Chapter 11 The Peninsula Hotel
"That's how it is..."
Zhang Da repeated the remarks he said when he "confessed his identity" with his parents to the public, and with the balance in the bank card, Fan Jiang could only accept the "reality" in a daze.
"Damn, brother, you are contemporary Buffett... No, Buffett didn't achieve such great achievements when he was as old as you. You won't become the richest man in the country in the future, right?"
Fan Jiang stared at Zhang Da, patted his thighs with his right hand, and paused, "But you are really low-key."
"I just saw you pay back the money recently," Zhang Da said, "Besides, do you think you are as exaggerated as you?"
"No, wait..." Fan Jiang made a stop gesture, "Even if you are the richest man in the future, I have to talk to you.
Look, if I only earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a month and wear luxury goods, then I will definitely be exaggerating.
But I can earn at least 200,000 yuan a month, so if I buy these things, I just spend it reasonably.
Besides, I am a Leo, what's wrong with being a bit exaggerated?"
Zhang Da was speechless and could only applaud Fan Jiang.
Seeing that Zhang Da was "persuaded", Fan Jiang boasted about two more words, and then said:
"By the way, my cousin has returned to Shencheng recently. I heard that you are here and asked me to ask you to have dinner together on Saturday night. I said I haven't seen you for several years. What do you say?"
Fan Jiang's cousin is Lin Hai. When he was a child, his parents worked hard in Citigroup, so they stayed at Fan Jiang's house for a while, so they met Zhang Da.
After Lin Hai's parents gained a foothold overseas, they took Lin Hai abroad, and since then Zhang Da broke off contact with the other party.
Meeting again later will happen after Zhang Da graduated from university.
Zhang Da still remembers that Lin Hai dyed silver hair, dressed in luxury clothing that was more conspicuous than Fan Jiang, and a huge emerald ring on his fingers.
"Okay, I'm fine anyway," Zhang Da nodded, "What is Brother Hai doing now?"
"My brother is now in charge of his father's business and works with my uncle in high-end luxury jewelry business, antiques, luxury cars, famous watches, etc...." Fan Jiang said as he took off the watch on his wrist, "Look, he gave me this watch!"
"Okay, I said why did you change the watch?" Zhang Da took the water ghost king, "Will Brother Hai turn back now?"
Previously, in Fan Jiang's description, Lin Hai, who was taken to Citiland, quickly became the "demon king of the world". He fought and skipped classes without losing everything. He changed his luxury cars and beauties. Even his university diploma was obtained by donating a large amount of money to the school at home.
"My brother has turned aside now..." When talking about his cousin's changes, Fan Jiang also sighed, "You know, he used to be a playboy, but now he looks like a business elite, and I can't even recognize him."
"So exaggerated?" After playing with the Ghost Queen, Zhang Da returned the watch to Fan Jiang, "By the way, please ask Brother Hai if he is free tomorrow at noon. If he has time, he will eat together at noon."
"I asked a long time ago, and he said there was something wrong during the day."
"Okay, where will you eat tomorrow night?"
"New Rongji."
"oh."
Zhang Da nodded and thought to himself that he was about to become a professional Michelin user recently.
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The two of them chatted again and then prepared to set off for supper.
After inserting the key into the ignition switch on the left side of the steering wheel, Fan Jiang asked, "By the way, where did you book a hotel?"
Zhang Da replied: "I booked a Peninsula hotel."
"Oh, good guy!" Fan Jiang sneered, "You're so embarrassed to say I'm exaggerating?"
Zhang Da replied: "Hey, wasn't you talking about it? This is called reasonable consumption."
This time it was Fan Jiang's turn to applaud.
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The two of them had dinner at a restaurant called Shanghai Beach, not far from the airport.
As soon as Zhang Da heard the name of the restaurant, a classic Cantonese song sung by the Brother Bo immediately rang in his mind.
"Running, wandering..."
For a supper, the two of them ate more than a thousand yuan.
Fan Jiang had said on the phone that he would eat casually, but after taking the seat, he ordered a large yellow croaker with a scallion oil priced at 880 without hesitation, and then added three dishes of this dish, braised pork, smoked fish and fried shrimp.
The yellow croaker tastes good, but the few dishes are even more amazing. Braised pork is not the kind of greasy "heavy oily red sauce" I imagined. There is no pressure to eat several pieces of meat.
The remaining sauce is served with a bowl of white rice, and there are no other disadvantages except that you may gain weight.
The smoked fish is crispy, and the shrimps that have been fried with oil can also taste the freshness of the ingredients. Zhang Da and Fan Jiang are both satisfied.
After dinner, Fan Jiang drove Zhang Da towards the Peninsula Hotel.
Sitting in the Porsche 911, entering the underground parking lot, Zhang Da and Fan Jiang looked at each other.
Several Lamborghini Mavericks on the left are in their own style. The dim lights in the basement cannot cover up the light of the pearly white Rolls-Royce phantom on the right. Only a Porsche 918 "dare" parked next to it.
Drive further inside, another Lamborghini bull showed off his "muscles" casually, so that the blue Aston Martin next to him was overshadowed.
"Brother, I found out that my car is a poor car here."
After driving around the parking lot, Fan Jiang silently parked the car to the parking space in the corner.
"I heard that the hotel uses Rolls-Royce to pick up people." Zhang Da took his luggage from the back seat and pretended to be regretful, "Yesterday the hotel called me to confirm the check-in time and asked if I wanted to pick up the plane... Alas, it's a pity."
"Oh, I'm sorry for you."
Fan Jiang took out his Dior bag from the front trunk and walked towards the elevator.
After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "Hey, why don't you let the hotel arrange it tomorrow?"
"sure!"
So, the two of them happily got on the elevator.
Zhang Da spent a lot of money this time and booked a special luxury river view room. After checking in at the front desk, the two of them arrived at the elevator.
"This elevator pointer looks pretty good!"
As soon as he looked up, Zhang Da saw the elevator pointer like a bell on the wall above the elevator.
“Yes, it’s quite retro.”
Fan Jiang nodded and took a photo casually.
Entering the room on the 11th floor, Fan Jiang took another photo of the film, clearly showing that he was about to post it on his Moments.
"Exaggeration, you are really exaggeration..."
Zhang Da shook his head repeatedly and began to carefully look at the facilities in the room.
The hotel looks very "European" but the room uses a lot of Chinese elements.
A large number of wooden furniture are carved with flowers and landscape paintings, and the carpets on the ground also have Chinese flower painting patterns, which is really pleasing to the eye.
In the bathroom, flowers and plants are also carved on the walls next to the bathtub, but it is obviously made of Western art here.
After picking up the bathing products in the bathroom and studying it for a while, Zhang Da still couldn't see what brand it was, so he simply called Fan Jiang who was taking pictures of the night view of the Bund on the balcony.
"This is custom made," Fan Jiang "professionally" took a photo, "Does Oscar Delarenta know? He designed it for the peninsula during his lifetime."
Zhang Da, who was "unclear and sensible", shook his head and prepared to experience it well in the evening.
After a while, Fan Jiang went to take a bath first, while Zhang Da stood on the balcony and enjoyed the view of the Bund.
Under the night, colorful lights lit up, as if they were covered with a gilded coat on the Bund.
Chapter completed!