Chapter 318 - The Evil Boss Who Abuses His Employees (1/2)

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They then proceeded to check on the progress of the renovations of the shop front.

The grand entrance was facing the South and there were golden bricks laid across the ground, along with drawings of mountains, flora and fauna, and rivers. There was a lotus-shaped chandelier hanging from the ceiling as well, with a string of luminous gems hanging from each of the twenty-four petals.

There were six one-meter lamps on both ends of the shop front, on which dragons and phoenixes were embroidered. The lampstand was embellished with synthetic luminous pearls and covered by a yellow lampshade. It exuded an elegant extravagance.

The lamps were placed 1.5 meters apart from each other and there were ten doors behind them, all of which had floral carvings.

There were five of those doors at the front as well.

Staring at Wen Xinya whose jaw had dropped in shock, Li Mengjie asked in amusement, “Are you very shocked?”

“Yes!” Wen Xinya answered with a nod. The main colors of the theme were red, yellow, and white. Staring at the decor that was vintage yet lavish and classy, Wen Xinya was extremely pleased with the work done by the renovation company that Gu Junling had recommended.

“You’ll definitely be even more stunned after you see the 3D simulation sketch that the company has given us,” Li Mengjie said before opening her laptop to show Wen Xinya the sketch.

Wen Xinya was greatly taken aback. She felt as if she had been transported back to ancient times. She continuously moved the mouse around to zoom in on the sketch. The surreality of the sketch appealed to the visual senses and was simply indescribable.

“It’s much better than what I had imagined!” Wen Xinya exclaimed.

Li Mengjie said, “Yeah! I didn’t expect that the results would be so shockingly excellent. Most importantly, the cost of the renovation is almost 33% lower than our budget. I was initially afraid that the contractors would end up using inferior and low-quality materials. Hence, I took some samples of the materials and sent them for verification.”

“What did the results show?” Wen Xinya asked curiously.

“The quality of the materials is incredible. All of the elmwood used in the shop front was made to perfection and every detail was refined and polished carefully. The mahogany and stone are all premium-grade materials as well.”

Wen Xinya was stunned to hear his answer. Although elmwood was not exactly a precious type of wood, it was rather expensive and widely used. Most of the elmwood on the market was about ten years old, and it’d be rather difficult to find wood that was older than ten years. Elmwood that was older than fifty years would be considered rare and premium-grade. Not to mention, they came at an exorbitant price as well.

Wen Xinya could vaguely guess the reason why the renovation company was willing to give them the best materials and charge them an extremely low price despite having never worked with Gu Junling before.

Staring closely at the sketch on the computer screen, several ideas popped up in Wen Xinya’s mind. “We must place some aroma incense in the rooms. We’ll use different scents for each room, but it’s important that we avoid strong-smelling ones because some people might be allergic to them. We must use faint ones that can help one to relax and ease their tension.”

Li Mengjie agreed smilingly. “Sure, leave that to me. I used to work in the makeup industry, I know quite a bit about these things.”