"Xiang Yang, have you made a fortune?" Shen Huan asked curiously.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I rely on luck for my living. Whether I can make money depends on luck. I was lucky recently."
Xun Junqing smiled and said, "Anyway, you have made progress now. Come, teacher will use water instead of wine to toast you."
It was a long-awaited class reunion and everyone seemed very excited and talkative. The topics ranged from high school to college to entering society, and they could talk about anything under the sun.
It took more than an hour to finish a bowl of rice noodle rolls, and more and more diners came to the buffet restaurant on the top floor of the hotel.
Although the Luhai Hotel is not ranked high in Longcheng, it is one of the largest hotels in Liancheng. Most of the hotel's rooms are booked by the county's No. 1 Middle School, but services such as meals are still operating as normal.
"I have to go back to school, you guys continue chatting first." Xun Junqing took out a napkin and wiped the corner of his mouth, then stood up.
"Let us see you off." Xiang Yang and a group of classmates also stood up. To be honest, this meal did take a while.
"You don't have to see me off. I'll come to find you after class." Xun Junqing waved his hands.
Xun Junqing is extremely satisfied with Xiang Yang, his student. When the student succeeds, the teacher's reputation also rises. From the outside, it means that the teacher is a good teacher.
"What about you? Are we going back to the hotel now, or going out for a walk?" Xiang Yang asked several other classmates.
"What's the point of going back to the hotel? Let's go shopping." Shen Huan said immediately.
Xiang Yang actually meant the same thing. It was a rare opportunity to have a class reunion during the school anniversary celebration. It would be so boring to stay alone in a hotel room.
"Do you want to drive?" Shen Lizhe asked.
"Since we are going shopping, of course we will walk." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
In the past, Xiang Yang had always stayed in Qinglongwan, and he didn’t feel much about cars.
But now, Xiang Yang thinks that he should buy a car. Since he came out to the meeting, people have mentioned cars to Xiang Yang several times. Xiang Yang himself also feels that he may need to use the car more and more in the future.
Luhai Hotel is located in the center of Liancheng Old Town. Turn right after leaving the hotel and cross the road, there is a shopping mall.
"Which floor of the shopping mall are we going to?" Xie Jin asked.
"Whatever." Xiang Yang was not interested in shopping. He mainly wanted to go out for a walk and not necessarily buy anything. It made no difference to Xiang Yang whether he was shopping for clothes or food.
"Let's go to the second floor to check out the fresh food. We can buy some seafood and beer and have a drink together in the evening." Li Xiaole suggested.
Li Xiaole's proposal was immediately agreed by everyone.
It is absolutely joyful to stay in the hotel, enjoying the air conditioning, eating seafood, drinking beer and talking about life ideals.
Xiang Yang wanted to speak up, "If you want to eat seafood, just tell me. Why do you have to buy it in the fresh food section of the supermarket? Not only is it expensive, it's not fresh either."
However, seeing the enthusiasm of his classmates, Xiang Yang decisively chose to shut up.
In the fresh food area, there are large rectangular freezers that contain various types of seafood.
There are also live seafood kept in tanks, but the number of tanks is much less than that of freezers.
"This looks like saury, it's delicious when grilled. Would you like to order a few?" Shen Huan pointed to a kind of frozen fish in a freezer that looked skinny, had big eyes and a long body.
Xiang Yang looked inside the freezer and nodded, "Yes, this is bamboo saury. It tastes great when grilled and squeezed with lemon juice. But the meat is a little tight, and eating too much can cause chest pain. Let's get a few."
"Huh? You seem to be quite knowledgeable. Do you eat it often?" Shen Huan asked.
Xiang Yang nodded. As an ocean fisherman, he had eaten all kinds of fish. He might not be willing to eat expensive marine fish, but for economic fish like saury, he could eat it every meal as long as he wanted, until he vomited.
"If you want to eat seafood, you have to eat it alive. Go get some shrimps and crabs, and some oysters." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
"You can take more oysters, but forget about the shrimps and crabs. My sister is running out of money this month." Shen Huan said.
Xiang Yang burst out laughing. "You just need to cook. Just take whatever you want to eat. I'll buy the order."
Shen Huan looked at Xiang Yang in surprise, "Xiang Yang, what are you doing now?"
"Boss Xun also said that you are doing well. Boss Xiang, you couldn't have really become rich, right?" Li Xiaole also said.
"What? Can't you see me doing well?" Xiang Yang teased.
"Xiang Yang, tell me honestly, how much do you earn every month now?"
Xiang Yang shook his head. "The income is quite considerable, but the expenses are also high, the burden is heavy, and most importantly, the risks and responsibilities are also great. To be honest, I actually envy you."
Shen Huan raised his chin and said, "You are starting to act like a Versailles. Well, if you don't want to tell us, then we won't ask."
"Come on, let's pick the expensive ones. Some rich people will pay for them later anyway."
A group of people laughed and started to pick seafood from various freezers.
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head. Although Xiang Yang said that he would pay the bill, the crowd did not really go all out. All the seafood they took was frozen, and most of them had a double-digit price per unit.
They didn't even take a look at the seafood that cost hundreds of yuan per pound or the fresh seafood in the tanks.
Following behind everyone, Xiang Yang took out his cell phone and called Murong Zhenfei.
The call is connected.
"Boss Murong, what are you busy with?"
"I'm just sitting on the sofa watching the Champions League replay. Mr. Xiang, why did you think of calling me? Do you have something good to take care of me?"
"I'm here to ask for help from Mr. Murong. Do you have any good ingredients?"
"Good ingredients? That depends on how good you want them."
As soon as they talked about business, Murong Zhenfei's voice on the other end of the phone became serious, and the noise in Xiang Yang's receiver disappeared immediately.
"Boss Murong, please take care of the preparations. I'm going to a class reunion tonight."
"How many people?"
"About a few dozen."
"Okay, I'll have someone prepare it for you in a bit. Send me the address of where you want the goods to be delivered. By the way, do you want a cook?"
"Forget about the cook. I'm currently at the Luhai Hotel in Liancheng. It's a bit too much to use my own cook in someone else's hotel."
"Okay, I'll have someone deliver the ingredients to the Lu Hai Hotel in a bit. What time do you want to eat in the evening? I'll have them prepare it for you in advance."
"Thank you very much. How much is the total cost for the ingredients and cooking?"
"Hey, what's the money? I've done business with you several times, but this is your first time doing business with me. Consider this meal as my treat. We can talk about money the next time we work together."
"No, that won't work. It has to be what it is."
"You, okay, let's charge one thousand yuan per person. Count how many people there are and transfer that much to me."