After a short time, the whole table had been set up with a full set of dishes, such as abalone, shark's fin, lobster, bear's paw, velvet and other expensive foods, plus two bottles of 1850 vintage wine, which was aged in oak and had a cream-like texture that hit the middle of the tongue, almost like oil. It had a smooth finish.
However, Yuan Datong didn't seem to be very satisfied with the food and wine. While they were all laughing before, after seeing these dishes, all of them were gloomy and seemed to be humiliated.
Seeing their dullness, Cao Feifei didn't understand: "What, are these dishes not suitable for your tastes?"
Yuan Datong snorted and sipped his tea. He didn't even look at Cao Feifei. He looked down and said: "If General Manager Cao didn't bring enough money today, it doesn't matter. I won't make a big deal about it, I still have some money to get some better wine."
Cao Feifei listened, and faintly felt that today's Yuan Datong was not the same Yuan Datong of the past.
It was no wonder, he was now a famous musician, and his status was naturally different. Cao Feifei thought about it and felt that she had indeed been a little stingy. Ten dishes and two bottles of red wine did not seem to be sincere enough.
Cao Feifei called a waiter and laughed to the few people: "I am sorry everyone, I failed as a host. So let's do it this way, whatever you want to eat or drink, just order it, okay?"
As soon as she finished, Cao Feifei told the waiter: "Give the menu to my guests."
The waiter nodded and went to distribute the menu, but Yuan Datong stopped him: "Since today is general manager Cao's treat, we won't be polite, or else we will only seem disrespectful."
Having said that, Yuan Datong turned his head and looked at the waiter. He said: "The menu is no longer needed. In addition to these dishes on the table, bring out the best dishes of your hotel until the table is covered. What is your best wine here?"
"Sir, our best wine is a Sherry, worth 400,000 yuan a bottle, but it has been sold out, and one bottle has already been booked. In addition, our Lafite produced in 1770 is also good, a bottle is 350,000 yuan." The waiter replied with a smile.
Yuan Datong raised his hand and scratched his chin. His face showed a satisfied expression. He said to the waiter: "Oh, then the Lafite it is, a bottle each please."
"Got it sir, please wait a moment!" The waiter went away after he finished.
At this time, Cao Feife's eyebrows were wrinkled and her face was bitter.
Not counting Cao Feifei, there were 5 people here, just one bottle of wine per person, that was more than a million yuan. If you included the dishes, no less than 2 million would be needed to settle the bill!
However, although distressed, Cao Feifei did not dare to neglect them, after all, her main purpose today was to draw these people out to New Century she couldn't let the company look stingy.
If today they succeeded in convincing them, then there were millions to be made. They could just create a few songs, and earn tens of millions!
The premise was that she had to let them feel satisfied. Only then, the latter things could proceed smoothly.
"Does general manager have any objections?" Yuan Datong stared at Cao Feifei with a squint.
Cao Feifei immediately revealed a sweet smile. The open-mindedly said: "Please eat, no matter how much money, my purpose today is to satisfy you."
Yuan Datong nodded with satisfaction and did not speak. He waited for a big meal. Besides food, he seemed to have no other thoughts.
The same was true of Emma and co, the purpose of their coming today was to eat a big meal, anyway.
After half an hour, a total of 30 dishes were served, plus six bottles of good red wine are also placed in front of Yuan Datong.
Cao Feifei took the lead to grab a glass of wine and said while smiling:"I am very honoured to have dinner with everyone today. Any place that you need my help in, please let me know, hahaha... I only ask you do the same for me."
Good words, combined with good wine.
Cao Feifei, in order to achieve her own goals, played the gentleman of the situation.
Yuan Datong and co acted indifferently, draining down cups of wine into their mouths. They did not reply or show a reaction to her statement in the slightest. They seemed to be waiting for Cao Feifei to continue on.
After being ignored by these few people, Cao Feifei felt angry in her heart, but she kept it in and smiled again.
However, since the wine and food had already been served on top of the table, Cao Feifei didn't want to beat around the bush any longer: "Let's talk about business. Actually, I invited you today, cause I wanna talk about cooperation, this an offer from all the top executives of our company."
Cao Feifei's words were light and soothing and her smile was like a beautiful pair of swaying shackles: "Datong, you are and individual talent. When I was in school, I was always very optimistic about you, knowing that you would definitely end up successful in the future. Sure enough, I did not misread you, Yuan Datong. Why..."
Not waiting for Cao Feifei to finish the conversation, Yuan Datong suddenly sneered and picked up from her words: "Why should such talents like us stay in a small company like HuaXiang Entertainment?"
Hearing Datong finish her sentence, she smiled. Smart people were so much easier to communicate with.
Moreover, Yuan Datong also slammed Zhang Xiaohua in front of her. In Cao Feifei's view, this showed that Yuan Datong and Zhang Xiaohua had friction. As long as she could give these people a few satisfactory conditions, she believed that they would certainly be tempted.
Moreover, since they didn't bring Zhang Xiaohua along today, showed that Zhang Xiaohua was already an outsider in the group. With this alone, Cao Feifei had the confidence to pull them over.
"Yes, everyone here is indeed a rare talent, so the company sent to you about the future. With everyone's ability, staying with that waste, there really is no future. In addition, as for what kind of person Zhang Xiaohua is, I think you Yuan Datong should be very clear about it. When you protected him that time, you almost lost your life. What did he do for you? Has he said thank you to you? Now he is just getting started, so he will depend on you. If he grows up in the future, he will be the first to abandon you. Besides, even if he can write a good song now, it is only temporary. He can't be so lucky forever. Staying with him is a dead end, he doesn't have the solidity of our New Century Entertainment."
However, if you can join us at New Century Entertainment, then as the general manager I assure everyone that you will definitely receive the best treatment. The car, the house... is your choice, the position is free for you to pick, plus an additional salary of 5 million per month for each of you, all of this can be yours. I don't think Zhang Xiaohua can offer you such a good condition, can he? "
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Cao Feifei's eyes were bright and her face full of confidence. With such conditions, she believed that no one could refuse.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Datong and co were indifferent to her offer, all faceless and calm, there were no signs of being tempted.
Cao Feifei wondered, was this not enough to impress them?
Cars, houses, positions up for grab, plus an additional salary of 5 million per person for every single one of them. This was already the highest treatment one could hope for. At that time, Wang Jingwen was attracted by this. Were these people still not satisfied?
Yuan Datong gently shook the glass in his hand and squinted at Cao Feifei next to him.
"Datong, is something the matter? Do you have other conditions? You can just spread it on the table. I am not a stingy person. As long as you ask for it, I will definitely try get it for you." Cao Feifei said seriously.
Yuan Datong disdainfully smiled and sipped a sip of wine, and he said absent-mindedly: "Feifei, oh no, I think I should call you General Manager now. General Manager Cao, before you called me as an old classmate. I didn't expect you to talk to me about business. Since it is about business, then we have to ask our boss!"
Speaking of this, Yuan Datong looked at Emma and smiled: "Go call Zhang Xiaohua to come over. Since they sent their general manager over, then our boss should come over as well!"
Emma smiled and took out her mobile phone.
.....
Zhang Xiaohua carried the bowl of instant noodles to the sofa and laid down watching tv. Suddenly, his phone rang, taking a look and seeing Emma calling, Zhang Xiaohua could not help but feel annoyed.
Zhang Xiaohua pressed the answer button and was about to ask their whereabouts, when he suddenly heard Emma's laughter.
"Boss, some people want to talk business with us, but we are all small staff, so please come over as soon as possible, don't make General Manager Cao wait too long."
Zhang Xiaohua listened and slightly frowned. "Did you say General Manager Cao? Which General Manager Cao?"
"General Manager Cao of New Century Entertainment."
"Cao Feifei!?" Zhang Xiaohua screamed the name, he didn't understand, how did this group of kids end up with Cao Feifei?
"Where are you?"
"Star Hotel." Emma laughed and reminded: "Remember to wear respectable clothing otherwise those people probably won't let you in."
"I'm on my way." Zhang Xiaohua said, running off to the car and heading straight to Star Hotel.
.....
"Datong, what do you mean by this?" Cao Feifei couldn't help but to finally lose her temper. She spent so much money inviting them to eat, but they didn't appreciate it in the slightest and even informed Zhang Xiaohua, she had the faint feeling of being cheated.
Yuan Datong did not care, and said leisurely: "Don't you want to talk about business? We can't do this in this respect. We can only ask our boss to come over and talk to you."
"Yes, as long as our boss gives us the word, we will definitely do it." Emma opened her mouth with a smile.
Yuan Datong smiled and added: "Wang Jingwen taught us a truth. A villain who believes in betrayal will have no good end. In addition, I must correct it, our boss is not a waste. He didn't rely on luck to have today's achievements, but on his efforts."
In their hearts, Zhang Xiaohua's status was not to be replaced, even better than a family. Now Cao Feifei wanted them to betray their family. How was this possible?
Moreover, they were not fools, although the conditions from New Century Entertainment were very attractive, but the style of New Century was unacceptable.
When you had value, New Century Entertainment would treat you like a treasure. But when you lost that value, they would treat you like grass. This was something that almost everyone knew, Wang Jingwen was the best example!
At this time, Cao Feifei saw them showing that they were all in the same spirit. They seemed resolutely determined, as if they were clearly telling Cao Feifei, that except for Zhang Xiaohua, they would not follow another in this life.
Cao Feifei was angry and her face was sullen, her chest was fluctuating and raging. She suddenly got up and pointed her finger at Yuan Datong, fully angered as she asked: "When you entered, you insulted Zhang Xiaohua in front of me. Was all this just deliberate?"
Yuan Datong frowned slightly, recalled a little, and smiled. He explained: "No, it wasn't deliberate. That kid really is a pain, all he does is mess with me everyday."
Cao Feifei was a little dumbfounded. She thought that there was a split between Yuan Datong and Zhang Xiaohua. Actually, Zhang Xiaohua always asked Yuan Datong to treat him, so Yuan Datong naturally would express dissatisfaction with Zhang Xiaohua.
"Since you only have Zhang Xiaohua's in your eyes, why didn't you tell him about this meeting directly?" Cao Feifei was unwilling, and the feeling of being deceived became more and more intense.
Sure enough, she saw Yuan Datong's face breaking up with laughter: "If we told that kid, the kid would have definitely followed us here. You know that kid is shameless. So for the sake of General Manager, we had to ditch him. Otherwise, he would have definitely eaten you broke. Do you not remember last time? hahaha!"
"You...you..."
Cao Feifei finally understood that these people had always been playing with her.
It's just that the meal was at least a few million and the results weren't up to point. She had spent so much money to ask them to eat. Cao Feifei felt like screaming from the top of her lungs, but she was very helpless.
But what surprised Cao Feifei was that these people would actually act so for Zhang Xiaohua!
They had been given such rich conditions but they remained loyal. Cao Feifei really couldn't understand, when did Zhang Xiaohua gain such a charm?
Or was it that she really looked down on him to much before?
"General Manager and Master Ling Feng are so generous. Every time we dine together with you, you actually spend millions, I feel too embarrassed to eat." Having said that, Yuan Datong had already started on a lobster and a greasy lamb leg, a bite on the left and a bite on the right, his mouth was stuffed full.
Her face was convulsing as it shifted between red and white. It seemed that she couldn't wait to smash these people. It caused a lot of wheezing, and the two powder kegs on her chest looked even more magnificent!
"General Manager has spent so much today, don't rush to go, stay and eat."
"You...you...you remember me!" Cao Feifei was shamed so much by them that she couldn't possibly stay anymore. She encountered a wild Zhang Xiaohua and had no way to counter him, so it was best to just leave.
....
At this time, in the the entrance of the hotel, Zhang Xiaohua was staring at the small eyes of Manager Wang. The two men looked at each other, neither moved or spoke.
"What? Do you plan to block me from entering!?" Zhang Xiaohua suddenly shouted loudly, spit flying out his mouth.
Zhang Xiaohua was not as kind as Yuan Datong. If anyone offended him, he could hate them for a lifetime.
Manager Wang wiped his face, then he began to struggle internally. Should he let this boy in, or reject him?
He had learned about the power of this kid, and he knew how difficult he was, not to mention that he was now a famous musician with a certain amount of public influence.
But Manager Wang also knew that this kid was in the eyes of Cao Feifei. If he let him in, he would offend Cao Feifei.
While Manager Wang was in this difficult situation, Cao Feifei happened to come out.
When she saw Zhang Xiaohua, Cao Feifei couldn't help but sigh, her eyebrows were wrinkled.
"Well, look who it is!"
Cao Feifei snorted without replying.
Zhang Xiaohua smiled and strode up to her...
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