LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 8: Supplies Gradually in Place
Zhang Yi left his address and asked the staff of Haidilao to deliver the hot pot base later.
As for food ingredients, they could all be directly obtained from the Walmart warehouse at that time.
Only the hot pot base was something that wouldn't really be sold outside. Even the bagged hot pot base that could be bought on the market was actually far inferior to that of the restaurant.
Otherwise, there would be no customers coming to the restaurant to eat hot pot.
After having the meal, Zhang Yi was about to go home when he received a call from the manager of the five-star hotel on his mobile phone.
"Mr. Zhang, the 500 tables of banquets you ordered are already ready. Are you convenient to receive them now?"
"Yeah, just send them over."
Zhang Yi went home and waited for them to deliver all the delicious food and drinks.
These 500 tables of banquets were enough for him to eat for two or three years.
Anyway, he still had eight or nine million yuan in his hands. He didn't feel any heartache when spending money now. Instead, he was eager to spend all the money.
On his way back, Zhang Yi thought about what else he liked to eat.
So, he placed orders with several major restaurants in Tianhai City and asked them to each send 100 tables to him.
Eight major cuisines, including Western cuisine, were ordered for several thousand tables in total!
All of a sudden, he had covered all the meals for half of his life.
Before long, the dining cars of Hongfu Tianxia Hotel arrived at the entrance of Yuelu Community.
Twenty or thirty vehicles were in a grand procession, blocking the road tightly, which left the neighbors in the community dumbfounded.
Security guard Uncle You quickly stepped forward to stop them and asked what they were here for.
The hotel manager explained the situation, but Uncle You still insisted that the owner should come before he could open the door.
After all, their formation was too big, and he didn't know what was in the vehicles. For the sake of the community's safety, he couldn't let them pass easily.
The hotel manager had no choice but to call Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi then went downstairs and came to the entrance of the community.
At this time, the entrance of the community was surrounded by people, including the neighbors in the unit building, as well as Fang Yuqing and Li Caining who came to watch the fun.
Zhang Yi walked up to Security guard Uncle You and said with a smile, "Uncle You, these are here to deliver meals to me. Let them in!"
Uncle You was full of surprise.
"Delivering meals? What kind of food are you eating that requires dozens of vehicles to deliver?"
The neighbors around also made a stir when they heard that they were dining cars.
"Goodness! There must be at least several hundred tables! Where is he going to put them?"
"Could it be that something is going on in Zhang Yi's family and he's going to hold a banquet?"
"Is he getting married? But several hundred tables are really shocking!"
"Look carefully. That's Hongfu Tianxia, a five-star hotel!"
"Ordering several hundred tables there would cost at least a million yuan!"
"Oh my god, spending a million yuan on a banquet! Zhang Yi is really hiding his wealth!"
"I only knew that his family had a good foundation before. Now it seems that he might be a big tycoon!"
The neighbors were talking about it, and their eyes looking at Zhang Yi became eager and showed a bit of awe.
Fang Yuqing on the roadside saw this scene and pursed her lips, strengthening her determination to win Zhang Yi over.
She took the initiative to walk towards Zhang Yi and said with a smile, "Zhang Yi, what's your family busy with recently? You've bought so many things."
Zhang Yi ignored her and took out a cigarette and handed it to Uncle You.
Seeing that the owner had come, Uncle You opened the gate and let the fleet of Hongfu Tianxia Hotel enter the community.
Zhang Yi led the way in front.
Although he didn't pay attention to Fang Yuqing, Fang Yuqing didn't seem to care at this time and followed him, chatting and laughing.
"If there's anything going on at home, you can't tell me? Aren't we good friends?"
"In the future, I hope I can get to know you better. Don't treat me as an outsider."
Zhang Yi gave her a deep look and sneered, "I bought all these things for my boss. And the last time I went to the Western restaurant to eat, it was also his treat."
Then, he sighed, "Alas, I wish I were really that rich."
Fang Yuqing's face suddenly changed.
"You... you're not joking with me, are you?"
Zhang Yi spread his hands, "How could I lie to you? We've known each other for several years. You also know the situation of my family."
"My parents have passed away, and I'm just a warehouse supervisor. Where would I get the money?"
His explanation made Fang Yuqing's face turn gloomy and uncertain.
She had indeed suspected that for a second-generation heir, his family should at least be in a big business.
Zhang Yi's parents had passed away for several years. Although they had left some family property, he couldn't be regarded as a second-generation heir.
Now that Zhang Yi admitted in person that he wasn't a second-generation heir, all the doubts in Fang Yuqing's heart could be explained.
She quietly distanced herself from Zhang Yi a little, then tidied up her hair and said with a polite smile, "Whether you're a second-generation heir or not, we're still the best friends, aren't we? I'm not a gold-digging woman."
She deliberately emphasized the word "friends".
A green tea bitch never goes too far, because she still needs backups and lapdogs to serve her.
Zhang Yi curled his lips and didn't say anything more to her.
On the other side, the employees of Hongfu Tianxia began to move the tables of big meals to the place designated by Zhang Yi.
Zhang Yi usually had a good relationship with others, so he borrowed a warehouse underground in the community from the property management and asked them to put the things in the warehouse first.
Although the amount of food for 500 tables was huge, after being packed in lunch boxes, the occupied area wouldn't be too exaggerated.
Zhang Yi ordered all the top-notch food, such as abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, fish maw, Australian lobster, truffle, caviar, etc. Everything was available.
It took a while to move the big meals of 500 tables into the warehouse.
Even the hotel manager was a bit speechless. He had been a manager for so many years and it was the first time he had encountered such a large takeout order.
Zhang Yi told them to just move the things into the warehouse.
He himself secretly put all the food into his alien space after the people who were moving the things left.
Others might be suspicious and think that Zhang Yi was abnormal.
However, in this world, everyone was quite busy. Who would have the leisure time to care about an unrelated person?
So whether it was the neighbors or the hotel employees, at most they just talked about it a few times, and no one really took it to heart.
Soon, all the big meals of 500 tables were taken into Zhang Yi's alien space by him.
In the evening, Zhang Yi received a call from Wu Huairen, the manager of Zhanlong Company.
Wu Huairen told Zhang Yi that they were already ready and could come to build the safe house for Zhang Yi at any time.
He asked Zhang Yi when it would be convenient for him to start the work.
Zhang Yi directly told them that they could come over tomorrow.
And he planned to move to a hotel to live first.
After talking about the safe house, Zhang Yi was waiting for what Wu Huairen would say next.
He had another very important thing to ask Wu Huairen, which was to get guns.
After hesitating for a long time, Wu Huairen finally lowered his voice and said to Zhang Yi, "If you really have such a need, I can recommend a way for you. But the price will be a bit high."
Zhang Yi nodded. Of course, he understood this.
However, as for money, he didn't care about it at all now.
"That's not a problem, as long as the quality of the things is good."
Wu Huairen said easily, "Alright, in that case, I'll introduce you. I'll inform you of the trading place in three days."