Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1279 - 1039: Crowdfunding the Grand Prize_2

Chapter 1279: Chapter 1039: Crowdfunding the Grand Prize_2

She knew this color, uniquely Hermes’s, called "Hermes Orange"!

It could be said this was the signature color of Hermes. Just seeing it, you knew the bag inside was Hermes.

If luxury brand bags were to be ranked, Hermes was undoubtedly the king at the very top!

No other brand could compare to its status!

Even amongst Liu Xiaoxiao’s colleagues, who hailed from quite wealthy backgrounds, none of them carried a Hermes bag because they were just too expensive...

Even the most classic styles from Hermes started at around a hundred thousand, and the signature Birkin bags in exotic leather could go up to several hundreds of thousands!

Carrying such a bag was like having an apartment in the capital on your back—who could handle that!

Zhang Guang poked his head over, clueless about these things, and said nonchalantly, "It’s just a bag, how much can it be worth? Why do you look so excited?"

Liu Xiaoxiao gave him a sidelong glance, "If you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense! This bag... it might... cost more than what we both spent on this trip combined!"

Their travel expenses for the two of them were eighteen thousand each, adding up to thirty-six thousand total.

But if the box contained a Hermes bag, then the price was definitely going to be over thirty-six thousand, so Liu Xiaoxiao wasn’t wrong.

However, this comment shocked Zhang Guang, a "broken bag" costing more than thirty thousand...

Could it possibly be made of gold?!

Liu Xiaoxiao opened the orange box with slightly trembling hands, peeled back the wrapping paper, and inside was indeed an extremely exquisite handbag, with irregular block-patterned leather.

Liu Xiaoxiao understood what this meant.

"Crocodile skin Birkin!" she exclaimed.

Such a bag, even within Hermes’s product line, was at the pinnacle!

It was astronomically priced at two to three hundred thousand and incredibly hard to purchase. Even if a wealthy person was willing to spend that much, Hermes might not be keen to sell it to you...

Because such bags were in rare production, generally only supplied to the brand’s loyal customers.

What is a loyal customer, then naturally it comes down to your previous spending record with Hermes. Many of the top wealthy and celebrities might even have a collecting habit, spending over a million or even several million each year at Hermes. Only that kind of customer is considered loyal.

Later, the classic bags of luxury brands evolved such that ordinary consumers wanting to purchase one had to first meet a "quota" by buying enough from the brand.

A best-selling bag might only cost fifty thousand, but to get one, you’d need to firstly spend a hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, or even more at that brand.

This is called a quota!

Of course, the goods you get with this quota are often ones that are hard to sell from the brand, or out-of-season and unpopular designs.

Like Hermes, they don’t just sell bags, but also "extremely ugly" ready-to-wear, bizarre accessories, and even dinnerware, all, of course, exorbitantly priced.

These goods, which wouldn’t normally sell, become the quota products, sold to those female customers who want to buy the popular bags...

Carefully, she lifted the crocodile skin Birkin bag into her hands, her eyes gleaming as she scrutinized it nonstop, her mouth clicking in admiration, "So beautiful... This is the Birkin, and it’s crocodile skin too!"

Zhang Guang peeked over, clearly not understanding the value of the bag, and casually asked, "Just for this... thing, it’s worth thirty or forty thousand? Making money is too easy then!"

He still remembered what Liu Xiaoxiao had said, that this bag was worth as much as their trip expenses, that is, thirty or forty thousand.

Liu Xiaoxiao gave him a disdainful look and intensified her tone, "Thirty to forty thousand? This bag is worth at least two hundred thousand! And you can’t even buy it! If I were to go buy this bag myself, it would probably cost around a million!"

Zhang Guang was truly shocked by this and shook his head, sighing, "I really don’t understand the world of the wealthy. Spending so much money on a bag that just holds things, it’s no better than my Nike backpack which can hold more."

After seeing the gift from Ruan Xiaozhu, they became even more curious about the gift from Wang Ye.

Because they were not fools, they naturally understood that Ruan Xiaozhu had sent such an expensive gift because of Wang Ye’s influence.

Given that this was a relationship once removed, and she had given such an expensive gift, then Wang Ye, being closer to them, must have given a gift that was not inferior to Ruan Xiaozhu’s!

Another carry bag arrived, and they found that it contained two heavy, dark red wooden boxes with gold embossed logos and a line of English text.

Liu Xiaoxiao didn’t know much about watches, but it was clear that Zhang Guang knew his stuff.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Patek Philippe! Wang Ye is really generous, such an expensive watch..."

Liu Xiaoxiao asked curiously, "Is this watch very expensive, even more so than my platinum bag?"

Zhang Guang nodded and replied without hesitation, "Very likely! Even a basic model of Patek Philippe would cost around a hundred thousand, let alone a slightly more complex high-end model, which could cost several hundred thousand. There are many that cost over a million. Patek Philippe’s status in watches is probably like that Hermes of yours in bags."

They each opened a wooden box, and each box contained a watch, clearly one men’s and one women’s model. The designs were not very complex, but they looked elegant and valuable.

Zhang Guang scrutinized them for a long while before concluding, "This style, the price should be around two hundred thousand apiece. Xiaoxiao, the gifts they’ve given are too valuable, we can’t accept them..."

Indeed, the bag and watches together cost six to seven hundred thousand!

For these newlyweds, this was not just valuable—it was beyond their imagination...

Liu Xiaoxiao also frowned, feeling that this issue was indeed quite tricky.

She knew Wang Ye was wealthy even before coming to Moscow, but she didn’t realize he was this wealthy!

Wealthy enough to casually give gifts worth three to four hundred thousand...

Of course, she didn’t know that the big prize she won last night on the slot machine had also been covertly given by Wang Ye, otherwise Liu Xiaoxiao would have been even more troubled.

She and Wang Ye were indeed relatives, and they used to play together frequently as children, only going their separate ways as adults, and their contact lessened.

Especially after Wang Ye went abroad, she was completely unaware of his situation in recent years, only hearing bits and pieces from her father.

Although she didn’t know exactly what kind of business Wang Ye was doing here or how much money he really had, based on his lavish spending and the boldness of his gestures, he clearly wasn’t just some wealthy second-generation living off his parents.

The problem was, even if Wang Ye was wealthy, that was his own achievement, and she couldn’t just comfortably accept such expensive gifts just because they were relatives.

After all, relationships are reciprocal. Now that she was getting married and receiving such expensive gifts, when Wang Ye or Ruan Xiaozhu got married, what should she give in return?

Logically, gifts should be of equivalent value. Today, Ruan Xiaozhu had given her a Hermes crocodile skin platinum bag worth two to three hundred thousand, so in return, she would also need to give a gift of similar value.

Wang Ye had given two watches totaling four to five hundred thousand; when he got married, she would also need to spend that much money for his gift...

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoxiao broke out in sweat. How could she afford such gifts!

Last night’s slot machine jackpot, she and Zhang Guang had already planned to use to buy a house, and if there was any money left over, to buy a car, since commuting to work every day was quite taxing.

With only that much money at hand, already earmarked for specific purposes, and considering that Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu’s marriage wasn’t far off, what would she use to buy gifts then!

Biting her lip, Liu Xiaoxiao said, "How about I give Wang Ye a call and say that the gift is too valuable and we can’t accept it. Ruan Xiaozhu’s bag, when she comes to pick us up tomorrow, we should also return it to her. Ah, we’re really not in the same world as them anymore..."