Chapter 683 Come on, swipe my card!

Probably nearly two hours later.

Zhu Lincai wore a blue dress and came to the rest area with a rosy complexion accompanied by the female store manager.

After arriving at the rest area, Zhu Lin found Cao Zhiqiang, who had finished reading two magazines and was reading the third magazine.

"Hey, it's over?" Cao Zhiqiang put down the magazine with a smile, stood up, and asked Zhu Lin, who was blushing, "How do you feel?"

"Very good." Zhu Lin said happily.

"They tried on many sets of clothes for me, changed more than a dozen pairs of shoes, and matched them with several styles of jewelry.

A little tired, but they are indeed beautiful.

Moreover, they took photos of each of my outfits and said they would let us pick up the photos later."

"Really? So good?" Cao Zhiqiang pretended to be very surprised and said, "Why did you change so many clothes? And even take pictures of you?"

Zhu Lin smiled and said: "I am also very curious and asked Miss Meiko, who is the store manager.

She said she liked my figure and temperament very much and wanted me to try on the clothes here and become a model.

She also said that the photos of me trying on clothes were only for their internal reference and would not be released to the public or used for commercial purposes. As long as I agreed, I could be rewarded with several sets of clothes later.

I thought it was okay to be a model. Besides, they promised not to announce it to the public and not use it for commercial purposes. Plus, they could give me a few sets of clothes, so I agreed.

So, there are a lot of clothes to try on, plus makeup and taking photos, the time is delayed a bit, making you anxious, right?"

Cao Zhiqiang glanced at the female shopkeeper next to him inadvertently, then smiled and shook his head at Zhu Lin: "How could it be? I eat, drink, and read newspapers and magazines here, so I'm not bored at all.

But then again, don’t you speak Japanese? How do you communicate with them?”

Zhu Lin rolled his eyes at Cao Zhiqiang angrily: "Didn't I tell you that I can order in English and the store manager can also speak English, so we all communicate in English."

"Oh, yes, yes!" Cao Zhiqiang quickly patted his forehead, "Look at me, I forgot about this."

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang asked Zhu Lin: "By the way, why did you come out wearing this? Didn't you change back into your own clothes?"

Zhu Lin smiled and said: "This outfit I am wearing is the last one. I originally wanted to go back and change clothes, but the store manager told me that this is the last series. It is best for me to wear it and show it to you.

To avoid any regrets, I came here."

Speaking of this, Zhu Lin stretched out his arms and turned around in a circle: "How is it? Does it look good?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded quickly: "You look good, you really look good. You look good in anything you wear! Of course, you look especially good in this suit!"

Zhu Lin smiled and shook his head: "You are still a great poet, so you praise others like this?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Front praise can better show my sincerity. This is how to express one's heart directly. What do you think?"

Zhu Lin rolled his eyes again: "If I had known better, I wouldn't have worn it out to show you!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Okay, go back and change clothes quickly. We have to go shopping elsewhere. If we don't leave, it's time to have lunch."

Zhu Lin nodded: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll go change clothes right now."

Having said this, Zhu Lin left accompanied by a female salesperson.

However, the female shopkeeper did not follow him, but stayed with a smile.

The reason is, of course, the relationship we had agreed upon before.

After Zhu Lin completely left the lounge, the female shopkeeper quickly closed the door of the lounge, then came to Cao Zhiqiang and bowed, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Sir, we have completed what you asked for. Next, you can

look……"

"Give me the bill." Cao Zhiqiang said calmly.

The female shopkeeper quickly handed over the bill she had written long ago with a smile.

After Cao Zhiqiang took it, he briefly looked at the previous category accounts, and finally turned to the bottom general ledger.

After looking at the amount on the general ledger, Cao Zhiqiang immediately frowned.

Seeing that Cao Zhiqiang frowned, the female shopkeeper said: "Sir, the price is a bit high, but we always clearly mark the prices, and we give you the most expensive products in the store.

Among them, just the sets of jewelry and necklaces are quite valuable, not to mention the limited edition matching clothing.

We have already given you a preferential price for this price.

After all, we are here for luxury goods, which are different from ordinary clothing."

Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyes and looked at the female shopkeeper, and said calmly: "You are overthinking. I frowned, not because the price is too high, but because the price is too low."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang put down the bill and said with dissatisfaction: "The total price is only 86 million yen? Only 350,000 US dollars?

This price is not enough for me to buy a limited edition watch!

Please, you are Hermès, synonymous with expensiveness.

Now that you're done, you're going to give me these silly things?

I don't believe you only have this level of quality here.

Are you sure you gave my friend the most expensive stuff?"

Indeed, if 86 million yen were converted into U.S. dollars, it would now be equivalent to 350,000 U.S. dollars.

In this era, US$350,000 is indeed a very high figure for ordinary people, but in fact it is just like that. Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang does not think this figure is too outrageous.

You know, this is Hermès.

In Cao Zhiqiang’s impression, why does Hermès’ limited-edition suit not start at RMB 1.8 million?

As a result, we spent a long time here and matched several sets of costumes and jewelry. It was still the most expensive one here, and it only cost this little money?

What about the fool?

As if seeing Cao Zhiqiang's dissatisfaction, the other party immediately smiled bitterly and said: "Sorry, sir, we have indeed given your female companion the most expensive style in our store.

Let's put it this way, our store currently has the most expensive items in stock, and we have listed all the styles that can match your female companion. That's really all.

Of course, if you don't mind waiting, we can go to the main store to apply for a special order for you.

If it is a specially customized model, the price can be whatever you want, even if it is millions of dollars, there is no problem.

In addition, there are only a few luxury watches worth 86 million yen in the world.

At least in Japan, I haven’t heard of any famous watch worth 86 million yen.”

Obviously, the female shopkeeper's last sentence was more or less ridiculing. She probably thought that Cao Zhiqiang couldn't afford it, but insisted on pretending to be a big-tailed wolf.

Cao Zhiqiang could naturally hear the other party's caution.

But what he was confused about was, was there really no watch worth 350,000 US dollars here?

Not so?

You know, in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, there were many limited-edition watches, such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, etc., worth millions of dollars.

But here, she said that there is no watch worth 350,000 US dollars in all of Japan?

If someone else said this, Cao Zhiqiang would think that the other person had little knowledge.

But this female shop owner, the manager of the Hermès store, absolutely cannot have this little knowledge.

Just kidding, if you want to be a store manager in a luxury store, you must know some essential luxury knowledge. Otherwise, the customers who come here to purchase are either rich or expensive. If I chat with you casually, you will show your shyness.

What will be damaged is the brand image.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang did not immediately retort. Instead, he frowned, picked up the bill again, and looked at it carefully.

It doesn't matter when I look at it, I find that many of the jewelry inside are made of platinum and diamonds.

During this period, Henan's artificial diamonds had not yet flooded, the diamond myth had not been shattered, and diamonds were still very valuable.

Not to mention platinum.

Moreover, this is an exclusive series of jewelry of the Hermès brand, which carries a brand premium.

The price of these jewelry items alone is not low.

Not to mention those diamond-encrusted bags.

Then why do these things add up to only US$350,000?

Suddenly, Cao Zhiqiang slapped his forehead and suddenly came back to his senses.

Yes, he forgot about the time limit.

This is 1983, not 2023.

One dollar at this time is worth so much.

If calculated based on purchasing power, or based on gold as an anchor, then 1 US dollar in the 1980s is roughly equivalent to 33 US dollars in 2020, which is an increase of 33 times!

Even if it were added up to thirty times, it would still be a big deal.

Because of this calculation, US$350,000 at this time is equivalent to US$10.5 million in 2020!

In other words, the items on the bill are equivalent to US$10 million in 2020, which is definitely not a bargain.

No wonder, at this time in the United States, the term millionaire was still popular.
To be continued...