Late at night.
Lu Feng had just left the hospital after visiting his mother when his cousin called. "Xiaofeng, where are you now? I'll come pick you up. Let's go to Ultimate Bar together!"
"Cousin, I'm at the hospital." It was only then that Lu Feng remembered Chen Bo had invited him and his cousin to Ultimate Bar tonight.
After he hung up, it wasn't long before his cousin arrived, driving a BMW 740.
The saleswoman, Lin Yao, was in the passenger seat again, dressed to the nines.
It seemed the two of them had gotten together.
"Young Master Feng." This time, when Lin Yao saw Lu Feng get in the car, she greeted him respectfully.
She had already heard a few things from Brother Ming.
For instance, that this Young Master Feng had bought the BMW 740 in full and gifted it to Brother Ming. She also realized she had misjudged him before; this Young Master Feng was the real deal.
In the eyes of the average person, bars always seemed chaotic and disreputable, especially after seeing them depicted in so many movies and shows as complex environments.
But with the development of a law-abiding society, bars weren't actually as terrifying as one might imagine. They were just places for entertainment.
Lu Feng had been to bars a few times and found them boring. He and Guo Zhen would go with a few other colleagues, split the bill for a table, order two cases of beer, and then spend the night watching all the rich guys with women on their arms, living it up without a care in the world.
It was on his first trip to a bar that he learned you could request dances. Some guys would pay 1,000 for a girl to dance for them for three minutes, and they'd do it again and again all night. The money they spent in one evening was more than he earned in a month. Then they'd leave with the girls, and who knows where they went after that.
The clientele at a bar were also naturally divided. When those black card holders arrived, the whole place would know. The DJ would make an announcement, spotlights would flash, and a message would appear on the central big screen.
Compared to people like that, he and Guo Zhen weren't there to have fun; they were just there to witness the happiness of the rich and watch the wealthy find their happily-ever-afters.
But Guo Zhen and the others didn't seem to care. For them, it was fun enough just to watch the beautiful women and have a few drinks.
In any case, he could never appreciate that kind of fun.
Lu Feng arrived at the entrance of Ultimate Bar and sent Chen Bo a message.
Just then, Lu Feng heard someone call out, "Lu Feng, you're at the bar tonight too?"
It was none other than Guo Zhen, whom he had run into that afternoon. He was also heading into the bar with a few other people.
Lu Feng said in surprise, "Guo Zhen, you're here tonight too!"
Guo Zhen explained, "It's my childhood friend's birthday, he's treating. I got his call this afternoon. Oh, right, let's have a drink later. I'm going to find my friend now!"
"Okay!" Lu Feng nodded.
Just then, Chen Bo walked out of the bar with a man in a suit.
"Young Master Feng, Brother Ming, let's go! I've already got the BOSS table." Chen Bo greeted them enthusiastically as soon as he came out. He walked right up to Lu Feng and personally escorted him into the bar.
Guo Zhen, who had returned to his friend's side, was visibly stunned by the scene.
'Young Master Feng? Lu Feng?'
His childhood friend asked in astonishment, "Guo Zhen, who was that you just went to greet?"
"A colleague from the factory," Guo Zhen replied.
"Impossible!" His friend shook his head in disbelief. "That man in the suit seems to be the manager of this bar. How could someone who gets personally escorted out to be greeted by the manager work in a factory?"
"Uh..." Guo Zhen was at a loss for words.
He was telling the truth.
As Chen Bo led Lu Feng into the bar, he had a completely new experience. The moment they entered, spotlights swiveled and focused on them.
Almost simultaneously, the DJ's voice boomed throughout the bar, "Let's give a warm welcome to black card director Boss Chen, Brother Ming, and their guest, Young Master Feng!"
In that moment, Lu Feng could feel the eyes of every patron in the bar on him.
After all, not just anyone could command such a grand reception.
Next, Chen Bo led Lu Feng to the largest, most conspicuous table in the bar. This was the BOSS table, a spot reserved for black card directors who had topped up their accounts with at least 50,000 yuan at once.
Ah Lin, Ah Pao, and Chen Bo's other underlings were already there, chatting in the booth.
Lu Feng had just sat down when several bar employees approached, holding large, luminous signs with the words "Perfect Ten." Following them were ten gorgeous, scantily clad, and very sexy women.
Each woman was holding a bottle of Martell Noblige.
After the ten beautiful women set down the liquor, they began to dance sensually around the booth.
This once again captured the attention of everyone in the bar. It was another ostentatious display of wealth—ten bottles of Martell Noblige cognac, an instant expenditure of over 10,000 yuan.
In a county town like this, this was a level of pleasure 99% of bar patrons would never experience.
As soon as the ten women finished their dance, Chen Bo said a few words to the manager in the suit, then took out his phone to scan and pay.
Lu Feng had just picked up a glass of liquor poured by Ah Pao when the bar's lights suddenly dimmed. Then, they instantly flared back to life, but all of them were now trained on the BOSS table, finally converging on him.
In that instant, Lu Feng became the focal point of the entire bar. He could feel pair after pair of eyes landing on him.
Immediately after, the DJ's incredibly enthusiastic voice rang out: "Thanks to Boss Chen at the BOSS table for treating all the lovely ladies to a 500-yuan 'Full House' dance! Wishing Young Master Feng a fun and happy night at Ultimate Bar!"
And in the very next moment, more than thirty beautiful, sexily dressed women from all over the bar rushed over to Lu Feng.
These beautiful women began to dance provocatively in unison right in front of him.
Lu Feng was well and truly experiencing what one might call a 'human wave'.
As they danced, the beautiful women didn't forget to shout in unison:
"May Young Master Feng get rich!"
"Young Master Feng is so handsome!"
This scene set off a wave of hushed conversations throughout the bar, because in a county town, this was definitely an iconic bar moment.
500 per person, for over 30 women... that was more than 15,000 yuan.
Even though bars weren't as chaotic as they used to be, many of the people who came to party were still riffraff just looking to mess around.
These people, in particular, subconsciously committed Lu Feng's face to memory, their own faces filled with astonishment.
These people naturally knew of Boss Chen.
'And now, this Boss Chen had dropped 15,000 yuan in one go just to wish this Young Master Feng a good time?'
'Just who is this Young Master Feng to make Boss Chen act like this? And that other guy, Brother Ming, is also a big name.'
'Boss Chen and Brother Ming are actually hanging out together, and is it also because of that Young Master Feng?'
'This Young Master Feng must be someone extraordinary.'
Guo Zhen and his friends had just entered the bar. Now, watching Lu Feng bathed in spotlights and surrounded by more than thirty beautiful women dancing for him, they were completely dumbfounded.
'Is that really my colleague?'
His childhood friend couldn't help but ask, "Guo Zhen, are you sure he works at the factory with you?"
Guo Zhen nodded frantically, then shook his head, still dazed.
If Lu Feng hadn't responded to him earlier, he would have suspected he'd mistaken him for someone else.
Watching the scantily clad, sexy women dancing provocatively before him, Lu Feng felt a stir of excitement. Being the center of attention was a completely different feeling from his past experiences of just watching others have fun.
Just then, Chen Bo leaned in and whispered conspiratorially in his ear, "Young Master Feng, see anyone you like? I can make the arrangements!"
Lu Feng immediately shook his head at his words.
He understood what Chen Bo was implying, but he'd rather not. Not everyone was interested in bar girls, and besides, he couldn't do anything to betray Yang Qingxue.
He had such a wonderful girlfriend; if he got involved in this sort of messy business, he'd be worse than an animal.
He had to be disciplined when it came to women, but drinking was fine. Afterward, Chen Bo and his underlings kept toasting him, and he drank a fair amount with his cousin and Brother Lin.
In the course of drinking, however, he got a good impression of Chen Bo's character when it came to alcohol.
Later, Lu Feng remembered Guo Zhen and walked over to his table.
He had promised him a drink, after all.
But when Guo Zhen saw Lu Feng approaching, he shot to his feet, as did his friends beside him. They all stared at Lu Feng with astonishment.
Guo Zhen, in particular, looked at Lu Feng as if he were meeting him for the first time.
"Have a drink!" Lu Feng said with a smile.
"Oh... okay!" Guo Zhen replied immediately. For some reason, after witnessing the earlier scene, drinking with Lu Feng now felt like a great honor, something that gave him a lot of face.
Lu Feng then politely had a drink with Guo Zhen's childhood friends. They immediately and respectfully lowered their glasses a bit to show deference.
Lu Feng clearly noticed this and felt a wave of emotion.
「Time passed.」
Because he had been drinking, Lu Feng slept in until noon the next day.
He washed up, and just as he was grabbing a bite to eat, he got a call from a delivery service. The 200 custom tea boxes he had ordered from that small workshop were finished and had been delivered.
Lu Feng immediately went downstairs and had the delivery person move all the boxes into his apartment.
The moment the delivery person left, he deadbolted the door, entered the game, and brought out 200 boxes of Qingfeng Tea from the Qingfeng Tea Headquarters. Then, he began the old switcheroo.
By the afternoon, all the Qingfeng Tea from the game had been transformed into tea produced a month ago in the real world, neatly stacked in his apartment.
The value of these 200 boxes of tea alone was over a million, and this was only a fraction of what was in the Qingfeng Tea Headquarters.
After that, he returned all the empty game packaging to the game world.
When he exited the game again, Da Fei's call came through. "Young Master Feng, I've already found the specialized tea-serving girls for the teahouse. Do you want to come and take a look? Also, about the tea, the most expensive tea sold in Youcheng's teahouses goes for about 5,000 a box."
"Our teahouse is the biggest in Youcheng. Should we stock an even higher-end tea? For example, that tea you brought last time was excellent. As long as you have the supply, I have ways to make it sell very well."