Chapter 572 - 570 We Are Just Workers
The motorcade arrived at the hotel entrance, where a huge poster stood outside the hotel.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhu Xiaoyu and Ms. Ye Wei on your wedding!"
This poster took up the entire entrance of the store, and almost everyone who passed by could see it.
"Hmm? I remember there are several other weddings being held here today, what about their wedding announcements?" Zhu Xiaoyu was a bit puzzled. Although Jiangnan Springtime wasn't exactly a high-end venue, it was well-known that wedding banquets almost always had to be booked a year in advance, and especially for those dates.
If you really couldn't get a reservation, even if you had the money, you wouldn't have any choice but to look for the next best thing at a slightly less prestigious hotel—after all, the hotel might wait for you, but the auspicious dates won't.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhu Xiaoyu and Ms. Ye Wei?" a server with a sweet smile approached.
"Hmm?" A hint of surprise flashed across Zhu Xiaoyu's face.
He had personally come to book the hotel at that time, and he had met all the staff here, but now he didn't recognize a single person in this lobby.
Moreover, he remembered that the servers at Jiangnan Springtime all wore proper suits as their uniform, and now all of them had switched to traditional cheongsams, which, admittedly, matched the name of the hotel perfectly.
Had the hotel undergone such massive changes in just a few weeks?
"Those cheongsams aren't cheap, huh!" Among the guests attending the wedding, some were in the clothing business. They could tell at a glance that the workmanship and materials of the cheongsams were not of low value. Such quality silk was definitely considered high-end on the market.
"How come all the servers look like talent show stars?" Someone else remarked by then. The male servers were tall and handsome while the females were beautiful and elegant. This standard seemed higher than even the best hotels in Dongji City, right?
Jiangnan Springtime was just a second-rate hotel, when did it become so wealthy?
"I am Zhu Xiaoyu, please help me find Manager Huang," said Zhu Xiaoyu, who had dealt with this Huang when booking the hotel.
"I apologize, Mr. Zhu, our hotel has changed owners, and all the staff have been replaced. Manager Huang no longer works here."
"What about my wedding banquet..." Zhu Xiaoyu became anxious, as he had paid a deposit, and it would be troublesome if the hotel refused to honor the agreement or raised the prices at this point.
"Mr. Zhu, rest assured, we will take care of your wedding banquet entirely today, and the entire hotel will be serving only your pair of newlyweds!"
"Ah? What about the others? I remember there are three other weddings and a graduation party scheduled for today."
"That's right, the boss has declined all other events."
"Declined?"
"Yes, the boss has already arranged for stylists and makeup artists to be in your hotel room, please go with the bride to get ready."
"We have already..." Zhu Xiaoyu started to say they had already prepared themselves and didn't need it, but the receptionist didn't give him the chance to finish.
"Mr. Zhu, our boss has prepared a suit for the wedding and a bridal gown for you as the third gift."
"Is your boss him?" Zhu Xiaoyu now understood that this mysterious friend of his was the new owner of the hotel.
To help him have a respectable wedding, he had spent a fortune on a luxurious motorcade and a ten-million-dollar diamond ring, and now he had even bought the entire hotel!
Even though Jiangnan Springtime was only average in terms of prestige, it wasn't something a few million could settle, and all the staff had been replaced, and other people's events had been canceled, involving penalties, severance pay, etc.—this couldn't be settled without tens of millions, could it?
"Mr. Zhu, please follow me!"
There wasn't enough time for the hotel to undergo renovation, but they managed to refresh everything at record speed. Many old items had been replaced with new ones, and the stage for the wedding had been carefully arranged.
"Isn't... isn't that the God of Song??"
"You must be seeing things, how could the God of Song be here?"
"Damn, he looks exactly the same, it can't be a high-quality imitation, can it? Zhang Xueyou? Jacky Cheung?"
"Our boss has invited him to perform at your wedding reception," said the hotel front desk.
"How much money did your boss spend?"
"We wouldn't know about that," the receptionist said with a smile, "but the boss didn't just invite the God of Song, there are also several popular singers and veteran actors with real clout. Today's wedding will be hosted by the host of the Spring Festival Gala, and they should be backstage practicing now!"
"This... this is just outrageous!"
"This is truly a display of financial power!"
"Weiwei, just who is your husband's friend?" one of Ye Wei's bridesmaids asked quietly.
"I don't know either!" Ye Wei's face showed her frustration; not to mention her, even Zhu Xiaoyu himself was completely in the dark.
"Let me take you to get your makeup done first!" The receptionist led them to the elevator; the close relatives had already entered the banquet hall, and the rest of the guests followed.
Once they arrived at a hotel suite, a group of people was already waiting for them inside.
"This is the internationally renowned makeup artist, Miss Shariel, and her team. Your suits and Miss Ye's wedding gown are all in the next room. I'll leave you to it," the receptionist said, and then she left.
"Shariel? Is that really Shariel?" a niece of someone from the bridesmaids group, Wang Lijuan, exclaimed in amazement.
After high school, she had gone to vocational school to study beauty care, and she was currently working in the beauty industry, so she was very familiar with it.
Shariel was one of the most famous makeup artists in the world, and just last year, her team was in charge of the makeup for the Oscar night. It was rumored that the team's appearance fee was measured in the millions of US Dollars for just one day.
Setting aside how much her skills were worth, the luxury makeup products she used were already an extravagance.
This wedding actually managed to invite Shariel's team? And it looked like Shariel was going to personally design their look!
It was known that even for Oscar night, all the work was done by her team and Shariel was only directing and supervising. How powerful was this boss to have someone like her personally on the job?
"Teacher Shariel, sorry to trouble you today," Zhu Xiaoyu and Ye Wei said politely.
"No need to be courteous," they hadn't expected Shariel to speak fluent Huaxia, "we're just hired workers after all. Your friend's offer was something I couldn't refuse."
"May I be so bold as to ask how much your appearance fee is for this time?" asked Ye Wei, knowing the question was somewhat impolite, but she asked boldly nonetheless.
However, Shariel didn't seem to be embarrassed by this question, which was not unanswerable.
"Your friend offered me 50 million US Dollars!"
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"Hiss!"
"Fifty million? My god!"
"They're insane, this isn't a wedding, it's just burning money!"
Even Zhu Xiaoyu's mouth twitched when he heard it.
"Mr. Zhu, no need to be so surprised. This amount of money is probably like a drop in the ocean for your friend," Shariel said with a smile. "And my fee doesn't even compare to the price of the wedding gown in that room!"
"What? She means that wedding gown is worth more than 50 million US Dollars?"
"How can a wedding gown be so costly?"
"Hurry, Weiwei, let's feast our eyes!"
Ye Wei's family members were all dumbfounded, and so were Zhu Xiaoyu's family members.
Zhu Xiaoyu and Ye Wei walked to that door and slowly opened it.
It was a wedding gown out of every girl's dream, so beautiful it was beyond description; whoever owned it must be the happiest woman in the world!
Shariel approached, "This is the work of the Italian designer, Mr. Kings Duang. All the details are handmade, the crown features a rare blood diamond weighing 40 carats, and the material costs of the entire wedding gown alone exceed 120 million US Dollars!"
Shariel joked, "This gown, I was almost tempted to run away with it!"