Chapter 220 - 187: Chance Encounter

Chapter 220: Chapter 187: Chance Encounter

"We sell early bird tickets in advance to our members and fellow drinkers. On the day of the event, they can pick up tokens and event merchandise at the entrance of Cloud Vase. Then, they can use the tokens inside to sample or purchase from their favorite craft breweries."

"Some craft breweries have online sales channels, but some only supply to businesses and don’t sell online. That’s why this event is so appealing to many serious connoisseurs. They can enjoy different craft brews while taking in the brilliant cityscape of our Beichun."

Huang Xin gave Gu Heng a concise overview of Cloud Vase’s traffic and operations system. He spoke without a single pause, having clearly committed all the details to memory.

"Are the brand collaborations always with craft breweries?"

Gu Heng raised an eyebrow and asked Huang Xin, "Have you never tried collaborating with foreign liquor brands?"

"Foreign liquor brands... we have considered them, actually."

"It’s just that the well-known ones tend to look down on us."

Huang Xin answered honestly. "As for the smaller, unknown brands, there’s not much point in us collaborating with them."

"I understand."

"Bring this up at the next weekly group meeting. We’ll see which foreign liquor brand might be a good fit. I’ll pull some strings and see if I can make a partnership happen."

Gu Heng was visiting the various restaurant brands under Zhen Cui Group to conduct an in-depth investigation. Although his initial motivation was to complete a challenge mission from Father Tongzi, if he discovered any problems during his investigation, he would do his best to solve them as long as it was within his power.

After all, Zhen Cui Group was his own enterprise, and he naturally wanted it to grow better and stronger.

"Thank you, Chairman Gu!"

Hearing this, Huang Xin was ecstatic.

If Gu Heng could really negotiate a collaboration with a famous foreign liquor brand for Cloud Vase, it would be a huge boost to the bar’s brand image and influence. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a quantum leap.

In the future, Cloud Vase would have far greater appeal and recognition among upper-middle-class customers who have higher standards for the quality of their drinks.

Gu Heng gave a slight nod, indicating it was no trouble.

The two of them sat in the booth and chatted for a while longer.

"Alright."

"You can go attend to your business."

"I’ll wander around the place on my own in a bit. I’ll do whatever I can find to do."

Gu Heng stood up from the sofa booth and instructed Huang Xin.

"Chairman Gu, how about I have Vice President Hu accompany you?"

"She’s been the vice president at Cloud Vase for almost two years and is familiar with everything here. You can ask her directly if you need anything."

If possible, Huang Xin would have preferred to stay by Gu Heng’s side himself. But he knew Gu Heng would never agree to that, so he had to settle for the next best thing and recommend a relatively reliable subordinate. He wanted to avoid any of the younger, clumsier staff members accidentally offending Gu Heng.

"Then have Vice President Hu come over."

Gu Heng nodded slightly, not refusing excessively.

"Yes, yes, of course!"

"I’ll call her over right away!"

Huang Xin quickly used his walkie-talkie to summon Hu Lei.

As Gu Heng waited, his gaze wandered casually around the bar.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

’It’s them?’

...

Yunzen High-altitude Restaurant and Bar, Booth S3.

"Sorry!"

"Yiyi, I’m so sorry!"

"Something came up at home, so I’m just a little bit late!"

When Su Tang hurried onto the scene, almost everyone had already arrived. She first gave Liu Nanyi an apologetic hug, then flashed an apologetic smile at everyone else at the table.

At the same time, she casually placed a pure white collector’s edition Dior handbag on the table. While chatting with her two roommates beside her, Liu Nanyi and Lin Qingge, she took off her slightly bulky Canada Goose down jacket.

Today, under her jacket, Su Tang wore an off-white wool turtleneck. On the bottom, she had on a pair of coffee-colored, high-waisted, wide-leg pants, accented with a thin metal Gucci belt.

The outfit perfectly accentuated her already impressive bust and her willow-like slender waist. Combined with the meticulously applied "no-makeup" makeup she wore today, her already near-perfectly radiant face was even more dazzling, leaving the four boys sitting across from them completely stunned.

Among them was Feng Yao’s boyfriend, Gao Junlin.

Feng Yao was already feeling a bit sour seeing Su Tang’s new collector’s edition Dior handbag. She had seen that bag on the official Dior website a while ago; its retail price alone was a staggering 48,800 yuan. Plus, many stores didn’t have it in stock, requiring a long preorder to get one.

Now, seeing her boyfriend, Gao Junlin, staring unblinkingly at Su Tang, she nearly blew a gasket.

Even though she barely managed to restrain herself from lashing out, she was, after all, a girl who had just turned eighteen. She was far from being able to hide her emotions, so her expression had clearly soured.

"Gao Junlin, do you need me to have her sit over here?"

Feng Yao warned him in a very low voice.

"No, no, no."

"Babe, don’t be mad."

"I was just looking."

Gao Junlin snapped back to his senses, but a trace of stunned admiration still lingered in his eyes.

Today, Feng Yao’s roommates had truly given Gao Junlin a huge shock.

He originally thought Feng Yao was beautiful enough, with her wine-red, shoulder-length curly hair, trendy fashion sense, and delicate, pretty Korean-style face. At 170 cm, she was also quite tall. Moreover, as the only daughter of a family from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, her living standard was not much inferior to Gao Junlin’s.

In the half-month they had been dating, wherever Gao Junlin took Feng Yao, it was a huge ego boost. Aside from her being a bit wary and conservative in *that* department, never giving him a chance to make a move, he truly thought Feng Yao was perfect in every way.

However, after meeting Feng Yao’s three roommates today, he felt that the girlfriend he had always been so proud of had suddenly lost her appeal.

Setting aside Su Tang, who had just arrived, even Liu Nanyi and Lin Qingge, who had come first, were enough to leave him stunned.

The former was pure and adorable, with a cheerful and lively personality, and two bright dimples appeared on her cheeks when she smiled. The latter was full of ethereal charm; her face was delicate, her skin fair and smooth, but her most distinctive feature was her bright eyes, which sparkled with a nimble grace.

A white dress perfectly showcased her exceptionally superior physique.

Perfect ninety-degree shoulders, delicate collarbones, and an ever-upright posture. Sitting there gracefully, the corners of her lips were always slightly upturned in what seemed like a faint, almost imperceptible smile, making anyone who saw her feel as refreshed as a spring breeze.

At best, Feng Yao was on par with Liu Nanyi. Compared to Lin Qingge, she was already a notch below. And as for Su Tang, who had rushed in last, she was like Snow White stepping out of a fairy tale. The bright, grand aura she exuded when she spoke and smiled was something that not even old geezers in their forties and fifties could resist, let alone young guys like Gao Junlin.

At this very moment, looking at the four girls around and in front of him, Gao Junlin had only one thought in his mind:

’If only all four of them were my girlfriends...’

But even though he thought this, on the surface, he was constantly coaxing Feng Yao with sweet nothings.

After all, he was already Feng Yao’s boyfriend. With this legitimate status, it was only a matter of time before he’d find an opportunity to make this delicate and proud only daughter from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai cry out beneath him.

Once he had completely conquered Feng Yao, he would slowly and methodically work on her three roommates.

Gao Junlin was young but already owned a million-yuan luxury car. Banking on his latest model Panamera Executive and his ’jock’ status—which came with its own filter for some girls—he had been invincible in his romantic conquests ever since starting college.

’Go slow with the good girls, go hard with the bad ones!’

’Someone else’s slow-to-warm-up, long-distance girlfriend? Go at her like your life depends on it!’

Under these circumstances, Gao Junlin possessed a mystifying self-confidence, feeling as if there wasn’t a girl in the world he couldn’t conquer. And so, as he looked at the three great beauties before him, each with her own unique charm, a scorching heat flashed in the depths of his eyes...