Chapter 1051 — Still Fleecing Him
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"Five hundred thousand?" Five hundred thousand just for the minimum charge? Wu Chengtian was taken aback. This restaurant was ruthless! He had only brought ten million with him; after setting up Xiao Wangba's company and buying the car, over a million was gone, leaving him just over eight million. And now a single meal would wipe out five hundred thousand — wasn't that a touch too much?
In Wu Chengtian's original estimation, a country backwater like Songshan City was worlds apart from Yanjing. However expensive the hotel, a meal would cost thirty or fifty thousand at the very most — how much dearer could it get? The eight-odd million in his hands was enough to let him show off several times over. But now it appeared the situation was a little different!
The waiter, hearing Wu Chengtian fall silent after saying "five hundred thousand," assumed he thought five hundred thousand too little, and hastily added, "Of course, a five-hundred-thousand meal hardly shows off sir's distinction. After all, there are only four of you this time — even the most expensive dishes wouldn't run to that much..."
"Of course, of course!" Seeing the waiter change her tune, Wu Chengtian relaxed at once. This waiter really did have an eye — she had noticed that he thought five hundred thousand steep? Perfect: let her be the one to say it, and he would not lose face!
What she said was quite right — there were only four of them, they could not eat that much, and even the priciest dishes would not come to much money!
Wu Chengtian was gloating when he heard the waiter go on: "Even if all four of you ordered bird's nest, shark's fin, abalone and sea cucumber, five hundred thousand would be the absolute ceiling! So I would recommend sir apply for a VIP card here. For a deposit of just five hundred thousand, you would enjoy VIP treatment — you could reserve the Crystal Palace at any time, no private room would have a minimum charge, and every dish would come at a twenty percent discount! That is VIP-exclusive, you know!"
This VIP card seemed to offer benefits and discounts, but what it really conferred was a VIP's privileged status! So in the eyes of the truly wealthy, it was not a slight but a mark of the extraordinary rights they alone enjoyed!
Besides, not everyone could put down five hundred thousand for a dining card. And those who could afford to — once they were in the Crystal Palace, who would have the nerve to order cheap dishes? A few-thousand-yuan meal would be too embarrassing to eat in the Crystal Palace!
"Huh?" Wu Chengtian was dumbstruck. Five hundred thousand? For a VIP card? Was she out of her mind? He already thought five hundred thousand a great deal, and now suddenly five hundred thousand more? What a rip-off!
But he had come out today to build his image and show off; if he flinched at the mention of five hundred thousand, all the image he had built would be for nothing. So for now he could only grit his teeth and tough it out: "Mm, five hundred thousand is a trifle. Only, my business keeps me too busy — I'll hardly eat in Songshan more than a few times. Once I've bought this five-hundred-thousand card, I'd probably use it once and then never know where I'd left it!"
Wu Chengtian's subtext was: hurry up and take us to the private room. I don't care about discounts or no discounts; what I chiefly fear is trouble. Even if I buy the card, I won't be able to come eat!
"I see..." The waiter nodded, suspecting nothing, though she felt a little disappointed — after all, she got a share of the commission for every card sold.
"Brother Chengtian, why not buy a card and then give it to me? You're not in Songshan City, but I am — I'll eat up the rest of the money for you! Five hundred thousand may be nothing to you, but to me it's very much something!" Feng Xiaoxiao spoke up again, and at that Wu Chengtian very nearly rolled his eyes.