Chen Lu began to feel confused again. Even the family charity was the result of his father's decades of hard work.
What on earth should he do to make his life a little more valuable?
The next day.
When he went to work at the company, Zhang Qing specially brought him some homemade snacks from home.
It was a way to thank him for helping his daughter.
Zhao Kai also led his colleagues to applaud him.
"Chen Lu, I didn't expect you to be so capable. You really helped Sister Zhang Qing solve her child's illness."
"Yes, Chen Lu, you have been so quiet in the company, yet you have such great abilities."
"Chen Lu, I can't find a boyfriend. Do you want to be my boyfriend?"
"That's too much."
Zhao Kai quickly stepped forward to stop the excessive enthusiasm of those female colleagues. He actually knew that this was just a joke between colleagues.
But Su Xiaoxi had just given birth to a child, so this kind of joke was actually inappropriate.
"Chen Lu is married, and his wife is the most beautiful goddess in our school. Once you see Xiaoxi, you will know what it means to be stunningly beautiful."
"That's such a pity. He finally met a good man like Chen Lu, but he got married too young." said a good-looking girl wearing a pair of big glasses.
"It's a pity, but Chen Lu promised us yesterday to treat our colleagues to a dinner together. He didn't make it yesterday, so he can't break the promise again today."
"Okay... then let's go to the Undersea Dream together tonight."
The crowd was obviously stunned for a few seconds. I asked you to treat me to a meal, not to go to the underwater dream.
What level is that?
The most popular internet-famous restaurant in Shenzhen is not located on the main road, but is built on the seabed.
While eating, you might even encounter some big fish in the sea.
It was Zhao Kai who coughed first. "Chen Lu, it's just a meal. We don't need to go to such a fancy restaurant. It's not worth it for so many people."
"Yes, yes, just some hot pot and beer will be enough. Going to Huanmeng is still not suitable."
"I didn't even dare to look at that place for a second, for fear that my wife would go crazy and ask me to take her there to experience it."
"It's okay, you can bring your family if you want. I'll pay for it no matter how much it costs."
Chen Lu was not joking. He knew that he couldn't stay here for much longer.
Maybe after entertaining this guest, he will leave.
Before leaving, he still hoped to part ways amicably with these colleagues.
It would be great if there were still one or two people who remembered him after he left.
"Old Four, you're kidding, right? The average cost per person there starts at 10,000. With so many people in our department and their families, it would cost hundreds of thousands."
Zhao Kai pulled him aside and quietly reminded him that this was not a joke. If they all went, the bill would cost at least 500,000.
Five hundred thousand! His two years’ salary is not enough for this meal.
The annual salary of new employees is generally between 150,000 and 200,000 yuan.
Later, your income will continue to increase with the improvement of your work ability, performance appraisal and years of work.
It was difficult for him to earn 500,000 in the first two years.
"It's just a small amount of money. I also want to invite Xiaoxi to experience it there."
Today’s internet-famous restaurants are not like they used to be. You can take photos and check in at any place you like.
In this era, Internet celebrity restaurants are all built with real money.
For example, the Cliff Mountain Restaurant and the Undersea Dream have initial investments of more than 50 million.
It opens up your imagination and combines the young people's favorite ideas.
Only in this way can it be qualified as a Internet celebrity restaurant.
Small workshops can no longer hope to become internet-famous restaurants by relying on just one or two videos.
These colleagues said they didn't want to spend money, but when someone invited them and allowed them to bring their families, nearly a hundred people showed up by evening.
Half of them brought their families, and there were quite a few children.
Zhao Kai's face turned black. In the afternoon, he even went to the department's leader to remind him that he didn't want his colleagues to bring their families.
Chen Lu's invitation was well-intentioned, but it was a bit bullying if everyone brought their families.
There are nearly a hundred people. If there is no consumption restriction and they go to a place like Huanmeng, 500,000 will definitely not be enough, and even 1 million will not be enough.
"Fourth Brother, there are too many people here." Zhao Kai said worriedly.
"It's okay, it's more lively when there are more people. I can't stay here for a few days, so this is a good opportunity for us to get together."
"Why do you have to leave? Isn't it a good job here?"
"I have my reasons, and it's hard to tell you now."
Chen Lu said, "Xiaoxi should be here soon. Let's wait for her here for a while."
On the seaside highway, Chen Lu and Zhao Kai stood there waiting quietly.
When Su Xiaoxi appeared, she looked like a real goddess, and you couldn't tell at all that she was a young woman who had just given birth.
I just feel like this peerless woman came from nowhere.
She was wearing a red dress, her hair was flying, and she was wearing a pair of white Nike sneakers.
Tutu is still a young and beautiful girl full of youth.
"Xiao Xi..."
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I just took care of Xiao Wuyou and she fell asleep."
Su Xiaoxi explained, then took Chen Lu's arm and went to the Undersea Dream Restaurant with everyone.
They don't need to make reservations in advance to come to such places. Those so-called places require half a month or a month in advance to book a seat.
It's just a gimmick for ordinary people to show off.
According to the habits of these truly rich people, which restaurant would dare to require orders to be placed half a month in advance before you can eat?
Then basically not many people will go there to consume.
Except for ordinary people.
Are you kidding? It’s just a meal and you want me to accommodate your schedule. How is that possible?
Therefore, many of the booking models that are passed on by word of mouth are just to deceive ordinary people and make them want to give it a try.
After experiencing it, post it on your Moments to show off. This is probably the normal mentality of many fairies.
If you are really rich, even if you are wearing a small vest and flip-flops, the waiters there will treat you like a god.
In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a luxury restaurant and a must-visit place in life, but for Chen Lu and Su Xiaoxi, it is just a place where they go to have a simple meal.
As for the large number of people coming this time, it doesn’t matter.
Underwater restaurants have been very popular in recent years, not because the food is so delicious, but because of the novel environment.
Most people come here just for the environment.
If you really compare, it doesn’t taste much better than those roadside snacks that are particularly popular.
It was quite novel when I first came to such a place, and most people would unconsciously speak in a much lower voice.
The saying "a big store can cheat its customers" probably refers to this situation.
"Hello, Mr. Chen. The private room you reserved is ready. Would you like to order food or choose one of our group meals?"
When ordering food, everyone can order whatever they want, and the set meals keep the prices within an acceptable range.
Avoid embarrassing situations when you finally pay the bill.
Chen Lu took the menu and glanced at it briefly before saying, "Please order whatever you like. We'll also give each table a bottle of Moutai 1980s vintage and a bottle of Romanee-Conti."
The average price of an ordinary vintage of Romanee-Conti is around 200,000 yuan.
Special vintages like 1945 cost 3.7 million per bottle.
His second sister likes to drink this vintage the most, so there is no need to invite colleagues.
As for the price of Moutai 80-year-old liquor, it is also over 200,000 yuan per bottle.
It is blended with the award-winning wine from 1915. It is beautifully packaged in a Huanghuali wood box and comes with a 24K pure gold coin, ensuring excellent wine quality.
The two bottles of wine on each table alone are worth half a million.
"Xiao Chen, aren't you spending too much money like this?" The department leader couldn't help but remind him that he had never drunk this kind of wine, but that didn't mean he had never heard of it.
It looks very expensive at first glance, costing hundreds of thousands of yuan per bottle. I guess many people would like to buy it.
"It's okay. Thank you all for your care over the past few months."
The colleagues who followed were all quite surprised. They were already embarrassed to have brought so many people to eat for free.
Who knew he would also treat everyone to Romanee-Conti?
Only Su Xiaoxi chuckled, not surprised at all. She also reminded, "There are quite a few children here. Please serve some snacks that children in your restaurant like. Since we have served the wine, please don't drive later. We will arrange for someone to take everyone back."
She's taken good care of him.
When her colleagues saw her attitude, they just thought about it secretly.
Chen Lu finally married an extremely considerate wife, but she just doesn't know how to save money.
Somewhat spendthrift.
If he knew this about her newborn daughter, her grandfather would give her an ocean shopping mall worth over 24 billion.
I'm afraid no one will think this way anymore.
There is more to eating and drinking in daily life than just this.
Zhao Kai couldn't stop him, "Old Four, have you made a fortune?"
"Not really. I just made a little money last month trading stocks. You know, the stock market was pretty good last month."
"How much is this for you? Can it withstand your bullying?"
"Not much... maybe over 20 million!"
Chen Lu is okay at making small money, but he is obviously not so good at making big money.
At least she is a world away from her two sisters.
"Fuck... No wonder you dare to change jobs so easily."
Zhao Kai was extremely surprised. When did the fourth brother develop this skill to make money? He had never known about it.
Chen Lu really wanted to say that there was nothing exaggerated about the small amount of money he earned, as it was nothing compared to the small amount he had lost in the past.
Nearly a hundred people came here, and a total of eight tables were arranged, with 13 people at each table.
Since we didn't choose the set menu and had to order the dishes as we pleased, no one knew what to eat when we opened the menu.
None of the names of the dishes above are recognized by me. It seems that in a place like this, even the most common vegetable has to be given a high-sounding and fashionable name.
As for the price, it starts at 798 and goes up to 59800.
This is not the price of a table, but the price of a dish.
Per capita consumption exceeding 10,000 yuan is no joke.
Sitting at Chen Lu's table were some of the people who were closest to him, including himself, seven men and six women.
As for the dishes, since no one else had been there before, Chen Lu ordered for himself: "Let's have Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Eight Treasure Soft-shelled Turtle, Blanched Conch Slices, Fish Maw, Shark's Fin, a giant salamander weighing over six pounds, and Braised Goose with Lion's Head. You can take a look at what you want to eat and order whatever you like."
Just what he ordered is no less than 40,000 or 50,000, and it would be easy for others to add another 70,000 or 80,000.
"Chen Lu, I'm sorry for making you spend so much money today. All of us are only able to have a feast in a place like this because of you."
"Yes, with the little salary we have, we dare not come to such a place. I'm afraid that my husband will break my legs when I get home." A married woman said with a smile.
"Chen Lu is still the best. He can eat whatever he wants. This will probably cost him half of his apartment in Shenzhen, right?"
"It's more than half a house. Your house is worth five or six million?"
It's obvious that these dozen tables plus the drinks will cost at least five or six million.
The food is secondary, the main problem is the expensive drinks.
Everyone stood up and took photos everywhere. It felt like a wasted trip if you didn't check in at a place like this.
When the dishes were served, each portion was small, and the main feature was their exquisiteness.
Chen Lu also took the initiative to pick up the dishes that Su Xiaoxi liked, "Xiaoxi, you don't drink, would you like some drinks?"
"Have some caviar!" Su Xiaoxi wiped her mouth with paper and said softly.
Chen Lu asked the waiter, "Do you have any white sturgeon caviar?"
The waiter shook his head. "I'm sorry, we have caviar here, but we don't have white sturgeon caviar. Would you like to see our other caviars?"
The waiters and the restaurant supervisor had long discovered that among the hundred people who came, the only one who could truly be called wealthy was the young couple in front of them.
Although this restaurant is already one of the top internet-famous restaurants in Shenzhen, it still doesn't have world-class dishes like white sturgeon caviar.
Su Xiaoxi had only eaten this dish in Hong Kong with her second sister Chen Xinyi. She was very familiar with this rare dish from the world.
The price of this caviar dish alone is as much as the cost of their entire table, including a bottle of 1980s Moutai and Romanee-Conti.
"I'd rather not. My wife doesn't like other caviar very much either."
Chen Lu said: "Let's go back later. I'll ask the nanny to prepare it for you in advance."
"Okay, if you don't have it, forget it. I don't really need it."
Su Xiaoxi had long since adapted to the life of a wealthy family, and she gradually got used to it since the time she had been in contact with her second sister.
The second sister, Chen Xinyi, is the one who spends the most money in the family. She can easily spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on afternoon tea.
As for dining out, restaurants would roll out the red carpet for her in advance and even clear out a large portion of the guests.
The so-called top stars can't even raise their heads in front of her.
If you stay with her for a long time, money is not money anymore, it's just a string of numbers.
As it happens, she has a lot of such numbers, so many that she doesn't have to worry about the price at all.
"Just asking, how much is a serving of that white sturgeon caviar?"
A colleague sitting by the door asked the waiter curiously.
The waitress in a cheongsam replied, "Beluga caviar is made from the dehydrated and ground roe of rare albino sturgeons from Austrian farms, mixed with edible gold leaf powder. A serving of this caviar costs no less than $110,000 overseas, and starts at $1.2 million in China."
"1.2 million... for just one dish?"
"Yes, just one dish."
To be precise, it is not just a dish. There are many benefits to eating it, and those who can afford it naturally know it.
There's no point in explaining that you can't afford it.
These words happened to be heard by Zhao Kai and others, and he almost screamed out loud.
"Chen Lu, what's going on with your family? How can you eat food worth over a million yuan?"
"It's no big deal. As long as Xiaoxi likes it, she can eat anything."
Holy shit… What kind of bossy statement is that? Bro, you just work in a small HR department.
The monthly salary is no more than 20,000.
Can this be eaten?
If nothing unexpected happens, these people would be stupid if they still treat Chen Lu as an ordinary colleague.
His family started with tens of billions, how dare you spend like this with only one hundred million?
Su Xiaoxi can make money herself, but she can't compare to her second sister Chen Xinyi, nor does she have the ability like An An to manage more than a dozen listed groups.
But she has Xiangjiang Tenghui Capital given by Chen Pingsheng.
If calculated on a daily basis, Tenghui Capital generates a profit of approximately 20 to 30 million yuan a day.
If calculated based on 24 hours in a day, she can earn a million just by lying still for an hour.
If we break it down further, in the time it takes you to drink a cup of tea, several months' salary for an average person has already reached their pocket.
With such financial resources, isn't it normal for her to eat something more expensive?
The reason why wealthy families are called wealthy families is that no matter whether they are eating, sleeping, taking a bath or watching TV, there is a steady stream of profits flowing into their accounts.
Chen Pingsheng works sixteen hours a day, which includes the time for lunch and a break, and the occasional ride on an electric scooter to pick up his son Xiao Jiye from home.
The working hours promoted by the rich include doing anything except sleeping.
This is a world of difference from ordinary workers.
When they went to pay the bill after dinner, Zhao Kai went with Chen Lu. The small card dinged, and there were fourteen tables in total.
The price of each table is no less than 500,000 yuan, and a bottle of white wine plus a bottle of Romanee-Conti costs more than 400,000 yuan.
The food only takes up a small amount of the total cost, which shows that everyone is actively avoiding those extremely expensive dishes.
Even so, this dinner cost more than 8 million.
It was very exaggerated. Zhao Kai's legs were weak and it was really eye-opening to feel the knife piercing his butt.
There was a large group of bodyguards in black waiting outside, obviously not arranged by the restaurant.
Instead, Chen Lu called someone over to take everyone back.
As for the cars, they are all the top-of-the-line Longteng MPVs under Tengfei New Energy.
It really has a lot of emotional value.
Not only did they treat them to a meal, but they also arranged for a driver to take them home.
If a colleague like this treats you to a meal, you can probably brag about it for the rest of your life.
(End of this chapter)
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