"If the mobile you have mentioned exists, it can be found in MediaMarkt. It's a big store, get in, and we can get to that in about five minutes."
Danica smiled and opened the car door as she talked. Blanka, as usual, followed her sister and sat in the front passenger seat. Max, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow, his decision to follow Blanka was finally making sense.
She really knows this city well. Sigh!
I guess I have been too uptight and judgmental? I need to loosen up a bit, I can't have that 'orphan mentality' anymore. We need to grow up a lot, Maxi.
Shaking his head in his own realization, Max, seated inside, thought the car he was seated in didn't feel much like a car, it was too silent. The driver skill he got with experience came in with him driving electric ones too, but he didn't like it very much.
"You see that, Max? That's MediaMarkt. Let's see if we can find that phone of yours."
Max's eyes landed on the huge red store that was closing in, he felt a bit nervous. Never in his life has he entered a shop this big, he was not certain if paying with cash will be a good idea with how many people are there.
"I can pay with card, right?"
"Of course, this is one of the biggest stores in all of Germany, so let's go check if your device is available or not."
The place looked very vibrant. Max didn't want to use cash where card was the norm, and nobody carries such an amount in cash nowadays—sure, 100-200, but he has ten thousand on him.
I've to use it as an emergency and use it when it's proper.
With his €8.12 in his wallet and the luxurious card provided by the system, he walked out of the car. There was visible nervousness on his face because his clothes were not matching the city's vibe at all, his clothes were dull and ragged, while everyone looked decent and proper.
Clothes, I need to get clothes soon, I don't feel confident enough in this.
Blanka looked at Max and his fierce eyes, she felt like she was not repulsed at all by them because they were not looking at her at all, they were looking ahead, trying to solve some kind of problem or solve something for himself.
He's not like the rest of them, is he?
Shaking her head from the distraction, she walked ahead with her sister. Max trailed along, entering the shop. He was shocked, there were people everywhere, and tables full of phones. He guessed there were at least a hundred types of them.
The whole store looked like a tech world, with new packets hanging on the walls. There's so much new stuff there that he cannot fathom the world people live in now. What shocked him the most was the exchange counter.
Max thought he could get some good discount with his 7-year-old phone, but seeing people changing their almost new phones for even newer ones, he let that thought die in his head.
People are too rich here, back in the orphanage, I can't even dream of this.
"Hello, Ma'am, How can I help you today?"
"Not me. He needs a phone."
Danica took Max and Blanka to the sales support counter, where salespeople help you out if you need anything. Max felt like he was thrown under a bus all of a sudden, but he cracked his neck and stepped up.
"I need a phone, it's called Red Magic 11 Pro. Do you have it?"
"Y…Yes, we do have it."
The salesman was visibly shaken with how tall Max was, his presence behind the two beautiful women was almost nothing, but when he stepped up, he was scary.
"I need the one with liquid cooling, give me the biggest storage variant you have available."
The salesman nodded his head when he heard those terms, while both sisters looked with awe, they just understood he wanted something with good memory.
"Sir, We have 1TB variants available in our stock, which color would you like? Silver or Black "
"Black"
The salesman ran inside and came back fast with two new boxes in his hand, then his eyes landed on Danica's iPhone 17 Pro Max, then Max's old Xiaomi.
"S…Sir, If you don't mind, I can recommend another device that just landed in your warehouse.
"Oh? Tell me more about it."
Max, seeing the perspiring salesman suggest something to him, was interested in hearing him out, he was a person who was out to learn more, and a person working here in this giant store would know more than him, right?
"It's called Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, it's like the latest iPhone but better."
Hearing Max was interested, the salesman said something so weird that even both sisters' ears perked up, they also looked ahead and saw the salesman pulling out a device that looked almost the same as them but with a mini screen with the camera.
Max and the girls looked at the device with great interest, since he was currently a Xiaomi user, of course this device made him think twice about Red Magic. It was the latest and cheaper than an iPhone while surely durable, since his current device was still running.
"So, what if I buy both? How much will it cost me?"
"S…Sir, That's a fantastic idea, both are super beasts in terms of power and performance. This one, as you see, is the Munich and MediaMarkt Red Edition…"
"Name the price, man. I won't take it if you keep talking nonsense like this."
The salesman was on his sales pitch, but Max casually stopped him with a single hand gesture. Both sisters were also in a bit of shock, they didn't think Max was here to buy two phones.
Did he fall for the salesman's trick or something?
He's not dumb, he must've liked both phones.
Both sisters had two distinct ways of thinking. Danica wanted to say something, but Blanka gestured for her not to. In Blanka's eyes, Max was not a fool at all, he was doing what he thought was right for him.
"Sir, the total would be 2900€. , if we add the charger and cables with it, the grand total will be 3246€."
"Add a big Internet pack with them both, I'll be paying with a credit card."
"Of course, sir."
After twenty minutes, both sisters were quiet while Max was tapping on his new phones, both looked great. He plans on playing games on the Red Magic, which has liquid cooling, and casually using the 17 Pro Max for fun.