Chapter 823: Hidden Billionaire

Early the next morning, Ye Chen prepared to bid farewell to Gu Qiuyi's family and then take a taxi to the station, but he didn't expect Gu Yanzhong to insist on driving him himself.

Accompanying him were Lin Wanqiu and Gu Qiuyi.

Ye Chen didn't want them to go to such trouble, but he couldn't resist their hospitality and agreed.

On the way, Gu Yanzhong drove his Rolls-Royce, Lin Wanqiu sat in the passenger seat, and Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi sat in the back.

Gu Qiuyi's mood had been a bit low, but because her parents were in the car, she didn't speak, looking preoccupied all the way.

Seeing that the outline of the airport could already be seen outside the window, Gu Qiuyi summoned the courage to reach out and quietly grabbed Ye Chen's palm, her small hand gripping Ye Chen's hand tightly.

Ye Chen subconsciously turned his head to look and found Gu Qiuyi looking at him with resentful yet stubborn eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt in his heart.

The Rolls-Royce stopped steadily at the entrance of the airport departure level. Only then did Ye Chen gently pull his hand out of Gu Qiuyi's hand and said to the three of them, "Uncle Gu, Auntie Lin, Nannan, don't get out of the car. There are many people at the airport, and it's not good to be seen, especially Nannan, who is still a public figure."

Gu Qiuyi hurriedly said, "I can wear a mask!"

Lin Wanqiu said at this time, "Alright, Nannan, even if you wear a mask, you can only send Chen'er to the security checkpoint. It's not a long distance, so don't take this risk."

Gu Yanzhong also nodded and said, "That's right, don't add trouble to your Brother Ye Chen."

"Alright then..." Gu Qiuyi could only nod gently, looked at Ye Chen, and said, "Brother Ye Chen, remember to tell me after you board the plane, and tell me after you land."

Ye Chen smiled, "Alright, I know. Don't worry."

After saying that, Ye Chen got out of the car and took a small bag from the trunk.

Subsequently, he waved goodbye to the Gu family of three through the car window and turned to enter the airport.

Just after entering the airport, he received a call from Dong Ruolin: "Ye Chen, have you arrived at the airport?"

Ye Chen said, "I've arrived and am about to go through security."

Dong Ruolin hurriedly said, "Then you go in first. I'm a bit stuck in traffic here and might need about 20 minutes. I should be able to make it."

Ye Chen gave a hum and said, "Then let's meet in the lounge or at the boarding gate. If it really doesn't work, we can meet on the plane."

"No problem!"

Ye Chen hung up the phone, went through security alone, and came to Terminal T3.

The T3 terminal of Yan Jing Airport is very large, with many luxury brand stores inside. Basically, internationally renowned big brands have stores here.

Ye Chen thought that he had only prepared some tea given by Tang Sihai for his father-in-law and hadn't prepared gifts for his wife and mother-in-law, Ma Lan.

When he set off, his mother-in-law had flatteringly asked him to bring her some gifts. Seeing that she hadn't been making much trouble recently and was respectful to him, he really had to give her some sweetness.

As for his wife, Xiao Churan, that went without saying; he naturally had to prepare a gift for her carefully.

So, he took advantage of this time to stroll around the airport's commercial street.

Because Ye Chen had low requirements for material things in his daily life, he couldn't think of what gifts to give his wife and mother-in-law for a while.

Thinking that women of all ages like bags, Ye Chen walked into the Hermès specialty store without hesitation.

The price difference of Hermès is very large. The cheaper ones start at about 100,000 yuan, but this is just a starting point, and their high-end products can go up to millions.

Because Ye Chen was dressed plainly, the arrogant sales clerk in the store looked at him with some disdain, but she didn't say anything malicious, just that her attitude was somewhat looking down on him.

Ye Chen didn't pay too much attention and looked around the store, then took a fancy to a limited-edition crocodile leather handbag in the glass display cabinet.

This handbag was Hermès' classic orange, the leather texture was perfect, and the workmanship was very exquisite. Whether it was for casual use or business use, it was very suitable.

Ye Chen called the sales clerk and asked, "Hello, I want this bag. Please help me wrap it up."

The sales clerk frowned and said, "Sir, this bag is priced at 580,000 yuan."

Ye Chen gave a hum and said, "No problem, I want it."

The sales clerk added, "Sorry, sir, buying this bag requires matching goods."

Ye Chen asked in surprise, "What does matching goods mean? Can't this bag be bought directly with money?"

The sales clerk smiled contemptuously, "Sir, is this your first time at our Hermès? Have you never bought anything at our Hermès before?"

Ye Chen nodded: "No, why? Is there a problem?"

The sales clerk snorted, "Many Hermès bags are not something you can buy just because you want to. You can pick, choose, and buy the basic models under 300,000 yuan at will, but those over 300,000 are basically limited editions!"

"Don't look at the price tag of only 580,000 in the store; as soon as it goes out, it can immediately sell for 700,000 or 800,000. So, if you want to buy this bag, either you have to be a senior member of Hermès and have successfully made an appointment with our store manager in advance, or you have to buy a certain amount of other matching goods. And other matching goods cannot be popular models; you have to match 500,000 before you can buy this bag."

Ye Chen frowned tightly: "According to what you mean, if I want to buy this bag, I have to buy 500,000 other things first?"

"Yes." The sales clerk smiled: "Hermès all over the world has this rule. Don't you know? Or are you just trying your luck, wanting to cheat this bag out of our store and go out to earn the price difference?"

For top luxury brands like Hermès, their limited-edition handbags have an astonishingly high value retention rate.

Many styles even sell for more in the second-hand market than the first-hand market, the reason being Hermès' hunger marketing.

Other brands can buy things with money, but Hermès cannot.

Because the price outside is much more expensive than in the store, if you want to buy things from their store at the fixed price, you must buy hundreds of thousands or even millions of matching goods.

Calculated this way, if you want to get a limited-edition bag, you need to pay more than a million yuan.

However, Hermès is also very shrewd. If it is matching goods, you cannot buy their hot-selling models, only their slow-selling models.

Slow-selling models are very ridiculous. For example, an 18K gold ring, the cost is estimated to be about 1,000 yuan, but because it has the Hermès mark, it has to be sold for 50,000, 80,000, or even more than 100,000.

Such a ring, even if bought back and sold out, no one is willing to want it, unless it is transferred at a very low discount.

After Ye Chen understood Hermès' rules, he didn't get angry. Since they have this rule, he would just follow it.

So Ye Chen said: "Since that's the case, can I buy 500,000 other things together?"

When the sales clerk heard this, her eyes lit up. She didn't expect Ye Chen to be a hidden billionaire, and he didn't bother to bargain for 500,000 matching goods, directly preparing to buy them?

Hearing this, she changed her coldness just now, hurriedly stepped forward, and said respectfully: "Sir, let me show you the things in our store that can be used for matching goods. You see what you need."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "I just saw a regular handbag, priced at about 160,000. Can that be used for matching goods?"

"Yes." The sales clerk said without hesitation: "The price of that bag is... so you still need to match about 340,000 goods."

Ye Chen was about to look at others when a woman's voice came from the door: "Haoyi, I want to see Hermès!"

Subsequently, a man's voice came: "Don't look, we are going to the boarding gate."

The woman begged coquettishly: "There is still half an hour before boarding, take me for a stroll!"

The man said helplessly: "Alright, only twenty minutes!"

"Haoyi, you are so good!"

Immediately after, a young man and woman stepped in.

Ye Chen recognized the man at a glance. Isn't that Tanaka Haoyi who had been following Ito Nanako?

How could he appear here? ===== CHAPTER 824 =====