King's Awakening

Sayon, Clothz Bridal Shop.

This is a wedding gown shop located in the suburbs of Sayon. From the outside, it seems just like any ordinary bridal shop.

However, only those who have stepped into Clothz Bridal Shop know how expensive the wedding gowns and suits inside really are.

In this bridal shop, even the cheapest wedding gown starts at 100,000 dollars, a cost that is not affordable for the average person.

At this very moment, inside Clothz Bridal Shop, a middle-aged woman and a young girl are staring at a diamond-encrusted wedding gown, unable to tear their eyes away.

“Manager Rose, where did this gown come from? This beautiful gown must cost more than a million, shouldn’t it be kept in the main store?” A young sales assistant called Betty asked, with a look of envy as her eyes fixated on the dress in front of her.

Which woman wouldn’t want to wear such a wedding gown?

If you could wear such a wedding dress at your own wedding, it would become the focal point, even at the most modest wedding venue.

The store manager, named Rose, gave Bettty a look of disdain and said proudly: “One million? Betty, this wedding gown has been designed by an Italian master.

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine diamonds embedded in it, the largest one being three carats. The total value of the entire wedding gown is in the amount of tens of millions!

A million is simply an insult to it!”

Tens of… tens of millions!?

Betty swallowed loudly, her eyes practically popping out of her head.

A ten million-dollar gown is something the average person wouldn’t even dream of.

Who could possibly be the heiress to wear such an expensive wedding gown?

“Manager Rose, isn’t this going to be hailed as the store’s treasure? Otherwise, who could afford such a magnificent gown?” A dumbfounded Betty asked.

Manager Rose glanced at Betty and then, wearing a meaningful expression, quietly pinned a price tag of one thousand dollars on the gown.

One… one thousand dollars?

Betty rubbed her eyes, finding it hard to believe. Didn’t Manager Rose just say that the gown was worth millions?

How could Manager Rose suddenly affix a tag of a thousand dollars?

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding?

With this thought, Betty couldn’t help but remind her: “Manager Rose, the tag, could it be…”

Manager Rose simply smiled and said in a meaningful tone: “This wedding gown has already been reserved by a client, the payment has been made, this is a setup by the group company.”

This…

Hearing this, Betty’s mind was spinning, was not their group company the Royal Group?

So the Royal Group arranged this gown to be here?

Who could this client possibly be?

They must be rich or noble for sure!

Thinking of this, Betty’s mind went into overdrive.

Suddenly, a look of discomfort flashed across Manager Rose’s face. She hurriedly said, “Betty, watch the shop for a moment. If Miss Sherry Jones arrives later, give her this wedding gown and settle it for the price on the tag.

Remember, you have to serve her personally, I don’t trust anyone else, got it?

I ate something wrong this morning, I have to use the restroom.”

Betty was still in shock and didn’t fully hear what Manager Rose just said.

After Manager Rose left, Betty came back to her senses and pondered in confusion: “What was the name of the woman that Manager Rose said just now? Sherry…what?”

Betty shook her head, thinking ‘Ah well, we don’t have many customers per day. Once I know the customer has the surname Jones, I can’t go wrong.’

Thinking of this, Betty, the sales associate, quickly made her way to the shop floor.

“Hello, Ms. Betty!”

As soon as she arrived into the shop front, the other salespeople started to greet her with great deference.

After all, everyone knew that Betty was the store manager’s favourite, and it was not wise to offend her. Otherwise, there would be serious consequences.

Seeing the respect that everyone was giving her, Betty nodded in a very self-important manner, then started pointing towards different people, giving out orders.

“Red, what are you doing? A 100,000-dollar wedding dress cannot be placed next to a 30,000-dollar one. Quickly, move the 100,000-dollar dress to the corner.”

“Bertha, did you wipe the water dispenser today? You did? Then, what’s with all the dust? Are you planning to lick it clean yourself?”

“And you, Betsy, what are all these terrible looking clothes you’re wearing today? Quickly, go home and change, half a day’s wages will be docked!”

Listening to Betty nitpicking, the other salespersons could only be silently angry but didn’t dare to voice out their dissatisfaction.

There was no helping it. After all, Betty had a knack for sucking up to the store manager, and she quickly became the manager’s favourite. They could only endure her oppressive behavior.

As Betty was lording over the store, White Mitchell and Sherry Jones arrived at the entrance of the Clothz Bridal Shop.

Sherry glanced the shop and subconsciously touched her purse, she couldn’t help but say to White Mitchell: “Brother, I heard that the wedding dresses here are very expensive. Are we really going to choose here? Should we check out another place?”

White Mitchell chuckled and pretended to be surprised, “Really? I don’t think so. My friend told me that this bridal shop often holds discount activities. It’s quite cheap, and we may find a good deal.

How about we go in and have a look first? If the prices turn out to be too high, we can always check out another store.”

Sherry gave a bitter smile. She had heard from friends about the reputation of this wedding dress brand. Although it seemed unremarkable, it actually belonged to Royal Group.

When it came to fame, this brand was not just well known in Sayon, but it was also renowned in the Eastern part of Dragon Realm and even in Capital City. It was not something ordinary people could afford.

Although she was now the general manager and shareholder of Jones group, she did not have much money at her disposal.

An average wedding dress here costs at least several tens to hundreds of thousands. And if she wanted to compete with Snowden Jones, she would have to spend even more. In Sherry’s view, this seemed quite wasteful.

However, she was unable to persuade White Mitchell otherwise, so she ended up following him into the Clothz Bridal Shop.

As soon as they set foot inside the store, a young sales associate warmly welcomed them. Betty, at a distance, didn’t immediately approach them.

She was still evaluating and sizing them up. Seeing White Mitchell and Sherry dressed so ordinary, she didn’t think much of them and even assumed they misunderstood that this was just an ordinary bridal store, hence why they walked in.

If they knew the price of these wedding dresses, she was sure they would make up an excuse and leave immediately.

Thinking of this, Betty didn’t pay much attention to White Mitchell and Sherry. Until she heard a sales associate in the store affectionately call out “Miss Jones”, she finally reacted.

Miss Jones?

Immediately, Betty’s eyes brightened, she dashed towards White Mitchell and Sherry as though she had spotted a treasure.

Then she quickly told the rookie salesperson bluntly, “Red, you go organize the wedding dresses. I’ll take care of these two customers.”

This…

Red hesitated for a while, but reluctantly left.

After Red left, Betty showered White Mitchell and Sherry with flattery, trying her best to be pleasing and deferential, treating them like royalty.

This scene left Sherry speechless; are salespeople nowadays this good at serving?

Just as Sherry was taken aback, a sharp and sarcastic voice suddenly rang out from behind, “Well, well, if it isn’t you two? I didn’t expect to run into you here! So, you really think you can win just by casually buying a wedding dress here?

Based on your current state, you’d have to sell everything you own just to afford a basic gown worth over 100,000 dollars. Are you planning to compete with our Jacob with that?

Sherry, don’t say I didn’t warn you. White Mitchell was put away for embezzling public funds back then. If you ever dared to touch the company’s money, I would be the first to not spare you!”