Bruce's plan was very simple: rich people pretending to be rich to swindle rich people, and ultimately becoming genuinely rich.
It could not even be called pretending, much less swindling. To begin with, Bruce and Oliver had originally been two of the world's wealthiest men. Just because they had lost their assets in this world did not mean their pasts as tycoons had been erased.
Both of them had received elite educations from prominent families and understood perfectly well how high society operated. The mysterious and cumbersome etiquette that seemed so daunting to ordinary people was as natural to them as eating and drinking. They did not even need to pretend; they only had to be themselves.
Diana was an artist. She had studied art appraisal, cultural history, religion, theology, and other fields. At the same time, because she had lived long enough and met far too many people, she could remain perfectly composed no matter who or what she faced. The most important quality for a con artist was psychological resilience.
Clark and Arthur were both small-town youths, so their worldly experience could not compare to that of the others. But they had one undeniable advantage: they were extremely handsome.
To put it this way, if Clark claimed at a local banquet that he was a minor actor from Hollywood, Mexicans who idolized the United States would complain that Hollywood had no eye for talent.
Humans were visual creatures. They were naturally more willing to listen to attractive people speak. Being a pretty face at a banquet had its advantages too. Everyone would be too busy admiring your appearance to care about what was inside, and even if you said something wrong, people would only think you were foolish but truly beautiful. The important part was beautiful.
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