Diary of the life of a working wizard

Almost everyone in Cyprus has their own private car, and travel is basically by car rather than public transportation, so there may not be many people coming to the party, but there are many cars. When Xia Yunjie arrived, there was already a long line of cars parked on the side of the small road in front of Marina's house.

Xia Yunjie parked the car behind the motorcade and got out of the car carrying the gift.

Marina's home is a single-family villa, covering an area of ​​about 600 to 700 square meters, with a private swimming pool. There are many flowers and fruit trees planted in the yard, and it is surrounded by walls made of pruned green cypress trees. The house is two floors and covers an area of ​​about About two hundred square meters. In China, only very wealthy people can afford to buy and live in such villas, but they are relatively common here.

There is no way, whoever allows them to have vast land and sparsely populated areas, and whoever allows their land to be permanently privately owned. As a local, anyone can live in a villa as long as they have money to build a house. Even if they don't have enough money, they can still get a loan. In short, with land, it is easier to prepare the money to build a house.

When Xia Yunjie arrived at the door, many people were already standing or sitting in the yard.

Marina, as today's protagonist and host, is naturally very busy, and Sophia, as her good friend, is naturally helping out.

"Xia, you're here. I'm really happy to see you again." Marina, who was busy, saw Xia Yunjie and immediately happily greeted him and gave him a warm hug.

"Me too, wish you a happy birthday Marina." Xia Yunjie hugged Marina warmly and handed her the gift.

"Oh, my God, this is your luxury product 'Ranya' produced in China, which is now very popular in Europe." Marina took the bag and opened it immediately, and saw a set of beautifully packaged "Ranya" Cosmetics, immediately screamed with surprise.

Xia Yunjie didn't expect that in a short period of time, "Ranya" cosmetics would become popular all over the world. Even women in small places like Cyprus knew about "Ranya". He couldn't help but feel emotional and a little proud in his heart.

"Oh, my God, it's really 'Ranya,' and it's from the Princess series. I have a friend who has used it and heard that the effect is very good, but it's a pity that the price is too expensive, costing 700 to 800 euros." Mary heard that Na's cry, Sophia also came over, and seeing that it was indeed "Ranya" cosmetics, she couldn't help but exclaimed, with a look of envy in her eyes.

Marina and Sophia are both working-class people, with a monthly salary of just over a thousand or so. Seven or eight hundred euros is already more than half a month's salary. Moreover, the consumption concept of foreigners is generally to consume in advance. Even though their monthly salary is just over a thousand, which is equivalent to about 10,000 yuan, in fact, they don’t have much money at their disposal that month because they have to pay for the house. After paying mortgages, car mortgages, mobile phone mortgages, gas bills, and water and electricity bills, they basically live on a monthly basis, and they usually don’t have much money in their pockets. For Marina and the others to suddenly spend 700 to 800 euros to buy cosmetics, that would definitely be a "huge" extra expense. If they didn't plan one or two months in advance, they would definitely not be able to afford it. Therefore, unemployment is a very scary thing for ordinary people in European and American countries, because they do not have more or less savings like the Chinese. Once they lose their jobs, they will immediately fall into an economic crisis. They will no longer be able to pay for their house loans and car loans. There is no way to pay the loan...

The final result is to sell houses and cars at low prices. So even though Europeans and Americans are rich, in fact they are also very poor, so poor that they never have much money in their pockets.

Therefore, Marina and Sophia were naturally very surprised when they saw that the gift from Xia Yunjie turned out to be a "Ranya" princess series product. They could not afford such luxury goods.

"Haha, this is a product from my hometown. If you like it, Sophia, I will send you a set at the next convenient time." Xia Yunjie saw the envy in Sophia's eyes and said with a smile.

Although Sophia is a bit more snobbish than Marina, she is generally an enthusiastic girl. Xia Yunjie naturally doesn't mind giving her a set of "Ranya" cosmetics, since his family produces "Ranya" cosmetics anyway. Of course, the number of "Ranya" he personally prepared was limited, and he would definitely not be able to give her another set this time.

"Of course I like it," Sophia blurted out with a face of surprise without thinking. However, she immediately felt that she was too shameless and said hurriedly: "It's too expensive, so I won't use it. I won't use it."

"Haha, you're welcome Sophia, we are friends." Xia Yunjie smiled.

Xia Yunjie's words made Sophia very happy and she even said thank you.

Just as he was talking, Vladimir, who had dined with him at Port Maria yesterday, walked in. Along with him was a young man who was also tall, fair-skinned, and had blond hair. He looked like a Russian young man. .

"Dear Marina, happy birthday." As soon as Vladimir came in, he opened his arms and gave Marina a warm hug, and then handed the birthday gift to Marina.

Vladimir is a wealthy Russian son, so the gift he gave was naturally not shabby. It was a 50 ml bottle of French Chanel chanpl5 perfume, but it was just a bottle of perfume after all. Compared with Xia Yunjie's set of "Ranya" princess series cosmetics, Considering Vladimir's status as a wealthy Russian son, and his relationship with Marina and Sophia, they seem a bit shabby.

Of course, on the surface, Marina must have thanked Vladimir with a face of surprise, but in her heart, it was inevitable to compare his gift with Xia Yunjie's gift out of human nature. She felt that Xia Yunjie, a Chinese, was better than a Russian. But it is much more generous.

Not to mention that Marina had this comparison secretly in her heart, even Sofia, who had always been close to Vladimir, could not help but look down on him at this time, feeling that he, a wealthy Russian son, was not worthy of his reputation and was actually a bit stingy.

Of course Vladimir didn't know this. After giving the gift to Marina, he smiled and pointed at the young man beside him and said: "Let me introduce, this is my friend Anufri. He just came to Cyprus not long ago. I wanted to deeply experience the living atmosphere of the locals in Cyprus, so I brought him with me, Marina won’t mind.”

"Of course not. I am deeply honored and happy that Mr. Anufri can come to my birthday party." Marina smiled.

"It's nice to meet you, beautiful Miss Marina, and I wish you a happy birthday." The young man known as Anufri also brought a gift. When congratulating, he gave the gift away, which was also worth nearly a hundred euros. Gift.

"Anufri comes from the Petukhov family, which is very influential in both political and business circles in Moscow. Yesterday I told you about Queen Kinovlan. It was he who mentioned it to me. His father Slava is the queen. Your Majesty's guest." After Anufri greeted Marina and others, Vladimir seemed to be afraid that Marina and the others would not know Anufri's distinguished status, so he added with a hint of showoff. introduced.

"Really? It's so amazing, so shocking." Both Marina and Sophia exclaimed exaggeratedly, especially the latter, whose eyes were already sparkling when they looked at Anufri.

"Haha, it's nothing. Oh, by the way, I don't know which city in China Mr. Xia is from. I have been to China several times. My father also has a very good relationship with Beijing. If you have anything to do in China in the future If you need help, I will be very happy." Anufri is obviously a dandy who loves to show off his face. When he saw the exaggerated expressions on Marina and Sophia's faces, he couldn't help showing a proud look on his face. He just thought he was When his eyes swept over Xia Yunjie's calm face, a flash of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and his heart moved, so he looked at Xia Yunjie specifically and said.

"Thank you, Mr. Anufri. I'm from Jiangnan Province in China, but I don't think I need your Russian help with my affairs in China." Xia Yunjie felt a little disgust towards this Anufri after hearing this, but Out of politeness, he replied lightly, but everyone could tell that the Chinese young man in front of him was already a little dissatisfied with Mr. Anufri's arrogance.

Anufri and Vladimir's expressions changed slightly when they heard this. They did not expect that the Chinese in front of them was quite arrogant.

"There are drinks and some desserts over there. Please take what you like." Marina saw that something was not right in the atmosphere and hurriedly asked Anufri and others to eat in the yard. Sofia even took the initiative to pull Vladimir. The hand goes inside.

Obviously, although Sophia thought that Vladimir was not as generous as Xia Yunjie before, obviously a set of "Ranya" princess series cosmetics still could not change Xia Yunjie's status in Sophia's heart as inferior to Vladimir. After all, the latter is a wealthy Russian son who not only owns a mansion and a luxury car, but also a private yacht.

After all, Marina's family is just an ordinary family, and this birthday party is just equivalent to a dinner at an ordinary people's home. In addition to drinks and homemade desserts, the main food today is barbecue. The barbecue is also freshly grilled and eaten. It is not like some birthday parties at rich families, where a long row of food is laid out for guests to take. There is no waiter wearing a white shirt and bow tie holding a tray in the banquet. Walking around in the crowd.

Under the vine trellis, Marina's brother Andrei was busy helping with the barbecue. The aroma of barbecue floats in the air along with wisps of white smoke, adding a lot of atmosphere to the party.

Cypriots are obviously very welcoming to foreigners. When they saw Xia Yunjie coming, many people greeted him and asked him where he was from. When they heard that China was coming, everyone made a sound of surprise, and some even made exaggerated gestures, saying how small Cyprus was and how huge China was. There are also some people who have been to China. When they talked about the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, they were amazed and said it was incredible and shocking.

However, compared to Xia Yunjie, Anufri and Vladimir are obviously more popular. This is also human nature. After all, Russians also belong to Europe in the traditional sense. Of course, the main reason is because Anufri and Vladimir are rich sons.

In any country, money is always full of charm and people always flock to it, and Cypriots are no exception. Many people chatted around Anufri and Vladimir, saying something with a hint of flattery.

However, despite this, Anufri and Vladimir saw many people always asking questions around Xia Yunjie, and they were always full of enthusiasm and interest in him. Thinking of Xia Yunjie's "arrogance" just now, they still felt in their hearts. I felt bursts of discomfort.