136. Big Tycoon
“A task?”
Elrose was momentarily taken aback. “But I still have to catch the boat tonight; it’s too much trouble…”
“Not trouble at all,” Lulu said with a beaming smile. “Just take a photo; it will be done in an instant.”
“Take a photo?” Elrose’s eyes shifted.
Oh boy, are they asking me to sacrifice my appearance again?
She remembered the last time Bacht took a photo of her; she earned several hundred large gold coins.
And this time…
Elrose scrutinized Lulu, whose attire was not luxurious and clearly not noble, so her offer should not be as extravagant as Bacht’s.
But well… if it meant she could immediately eat rainbow ice cream, everything could be negotiated.
Elrose paused and gently said, “Then tell me the specifics.”
Seeing that Elrose did not directly refuse, Lulu broke into a satisfied smile. “This way, Miss; let’s sit and talk.”
Lulu led Elrose to a table in the dessert shop and then took out a picture from her bosom and handed it to Elrose.
“Miss, please take a look at this.”
Elrose received the picture and examined its contents closely. The picture depicted an exquisitely beautiful necklace, and what caught her attention even more was the large sapphire hanging at the bottom of the necklace.
Tears of the Ocean Goddess
Treasure of the Deep Sea, Star of the Ocean.
Elrose looked at the necklace in the image and couldn’t help but ask,
“Why are you showing me this?”
“Naturally, I want to invite you to be a model,” Lulu smiled.
“I’d like you to change into a dress, wear this necklace, and we can take a series of photos with a photography crystal. That’s it.”
“Um… sounds troublesome, changing clothes and taking photos,” Elrose showed a bit of reluctance.
“Not troublesome at all,” Lulu quickly replied. “We have ready-made clothes here, and the photos will take at most twenty or thirty minutes. There are still a few hours before the Kriisa Ship departs, so it won’t delay your schedule.”
“Well… okay,” Elrose sighed lightly. “So how much are you prepared to pay me to be this model? You don’t think just one ice cream will suffice, do you?”
“Of course not,” Lulu smiled and then raised a finger to Elrose’s face. “I can offer this amount.”
Elrose was slightly taken aback. “One gold coin? Isn’t that too little?”
One gold coin was equivalent to the wages of working for Kendrick for a month.
Although she knew this young girl couldn’t compare to the grand counts behind Bacht, was one gold coin really too little?
“One thousand gold coins!”
“Huh?!” Elrose was shocked, her hair standing on end.
“W-wait, did I hear wrong? Did you just say… one thousand gold coins?” Elrose’s voice trembled.
“Of course,” Lulu smiled slightly. “You’re so cute; I think at least one thousand gold coins would be deserved for your honor.”
“Deal.” Without any hesitation, Elrose immediately agreed to the deal.
One thousand gold coins, if calculated in terms of human lifespan, she’d have to serve eight lifetimes just to earn that much money.
And now, she only needed to change into a dress and take a few photos to get it.
Who would really refuse such a generous offer?
Elrose looked at the blue-clothed girl with sparkling eyes, as if Lulu had turned into a golden wealth god in her eyes.
“Um, you’re not joking with me, right? One thousand gold coins for just taking a photo?”
“Of course.” Lulu wore the confidence of a wealthy person on her face. “One thousand gold coins isn’t a lot, it’s just my pocket money for a month.”
“Pocket money for a month!” Elrose exclaimed. “Who exactly are you?”
“Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself,” Lulu stood up and gave a slight bow. “My name is Lulu.”
One could say she’s the manager of this shop in the Otterland Trading Guild.
“What the hell, the guild manager, an ultimate big tycoon.” Elrose’s eyes sparkled with golden light, but she secretly felt like she might be at a loss.
If she had known earlier that Lulu was this rich, she wouldn’t have bothered to ask for money.
Someone like her, a big tycoon, would be more enjoyable to make friends with rather than just selling her a favor.
Once money is involved, the game changes.
But having said that, it wouldn’t be easy to take it back now; besides, one thousand gold coins should be enough for a long time. She could even go back and help Kendrick renovate the Nightmoon Tavern, then get Luna and Lilith a set of epic gear each. As for Stella… she wasn’t sure what Stella wanted yet and could think about it later.
As long as she could really get her hands on one thousand gold coins, that would be excellent; one shouldn’t be too greedy.
Although, my inner self is already quite the opposite.
“Mmhm.” Elrose suppressed her excitement and calmly looked at Lulu. At this moment, besides gold coins, there was another very important thing she had in mind.
“Um, Miss Lulu, money and such are trivial matters, but there’s something else you shouldn’t have forgotten.” As she spoke, Elrose glanced at the sign in the dessert shop.
Lulu instantly understood Elrose’s implication: “I know, the ice cream, right? Don’t worry, just sit here, and I’ll go get you some ice cream.”
With that, Lulu turned around and dashed into the back kitchen of the dessert shop.
Elrose sat at her seat, propping her face up with her hands, her little feet happily flailing in the air.
“Ah, free ice cream and a little money; why does it feel like my luck has been so good recently?”
In the back kitchen, Lulu took a bucket of rainbow ice cream out of the freezer.
A staff member quickly approached, saying, “Um, Miss Lulu, that ice cream is reserved by someone.”
“Mm, I know,” Lulu said with an indifferent expression. “So what?”
“So what?” The staff member was stunned after hearing this. “Um, Miss Lulu, didn’t you just say outside that this would affect the guild’s reputation?”
“Come on, don’t be so rigid,” Lulu gently patted the staff member’s shoulder. “Being flexible is important for a businessman.”
“Ah? What if that customer comes later?”
“Handle it yourself,” Lulu smiled and added meaningfully, “but don’t let it affect our guild’s reputation.”
With that, Lulu hopped away, leaving the staff member helplessly standing there.
The staff member’s mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn’t help but mutter, “Damn, the boss causes trouble, and the employees clean up; damn capitalists, can you really do whatever you want just because you have money?”
