Chapter 323 - 143: The Socialites’ Infighting, an Impending Disgrace

Chapter 323: Chapter 143: The Socialites’ Infighting, an Impending Disgrace

Su Chen was also quite relieved that he had pushed the event back three days.

He finished two of the pastries on the first day, so the remaining three would be no problem at all.

While things were incredibly busy at Delicious...

「Botanical Garden, Pedestrian Street.」

"What’s going on? How come that owner hasn’t set up his stall for two days straight?"

Zhang Jiayi was hiding in her G-Wagen, along with three of her best friends.

"Damn it, we only got to eat there once. By the way, Jiayi, what’s the deal with that order of yours? Our party is right around the corner!"

"Yeah, you all saw how smug those bitches from the Beijing Circle were in the group chat today. So what if she’s having a birthday party in Sanya? They’re acting like we can’t afford to do the same!"

"Heh, don’t stoop to their level. Our Jiayi’s got some real pull."

Leaning back in her seat, Zhang Jiayi massaged her forehead. "I don’t know either! The meal was supposed to be yesterday, but the owner said one day wasn’t enough time to prepare, so he pushed it to the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow?" The friend with the wavy hair was shocked. "By then, it’ll be too late! We can’t let them show up us Jingzhou girls this time. Can that owner actually pull this off or not?"

"Oh, whatever. Jiayi probably just has a thing for the owner’s good looks. Heh, twenty thousand yuan for one meal? How’s that any different from just handing him free money?"

"Ugh, you guys, just stop it!" Zhang Jiayi groaned, flopping onto the steering wheel. "I’m going home! I’m done with you guys for today."

After kicking her friends out of the car, Zhang Jiayi slammed on the accelerator and sped home.

It was the first day back to their workout routine. After their run, they had followed their usual habit of driving to the Pedestrian Street to check things out.

But they found that the stir-fry vendor hadn’t shown up for two days straight.

Now, Zhang Jiayi was lying on her bed in her pajamas, her phone ringing nonstop next to her ear.

She opened a group chat named "Northern Sisters Group."

[Sweet: Thanks to all my dear sisters who came to my birthday party today! Heehee~ I’m heading back to Beijing tomorrow. Douyin is having a food event, don’t forget to check it out!]

[Xue’Er: Wow! Is that the event with all those influencers who have tens of millions of followers? But I don’t have an invitation!]

[Sweet: Don’t worry~ You can just drop my name!]

[Sweet: By the way, did any of my dear sisters from Jingzhou not make it to Sanya today? Are you coming to the Douyin event tomorrow? I can save some spots for you~]

Just as Zhang Jiayi was about to type a reply, a video call came through.

"Jiayi! Did you hear that? They’re being so damn smug! Aaaah! They’re completely looking down on us!"

"Jiayi, if it’s really not going to work out, just cancel the order. We can go grab a meal at the Bulgari again. And I remember you have that luxury brand launch party in a few days, right? We can definitely even the score then!"

Zhang Jiayi sighed. "But... to go back on my word like that..."

"What’s the big deal? We agreed on today for the meal. It’s his fault he couldn’t get it done. How can he possibly blame us, the customers?"

"Well..." Zhang Jiayi stammered, "I’ll... think about it."

She hung up, her mind a complete mess.

Unlike the scandals that had recently blown up online, Zhang Jiayi and her circle weren’t some budget-version socialites; they were the real deal...

For instance, Duoduo, the one who had just called, was the daughter of Jingzhou City’s biggest jeweler. Whenever Zhang Jiayi and the others had an event to attend, they would often borrow jewelry from Duoduo’s family.

Zhang Jiayi’s own status was about average within their group of four. Her father was the biggest real estate developer in Jingzhou City.

However, the real estate market had been sluggish in recent years, so her family was looking to pivot into the emerging new media industry, specifically short-form video.

After all, you could work your tail off building an entire residential complex and still not make as much as someone earns from a single e-commerce livestream. Who wouldn’t be green with envy over that kind of money?

As the only daughter, Zhang Jiayi had to shoulder some of that responsibility. In addition to her usual social obligations, she also managed her own short-form video account.

She even went live every few days.

As the daughters of major tycoons, their group’s daily mission was simple: spend money.

They spent their families’ money to connect with socialites from other circles, frequenting all sorts of social venues to network with high-society figures.

Once you knew enough people, a few were bound to be useful.

For a man of her father’s stature, the only thing often missing to close a deal was an introduction—someone to open the door. The rest was simple, merely a matter of exchanging favors.

If Duoduo hadn’t suddenly called, Zhang Jiayi would have actually replied in the group chat just now: ’Remember to save a spot for me!’

This was a food event hosted by Douyin, after all!

Zhang Jiayi was well aware of this event. Apparently, Douyin wanted to heavily promote traffic for its food category.

That’s why they had specially invited several influencers with tens of millions of followers to make an appearance!

Among them were several famous food vloggers, a few National Banquet Chefs with genuine skills, and the rest were just other personnel related to the event.

’If I could attend this event, it would be a huge help for Dad’s company’s pivot... I might even get to know a few major streamers.’

"Damn it! Duoduo, are you trying to ruin this for me?!"

But Duoduo was different. Her family was in the jewelry business now, but they had originally made their fortune in coal. She had a bit of a nouveau riche attitude herself and always thought those socialites from the Beijing Circle were incredibly pretentious.