CHAPTER 327: CHAPTER 112: THE PLAYBOY AND THE SOCIALITE

After the appraisal event ended, Su Ziceng originally wanted to rush to Chuyun Grand Shrine immediately, but there was a distance from Capital City to Shimane Prefecture where Chuyun Grand Shrine is located, and the female international student could only accompany her there on the weekend.

Considering that during the appraisal event, the Chief Secretary mentioned that Yellow Love would not be on sale to the public recently, Su Ziceng decided to wait until the weekend to go to Chuyun Grand Shrine and in the following days, she met with some local collectors successively.

In the beginning, when they heard that Su Ziceng represented a small, unknown auction house, they all declined outright, and it was even difficult to arrange a meeting. Su Ziceng was not in a hurry, she still kept visiting with the female international student, in groups of three or five people every day.

After numerous visits, the attitudes of these collectors began to soften, especially after Su Ziceng made clear her intention to repurchase national treasures on behalf of Z country citizens. Particularly, some older Japanese collectors felt some guilt about the past wars.

On their last day in Capital City, they had visited all the collectors within the Capital City circle. Nearly thirty percent of them agreed to trial sell their collections at Su Bi Auction House. Moreover, they obtained contact information for collectors from other regions in Japan.

"This is the most I’ve ever traveled in Japan in six years," the female international student exclaimed. After five consecutive days of running around, they finally had some gains. During this process, the female international student developed a fresh impression of Su Ziceng, whose energy spanned from that of a teenager to a twenty-year-old, yet occasionally showing the astuteness of a thirty-year-old woman, "Why did you come up with the idea of repurchasing national treasures?"

Su Ziceng sat in a collector’s reception room, drinking freshly brewed Pu’er tea, "This action is nothing unusual; there was a time when, for the bronze animal heads that flowed out of Yuanming Garden, domestic tycoons stirred up a craze for repurchasing. I am merely following a historical trend."

Holding the warm teacup in her hands, the female international student was stunned. A historical trend? But she clearly saw in this woman the figure of a history-making pioneer.

Su Ziceng was not worried that the Viscount named Orleans would get ahead of her. It was foreseeable that the reckless young man’s encounters at Chuyun Grand Shrine would not be much better than in Lanshan Tea House. An uneducated person is unwelcome everywhere. From Orleans’ appearance and status, Su Ziceng could guess that he was probably Pello’s relative. She hesitated about whether to inform Pello about her experiences in Japan, but considering the secrecy of the search for Yellow Love, she decided not to notify Pello for the time being.

Now with Pello’s influence still budding, it was not suitable for him to start a direct confrontation with the Olsen family. Out of a personal desire to protect Pello, Su Ziceng made this decision, though Pello himself clearly did not see it that way.

Far away in Mo City, Pello was sitting in the office of the board of directors at Kelly Women’s College with Shang Yin and Wen Maixue. In front of them lay a Swiss Bank transfer check valued at two thousand francs.

"What a prodigal," Shang Yin laughed as he looked at the check, he could not believe there was an easier way to make money than kidnapping.

"That yellow diamond necklace replica is indeed well made. Just from its appearance, it almost resembles the real Yellow Love, and moreover, it was designed and crafted by Pello himself," Wen Maixue had also seen that necklace, with nearly perfect cuts and proportionately matched imitation diamonds, all sufficient to deceive the eye.

Pello truly lived up to being Mussen’s son, not only inheriting Mussen’s appraisal skills but also possessing Ye Taina’s design talent. Not many outside knew that the design sketches blessed by Mussen were actually created by Ye Taina. The inspiration for Yellow Love came from the Queen of England’s crown and scepter, and its design principle and structure were complex, making it difficult for even renowned jewelry constructors to fully replicate.

"I initially wanted to pass off that necklace as Yellow Love and put it up for auction at Su Bi Auction House, and to my surprise, the real Yellow Love has reappeared in the market. However, it’s also good; taking back some money from Orleans and infuriating the Olsen family to death, the previous efforts were not in vain." Pello did not care about the twenty million francs; this was just the beginning.

Orleans is the only son of Olson and also Pello’s cousin. Everything Orleans has today was obtained by Olson through harming Pello.

"Investing this money into the development of artificial diamonds, how long will it take until we can gather skilled workers proficient in diamond manufacturing processes?" Pello had been preparing the artificial diamond project to replace real diamonds for several years, and with the sale of Kelly Women’s College, they already had sufficient startup capital.

"Labor is a big issue," one of the reasons Shang Yin and Pello chose to settle in Country Z was that it had abundant labor, able to provide the hardware conditions needed for large-scale production, "The problem is that the skilled cutters are Europeans, those people are still helping under Olson, and after several attempts, there has been no movement."

"Then think of a plan," Pello looked at the check and said with a smile, "Mai Xue, it’s your turn to take the stage."

Wen Mai Xue smiled softly, "This is quite a challenging operation, may I ask for a gift?"

"How about Yellow Love?" Pello responded, "It’s a pity that the cherry blossoms at Chuyun Grand Shrine have already withered; otherwise, Yellow Love, symbolizing ’rebirth’, would shine even more brilliantly."

Indeed, the lover’s language of Yellow Love is "rebirth." When Tina designed the necklace Yellow Love, it happened to be the time when Pello was born, so the necklace was endowed with special significance.

Pello was wrong, there were still cherry blossoms in Chuyun Grand Shrine that hadn’t fallen yet.

In this place known as the meeting spot of the gods, besides the main shrine, there are also a dozen smaller shrines scattered about, each with its own function. At the appropriate seasons, different Buddhist chants would resound in each shrine.

Orleans arrived at Chuyun Grand Shrine five days earlier than Su Ziceng, but those five days, he gained nothing.

The high monk of Chuyun Grand Shrine said his aura was too impure to enter the temple. In order to see the real Yellow Love at the earliest, he even suppressed his aristocratic temper, followed the high monks’ advice, bathed and changed clothes, chanted the Buddhist Scripture ninety-nine times, and finally, by the weekend, he had the chance to witness the real appearance of Yellow Love.

Orleans eagerly anticipated uncovering one piece within God’s Light that his father had nearly mythologized. However, he hadn’t expected the even tougher challenge he was about to face. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian.com to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)