'Master you don't need to use your apex form, the phone has a video filter that will use deep fake to change your appearance during the video call,' Dame Wasp informed Ace after he hung up the call.
'Great, make me look like a filthy rich chubby guy in his late thirties or early forties,' Ace said as he prepared to video call the doll makers.
'Sure master,' Dame Wasp greed and immediately got to work. When done, she informed, 'Master, everything is set, shall I make the call?'
'Yes,' Ace nodded, as Dame Wasp remotely made the video call. The call was immediately answered by a beautiful gingerhead woman with golden trim round glasses on. She appeared to be in her early thirties. With a gentle smile, she greeted Ace, "Welcome to Oracle Doll Makers, I am Dr. Abby Moore a dermatologist and a plastic surgeon, may I have your good name, sir?"
"You can call me Bob," Ace replied, visibly surprised that Abby was a doctor and surgeon.
Ace did not understand why someone with such an esteemed educational background would make sex dolls for a living. But her qualification did help him understand how her establishment could get their hands on medical-grade silicon to make sex dolls. Besides it should be easier for her to work on dolls than a living person with her qualifications.
"Mr. Bob, before we start I would like to ask you a few questions if you don't mind," Abby politely asked.
"Sure, ask away," Ace decided to cooperate as he needed to score good points with Abby since he needed her to do him a favor by placing a rush order for his doll.
"Sir, how did you learn of our establishment?"
"May I know the good name of your friend?"
"Sir, I only ask because if your friend has referred you, you and your friend are both eligible for a five percent discount on our purchase. Are you sure you and your friend don't want the discount, sir?" Abby hurriedly explained feeling that the customer might have misunderstood her.
"No, we don't need the discount."
"Sir, is your friend satisfied with our product?"
"Yes. Otherwise, why would he recommend me to you?" Ace replied, feeling Abby's questions were getting a bit silly.
"I only ask because you did not prefer the discount, it led me to believe your friend was dissatisfied with our product. Please, let your friend know each customer is valuable to us, and we will do our best to satisfy them," Abby informed hoping to keep both Bob and his friend's business. They were a small business, they needed every customer they could get.
"Don't overthink it. Money does not matter to us as long as you deliver the promised quality," Ace assured Abby.
"I understand, Sir," Abby nodded in understanding and said, "Sir, if you don't mind I would like to invite my team to join the call. This way we can all discuss your various requirements from hairstyle to fashion to props."
Abby was only going to such lengths because she believed Bob was a customer with deep pockets based on what he said. Her thoughts were simple. She believed as long as she managed to turn Bob into a regular, their small establishment would have an easier time ahead.
"No, let's not drag it anymore. I need a doll, do you have any in stock?" Ace rejected Abby, losing his patiences. She might have all the time in the world but he did not.
"Sir, Did your friend not inform you that we only do custom jobs and do not have ready-made dolls?" Abby replied with a frown.
"I thought you would have a few of your bestselling dolls in stock," Ace replied.
"No, Sir, We don't," Abby replied shaking her head.
"Do you have any that you prepared for other customers? I will pay you double," Ace offered eagerly.
There was a reason why Ace was acting as such. It was the waiting period to get a custom-made doll. It takes the Oracle Doll Makers anywhere from three to eight weeks to make a doll after a customer places the order by paying in full.
Ace heard Danny talk about the waiting period but he did not take it seriously until Dame Wasp checked their website and customer reviews. All their customers had only one issue with them and it was the wait period. This was why Ace and Dame Wasp did not further discuss who their new teammate should be after returning from the Mart. They decided to go with the available one as long as it met their requirements.
This was also why Ace wanted to play nice and slowly grease Abby but seeing that she was sincerely attending to him he decided to ditch the charade and come clean even at the risk of coming off as a wealthy spoiled jerk.
"Double?" A female voice sounded from Abby's background, soon she peeped from behind her entering the screen. She was of similar age as Abby, and introduced herself, "Hi, Bob. I am Emily, Are you serious about paying double?"
"Yes, as long as I like the doll, I will pay double or even more cause I really need the doll soon. If possible by today. Think of it as if a life depended on it," Ace said trying to convey his urgency to the doll makers. He was not worried about them overcharging him. He only cared about getting a quality doll that would fit his requirements as fast as possible. He could always earn more money but he could not get the lost time back.
"Sir, that is not possible—" Seeing Abby was about to reject him Ace interrupted her saying, "I have transferred $50,000 in cryptocurrency to the cryptocurrency wallet listed on your website. Consider it as a down payment."
"Sir, things don't work like that around here—"
"Shut up, Abby, he really did send the money," Emily interrupted Abby showing her the cryptocurrency credited to their wallet on her phone. Then, turning to face Bob she said, "Dear customer, I will now list you the dolls we have in our workshop ready to ship, please select the one you like. If you live nearby we will personally deliver it to your home."
Emily showed such a drastic change in her attitude because not just anybody could transfer $50,000 without receiving any form of guarantee, that too in cryptocurrency. This led her to believe that Bob's pocket was deeper than she previously assumed. She would always welcome such customers over those who haggled over pennies.
Listening to her response, Ace finally understood the words, 'Money makes the world go 'round.'