Chapter 681: Compensation
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the general manager of the Heavenly Pavilion, she could completely ignore what the customers said.
But these two came with Lucas after all. Moreover, Jane was worried that Brian might have received some misleading news and mistakenly thought that there would really be an auction after the exchanges. Thus, she decided to give him a kind reminder.
But when Brian heard her words, his face instantly turned gloomy.
“What did you say?” There was anger in his voice.
Jane thought that Brian was displeased to learn that there was no auction, so she explained further, “Sir, I can confirm that there are no plans for an auction after both exchanges today.
“But there are Heavenly Pavilion exhibition halls set up in the venues of both exchanges. The items there are similar to the ones in our store, except that the prices of the items in the exhibition hall are slightly more expensive than the prices in our store out of consideration for the venue fees and other reasons. If you’d like to get anything, it’s more cost-effective to buy it in our store,” Jane said, fulfilling her duty.
Brian’s face turned even uglier, and his eyes were about to burst with anger.
Both Charlotte and Lucas had been invited to the ordinary business exchange and the Elite Business Exchange respectively, so they were extremely clear that there indeed wouldn’t be an auction after the exchanges.
If there really was one, then it would have been advertised early on so that those interested would be able to prepare for it in advance.
At this moment, even Charlotte could tell that what Brian said about the Heavenly Pavilion’s items being mediocre and his promise to buy Vanessa a piece of top-grade jewelry at the auction after the business exchanges were excuses.
Brian was currently incredibly furious.
He had painstakingly found the perfect excuse to get this silly woman Vanessa to stop pestering him to buy expensive jewelry from the Heavenly Pavilion. Yet Jane had actually exposed him directly to his face. How could he go on then?
“Hah, look at you sounding like you know it all. Do you know a lot about today’s exchanges? Did you also receive an invitation?” Brian questioned hostilely.
Jane shook her head and said honestly, “I’m just an employee of the Heavenly Pavilion, and I’m not qualified to represent the Heavenly Pavilion to attend the exchange.”
“Hmph, since you don’t even have an invitation, how can you conclude that there’s no auction after the exchanges? Who told you there isn’t?”
Brian strained his neck and said forcefully, “You’re just an employee of the Heavenly Pavilion. How dare you talk back to me? Do you know who I am?
“Let me tell you. I’m the deputy general manager of the Solar Corporation in LA. Have you heard of the Solar Corporation? It can afford ten Heavenly Pavilions! I’m here to attend the exchange on behalf of the Solar Corporation. Of course, I know the program lineup of the exchange better than you. What a joke!
“Do I need someone like you to teach me what to do? How ridiculous! Vanessa, I think this person is just trying to fool us into buying things from the Heavenly Pavilion. She keeps saying that the things here are cheaper. Psht! Am I the type to go for cheaper things?
“Let’s go, Vanessa. We won’t buy anything from Heavenly Pavilion! I’m going to drive them mad!
“Don’t you just want a pair of top-grade emerald bracelets? Let’s go to the auction, and I’ll buy you the most expensive pair! Even if they cost dozens of millions, I’ll buy them for you! When the time comes, let’s see what she has to say!”
When Vanessa heard that Brian was leaving, she thought she wouldn’t get any bracelets today. But when she heard the last sentence, she was overjoyed. “Okay, let’s go to the auction to buy the most expensive bracelets. Honey, you’re so nice to me…!”
Bang!
Before Vanessa could finish speaking, she was suddenly interrupted by the loud sound of something cracking.
She had been in a hurry to catch up with Brian and didn’t watch where she was walking, so she had accidentally swung her arm and knocked the vase on one of the display cases onto the floor. It immediately shattered.
The loud sound instantly attracted the attention of many people around.
In particular, when some people saw the broken vase fragments on the floor, they inhaled sharply.
“Oh my G.o.d!”
“No way. She actually broke that vase? It seems she has to pay for it!”
“I just don’t know if this woman can afford it. The vase is really expensive! My dad liked it a lot, and he hesitated for a long time, but he didn’t buy it!”
…
Several people around them began discussing.
When Vanessa discovered that she had accidentally broken something in the store, she panicked a little. But when she saw that she had merely broken a vase, she was a lot less fl.u.s.tered.
“It’s just a vase. What’s the big deal?
“My boyfriend is rich, and he’s even going to buy me a pair of jade bracelets worth several dozen million. What’s the big deal about breaking a vase? Right, Honey?
“You just want me to compensate for it, don’t you? We’ll just do it. G.o.d knows how long this lousy vase has been on display here. Maybe no one wants it at all. You’ll be making a huge profit when I compensate you!
“Honey, let them swipe your card!” Vanessa said with great confidence and arrogance.
Not only did she not apologize for accidentally breaking something in the Heavenly Pavilion, but she was even nonchalant and behaved as if the store was receiving a huge advantage from her.
“…” Brian was incredibly gloomy.
If he could, he really wanted to slap the foolish Vanessa several times on her mouth!
If she hadn’t walked without watching where she was going, he wouldn’t have to compensate such a large amount for nothing.
He even had the impulse to leave right away.
But when he noticed that Charlotte was still looking at him and that the guests around him seemed to be figures of status, he felt that it would be extremely embarra.s.sing if he met them on any other occasion in the future.
He couldn’t afford to be that embarra.s.sed.
After thinking about it for a long time, Brian finally took out a bank card from his pocket with great reluctance and said through gritted teeth, “Swipe this card!”
Jane walked over and was about to take the card from his hand. But Brian suddenly glowered at her and threw the card onto the floor.
Anyone could tell that it wasn’t a slip of the hand but that Brian did it on purpose!