Chapter 618
Opening Day Celebration (Continued)
Before the opening, she had already built up plenty of hype. All the promotion that needed to be done had long since been done. Even if she had fans, they had all already come here to show support, so where was she supposed to find that many more fans?
But Ava Bennett was furious right now, so she could only agree.
Olivia Lawson immediately took out her phone and started a livestream on the spot, focusing especially on those popular celebrities. Only after she saw quite a few more people arriving did Ava Bennett's expression ease a little.
Hmph, who knew what method Claire Bennett had used this time to get a storefront at DH, but as for the opening ceremony, Claire Bennett could forget about outdoing her!
...
At that moment, the area in front of Claire Bennett's store was packed with people and bustling with excitement.
She was busy at the entrance, and Molly Lee was doing her best to help beside her, when all of a sudden a commotion broke out ahead. A glamorous female celebrity, dripping in luxury, slowly walked over. Claire Bennett recognized her at once. This star seemed to be Mia Hughes, the two-time Best Actress winner who had won the Golden Standard Awards four years in a row.
Why would Mia Hughes come here?
Could it be that DH had another store opening today? Was Mia Hughes a celebrity invited to support some other store, and she had simply come to the wrong place and ended up here?
Just as Claire Bennett was feeling shocked, Mia Hughes had already walked up to her. She gave Claire Bennett a faint smile. "Hello, Boss Song."
"Hello, Miss Mia. Did you come to the wrong place? This is Maison Verne Jewelry," Claire Bennett said politely.
Mia Hughes curled her lips into a smile. "That's right. I came for Maison Verne Jewelry's opening ceremony."
Claire Bennett froze on the spot when she heard that.
What? Mia Hughes had come for Maison Verne's opening ceremony? What was going on? She had never invited Mia Hughes at all.
In fact, she had already spent quite a lot of money just opening this store. She simply didn't have the funds to hire a celebrity of Mia Hughes's caliber.
Claire Bennett looked at Molly Lee beside her and asked, "Did you invite her?"
Molly Lee looked even more bewildered than Claire Bennett. She shook her head hard and said, "No, I didn't invite Best Actress Mia over."
Hearing Molly Lee deny it, Claire Bennett became even more dumbfounded. If Molly Lee wasn't the one who had invited her, then who on earth had brought Mia Hughes here?
Seeing the completely baffled look on Claire Bennett's face, Mia Hughes lifted the corners of her lips and smiled lightly. "Mr. Sterling invited me."
Mr. Sterling... Julian Sterling?
Claire Bennett's eyes widened in surprise. She had never expected it to be Julian Sterling. Lately, they had both been busy with their own careers and hadn't properly spent time together in quite a while. But she hadn't expected that even while he was busy with his own affairs, Julian Sterling would still make time to pay attention to hers.
A wave of emotion rose in Claire Bennett's heart. Right now, she felt like kissing Julian Sterling hard.
After the opening celebration was over, she would go find Julian Sterling and thank him properly.
Mia Hughes smiled and said, "Boss Song, come on, let's go take pictures over here together."
Once Claire Bennett learned that Mia Hughes had been brought over by Julian Sterling, she didn't say anything more and followed her to the entrance to take commemorative photos together.
Mia Hughes's status in the entertainment industry was not something ordinary celebrities could compare with. Winning Best Actress at the Golden Standard Awards for four consecutive years was an honor that ordinary people simply could not attain.
With Mia Hughes's appearance, the onlookers who had originally just been hanging back on Claire Bennett's side instantly grew excited and surged forward, all wanting to catch a glimpse of her.
Seeing this, Claire Bennett couldn't help curling her lips into a slight smile.
Although plenty of people had been watching just now, they had all been taking a wait-and-see attitude. Presumably, they weren't very familiar with Maison Verne either and didn't know what kind of brand it was. But now that Mia Hughes had appeared, many people had begun paying attention to Maison Verne.
At that moment, Claire Bennett noticed Mia Hughes's bare neck and said softly, "Best Actress Mia, let's go inside the store. I'll put our signature treasure on you."
Mia Hughes had originally been invited over to show support, so naturally she needed to wear the jewelry here in order to promote it better. She had no objections, nodded lightly, and followed Claire Bennett into the store. But unexpectedly, at that moment, a sudden stir arose from behind them.
The two of them turned back to look together.
They saw an elegant, richly dignified woman walking toward Claire Bennett. The moment Claire Bennett saw her, her attitude immediately became respectful. If she wasn't mistaken, this seemed to be Mrs. Parker. Her husband was a very important man, and the two of them had an extremely good relationship. It could be said that Mrs. Parker was a highly influential figure. Claire Bennett would occasionally see her on TV and had some impression of her.
Could she also be here for her jewelry?
Mrs. Parker quickly walked up to Claire Bennett. Claire Bennett didn't dare slight her, and immediately greeted her politely. "Mrs. Parker, are you here to attend my opening celebration?"
"Yes, that's right!" Mrs. Parker nodded.
"Um... then were you brought here by Julian Sterling too?" Claire Bennett asked hesitantly.