From here, one could see the difference between Westerners and Chinese.
Elizabeth would open the gifts from every guest in front of everyone.
Unlike the reserved Xia people, Westerners would think that this was a form of respect for their guests.
As a result, Elizabeth received many gifts.
From exquisite clothes from France to all kinds of earrings, necklaces, and other expensive accessories.
Because Rockefeller didn't like extravagance and waste, some people who knew him wouldn't give too expensive gifts.
However, it was not until a young man gave Elizabeth a diamond crown.
Instantly, the entire banquet hall fell silent.
It had an obvious geometric design style and was decorated with round cut diamonds. The total weight was about 130CT-150CT.
31 brilliant cut diamonds stood on the top of the crown, like feathers, presenting an elegant temperament.
"This was designed and made by Mr. Cartier, who is known in Paris as the 'Emperor's Jeweler, the Emperor of Jewelers.' I hope you like it, my beautiful princess!”
The white teenager gave Elizabeth a self-righteous and gentle smile.
Hearing this, Elizabeth frowned.
She knew this handsome young man, Pierre Dupont of the Dupont family, but she never thought that he would give her such an expensive gift.
Moreover, the crown was designed and made by a Paris jewelry master. It was obvious that the other party had put in a lot of effort for her birthday.
The smart Elizabeth was not a girl who was ignorant. After years of education from her father Rockefeller,
she knew that other than the kind of pure friendship that did not have any benefits, the more valuable the gift was, the more valuable the thing they wanted to take away from you.
Elizabeth didn't think that she would ever become friends with Pierre Dupont.
"
Thank you, Pierre!" Elizabeth smiled.
As a matter of social etiquette, Elizabeth knew that she couldn't reject a birthday present from someone else.
Otherwise, the Dupont family would lose face among the guests.
Although the Dupont family was far from the Rockefeller family in terms of assets and influence, the American Gunpowder Trade Association was the second trust after her father's oil trust.
In some areas, it even surpassed the Rockefeller family.
When he heard Elizabeth accept the gift and comb her hair back, the handsome Pierre Dupont immediately revealed an infatuated smile at Elizabeth.
Mr. Rockefeller frowned slightly when he saw this scene.
"Could this Ramon Dupont be Old Henry's idea? Hmph!”
Although the Dupont family was now under the control of Ramon Dupont, the father of Pierre Dupont, who gave the gift,
in fact, it was managed internally by Henry Dupont, who graduated from West Point and was known as General.
However, as Henry Dupont aged, the Dupont family was actually on the decline.
Moreover, with the invention of smokeless gunpowder, it was like how electric lamps were to kerosene. No matter what, traditional gunpowder companies would definitely be greatly impacted.
How could Rockefeller not see it clearly?
However, Old Henry would only be wasting his energy if he looked at his daughter.
As a father, Rockefeller could tell that his daughter's heart was all on that Chinese kid.
Otherwise, with his daughter's obedient personality, she would not have gone to a strange place like Chicago.
Moreover, because the other party had to fight with the Polar Bear Warrior recently, he was even more worried.
Therefore, Rockefeller turned his attention to the Chinese kid, although he didn't expect Li Zixuan to give him a gift that surpassed Pierre Dupont.
Rockefeller thought that the crown was worth at least $100,000.
However, Rockefeller never looked at the value of gifts in terms of money, because true friends were priceless.
He was more concerned about whether Li Zixuan had chosen a gift for his daughter.
As the guests presented their gifts one by one, it was finally Li Zixuan's turn.
Under everyone's gaze, he took out a palm-sized exquisite silver box. He walked in front of Elizabeth and said with a smile,
"Happy birthday, Sean!"
"Thank you, Bruce!" Elizabeth's face turned slightly red as she slowly opened the box.
"
It's probably some antique jewelry from the Xia people," Pierre Dupont said mockingly among the guests."The gifts from those people are always so boring!"”
Mrs. Dupont wanted to reprimand her child, but her husband stopped her with a look.
However, some of the guests still heard Dupont's muttering.
They looked at the banquet center with interest. Would the Chinese kid really be as Pierre Dupont said and
give some antiques that weren't of much value in the eyes of Westerners?
However, as Elizabeth opened the exquisite silver box.
Instantly, she covered her mouth in surprise with her hand that was wearing a silk white glove.
"This... This is too beautiful!"
Then, she raised her head, her beautiful eyes flashing with disbelief.
"Bruce, are you really giving this to me? No, I can't take it. It's too precious!"”
At this moment, the guests were all tempted by Elizabeth's words. They also wanted to know what was inside the silver box.
"Only a lady as beautiful as you can wear this unique brooch!”
Li Zixuan said with a smile.
Hearing this, Elizabeth blushed. Then, as if she had made a decision, she took off the ruby brooch on her chest.
Then, he changed into the brooch in Li Zixuan's silver box.
Instantly, the ladies in the banquet covered their mouths and exclaimed.
The brooch was simply too beautiful. It had a petal-shaped design and was embellished with 203 white diamonds.
The most exciting thing was the pink diamond in the center of the brooch.
After all, with the discovery of diamond mines in Africa, there were many white diamonds every year, but colored diamonds were extremely rare.
The pink diamonds were very popular among women because of their special colors.
Basically, as long as it was a pink diamond that exceeded one carat, it was almost impossible to see in the world. All of them would be collected by some large families.
And now, what they saw was that on the petal-shaped brooch, there was a perfect-grade pink diamond that seemed to exceed 20 carats.
"God, if someone gives it to me, I can agree to any request!”
A lady covered her chest and stared at the brooch that Elizabeth had pinned to her chest.
Rockefeller, who didn't care much about value, smiled when he saw that almost all the women looked stupid.
Compared to this brooch, the crown given by the Dupont family could only be considered ordinary.
The pink diamond alone was more than 20 carats, and it was comparable to several crowns.
"Fake, it must be fake. How could he have a pink diamond of more than 20 carats? It must be a scam!”
Pierre Dupont shouted in the banquet hall as if he couldn't accept it.
Hearing this, the group of people began to discuss.
In fact, there was no such thing as a fake diamond in this era, because with the current technology, it was impossible to artificially synthesize diamonds.
However, it was not like there were no diamond-like things in nature, such as pink sapphires.
Although they looked similar, the value of diamonds and gemstones was greatly reduced.
At this moment, an old gentleman walked out and stood in front of Elizabeth. He bowed to Li Zixuan and Elizabeth and said,
"Can I have a look at this brooch?"，Ma 'am!"
"Wow, it's Mr. Tiffany!”
"God, it's Mr. Tiffany!”
"Now, we'll know if it's a real diamond!”
That's right! The old man was Charles Tiffany, the creator of the famous jewelry brand Tiffany.
In 1861, President Lincoln spent $530 in Tiffany's store to buy a set of pearl jewelry for his wife, Mary,
so that she could wear it at the presidential inauguration ceremony.
After that, the other presidents of the Eagle Country and foreign countries followed suit.
As a result, Tiffany's name resounded throughout the Eagle Jam Nation.
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