Chapter 2292

Sophie hurriedly said, "It's okay. You just have to help me ask him." 2 After that. she asked, "By the way, Grandpa. do I have t 0 make a trip to the United States if he is willing to help me?"

"No need.” Jefferson said, "Old Master Lennard has divine power and abilities. If he agrees to help you, it should be sufficient for me to let him know your birth date and time of birth before I tell him briefly about the matter that you want to ask him about."

Sophie said in amazement, "Is he truly that incredible?"

Jefferson laughed and said, "Fortune-telling and divination is supreme wisdom that the ancestors have granted to us. Only a fraction of the modern people nowadays can actually understand this kind of divine and magical abilities." 3

After that. Jefferson said, "It is already midnight in the United States now. So, it will not be good for me ta contact Old Master Lennard at this time. You should just wait patiently first. I will give him a phone call when it is evening here, as it will be morning over there, then.”

Sophie hurriedly replied, “I am counting on you, Grandpa!” At this moment, Charlie had already rushed home to prepare lunch. Although Elaine had broken her leg, she stood with the help of her crutches as she assisted Charlie in the kitchen.

As Charlie was busy preparing lunch, Elaine felt a little ashamed as she said, "My good son-in-law, I should be the one cooking for you, but it is inconvenient for me to do so because of my broken leg. In the end, you have to step up and cook instead. I really feel very bad and guilty!"

Charlie smiled slightly before he said, "Mom, you don't have to be so polite with me. Anyway, I don't have anything much to do. So, itis only right for me to do some housework too." 4

After that, Charlie said to Elaine, "Mom, Claire and Dad should be reaching home secon. I will go and cook another tomato and egg soup. We can start eating as soon as they come home, then."

Elaine hurriedly said, "Thank you for your hard work, my good son-in-law. I will help you to wash the tomatoes, then!” After Charlie had served the dishes, his wife, Claire, and his father-in-law, Jacob, also drove home, one after the other. 2

When Claire came home, she told Charlie excitedly," Husband, the vice-chairman of Emgrand Group called me today. She said that there is about to be an open tender for the design and refurbishing job for the six-star hotel under Emgrand Group that is currently under construction!”

"Is that so?" Charlie asked as he pretended to be surprised. "This should be a very big project. right?”

Claire replied excitedly, "It is not just very big, It is simply too big! The project for Emagrand Group's six-star hotel was launched last year with an investmént 0 f two billion dollars. Ow that the main construction;and bodytias already come to arvend, it istime for them to finalize the

internal decora main constructi internal hard an

ion plan. dWvhen the on is over, the d soft installation

and refurbishment will begin!” 2

As she spoke, Claire continued, "The entire hotel had a budget of two billion dollars. Half of this amount was used to buy the land and infrastructure.

The other half of the budget would almost entirely be used for the renovation and refurbishment, including at least three hundred million dollars for the hard decoration

Besides that, about six to seven hundred millidn-dollars for the soft decoration, Natious top-grade furniture the purchases of various. ~ bedding, sanitary ware, and = electrical appliances. any senior execntives from various big c dorfiestic home furnishings; sanitary wares, and decorative building materials are already in Aurous Hill as they are all

preparing to participate in the subsequent bid and tender!" 4

Charlie smiled and asked, “Then how much budget did Emgrand Group allocate for the decoration and interior design, then?"

Claire replied, “The quotation for this kind of commercial decoration and design generally costs about three hundred dollars per square meter.

Emgrand Group's six-star hotel has a total busineds area of 130,000 square metets. f we were to remove some of the: same repetitive designs in the same kinds of rooms, the. ~ remaining design volume se be

at least seventy to eighty thausand square meters. Therefore, the décoration and interior design fees would already amount to at least twenty to thirty million dollars!" 4

When Elaine, who was aside, heard this, she was surprised and said, “Oh my! Claire! Are you kidding m e? You can get twenty to thirty million dollars worth o f fees just by engaging in decoration and interior designing?!"

Claire nodded and said seriously, "I am not joking

This is considered a very low-price estimation. If itis done by a large design company or a well-known interior designer, the price will be even higher! The design cost for each square meter would cost at least eight hundred to one thousand dollars!" 6