SFS Chapter 304
Chapter 304
"Classmates, this is not the wine I brought! This wine is new wine. The ones I brought are all aged. If you don't believe me, just take a look!" Liu Qing's face turned red with excitement and he argued loudly.
He had confidently brought a batch of precious Moutai to the table to share with his friends, but at this moment he discovered that one of the bottles was actually a new product from 2003, which was obviously inconsistent with the Moutai that was more than ten years old that he brought.
The people at the table picked up other empty bottles of Moutai and compared them carefully. The results were surprising - just as Liu Qing said, the Moutai he brought were all aged for more than ten years, and this bottle of Moutai from 2003 seemed out of place.
When Wentao heard the noise here, he immediately turned around to inquire about the situation.
He saw through the problem at a glance: the waiter had replaced the drinks without permission!
This situation is not uncommon in some restaurants in later generations. Some unscrupulous waiters will take advantage of this opportunity to earn the difference or replace real wine with fake wine to obtain high profits.
The value of a bottle of Moutai is enough to equal a waiter's monthly salary. Faced with such temptation, it is difficult for anyone to resist.
Wentao immediately called the hotel waiter, but what he didn't expect was that the waiter flatly denied having "changed the wine".
Upon hearing this answer, a group of "students" immediately became angry. Regardless of their rank, these students were the top or second-in-command in their respective prefecture-level or county-level cities. How could they tolerate such grievances?
Under the strong request of the crowd, the waiter had to go to the manager on duty that day at Quancheng Hotel. However, unexpectedly, the manager's attitude was even worse than the waiter's.
Not only did she firmly deny the "wine exchange", she even asked Mayor Liu to compensate her for the smashed "cup"!
In fact, the manager on duty knew very well that "changing wine" was just a routine method of theirs.
Especially for such large gatherings, the wine people bring is not only expensive, but also there are so many people that it is easy to cause chaos.
They usually choose to change the drinks later in the day, when most people are already drunk and dizzy. Who can tell whether the wine is real or fake?
I'm afraid that even if you give them a mouthful of "horse urine", they will drink it up as if it were white wine!
They didn’t expect that they would meet a group of “experts” today!
What everyone didn't realize was that the hotel had replaced their alcohol with far more than just this bottle of Maotai. In fact, almost every table had been secretly replaced with one or two bottles of expensive baijiu!
"We at Quancheng Hotel use imported high-end high-heeled glasses. If you accidentally damage a glass, you must compensate for it at the original price. Each glass costs up to 500 yuan!" The manager on duty said proudly, completely unaware of the current situation, and had no idea of the identities of the people attending the banquet tonight.
When everyone heard what the manager on duty said, they were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped!
You know, in this era, the average monthly salary of ordinary people is only more than 1,000 yuan, and now you have to pay 500 yuan for just breaking a cup! It's simply robbery!
Wen Tao suppressed his anger and said to the manager on duty, "Call your boss over right now. I want to ask him in person if this cup is really worth 500 yuan!"
Other "students" also shouted and asked the manager on duty to call the boss.
"Oh? Are you sure you want to call our boss over?" A hint of disdain and mockery flashed in the eyes of the manager on duty, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing an imperceptible sneer.
"If you call our boss over, this cup won't be worth 500 yuan, it'll be at least 10,000 yuan!" He deliberately emphasized the words "10,000 yuan" as if putting pressure on Wentao.
Hearing this, Wen Tao's face turned gloomy, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his eyes flashed with anger.
He thought to himself, "What a shady Quancheng Hotel! It's really a scam!"
But he was not intimidated by the threats from the manager on duty. Instead, he strengthened his determination to fight them to the end.
He wanted to take a good look at how deep the water was in Quancheng Hotel and whether it was really as dark as the manager on duty said!
Seeing Wen Tao's resolute attitude, the manager on duty took another look at the attire of everyone at the banquet and immediately felt that there had been some "mistakes" tonight.
The manager on duty is named Zhang Tingting, and she is the "niece" of the chairman of the Quancheng Hotel. Usually, most of the profits from these "wine exchange" operations go into her own pocket.
Moreover, this trick has been proven to be effective. Even guests who have noticed it before are frightened by the reputation of Quancheng Hotel.
This group of people tonight were all carrying expensive liquors, and judging by their attire, they were certainly not "ordinary people". Realizing that she had gone a little too far tonight, Zhang Tingting hurriedly left the banquet hall, got on the elevator directly, and pressed the button for the 26th floor, the highest floor of Quancheng Hotel!
"At this time, my uncle should not have "returned home" yet. He has a wide network of contacts and knows many leaders. Last time, the director of the district's Industrial and Commercial Bureau came to inspect, he was very polite to my uncle. I believe my uncle can easily solve this small problem!" Zhang Tingting thought to herself.
Quancheng Hotel is part of Quancheng Group, a large and influential enterprise.
Floors 1 to 20 of the hotel are its main business areas, offering a variety of luxurious services and facilities.
However, the floors above the 20th floor are the offices of Quancheng Group, where the company's senior management and decision-makers gather.
The spacious and bright 26th-floor office, resplendently decorated, believes the owner's wealth and status. Yet, at this moment, the atmosphere in the room feels somewhat ambiguous. Zhang Zuxue, chairman of Quancheng Group, and his secretary are busily engaged in so-called "work."
Suddenly, a rapid knock on the door broke everything.
Zhang Zuxue and his secretary hurriedly put away their messy clothes, embarrassed and dissatisfied expressions on their faces. They looked at each other and shouted in unison, "Come in!"
The door opened, and a young woman rushed in in a panic. She was Zhang Tingting, Zhang Zuxue's niece.
"Uncle...downstairs..." Zhang Tingting stuttered and couldn't speak a complete sentence.
She looked up and saw her uncle sitting in the luxurious boss chair with a grim face, while the secretary next to him had a slightly red face and her professional suit was a little wrinkled.
Zhang Tingting was no fool; she instantly realized she had caught her uncle and his secretary having an affair. She felt incredibly embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
"Why are you so flustered? What's going on downstairs so late?" Zhang Zuxue asked with a grim face, suppressing his anger.
If Wentao appeared here at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the Zhang Zuxue in front of him was actually his cheap father-in-law in the previous life who had spoken ill of him and called him a "little bastard"!