Chapter 1834 - 1920: Hotel Turmoil
After Su Xuan and Dong Jianwen left, Dong Jianwen expressed admiration.
"Brother, being a contractor in the Imperial Capital is really impressive, even the big boss bows and scrapes to you!"
"Ahem... Are you new here?"
Su Xuan asked curiously, as it wasn’t his first time at the construction site, and many people there knew he was the boss.
"Uh... I just arrived yesterday, brother, I’ve really embarrassed you. You see, I just came and got my foot smashed, you say my once agile skills have gone to waste!"
Dong Jianwen laughed.
"Haha, how about we practice sometime!"
"Practice, let’s practice. I’m a Sanda champion!" Dong Jianwen smiled, and at this point, Su Xuan had already taken Dong Jianwen to the Imperial Chef Restaurant. When the two entered the hotel, many people gave Su Xuan a contemptuous look, thinking these two laborers must’ve mistakenly walked into the wrong place.
"Gentlemen, do you have a reservation?"
At this moment, a sweet-looking young woman approached Su Xuan and said politely.
Su Xuan was quite satisfied, at least this waitress didn’t look down on people, though he just remembered he didn’t change clothes. But he never really cared much about his image, so he didn’t mind.
"Yes, in box 888!"
Su Xuan nodded at the young woman, unsure whether President Tang had deliberately arranged it or not, but didn’t care either.
"Alright, gentlemen, please follow me!"
The sweet young woman courteously led Su Xuan and Dong Jianwen to box 888, and then politely said,
"Gentlemen, please wait a moment, our waiter will be back to take your order!"
The sweet young woman was not a waiter, but just a receptionist.
"Brother, the service attitude here is really different. You don’t know, when I went to eat with Gousheng previously, we went to a three-star hotel. We ordered spicy fried pork and got despised to death. You say, isn’t doing business supposed to be open for profit, it’s not like we’re not paying!"
Dong Jianwen said softly.
"Haha, what you said makes sense. Actually, I think some hotels now just love to put on airs, looking down on people. You say, it’s just a meal, why so dismissive. Look at Taobao’s service, it’s so good, businessmen should behave like businessmen!"
Su Xuan wondered if the receptionist earlier was deliberately arranged by President Tang.
After a while, a woman in professional attire walked in. She looked around thirty, not bad, but lacked the pretty smile of the young woman before. She put a menu on the table and asked,
"Gentlemen, what would you like to order?"
"Brother, you order! We haven’t seen each other for years, just order, it’s on me!"
Su Xuan said happily.
"It’s so expensive, Su Xuan, let’s eat somewhere else. One dish here costs two to three thousand, my monthly salary is only 5,000 yuan, that’s almost gone with two dishes!"
Dong Jianwen quickly said, surprised at how expensive the menu at a true star-rated hotel could be.
Su Xuan mumbled internally, thinking Tang Zhenwei said no special treatment, yet there was such an expensive menu.
Actually, five-star hotels have cheap dishes too, but Su Xuan guessed it was Tang Zhenwei’s instructions. However, Su Xuan found it odd that the waiter acted like she had lost her father, with such a sour face.
"No worries, order away, I have money!"
Su Xuan said,
"Well... maybe you should order, I’m shocked by the prices!"
Dong Jianwen quickly said, Su Xuan took the menu, and indeed, it was all bear paw and abalone, Tang Zhenwei was too special, not a single cheap dish.
"Waiter, is there another menu?"
Su Xuan actually didn’t really like eating these things, although shark fin sounds fancy, it’s not tasty. Bear paw is similar to eating taro, not as good as spicy fried pork.
The waiter snorted coldly, disdainfully mocking, but Su Xuan didn’t notice, as he assumed this was arranged by Tang Zhenwei. In fact, Tang Zhenwei intended to make a good impression on Su Xuan, but he encountered an emergency meeting, turned off his phone, and didn’t inform this side.
"No!"
The waiter sneered internally, thinking these two bumpkins were really embarrassing.
"Brother, would you like a drink?"
Su Xuan thought since there wasn’t another menu, they might as well order these dishes, and let Dong Jianwen have a taste.
"Do you have Erguotou, waiter bring me two bottles of Erguotou!"
"No, our hotel’s cheapest wine starts at 1,888 yuan!" The waiter sneered disdainfully, thinking it’s really embarrassing to come here for Erguotou.
"What, so expensive!"
At that moment, Dong Jianwen, in his tension, broke a goblet, then said horrified,
"Sorry, really sorry!"
"Sorry, sorry doesn’t cut it, bumpkin, look at your shabby appearance, if you can’t afford it, don’t come to such places to embarrass yourself, 1,500 in compensation!"
The waiter said acidly.
"What did you say!"
Su Xuan was truly surprised, thinking there would be special treatment, but it turned out to be special indeed. Tang Zhenming said no special treatment, but Su Xuan naturally didn’t believe it, at first he thought the earlier person was arranged on purpose, but now it seems that’s not the case!
"What did I say, I said you bumpkins are really shabby, dithering over ordering, I ask you two big men aren’t you embarrassed, you belong to roadside stalls, yet dare to book box 888, do you know that’s for the upper society, you’re squatting on the toilet without taking a crap, isn’t it embarrassing!"
The waiter was extremely caustic, ranting away. His reasoning was simple, as a waiter in such star-rated hotels, he often received tips, especially in this luxurious box. This 888 box was a luxury box, he had received many benefits before.
Today there were two customers wanting to book this box, one being a big boss who had given him many tips before. However, before that boss arrived, box 888 was booked by Su Xuan. Naturally, that boss had manners and wouldn’t fight Su Xuan for it, so he told the front desk, and took another box, and the receptionist was changed to someone else, which made him very angry.
Seeing Su Xuan and Dong Jianwen still as laborers worsened his mood!