The villain daughter did all kinds of things

After being helped by Marcy to change into a new pair of black stockings, Emerald sat on her magical chair and flew all the way to the Melson Tower.

Just as her grandfather Baphomet said, the entire 57th floor of the Melson Tower has been recently renovated and is already occupied by many people, most of whom are stylish young people.

These employees clearly knew who their boss was, and they greeted Amelie very politely and respectfully when they saw her. Most of them called her "boss," while some called her "young lady."

After nodding or waving to her employees, Emerald went straight to her office, where someone who had been informed was already waiting for her at the door.

He was clearly a member of the Merson family, a man who looked to be in his early forties, with pink beard and a shiny, bald patch on his head.

He was nearly two meters tall, with very thick limbs, and was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans. He had the typical Texas hunk look of Amelie, the same kind of tough guy from her previous life on Earth.

However, this person, who seemed fierce, appeared somewhat shy in front of Emerald, and even looked a little embarrassed as he touched his head and smiled.

Seeing this, Emery chuckled. First, she gestured for everyone to come inside, then she had Marcy close the office door, and finally, she patted the burly man on the shoulder and said with a grin:

"Grandpa said he was sending me a reliable assistant, right? Nephew?"

"Uh……"

The burly man's expression became even more awkward upon hearing this, but he ultimately nodded helplessly.

“Aunt, you’re right. The head of the family has asked me to be your assistant.”

The Melson family is a large family, now numbering in the thousands. Amelie is only the oldest of the third generation among the direct descendants, but there are even grandchildren of Amelie among the collateral branches of the Melson family, so it's not surprising that she has a nephew.

But those relatives are scattered throughout the federal government, and they may not see each other for several years. They are almost like strangers to each other. Even if they don't get along well, they don't care too much about seniority and just call each other by their first names.

Clark Myerson was one of them. He was more than 20 years older than Emerald and was at least five generations removed from her, belonging to a distant branch of the family. However, according to the family tree, he was indeed Emerald's nephew.

However, unlike other collateral relatives, Clark took on the role of planner and host of various cultural and entertainment activities for the family from a very young age, frequently appearing at Melson Manor, and gradually became acquainted with Miss Emerald.

One of Amelie's favorite things to do with Clark was to make this muscular man, who was more than 20 years her senior, call her a little girl aunt, and then enjoy the strange expression on Clark's face.

But now Emery thought differently, and she waved her hand:

"Alright, nephew, you should just call me boss or Miss. When you call me aunt, I feel like an old woman pretending to be young."

"Yes, Miss."

Clark breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became much more natural.

After a few simple pleasantries, Emerald got straight to the point, asking Clark to give her a detailed report on the current situation of the new company.

The fact that Baphomet was able to assign Clark to be Amelie's second-in-command shows that Clark's abilities are definitely not a problem, after all, Baphomet's greatest strength is his ability to judge and use people.

Indeed, before Emery arrived, Clark had already completed the integration of Myerson’s resources in the entertainment and media sector. Although the new company has not yet been officially named, its business is almost on track.

By listening to Clark's oral presentation and reviewing the materials Clark had prepared in advance, Emery quickly gained a general understanding of her new company.

First, the core business of the new company consists of the six largest publishing houses in the Federation. If the Federation's publishing houses were ranked by strength into the top ten, these six publishing houses would easily occupy the top three spots, and the rest would also be within the top ten, including the Federation's largest newspaper, the Allen Daily, and the best-selling general monthly magazine, Big Events.

Even Emerald herself only learned today that these six publishing houses were actually owned by her family. Previously, she only knew that the Melson Group held a portion of the shares in these six publishing houses, but she did not know that the other shareholders of these six publishing houses were also Melson people, or even simply nominees.

However, upon closer reflection, this isn't surprising. As the true behind-the-scenes controllers of the Allen Federation, the Melson family certainly understands the importance of public opinion, so it's quite normal for them to secretly maintain complete control over the Federation's major media outlets.

From now on, all these media outlets will be under Emery's control. If she manages them properly, she can completely control public opinion through intelligence, making people only know what she wants them to know, and even making people act according to her ideas—after all, there is no internet or television in this world yet, and many people's access to information from the outside world comes from newspapers and magazines.

In addition to these six publishing houses, the new company also has dozens of project teams, which are responsible for variety entertainment programs or entertainment competitions.

Some of the project teams were run by Merson himself. In addition to making money, these projects also served as a channel for Merson to select talent.

For example, it's very similar to the magic ranking battles in the academy tournaments in Emerald's previous life novels. In addition to receiving considerable prize money, most of the top-ranked contestants can also get jobs at Melson Security Company, becoming members of an M-class squad, or even S-class ace mercenaries.

Similarly, there is a sword-forging competition where participants can create melee magical artifacts, and the winners also have the opportunity to enter the Melson Workshop.

In addition to these events organized entirely by Merson himself, the new company also has many collaborative projects with the arts association.

Emery took a closer look and found that the music and fine arts fields were indeed the hardest hit. All commercial projects related to these two areas inevitably had the involvement of the arts association, and even Merson's businesses were no exception.

However, Merson's focus was not originally on music and fine arts. In the projects that the Arts Association collaborated on with Merson, Merson basically provided the money, venues, and exhibits, while the Arts Association was responsible for the specific operations, and the profits were mostly split equally.

Merson Security has been involved in many projects, especially several large art museums, where Merson Security has invested in these projects by providing security services and sharing the profits.

Clark was clearly aware of Amelie's past conflict with the Arts Association, and seeing that Amelie had seen this project, he proactively offered to:

"If you, boss, dislike the Art Association, we can terminate the cooperation immediately. Although this would mean that we would be in breach of contract and have to pay some compensation, it doesn't matter as long as you are happy, Miss."

"No need, just keep everything as usual for now."

Emerald simply smiled calmly, her voice soft but filled with strong confidence:

“I’ve looked at them, and these are all pretty profitable projects. They will all belong to me eventually, so why should I suddenly terminate them and let others benefit?”

"...Understood, Miss."

Clark paused for two seconds, then pretended not to understand the implied meaning in Emery's words, simply nodded, and silently memorized the command.

Afterwards, Emery kept looking through the documents and listening to Clark's reports, making arrangements for all aspects of the new company.

For most of these projects, Emerald allowed Clark to continue operating them as usual, but for some projects related to publicity and distribution, Emerald didn't hold back and let Blue Star Films take them for free.

For example, newspapers and magazines will have more movie-related advertisements in the future. Emerald plans to bombard the Federation's citizens with information, ensuring that even those who haven't seen the movie know the name of the heroine Yulia.

Clark naturally agreed and wrote down all of Emerald's orders, which he would carry out as quickly as possible.

And so, Amelie and her nephew's work discussion quickly passed the morning.

Amelie planned to go home for lunch and wake Julia and Flora up, as she needed to take Flora to the Lohid Club that afternoon.

Before leaving the company, Emery named the new company, which was not yet officially named, as Melson Entertainment. It was the third major subsidiary of the Melson Group, following Melson Magic Workshop and Melson Security Company.

Only the position of the highest controller of such a large subsidiary is worthy of the status of the owner of the Merson Ring.

. . . . .

When Amelie returned to her home at Melson Manor, she found Flora already awake, sketching costume designs, while Julia, according to the maid, was still fast asleep in her room.

Emerald wanted to tease Julia, who was sleeping, but was stopped by Sulina and her friends.

"I want to go to the performance venue the day after tomorrow."

Despite the gossipy looks from her friends, Sulina remained calm in front of Emerald.

"Only by understanding the actual situation on stage can we put on a better performance... Although we will only be performing a song and dance for less than 7 minutes this time, it is still a very rare opportunity, and I will not allow any possibility of failure."

"……Row."

This request was perfectly reasonable, and Amelie agreed after a moment's thought:

"However, I have something to do this afternoon and need to take Flora out, so I won't be able to go with you... I'll let Brut Vance—the eldest son of the Vance family—know in advance, and he'll arrange for someone to meet you at the performance venue the day after tomorrow."

"it is good."

After Sulina finished speaking, she wanted to leave with her friends, but was stopped by Amelie.

"Since we're already here..."

Amelie smiled sweetly, mainly looking at the adorable girls behind Sulina with curious expressions:

"How about having lunch at my place? I've suddenly felt like cooking myself. Don't you want to try Miss Melson's cooking?"

"Huh? Us? Is it really okay?"

"Yay! I've heard from Miss Yulia that the CEO's cooking is amazing! I've been wanting to try it for ages!"

"Yeah, yeah, let's stay and have lunch before we go practice, Team Leader~~"

The girls were all happy and excited, but Sulina's eyes were wary. Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, she stood protectively in front of the girls, stubbornly staring at Amelie.

"You promised me you wouldn't lay a hand on them!"

"...Senior, are you being too sensitive about me?"

Emerald shrugged innocently.

"I'm just asking them to stay for lunch, not eating them. Why are you being so wary of me?"

"Yeah, yeah, you're just overthinking things!"

"The CEO is beautiful and kind-hearted. Everyone says she's practically a saint. How could she possibly do anything bad to us?"

"Could it be that you're jealous of us, Captain? Hehehe..."

The girls immediately chimed in, praising Emerald together.

"You guys... sigh!"

Su Lina gritted her teeth in anger. If there weren't outsiders watching, she would have liked to pin all these ungrateful, naive girls down and spank them again.

In the end, however, Su Lina could only sigh:

"Fine, fine, you've all grown up and don't listen to your leader anymore... Don't come crying to me after you've been played with by that scumbag woman!"

And so, a few more mouths were added to the list of those who wanted to have lunch at Emerald's.

Not only that, but when Emery tied on her apron and was about to take Marcy to the kitchen, Bobo and Lulu, those two little pink-haired girls, also arrived.

After a night and a morning of comforting and reassuring her, Mrs. Catherine finally recovered from the fear of her daughter's kidnapping, and the two little pink-haired girls immediately came to their older sister's house for food and play.

"Teacher Flora?"

Lulu then realized that there was an acquaintance among her sister's people.

Lulu is a second-year student at the Lohid Magic Academy, while Flora is the youngest disciple of the Lohid family head and a graduate of the magic academy. She is currently working as a teaching assistant. Lulu has attended a few of Flora's practical classes, so she knows Flora.

But Lulu never expected that this aloof and beautiful teacher at school would actually move into her house with her sister.

Recalling Emerald's past behavior, Lulu's eyes immediately lit up, and she said to Flora with a mischievous grin:

"Teacher Flora, have you also become part of my sister's harem? Is my sister's water magic really as powerful as the rumors say? Were you ever defeated by her?"

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Flora's forehead creased with a dark line, and without hesitation, she reached out and flicked Lulu's head.

But Flora quickly recalled the random thoughts she'd had during her sleepless nights and the bizarre dreams she'd had after falling asleep, and suddenly felt guilty, blushing as she explained:

"I'm just your sister's employee! I'm only here with her because she's reporting to the Lohid Club! It's not the kind of relationship you're thinking of!"

"Oh~~ My sister's employee... Speaking of which, Yulia said before that she was just my sister's employee. Now I hear that people in Locke City are secretly calling her the president's wife. I wonder when you, Flora, will be promoted?"

Lulu smiled meaningfully, not at all afraid of Flora's threat to flick her forehead.

"You... hum!"

Flora gritted her teeth:

"I'm not like that love-struck idiot Julia. Working is working. I only followed your sister because I wanted to learn her magic skills! My life is all about magic, I have no interest in romance! Lovers would only affect my casting speed!"

"Hmm... Okay, okay."

Lulu's smile was still strange, and ignoring Flora's attempt to explain, she ran off to Emerald's side.

"Sister~~ Aren't you going to call Miss Yulia down for dinner?"

"Her...it's unnecessary."

Emery smiled and made a confident judgment:

"She will wake up on her own when the food is ready."

After saying that, Emery waved her hand, stopped chatting with the others, and led Marcy into the kitchen.

With so many people in the house and it almost noon, it's clearly unrealistic for Emery to prepare all the lunches by herself, even if she has magic.

Therefore, most of the food for lunch was prepared by the chefs at the manor, and Amelie only needed to cook one dish.

After a moment's thought, Emery decided to choose a type of lobster as the main ingredient. These lobsters weigh an average of about 1.3 kilograms, one for each person.

Traditional Federal chefs typically steam lobster to preserve its original freshness and texture, and then crush the shells to make porridge.

This method is indeed nutritious and healthy, but the flavor is too bland, making it unappetizing. Bobo and Lulu have long been tired of it.

Amelie chose an oriental-style cooking method, and among oriental cuisines, garlic vermicelli is a perfect match for most seafood.

Top the fragrant garlic vermicelli with shrimp meat and steam for a few minutes. The delicious and savory dish is ready to be served.

Once the table was nearly full of various exquisite dishes, Yulia, as expected, rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned as she went downstairs.

She seemed a little groggy, as if she hadn't fully woken up yet. After sitting down next to Amelie in the main seat, she tugged at Amelie's sleeve in a coquettish manner and said sweetly:

"Emerald~~ I'm so hungry~~ I need food~~"

The sight left the two little pink-haired girls and Sulina's friends speechless, completely unprepared for the heroic female warrior in the movie to have such a side.

Yulia, now seemingly fully awake, remembered her earlier behavior and immediately felt incredibly embarrassed, blushing as she stubbornly retorted:

"You...you guys don't misunderstand! I was just half asleep, and Emery and I aren't in that kind of relationship!"