The principality of Bertino
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“What did you think?
Compared to Austern jewelry stores, it’s not much different here, is it?”
Juliet was listening to the two men, in a relaxed mood after she apologized for what had happened in the carriage earlier.
Figuring she could do this while listening to them, she was surprised by the Count's sudden question.
She wanted to respond to his urgent eyes, but she couldn't know what Austern's jewelry store looked like.
Furthermore, as she had firmly sworn not to wave her tongue beyond its position, she had to keep her mouth closed even if she had something to say.
Juliet lowered her head to the count and tried to say that she didn't know anything.
But a muffled feeling that she didn't know blocked her mouth.
Although she had never visited a jewelry store in Austern, she had seen the luxurious stores of world-class jewelry brands indirectly in various media and magazines in the past life.
She wanted to talk about the questions she had before, so she was dying to talk, her hopeful ambition to live a long and peaceful life as a passive and kind lady was constantly falling apart.
Adam smiled when he saw that Juliet wanted to say something and moved her lips, but closed them as if she had made up her mind.
“Once again, His Highness told you not to hide anything and be honest, so don’t worry and try to express your opinion without hesitation.”
Juliet furtively glanced at her boss after the count blinked, as if she didn't care.
The count encouraged her, so she studied her master's mood, wondering if she could speak her mind.
Killian had his thoughts occupied all day because of what Juliet said in the carriage.
He simply accepted his disguise, but it seemed strange to him to think that she could have had a man.
She had clearly said that she had lived undercover to protect herself, but he couldn't help but wonder if she was dressed the way she was because of something bad, or if she actually liked someone.
As his strangely low mood did not improve, he became angry that he was worried about such an important business, as the maid's past was not important.
Furthermore, he intentionally changed his route and visited a jewelry store in Beopash.
He didn't like the way he got so flustered by the maid's mere words.
Killian decided to put the incident with the maid out of his mind and focus on his business, figuring out how to differentiate his store from other jewelry stores.
However, when Adam winked at the maid and flirted with her, he felt bad again, not realizing that he had decided to stop paying attention to useless things and focus on his original purpose.
Adam, who pretended not to see Killian's face, smiled even more affectionately at Julietta.
“I wonder what it looked like in your eyes, like a woman.”
Sa-chan: Adam is brave, poking a jaguar with a short stick lol
Juliet glanced at the side of Killian's frowning face, then spoke carefully...
“… I grew up in a theater, before working as a maid at the Bertino mansion.
So I had many opportunities to see the actresses' jewelry and extravagant dresses.
Because they were actresses from the best theater on the continent, the things presented to them were very expensive.
Compared to those jewelry, I don't think the jewelry I saw in the store I visited was left behind or missing anything.
I can't compare it to an Austern jewelry store because I've never been there before.
There’s just one thing I found strange.”
"Strange?"
“Well, I don’t understand why jewelry stores, like all stores, don’t display what they’re selling, but keep it hidden.”
“What does that mean?”
“I think we should put the merchandise on display in front of the window and make anyone passing by want to buy it, because they can see it.
If we keep them hidden like this and only show them to visitors, we will only have to sell them to the people who come.
I wondered how he does business like that.”
She added, after bringing up what she wanted to say: “I think we need to tempt people into buying non-essential luxury items with a more aggressive strategy that makes people want to buy them.”Julieta talked about her many ideas, thinking about a lot of modern advertising and marketing.
“It's incredible.
I've never thought about things so deeply.
The way we sell things has been by people needing them to go to the store and buy what they want.
But do we have to encourage people who don’t really need them…?”
Adam spared no admiration after receiving some unexpected information from her throwaway question.
Killian looked at Juliet in surprise as well.
“How did you find that out?” he asked.
Juliet happily answered her employer's first face-to-face question since arriving at the hotel: “I just felt sorry that such a beautiful thing was hidden.
The hidden beauty that no one knows about is worthless.”
Juliet was reminded of the reality that she had been ignored and condemned for her disguise.
No matter how beautiful she was, it was no use if her true beauty was hidden.
‘When diamonds are just raw materials, they are just stones.
Therefore, even the most beautiful things are hidden, they are no different from trivial things.'
Juliet looked at Killian with a hint of emotion as she thought about this.
Even though she looked so ugly and repulsive, her boss was never mean or ignored her because of her appearance.
He was the only one who didn't judge her by her appearance, even though he was demanding, unpleasant and bad-tempered.
“Yes, you are right.
Beauty that no one knows is worthless.
No matter how good I am, what good is it for people if they don’t know?” Killian looked ingeniously at Juliet, forgetting to ignore her.
“How do you think we should show things?”
“I would brighten up the dark interior of the store immediately.
I would put glass in the front so passersby could look inside.
Is glass very expensive and difficult to protect?
Is this why other stores can't use it?
Looking at the thermos, it won’t be difficult for us to have a safe glass window.”
Juliet continued after Killian nodded that it was possible.
“If it can be installed, I would set up a display in a storefront near the street and display the pieces.
Let passers-by think that they should buy these things.
It may be expensive, but I think we can accomplish as much as we put in.
Jewelry is the ultimate luxury.
I would like to change the room decoration in a luxurious and colorful way, and let the staff treat guests with a very kind and courteous behavior.
It is a high-quality strategy that sets us apart from other stores, so that customers who shop at the store feel like they are the most special in the world.”
Killian admired Juliet's words.
“To make them feel like they are the most special in the world…”
“There’s a saying I know, to sell dreams.
By purchasing things from the store, they feel that they have become the most precious, beautiful and attractive person in the world.
I think they shouldn't be arrogant like the shopkeeper we visited today.
I would like to open a store, where buying things from her could be someone’s lifelong dream.”
Before she knew it, Julieta was talking about a store she wanted to open one day.
Her appearance when giving an impassioned speech about her dream was bright and lively to the point that her red hair like a wild broom and her ugly, heavy-looking body were nowhere to be seen, as she lifted her glasses that fell to the tip of her nose.
The eyes of the two men, who had heard Juliet's story in a whirlwind, met.
They exchanged glances and tacitly agreed that the opinion of a humble maid should not be ignored unconditionally.
Adam smiled meaningfully at Killian and said, “This new maid of His Highness seems very capable.
Not only was she liked by Your Highness, but she also gave us a very good opinion.”
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Thanks for reading.
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