Chapter 824 - Gentlemanly Manner (1/2)
Chapter 824: Gentlemanly Manner
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
There were two plans that Tang Xiu intended to execute in the near future. The first one was to go to Kanas—to Longquan Bay to try to open the mysterious immortal abode. The second was to go to Israel to spend quite a fortune on buying manpower. From the looks of the current situation, however, going to Israel was more urgent than visiting Longquan Bay in Kanas.
Two days later.
Tang Xiu came to Hong Kong alone. After getting off the plane, he took a cab empty-handed. He had originally planned to go straight to his residence in Hong Kong, but changed his destination after some thinking. Instead, he headed to the Grand Fortune Jewelry Group. He had never been there before, even though he was the Big Boss of the company.
He had a lot of jades inside his interspatial ring, most of them being high-quality. Once these jades were processed, engraved, and made into a large number of products, he could make a fortune when they sold. If he could also use the connections of Grand Fortune Jewelry, he could earn more money and even buy more raw jades.
Central Hong Kong was located on the north shore of Hong Kong Island and acted as the central business district for commerce, finance, and banking. It was also the authority center of the government, making it the special administrative region. The price of the land there was sky high—even an inch of land might cost you gold. It could be said to be the most prosperous place in Hong Kong.
The Grand Fortune Jewelry Co. owned a 33-story high-rise building that covered a large area. The 1st through 13th floor were commercial areas with various stores, including luxury brands, restaurants, entertainment establishments, integral whole supermarkets, and other high-end consumer stores. The 14th through 33rd floors were used as the core areas of the Grand Fortune Jewelry Co.
Tang Xiu took the cab to the south gate of the building and paid the fare. He then strolled into the courtyard and entered the premises. After checking the signs inside, he took the elevator straight to the 14th floor.
“Welcome.”
Four welcoming ladies with excellent curves who wore cheongsams bowed in ceremony while wearing refreshing smiles on their beautiful faces.
Tang Xiu slightly nodded at their greetings and headed to the door in front. He then found that the high-end jewelry stores inside had unpleasant staff members, though the number of guests was quite high. He even saw a tour group under the guidance of a tour guide watching the gold and silver jewelry inside, as well as the jades, emeralds, jadeites.
“Hello, Sir. How may I be of service?” A female clerk in a black suit came up and asked.
“I’m just strolling around.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “Please go back to your work; don’t mind me.”
A disappointed look flashed in the female clerk’s eyes. Tang Xiu’s appearance was very handsome; just looking at him made her heart race. There was even more disappointment as Tang Xiu was also wearing famous brands. She thought that he was some kind of second-generation nouveau riche, maybe even third generation.
‘Can’t get him as a boyfriend!’ the salesgirl muttered inwardly and reluctantly left full of disappointment.
Unaware of the salesgirl’s thought, Tang Xiu strolled around the store in a relaxed and leisurely mood. The items sold here were so common in his eyes; after all, the most expensive one was just hundreds of thousands of yuan.
15th floor.
After arriving here, Tang Xiu found the items were priced higher. He even saw several platinum diamond rings priced at more than a million.
Then he came to the 16th and 17th floors and looked at the items there. The price was much higher, especially on the 17th floor, which only had a few items. Though there were little more than a dozen, they were priced at more than 10 million.
“Hello, Sir. The 18th floor is an area restricted to the VIPs of our Grand Fortune Jewelry. Are you one of our company’s VIPs?” Two burly men in a black suit stopped Tang Xiu at the elevator door, while the beautiful woman at the counter asked politely.
“No.” Tang Xiu shook his head.
“Are you perhaps a staff member of our Grand Fortune Jewelry?” asked the beauty once more.
Tang Xiu thought for a moment and said, “I think so.”
The beauty slightly smiled and said, “If you’re a staff member of our Grand Fortune Jewelry, you just need to swipe your work card upstairs.”
“But I don’t have one.” Tang Xiu shook his head with a wry smile.
The belle looked empty and immediately replied with a smile, “You’re joking, aren’t you, Sir? Every employee of our Grand Fortune Jewelry has a work card. You can’t get to the top floor without it.”
Tang Xiu was silent for a moment and then curiously asked, “Is the price of the jewelry on the 18th floor more expensive?”
“They are indeed more expensive,” answered the beauty.
A disdainful look flashed in her eyes during her speech. Even though she concealed it well, Tang Xiu’s sharp eyes could still catch it. However, he was too lazy to care about this beauty’s thoughts. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Hao Lei’s cellphone number.
‘I can’t get through?’
Tang Xiu was stunned. He immediately released his spiritual sense and found Hao Lei in the jade processing workshop on the 26th floor half a second later. At the moment, she was focusing on carving a fist-sized jade while her cell phone and two-palms-sized notebook were placed on the table.
“Can you please inform the person in charge here, Hao Lei, to come down?” asked Tang Xiu to the beauty. “Also, she should be on the 26th floor right now.”