Seeing the other party going crazy and throwing tantrums, Claire walked out of the dessert shop with the mentality that he could not afford to offend but could not afford to hide.
Before walking out, she looked back inside. The noble lady was still very angry, but due to her noble character, she did not curse her. She just kept repeating those boring words loudly. Compared with the curse words Claire heard in her previous life, they were not lethal at all.
After walking out of the dessert shop, Claire bumped into a man pushing a wheelbarrow. The man looked to be in his forties or almost fifties. His skin was dark and there were many wrinkles on his face. He had a towel tied on his forehead, corresponding to the coolie clothes he was wearing. In Mary Port, there are a lot of coolies who carry goods at the dock in exchange for pay.
When Claire came out, they happened to collide with it and they both stopped. Claire was sizing up the other person's appearance, while the other person was staring at the packet of desserts in Claire's hand. The movement of his throat as he swallowed was too obvious.
"Would you like some?" Claire handed over the bag of desserts in his hand.
The coolie was a little flattered when he saw this, and quickly waved his hand and said hurriedly, "No, sir, I don't like to eat this kind of food."
"Don't like it? Does that mean there are children at home who like it?" Claire asked. Seeing that the other party didn't respond, he continued, "I don't like it either, so you can take it."
As he said that, he stuffed the bag of desserts into the other person's hand, but the other party didn't mean to accept it half-heartedly, and quickly pushed the dessert back.
Claire Seeing that the other party refused to accept it, he said, "Then you do me a favor. This thing is considered as a reward for helping. How about it?"
Sure enough, after hearing Claire's proposal, the other party was obviously moved. In his opinion, it was not considered a reward for nothing.
Before the other party could agree, Claire stuffed the package of desserts in his hand into the other party's hands. The coolie looked at the package of desserts in his hand and already thought of the happy smiles on the children's faces after returning home.
After putting the bag of desserts into the wheelbarrow behind him, the coolie asked, "Sir, is there anything you want me to help with?"
"It's not a big deal, just doing some market research. Do you know the competition between Master Mason and Master Ona?"
"Of course we know this! Is there anyone in Mary Port who doesn't know about it now?"
"Then what do you think? Who do you think will win? Or which master do you support?"
"Of course it's Master Mason! Master Mason came from a poor background like the rest of us. He relied on his own efforts to reach where he is today. Moreover, he also said at the press conference that he had been hit by Ona in those seven years. Under those circumstances, he was able to achieve his current achievements. God will favor those who work hard, so Master Mason will definitely win."
"But there are many masters who say that Master Mason's design is not good." Claire asked deliberately.
"They are jealous of Master Mason. Master Mason's design is much better than theirs!"
Looking at the other party's passionate words, Claire looked at the other party again. He didn't have any jewelry on his body. Looking at his work, he couldn't afford Mason's jewelry store. Let alone Mason's jewelry, any piece of jewelry in the Mina Merchant Association might be very difficult for him to buy.
So I don't know where the argument that Mason's design is better than those of those masters comes from. I think it should be in support of Mason's character design.
However, Claire didn't say it directly. Instead, he smiled and said, "I think what you said makes sense."
"Hehe." The coolie smiled sheepishly after hearing this. He did not expect that his words would be affirmed by Claire.
"Thank you for your cooperation. I'll give you another gift." Claire took out a simple earring from Spatial Ring and handed it to the other party, "You can give this jewelry to your wife."
"How is that possible!" The coolie didn't dare to take it.
"It's okay, it's just a small amount of money." Claire said with a smile. Indeed, the cost of the jewelry was only a few Gold Coins. It was not more expensive than the Silver Dragon Coins he drank in the pub and took a sip of hops. The jewelry at this price is just right, and Claire would not dare to give it to the other party if it is too expensive. If he does not have the strength to hold on to his wealth, too much money will bring harm to him.
"And I am from the Mina Merchant Association, and you also support Master Mason, so you should accept this small gift." Claire put the thing in his hand noncommittally into the other person's hand.
"Thank you very much!" A smile appeared on the coolie's dark face.
"Sir, you are back!"
As soon as Claire entered the lounge of the Mina Merchant Association, he saw the excited smile of Calen, and next to Calen stood the equally excited Mason.
Seeing the two people looking at him with excitement, Claire also had some guesses in his mind.
"Did you win?"
Mason nodded slightly, while Calen was even more excited, almost screaming and cheering to share the joy with Claire.
"It's a pity that you didn't go to the scene. You didn't know how enthusiastic the atmosphere was when Mason was announced as the winner!"
Claire thought to himself: I have gained a lot from this trip.
People from different classes have completely different views on the same thing. The coolie's support for Mason is because of his identity. Mason is the same "vulnerable group" as him in his opinion, so even though Mason is now a master and has separated from his class, he is still willing to support Mason, even if he does not understand those so-called jewelry at all;
The lady in the dessert shop was convinced of the old and inherent authority of Ona and the others. She is more willing to believe the news reports that she believes in, and she also wants to show that she is different from others, reflecting her sense of superiority that everyone is drunk and I am alone. Even if the news is not that true, she is still willing to stubbornly believe it.
That young and beautiful girl didn't care about the trend of jewelry design at all. She actually didn't understand fashion. She just followed the trend like most people. Mason became popular, so she liked Mason's design. If Ona wins, Claire has no doubt that she, a die-hard fan of Mason, will switch to Ona.
The jewelry designer in the tavern also has his own prejudice. He thinks that this matter is a simple battle of ideas. He thinks that Mason will definitely win based on his professional level, and he has put all his wealth on Mason. However, Claire feels lucky for him now. If Mason loses, then he will probably be miserable.
And the female bartender in the tavern knew about it but didn't pay attention to it. Claire admired her stay-away mentality.
These made Claire also feel that in certain things, he might be like them, with a one-sided perspective and a biased mentality, failing to see the essence and full picture of things.
Calen continued, "And Ona, he knew how funny his expression was when he lost to Mason. He walked out of the Jewelry Guild like a prodigal dog. He never imagined that he would lose to Mason, whom he looked down on before."
Claire was also a little curious and asked, "How did Mason win?" In Claire's opinion, the winning rate between the two should be about 50-50.
"Do you remember the time when those jewelers sent people to Ona's house to tell him not to accept the challenge and he was kicked out?"
Claire nodded, then came to his senses and said, "Did those jewelers attack him?"
"Yes, some of the jewelers who were offended by him voted for Mason." Calen smiled, "Now the big jewelers outside are probably busy transforming."
"I really didn't expect this." Claire responded. He originally thought that those jewelers would be tied to Ona for their own interests. Now it seems that Ona has been suffering for a long time in the world. Some jewelers took the opportunity to kill Ona.
"Lord Claire, I heard from Calen that you are going back to Nafu City." Mason stood up and asked.
"That's what happened. Things here are almost settled. It's time to go back."
"You have helped me so much, and I have nothing to thank you for, so I will give you the winning jewelry design this time." Mason took out a simple black wooden box from behind and handed it to Claire.
This is an extremely commemorative piece of jewelry that has unique significance to the entire jewelry industry and cannot be measured by price.
"I'm interested." Claire took it with a smile and put it into his Spatial Ring without opening it.
"Won't you take a look?"
"No need, it's rude to open gifts given by others in front of us, and I believe in your design."
Then, Claire looked at the two of them and smiled, "If you are free in the future, you can come to Nafu City to play."
"Yes." Mason nodded.
"Me too." Calen also responded.