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MILLION DOLLAR BABY
12 Jul 2016 By David Fuhrmann-Lim
If you’re reading this, then you’re not the kind of person who would shell out US$2million for a dinner (said dinner includes helicopter ride and a diamond ring). So who exactly will spend that kind of money, and why?
If you’re phenomenally rich, like Panama Papers rich, and you wanted to splurge, here’s what you might spend on:
US$50 mil for a super yacht
US$30 mil for Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery collection
US$2.5 mil for Victoria’s Secret Fantasy Bra 2011
US$10 mil for Virgin Oceanic, Richard Branson’s underwater joyride
You get the drift. But maybe you’re feeling particularly skint, coming off a weekend of poker losses in the Caymans, and you’ve only got US$2 mil budgeted for dinner… how would you spend it?
In Singapore maybe? World of Diamonds/Ce La Vi’s $2,000,000 Dining Experience is definitely an option, and maybe the only one. (Unless you’re springing for a US$1.7 mil Bugatti Veyron and chilli crabs for everyone at Newton Hawker Centre).
Here’s what you’d get:
An eight-hour extravaganza starting with a 45-min helicopter ride, a chauffeured Rolls Royce ride, and a luxury private cruise. (It certainly beats Planes, Trains and Automobiles.)
Ce La Vi will be closed just for the occasion, to make space for the 10,000 roses laid out for you and your plus one (or bring your daughter if she scored some As recently). Against the 360-degree view an 18-course modern Asian degustation meal will be served. The quaffing list is deluxe, featuring 44- and 55-year-old vintage wines: 1988 Salon ‘S’ champagne; 2008 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru; 1996 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti; Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru; 1961 Chateau Haut-Brion, and 1972 Oremus Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos.
Wait. There’s more.
What’s in the box!?! (What’s in the box, indeed.)
It’s The Jane Seymour, a beyond rare 2.08 carat Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ring – yours! Presented at midnight, when the fireworks go off while you’re sipping on Louis XIII de Remy Martin Cognac. Bliss.
So there you have it, two million bucks, so make sure the live band isn’t doing Coldplay covers. Oh snap, there’s one catch: “The enchanting experience will only be sold to a qualified individual – at the discretion of both World of Diamonds Group and Cé La Vi.”
What’s stopping you? Enquire here: celavi@worldofdiamonds.tv
Cé La Vi Singapore, Marina Bay Sands SkyPark.
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