“Twenty thousand US dollars?” Luo Chen sneered.
This bottle of wine only cost a few thousand US dollars, yet the service fee was actually more expensive than the wine itself?
In fact, service fees were indeed a thing, but they were usually given voluntarily by the guests to show off their status. In legitimate establishments, waiters would never take the initiative to demand them.
As the largest and most famous Diamond Hotel in Mangu, they clearly should not be doing things this way.
Yet at this very moment, the waiter had opened his mouth to demand exactly that.
“Sir, will you be paying by card or cash?” The waiter was clearly doing this on purpose.
“Call your manager over,” Luo Chen said indifferently, too lazy to say anything more to the waiter.
“Call our manager?” The waiter’s attitude was no longer pleasant, and his face instantly darkened.
“Sir, let me remind you. If you cannot afford to spend this much, then do not come and stay at our hotel!” the waiter mocked.
“How can you speak like that?” Yang Peipei was instantly unhappy.
There had been constant issues along the way, completely ruining the beautiful picture she had imagined of travelling to Xianluo and walking side by side with Luo Chen.
And now, just staying at a hotel and having a meal, they actually encountered this kind of situation?
Moreover, whether it was the forced consumption they encountered earlier or the current hotel issue, it was all related to her. She really did not want to leave a bad impression in front of Luo Chen.
However, just as she opened her mouth to speak, a table of people nearby also chimed in.
“The waiter is right. If you cannot afford it, then do not come here. You cannot even afford a service fee, yet you still have the nerve to say their attitude is bad?” The speaker was an extremely sexy and glamorous woman. She wore a pair of sunglasses and had a Buddha tattoo on her neck.
Most of the people who came to stay and spend money here actually had extremely powerful backgrounds, so they were mostly quite polite to one another.
But this woman dared to speak so bluntly, clearly showing she had great confidence.
Upon hearing this, Yang Peipei was immediately displeased.
They were handling their own business, what did it have to do with her?
How dare she interrupt?
Just as Yang Peipei was about to stand up and say something, Luo Chen reached out and pressed her back down.
The woman behind him was an Esper!
This was also the reason why this woman dared to openly mock them like this.
It was because the woman had seen through that Luo Chen was actually an Esper as well, but merely a Level 1 Esper.
As a Level 4 Esper, the woman could be considered a master in the country. Naturally, she looked down on a Level 1 Esper like Luo Chen, which was why she spoke up directly.
Luo Chen ignored the woman and turned his gaze back to the waiter.
“I said, go and call your manager over. I really want to see what kind of logic dictates that a corkage fee is more expensive than the wine itself.”
“You absolutely insist on calling the manager?” The waiter sneered and looked at Luo Chen.
But Luo Chen’s attitude was very resolute.
“Hmph, fine. I hope you do not regret this!” the waiter said directly.
Normally, if a waiter had a bad service attitude, complaining to the manager at this time would definitely work, and the waiter might even be punished.
But this waiter acted contrary to expectations, wearing a cold sneer.
The waiter then left.
The woman at the side secretly shook her head.
“I advise you it is best not to call their manager. Just obediently pay them the money. Otherwise, if things blow out of proportion, your measly Esper abilities will not be enough to smooth things over.”
In her eyes, the reason Luo Chen dared to be so tough and insisted on calling the manager was simply because he was relying on being a Level 1 Esper. How would an ordinary person dare to confront him?
But the woman sneered inwardly, because the boss of this shop had a huge background and was also an Esper.
This person in front of her was probably going to kick an iron plate today.
“You?” Yang Peipei was so angry she could not take it anymore and prepared to stand up again, but Luo Chen pressed her down once more.
Right at this moment, a man wearing a tailcoat and a bow tie walked over, with the previous waiter following right beside him.
“Sir, what seems to be the problem?” the manager asked Luo Chen.
“I actually want to ask, your corkage fee is twenty thousand US dollars, but this bottle of wine only costs a few thousand. Isn’t this service fee more expensive than the wine?”
“Sir, I am sorry, it is our fault.” The manager smiled and apologised to Luo Chen.
Yang Jun, however, sneered inwardly.
Then the manager directly turned his head and reprimanded the waiter.
“How do I usually teach you?”
“You are truly a piece of work!”
Then the manager turned his gaze back to Luo Chen.
“Sir, I am so sorry. Our waiter made a mistake.”
“This is our fault.”
“How could this gentleman’s service fee be twenty thousand US dollars?”
“Are you braindead, or just insanely bold?” the manager turned back and scolded.
Yang Peipei originally felt that a breath of anger had been vented, since the waiter’s attitude had been so arrogant just now.
But!
“His service fee is fifty thousand US dollars, and you bloody well only charged him twenty thousand?”
“Sir, your service fee is fifty thousand!” The manager sneered and looked at Luo Chen.
“Hmph, I said that if you called our manager, you would regret it.” The waiter looked at Luo Chen with a mocking expression, looking as if to see how he would get out of this mess!
The woman at the side also spoke up.
“Hehe, I told you earlier to just pay the money and be done with it. Now look what happened.”
“Now it is fifty thousand.” Yang Jun was absolutely thrilled inwardly.
You surnamed Luo, are you not arrogant?
I want to see today how you are going to get out of this!
“Oh?”
“Fifty thousand?” Luo Chen was also amused.
“Yes, sir. I apologise for our waiter’s mistake. Will you be paying in cash or by card?”
“Or perhaps, do you still want to call our general manager over?” The manager also looked at Luo Chen with mockery.
Now, not only the woman from before, but even some other people nearby turned to look at Luo Chen.
Their faces were filled with mockery.
This was because the waiters and managers here would never do this to them.
This was because they all had extremely powerful backgrounds. If you did not have some background and they wanted to mess with you, then you just had to accept your bad luck.
Who told you to be on their turf?
The most important point was that if Luo Chen had just quit while he was ahead earlier, instead of insisting they call the manager, then things might not have escalated to this point.
“Are you people just going to be unreasonable?”
“I want to file a complaint against you!” Yang Peipei really could not hold it in anymore.
“Let me make this clear first. You can go ahead and try to complain!”
“Let us see what the final result will be.”
But just as these words fell.
“Unreasonable?” Suddenly, a cold voice came from afar once again.
It was the general manager of the hotel. He looked to be in his forties, was a large fat man, and was followed by a large group of security guards.
“We are just being unreasonable. So what?” The general manager sneered.