HLM -Chapter 1413 Marry When Spring Blooms

Photos from the Youth Charity Horse Race appeared on the cover of the June issue of Time magazine, featuring the central square of Sunset Town as the backdrop, filled with countless smiling children.

Wang Bo ordered over a hundred copies of this issue and placed them in the library, as well as distributing them to bars, cafes, and other places, so tourists could read the coverage.

Because of this, Sunset Town gradually shed its image as a simple tourist destination and began to feel more vibrant and substantial.

In the same month, Lincoln University’s first batch of teaching buildings and dormitories were handed over for use. For the second half of the year’s enrollment plan, the university began sending students of certain majors to the new campus.

Sunset Town had become extremely famous in New Zealand, so students at regular universities were reluctant to transfer to new campuses—after all, a new campus meant a new environment and not-yet-developed supporting facilities.

But Lincoln University was different. Students clamored to move their programs to the new campus—they all wanted to stay in Sunset Town.

The New Zealand Herald reported on this, and Wang Bo proudly read the article aloud during the morning meeting: “See? I, as mayor, am doing a pretty good job, right?”

“Your work as mayor is fine, but as a husband, you’re really just so-so,” Hani said.

“What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with my family?” Wang Bo asked.

Hnai shot back, “You tell me! Haven’t you realized? You still owe Teacher Eva a wedding!”

“Yeah, Boss, when are you actually going to hold the wedding? Otherwise, Eliza and I might just go ahead and do it ourselves,” Kidd said impatiently.

Elizabeth glared at him. “You just proposed! How could you possibly hold the wedding so soon?”

Bowen added, “I’m anxious too, Boss. Could you please hurry up and arrange the wedding? Cousy is about to give birth!”

“If we wait any longer, even the Inspector will be in his coffin—he’s the impatient one,” Atulu laughed.

Hani was indeed eager to marry Vanessa. He didn’t hesitate to plead humbly: “Yes, I’m almost fifty. For the sake of my loyalty to Sunset Town, Boss, please just arrange the wedding quickly.”

Wang Bo said, “You’re all anxious, and I’m anxious too. I plan to wait until the castle’s renovation is complete, and then hold the collective wedding inside the castle.”

“When will the castle renovations be done?!” Hani snapped. “I don’t want to wait a few more years—by our wedding night, I’ll be too old to… you know!”

“Sh*t, Inspector, you’re amazing!” Atulu said admiringly. “At your age and still going strong—it’s impressive.”

“F*ck off!”

Wang Bo patted the table. “Relax, everyone. Actually, the castle is already finished. We’re just cleaning up the last debris and removing the lingering smells from the renovation.”

“I’ll donate ten air purifiers,” Hani said. “Can we just get it done quickly?”

“I’ll do it as fast as possible. But we can’t hold a wedding in winter. Once spring arrives, we’ll get married together. How’s that?” Wang Bo said.

“Sh*t, that’s a whole season away,” Kidd said disappointedly.

Spring in New Zealand begins in September, but the early part is still chilly. True spring warmth only arrives in late September. Nevertheless, Wang Bo giving them a concrete timeframe made everyone feel much better.

Charlie said, “Hey, Kidd, you idiot. You think a season is long? Damn it, Boss, this wedding is going to be grand. Since we’re planning for spring, we need to start preparing now!”

“Yeah, we need to prepare in advance and invite the guests early.”

“Boss, if we don’t ask, were you just going to wing it at the last minute?”

“The Boss always has this problem—no planning at all,” someone muttered.

Wang Bo snapped, “Who said I didn’t plan? I did plan, okay? According to my plan, the wedding was supposed to be next fall, so we still had time to prepare a few months from now.”

Everyone hurriedly waved their hands. “No, Boss, we need to start preparing now! We want to get married during the beautiful spring!”

Originally, Sunset Town’s work focus was on the Chancheng Group’s super investment project. After the morning meeting, the priority immediately shifted to preparing the wedding.

This wedding would definitely be a major event in Sunset Town. The town’s four leading figures would all participate—a mayor, two deputy mayors, and an inspector.

Additionally, Kidd, Juan, two cowboys, and Wang Bo’s hometown brothers, Zhong Dabao and Zhang Rui, brought the total to ten couples.

The wedding would also be put out to tender—it had to be handled by a professional wedding planning company.

Elizabeth found several world-renowned wedding planners for Wang Bo, including South Korea’s iRainbow Wedding Planning, London Heartfelt Weddings (which planned a century-level British royal wedding), France’s top four wedding planning companies, and more.

This collective wedding couldn’t be stingy. Wang Bo had clear priorities: first, it would enhance the town’s reputation; second, the attendees were all either his trusted subordinates or close friends, and he wanted to give them a special treat.

Thus, he needed to choose the most suitable wedding planning company.

He set a budget of ten million New Zealand dollars for the wedding.

This was an enormous sum, though even the world’s most extravagant weddings often cost far more.

For example:

In 2004, Indian steel tycoon Mittal spent over sixty million USD on his daughter’s wedding at the Palace of Versailles.

In 2006, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had a Hollywood grand wedding costing fifteen million USD.

The Russian MDM Bank president Andrej Melinichenko’s wedding to former Yugoslavian Miss and Serbian supermodel Aleksandra Kockotovic cost thirty-five million USD.

After learning about these famous wedding expenses, Wang Bo wasn’t worried about his own budget. Compared to those weddings, ten million NZD was modest.

After all, this wedding wasn’t for just one couple—it was for a group.

Moreover, unlike those ostentatious weddings meant to show off wealth, Wang Bo’s wedding aimed to create some buzz for the town as well. Compared to those luxurious world weddings, his was relatively economical.

Other weddings mainly cost heavily on guest dining, accommodation, and venue rental. For instance, Tom Cruise’s wedding was held at the Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, near Rome, Italy, which cost 1.5 million USD per day to rent.

Wang Bo’s wedding would use his own castle, and the food would mainly come from his farms and ranches. Much of the seafood would be sourced from Lake Hawera. These costs were not even calculated into the budget.

From this perspective, his allocated budget was more than sufficient.