Chapter 909: Chapter 372: The Decision (Part 2)
Actually, Han Lie didn’t know either, but there were way too many people he could ask.
He thought about it, and in the end decided to trouble Lu Yisi.
As Cartier’s chief executive in Huaxia, he should be pretty familiar with luxury-grade furniture at home and abroad, and asking him for help would also be good for building a solid relationship, paving the way for a future spokesperson title.
"President Lu, there’s something I’d like to trouble you with..."
Lu Yisi was very enthusiastic, and gave an answer right away: "You want to custom-make a really good bed right now, right?
Then I recommend HÄSTENS. Its status among beds is like our Cartier in the jewelry world—precious, comfortable, and endlessly pursuing the ultimate in craftsmanship and the maximization of humanistic value.
Happens I’m familiar with Mr. Leo, I can introduce you two—oh, Mr. Leo is HÄSTENS’s general agent in Huaxia, he’s the one who brought Hästens into our country. There’s one of their stores in Huafu Tiandi on Madang Road, where you can try and custom order.
By the way, when are you planning to go? I’ll inform Leo to wait for your visit at the store in advance..."
Han Lie found him hilarious. As a foreigner, he kept saying "our country."
Han Lie didn’t think he was all that in love with Huaxia culture, so the only explanation was that the booming economy had shown him the benefits of respecting this country.
The funniest part was, when he kept saying "our country," he was actually saying it in English...
"Okay, okay, thanks for the recommendation, my friend is heading to that store right away... what’s it called again? Does it have a Chinese name?"
"HÄSTENS."
Lu Yisi slowly repeated the word in English, which was actually Swedish in pronunciation: "The Chinese name is about the same, three characters, but sorry, I can’t quite remember it..."
Han Lie caught it clearly, and felt the pronunciation sounded really familiar.
After he dug through his 89-point memory for a while, he suddenly remembered—wasn’t that the mattress Big S and her oppa from the Stick Nation refused to return to her ex-husband?!
That incident blew up pretty big back then, the whole country was eating melon so hard they never got tired, and even Han Lie felt his horizons broadened.
All kinds of jokes netizens made up about that mattress almost had Han Lie laughing himself in half.
Of course, the mattress itself was definitely blameless; if anything, it stirred up a ton of curiosity and once caused all kinds of knockoffs to go insanely hot and sell like crazy.
But what kind of magic that original mattress had, that could make Big S willing to toss her dignity just to keep sleeping on it, was something diaosi Lie definitely couldn’t comprehend, nor experience.
And today, what a coincidence.
Originally, Han Lie hadn’t planned on accompanying the two of them shopping, but now he suddenly changed his mind—the mall they could skip, but the bed store was a must!
"Alright then, President Lu, we’ll head over right now, could you help introduce me to Mr. Leo?"
"Of course!"
Hanging up, Han Lie waved with a smile: "Let’s go, ladies, I’ve still got a bit of time, I’ll go pick out a bed with you..."
"Really?"
Bai Yushuang was overjoyed, pounced on him and gave him a "mua," genuinely delighted.
Bai Yuxue pressed her lips into a smile, pleasantly surprised as well, and gently hooked her arm through Han Lie’s as they happily went downstairs.
The group drove to Huafu Tiandi and easily found the massive Hästens store that occupied a huge area.
Lu Yisi was really invested in Han Lie; he was already there, waiting in the central hall with a middle-aged Chinese man.
"President Han, let me introduce... this is Leo, Hästens’s general agent in Huaxia. Leo, this is our Cartier VIP of the VIPs, Mr. Han."
Leo was an overseas Chinese, and his Mandarin was extremely native.
"President Han, your great name resounds like thunder in my ears, I’ve long heard of you. Thank you for visiting Hästens, I hope I can serve you well."
Han Lie smiled with restrained politeness: "Thank you, I’ve also long heard of your esteemed brand, and I hope today’s visit will be worth the trip."
After the usual pleasantries, Leo started introducing his products to Han Lie and the Frost-and-Snow sisters.
"Our HÄSTENS is a bit like Hermès; both started from handcrafted saddlery workshops personally founded by their creators.
The unfortunate thing for Hermès is that it was born in France during the Orléans dynasty, one of the most turbulent periods in French history.
Whereas HÄSTENS was lucky; it was granted the honor of being the designated supplier to the Swedish royal family by King Charles XIV John at the time, and has since become the orthodox royal brand..."
Leo’s attitude wasn’t arrogant at all; he narrated the history in a gentle, engaging way, quickly capturing the full attention of the Frost-and-Snow sisters.
"For over a hundred years, Hästens has focused only on using its ’one unique skill’ to provide ’perfect, premium sleep’ to those qualified to own it—professional and dedicated.
There’s an obvious question: there are nearly ten mattress brands worldwide whose prices can exceed 100,000 US Dollars, so why are we the best?
Right, we’re not the most expensive.
Gemstone beds and top-tier wooden beds priced at over one million Mi Yuan are a dime a dozen in this industry; we’ve never gone for ostentatious luxury, we just put our hearts into it.
Come, ladies, you can have a feel."
Leo smiled as he had the Frost-and-Snow sisters lie down on that VIVIDUS, explaining carefully.
"In terms of firmness, our Swedish standard differs from both the American and French standards. Hästens’s support holding generally sits above level 7—soft or extra soft.
The method of adjusting mattress firmness by separately tuning the three different mechanical performances of the mattress—support force, bearing force, and rebound force—is not something exclusive to Hästens.
For truly technically capable professional mattress brands, this is just a basic skill.
What makes Hästens top-of-the-line is this—we can adjust the firmness within a certain range based on a client’s habits, while keeping the fit and wraparound feel basically unchanged.
