"Are the specifics of the perfume already out." Han Ziyou asked in slight excitement.
She was a fan of a few things in this life of hers and the right kind of perfume was one of them.
"Nope. They said that the specifics will come out during the auction but a few leaks have already been spread that Original Classics really pulled off a shocking wonder this time."
"The rumours say they managed to extract the oils from a currently unknown number of Kadupul flowers. They say that they were added into the perfume."
Han Ziyou's eyes widened unimaginably in shock. This—this was truly unbelievable.
"How the hell did Original Classics manage to extract the oils of that flower!" Han Ziyou asked in unimaginable shock.
Bei Huan shrugged in disbelief too. Honestly it was hard to believe.
And their disbelief wasn't unfounded.
The Kadupul flower or commonly referred to as the queen of the night was the world's most expensive flower.
That was simply because it was priceless.
The flower was native to Sri Lanka but the most outrageous thing about the flower was truly what made it priceless.
The flower was a large snowy white flower that required some really demanding conditions to grow and even after that they were so rare that not just anyone would live to see the flower.
Furthermore what truly made this flower the cream of the crop among a variety of flowers in the world was the fact that it took a whole year to simply bloom.
Furthermore, it only bloomed once in its life time and on a full moon to boot. And if crazy wasn't crazy enough, it only bloomed at midnight and it lived for about two hours thereafter before it wilted and died.
The flower was truly a wonder and it's scent was awe inspiring too.
It had a unique rare calming fragrance that many perfume makers had tirelessly tried to remake but all had failed to remake its uniqueness.
That could be blamed on inability to extract the oils from the flower before it died since it was ridiculously delicate.
This flower. Gawd, had Original Classics really managed to extract the original scent of those flowers.
How?
It would truly be a tricky task to accomplish but there would be no way that Original Classics would endanger their image by falsifying something like this.
That is if they had really managed to extract the flower's oils and it wasn't just a rumor.
"But Bei Huan, do you realize that if this is true, so many rich people are going to be after it. The price will surely be exaggerated. Has your mom got a big fish that can afford to loose a good amount of money?"
Han Ziyou wasn't joking. Many people were surely going to fight for this perfume. The flower had already been priceless and impossible to extract its oils but now the original scent may be up for grabs.
Han Ziyou wouldn't be shocked if the perfume was the top item for the night. Nor would she be shocked if the price of the perfume costs hundreds of millions once bidded.
Bei Ming sighed at Han Ziyou's question. There was no way her mom would bid for something so precious without having some billionaire backing her account.
"I'm not sure if my guess is right but my mom may be dating Gabriel De Pierre, the French big shot who owns one of the top restaurant chains in the world."
"The guy whose restaurants are all having at the very least two Michelin stars. I swear to God."
"How my mom keeps meeting these influential people scares me but one thing is for sure, the credit card account she sent me to use during the auction can't have less than half a billion dollars."
Han Ziyou raised a brow at the stunning revelation. This time she was honestly in awe at how capable Lady travels was.
Half a billion dollars was nowhere near a small amount of money.
Han Ziyou wondered for a brief moment if she should join Lady travels and change her career to traveling around the world while dating rich people.
It seemed like a very profitable career so far for lady travels.
But as quickly as the idea formed, was as quickly as it was kicked out of her mind.
She couldn't stand the idea of a relationship, how the hell would she manage changing men almost every year.
"Well, send me the account information and I'll try to win your mom the perfume."
Han Ziyou stated. Bei Huan nodded.
Bei Huan sent Han Ziyou the information.
"Is there a limit to how much I can use?" Han Ziyou asked.
"Hmm—my mom estimated that the perfume may reach an all high of about one hundred million dollars if the bid gets crazy so her limit touches one fifty million."
Han Ziyou nodded. It seems that regardless of how reckless Lady travels was when it came to her family, she was still careful to some degree when it came to money. She actually set a limit.
"Alright, I'll do my best but—" Han Ziyou paused with a characteristicly cunning smile. Then she continued her statement "I can't promise that I won't do my best to outbid your mom for the perfume."
Bei Huan laughed at Han Ziyou's statement. She surely knew that Han Ziyou could very capably outbid her mom if she was interested in an item.
Bei Huan shrugged "Do as you please Ziy. It's about time my mom learned that she can't always have what she wants."
The two continued their conversation a little longer before they ended the call.
Han Ziyou got out of bed and finally went and took a shower first.
She came back and threw on a comfortable easy going dark blue A—line dress.
She sat down to eat her special breakfast as she made a call to Qin Jun. He replied on the second ring.
"Good morning Jun."
There was a light shuffle in the background before Qin Jun spoke.
He didn't respond in his usual organizated tone since he simply sounded like he had just woken up.
"Hmm—Good morning Ziyou."
Han Ziyou chuckled. Qin Jun rarely called her by name since the day he became her assistant. He said he liked to keep things interestingly professional and calling her boss or boss lady made him very pleased.
It seems sleepy Qin Jun could still call her by name.
"I see that you are enjoying your half day off very much Jun. Still sleeping at nine in the morning. How rare!"
Qin Jun scoffed as he sobered up a bit.
"Not as rare as you sleeping in Boss lady."
"I'll have you know I was sleeping in just fine a few minutes ago but Bei Xiu surprised me with breakfast in bed."
Han Ziyou said with an amused laugh.
"What!" Qin Jun exclaimed as he sobered up completely. "That chaos bringer brought you breakfast in bed!"
Han Ziyou laughed harder at the way Qin Jun addressed Bei Xiu. Bei Xiu made it very clear that he disliked Qin Jun because he spent a lot of time with his "future wife" and I quote.
Qin Jun never had a break of it whenever he and Bei Xiu were together.
It was truly laughable and comedic.
A five year old boy and a twenty eight year old man fighting for one woman.
Han Ziyou didn't know what could get more funny and interesting than that but she knew one thing, the banter between those two was one of the most interesting things in her life.
Other than the endless plotting she faced of course.
Thinking of that, Han Ziyou asked about Zhou San's deportation progress.
"On a flight back home already. He paid a hefty price for the money laundering. He's been banned from setting a single foot in the US for the next twenty years."
"All of his personal assets in the United States were confiscated by the authorities."
"It caused a bit of a stir in the branch company as other investigations were carried by other authorities to ensure the company was clean but they found nothing worth causing the company trouble."
"So the branch company is OK and I already had your candidate replace the position of branch manager."
When Qin Jun got in work mode, he was precise and well informed.
"Capable as always I see Jun." Han Ziyou complimented.
"Of course, I told you. Employee of the month."
Han Ziyou laughed once again. "Keep being awesome and I may just think about it."
"Infact—I need you to check on the attire I'll be wearing for today's auction. That's why I called." Han Ziyou explained.
Qin Jun chuckled over the phone. "Already checked on the dress boss lady. It will be there at exactly ten in the morning."
Han Ziyou smiled to herself "I guess I give up then. You're officially employee of the month."
Qin Jun laughed on the other side.
"Anyway, be ready by then. You're my plus one if you never knew."
Qin Jun sighed helplessly"Of course I know that boss lady. Which man would dare to meet the boss lady's expectations other than her faithful and handsome assistant."
"Cocky." Han Ziyou muttered.
...
The evening didn't take long to arrive.
The Sun Auction in general was really a very anticipated event. They always held one major auction every year and each and everytime they amazed people with the items auctioned.
How they obtained the items. No one knew.
However, there were more things that made the Sun Auction even more special.
Seeing as this was the major auction through out the whole year, they organized it in class, elegance and uncensored bouts of grandeur.
It wasn't the typical come bid and leave thing.
The whole event was organized like a full course meal with many stages.
The first was arrival and welcoming of the guests. Then there was dining, entertainment from international star performers and then the guests would then head to the auction hall where the actual auction took place.
It was a really extravagant event and not just anyone could attend since all the guests expected to attend had invitation cards that were made personally for them.
Currently, cara after car arrived before a magnificent three story building that covered a large area.
The building was magnificent and imposing.
Many guests arrived one after the other. Dressed not too excessively but enough to leave an average person dying in envy.
And within the building, a magnificent ball room was organized with fancy tables and table ware.
People from high class society and some from the middle class society were mingling but it was clear that there was a very obvious hierarchy as no single middle class society member would dare to bring themselves before the upper class society members unless they had the connections.
Power spoke in magnitudes that words couldn't.
However, other than that, there were so many influential figures in the room ranging from government officials to CEOs, people in the entertainment world.
The whole lot was here.
However, for a short moment, a silence washed over the room and everyone's attention was drawn to the doors where guests were entering from.
Two people had just arrived.
A man and lady. The lady held onto the man's arm very intimately and boldly as if to make sure every single eye in room saw and knew that the man beside her was taken.
Everyone was shocked by the scene and started gossipping furiously among themselves.
"Isn't that the CEO of Ming Corporation, Ming Xian!" A lady exclaimed in shock.
Her friend next to her nodded "It is—I can't believe he's attending the auction. Doesn't this mean that if he takes a liking to something, no one would dare to outbid him."
Everyone stared at him in awe. Even high society people rarely got to see people from the top ten families in the country so this was amazing.
If they managed to get connected to him, wouldn't that mean that they had struck gold.
"But—who is that beside him?" Someone finally noticed Zhou Lin.
A person recognized her immediately as the uprising A–list model who was currently a hot talk.
"Isn't that Zhou Lin. The daughter of Zhou Rutong, the provincial deputy of Jiangsu province."
Everyone's eyes widened at the realization that it was indeed her. Suddenly, everyone became increasingly wary of her.
The position of provincial deputy may not sound like much but that man Zhou Rutong was nothing short of connections and power that far exceeded his position.
Zhou Rutong smiled charmingly but internally she was gloating because she knew very few people would dare to insult her even without Ming Xian's assistance.
Someone suddenly wondered what the relationship between the two was and when everyone finally realized how intimate Zhou Lin was being with Ming Xian, their eyes widen considerably in shock and a little terror.
Was Zhou Lin in a relationship with Ming Xian!
If this was true, then didn't it mean that only the other members of the top ten families would dare to go against Zhou Lin and anyone she deemed worthy.
This was ridiculous.
As if it wasn't bad enough her father was scary, now the daughter also had a scary man.
Everyone burned with envy.
'Why hadn't they been soo lucky too? Why weren't their daughters as good at seducing men?'
Zhou Lin couldn't stop the small smirk that etched at her lips. This was her first time attending a public event with Ming Xian.
The fact that he had allowed to step in public with her was a sign that her effort was paying off.
How nice.
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