He was feeling very excited. The almost two hours earlier was like torture to him. It was his turn to shine.
They went to Magical Kitchen in three separate cars.
They noticed the long queue from afar. The restaurant was unbelievably crowded.
“Oh my, is it that popular?” Cao Fei was shocked when he saw the line.
“Allow me!” Young Master Li got out of his car and swaggered toward the restaurant. He squeezed his way to the cashier counter and said, “Do you have a premium private room! Give me one.”
Everyone around him glared at him angrily.
“Don’t you have any manners? Get in line!” The people scolded him.
The cashier smiled courteously. “Please wait in line, Sir. The private rooms have all been reserved, including those for the afternoon and night.”
Young Master Li was stunned.
Then, he felt a little embarrassed.
Chapter 333 - Utter Shock
“How can they all be reserved? Don’t you have any special, premium private rooms?” Young Master Li yelled.
The cashier remained courteous. “I’m sorry, Sir! We only have normal tables or private rooms. Private rooms are strictly reservation-only, and they have all been reserved.
“Why don’t you wait in line for a table?”
The cashier pointed at the queue.
“Yes, queue up!”
“This guy must be an idiot! There won’t be any more private rooms by now!”
The people shouted angrily.
Young Master Li blushed in embarrassment. He had not anticipated the situation he was facing. He had boated earlier that he would easily get a premium private room, but the reality had slapped him on the face.
His face grew redder when he saw the snaking line.
That would be at least a half an hour wait. How could he, the young director of Ju Neng Group, stand in line with those common peasants?
“Don’t you know who I am? I’m a director of Ju Neng Group. Are you sure you want me to queue up like everyone else?” He shouted angrily.
“What trash restaurant is this? Don’t you even have a premium private room? Is that how you conduct business? Where’s your manager? I want to see them now.”
He shouted very loudly. Those in the dining hall stuck their heads out to see.
“Something must be wrong with his brain!”
“That must be it! Tsk, what’s so great about him?”
The people cursed softly.
The girls waiting outside furrowed their brows, while Cao Fei and the other boys were gloating.
“Hey, Li guy, if we can’t eat here, let’s go to another place! We won’t mind it at all. We won’t laugh at you either,” Cao Fei shouted mockingly.
Young Master Li’s face turned ashen with anger when he heard that.
“What are you laughing about, you poor losers? Isn’t it just a private room? I’ll show you what I can do.”
“Alright, we’re waiting!” Cao Fei continued to mock.
The restaurant manager came out of the dining hall.
Young Master Li glanced at his nametag and said, “So you’re the manager? Do you know who I am? I am a director of Ju Neng Group. I’m good friends with your boss. Get me a private room.”
The restaurant manager displayed an awkward expression. “I am so sorry, the private rooms have all been reserved. There is nothing I can do. I recommend that you get in the line!
“The line might seem long, but the wait won’t be too long.”
Young Master Li was immediately furious. “F*ck your mother, didn’t you hear what I say?” He cursed, “I’m very good friends with your owner. Would you believe me if I complain about you? You’ll lose your job.”
“There is nothing I can do, Sir. The private rooms have been reserved, and I cannot amend them,” the restaurant manager said.
“You…” Young Master Li’s eyes were opened wide.
He was extremely angry and frustrated.
No matter where he went, his status ensures that he was warmly received and treated like a VIP. However, Magical Kitchen had treated him like a common peasant. To him, that was utter humiliation!
“This is a trash restaurant! You’ll close down very soon. I’ll file a complaint about you later. That’ll teach you. Now get lost!
“I’m determined to eat here today. You won’t give me a private room? I’ll get one myself! Everyone bows to me in this Provincial City.”
He shoved the restaurant manager aside and stepped into the dining hall.
“Hey! You can’t go in!” The restaurant manager was flustered.
Young Master Li ignored him. He went into the dining hall and went up the stairs toward the third floor.
“Let’s go and watch the drama!” Cao Fei shouted and followed behind. The girls hesitated for a while but soon followed anyway.
Tang Hao walked last in the group.
The manager was scurrying around looking for the security guards, but he happened to notice Tang Hao in the group. He was instantly relieved.
“Don’t worry about him. Let him be!” Tang Hao whispered.
The manager was shocked but did not say anything.
The staircase up the third floor led to a wide corridor with rooms on either side.
Young Master Li knocked on each of the doors and yelled, “If anyone here is willing to let me have your private room, I’ll give you ten thousand yuan.
“Ten thousand yuan is enough for you to have some good food somewhere else!”
The people in the rooms suddenly stopped talking.
The third floor of the restaurant instantly descended into silence.
Young Master Li was exasperated when he saw that no one responded to him.
He was overcome by anger. “Ten thousand yuan isn’t enough? How about twenty thousand? I have money anyway!” He yelled again.
He received no response yet again.
Young Master Li’s expression darkened. His face muscles twitched, then went over and kicked open the door to one of the private rooms. “Dammit, don’t you know who I am? I’d like to see who you all are!” He yelled.
The people sitting in the room turned around to look at the door. They were all dressed in business suits and leather shoes. One could easily tell that they were not normal people.
Their expressions were dark.
Young Master Li wanted to yell again, but he was stunned when he saw those people.
‘These people look familiar…’ he thought.
When he looked at them again, his face turned pale as a sheet. Cold sweat poured from his forehead down his panicked face.
He gulped down a mouthful of saliva along with the curse words he was preparing to spew.
The people seated around the table were all billionaires. The companies they owned were at the same level as his family’s Ju Neng Group.
He swore at his luck, wondering why he picked the wrong room to barge into.
“Haha! Sorry for the disturbance! Please continue with your meal!”
Young Master Li squeezed a smile on his face. He nodded and bowed as he left the room.
“Dammit, that was close!” He mumbled to himself. He went to another room and kicked the door open.
He looked around the room, and his face went pale again.
Then, his entire body trembled.
‘Oh, f*ck!’
He swore and cursed in his heart. Everyone sitting in the room was a high-ranked government official.
“Haha! Excuse me! Please enjoy your meal!”
He bowed deeply and exited the room.
He might be arrogant, but he knew that he could not afford to cross government officials.
He closed the door and heaved a sigh of relief, but his back was already drenched with sweat.
“Dammit, this is so strange. Why are they all important people?” He mumbled to himself as he walked toward the next room.
The door opened before he could kick it. Two burly bod
yguards came out of the room and glared at him coldly.
An old man came out of the room. “I was wondering who it might be, so it’s the young master of the Li family! Why, do you feel so accomplished now that you can raise a fuss here?”
Young Master Li nearly fainted when he saw the old man.
That person was none other than Old Master Luo, one of the luminaries of the business world in Province Z.
‘Why is he here?’ Young Master Li was utterly dumbfounded.
Each of the doors of the room opened and people came out of them.
“Oh, so it’s that little whelp from the Li family? I thought it was some big shot.”
“Wow, does this little whelp think he’s so great? I’ll give a call to his dad now. If he doesn’t teach his son a proper lesson, I won’t do business with him anymore.”
Young Master Li was terrified by those words.
He was trembling, and he had almost wet his pants.
Everyone in the corridor was either a luminary in the business world or a high-ranked government official.
It was hard enough to meet one on any usual day, but they were all gathered there!
Chapter 334 - Tang Hao, the Chef
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Young Master Li stood there with a miserable face.
He knew that he was in great trouble. He tried to show off but failed, and he had crossed the wrong people. He would be skinned alive once home.
“Dammit, why are there so many big shots here? This is ridiculous!” He mumbled to himself.
He knew that Magical Kitchen was a famous restaurant, but he thought that it was famous because it served delicious food. He did not expect that a small restaurant could have so many important people gathered there.
If he had known that, he would not have gone there in the first place.
At that moment, not only he was shocked, but Cao Fei and the other people watching from the staircase were also shocked.
Judging from Young Master Li’s expression, they could guess who those customers were.
Then, Cao Fei and the others looked at each other and laughed.
“Serves him right for being arrogant! He’s in trouble now!”
Young Master Li returned to the group. His head was lowered and did not dare to look at Tang Hao and the others.
“Bingyao, beautiful ladies, let’s go. We’ll have lunch somewhere else!” He spoke to Liu Bingyao and the other people.
He felt extremely embarrassed at the moment. His voice was quite soft.
The girls turned around and followed him down the stairs.
Suddenly, Tang Hao spoke. “We’re already here anyway. Let’s eat here!”
Everyone was surprised. They turned to look at him.
“There are so many people downstairs. We’ll have to queue for a long time, right?” One of the girls spoke hesitantly.
Young Master Li was frustrated and had been looking for an outlet to release his anger. He exploded on Tang Hao, “Dammit, are you blind? Can’t you see that there are no private rooms? Go get in line if you want to eat here that badly! I don’t have the time to waste with you here.
“Let’s go, beautiful ladies! Let’s ignore him!”
He turned around and prepared to head downstairs.
Tang Hao smirked. “We don’t have to queue.”
Everyone was shocked again when they heard that.
Young Master Li burst out laughing. “Haha! Are my ears playing tricks on me? You don’t have to queue? Where are you going to eat then? Who do you think you are? You’re just a poor loser! Don’t tell me that you’re more important than me?”
Young Master Li could only find it extremely ridiculous. Even someone like him could not get a table, so how would that poor loser student get a seat? That was a total joke!
Even Cao Fei and the other boys were doubtful of Tang Hao’s claim.
They knew that Tang Hao was rich, but if Young Master Li failed to get a table, how was Tang Hao able to?
Tang Hao glanced at Young Master Li coldly, then turned around to speak to the restaurant manager downstairs. “Let’s open up Room Number 1,” he said calmly.
Young Master Li laughed again. “Ha, what a boast! Who do you think you are? And you want Room Number 1 too? Aren’t the rooms already full?”
He froze in place when he heard the restaurant manager reply “Yes!” courteously.
His eyes opened wide and he wondered if he had misheard.
He became livid immediately. “F*ck your mother. Didn’t you say that you don’t have any vacant rooms earlier? Why is there a room now?”
“Room Number 1 is an extra-large private room that can hold more than twenty people. It is not available for reservation yet. We will only open the room for reservation when we introduce full courses in the future,” the restaurant manager said impassively.
“So why didn’t you say that earlier? How can you open that room for him?” Young Master Li said angrily.
The restaurant manager rolled his eyes and looked at Young Master Li as though looking at an idiot. “That’s because he’s the second boss of the restaurant. If I don’t listen to him, should I listen to you instead?”
Young Master Li trembled. His eyes opened wide with incredulity.
“Wh… What did you say… He’s… your… second boss?” He stammered.
“That’s right!”
Young Master Li’s jaw dropped and he went cross-eyed.
Liu Bingyao also opened her mouth slightly as she looked at Tang Hao stupendously. Cao Fei and the others were dumbfounded.
‘After all that fuss, you’re telling me that Brother Hao is the boss of this restaurant?
‘Brother Hao runs the incredibly famous Magical Kitchen?
‘That… that’s incredible!’
“That’s impossible! Didn’t Tai An open this restaurant?” Young Master Li said, clutching at straws.
“Tai An Group owns half of the shares. The other half is owned by Boss Tang.”
“What? Half the shares?” Young Master Li could only find this incredulous.
‘If that guy held half the shares of the restaurant, that meant that he was at equal standing with Tai An Group. How would a large corporation like Tai An Group sign an agreement with that poor loser?
‘Just who is he?’
“Let’s go in! Oh, not you two. You’d better find somewhere else to get lunch!” He said as he glanced coldly at Young Master Li and Liu Bingyao’s cousin brother.
Then, he turned to speak to the manager. “Right, please let Master Chef Ding know that I’ll be using the kitchen to cook lunch.”
The manager agreed, then left hurriedly.
Tang Hao walked up the stairs to the third floor.
“Hey, Boss Tang!”
“Grandmaster Tang!”
The people in the corridor greeted Tang Hao warmly.
Tang Hao returned their greetings one by one.
Cao Fei and the others were once again dumbfounded when they saw the scene. Young Master Li was deathly afraid of those people, but those people were so friendly and even respectful toward Tang Hao.
That was beyond their imagination!
After bringing his friends into Room Number 1, Tang Hao said, “Please sit down! I’ll be your chef for the day.”
“F*ck me, Brother Tang, you know how to cook too?” Cao Fei was surprised.
Even Liu Bingyao opened her eyes wide as she regarded Tang Hao.
She did not know that Tang Hao knew how to cook either.
“I’m not bad I guess. I’m the one who invented this magical cuisine!” Tang Hao said with a smile. Then, he left the room, leaving the people behind with incredulous looks.
Tang Hao used the sea dragon meat in the dishes.
He received a third of the entire sea dragon last time. That was too much for one person. He had no qualms about treating his friends to some.
About an hour later, an incredibl
e fragrance wafted throughout the entire Magical Kitchen. All the customers seemed intoxicated when they smelled it.
Then, they became incredibly excited.
“What’s this dish? Why is it so fragrant?”
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