodies of magic-affinity humans are themselves a high-quality magic material, objectively no different from the bodies of monsters, and there are a lot of them, so they are very popular with evil magic.

As for those who reject magic? What use is a body that can't withstand magic at all? They'd be rejected even if given away to practitioners of evil magic.

More importantly, Emerald knew very well that Mondori did not practice evil magic at all, and the idea that she secretly kidnapped a large number of magic-repelling people in order to practice evil magic was even more absurd.

Why did this rumor spread so quickly?

The answer is obvious: the real culprit behind this is a powerful force, and they have people planted within the construction team hired by Emery. They took advantage of the fact that Mondori is dead and unable to deny it, so they pinned their own actions on her.

Emery pondered this for a moment, but instead of directly debunking the rumors, she followed their lead and pinned the blame on Mondori as well... After all, Mondori had already killed nearly 50 people, so what difference would 9000 make?

Of course, Emerald was still very curious about who the mastermind was, and her caution wouldn't allow anyone to secretly do anything dangerous.

Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the truth secretly. As for whether to take action, report, or steal the other party's achievements after the truth is found, we will decide based on the situation at that time.

This was not difficult for Emerald either, as she tackled it from two angles simultaneously.

First, keep an eye on those in the construction team who first spread the rumors. They must have some connection with the mastermind behind the scenes.

Secondly, such incidents are likely to occur again, so it's advisable to keep an eye on the more remote magic-rejecting villages in the Federation to see if any crime scenes can be witnessed.

A few days later, there was still no news from the second aspect of the investigation, but the results of the first aspect were quickly obtained.

Those in the construction team who first started spreading the rumors did indeed receive a windfall recently. And tracing the source of that money reveals that it all originated from the same company—Slat Pharmaceuticals.

Chapter 227 Help me make an appointment with her

"Slat Pharmaceuticals..."

Sitting in the Sulina chair, Amelie's long legs, encased in black pantyhose, were gently crossed. She rested her chin on one hand and tapped the table lightly with the other, lost in thought.

This answer was not surprising to Amelie. The Allen Federation had only a handful of forces capable of making three villages disappear without a trace. It was perfectly normal for Slat Pharmaceuticals, which frequently conducted clinical medical research, to secretly abduct some test subjects.

However, in Amelie's memory, it was not uncommon for Slater Medical to conduct human trials for medical research, but Slater Medical always recruited volunteers at high prices, and the trials almost never resulted in any real deaths.

While medical drug trials are certainly dangerous, this world has magic. If all else fails, they can simply kill and resurrect the person, which would almost certainly remove all negative effects. The cost of resurrection magic is undeniably high, but for a large conglomerate like Slater, it's nothing.

"But that's not right..."

Softly murmuring, Amelie unconsciously fiddled with her black stockings twice more.

Those in the industry know that for nearly a century, the Slat family has been obsessed with researching ways to make humans live forever, pouring a lot of resources into it but achieving little, causing Slat Pharmaceuticals to suffer heavy losses... If it weren't for their deep foundation, they might have been replaced by some emerging pharmaceutical companies.

Research into human immortality is destined to have nothing to do with those who reject magic... You can't even withstand magic, yet you want to live forever? Impossible.

Why would Nasrat Medicine suddenly become interested in magic rejecters?

Could it be that I guessed wrong?

Thinking this through, Amelie carefully recalled the recent events and checked various related records. As a result, she not only failed to rule out Slat Pharmaceuticals as a suspect, but also almost confirmed that Slat Pharmaceuticals was the murderer.

During the more than half a month that a group of powerful individuals took turns fighting the giant fat woman Mondori, four of them, who had accepted the young lady's bounty, were all related to Slat Medicine. One of these four happened to be skilled in earth magic, and if it were him, he could completely erase the traces of those three villages from the surface without anyone noticing.

So the question comes back to the beginning—why would Slater Medicine, which has been researching human immortality, target magic rejecters who have nothing to do with this research?

In fact, Emery had some suspicions in her mind, but she needed evidence to support them.

It wasn't until another group responsible for surveying all the other magic-repelling villages in the entire Federation kept sending back messages that Emerald's suspicions were confirmed.

This incident in Mandora City should be the first time Slat Medicine has taken action against magic rejecters. Currently, the other magic rejecter villages in the Federation are all fine and have not mysteriously disappeared.

In other words, taking action against those who reject magic is a decision that Slater Medical made suddenly recently. And what major medical event has happened recently? Well, it's that old man Langdon made public most of his research results after his public trial.

The answer is obvious: Slat Pharmaceuticals must have been inspired by the research of old man Langdon and thus started a new project that required magic rejecters as materials.

"Lily of the valley".

Amelie put on her monocle and called out softly.

"Young Miss, I'm here."

The miniature Lily of the Valley figure, the size of a figurine, immediately appeared in front of Emerald in a virtual form, half-lying on the desk in a rather charming pose, swinging her toes; she was wearing fishnet stockings today.

"Didn't Slat Pharmaceuticals and old man Langdon have a collaboration before? Their collaboration shouldn't be as understated as old man Langdon made it out to be in court, right? Tell me in detail."

Emery tried to poke Lily's legs with her fingers, but as expected, virtual images can't be touched; no matter how realistic the magical AR effects looked, they were still fake.

Before Lily answered, the Sulina chair under the desk seemed curious about Emerald's sudden muttering to herself and looked up at her.

Amelie gently rubbed Sulina's cheek and pointed to the monocle she was wearing on her left eye. Sulina looked enlightened and continued to lie down obediently as a chair.

In the days immediately following her defeat and capture by Emerald, the time she spent serving as Emerald's chair each day was the greatest humiliation for Sulina.

But now it's completely different. While the other women around Emerald are busy with their own tasks, only Sulina can be used as a chair for Emerald to sit on. This makes Sulina particularly excited, and she even has a strange sense of happiness in having Emerald all to herself—she is now proud to be Emerald's chair.

On the desktop, the little lily-of-the-valley figure's eyes flickered a few times, like a computer case light, presumably retrieving stored data. A few seconds later, it parted its red lips slightly and obediently replied:

"Your Highness, the doctor did have a collaborative project with Slat Pharmaceuticals, but the collaboration was short-lived and ended shortly afterward."

"At the time, it was Slat Pharmaceuticals that took the initiative to contact the doctor. They said there was a way that might help the doctor fulfill his wish, just like what the doctor said in the public trial—if it could make magic rejecters mutate 100% of the time after being corrupted by magic instead of dying, and after the mutation they could largely maintain a humanoid form and not lose their sense of self, wouldn't that count as successfully saving the magic rejecters?"

"The doctor was initially very interested in the idea. After receiving technical information, equipment and materials support from the Slat family, he studied the project for a period of time. After that, he abandoned the project and terminated all cooperation with Slat Pharmaceuticals."

"According to the records, the doctor would do this for two reasons."

"First, this project is technically very difficult. Just the first step of ensuring that magic rejecters will undergo stable mutations instead of dying after being corrupted by magic is almost impossible. The doctor tried many methods in his research, but there was less than a 40% chance that magic rejecters corrupted by magic could mutate into monsters, let alone make the monsters maintain their sanity and human form. This is not a research that can be completed in the short term."

"Secondly, doctors discovered during collaborative research that Slat Pharmaceuticals had ulterior motives."

“Slat Pharmaceuticals has never been interested in saving magic rejecters from the very beginning. They are just using this as a way to get doctors involved in their research. Their real purpose is probably to control the magic rejecters who have mutated into monsters and use them as cheap biological weapons. They don’t care that the conversion success rate is less than 40%, and they don’t care whether the magic rejecters can maintain their sanity and human form after mutation.”

"Although the doctor did many things that were morally heinous, his wish was always to completely save the magic rejecters, not to turn them into weapon materials. So the doctor resolutely terminated the cooperation and kicked the collaborator out of his research facility. He said some very harsh things at the time, which made Miss Debbie cry."

"Debbie? You mean Debbie Slater?"

Emery raised an eyebrow in surprise, recalling the short-haired, black-stockinged mature woman she had seen at the last public trial; she was quite pretty.

She was actually made to cry by old man Langdon?

That old man, Langdon, really doesn't know how to cherish women. No wonder he's still single at such an old age.

After thinking to herself, Amelie asked curiously:

"When did this happen? How come I had no idea?"

"It was the year you were supposed to graduate from school, Miss. During that time, you had very little contact with the doctor, and you might not even visit the doctor's research facility once a year. It's normal that you didn't see Miss Debbie at the research facility."

Lily of the Valley answered obediently, and even stretched out her toes to rub against Emily's palm, but Emily, of course, still didn't feel anything.

"Perhaps we should add a haptic feedback function to you, Lily of the Valley..."

Emery muttered a slightly regretful remark, then thought for a moment and asked:

"When old man Langdon and Debbie broke up, did he mention to Debbie that he had been able to control the mutation rate of magic rejecters after being corrupted by magic to around 40%? Or, after old man Langdon broke up with Slat Pharmaceuticals, did he hand over his technological achievements to Slat Pharmaceuticals?"

"No."

Lily of the Valley answered decisively:

"The doctor did not hand over any research results to Slat Pharmaceuticals at the time, but Debbie was often in the laboratory and had a good understanding of the doctor's research progress. Debbie also always expressed great admiration for the doctor's talent and wanted to have more cooperation with the doctor."

"Unfortunately, the doctor believed that Debbie was not on the same page as her, and even that the philosophy of Slat Pharmaceuticals was completely contrary to his own, so the doctor broke off with Slat Pharmaceuticals very cleanly and decisively."

"I see... Hmm, I think I understand now."

Emery looked enlightened, then flicked her finger twice at the lily of the valley figure before taking off her monocle.

Old Man Langdon believed that the probability of a magic rejecter transforming into a monster after being corrupted by magic was less than 40%, which was very low, but this probability was already very high for Slat Medicine.