Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 9 will be briefly discussed.

"What the hell..."

Wang Wei was speechless after being rebuked by Xu Mu.

Damn it, wasn't Xu Mu a bookworm before?
Why are you speaking so rudely?
"So how much do you earn in royalties each month? I have a relative who also writes novels, and I heard it's very lucrative!"

"Oh?"

Xu Mu frowned. In the entire Tianji County, as far as he knew, the only really impressive person was Ma Lou, a top author on Qidian.

There's also a younger brother who's a top-tier author on Qidian.com.

Apart from that, Xu Mu didn't seem to know any authors.

Perhaps he's just ignorant!
"Those who don't earn much from writing are just struggling to make ends meet!"

"..."

Xu Mu chatted with them casually.

Many students arrived gradually during this time, and we chatted with each other.

When classmates who weren't very familiar with her spoke to Xu Mu, Xu Mu could only maintain the most basic politeness.

It wasn't that Xu Mu looked down on them, it was just that Xu Mu really didn't have anything to talk about with them.

Their conversation was full of complaints about how tiring the work was, how stupid the boss was, and how they were treated like animals.

Xu Mu spends his days writing, dominating the battlefield in the canyon, hurling insults, or helping Boss Bao sell turtles and getting customers to send him money.

Life was simple but uninteresting.

"Okay, it's almost time!"

"Let's eat at Baihe Hall!"

When they entered the private room, there were already six or seven classmates sitting inside.

They didn't see anyone at the entrance, so they went straight to the White Crane Hall.

After Xu Mu and the others took their seats, there were already about thirty people sitting in the private room.

Because the entire gathering was on a pay-your-own-way basis, Zhou Mengting didn't hesitate when it came to booking the private room. Mainly, she was also looking for other options, hoping to see if any of her former classmates had the financial means to rekindle their old friendships.

Even though Zhou Mengting dated a rich second-generation heir back then, the heir couldn't handle her frequent demands for money.

After dating for six months, the rich second-generation broke up with her.

The affair was exposed by a rich second-generation heir.

He called Zhou Mengting a gold digger!
After taking their seats, Xu Mu sat down with Tong Wu.

Wang Wei and Zhang Wei sat together.

The other students also sat together according to their close relationships, forming small groups.

"Brother Mu, that was so cool!"

"You didn't look closely, Zhou Mengting's face turned ashen! It's fucking hilarious."

Tong Wu approached Xu Mu and said with a hearty laugh.

This kid has been carefree and thoughtless since he was a child.

Because their families raise cattle, they are indeed wealthy and have never experienced hardship.

They are much happier than those lowly people, and naturally have no worries.

It's like buying a Xiaomi SU7 Ultra outright without hesitation, or borrowing 300,000 yuan without a second thought.

"I just wanted to come here for a meal and improve my diet, but they just kept taking advantage of me. What could I do?"

"That's true! Every year at the class reunion, I just eat like crazy and don't talk to them at all. I only chime in when Wang Wei is making sarcastic remarks about you."

"Then we don't need to plant it this year, I'll just do it myself!"

"Row."

The two chatted idly, one sentence after the other.

Wang Wei, who was looking at the menu, suddenly looked at Xu Mu and asked, "Xu Mu, you haven't attended our class reunion for so many years, why don't you order from the menu today?"

"No need, just do your best!"

Xu Mu shook his head. There were way too many of these pretentious plots in novels.

Xu Mu had seen it all before.

As soon as Wang Wei opened his mouth, Xu Mu knew what kind of nonsense he was going to spout.

However, Wang Wei's pretentiousness was too stiff and lacked the smoothness described in the novel.

Life is life, and fiction is fiction.

Some people in life just pretend when they don't have the guts.

"Sigh! Why be so formal? My family owns a stake in Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel, and we eat here almost every day. We're so tired of the food here! Originally, I wanted to arrange for you to go to Senlan Tonglu, a five-star hotel! But Tingting insisted on staying here, so I had no choice but to come along."

Wang Wei smiled and placed the menu on the small rotating table of the round table, turning it towards Xu Mu. "But you probably don't come here often, so just do what you think is right today! Even if splitting the bill isn't enough, I'll pay for the rest."

Xu Mu sneered upon hearing this.

Wang Wei is a typical example of someone who puts on airs even when he doesn't have any.

His words were all about elevating himself and belittling others.

However, Xu Mu didn't expect that a pretentious person from a small county town could say anything sophisticated.

And if they were true shareholders, wouldn't their meals be free?
We still need to split the bill?

"Alright, since Mr. Wang Wei, this big boss, is so kind as to accept my offer, I'll just do a little something."

Xu Mu took the menu and then glanced at everyone present. "I hope none of you have any dietary restrictions?"

"I just ordered whatever I wanted!"

Each of them only contributed 200 yuan to their class reunion. They ordered food and went to karaoke, and if they were careful with their money, they still had some left over.

However, since Wang Wei said that splitting the bill wasn't enough and he would pay for the rest, why would Xu Mu be polite to him?
Xu Mu ordered five king crabs, each prepared in a different way.

In addition, there are also relatively expensive seafood such as croaker and small yellow croaker.

We'll also make sure everyone gets one serving of caviar. And we'll go with whichever is the most expensive!

Xu Mu counted the number of people present to ensure that everyone could get some food.

"Holy crap, Brother Mu, are you trying to make Wang Wei bleed out of his wits?!"

Tong Wu was stunned when he saw the dishes Xu Mu had ordered.

Order everything that's expensive!
“Xiao Wu, I’m going to criticize you for saying that! What do you mean by making President Wang bleed? It’s because President Wang is taking care of us working people’s hard work. He thinks we’ve never been to such a high-end hotel before, so he wants to broaden our horizons and improve our meals!”

"What are these things to Boss Wang? Are you looking down on him? You'll be punished by eating a whole king crab later!"

"Okay, brother, I was wrong!"

"Mr. Wang, would you like some drinks tonight?"

Xu Mu ordered forty or fifty dishes, and judging from the menu, the total cost was probably over twenty thousand yuan!

To be honest, the food at Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel is not expensive; the only valuable thing is the seafood.

"Sure, since I'm letting you order, I won't interfere at all. Just do what you think is best!"

"Row."

Xu Mu flipped directly to the last few pages, which were all about alcoholic beverages.

The hotel's biggest profit comes from alcoholic beverages!

As a shareholder of Kaiyuan Taihe Hotel, I will receive 10% of the profits generated from tonight's consumption.

Wouldn't they have to ruthlessly exploit Wang Wei?
However, the most expensive wines here are Château de la Paix (Lafite Rothschild) and Grange (Penfolds).

After all, Tianji County is a small county town, and its consumption is ultimately limited.

"Should all the male students drink?"

"Everyone drank," Wang Wei said casually, waving his hand. "When have we ever had a class reunion where we didn't drink until we were completely drunk?"

"Row!"

Xu Mu didn't stand on ceremony and ordered five bottles of Moutai and five bottles of Lafite Casa de la Paix.

As for Penfolds, the price is still a bit lacking.

Let's drink Lafite.

"I've finished ordering." Xu Mu closed the menu and looked at Wang Wei, saying, "Mr. Wang, would you like to see the menu?"

"Need not!"

Wang Wei waved his hand dismissively, saying, "I'm a regular here. Do you think I don't know what kind of price range this hotel has?"

"Waiter, my order!"

After handing the menu to the waiter, Xu Mu suddenly thought of something.

"Assistant Bai, are you busy?"

"I'm taking notes of the meeting, Mr. Xu, please."

Bai Xue still replied instantly.

Have you explained this to the shareholders?

“I already told them, they’re waiting for you at the dinner party,” Bai Xue replied. “Is there anything I can help you with?”

"Hey, wasn't I having a dinner party at Baihe Hall? I was wondering if there were any wines that weren't on the menu but were very expensive, like tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan, but didn't look worth much. Bring me a bottle!"

"Are you hosting a dinner for your classmates?" Bai Xue asked, puzzled.

"No, I'm too rich and have too much free time to treat them to such expensive drinks! Wouldn't it be better to just recharge my own game account?"

"Is such that……"

Xu Mu recounted the whole story, and Bai Xue couldn't help but smile after seeing the message Xu Mu sent.

She never expected that Xu Mu would have such a youthful and spirited side.

However, this version of Xu Mu is similar to the Xu Mu from last night.

That seems to be the case for him.

"That's it, I understand!"

"Wait for my good news!"

In the conference room on the third floor of Kaiyuan Taihe, Bai Xue was arranging a "show-off and face-slapping" plot for Xu Mu. She was typing seriously on the keyboard, but the smile that had just appeared on her lips did not fall.

This made Liu Yang, who was sitting in the conference room, frown and feel very annoyed.

Bai Xue usually has a cold demeanor when she sees me, but today she smiled at the computer.

That inquisitive mind infuriated Liu Yang, who pointed at Bai Xue and demanded, "Bai Xue, what are you laughing at?"

"Huh?" Bai Xue looked up in confusion. "I didn't laugh?"

"Mr. Xu just asked me to arrange a bottle of expensive red wine for his private room. I'm instructing the hotel manager to make the arrangement."

"Liu Yang!" The chairman, sitting in the main seat, glanced at Liu Yang, his eyes showing displeasure. "This is a conference room. Are you trying to scare us old folks to death by suddenly slamming your fist on the table?"

"I'm sorry, Uncle Tang."

Liu Yang was still somewhat afraid of Chairman Tang Mochen, after all, he was an elder who had watched him grow up since childhood, and he dared not be presumptuous in front of his elder.

If his dad finds out that I made Tang Mochen unhappy, he'll definitely whip him with a belt when we get home.

His dad doesn't have high demands; he doesn't mind spending money on girls, drinking, or showing off.

The only two requirements are that you should not start a business or provoke the elders of Kaiyuan Taihe.

Tang Mochen ignored Liu Yang and turned to Bai Xue, instructing, "Bai Xue, since you say you won't participate in the management of our hotel, I mean I agree to Xu Mu's investment! Well then, the meeting is almost over, and Xu Mu has asked you for a favor, so I'll trouble you to make a trip and deliver the investment agreement to Xu Mu."

"After he signs, tell him to end his class reunion as soon as possible and come to our dinner party!"

"I am somewhat interested in this young man."

Bai Xue responded, picked up her laptop and documents, and stood up to take her leave. "Yes, Mr. Tang!"

(End of this chapter)