Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Spending Money Day 51
When collecting fragments for the first time, Liu Yue and the system had no experience.
She didn't know how long the fragment would last, and she worried she'd be too late to catch it. With precedent in mind, the system analyzed sample data and determined it would last at least seven days.
This made Liu Yue feel more at ease, as it meant that she would have more time to prepare before traveling anywhere.
Fortunately, this random destination was Europe. She had just received her new passport and hadn't applied for a US visa yet. She would put this on the agenda when she returned from Switzerland.
On Saturday night, Liu Yue left for Hong Kong and took a flight to Zurich.
There were flights from Shenzhen, too, and it was with Emirates Airlines, which she had longed to try. However, this flight required a five-hour layover in Dubai, so a direct flight from Hong Kong would be more convenient.
If you are departing from Hong Kong and the departure time is very late, Cathay Pacific will definitely be your first choice.
Liu Yue had previously experienced the Air China lounge in Shenzhen, so this visit to Yuhengtang wasn't as novel. The snack and beverage section was full of familiar brands, but the restaurant's offerings were a pleasant surprise.
Perhaps because international flights require long waiting and transfer times, Yuheng Hall also provides a rest area for sleeping, an office area equipped with computers, as well as shower rooms and massage areas.
It turns out that as long as you buy a first-class ticket, waiting at the airport will not be tiring at all, and the services provided in the lounge can make people feel very comfortable.
International flights require a longer time to arrive, so Liu Yue arrived quite early. She ate something in the restaurant and had a drink at the bar.
Within her field of vision, almost all the passengers she could see were men. Fortunately, Ren Zhen was always by her side.
In fact, business class in China is also mostly male. Liu Yue is very grateful that the first class cabin of international airlines has a separate compartment. She doesn't want to stay in a "big bunk" environment with so many men again.
After getting on the plane, the first-class seat did not disappoint her.
The 1-1-1 layout on a wide-body aircraft is really nice, and the space inside the compartment is quite spacious. She can stretch her legs freely, and the footrest is also very wide, and there is even room for another person to sit and dine with her in the private room.
But Liu Yue didn't have such a need. She also bought first-class tickets for Ren Zhen and Zhang Cheng. After all, there was a seat on the plane, and she could use the system's money, so she wasn't stingy in this regard.
This plane has all the features that a first-class cabin should have.
A movable color LCD screen, seats that can be turned into beds, 24-hour Wi-Fi and champagne supply, complimentary toiletries and pajamas and slippers for passengers...
It was already past midnight Beijing time, and Liu Yue went to the bathroom to wash up. In order to experience the full range of first-class service, she even changed into the pajamas they had prepared.
Well, they're pretty comfortable! Considering the convenience of not having to unpack clothes, wearing these pajamas is a good option.
Incidentally, Cathay Pacific's first-class bathrooms are quite small. Perhaps because Liu Yue's previous flights were all chartered flights, she was a little uncomfortable switching back to a bathroom where she couldn't stretch her arms and legs freely.
Well, Cathay Pacific is not as good as Emirates in this regard. According to the videos she saw online, their bathrooms are quite large.
When Liu Yue came out, she found that the flight attendant had already made the bed for her.
The window to her seat was closed, leaving the only light coming from the two nightlights at the head of the bed. Liu Yue lay down on it, and the stewardess closed the door for her and gently said goodnight.
After a flight of more than ten hours, you must lie down to be comfortable. Sitting is so uncomfortable.
This bed was big enough for her, an adult, but it couldn't compare to the large bed in her bedroom. However, the cramped space reminded Liu Yue of the bed in her university dorm.
She put on an eye mask and hoped to fall asleep quickly, but she felt a little dizzy during the flight and it was not easy to fall asleep.
Liu Yue turned over. Since she couldn't sleep, she simply reviewed her spending habits over the past few days.
She bought high beads on Wednesday and on her way home she mentioned going to Switzerland;
Ren Zhen was very efficient. He confirmed the travel time that night and booked the air tickets and hotel. These two expenses almost cleared the balance in his small wallet.
A first-class ticket costs tens of thousands, and the Palace Hotel requires a minimum booking of six consecutive nights.
However, because of this kind of spending, the system raised the upper limit of her "pre-deposited daily expenses" to 500,000.
This is right, Liu Yue thought. Her current persona is that of a wealthy and willful daughter of a wealthy family. It is normal for her to let her assistant help her manage a few hundred thousand yuan to take care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation while traveling.
Liu Yue thought that this was the huge expense of going skiing in Switzerland, but she didn't expect that skiing itself was also very expensive.
The task amount she drew on Thursday was 100,000 yuan, which was just enough to buy her ski equipment, and even a little bit more.
If you want to ski, you have to buy a skateboard. Liu Yue has never skied before, but she wants to try both snowboarding and skiing. And after getting a board, she needs to buy a bag to carry it.
In addition, she also needs to buy ski clothes, down jackets and quick-drying clothes, ski poles and a full set of protective gear, as well as special ski socks, ski boots, bindings, ski gloves, helmets, face protectors, goggles, and warm hats...
Considering Liu Yue's quality of life, Ren Zhen helped her make a shopping list without considering the budget at all. She just bought the best quality items that were suitable for beginners.
Liu Yue could indeed afford such expenses, but she still sighed that skiing was really a sport for rich people.
Moreover, this did not include the coach's fee. Ren Zhen knew how to ski, so she could teach her, and Liu Yue would feel more secure learning from her.
Only after you have money can you experience life and develop new interests and hobbies.
In the past, even if she wanted to try, she would definitely be discouraged by the cost of equipment and tuition fees.
On Friday, she won one million.
Liu Yue transferred 500,000 yuan into the small purse that had already emptied the balance, and spent the remaining 500,000 yuan quickly.
The wages of the two nannies, Sang Yu's salary, as well as water and electricity bills, property fees... Liu Yue also asked Sang Yu to send over the bills for jade processing fees and Shu brocade clothing fees.
This money was originally intended to be paid from her small purse, but when Liu Yue remembered this, she decided to pay the bills that had already been paid first, and continue to pay from her small purse for the ones that had not yet been paid, or wait until she suddenly remembered it one day.
After paying these, she had almost spent all the money for her task that day.
The money of rich people doesn’t feel like money when they spend it, it’s just a string of numbers.
As for today... No, according to Beijing time, it was already "yesterday".
She won 10,000 yuan yesterday and spent all her money on the game. The game was none other than UNO, and she used all her money to buy rare card faces and various themed special effects.
After spending all the money, Liu Yue felt that she had been a bit impulsive in her spending.
Although she'd made many impulse purchases before and spent much more than this, spending money in a game felt different from spending money in real life. And the game she was playing wasn't a popular mobile game, just a card game.
Sheng Zhou comforted her, saying that at least her money had turned into cards that she could use and see every day, while the money he had spent in the game had all turned into gold coins, which he lost in the arcade.
Human happiness is indeed based on comparison. Compared with Sheng Zhou, Liu Yue suddenly felt that she was wise in spending money. At least she didn't spend money like crazy outside.
When Liu Yue thought of this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
Sheng Zhou was a really interesting guy. He loved playing Uno, but he was a terrible player. Liu Yue had played a few games with him, and her win rate was very high.
Of course, she had thought about whether the other party deliberately lost to her to make her happy.
But what did it matter? Liu Yue didn't care about his actual skills. She was happy when she won, and that was enough.
It is now March 3rd in the East District 10. Liu Yue clicks to sign in and draws the amount for today's task.
One hundred thousand is not difficult. She doesn't need to think about how to spend it in advance. She can just spend it according to her mood tomorrow.
Taking advantage of being alone and unable to sleep, Liu Yue also read last month's monthly report.
In February, she spent a total of 1,162.1 million yuan in task funds and received a cashback of 1,159.97 million yuan.
Liu Yue could only see the "10 billion" in front, but when she counted, there were nearly 6 million at the back, which was not a small amount.
March also got off to a good start. In just two days, she had already received 708,000 yuan in cashback. Spread the flowers~
Thinking of this, Liu Yue no longer felt dizzy and her mood became better.
Like every night after connecting to the system, she fell asleep peacefully on the plane, gathering her energy to welcome a happier life the next day.
**
The flight lasts 13 hours and two meals are provided on board.
After Liu Yue woke up, she saw that the time on her phone showed eight o'clock, but it was still night outside the window, and her mind was still a little dazed.
It took her a moment to remember that she had flown westward across time zones, but the time on her phone was still Beijing time.
It had only been a few days since Lucas came home, but Liu Yue's biological clock had already been adjusted to early rising mode.
Although she no longer lets Lucas sleep in her room, he meows at her door every morning after he learns where her bedroom is.
What else could Liu Yue do? Of course, she asked the nanny to bring it in and give this naughty cat a good sucking.
Breakfast was chosen before going to bed last night, and Liu Yue chose a Chinese set meal.
After she finished washing up, the flight attendant had already turned her bed back into a chair and covered the table with a tablecloth. Her breakfast consisted of a bowl of mushroom porridge, a basket of shrimp dumplings, a plate of fruit, and a few slices of freshly baked bread.
The hot porridge was very heartwarming. Liu Yue was worried that the shrimp dumplings were frozen food, but the taste was surprisingly good, not inferior to those in a teahouse.
Cathay Pacific served the bread with jam and a knife. Liu Yue didn’t really like eating this stuff, but she really liked the process of spreading the jam evenly with the knife, which satisfied her obsessive-compulsive disorder.
While she was having breakfast, a passenger in the back seat had already refilled her drink several times.
Liu Yue was very curious. Was he just drinking to relieve his worries on the plane so early in the morning? Was he really not afraid of having to go to the bathroom frequently later?
There was wifi on the plane, and Liu Yue mentioned this when chatting with Sang Yu.
Sang Yu: "Cathay Pacific's first-class cabins offer unlimited Krug champagne. He might be trying to recoup his investment. I guess he'll be ordering caviar soon."
So that's how it is... Liu Yue searched the price curiously. This kind of wine is only a few thousand yuan a bottle, which is not particularly expensive.
But she didn't expect that the passenger behind her ordered by the bottle. He seemed to have drunk five bottles from breakfast to lunch. When Liu Yue and Sang Yu chatted, they both called him Champagne Brother.
He actually kept ordering caviar throughout the flight. He ate so much that the flight attendant had to ask other passengers if they wanted more caviar to prevent him from grabbing it all first.
"I don't need it."
Liu Yue said she didn't need caviar, as it was no longer a novelty to her. When Aunt Zhang first tried making caviar dishes, she enjoyed them with gusto, but after eating more, she found them just like any other ingredient.
Including champagne - if she wants to drink Krug, she can just use the mission money to buy a few boxes any day, there is no need to drink it on the plane.
She just wanted to see whether there was more inventory on the plane or whether Brother Champagne had a bigger appetite.
I don’t know if the other passengers don’t like drinking or eating caviar, or if everyone has similar ideas to her.
In short, in the entire first-class cabin, only Champagne Brother was constantly drinking and eating. Liu Yue was playing games while listening to the movements in the back row. When she heard him burp loudly, there was also low laughter around him.
Liu Yue also found it very funny. With Brother Champagne's brilliant move, the flight of more than ten hours was not so boring at all.
After the plane landed, Ren Zhen helped Liu Yue adjust the time on her phone and watch.
It was winter, and Switzerland was on winter time, with a seven-hour time difference from Beijing. Liu Yue thought it was noon, but it was still past six in the morning in Switzerland.
System: "Do you need to adjust the time zone to suit the host's current location?"
Liu Yue thought about it and felt that it was not necessary.
The system's time zone is adjusted every thirty days, and she can't stay in Switzerland for that long. If she returns to China and can't adjust the time zone, it will be troublesome.
The system still uses Eastern Time. Liu Yue converted it and found that when she was in Switzerland, she had to complete her daily spending task before 3 pm local time.
This is simple. Although Gstaad is just a small town, it is home to many big brands and luxury stores. As soon as you come out of the ski resort, you can go to Hermès and LV with your skis in hand to shop.
This is very friendly to Liu Yue. She doesn't have to worry about the inconvenience of spending money outside. There are plenty of places to spend money in Lao Qian Town.
Although most places in Switzerland accept credit cards or electronic payments, Ren Zhen still exchanged some banknotes just in case.
Liu Yue had specifically transferred money to her, not the mission amount, but her own money. She was worried that if she couldn't spend the banknotes, it might affect the completion of the mission.
The Swiss franc is the banknote with a higher exchange rate than the euro and a maximum denomination of CHF 1000.
When Liu Yue got the banknotes, she calculated in her mind, nine thousand yuan!
Ren Zhen said that this is the most valuable single currency in the world, and its value is still rising.
Liu Yue didn't think about stockpiling Swiss francs. How to invest the idle funds was a problem that Sang Yu wanted to help her consider. She was currently admiring the appearance of 1000CHF. This piece of money was really beautiful.
It has a unique vertical design, with clasping hands on the front and an international conference room on the back. The purple currency looks even more beautiful under the light, and the more you look at it, the more it has the temperament of "paper gold".
Okay, it’s decided. She won’t spend these coins for now. She will take them home and keep them.
Liu Yue originally thought that she would take a car to Gstaad Palace, which is the royal palace hotel in Gstaad. Unexpectedly, Ren Zhen took her to another area, and the hotel arranged a helicopter for her transportation.
After all, it is a distance of more than 200 kilometers. It takes a long time to drive, so it is more convenient to fly.
It’s worthy of being called Gstaad. Before Liu Yue even arrived there, she had already enjoyed the hotel’s attentive service.
Of course, not all guests receive this kind of treatment. Ren Zhen explained that their suite had been upgraded to the Royal Penthouse.
Liu Yue was surprised: "But March is considered the peak ski season, right? How come the penthouse suite is empty?"
Even if the price was high, couldn't those wealthy Europeans afford it? She didn't believe it. Besides, they should have had special insider deals when booking a hotel like this.
This is a long story. Ren Zhen originally booked a snow view suite, but the day before departure, the hotel called her and said that due to an employee error, the suite was actually sold out and only ordinary double rooms were left in the hotel.
As an apology, they not only offered a full refund but also a free double room.
How could Ren Zhen not know what was going on? Someone must have cut in line, but there weren't enough suites. The hotel looked around and decided that this particular booking was easier to offend, so offering a free room would appease them.
Are you kidding? How could Liu Yue be short of this little money?
Although everyone was cutting in line to book a room - this kind of hotel itself would not accommodate too many ordinary people, but how could others cut in front of Liu Yue?
Ren Zhen didn't bother to negotiate with the hotel and directly called Secretary Clo. Half an hour later, the heir of the hotel family called her personally and invited Liu Yue to stay in the penthouse suite.
You have a background, I have a stronger background. This is the rule of getting along among rich people.
Liu Yue suddenly understood, that's what it was.
She and Ren Zhen spoke Chinese, and the helicopter pilot spoke German and could communicate in English, but he probably didn't understand.
But it's okay even if he can understand.
Liu Yue just didn't expect that Kro also had such a strong influence in Europe.
"I thought that European money didn't give much respect to wealthy Americans."
After all, these old-fashioned people who value bloodline, noble titles, and family heritage are notoriously clique-loving and xenophobic.
"That's true in most cases," Ren Zhen said, "but it depends on the person."
Clo was obviously the exception, and Liu Yue gained another understanding of the strength of this big boss father.
Both he and He Xi were very mysterious, and their information was almost impossible to find on the Internet. But in the top circles, the names of these two people should be well-known.
Liu Yue didn't think too much. The helicopter was flying very fast. She overlooked the Swiss scenery from the sky and arrived at her destination in a happy mood.
The hotel's check-in procedure didn't make her wait. After Liu Yue landed, someone took her directly to her room, and someone also delivered her luggage to her.
Liu Yue discovered that the penthouse suite had a dedicated elevator, which was only for the top floor residents and not open to others.
The top floor of the Palace Hotel is more like a large flat than a suite.
There is a very spacious living room, a dining room that can accommodate ten people, a study and a small bar with a variety of champagne.
There is a large dressing room in the master bedroom and a separate powder room. The hotel gave away a care package, which seemed to include some hand-embroidered towels, but Liu Yue didn't pay much attention to them.
The suite is filled with floor-to-ceiling windows, offering panoramic views of the snowy landscape of Gstaad from every corner. There's also a heated jacuzzi on the terrace, and a private butler is available 24 hours a day.
There is also a fully equipped kitchen on the top floor, where a Michelin chef will cook for her on the spot. She can customize any dish, and the hotel will do its best to collect ingredients from all over the world to meet any of her requirements.
That's cool, this is what a vacation feels like.
Liu Yue was lying on the comfortable big bed. It was still early for lunch in Switzerland and she was not hungry, so she wanted to take a rest first.
Skiing? She had been on a flight for more than ten hours, which was really tiring. She needed to recharge her energy and get over the jet lag before going skiing tomorrow.
And she has to go shopping in the afternoon, she is so busy!
system:……
I knew the host would be like this, I'm used to it.
When it was time for lunch in Switzerland, out of curiosity and since she was already there, Liu Yue chose the local Swiss delicacy, cheese fondue.
She really likes hotpot, and cheese is a delicious ingredient. Even if it may not be her taste, it shouldn't be too bad, right?
When the hot pot was served, Liu Yue had a bad feeling in her heart.
The pot was filled with yellow cheese, which looked quite appetizing, but the chef added wine and whiskey, which gave it a strange stench that inexplicably reminded Liu Yue of canned herrings.
She checked on her phone and found that the canned herrings were from Sweden, so the two should not be related...
The way to eat cheese hot pot is to tear the bread into pieces, dip a circle of it in it and eat it. Liu Yue thinks that this is not a hot pot in the traditional sense. In essence, it is still heated cheese mixed with bread.
Therefore, whether you like this kind of hot pot or not essentially depends on whether you like cheese.
Liu Yue overcame the discomfort in her sense of smell, comforted herself with the principles of durian, and bravely tried the first piece.
It's a little salty at first, but it's delicious! It tastes like a pizza full of cheese, with a strong wine flavor.
Liu Yue used it to dip French fries, and also tried putting steak in it, covering it with stringy cheese and then scooping it out.
But this way of eating is really easy to get tired of. Liu Yue understands why white people must drink wine with their meals. If you don’t rinse your mouth to clean the taste in your mouth, you will get sick of it after just a few bites.
Overall, the first white meal in Switzerland was a success. Liu Yue gave the chef free rein and even prepared Swiss cuisine for dinner, as she wanted to continue trying the local specialties.
The chef nodded at her and then handed her a handwritten menu.
Because it was in English, Liu Yue didn't feel any pressure reading it.
Let her see... um...
There are many varieties on it, but after looking at it, she only saw the arrangement of cheese, bread, and potatoes, and they were always stewed and boiled, with no frying, baking, etc.
The chef said this is the most traditional and local Swiss winter cuisine.
Liu Yue: ...
She returned the menu to the chef and tactfully said that she was not so interested in tradition and that he should make some fusion dishes that kept up with the times.
If she continued to eat like this every day, she would be looking for a McDonald's in Gstaad.
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