By the time the mother and daughter woke up, it was already past 5:00 PM.
The beds in the bedrooms of Tang Palace Manor all used Hästens mattresses, with each bed priced as high as 2 million yuan.
Yes, it was the exact sky-high mattress that appeared in the incident involving a certain initial celebrity and her ex-husband a while back.
It had to be said that a top-tier mattress was indeed much more comfortable to sleep on than a mattress costing a few hundred yuan. Putting aside physical sensations, just hearing the price alone brought a psychological pleasure that far surpassed the ordinary.
Consequently, this caused the mother and daughter to oversleep their afternoon nap.
When the two went downstairs, the butler they hired through the APP, Zhang Shuxue, had already arranged work for all the maids in the house.
The butler looked to be in her 30s and was named Zhang Shuxue.
Seeing the two come downstairs, she immediately stepped forward to introduce the details of each maid and inquired whether the two would be having dinner at home.
Chu Wanchen thought about it and declined.
It was the first time the mother and daughter had come to Shanghai, and they planned to go downtown in the evening to see the Shanghai night view, so they intended to settle dinner outside as well.
Since the family had not bought a car yet, Lao Li, the driver, first used the sightseeing golf cart prepared by the sales office for property viewings to drop the mother and daughter off at the entrance of the neighborhood.
At the neighborhood entrance, the mother and daughter called a ride-hailing car and headed straight for the Shanghai Bund.
Upon arriving at the Bund, the two headed straight for a German restaurant. This was a restaurant recommended by Shanghai locals that Chu Wanchen had just looked up while in the car.
This restaurant was right next to the Huangpu River, and when the two arrived, there happened to be an empty table on the terrace. The two enjoyed the delicious food while appreciating the night view of the Huangpu River.
This restaurant truly deserved to be revered as a treasure restaurant by many Shanghai locals. The shop’s signature German pork knuckle and dry-aged steak tasted superb, and the beer was brewed by the owner himself. The aroma of the hops was nose-catching, the foam was dense, and the flavor was exceptionally mellow.
After enjoying their dinner, the two found that it was still early, so they planned to head to the adjacent International Finance Center (IFC) to have a major spending spree.
With too much money to ever burn through, not using it to pamper themselves would be a disservice to that long string of zeros inside the bank card.
Entering the shopping mall, the two first went to the Apple Store.
Chu Wanchen thought that it was a good opportunity for their family of three to change to new phones. The phones used by Chu Jianping and Shao Wenxin were both “antiques” that had been used for seven or eight years, and the systems were incredibly laggy. Due to a lack of money, the two had never replaced their phones.
As for Chu Wanchen, because her high school was far from home, bringing a phone along made it convenient to keep in touch with family.
Apple had released a new model a while ago. The three members of the family would buy three identical phones, which could also count as matching family phones.
Hearing that Chu Wanchen wanted to buy three of the latest model phones, the clerk’s attitude instantly became much warmer. The clerk then recommended Apple’s newly released laptops to Chu Wanchen. Chu Wanchen immediately decided to buy a laptop for both her mom and dad. She did not usually need a computer for high school, so she could hold off on buying one for herself. Her dad had always been nagging about wanting a computer, so now was the perfect time to buy him one. Since her dad was getting one, her mom had to have one too; otherwise, Shao Wenxin would definitely get jealous.
Strolling around for a bit longer, the two bought various electronic accessories. At checkout, Chu Wanchen filled in the delivery address for Tang Palace. The Apple Store would deliver the items purchased by Chu Wanchen to the residence tomorrow morning.
Coming out of the phone store, the two went straight to the cosmetics counters.
Shao Wenxin used to use skincare products worth one or two hundred yuan. Now that she had money, she naturally wanted to buy those luxury products.
At fifteen years old, Chu Wanchen had skin so tender it could practically pinch water out, and she didn’t usually use any skincare products, at most using Dabao to wipe her face. Now that she had money, Chu Wanchen naturally wanted to buy herself a few better bottles as well.
Upon entering the boutique counter, counter ladies immediately gathered around.
“Ladies, you can come over here to do a skin type test first. Once we confirm what your skin type is, we will recommend products suitable for you based on your skin type.”
After the two finished the skin type test, the counter lady began recommending skincare products suitable for their respective skin types.
La Mer, La Prairie, Guerlain, CPB, TOM FORD… practically every major brand they had heard of, they bought several bottles to take away.
They didn’t even try out the lipsticks anymore; matte, glossy, with fine shimmer, without fine shimmer… as long as it looked good in the pictures, they packaged and took them all.
The two were sweeping through merchandise in front, followed by five or six counter ladies helping to carry things behind them, everyone extremely happy.
The commission from this single order was higher than that of the past month. Even if it was split among six people, everyone could get a significant bonus.
With the cosmetics “wholesale” concluded, the two also smoothly obtained VIP status for each brand. The skincare products they bought would also be delivered to Tang Palace early the next morning.
“No wonder they could buy so many things in our store, they live in the Tang Palace next to the State Guest Hotel. I heard that the cheapest house in that neighborhood costs over a billion, and Number 8 is said to be the king of buildings there. Just how tycoon-level wealthy do you have to be to afford living there?”
While organizing the items purchased by the two, a counter lady happened to see the delivery address they filled out. She hurriedly sent a message in the IFC merchant group chat:
“Our store just hosted two tycoons. They live in the king of buildings at Tang Palace and just swept over a million yuan worth of goods in our store. Now they’ve gone to browse other shops. If you see them, make sure your attitude is top-notch. Maybe your KPI for this month will be completed directly.”
This counter lady sent the clothing characteristics of the two tycoons in the group chat, emphasizing once again their absolute, remorseless shopping spree behavior just now.
“Just a moment ago, these two came to my store and bought a bunch of computers and phones. At a glance, you can tell they are folks who aren’t short on cash. Because of them, my bonus for this month can go up by several thousand.”
“Ahhh—the two tycoons have come to grace our store! I don’t have to worry about my KPI for this month anymore!” This was a Jo Malone counter lady. When she first saw this message, she discovered that the two moguls mentioned in the group chat were right inside her store, so she hastily stepped forward to welcome them.
Chu Wanchen and her mother would not disappoint them either. The two acted just like they had walked into a two-yuan dollar store, directly sweeping up dozens of bottles of fragrances to take back. Naturally, the Jo Malone VIP status was successfully acquired as well.
After filling out the delivery address, the two went to Hermès.
Previously, when the two saw these luxury stores, they didn’t even dare to step inside, terrified of being looked down upon by the counter ladies. Now it was entirely different; the Hermès counter lady waited directly at the entrance for their arrival.
Equally famous as Hermès’ bags was their product-matching purchase mechanism. Even Chu Wanchen, who had never bought luxury goods before, knew that if you wanted to buy a bag at Hermès, you had to match it with other purchases first.
Therefore, after Chu Wanchen and Shao Wenxin entered the store, they were in no hurry to look at the bags, heading first to the Hermès clothing and accessories section.
The two looked around individually, buying whatever they felt was suitable, with each person followed by three counter ladies holding items behind them. Chu Wanchen even took several sets of Hermès tableware. Although she truly did not understand why an ordinary, solid white plate would cost several thousand yuan, it did not stop her from being rich and willful; as long as she took a liking to it, she packaged and took it directly.
After walking around for a full turn, the two felt they had roughly reached the matching purchase amount for bags, so they headed straight to the bag section.
Chu Wanchen had taken a liking to the Hermès Kelly, Lindy, and Herbag long ago. These few models were relatively suitable for young girls, and carrying them at Chu Wanchen’s age was just right.
Shao Wenxin preferred the Birkin bag. The Birkin bag was inherently crafted for wealthy ladies, and its fame was something even people who never touched luxury goods had heard of.
Seeing that Shao Wenxin kept looking at the Birkin bags in the store, the counter lady immediately said, “Madam, a Himalaya just arrived in the store today. Do you happen to have any interest?”
“Of course, please bring it out for me to take a look.” Shao Wenxin only knew about the Birkin bag and didn’t know what a Himalaya was, but since it was brought up specifically, this bag was definitely a masterpiece of the store.
In a short while, the counter lady brought the Himalaya over, half-kneeling on the floor to introduce it to Shao Wenxin.
“Madam, this Birkin 25 Himalaya is crafted using Nile crocodile skin. Because its color transitions from silver to white, closely resembling the Himalayan mountain range, it is named the Himalaya. The entire bag is handmade by Hermès’ top craftsmen, so the quantity is extremely scarce. This bag is the only one in the country, and it was just air-freighted to the store today.”
Shao Wenxin naturally loved this bag immensely, and no longer hesitated at that moment. “Then please pack it up for me.”
Chu Wanchen had also selected the bags she fancied over on her side, and while she was at it, she picked out a few bags for her dad as well.
Because the price of the Himalaya bag was excessively high, the two matched it by purchasing some other jewelry and clothing.
In the end, the two spent a full ten million or so at Hermès. Just the Himalaya bag alone was over two million, which could be called returning home fully loaded.
After finishing with Hermès, the two strolled through Louis Vuitton.
LV’s suitcases could be described as world-renowned. Shao Wenxin thought that since her daughter’s high school was somewhat far away, she might have to board at school after the term started, so she bought one suitcase of every specification just to be safe against future needs.
Finally, they bought clothes and shoes for the mother and daughter in several other stores like Gucci, Loewe, Fendi, Celine, Burberry, and Jimmy Choo. Of course, they also picked out a dozen pieces of clothing for Chu Jianping, enough for him to wear for this summer.
The WeChat friend lists of the two were also filled with the WeChat contacts of the various luxury counter ladies, ensuring that the two could be notified in a timely manner whenever new goods arrived in the stores next time.
The counter ladies who managed to add the two as friends were all thrilled beyond measure. After all, this was a guarantee for bonuses, and who wouldn’t love that?