The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

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The second store Zhou Wang chose was the classic luxury brand Louis Vuitton.

To be honest, Zhou Wang wasn't too fond of LV's style. After all, they started with luggage, and their selection of men's ready-to-wear wasn't extensive. If it weren't for the high price of LV, hoping the Azure Dragon Saber might bring a surprise, Zhou Wang might have turned left out the door to a store like Armani with more clothing options.

In the end, Zhou Wang, with Ranran's suggestion in mind, thought he might actually need it in the future, and bought a full set of the New Formal black formal wear.

To go with the outfit and boost his system score, Zhou Wang also bought an S-LOCK briefcase, though it's not something he would usually have used.

At checkout, the clothes were over 110,000, and the bag nearly 30,000, totaling just under 150,000.

After swiping his card, the system prompt came as expected, with an impression score of "81"… Well, it seemed even the system didn't like LV's clothes. Looks like I do have taste after all.

Zhou Wang silently grumbled. Luckily, he bought the bag to bump up the score; otherwise, it might not have even reached 80.

The rebate ratio was only 81%. Without considering what the Azure Dragon Saber returned, it meant a blood loss of 30,000 for this round.

Disappointingly, even the Azure Dragon Saber didn't strike a critical hit, only giving a 0.5 times return, which was over 70,000.

Fortunately, with some give and take, he ended up making over 40,000. If it had been only a 0.1 times return, he'd still have lost.

"Brother, I'm not feeling too well lately, can you do me a small favor?"

Zhou Wang was just about to call Ranran to the next store when she stopped in her tracks.

As if to emphasize it was just a tiny favor, Ranran pinched her index fingers together, looking absolutely adorable.

"Go ahead."

"It's like this, I want to change my phone's wallpaper. People say looking at handsome guys often can lift your mood, but I can't find the right picture, so... can I take some pictures of you?"

With her hands behind her back, she leaned forward slightly, looking at Zhou Wang with bright eyes. Her lips curved into a playful smile as she finished speaking.

Zhou Wang initially felt confused until Ranran's "true motive" became apparent.

Damn...

Zhou Wang's eyelid twitched, leaving his mind with only two words.

Listen up, everyone, this is what they call being articulate.

Clearly, she was asking him to take photos, but Ranran made it sound like a request, even stating that the photos would be her wallpaper, seamlessly flattered Zhou Wang in the process...

Who wouldn't be confused by this?

Zhou Wang decided to retract his earlier judgment.

How could someone like her be described as "scheming"? Even if the king of heavens came, she'd be the thoughtful little sister!

Zhou Wang naturally couldn't find any reason to refuse, and no normal man could resist such a request from a pretty girl.

"Hehe!"

Seeing Zhou Wang agree, Ranran pulled him to a decorative wall in the mall, took out her phone, and snapped away.

After she was done, Ranran showed the photos to Zhou Wang, asking if any of them didn't meet his satisfaction.

To be fair, Ranran took quite good photos, at least at a level Zhou Wang himself couldn't achieve, so he couldn't refuse to take a selfie with her.

Just then, Ranran's phone rang, and Zhou Wang saw the contact displayed as "Little Mao."

"Oh no!"

It suddenly dawned on her that she might still have a client waiting for her.

"What is it?" Zhou Wang asked curiously.

"Nothing..."

Ranran quickly hung up the phone, set it to silent, and resumed her previous smile, "Brother, where are we heading now?"

"Versace?"

Zhou Wang casually suggested, having little concept of luxury brands, pointing randomly.

"Brother has such great taste. Versace's clothing design style is very distinctive, and I particularly like this brand!"

Ranran immediately exclaimed with an "Oh."

Zhou Wang, being the kind-hearted man he was, of course, didn't expose her act. So the two went to B1 level's Versace. On the way, Ranran naturally took over Zhou Wang's shopping bags and slipped her freshly wet-wiped hand into Zhou Wang's hand, cold and refreshing, greatly enhancing Zhou Wang's shopping experience.

At Versace, they picked a coat and casual wear, spending a total of 93,000. The system score was 93, one point higher than Balenciaga, but unfortunately, it still didn't hit the lucky number.

It seemed Zhou Wang's luck had run out, as the Azure Dragon Saber only triggered a measly 0.3 times, ending up with a small profit of 20,000.

At this point, the total amount on Zhou Wang's card after the ups and downs came to around 450,000.

After leaving the Versace boutique, Zhou Wang pondered briefly.

After intentionally speeding up the pace, the countdown for the current round had less than 40 minutes left, and the Azure Dragon Saber still had its final rebate chance.

Initially, Zhou Wang planned to keep buying clothes, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

If he wanted to accumulate wealth quickly, it would be best to spend all his money on the last rebate opportunity.

With the reimbursement system backed by "impression scores," even if the rebate multiplier didn't turn out to be satisfactory, he wouldn't lose much. But if it triggered a critical hit in the end, he'd make a fortune.

However, merely relying on buying a set of clothes from these luxury stores to achieve this amount was quite difficult. After all, no matter how expensive their ready-to-wear was, it couldn't reach that high a price, and they didn't have ready-made haute couture for him to choose from... Hmm, Zhou Wang realized he had gotten too ambitious and had started finding luxury goods too cheap.

Yet there was a contradiction: if Zhou Wang didn't buy clothes for the last time, he'd lose the impression score safety net, and the risk of relying on the rebate multiplier was too high.

Just when Zhou Wang was torn, he glanced up inadvertently and noticed a row of shops with a completely different style from the clothing stores.

Inspiration struck him instantly; who said fashion only involved clothing?

His previous mindset had been too narrow.

Jewelry, watches, weren't they also part of fashion?

The system never limited fashion to just clothing!

Naturally, Zhou Wang ruled out jewelry; as a man, of course, he had to buy a watch.

So Zhou Wang led Ranran directly to the mall's first floor, where there was a dedicated area that housed all the watch brands in the mall.

At first glance, there were quite a few brands to choose from: Rolex, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Blancpain...

Zhou Wang, though not an expert in watches, had a roommate whose father was in the watch business and loved talking about them. He often secretly brought some prestigious watches from his home to the dorm to show off. With Zhou Wang listening all the time, he managed to pick up some basic knowledge.

First, he eliminated Rolex. Zhou Wang had heard his roommate say many times how hard it was to buy Rolex watches.

Ask in a brand store, and they'll never admit there's bundling involved; they'll tell you all the prices are marked, but there's never any stock… In reality, most of the stock is taken by dealers.

Another awkward point was that there were too many fake Rolex watches. Zhou Wang had read some news, unsure if it was true, about a dinner table with ten people, and eight wore fake black and green Submariners, creating an explosive scene.

With this in mind, Zhou Wang walked directly to the Vacheron Constantin store.

As the well-recognized "eternal runner-up" in the watch world, buying a watch worth hundreds of thousands shouldn't be hard, right?

"Brother, are you buying a watch?"

Ranran followed alongside Zhou Wang, bags in hand, curiously asked as she saw him heading toward the watch section.

"Yeah, seeing if there's anything suitable."

Zhou Wang chatted with her with great interest but soon realized Ranran's understanding of watches was limited. She only knew "Rolex is awesome" and "Patek Philippe is mind-blowing." This standard bystander-level knowledge made him lose interest.

Entering and exiting Vacheron Constantin took only eight minutes.

It wasn't that Zhou Wang didn't find a desirable watch. In fact, after hearing his requirements, the staff quickly showed him an introduction on an iPad for a Vacheron Constantin classic series watch, Overseas 1225V in diamond-studded pink gold with a beautiful blue dial, priced at 410,000.

Zhou Wang found it excellent; he was ready to buy when he discovered... there was no stock.

Why even mention it if you stammer like that!

Relentless, Zhou Wang asked about several more watches, and unsurprisingly, none were in stock. Only a few women's watches in the display cabinet were available for purchase on-site; most popular models required queuing, sometimes for years.

No, wait, they didn't even call it queuing. You'd fill out a wish list, and mind you, it's just a wish...

That's when Zhou Wang realized it wasn't just Rolex playing the scarcity marketing game.

With a face of disappointment, Zhou Wang left the Vacheron Constantin store, glanced at the remaining watch brands, and considered that only half an hour was left. He decided to skip both Jaeger-LeCoultre and Blancpain.

These two were in similar tier to Vacheron Constantin, and if Zhou Wang struggled to find a watch there with stock, this operation would have been meaningless.

"Let's give IWC a try; surely your store can't be out of stock?"

With the thought, Zhou Bao led Ranran into the IWC store with determination.

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