The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 167 Hidden Luxury and Gains (4k)

On the first floor of the China Overseas International Financial Center, in front of the Loro Piana brand store.

Jiang Ruan wore a floral silk dress, her long, smooth black hair cascading down her back, her fair face lightly made up, and she carried a Hermès glacial white crocodile Birkin bag.

Four professional shopping assistants stood behind her, with a key account manager from the China Overseas International Financial Center shopping mall beside her. Everyone was extremely respectful.

Under these circumstances, Jiang Ruan, who already had a cool and aloof temperament, now seemed even more unapproachable. Passersby would glance at her with amazement and then quickly look away, not daring to look any longer.

Despite the admiring glances from passersby, Jiang Ruan's stunningly beautiful face remained completely expressionless until that person came into her sight, at which point her unwavering demeanor finally began to change slightly.

"How long have you been here?"

What are you standing here for?

Why don't you come in and sit down?

Gu Heng walked up to Jiang Ruan, his tone quite casual.

At the same time, the four professional sales assistants and the key account manager all bowed slightly and greeted Gu Heng the moment they saw him: "Good afternoon, Mr. Gu!"

"Hello."

Gu Heng responded with a smile.

Two days ago, after Gu Heng spent tens of millions of yuan at the China Overseas International Financial Center shopping mall, the mall's general manager personally processed the mall's highest membership status for Gu Heng. The highest membership status includes four supplementary card slots, and the supplementary cardholders can enjoy the same benefits as Gu Heng.

At that time, Gu Heng casually gave one of the supplementary card slots to Jiang Ruan.

Just now, Jiang Ruan was personally picked up from the W Hotel on the Bund and taken to the China Overseas International Financial Center by the mall's limousine, a Rolls-Royce Phantom. From the moment she stepped out of the limousine, she was accompanied by a key account manager and a professional sales assistant throughout the entire process.

"Wait for you."

Jiang Ruan's eyes flickered, and her voice carried a gentleness that she herself did not realize.

"Have a rest?"

Gu Heng looked at the radiant Jiang Ruan, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Ah."

Jiang Ruan understood Gu Heng's unspoken meaning, and a blush crept across her pale face.

"Let's go."

Let's go inside and have a look around.

"I just checked the weather forecast, and it's already snowing where we live."

Gu Heng naturally took Jiang Ruan's small hand and walked towards the brand store in front of them, saying with a smile, "Loro Piana is known as the Rolls-Royce of cashmere. It always insists on using the world's highest quality cashmere. It is said that its comfort and warmth are top-notch. Let's buy some to wear in the winter."

The manager of the Loro Piana brand store, having learned that a top client would be arriving later, had already brought four staff members to wait at the door. Now, seeing Gu Heng and Jiang Ruan walking into the brand store, he immediately greeted them with great enthusiasm.

Having been exposed to this world for some time, Gu Heng's knowledge and understanding are no longer at the level they were a few months ago.

Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Dior are indeed luxury brands, and for the vast majority of the middle class, or even the wealthy at the A9 level, they are considered top-tier luxury.

However, if we place them at the A10 level, they become somewhat less prestigious. For wealthy individuals at this level, wearing these brands of clothing for leisure and entertainment is acceptable.

However, if someone shows up in a formal setting with a Louis Vuitton or Versace logo, even if the logo is very small, they will still be laughed at by other wealthy people of the same level.

Once you reach the A10 level, what do those wealthy people wear?
They were wearing Loro Piana, a top Italian luxury brand with a century-long history, where a single coat costs no less than 10 yuan and is known as the Rolls Royce of cashmere.

They were wearing Brioni, a top Italian luxury brand that has always insisted on high-end bespoke tailoring, maintained the tailoring tradition, and is committed to creating the world's finest suits.

They are wearing Berluti, a top French luxury brand that has adhered to traditional dyeing techniques for 130 years and pursues the ultimate in detail.

Simply put, the core can be summed up in two words.

That is: customization!

Understated, private, and exquisitely customized!
Every piece of clothing, every pair of pants, and every pair of shoes is custom-made for you by this brand using their top-notch craftsmanship.

Unique in the world, unparalleled in the world.

It doesn't display any logo, yet it has a pure lineage.

Reaching the A10 level means they've long since moved beyond seeking validation from others. Even if they could afford several houses, only fellow high-level players can truly appreciate the value behind it.

Many ordinary people may have had this question: why is it that when a black suit is worn by a wealthy person, they look like a nobleman, but when they wear it, they look like a real estate agent?

The root of the problem lies in the word "customization." Those seemingly minor differences can result in vastly different outcomes.

Previously, when Gu Heng was in Beichun, he didn't have the opportunity to come into contact with these brands.

Now that he has come to Zhonghai, he naturally wants to take a walk and stroll around.

After Gu Heng and Jiang Ruan entered the Loro Piana store, they received the same treatment as they had received at Hermès the day before. They only needed to sit on the sofa, and there were dedicated fitting models constantly showing them off.

The two spent half an hour at Loro Piana, spending nearly two million yuan, before visiting top luxury brand stores such as Brioni and Berluti.

By the time we finished exploring everything, it was already dark outside.

Gu Heng held Jiang Ruan's small hand, and the two walked towards the outside of the mall.

Unexpectedly, they ran into Han Yijia and Zhang Peng, who had just come out of the Hermès store.

Zhang Peng was carrying many Hermès bags, while Han Yijia was all smiles, holding a milkshake-white Hermès shopping basket in her left hand.

However, at the very moment the two met...

Han Yijia, who had been smiling brightly, froze instantly.

"What's wrong, baby?"

Zhang Peng subconsciously asked a question before noticing the group of people walking towards him.

When he saw Jiang Ruan, he froze on the spot.

He used to think that his girlfriend Han Yijia was the most beautiful woman in the world, even comparable to those minor internet celebrities and stars. He never imagined that there was such a stunning beauty as Jiang Ruan.

That flawless, stunningly beautiful face, and that aloof and noble air, made her seem like a fairy from the Moon Palace who had fallen to earth.

Just as Zhang Peng was stunned, Han Yijia, who had just received her first Hermès bag, saw Jiang Ruan and, especially when she saw the glacial white crocodile Birkin bag in Jiang Ruan's hand, all her good mood vanished instantly.

Crush!

A complete and utter crushing defeat!

When they met again after several days, Han Yijia looked at Jiang Ruan in front of her and felt a burning jealousy.

Then, her gaze slowly shifted to Gu Heng beside Jiang Ruan.

She saw the other person looking at her with a half-smile, his gaze shifting between her and Zhang Peng, a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"What a coincidence."

"I never expected to meet you here."

Jiang Ruan raised an eyebrow and took the initiative to ask, "Is this your boyfriend?"

"Yes." In the past, when she went out with her girlfriends, she would always introduce Zhang Peng with great pride, but today she found it difficult to say it.

"He's so lucky to have such a wonderful girlfriend like you."

Jiang Ruan smiled, seemingly praising, but Han Yijia could easily hear the sarcasm in her words.

Faced with Jiang Ruan's sarcastic remarks, Han Yijia could only force a smile, though in reality she was practically grinding her back teeth to powder.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"

Don't underestimate a young girl's potential!

'Jiang Ruan, you just wait!'

'One day, I'll ride on top of your man!'

Han Yijia screamed inwardly, while looking at Gu Heng with a slightly aggrieved expression, as if to say: Look, your woman is bullying me, and you're not going to help me?

However, Gu Heng, who had just taken her by surprise, maintained his calm and collected expression, as if he hadn't seen the meaning conveyed in Han Yijia's eyes.

Seeing this, Han Yijia felt incredibly sad.

Looking at Han Yijia's increasingly unpleasant expression, Jiang Ruan felt as refreshed as if she had eaten an ice pop on a sweltering summer day.

Thinking back to that night, Han Yijia had been incredibly provocative. Now, she felt that a few sarcastic remarks were enough to get revenge.

of course……

If Jiang Ruan found out that Han Yijia had stolen her lollipop, she definitely wouldn't let it go.

"You and your boyfriend can continue shopping."

"We'll leave first."

Jiang Ruan vented her anger and then took Gu Heng's arm and continued walking towards the main entrance of the mall.

However, just as she brushed past Han Yijia, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, because the perfume Han Yijia was wearing was exactly the same as the perfume she had smelled when she first met Gu Heng.

Jiang Ruan felt a little suspicious, but she didn't think about it too deeply.

After all, Gu Heng comes into contact with all sorts of women every day, so it's normal for him to occasionally encounter perfumes that smell alike.

Surrounded by a crowd, the two quickly left the mall.

Han Yijia was already seething with anger after being subjected to Jiang Ruan's sarcastic remarks, and when she saw Zhang Peng still staring intently at Jiang Ruan's departing figure, she completely exploded.

"Since you enjoy watching it so much, why don't you go and catch up with it?"

"Your girlfriend is right beside you, yet you can't take your eyes off another woman?"

"So speechless!"

"The man below!"

After coldly uttering a few words, Han Yijia turned and walked in the opposite direction from where Jiang Ruan and Gu Heng had left.

Anyway, she had bought everything she needed. She was thinking of finding some reason to argue with Zhang Peng, because Zhang Peng had spent so much money on her today, and it would seem unreasonable for her not to give him a reward.

But she had already promised Gu Heng that she would never let Zhang Peng touch her again, so she had to keep her word. Now that Zhang Peng had given her such an opportunity, she immediately chose to take advantage of the situation and deliberately exaggerate the problem.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Baby, don't be angry!"

"In my heart, you are the most beautiful woman, no one can compare to you!"

When Zhang Peng saw that Han Yijia was angry, he panicked a little.

Knowing he was in the wrong, he quickly chased after Han Yijia.

"I'm the most beautiful, so why are you staring at other women?"

"because……"

"In the end, you just like whoever is pretty, right? I don't think you love me at all!"

"Baby, it's not like that."

"I think we should calm down. Think carefully about whether you like me as a person or just my face before you come back to me."

……

Zhang Peng watched Han Yijia's receding figure and slowly stopped in his tracks.

I deserve to die!

"You already have such a beautiful girlfriend, how come you don't appreciate her!"

"It's all my fault!"

While Zhang Peng was filled with remorse, Han Yijia was overjoyed and headed straight to a digital equipment store to choose a real-time monitoring device tailored to her needs.

……

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Since the day Gu Heng, Xu Ke, and Qin Ying finalized the family equity structure plan, Deloitte China has demonstrated astonishing work efficiency to Gu Heng.

First came company registration, then recruitment.

During this period, Gu Heng, as an interviewer, had to interview many high-level talents every day.

The pool includes management talent, economic talent, legal talent, and multi-skilled talent, ranging from senior executives of Fortune 500 companies to top students from Ivy League universities overseas.

From Zhaode to Dingdun Capital, and then from Changze United Holdings to Tianxing Aviation Holdings.

Gu Heng was playing a game, gradually filling these companies with top talents from all over the world, turning what was originally just a plan on paper into reality.

In addition to interviewing different types of senior talents every day, the legal review and financial audit of Ruyi Airlines are also proceeding in an orderly manner, and will be completed in the next two days.

After the legal review and financial audit are completed, Junyao Group and Ruyi Airlines will hold board meetings simultaneously to formally appoint Gu Heng as a director of Junyao Group and an independent director of Ruyi Airlines.

While busy with important matters, he also indulged in a life of extravagance and debauchery.

Through Wang Yan, Deng Zhihong, Gao Zihang, and other wealthy young men, Gu Heng got to know many people in Zhonghai and experienced all of Zhonghai's nightlife, both overt and covert.

During this period, Wang Wanning would often follow Wang Yan to visit Gu Heng, and occasionally she would take the initiative to message Gu Heng to ask him out while Wang Yan was working. Their relationship steadily warmed up as they spent more time together.

Finally, there was Liu Sheng, who had met Gu Heng once before. Gu Heng first treated Liu Sheng to a meal to express his gratitude for Liu Sheng's help that day. Then, Liu Sheng returned the favor by treating Gu Heng to a meal, which further deepened their relationship.

Overall, Gu Heng gained a lot.

If Gu Heng before leaving Bei Chun was version 1.0, then the current Gu Heng is version 3.0, skipping a version altogether, which shows how much he has gained.

As time slowly passes, the various rewards belonging to the second level of the [Golden Tower of Wealth] are also progressing simultaneously.

On this day, following Deloitte China's equity award and Ruyi Aviation's asset award, the progress of Gu Heng's luxury award—a Bombardier Global 7500 private jet—finally reached 100%...

(End of this chapter)