The old comrade Novikov had nothing to say in response. The pursuit of beautiful things is human nature, and not just his daughter Yulia felt this way; others did as well, including himself.
The motorcade arrived at the hotel.
A welcoming team of more than twenty people had already been waiting in the hotel lobby for some time.
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Checking into the Presidential Suite came with a welcome ceremony. Each hotel’s welcome ceremony is different, and Mason Hotel’s incorporated Hua Country’s culture, blending the welcome rituals of the Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups into the process.
Presenting barley wine, offering Hada scarves, and female attendants dressed in traditional attire performing a dance.
The whole process elevated the prestige of checking in.
Novikov and the others did not understand the significance of these rituals, but this was where the translators hired by the butler team proved useful, meticulously explaining the meaning behind each step, amusing the foreigners to the point of beaming smiles.
After the welcome ceremony concluded, the group headed upstairs.
The Presidential Suite was on the thirtieth floor of the hotel, offering an excellent view overlooking the river scenery.
The Presidential Suite at Mason Hotel spans three hundred sixty-six square meters, which is quite large even for a suite of this status.
Novikov took one room with his wife Margarita and their daughter Yulia, Andrei’s family took another, and the young couple Daniel and Olga occupied a third.
It was everyone’s first time staying in the Presidential Suite, and they all felt a sense of novelty. Upon checking in, they started exploring their rooms; Andrei’s two children ran around the spacious living room with excited smiles on their faces.
“Dad, can we live here forever?”
Andrei’s little daughter asked expectantly, only eight years old and incredibly adorable.
“We can’t.”
“Once we return to our country, it’s gone, so cherish it while it lasts,” Olga said as she touched her daughter’s forehead.
“Oh, I really like Hua Country.”
“When I grow up, I also want to study in Hua Country like Aunt Natasha!” the little girl said earnestly.
“Well, that’s for when you’re older!”
Andrei laughed and shook his head, thinking to himself that studying in Hua Country didn’t necessarily mean one could live this lifestyle. It was just that his sister had been lucky in meeting a super-rich person like Yang Hao.
Moreover, this super-rich person was willing to spend money on his woman!
Until now, the costs for this reception had already reached astronomical figures beyond his imagination.
“Dad, can I study in Hua Country too?” Andrei’s eldest son, thirteen years old and approaching the age for studying abroad, asked.
“Of course!”
“If that’s what you like,” Andrei replied, patting his son on the shoulder. Parents from the Combat Nationality generally do not interfere with their children’s choices.
Indeed, the new generation of parents in Hua Country were gradually adopting this mindset as well.
Children must walk their own path, but parents will help as much as they can within their means.
In another Presidential Suite.
Olga was tirelessly taking selfies, while Daniel was holding his phone, capturing video material. His initial idea was to turn his arrival in Hua Country into a video to post online.
But today’s experiences were too rich, providing an abundance of footage for videos, so he decided to split it into two episodes.
The first episode would feature the private plane experience.
The second would showcase the luxury of the Presidential Suite!
That was his preliminary plan.
At that moment, Olga was thinking about how to quickly seduce Yang Hao, that super-rich man.
Nationality wasn’t an issue, and age even less so!
Meanwhile, Natasha posted a message in the family group chat, informing everyone to meet in the hotel lobby in twenty minutes to prepare for dinner.
At this time, Yang Hao was on the phone in the hotel lobby’s VIP rest area.
He was talking to Su Xiaoxi.
“Su, I want to book Starlight City exclusively for around eight o’clock tonight,” he said.
“Please arrange it for me!”
Indeed, even shopping malls can be booked for exclusive browsing.
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Some tycoons have been known to request that shopping malls shut down exclusively for them while shopping, which of course commands a hefty fee for venue hire or entails a minimum spend threshold.
For a mall of Starlight City’s caliber, the venue hire fee is usually around ten million; to Yang Hao, this amount of money isn’t really a big deal.
Starlight City is a property of Xingyue Real Estate, and Yang Hao is a shareholder of Xingyue Real Estate, so when Su Xiaoxi heard that Yang Hao wanted to hire the venue exclusively, she cheerfully said, “I’ll give Yang a 20% discount. An eight-million fee will do.”
“No, please don’t give a discount!”
“We can’t do business like that, even though I’m a shareholder, we should still follow the rules!”
Yang Hao quickly refused Su Xiaoxi’s offer.
He was aiming to spend money, not to take advantages!
“Uh, okay.”
Su Xiaoxi was briefly taken aback, then asked with a smile, “May I know which lucky lady has this honor?”
“Yang is hiring the venue for her, after all.”
As she asked this, Su Xiaoxi felt a slight sourness in her heart; she was very fond of Yang Hao, and one could say that the relationship between the two was just one step shy of becoming something more.
Su Xiaoxi’s defenses were crumbling bit by bit; this man was too perfect. Since knowing him, every other man seemed to pale in comparison.
The only “flaw” was that he seemed to have too many women around him.
“I’m entertaining some friends from the Combat Nationality!”
Yang Hao could somewhat guess what was going through Su’s mind and added with a chuckle, “If Su is willing, I would like to hire Starlight City exclusively sometime and accompany Su on a shopping spree!”
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone before Su Xiaoxi’s voice arose again, “Sure!”
“I just don’t know if Yang means what he says!”
“Of course I do.”
“I never make empty promises!”
Yang Hao responded with a hearty laugh.
“Alright, it’s a promise!”
After ending the call, Natasha’s relatives also started descending the stairs, their faces beaming with the joy of staying in the presidential suite. Nobody dislikes a life of luxury.
If you don’t like it,
it’s only because you haven’t experienced it yet!
Yang Hao had already reserved a private home-style restaurant, the most upscale one in Jiangcheng, and had ordered the most extravagant set meal in that restaurant.
This set meal cost 1.08 million!
The money for this meal could buy a small house in Jiangcheng!
For this dinner, Yang Hao also specially brought along three interpreters arranged by the hotel to deliver detailed information to Natasha’s relatives in order to increase their shock index. Although he wasn’t sure if this would be useful, based on his understanding of the System, it should enhance the rewards!
The span of value for the industry awarded by an Intermediate Industry Card is quite large, ranging from one to ten billion. The difference is not small at all.
Hence, if increasing the shock index of Natasha’s family members could lead to a more generous reward, the benefit could be a difference of not just a few billion, but many tens of billions!
Yang Hao, who was proficient in Russian, couldn’t possibly translate every little detail for everyone, so the three interpreters arranged by the hotel were quite useful.
After settling into the luxurious dining room’s private room, the interpreters translated the details of the evening’s meal set to Novikov and the others.
Then, the elder comrade who was studying how to use chopsticks dropped his pair on the table with a clatter.
“How much does this meal cost??”
The elder comrade’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Sir, it’s around fourteen million Rubles.”
The interpreter sitting beside the elder comrade was a young and beautiful foreign language college student named Zhou Jingxue.
She was only in her sophomore year but worked diligently and often took on part-time jobs as an interpreter to earn her living expenses.
In fact, she too was stunned upon hearing the price of this meal set.
A meal costing over a million!
In her small county back home, that money could buy two houses. It just goes to show that the world of the wealthy is beyond her imagination.
Novikov picked up the chopsticks that had fallen on the table, and instinctively glanced at Yang Hao, his Hua Country “son-in-law,” who was clearly willing to spend.
The generous display had left the old comrade feeling dizzy.
Olga’s eyes shone even brighter at the side; she wished she could throw herself at this Hua Country tycoon for some deep exchange!
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