Chapter 31: The Banquet of Lapse and Gold
On Saturday, Wang Gaofei lived up to expectations and brought three invitations. Early in the morning, Fan Li and Jialan sat on the side of the street waiting for Wang Gaofei. Fan Li wore a suit borrowed from a friend today, it is a A goods, you can't see Ni Duan if you don't look carefully, Jialan is wearing a bareback dress, and the tattoos on the left and right arms are obvious. At nine o'clock, Wang Gaofei drove a Mercedes-Benz and ran over with a driver, saying that he was going to such a banquet, and if he didn't make it a little more high-end, it would arouse suspicion, so he stole the car from home, and the driver was an employee of his father.
Kai Xuan, Xiao Yun, Xiao Xiao and Chu Jianghe stepped on the spot near the Yiren Club where the Qingjin Banquet was located as planned, and Chu Jianghe had already blacked out the nearby cameras and was always observing Boss Jin's movements.
In the car, Fan Li recalled what Jialan told him yesterday, he looked absent-minded, and even forgot to take the invitation card handed over by Wang Gaofei.
"When you get to that place, you all behave elegantly, the rich people here are very capable of pretending, don't look at the tigers and tigers in private, they are all masters of pretending to be high-minded on the scene." Wang Gaofei reminded. "By the way, Fan Li, your surname is Wang, your name is Wang Xiaocao, and you say that you are my business friend."
Fan Li nodded, he glanced at Jialan, Jialan thighed, revealing a plastic dagger, and then nodded at Fan Li.
Walking out of the car door, Fan Li was almost stunned by this magnificent hotel, he really felt the feeling of Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. There are dazzling luxury cars parked around, and there is a man in a suit next to each car, and everyone is like walking the red carpet from getting off the bus to entering the hotel. He greedily glanced at the surrounding scene, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a person, who was very familiar, he couldn't say his name for a while, so he turned to Wang Gaofei's ear and asked.
"That's the mayor's secretary." Wang Gaofei explained. "Don't talk too much for a while, just listen to me."
Follow the guide of the man in the suit to the door, two men with sunglasses are guarding the door, one of them is holding a scanning stick, carefully scanning everyone up and down, left and right, but his scanning technique is very special, the person who is swept does not feel the touch at all, the other holds the card machine, put Fan Li's card on it, and then the two respectfully bow to him, Fan Li's life is so big or the first time someone has bowed to him so deeply, I can't help but be happy, Jialan behind him pushed him hard.
"Don't be sassy." She said.
Entering the hotel, someone brought champagne to him, Wang Gaofei took a glass, and then threw two hundred yuan on the plate, Fan Li also wanted to learn from him, and then thought that he didn't have two hundred yuan on him, so he endured it. The hotel is resplendent with a huge mural that dominates most of Fan Li's view, followed by several large crystal clear chandeliers on the ceiling.
"If this thing falls, it can kill four of them." Fan Li looked up at the chandelier and whispered to Jialan on the side.
"Don't talk nonsense."
Under the transparent floor of the hall are gold-colored turtles and gold-colored catfish, with colorful stones as a backdrop.
"These are all gems donated by the tycoons, and this road is called the 'Rich Road'." Wang Gaofei explained to Fan Li on the side. "It is said that the little people who have walked this road will be promoted and raised."
"This group of tycoons is really kind, and they also designed such a road for the little people."
"Kindness? They are just showing off their wealth in disguise, in this era, money is strength, they want to tell you that your so-called success can't escape their control. ”
Walking through the hall and coming to the dinner, Fan Li found that each table was placed with different decorations, as if used to divide the ranks, and the tables were all white stone tables, which looked very high-grade. The waiter placed the plate directly on the stone table, ignoring the grease staining the smooth surface. Under Wang Gaofei's suggestion, Fan Li and Jialan sat down beside him, and as soon as they sat down, two good-looking waiters walked out behind them, each wearing low-cut dresses, and put down three dictionary-thick menus for them, and then retreated to stand one meter away from the chairs.
Fan Li looked around and found that there were two beauties standing next to each table, and when he saw these women, he thought of Ye Yuning's subordinates, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"Don't look at it, big brother." Wang Gaofei buzzed in his ear. "Don't let people think you're a hillbilly."
Fan Li turned his head and looked at Jialan, at this time she was flipping through the menu, he also picked up the menu, and found that the dishes in it were marked with sky-high prices, and the zero in the back dazzled him. He glanced at the pictures a few times, most of them were lobsters, abalone or game, and then turned back, there were desserts, steak pasta, and then flipped, and even local dishes such as Northeast stew, Ba Meng stew, and Lanzhou ramen, which are different from the local dishes on the market, this bowl of Lanzhou ramen costs 6,000 yuan, and a stew costs 24,000 yuan, which is really an unimaginable price.
"This is to serve different people, you can have all the dishes you want here, and even if you don't have them, you will send someone to deliver them immediately." Wang Gaofei whispered to Fan Li. Fan Li looked at the menu and shook his head, it is easy to make money from rich people, a simple dish can earn tens of thousands, is it worthless in this era?
With a ding dong, Fan Li took out his mobile phone, and there was a line of small words written on it - "Boss Jin is here." ”
When they came, Wang Gaofei had already found Boss Jin's license plate number, and Chu Jianghe and they stepped on the outside to do this, otherwise Fan Li and they would have to guess who Boss Jin was through his face. After a while, five bald men in sunglasses appeared at the door, and then, a man in his sixties walked into the hotel, and as soon as he entered the door, the waitress on the side hurriedly greeted him with the menu, he waved his hand and threw out a sentence.
"It's the same old way."
Boss Jin sat in the front seat in the middle, after he arrived, other big money also entered the seat, Fan Li understood this time, this design is similar to the seat position at the concert, the neatly arranged table in the middle is the infield, and the semicircle next to it is the outfield, you can see the difference in status at a glance, and the number of waiters is also different, each table in the infield is four waiters stationed, and the outfield is two, which is clearly **naked discrimination.
After the major bosses sat down, a host-like man walked up to the front stage, said a wonderful opening remark, and then briefly introduced the process of the banquet. Today was actually full, Fan Li carefully looked at the people nearby to see if there were any celebrities he knew, but found that there was no one he knew.
Jialan looked at Boss Jin carefully, this guy didn't look like a big guy on the surface, and he was dressed as usual as the sixty-year-old man on the street, which could be described as a real person. Five of his bodyguards stood behind him, each with an electric baton pinned to his waist, and Jialan guessed that they should have hidden pistols under their clothes, because guns were not legal, and they should not have the guts to even show their guns.
She continued to scan her surroundings and whispered in Fan's ear.
"It's not easy to get close to Boss Jin, he has eyeliner arranged around him, I guess these service ladies have problems, they shouldn't be ordinary people, this time we can be regarded as entering the Longtan Tiger's Den."
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger." Fan replied. He just said this, and he had already played a small drum in his heart, and he was usually not very afraid when he stole spirits, that was because he was familiar with the mechanisms in the tomb and had countermeasures, but here, he was completely unfamiliar with the eyes of those big money, and he didn't know the secret words between them, so naturally he didn't know the hidden murderous intentions.
The auction before the dinner began, Fan Li saw two beautiful women wearing cheongsams walking up to the stage with a plate-like thing, and a gold-edged red cloth was covered with it, when they walked to the middle of the stage, the beauty on the right suddenly lifted the red cloth, only to see a huge ruby displayed in front of him, causing a burst of amazement in the audience, and among these people, the most surprised was Fan Li, he looked at the ruby and was speechless, wasn't that the ruby he had seen in the hidden capital? At that time, I thought that such a treasure would definitely end up on the black market if someone took it, but sure enough, whatever I said was what it was.
"What's wrong?" Wang Gaofei noticed Fan Li's abnormality.
"No, no, I just think this stone is too big."
"Don't look at it, it's not our goods, it's all bought by those rich people." Wang Gaofei tapped Fan Li's shoulder, suggesting that he tasted these delicious meals, but Fan Li's mood was not there.
"This thing is from the Netherlands?" was annoyed, Jialan's voice floated from the side, Fan Li looked at Jialan and nodded.
"Looks like someone went in after us."
"Maybe something came out with it, or ...... The thing in the hidden capital is not the same as this, but there is a connection. Fan Li said, Jialan didn't understand Fan Li's words, looking at her incredible expression, he suddenly remembered that Jialan didn't know that Brother Jiu had come back to life, and a lot of things were entangled in her during this time, and she forgot to tell Jialan such an important news.
"Two days ago, this kid and I met Brother Jiu, and he may have been affected by the things in the hidden capital." Fan Li leaned into Jialan's ear and whispered.
The host did not let the guests present ask for the price, but after showing it, he was carried down by the two service ladies, Fan Li felt strange, so he asked Wang Gaofei again.
"You didn't see the sign shown by Boss Jin, that means that the venue is chartered, that is to say, no matter how much the people present bid, he will buy it at twice the price, everyone present knows that Boss Jin is a person with face, and no one wants to tear his face with him because of a stone."
"Next, please invite the kitchen god of the lost city to bring you a full banquet of the new Manchu Han, please feel free to taste it."
After the host finished saying this, a column of waitresses came out on the right side, Fan Li was still asking Wang Gaofei for the rules of the auction, only to feel that Jialan slapped herself hard, and then pointed to the service lady at the front of the queue, Fan Li looked at it, it was Ye Yuning, she had said before that she was the chef of this banquet, and Fan Li didn't think there was anything strange. It's just that Boss Jin looked Ye Yuning up and down with a look in his eyes that made him hate it.
"Boss Jin, please use it slowly!" Today, Ye Yuning is wearing a red cheongsam, with her hair coiled behind her head, and a hosta inserted like a woman in ancient times. She performed a court salute in front of Boss Jin, and Boss Jin was happy when she saw it.
"It's worthy of Miss Ye, not only is the food well done, but also the people look like the country and the city, I just heard about your beauty before, this time I saw it, it was really a sinking fish and a goose, and the moon was shy and shy of flowers, dare to ask Miss Ye if she could dance after dinner?"
"Of course, of course, Boss Jin spoke, that is my blessing, and the juniors dare not refuse." Although Fan Li couldn't hear what she was saying, looking at her disgusting appearance, he only felt his heart sink, and a kind of disappointment and loss arose.
"Then Boss Jin is going to uncover the rules of your girlfriend." Jialan patted Fan Li's shoulder.
"Ye Yuning is your girlfriend?" Hearing Jialan's words, Wang Gaofei's first reaction was this, but Fan Li wondered how Jialan heard their conversation at such a distance, could it be that she learned lip language?
Fan Li withdrew his gaze from Jialan's face to other places, and found that many people around him were looking at him, including Boss Jin and Ye Yuning at the front, at this time, Ye Yuning was staring at him with wide eyes, looking like "Why are you here". Fan Li reacted at this time, Wang Gaofei reacted too excitedly just now, so that he couldn't control his voice, attracting the audience.