Chapter 456: The Secret in the Ordering Machine
After waiting for the meal for a while, the dishes began to be served, at first the cold dishes came up, and then the hot dishes also came up slowly, and soon the whole table was filled, and the plates of various shapes just filled completely.
Liu Chen is quite satisfied with their service speed, but he also knows in his heart that the dishes ordered today are almost the same here, although there are only 12 dishes.
"Eat, don't wait for the rest of the dishes. Liu Chen picked up the knife and fork, cut a piece of steak and handed it to Li Rongfei's plate.
Li Rongfei picked up Liu Chen's steak with a fork, put it in her mouth and asked while chewing, "Aren't they serving the other dishes?"
Liu Chen lowered his head and smiled lightly, and said: "Definitely won't go up, haven't they already given us vaccinations before, how much can they go on, this is their limit, after all, there are so many other guests." ”
"In this case, those dishes that haven't been served should be able to be returned, right?" Li Rongfei has been thinking about how not to waste them, to be honest, she is looking forward to being able to return other dishes, thousands of yuan.
Liu Chen understood Li Rongfei's thoughts, but now he just wanted to enjoy the meal for the two of them, "Let's talk about it later, eat first." ”
On this occasion, there should have been red wine to accompany her, but Li Rongfei couldn't drink because she had to continue classes in the afternoon, thinking that the red wine here was really good, Liu Chen decided to pack a few bottles and go home to drink at night, and he called the waiter over.
It was the waiter who came in, and Liu Chen said to her, "You help pack me five bottles of the best red wine here." ”
The waiter bent down and asked respectfully: "The best red wine we have here has a unit price of more than 10,000 yuan, sir, do you really want to buy it?"
Liu Chen was not happy when he heard this, "Are you afraid that I won't be able to afford it?"
"No, no, I'm just letting you know in advance. ”
At this time, Li Rongfei dissuaded on the side: "Liu Chen, don't buy red wine, if you really want to drink, don't you just go to the Starlight Bar?"
Looking at Li Rongfei's eager eyes that were almost pleading, Liu Chen was not too stubborn, so he accepted Li Rongfei's opinion, waved his hand at the waiter and said, "Okay, okay, let's not care about the wine first, by the way, why haven't our other dishes come up yet?"
"Oh oh oh, I'll take a look. The waiter was embarrassed by the question, and hurriedly found an excuse to run out.
During the meal, Li Rongfei asked about a reality that Liu Chen needed to face, "When are you going to meet your family?"
"A little longer. Liu Chen replied while eating.
Li Rongfei stopped the knife and fork in her hand, was silent for a while, and said, "Today you let Director Yi of our school see it, and soon the whole school will know, and that Xiaomei will inevitably know, do you think it's good to hide it from her like this?"
Speaking of Xiaomei, Liu Chen suddenly felt distressed, he remembered that when he gave Li Rongfei a gift at the school gate before, he saw Xiaomei come out of the school and walk to the bus stop alone to take the bus, at that time, she was full of sadness, for Liu Chen, who has always regarded her as his dearest sister and never let her suffer the slightest grievance, he has never dared to recall this scene, and even deliberately forgot it, this time Li Rongfei mentioned it again, so he had to face it.
"Then when do you think I should go back?" Liu Chen had already had a plan in his heart before, but at this moment he wanted to hear Li Rongfei's opinion.
Li Rongfei replied with a serious face: "I feel that it won't be long before the entire people in the river will know that you are still alive, and when the time comes, your practice of hiding your identity to protect your family will be meaningless, so I think it's time to go back." ”
Li Rongfei's suggestion did not surprise Liu Chen, he was just giving himself one more reason, Li Rongfei's opinion was actually deeper into his heart, so he agreed without thinking about it: "Okay, I'll listen to you, then...... Will you accompany me when I go back?"
Li Rongfei covered her mouth slightly shyly and smiled, "Okay, if you want, I'll go back with you, I haven't seen my uncle and aunt for a long time." ”
Liu Chen was very happy that Li Rongfei could go back with him, he thought that he must be sad to go back alone to face his family, but with Li Rongfei, it would be a happy reunion at that time, thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a bright smile, nodded and said: "Then these days, see when you are free, let's go back together." ”
"Yes, yes. ”
This is not a planned event, but it is a very important thing in Liu Chen's heart, and it is faintly uncomfortable in his heart, but now that he has reached a consensus with Li Rongfei, Liu Chen is relaxed for a while.
Liu Chen's mood is reflected in his demeanor, he eats a lot of food, he doesn't look like he eats Western food at all, in front of Li Rongfei, he never cares too much about his image, it can also be said that in front of Li Rongfei, he always shows his truest side.
Li Rongfei saw Liu Chen's appearance, angry and funny, "Eat slowly, and no one will rob you." ”
After spending a good lunch time in a pleasant atmosphere, Liu Chen took Li Rongfei to the front desk to check out, and the store manager was also busy at the front desk.
"What about the other dishes?" Liu Chen didn't answer the store manager's words directly, but asked in a seemingly casual tone.
The word embarrassment was immediately written on the store manager's face, and he said in embarrassment: "Sorry sir, there are so many dishes you ordered just now, we can't keep busy at all, and the other dishes are still being prepared." ”
Liu Chen was not moved by the store manager's embarrassment, he said with a cold face: "It has been at least twenty minutes after those dishes have been served, and none of them have been served, why?"
The store manager stood behind the counter and explained to Liu Chen: "Because we have been busy with your dishes before, and after serving some of them, we also need to take care of other customers, so it is impossible for the entire restaurant to serve you only one table." ”
Although the store manager told a fact, Liu Chen refused to accept this statement, and he said confidently: "Isn't it true that you have the money to recognize the uncle here? I order the most dishes and consume the most, so I should be given priority to serve me." ”
"But...... But you ordered 48 dishes, how could a normal person order so many dishes. ”
"Listen to what you mean, we are not normal people, right?" Liu Chen stepped forward and was very dissatisfied with the store manager's words.
The store manager hurriedly waved his hand in defense: "I didn't mean that. ”
Liu Chen asked forcefully, "Then what do you mean, why don't you continue to serve us food?"
Li Rongfei pulled Liu Chen's arm on the side and whispered, "Forget it, don't make trouble." ”
Liu Chen gently pulled Li Rongfei's hand away and continued to stare at the store manager angrily.
The store manager was also a little annoyed and angry at Liu Chen's approach, he felt that he had been humiliated by Liu Chen in public, so he pulled his tight neckline and said, "Sir, if you are like this, I can only think that you are deliberately here to make trouble." ”
Liu Chen snorted lightly and said, "I don't care what you think, in short, you must give me a statement that satisfies me." ”
"What do you want?"
"That's up to you. ”
The store manager thought for a while and said, "Let's do it, we won't continue to do the dishes you ordered, how about giving you a 20% discount on tonight's consumption?"
Liu Chen sighed, shook his head with a disappointed tone and said, "Store manager, I see that you still don't see what the problem is, it's not a matter of money." ”
The manager asked, "What's the problem?"
Liu Chen's face suddenly became very angry, he pointed to the store manager's nose and said loudly: "This is China, you are also Chinese, don't think that this is a foreign country just because this store is opened by a foreigner, why treat it differently?"
"What kind of difference? I don't understand what you mean. The manager scratched his head and replied.
Liu Chen saw that the store manager was pretending to be stupid there, and directly pointed out: "I just walked around, foreigners have paper towels on the table, and Chinese do not have paper towels to provide." ”
The store manager is really an old fritter, his face is not red and his heart is not beating, and he calmly explained: "This is because of different consumption levels, their consumption is higher, and they will naturally have better service." ”
"Paper towels are the most basic package, what does this have to do with the level of consumption? And this price, although it was swept away on the ordering machine just now, I still saw that you have two sets of prices here. ”
Now the store manager was a little panicked, and only the insiders knew about the price, so he denied it and said, "No...... No, don't talk nonsense, sir. ”
"Am I talking nonsense? Take out the ordering machine now and show me. Liu Chen saw the panic in the store manager's eyes, so he pressed it further.
The store manager continued to look for a reason, but in a hurry, he found a reason that was not very useful, "This ...... This ordering machine can only be operated by our waiters, not by guests. ”
"Really?" Liu Chen beckoned to the waiter who served his table just now and said, "Then come here, come, and now operate in front of me." ”
The waiter looked at the store manager, did not dare to move, the store manager was also embarrassed, he knew that once the starting point of the dining machine was operated, this matter would be exposed, and then it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the Chinese people, and domestic guests would be lost.
In order to avoid further escalation, the store manager's attitude quickly softened, and he whispered, "Sir, can we go to the reception room to discuss something?"
Liu Chen asked knowingly, "Go to the reception room to discuss?"
As soon as Liu Chen's words came out, his voice was very loud, many guests in the restaurant looked over here, and the manager's face suddenly turned red and green, and he was now as if he had been stripped naked by Liu Chen, embarrassed to accept the scrutiny of so many eyes in the restaurant.