Restoration [Interstellar]

Chapter 13

Today, there is a month-long luxury goods exhibition in the Andrea Building, which covers almost everything from jewelry, luggage, perfume, watches, aircraft, drinks, musical instruments, home furnishing, art and advanced custom clothing. For luxury content, all the luxury brands in the Federation that have been certified by the Luxury Certification Committee participated in this exhibition.There is also an auction every day for collectible luxury goods and antiques that are out of print.

Xia Nan went to the exhibition to work. He was the model at today's auction, and his job was to stand next to the exhibits as a foil.

And Xia Xi went to learn more.Luxury goods are an indispensable part of the lives of his clients in the future. The taste and understanding of luxury goods cannot be learned by reading books. He needs to experience them personally in order to broaden his horizons.

Before going out, Ludwig made another fuss, completely abandoning his self-cultivation as the crown prince of the empire, and rolled around on the ground, biting his trousers and refusing to let go.

Xia Xi couldn't coax him no matter what, and in the end Xia Nan saw through the nature of his brat, threw him directly into Xia Xi's bedroom, wrapped him in a quilt, and tied him up with a tie. As soon as Xia Xi went out, she was not late.

Ludwig finally broke free and rushed to the balcony, just in time to see the two getting on the bus, he was so angry that he turned into a thick black, turned around and let the companion beasts take him into Xia Nan's room, He had a big pee on the bed.

After venting his anger, Ludwig sat on the sofa melancholy, eating the melon seeds peeled for him by the companion beasts, while thinking about how not to be separated from Xia Xi.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a gentle meowing from outside the window. The golden silk blue-tailed cat on the 200th floor was standing on the windowsill, with a large box of canned fish at its feet, wagging its tail. Looking at him brightly.

Ludwig narrowed his eyes.I found someone to vent my anger on.

The venue of the exhibition occupies the top ten floors of the Andrea Building. Each floor is as big as thirty football fields. There are enough gaps between the exhibition areas of each brand. The setting is ample enough, and there is also a special VIP lounge for those guests who don't want to squeeze with others to enjoy the individual services of each brand.

Xia Xi shuttled through the jewelry exhibition area, carefully admiring the dazzling jewelry and handmade watches in the counter.The money in Xia Xi Zhinao's bank card is not enough to buy a small cufflinks, but he strolled around the exhibition area leisurely, calm and generous, and a little careless, not at all the kind of people who come to gain knowledge Excited and cautious, his gestures are full of gentleman's elegance and restraint, he looks like a son of a wealthy family.

The shopping guides in the exhibition area were very enthusiastic about introducing their products to him. Xia Xi simply held all the jewelry he was interested in, played with it, and studied it for a while. At the end, he walked around and saw countless exhibits, but found nothing. buy, but none of the shopping guides complained that he just looked but didn't buy.They only think that Xia Xi is a well-informed and picky customer. They are really sorry for not meeting the needs of the customers. How can they complain that he is too picky?

#On the practicality of the etiquette (dressing) instrument (force) course of the Butler Academy#

#On how diaosi pretends to be a regular customer in a luxury store#

At ten o'clock in the morning, the auction was finally about to start.Xia Xi came to the floor where the auction site was located. The butler in charge of the on-site service of the auction was a senior who had graduated from their college. Xia Xi had a good relationship with him. The senior gave him a work permit so that he could do some relaxing work at the same time. Service work while admiring the auction items.

At ten o'clock, the auction officially started.

The auction items are always more valuable the farther back they appear, so at the beginning, the venue was not even full of people, and the booths in the front row separated by laser barriers and the boxes on the second floor were all empty.

This situation lasted all morning, until 02:30 in the afternoon, when the second half started, and the group of more valuable guests who did not come in the morning arrived late.

The auction items in the afternoon were indeed higher than the ones in the morning by more than one grade. What was even more attractive was that among the auction items, there were collections of the royal family of the Seifert Empire who had just surrendered, ranging from jewelry worn by successive emperors and queens, portraits, Used furniture, to dresses worn on some historically famous occasion, and so on.

Although the Seyfert Empire is already equivalent to a subjugated country, it is a powerful country that once dominated the universe after all. Moreover, for the wealthy and high-ranking officials of the Federation who have always declared democracy and equality, the supreme monarchy is also very attractive. A certain item of the monarch who has full power over a whole galaxy country, as if he will also have this supreme honor and power in the future.

The atmosphere at the auction was finally heated up. The guests shouted an unimaginably high price tag. A female emperor’s gemstone card issued 850 million, and a queen used a small table for breakfast in bed. It sold 600 million federal coins, but the jewel-encrusted perfume bottle of one of the emperor's lovers was only sold for 80 federal coins. Xia Xi felt that if all the jewels of the perfume bottle were removed, it would be worth that much money .

It seems that the Cortisians still look down on third parties, even the things she used.

As the auction progressed, the items on display became more and more precious, and the last ten items were said to be rare treasures. The atmosphere in the venue was as tense as a bowstring that was about to snap.

"Blue and purple iris necklace, name: Flower Waterfall, from Queen Orthea." The organizer held out a huge metal box, and a string of dazzling diamond necklaces appeared in front of everyone.And it was Xia Nan who held the box.

Queen Orseja was the partner of the previous emperor, the wife of Emperor Anthony's father after the surrender of the empire, and her son was the ex-Crown Prince Ludwig Seifert who fled abroad.

The deceased queen was once a famous female grand duchess of the empire and the federation. She had a pure royal lineage and was also a physically and mentally strong fighter. She graduated from the Imperial Military University and double majored in the Department of Mech Manufacturing and Military Command. She has served in the military for three years, and during her service, she has been the champion of the Army Mecha Competition for three consecutive years.If she hadn't married the emperor, she might have become a female general.

It's a pity that the boring and depressing royal life aroused the mental problems that all orcs have in advance, causing her to die young, leaving only many legends.

This blue and purple iris necklace is covered with gemstones of various colors, spliced ​​into flower patterns of different sizes and shapes, including daisies, cornflowers, lilies of the valley, roses, lilies and tulips. These flowers are arranged in a patchwork pattern. The star-arched moon surrounds the iris emblem inlaid with blue-purple diamonds in the middle.

The blue-purple iris is the national flower of the Seifert Empire. The iris emblem is not only the family crest of the royal family, but also the national emblem of the empire. In the entire empire, only the emperor, queen, and crown prince, and those who have been awarded special national medals can wear blue Clothing and accessories with the purple iris emblem.

This necklace is very luxurious. If it is worn around the neck, it will cover the entire chest. Moreover, the necklace is of great significance. It was designed by the queen herself. She wore this necklace to marry the emperor and accept the coronation. This necklace can be seen on important occasions.

The entire venue was almost boiling, and the starting price was as high as 3000 million federal currency. Afterwards, there was fierce bidding, and the price rose all the way. It was almost one bid after another, pushing the price of the necklace to [-] million yuan.

Xia Xi feels that his values ​​have been refreshed again. Fortunately, he is an adult with sound views, otherwise such a huge gap between classes would have forced him to become anti-social.

The price of the blue-violet iris necklace has been rushing up to 500 million, and the momentum has only slowed down a little.At this time, the guests sitting on the first floor were unable to chase after the necklace, and the competition came from the tightly-shielded boxes on the second floor.

These distinguished guests bid slowly and cautiously, pushing the price to the [-] million mark without any haste.At this time, only two people were left bidding.

"Do you know who these two people are?" The senior who helped Xia Xi enter the venue stood beside Xia Xi and talked to him quietly.

Xia Xi pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "There are only ten families with this kind of financial resources..."

"Nonsense!" The senior laughed, and then his voice became lower, "It's the principal of the Military University, our generalissimo, Victor Oranster..."

Xia Xi raised her eyebrows slightly in shock.

"...'s butler, Wen Zheng, the chief steward of the Military University. He appeared in place of the Generalissimo, as if his goal was this necklace."

Xia Xi: "...can you finish the sentence in one breath?"

The senior smiled and said, "I won't tease you, the other one is the son of the great president."

Xia Xi clicked his tongue: "Why does it feel like it has changed from a simple bidding auction to a military-political struggle between the Congress and the Legion?"

The senior straightened his gloves, and said leisurely: "There will be troubles in the next few days. I don't know why the Generalissimo wants this necklace. He doesn't have a wife, and his mother has passed away long ago."

At the end of the bidding, the bidding had reached a fever pitch, and it almost turned into a pure vindictiveness. Every bid attracted heated exclamations and discussions in the venue.

Until the end, the price of this necklace had climbed to [-] million.

Obviously, the son of the grand president couldn't bear the price anymore. When Wen Zheng, the marshal's butler, shouted out 500 million, he was silent for a long time.The host yelled the price three times in a row, and with the final blow of the hammer, the transaction was successful, and the blue and purple iris necklace of Queen Orthea belonged to the Generalissimo.

Next, Xia Nan, who had been holding the necklace for more than an hour, was about to take it down. The organizer and the buyer would complete the transaction of the auction items in the heavily guarded trading room in the background.

The mutation happened at this moment!

Two beast-shaped mechas suddenly jumped onto the auction stage.They look like cheetahs, with silver and white bodies decorated with red patterns.The auction platform was tightly protected by a transparent laser barrier. The mecha leopard hit the laser barrier, making harsh metal scratching sounds, and the screeching sound when the mecha surface was burned at high temperature.

The mecha leopard deftly flipped over in the air, turned on the particle cannon, and aimed at the front desk for a burst of violent bombardment.The violent explosion shook the entire venue, and the guests screamed and ran back, away from the auction table as much as possible, pushing and shoving towards the gate.