Chapter 274: A la carte
After the economic take-off of Yinan, not only many foreign developers came to invest, but also many foreign restaurants settled in Yinan and successfully opened a number of branches. Among them, Night Paris is one of the most famous western restaurants in Yinan.
From only operating Chinese food in the past to the current blooming of a hundred flowers, the biggest change in Yinan is naturally the economic situation. After the per capita income reached the upper level of the Dragon Kingdom, people's tastes were no longer limited to Chinese food, and more often they were willing to experience exotic food and enjoy exotic atmospheres at high prices.
The style and decoration of Night Paris and other Western restaurants are roughly the same, the only difference is that from the boss manager to the cashier waiter, they are all local people from France, giving a kind of supreme enjoyment in a foreign restaurant when they come to eat, and there will be a wonderful feeling that the dragon country people are people.
Due to its luxurious decoration style, first-class service attitude, and its selection of ingredients are very exquisite, its consumer price is also higher than many Western restaurants of the same level. However, despite this, there are still so many customers who go to Paris for night meals that it is often necessary to book a seat in advance, so you can have a meal in Paris at night and brag about it in front of your friends.
Yang Yi and Qian Yuanyuan took a taxi to Night Paris, and they could see that it was full through the floor-to-ceiling window, but most of the guests were more reserved, talking and laughing quietly, for fear that their words and deeds would affect the image of the people of the Dragon Kingdom. The sound of the piano can be faintly heard, and with the soft lighting, the atmosphere of the whole restaurant is good.
"This is it?" Yang Yi still remembers the last time he ate here, because of Jin Ruoxi's wonderful piano skills, it caused unnecessary trouble, although the trouble was finally solved, but it will never be a pleasant memory.
Qian Yuanyuan nodded honestly and said, "It should be here!" She took out her phone to check the address, and finally confirmed: "Yes, yes, this is the place!" There he is! She pointed to a table in the corner of the dining room, next to which sat a boy with an exaggerated hairstyle, about the same age as Qian Yuanyuan, but with a much more mature face than his peers. Indeed, as Qian Yuanyuan said, this boy is quite handsome, and he is also very well-dressed, with a well-fitting brand-name casual clothes, he really looks like a child of a family.
"You go in first, I'll call!" Yang Yi deliberately set aside Qian Yuanyuan and was about to make a call to Lu Jinxue, the matter had reached a very urgent moment, and he had to help Lu Jinxue defend his love. If Qian Yuanyuan really threw herself into the arms of this boy named Xu Lixing, Lu Jinxue might have nothing to love in her life.
Qian Yuanyuan didn't doubt him, so she went in by herself. And after she sat down, Commander Yang took out the phone and called Lu Jinxue, and immediately said, "Classmate Lu, I heard that you like a generous and beautiful girl, right?" ”
Lu Jinxue didn't expect Yang Yi to call him to ask this question, and he was stunned for a long time before he stumbled: "You...... How do you know? ”
"If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do!" Yang kept running to the topic: "Is the girl you like Qian Yuanyuan?" Hey! Coincidentally, I happened to run into her on a date with someone else! ”
"What?" Lu Jinxue exclaimed in disbelief on the other side of the phone: "She's dating someone else? No way! Usually I don't see her having too much contact with that guy at all! ”
Yang Yi laughed and said, "That means that you don't pay enough attention to her, and she has done a pretty good job of secrecy!" Let's tell you the truth! Now I'm looking at them from outside the restaurant, men and women, very compatible, words and deeds are even more intimate, it seems that your relationship is about to end before it has even begun. ”
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and finally Lu Jinxue said bitterly: "Since she likes others, then I can only bless her." I don't have to get her if I like someone, as long as she is doing well and living happily, I am very satisfied. His tone was not only bitter, but even pathetic, like a great poet watching his girlfriend fall into the arms of others.
"It's not promising!" Yang Yi scolded: "Is this what Lao Tzu taught you? What is she doing well and you are satisfied? This is a bridge that can only be found in TV movies! It's an excuse that only cowards and losers in love use! A real man should be used to pursue his own love, and if there are any obstacles in front of him, he must strive to clear them! Until you have love! After a pause, his voice softened a little, and he persuaded: "I know that you are still a little inferior in front of her. She is young and beautiful, Bing Xue is smart, generous and enthusiastic, and has good academic performance, not to mention her popularity in the class. But you always have to believe in one sentence - Lai Han climbs the golden branch, and the seemingly noble and sacred and inviolable goddess is finally planted in the hands of Lai Han, are you willing to give up like this? Seeing her and others talking to me? ”
"That'...... So what should I do? Lu Jinxue didn't notice that Yang Yi compared himself to Lai Han, and said with a smile: "The man she likes must be rich and handsome, how can I compete?" It's better to forget it! ”
"Count the balls!" Yang Yi said angrily: "No one in this world is absolutely fair, and if you want to get anything, you have to work your own!" No more nonsense! I'm in Paris at night, come here quickly, or don't come at your own risk!" After speaking, he hung up the phone and stopped talking nonsense with Lu Jinxue, a timid stupid person.
Holding half of the Tianxiu, Commander Yang swaggered into the night Paris, and the waiter at the door stopped him directly, and said with a smile: "This gentleman is sorry, there are rules in our store, and those who are not disheveled are forbidden to enter, not to mention that you are still smoking, we are not allowed to smoke here!" ”
Yang Yi was too lazy to engage in a battle of words, took out a dragon coin with a face value of ten yuan, stuffed it into the other party's hand, and at the same time pushed the other party away and walked in with a swagger.
The waiter pinched the huge amount of ten yuan rewarded by Yang Yi, and couldn't laugh or cry. The divorced-looking man was more powerful than he could have imagined, and a seemingly random push almost broke his spine against the wall. As a waiter, he naturally knew that this kind of person was unprovoked, so he simply turned a blind eye and treated it as if he didn't see it.
"Yuanyuan!" Yang Yi saw Qian Yuanyuan chatting happily with the boy from afar, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and he hurriedly greeted loudly: "Why are you here?" All the guests in the restaurant, whether chatting or talking, deliberately lowered their voices, and when he shouted so loudly, everyone looked at him, and then looked at his dress and the half-cut Tian Xiu on his mouth, all of them showed disdainful expressions.
"Brother!" Although Qian Yuanyuan lacked relevant experience, fortunately, she reacted relatively quickly, and got up to cooperate as soon as Yang spoke, with a surprised expression on her face, but her expression was a little stiff, on par with a third-rate actor, and said, "Why did you come here?" ”
Fortunately, Xu Lixing didn't carefully observe the details of Qian Yuanyuan's expression at all, otherwise it would not be difficult to see how fake her acting was, and after looking Commander Yang up and down, a contemptuous smile flashed in her eyes: "Yuanyuan? Do you know this person? ”
Qian Yuanyuan said 'um' and nodded: "He is my cousin, we haven't seen each other for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet here!" Brother, sit down! ”
Hearing Qian Yuanyuan's explanation, and hearing Yang Yi sit down, Xu Lixing obviously showed an unhappy look on his face, and reluctantly smiled: "Since it is Yuanyuan's brother, let's have a meal together!" The tone was full of condescension and charity, as if he was calling Hanako.
Yang Yixiang ignored the other party's tone and tone, sat down in a big way, and nodded: "It's okay!" It just so happened that I was hungry and had no money on me! That's right! Yuanyuan, is this your boyfriend? Looks pretty handsome! It's as good as me! ”
Qian Yuanyuan didn't know what Yang Yi meant, so she pretended not to hear it, and lowered her head to cut the steak in front of her.
Xu Lixing automatically ignored the first half and the second half of Yang Yi's words, reluctantly accepted Yang Yi's 'sycophancy', the unhappiness on his face was a little less, and he nodded: "Since it is Yuanyuan's brother, it can be regarded as my brother, just order whatever you want, you're welcome!" After all, you've never been to this kind of place, so you can go back and blow it off with your friends after you eat more! ”
He didn't know the true identity of Yang Yi as the commander of the arsenal, the arsenal dominated the north of the city, and now even the west of the city was divided into the jurisdiction and the like, and the rest of the work was to gradually stabilize the somewhat chaotic situation, and then wipe out the remaining remnants of the ancient dynasty. On the two boundaries of the north and west of the city, both collective and private, as long as it is a business place, will pay the management fee to the arsenal on time, including this restaurant in Paris. If the owner of this night Paris is here, he will definitely be respectful to Yang. No matter what Yang Yi eats or drinks, he will definitely serve it with both hands flatteringly, and he will not charge a penny.
When Paris first opened its store in Yinan the night before, many ruffians and hooligans would come to the door to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and the purpose was naturally to carry out extortion. The boss called the police several times, but each time he was arrested and closed for a period of time, and then after being released, he intensified his door-to-door nuisance, which made the boss very annoyed. In the end, after a friend introduced the senior management of the arsenal, he paid the management fee on time every month, and since then those ruffians have never appeared again as if they had disappeared, and from then on, Commander Yang was a god-like existence in the boss's heart.
Yang Yi smiled slightly, pretending to be grateful, and beckoned to the waiter next to him: "Trouble the menu!" My sister's boyfriend is going to invite me to dinner! ”
The foreign waiter at the bottom of the society understood that he was very blind to this kind of person who was a little rich and plain-dressed, and he was very arrogant, so he hurriedly sent the menu to Yang Yi, copied a fluent Longguo dialect, and said maliciously: "Is it the first time for Mr. to come to our restaurant?" Do you need to recommend some of our new dishes and specialties to you? ”
Yang Yi threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, and said with a smile: "Great! I'm not very familiar with foreign cuisine, so I couldn't have better with your help! By the way, my sister's boyfriend is very generous, don't order too cheap dishes, otherwise he will lose face! ”
This book was first published in Reading Book Worm