"Thereâs no issue with the advance payment," said Rayne upon hearing this. "But this exquisite jade... is it truly exquisite?"
Hearing Rayneâs words, Xia Chuyi said, "Why, Mr. Rayne, are you interested in jade?"
"I am indeed very interested," Rayne replied directly without hiding anything, "Mainly because my grandfather and his generation quite like jade and similar things."
"So, if Miss Xia has any jade, you could show it to me first," Rayne said. "If the jade is really good, I could buy it directly."
"Rest assured, I certainly wonât let Miss Xia be shortchanged," Rayne added.
Xia Chuyi thought about it and pondered: If I sell the jade directly to Rayne, it would save a lot of trouble.
Because originally, she had planned to call Fan San over from homeâhadnât Huo Shiqian mentioned it before? That the foreign auction houses wanted to deal with Xia Chuyi directly.
However, if all the jade was sold to Rayne, Fan San wouldnât need to come over anymore.
Thus, Xia Chuyi nodded slightly and said, "I, of course, trust that Mr. Rayne wonât treat me unfairly. Then Iâll bring the jade for you to have a look at later."
"Later?" Rayne was slightly astonished and said, "What, Miss Xia brought jade to the United States as well?"
Xia Chuyi smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Rayne, no need to be surprised. I naturally have my channels."
"I just ask Mr. Rayne, please keep it confidential for me," Xia Chuyi said to Rayne.
Rayne nodded and said, "With Huoâs status in China... I understand."
Upon hearing Rayneâs words, Xia Chuyi didnât explain and allowed Rayne to misunderstand.
In fact, it was precisely because of the connection with Huo Shiqian that she dared to offer the jade to Rayne directly.
After returning from Rayneâs place, they nearly finalized the plans for opening the store.
Back at the apartment, Li Mingzhi approached again.
"How was it? Did they give you any trouble?" Li Mingzhi appeared gentle as he spoke to Xia Chuyi, "I told you, if thereâs anything, you can tell your senior brother. I will help you."
Help her?
The same words from Xie Junping elicited no particular feeling, but from Li Mingzhi, they gave Xia Chuyi goosebumps.
This person is really too hypocritical.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Li, but thereâs no need!" Xia Chuyi rejected directly.
After refusing, she went straight into her room.
A few days later, Xia Chuyi sold a piece of jade to Rayne. With sufficient funds in hand, she began preparing to open the store.
Because Xia Chuyi was out early and back late, the people in the apartment were unaware of the store opening preparations.
In this way, Xia Chuyi attended to her studies while preparing for the store opening.
Two months later, Xia Chuyiâs overseas "Youwei"â"WEI" officially opened.
On the opening day, Rayne sent quite a few people to helpâthere were white people, black people, and Asian people.
After all, being overseas, Xia Chuyi didnât use an all-Chinese staff.
However, since itâs a Chinese restaurant, most of the people walking by outside the store were just curious, with few actually coming in.
And because the store was located outside NY University, where there werenât many Chinese descendants, business was rather sluggish.
The helper in the store, Scarlett, said with much regret, "Oh, such delicious food, why is no one coming?"
This Scarlett was a pure white person; initially, when she interviewed at Xia Chuyiâs place, she wasnât optimistic about the store.
But once Xia Chuyi produced the finished dishes, Scarlett immediately changed her view.
"Chinese cooking is simply a kind of magic!" Scarlett exclaimed.