NOVPUBChapter 484: Chapter 376 The Center of the Exhibition Hall Chapter 484 -376 The Center of the Exhibition Hall Bafang Kelai Jewelry Store spans sixteen floors, with each floor encompassing over a thousand square meters.
Still, the most luxurious and splendid of them all must be none other than the sixteenth floor.
The exhibition hall on the sixteenth floor of Bafang Kelai was never intended to be open to the general public, according to design.
Only those real top tycoons, with confirmed assets exceeding ten billion, could earn the privilege to set foot in this place.
In the Lin family鈥檚 supreme jewelry store, there are only two pieces of jewelry valued at over a hundred million, and they鈥檙e treated like the treasures of the store, usually out of sight.
However, in Bafang Kelai Jewelry Store, any piece that is showcased in the sixteenth-floor exhibition hall is priced at least above ten billion.
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Many are even over a hundred billion, priceless treasures that can鈥檛 be valued, making it impossible for the Lin family鈥檚 supreme jewelry store to even compare.
The entire sixteenth floor houses thirteen royal treasures from Britain, including the Imperial Crown and the King鈥檚 Sceptre, which are symbols of a nation鈥檚 lifeline and are world-class treasures worth billions.
Beyond that, there are twenty other absolute treasures provided by several major jewelry merchants from Capital City.
The cheapest item here, a pocket watch, is valued at over one billion, and a century diamond is priced at twelve billion, the epitome of true luxury!
Naturally, to match the preciousness of these jewels, the entire decoration and design of the sixteenth-floor hall were ingeniously lavish.
Just the ceiling alone boasted ten chandeliers, each valued at three million, imported from Italy.
When all the lights were turned on, their soft yet brilliant glow made every piece of jewelry even more dazzling, with merely being here feeling dreamlike, as if stepping into a mythical realm!
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For the group of princes and princesses in the center of the exhibition hall, the decorative environment was just ordinary for them.
Given their status, they received the most prestigious treatment wherever they went, and such glittering splendor was nothing out of the ordinary in their eyes.
However, for Liu Shiyin and Xu Shanshan, two ordinary girls in the front row of the exhibition, the splendor before them was the most luxurious scene they had ever witnessed in their lives.
Liu Shiyin鈥檚 family hailed from a province outside the capital; her parents were ordinary salaried workers.
Having enough to get by but not much to spare, hers was an utterly average household.
Ordinarily, she didn鈥檛 even have the courage to step into a luxury store.
Aside from the ladies鈥 wristwatch worth ten million that Chu Mo had given her a few months back, the most expensive item she owned was a down jacket costing slightly over a thousand RMB.
Xu Shanshan, on the other hand, was a local from Hua Country鈥檚 Magic City, and her parents held upper-middle management positions in companies, making her a petite-bourgeois girl who half-stepped into the elite class.
Xu Shanshan鈥檚 monthly allowance was about six thousand RMB, triple that of Liu Shiyin, and her coat alone cost nearly ten thousand, which might be the biggest difference between the two girls.
Nevertheless, in this glittering exhibition hall, facing treasures worth tens or even hundreds of billions, the reactions of both were virtually the same: they were utterly dumbfounded and reluctant to leave!
At the moment, Liu Shiyin鈥檚 gaze was fixated on a diamond brooch called the Cullinan, which, although it was just a brooch, had extraordinary value due to its origin and historic significance it carried.
Seeing her best friend鈥檚 enraptured expression, Xu Shanshan slightly curved the corners of her mouth, then whispered softly,
鈥淭his brooch was made from a diamond rough weighing 3106 carats, divided into nine large diamonds and ninety-eight smaller ones, and this brooch consists of two Cullinan diamonds.
Back in 1907, Nan Fei purchased this diamond brooch and gave it to her as a birthday gift on King Edward鈥檚 special day.
Subsequently, the brooch, weighing eleven carats, was presented as a gift to Queen Alexandra and then inherited by Queen Mary.
In 1953, upon Queen Mary鈥檚 death, the brooch passed to Queen Elizabeth, so this is a century-spanning legendary brooch!
There are rumors that someone once offered ten billion US dollars for it!鈥
When she heard ten billion US dollars, Liu Shiyin gulped heavily, and then she subconsciously asked,
鈥淗ow do you know so much!鈥
At this, Xu Shanshan gently shook her mobile phone in hand, which displayed an encyclopedia entry with a picture of the diamond brooch right in front of them!
As Liu Shiyin slightly pursed her lips, Xu Shanshan swiped through her phone a few times, then she placed the phone screen in front of her friend.
She nodded towards the crowd across from them, her voice slightly mysterious as she said,
鈥淪top looking at these jewels and diamonds, the more you look the more you yearn.
Be careful or you won鈥檛 be able to sleep tonight.
Quick, take a look at this bearded man, isn鈥檛 he the one in the picture?
It鈥檚 Ben Hesed of Dubai!
Does he look like him or not?鈥
At this, Liu Shiyin, equally interested, leaned in closer.
Her gaze swept over the photo on the phone screen, and when she saw the words 鈥淧rince of Dubai, the future king鈥檚 heir,鈥 she couldn鈥檛 help but feel a hot flush of excitement!
Liu Shiyin abruptly looked up, her gaze fixed on the handsome bearded young man.
After a moment, she nodded slightly and said,
鈥淚f it was just a picture, maybe it wouldn鈥檛 be one hundred percent certain, but if you add in the people around him, it should be one hundred percent that he鈥檚 the Prince of Dubai!鈥
As her words fell, Xu Shanshan, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes, raised her eyebrows and asked,
鈥淗ow can you tell, they all look so similar to me with those beards, I can鈥檛 tell who鈥檚 who!鈥
Taking a gentle breath, Liu Shiyin said with a complex expression,
鈥淚t鈥檚 quite simple, just look at the surroundings.
The jewelry here is all worth over a hundred million, and to have Mr.
Chu of Magic Capital by one鈥檚 side, do you still need to guess the status?
For sure, it鈥檚 either riches or nobility, you might not recognize the others, but you should at least know Prince Edward of Britain!
The one next to Prince Edward, that seems to be Princess Mina, the world-famous jewelry queen.
Likewise, the one who can stand next to Prince Edward and be all smiles, who else could that bearded man be other than Prince Ben Hesed of Dubai?
As for the other man and woman, if I鈥檓 not mistaken, they should be Prince Avarid of Sartor and his sister Servina!鈥
Liu Shiyin鈥檚 voice carried a bit of wistfulness as she turned to glance at her friend Sun Qiuman and the heir from the Ross family of America.
If only she had been rational and firm enough that night, she might have received Mr.
Chu鈥檚 favor.
If that had been the case, she wouldn鈥檛 be standing here alone; instead, she would be by Mr.
Chu鈥檚 side, laughing and talking with that cluster of princes and princesses!
In the midst of Liu Shiyin鈥檚 apparent regret, an unusual gleam kept flickering in the depths of Xu Shanshan鈥檚 eyes.
At this moment, Xu Shanshan could clearly see that despite the high status of the group of princes and princesses across from her, and even though they will one day become kings of countries, at this point, they all seemed to subtly center around Mr.
Chu of Magic Capital.
The young man across from them with golden glasses, though not speaking much and with a mild demeanor, always had the princes and princesses鈥 full attention whenever he spoke!
What kind of status and position could one have to be this confident and composed!
With this thought, a passionate desire gradually rose within Xu Shanshan.
