Chapter 1470 Big Kill (1/2)
The California customs warehouse auction was scheduled to start in mid-September. From the end of August to mid-September, there were no warehouse auctions in which Li Du was interested. However, there were many real estate auctions recently.
The last time, through Hans, he had attacked Logan's side and obtained several houses. This trick would not work the second time, as Logan would be on his guard against strangers.
On the first Friday of September, there was another auction.
The auction took place in downtown Los Angeles. Li Du, Hans, Sophie and Barbara, two men and two ladies, went to the auction. The two women accompanied each other as shopping partners.
Barbara had hardly ever left Riverdale before. She had never been outside Arizona. This was her first time in a busy city like Los Angeles.
She was the typical country girl who had just come to town and was curious and surprised by everything.
Sophie had taken her to Montana Avenue, Santa Monica's top-end shopping walk, and Barbara had nearly fainted at the prices.
When they went to Melrose Boulevard in West Hollywood, Barbara was barely able to speak and could only say weakly, ”Oh my god, this cake in front of me costs 120 bucks and this pair of shoes, oh my! Eight thousand? You could buy our whole town for that!”
The salesgirl who accompanied them smiled and said nothing. The local salespeople were all highly professional and would not laugh at any customers. However, if there were no sales value, they would not show enthusiasm.
These people's eyes have been on a lot of customers, and at a glance, they could roughly judge the other side's purchasing power.
A girl like Barbara had an almost shabby simplicity about her, and even if she didn't speak, the saleslady could guess that she would not buy anything.
Barbara got excited about a pair of stylish high-heeled shoes she would never have seen in Riverdale, but the price kept her away.
Sophie sensed her inclination and said, ”Those shoes would look great on you. Buy them.”
Barbara shook her head. ”No, I won't.”
Sophie chuckled. ”Don't worry about the price. You may not know how rich your fiancé is. He could buy you a pair of shoes like this every day.”
The salesgirl smiling next to them was cursing in her heart. She had seen girls who liked to act rich before, but seldom with such good aura.
Barbara casually said, ”No, you look at the shoes. This is suede, isn't it?”
The salesgirl nodded and said, ”Yes, ma'am, these are made from sheepskin collected from an exclusive pasture in the south of New Zealand. It has gone through 18 processing steps, and the design belongs to the French fashion master Jean Reddy.”
Barbara said, ”It's not about where the suede is from. Suede is not suitable to be made into a shoe base because it is too soft and would be easily damaged by friction.”
The salesgirl was stunned and said, ”Damage? How would it be damaged? These shoes are for special events, they are for the red carpet.”
Barbara frowned. ”The red carpet? Who would spend all that money on a pair of shoes for the red carpet? How many times do you walk the red carpet in your life?”
She turned to Sophie. ”When does that red carpet event happen?”
Sophie took out the palladium card that Li Du had given her and handed it to the salesgirl, smiling. ”When you get married.”
The salesgirl was confused for a moment. She had seen the palladium card many times, but she did not think that the girl in plain clothes would carry one.
She soon realized that she was mistaken. A girl with such a temperament could not pretend to be rich, she was indeed rich.
Li Du looked at the time, tapped his watch and said, ”Let's go to the auction first. Let the ladies keep shopping.”
Hans went over and squeezed Barbara's hand. ”Tell Sophie what you like. Don't be shy. Sophie is a nice girl, you can just be real around her.”