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Claire opened the door in a careful manner before she asked in a vigilant manner, “How can I help you?”
Joe frowned before he walked towards the door immediately. At this time, he pushed Claire behind him before he asked in a calm and cold manner, “Are you looking for me?”
At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in a suit stood outside the door. As soon as he saw Joe, he smiled before he greeted him in a respectful manner. “Hello, Mr. Smith. I am the new manager of Treasure Pavilion. I just started working this afternoon. My boss feels very sorry about the way you left Treasure Pavilion earlier today and he sent me here with a gift to specifically apologize to you.”
Joe looked at the man with a shocked expression on his face. “You’re from Treasure Pavilion?”
“Treasure Pavilion?”
At this time, Claire, who was standing behind Joe, was also very surprised.
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained, “Our boss felt very bad about the way you were forced to leave Treasure Pavilion today Mr. Smith. In fact, he even drove the troublemaker, Mr. Harold, out of the place before he suspended the auction immediately. I would like to apologize for the poor hospitality that you experienced at Treasure Pavilion today. I hope you will be able to forgive us, Mr. Smith.”
After he was done speaking, the middle-aged man quickly waved his hand behind him
At this time, a few strong men dressed in black hurried forward as they carried the gifts in before they placed it at their doorstep.
Joe looked in their direction and he saw that the man had brought many gifts along with him!
There was even a box of limited edition Yellow Crane Tower cigars and a box of thirty years old Moutai Flying Fairy liquor!
Besides that, the man had also brought a pair of antique vases that were obviously worth a lot of money.
These gifts were worth more than a million dollars!
“Mr. Smith, these are some of the gifts that my boss has asked me to bring over from Treasure Pavilion. My boss is currently preparing for a new auction with Miss Moore. Therefore, he is unable to come here in person today. He sent me here on his behalf to apologize to you personally. Please accept our sincere apology.”
After he was done speaking, the middle-aged man bowed before Joe immediately.
Joe nodded before he replied, “Alright then. You can leave the gifts here.”
The middle-aged man also took out two golden invitation letters from his pocket before handing them over to Joe in a respectful manner. “These are invitation letters for you to participate in our upcoming auction and I hope you will attend the auction with your father-in-law. I promise that we will not let you down this time. Please give us a chance to make up for our mistake today.”
After that, he continued explaining, “I am also giving you a special VIP card for Treasure Pavilion. We have only issued ten of these VIP cards to date and it is valid for life. With this VIP card, you can enjoy special privileges whenever you come to Treasure Pavilion.”
Joe glanced at the VIP card that the middle-aged man had in his hand. The card was gold in color and filled with golden leaves and diamonds.
Joe replied indifferently, “I am not a big fan of auctions. Perhaps you could ask my father-in-law if he would be interested in the VIP card and in attending the auction.”
“Okay.” The middle-aged man hurriedly held the card towards Jacob as he smiled and said, “Mr. Wilson, I am really sorry for what happened today. I hope that you will attend our auction in two days’ time.”
“This…” Jacob could not stop himself from gulping as he glanced at the VIP card in the middle-aged man’s hand.
He immediately knew that this was a limited edition VIP card for Treasure Pavilion, which was only issued to people with the highest status in Aurous Hill. This VIP card could not be bought at all.
Anyone who had this VIP card could enter and exit the Treasure Pavilion freely and they usually received the best treatment from all the employees. Moreover, anyone with the VIP card could have access to all the antiques and would also be given a huge discount should they choose to purchase any.
Jacob could not resist such a huge temptation.
As Jacob was about to accept the VIP card, someone suddenly stretched her hand out and grabbed the VIP card from the middle-aged man in a cheeky manner.
At this time, Joe’s mother-in-law, Elaine had already taken the VIP cards in her hands as she smiled and said, “Since you’ve already come here to personally apologize, we will accept the gifts and the VIP card. My husband will definitely attend the auction the day after tomorrow!”
Elaine was extremely excited.
All of those gifts were money to her!
She did not know how much those antique vases cost but she knew that each bottle of Moutai Flying Fairy liquor was worth at least thirty to forty thousand dollars! Moreover, there were twenty bottles of liquor in this box. This meant that this box of liquor was worth a few hundred thousand dollars!
There was also a box of Yellow Crane Tower cigars. The cigars cost five thousand dollars each and there were fifty cigars in the box! That would mean that the box of cigars was worth more than two hundred thousand dollars! Just the liquor and cigars were already worth at least one million dollars!
Why shouldn’t she accept it?
Moreover, if she had the VIP card from Treasure Pavilion, she would be able to show off in front of her friends!
When Claire saw how obsessive and materialistic her mother was, she called out in a reluctant manner, “Mom…”
Elaine glared at her before she replied, “What’s wrong? Are you going to say that I shouldn’t accept these gifts?”
At this time, Claire replied, “I mean, we should not accept these gifts just like that. After all, we don’t know what is going on. So, how can we accept these expensive gifts just like that?”
Joe quickly responded, “Since it is an apology gift, we should accept it.”
The middle-aged man was finally relieved.
Before he came here, his boss had told him that he no longer needed to go back to work if Joe refused to accept the gifts.
When Joe turned around, he saw that Elaine had already moved the box of liquor and cigars into the house. At this time, Elaine was holding the pair of antique vases in her hand as she was observing it under the lamp. Joe could only shake his head as he told the middle-aged man, “Thank you for sending the gifts over. You can leave first.”
“Alright then, Mr. Smith. I will not bother you anymore.”
After that, Joe closed the door before he turned around to walk into this house. He was taken aback at this time. “Why are you guys staring at me?”
At this time, all three of the people in the living room had their eyes fixed on him.
Elaine gave a dry cough before she smirked and asked, “Joe, since when did you become friends with the owner of Treasure Pavilion? Why did they bring gifts and came all the way to our house just to apologize to you?”
Joe shook his head before he replied, “Mom, I think there’s some misunderstanding here. I’m not friends with the owner of Treasure Pavilion. I think the reason they have come all the way here to apologize today is simply because they provide very good customer service. Since their employees have made a mistake, I guess the boss simply wants to apologize and compensate us to protect the reputation of Treasure Pavilion…”
Elaine suddenly scowled as she replied in a frustrated manner, “Well, I actually thought you had become a decent man overnight. I thought that you had become friends with someone with good connections. In the end, it turns out that their good customer service is the only reason we’re receiving all these gifts…”
However, Claire was still a little puzzled at this time. Even if Treasure Pavilion had very good customer service, why would the other party give them such an expensive gift as compensation?
At this time, Elaine was in a very good mood after receiving a lot of gifts. Therefore, she finally stopped attacking Joe and she was thinking of how much money she could make by selling off the liquor and cigars.
After they were done with dinner, Joe was doing the dishes in the kitchen when he suddenly received a phone call.
The phone call was from Graham, the man whom Joe had helped not too long ago.
In fact, Graham was the one who had given him the jade bracelet.
On the other end of the line, Graham greeted him in a respectful manner, “Mr. Smith!”
Joe replied, “Yes? Is there something I can help you with?”
At this time, Graham quickly replied, “I really want to thank you for your advice the last time I saw you. Thanks to you, the Quinton family seems to be in a better condition nowadays. I really want to thank you for your guidance. Otherwise, the Quinton family would have been completely destroyed.”
Joe smiled before he asked, “I think that things aren’t going that smoothly now, am I right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be calling me at this hour.”