How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

Two days after the party ended. @@novelbin@@

Gu Heng was sitting on a train from Paris to Geneva...

Yes, a train...

Europe’s area is just barely ten million square kilometers, not much larger than the total area of Hua Country; the so-called high-end luxury tour across twenty-one countries sounds like a big deal, but in reality, it is comparable to touring around various provinces within our country, and it doesn’t even cover more miles than domestic travel...

Moreover, the distance between Paris and Geneva is only 441 kilometers...

Taking a plane would at most save you an extra hour compared to the train, and you wouldn’t get to enjoy the scenery along the way; it’s better to take the train...

Gu Heng had experienced first-class and private planes before...

But he had never experienced a private train...

That’s right...

This train, with its ten carriages, was the private train of the Arnault family...

Frederick Arnault mentioned that this train cost an astounding 9 million Euros to build, and that’s the price from 20 years ago...

Taking inflation into account, just this train alone would likely be worth nearly 300 million RMB or even more at present, whereas the cost of a Fuxing Hao high-speed train in Hua Country is about 150 million RMB, meaning that this last century’s green train carriage could rival two Fuxing Haos...

But!

This train has a maximum capacity of only 24 passengers...

It’s not a lack of space, but because out of the whole train, only four carriages contain rooms, with six rooms each, making a total of 24 rooms...

As for the remaining six carriages, they have been transformed into functional spaces like kitchens, conference rooms, dining rooms, and so on...

The main highlights are two words.

Luxury...

Initially, Gu Heng thought the value of 9 million Euros was an exaggeration, but after boarding the train, he realized his perspective had been too narrow...

Aside from the metallic structure of the carriages, the interior was entirely devoid of any metal—constructed from high-grade mahogany, brimming with a middle-ages European aristocratic style...

The oil paintings hanging in the corridor were masterpieces...

If auctioned outside, they would likely start at several hundred thousand Euros...

And the sofas, beds, and even the toilets in his room were all custom-made by the LV group, with retail prices starting in the tens of thousands of Euros, meaning the decor of a single room could be worth hundreds of thousands of Euros...

And there were another 23 such rooms on the entire train...

Gu Heng guessed the so-called 9 million Euros likely only covered the construction and basic expenses of the train; antique decorations hadn’t even been factored in, otherwise the price tag of 9 million might very well double...

What’s called enjoyment?

This is what you call enjoyment...

Without leaving the country, you simply wouldn’t know how the wealthy living in the cradle of capitalism understand "enjoyment"...

Compared to what? The so-called high-end hotels and multi-million mansions one has at home seem totally insignificant...

After all, can any grand mansion compete with estates spanning tens or hundreds of hectares?

Not to mention this private train—back in Hua Country, you better not even dream of it...

In Hua Country, trains are categorically not allowed to be privately owned; a private train operating freely on railway tracks would directly affect train dispatching, and in more serious cases, could even cause chaos in the national railway system.

But in France, this is not a problem...

As long as you can afford it, it’s even possible to get the train system to stop for a few hours for you...

This is the true paradise for the rich. Everyone must serve money; and by possessing it, you effectively have unlimited privileges...

If Gu Heng’s heart wasn’t so devoted and steadfast, perhaps he would have defected like many other Chinese tycoons, running off with their wealth at the first chance...

Who could refuse the chance to become a God in the West compared to the life of having too much money and not knowing how to spend it in one’s own country?

After all, the saying "hell for the poor, heaven for the rich" wasn’t coined for nothing...

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#Ouyang Nana: Hits hard against "Anti-Chinese Racists"!#

#LVMH Group announces, permanent termination of cooperation with French racists Michel Gobert and Mary Beltrami, and declares that LVMH will not tolerate any form of racism!#

#Ouyang Nana: I simply did what a Chinese person should, sanctioning two racists was someone else’s doing#

At this moment, Gu Heng was watching TikTok, casually scrolling, when he came across the incident from the party two days ago...

As Michel with the big beard and Skinny Mary were thrown out by the security staff, that night, the incident made the headlines of the French entertainment news...

No need to mention the influence of the LVMH Group in France, it’s comparable to Tencent Group’s influence in Hua Country.

Michele with the big beard and old-witch Skinny Mary held high status in the French fashion scene...

Two well-known high-society figures being thrown out of an LVMH-organized party was big news, one that the media surely wouldn’t miss. In less than a day, reporters obtained the specifics from other participants at the party and published them in the papers...

Although media from Hua Country reacted a bit slower, they had also reproduced the news on local websites a few hours afterward...

Incidents of racial discrimination by international brands are frequent...

Various boycott measures have occurred many times, but none of them made any impact on these international brands...

Netizens were almost becoming desensitized...

Yet they saw LVMH sanctioning racists, a groundbreaking first. Naturally, this news topped the hot search lists on TikTok and Weibo, with the discussion exceeding 100 million...