Financial freedom starts from graduation

Chapter 488 Strong Wind
At large dinner events, there is often a term called "serving ratio."

In other words, in order to ensure the guests' experience, the ratio of "waiter: guest" should usually be controlled at "1:8" and should not exceed "1:12" at the minimum.

That is to say, we must ensure that there is at least one dedicated service for every eight guests. If there is only one waiter for every twelve guests, the guest experience will be greatly reduced.

In fact, in the common evening parties that we commonly attend, such as weddings, the number of waiters often does not even reach this ratio. In most star-rated hotels, except when serving dishes, one waiter is responsible for a certain area, and one person has to serve several tables.

What is more common is that even then, you often can’t find the waiter when you look up…

Zhou Wang was hosting a high-end banquet today, so naturally such a low-level situation would not occur.

In the banquet hall alone, the "service ratio" reached an exaggerated "1:5", that is, for every five guests, there was a young lady wearing a high-slit cheongsam, who was in great shape in terms of appearance, figure, and demeanor.

These young ladies are all flight attendants or junior and senior students majoring in hotel management. They are recruited by a third-party company. The pay of up to 2000 yuan a night is enough to make these inexperienced girls fight for this opportunity.

In addition to the etiquette ladies in the front hall acting as senior waiters, a large number of waiters, kitchen teams, bartenders, cleaners, and technicians responsible for sound and lighting, etc. are also needed... The total number of all service personnel may even exceed the number of guests in order to support the operation of this dinner.

At this time, Guo Nansheng, who was pushing the food cart towards the kitchen, was just one of the small moving parts.

When he and Zhou Wang took the initiative to propose to help at the dinner, Zhou Wang was actually hesitant at first, mainly out of consideration for Guo Nansheng's feelings.

After all, he was once a member of the "guest class". It could even be said that most of the people present were wealthy people from the Magic City, and he might have known them before. But now he has become a service provider. Not everyone can accept this psychological gap...

"Brother Gou, don't worry about it. I'm not asking for compensation. Besides, if you don't mind, I'll be responsible for the dried fruits for the dinner."

Guo Nansheng acted very calm about this and just smiled and said.

Zhou Wang thought about it and it made sense. Besides, he had always wanted to help Guo Nansheng, but Guo Nansheng obviously did not want to accept Zhou Wang's financial support directly. Providing him with opportunities to make money might make him feel more at ease.

So Zhou Wang agreed and placed Guo Nansheng in the back kitchen area to be responsible for the supply of fresh fruits. In this way, he did not have to face the guests outside and could still achieve his goal of making money.

Zhou Wang paid him a five-digit salary, plus the profit margin from fresh fruit purchases, it was enough for him to make a small profit, at least it was much better than setting up a stall...

The dinner was held on the 56th floor, while the temporary kitchen and food delivery area were set up on the temporarily vacant 55th floor.

Guo Nansheng, who was pushing the food cart, first nodded politely to the two security guards on duty in the elevator area, then took out the metal lighter he carried with him and helped them light the fire, and then took the freight elevator to the 55th floor.

Compared with the 56th floor where melodious music is playing, the logistics area on the 55th floor appears busy and messy.

Of course, Guo Nansheng seemed much more leisurely as he shuttled through the area. He smiled and greeted several chefs he had just met along the way. Guo Nansheng seemed to be pushing the food cart around aimlessly, and finally passed through the logistics area and came to the other side of the 55th floor, which was an empty office area that had not yet been put into use.

There are only some empty tables and chairs in this area, but on the wall not far away, signs of decoration have begun to appear. You can vaguely see the four big words "Wangzhou Group" and a logo with the main graphic of "Crown and Rose".

Guo Nansheng stared at the words for a moment, then he closed the door behind him and looked around. After confirming that there was no one else here, Guo Nansheng came to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the bustling lights of the Magic City at night.

He turned the metal lighter over in his hand, but for some reason, there was a sense of caution in his movements.

After standing in silence for about five or six minutes, Guo Nansheng's pocket suddenly vibrated.

He looked back to confirm again, then took out a black rectangular mobile phone from his pocket and pressed the answer button.

After the call was connected, neither party spoke for a while. The only sound they could hear was the faint noise of wind and breathing coming from the other end of the line.

There was silence for another ten seconds before a mature woman's chuckle rang out from the other end of the line. "Mr. Nan, you're always like this. You won't speak unless I speak...Aren't you being too cautious? I've already told you that this is the most technologically advanced satellite phone available today, and the possibility of it being monitored is zero."

"In this world, nothing is certain to never happen..."

Guo Nansheng responded calmly, "Also, don't call me 'Nan Shao' anymore. I'm just an ordinary person now."

"Just because you lost your extraordinary wealth doesn't mean your soul is ordinary... otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now, right?"

The woman discussed philosophy with Guo Nansheng with great interest.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll hang up."

Guo Nansheng frowned.

"Haha, Master Nan, don't worry, the banquet has just begun, we still have a lot of time..."

beep!
Guo Nansheng hung up the phone directly.

After a few seconds, the phone rang again. Guo Nansheng picked it up again. Both parties were silent for a long time, and then the woman spoke with hidden anger:
"Guo Nansheng, I'm warning you, if you hang up on me again, our cooperation will end here!"

"You also know that we are just partners, so don't speak to me in that commanding tone...Also, what exactly do you want to say?"

The woman took a deep breath, then suddenly smiled and said, "I just want to ask how you feel now. As the only heir of the Jiangnan Guo family and the young master of the Guo Group, you should be standing in the banquet hall on the top floor, being admired by everyone and full of energy..."

"However, at this moment, you can only stand in the shadows at the bottom of the tunnel like a rat in a sewer. You should be able to vaguely hear the wanton laughter and melodious music coming from above your head. Your enemies are singing and dancing there..."

"enough."

Guo Nansheng closed his eyes and his tone didn't sound unusual, but his other hand, which had been clenched into a fist at some point, revealed that his heart was not as calm as he appeared.

"I just wanted to make sure you were ready."

The woman stopped and chuckled.

"I have done everything I should do."

Guo Nansheng looked up at the ceiling which seemed empty.

"I'm not just talking about this... Young Master Nan, you have to understand one thing, that is, there is no turning back on this matter. This is the very center of the Magic City. You should understand the risks behind this. Whether you can survive or not, you have already risked your entire life and property. Do you understand?"

"Life and property?"

Guo Nansheng seemed to have heard a big joke. His expression was distorted for a moment, but then he calmed down again. He said indifferently:
"Now I have nothing to lose."

"It's good that you have this awareness."

The woman on the other end of the phone nodded with satisfaction. When she was about to say something, Guo Nansheng heard faint noises coming from behind him. He immediately whispered, "Someone is coming," and hung up the phone.

After adjusting his expression, Guo Nansheng turned around and saw two kitchen staff members walking towards him, talking and laughing while holding cigarettes.

Guo Nansheng greeted them with a smile, politely helped them light a fire, then turned around and left the area.

……

The wind was howling. On the rooftop of the Phase I office building of IFC, a woman wrapped in a windbreaker and looking to be in her 40s or 50s was standing there. She put away the satellite phone in her hand and looked straight at the Phase II office building opposite.

The golden light shone from the top floor of the office building opposite. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could vaguely see the figures of people inside. The well-dressed guests were holding up their wine glasses, greeting each other and laughing.

It was too far away, and she was afraid of alerting the security guards, so the woman didn't dare to use the telescope to spy... She knew how powerful the bodyguards around Zhou Wang were. But watching from a distance was enough.

She wanted to witness with her own eyes how the man who caused her family to be destroyed fell at the highest peak of this magic city...

"Zhou Wang, Zhou Wang, you were lucky before, but I want to see how you can escape this time..."

In the darkness of the night, the woman's neurotic and sinister laughter was gradually swallowed up by the strong wind until it became fragmented.

……

"Brother Guo, how did you do it?"

In a corner near the front of the banquet hall, Zhou Wang affectionately put his arm around Guo Wangshan's shoulders. After the women around him walked away, he winked and asked about Guo Wangshan.

Zhou Wang's shock was well-founded.

Guo Wangshan did not come alone, but brought with him two wives, one big and one small. Of course, in public, Guo Wangshan has only one legal wife, but in a specific small circle, Guo Wangshan's two wives are both recognized as "principal wives."

What makes Zhou Wang feel so awesome is not just that Guo Wangshan can make them get along harmoniously. After all, when he is not considering a specific person, Zhou Wang actually has similar abilities.

For example, Su Yajing and Jiang Mo now have such signs. Recently, the two women have been hanging out together in Beidu every day, and they are as close as sisters. Zhou Wang thinks it is time to take them out shopping together... That would be so face-saving.

However, Guo Wangshan's two wives were not from ordinary families, but were proper ladies from famous families. The family backgrounds of the two wives might not be as good as that of the Guo family, but they were definitely prominent, so this was where Zhou Wang humbly sought advice...

After all, he is now being annoyed by Xia Xiwei and Ding Yi.

Not only do these two young ladies have tough personalities, but their family backgrounds are also outrageous and terrifying. Zhou Wang feels that it is a bit beyond his ability to appease both of them at the same time.

"Brother, this raises a question: what kind of animal do you think women are essentially?"

"Uh...sentimental animal?"

"now it's right."

Guo Wangshan had a teachable expression on his face. "So for women, it doesn't matter what you will be like in the future. What matters is what you do now. The key is how to move them... In fact, I also encountered a bottleneck at the beginning. Yun Xin and Xiao Xi refused to give in to each other and forced me to marry them openly. No one was willing to give up their status..."

"So how did you solve it, brother?"

"Then marry me. I'll give you the certificate, the wedding, whatever you want. It's no big deal!"

"what?"

Zhou Wang was confused when he heard this. "This, this isn't right... After all, we are in China. Can we get two certificates and hold two weddings?"

“You also said that it was in the country.”

Guo Wangshan said meaningfully, "There is more than one country in the world!"

Zhou Wang was horrified. "So what you mean is... I can have a new wedding and get a new certificate in another country?"

"What they want is the promise you give them through the certificate and the ceremony. Do they care which country the marriage certificate is from? So, brother, you need to open your mind and have a broad vision!"

Guo Wangshan patted Zhou Wang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I can recommend two countries with very simple procedures, Singapore... well, and Spain, these two places are good."

Zhou Wang had an "I understand" expression on his face, and then he coughed and said, "Brother, two countries may not be enough. How about you recommend some more convenient areas to me?"

"Uh, two isn't enough? How many?"

This time it was Guo Wangshan's turn to be confused.

"Well, ten of them will be enough... I'll need your advice later."

"..."

When Guo Wangshan and Zhou Wang were discussing "marriage matters" with their arms around each other in a rather obscene manner, not far away, Zhang Dashao and others were watching the scene with a look of pain on their faces.

"No... Guo Bing, is that really your father?"

Tang Yiming asked in disbelief, "The head of the 10 billion group, a big boss who was once famous in the dark night of Magic City?"

“I don’t really want to admit it.”

Guo Bing's mouth twitched, "But I can't possibly admit that I'm wrong even about my own father, right?"

"I can only say that Brother Gou is just that capable. Aren't he and Mr. Luo also very close...right, Xiao Qi?"

"Get lost, Old Ruan! If you dare to slander my mother again, I will fight you. They are clearly innocent..."

"Look, you're anxious again, and I didn't say anything!"

Everyone was playing around for a while, but after sighing, Young Master Zhang suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud.

"why are you laughing?"

Everyone looked over in confusion.

"The opening dance is about to begin, and I was just wondering, how will Dog handle it?"

"What do you mean?"

Shao Xiaoqi didn't understand what he meant.

"You are stupid, Xiao Qi. As the master, does Zhou Wang have to dance the first dance?"

"yes……"

"Then let me ask you, who should be his dance partner?"

"Of course it must be..."

Shao Xiaoqi subconsciously wanted to answer, but suddenly found that he really couldn't answer this question.

He first looked at Ding Yi, who was greeting several elders on the east side of the banquet hall and looked more beautiful than a flower. He then looked at Xia Xiwei, who was sitting on the west side of the banquet hall with a sweet smile. Finally, his gaze turned back to Jiang Qingkui, who was moving around the banquet hall and helping to entertain the guests like a queen...

Shao Xiaoqi finally understood and couldn't help revealing a gloating expression.

"It's going to be a good show this time..."

(End of this chapter)