Anyway, Zhou Wang was really hungry and didn’t care about the other girls who started taking photos again, and he was the first to dig in eagerly.
One good thing about Western cuisine is that because it’s served in individual portions, you don’t have to worry about feeling awkward like in Chinese cuisine, where even if you find a dish delicious, you might feel embarrassed to keep grabbing...
For Western food, you can simply order another serving.
But Western food also has a downside for Zhou Wang, it’s easy to get sick of it.
Zhou Wang tried a bit of everything and barely managed to eat half a lobster before feeling full.
Meanwhile, the slowest person, Endme, hadn’t even finished a single lamb chop...
"You guys take your time."
Draining the golden vintage champagne in his glass, Zhou Wang raised his glass to signal to the group of girls before strolling alone to the balcony to enjoy the night breeze.
But mainly to tally up the gains from tonight.
After Fabio and the others caused a commotion, the ongoing transaction was forced to halt. Although, at Zhou Wang’s request, the remaining unpaid ten pieces of jewelry were settled later, the rare jewelry including the marine blue three-piece set that Zhou Wang originally planned to purchase last couldn’t be traded due to the theft incident.
This counts as a disguised loss, after all, there was still some time before the [Endless Blade] expired, but these damned people messed it up.
This matter isn’t actually over yet; it’s just waiting for Fel Renault to arrive in Paris to continue.
Even though the props weren’t maximized, Zhou Wang’s gains tonight weren’t few at all.
He ended up buying 168 pieces of jewelry, with a total value reaching an astounding 70 million Euros, roughly converting to about 530 million RMB.
And the current cash on his card, after repaying the 30 million credit card overdraft, still left 160 million, reaching the highest peak in Zhou Wang’s history of savings.
Those more than a hundred pieces of jewelry also have mature channels for monetization. Miss Yang had said that if Zhou Wang truly wanted to resell them in the future, she could help contact private jewelry clubs or some renowned auction houses.
If worse comes to worst, she could even contact some friends within the circle to come to Zhou Wang to make purchases.
In terms of reselling, although the preservation value of jewelry is quite good, most jewelry will still lose money. However, since it was a no-cost trade to begin with, Zhou Wang naturally didn’t mind that.
Of course, since he wasn’t short of money for the time being, Zhou Wang didn’t consider reselling. Whether it’s for collection or gifting, these pieces of jewelry seemed quite suitable.
To avoid certain women always saying that he hasn’t given them anything decent, only knows how to wire money.
...
More than half an hour later.
"Cheers!"
In the spacious living room, all the sofas were moved away, leaving only a vine-shaped large coffee table, surrounded by soft wool blankets spread on the floor, a group of people sat directly on the ground, marking the start of the formal drinking session after a late-night meal.
It’s quite amusing, really, because though the consensus was to drink beer, Zhou Wang thought since they were abroad, they should drink something different, so he asked the butler to bring some local French specialty beer.
But when the beer arrived, everyone burst into laughter.
...because the beer the butler brought was 1664.
In Zhou Wang’s shock, he suddenly realized, damn, the origin of 1664 seems to indeed be France, its real name is "Kronenbourg 1664."
The lady butler had no clue why everyone was laughing and continued recommending earnestly, "This is currently the best-selling beer in France, sold worldwide. Mr. Zhou, you might want to see if it suits your taste..."
Amused yet helpless, Zhou Wang had no intention of changing it. Although they were drinking 1664, this was the original 1664 from its origin; presumably, the taste might still be different.
Only tonight did Zhou Wang learn that 1664 actually comes in eight flavors, beyond the usual white beer and rose, there’s also gold beer, dark beer, blueberry, passion fruit, and a bunch more.
Bottles of various colors filled the coffee table. Admittedly, it looked quite nice visually; a bunch of girls spent the first ten minutes taking photos, followed by ten more minutes posting them to social media, along with hotel photos and locations, before finally raising their glasses after Zhou Wang’s impatient urging.
Nine ladies—Miss Yang, Miss Di, Wu Yanqiu, Endme, Sunny, Mei Xiaobao, Yu Meng, Princess Yu Yao, and Mountain Sea Mist and Fog—if you don’t count Wu Yanqiu, the remaining eight women have approximately a combined fanbase of one billion online, enough to circle France nine and a half times.
Miss Yang pointed this fact out and remarked that Zhou Wang should be quite proud, provoking another bout of laughter from everyone.
"Mr. Zhou, can I post the photos from tonight’s gathering on social media?"
Princess Yu Yao cautiously asked at this moment.
The other internet celebrity girls also looked at Zhou Wang, clearly concerned about the answer to this question.
"Of course, feel free...but make sure to consult Miss Yang and Miss Di for their opinions."
Zhou Wang didn’t have any reputational burdens, besides, it was just a group of friends having a meal together, he wouldn’t mind this at all.
The so-called having an upright image... cough, cough, forget it, I’m not worthy to say that.
Miss Yang and Miss Di, of course, had no objections, and after getting permission from the few, Princess Yu Yao showed evident signs of excitement, immediately deleting the social media post she had sent ten minutes earlier and rearranged a photo collage.
Besides the original jewelry exhibition, White Horse Hotel, French cuisine, and French suites, it included some photos with the sisters, and inadvertently captured Zhou Wang and Miss Yang and others.