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"Sir, how many bottles would you like to order?"

Staring at Luo Kun, whose image screamed newly rich, the waiter's eyes widened in shock.

Luo Kun was so furious he was nearly losing his mind. He angrily said, "Whatever we drink, we drink. Bring over all the best red wine your hotel has!"

"Yes, sir!"

Seeing that asking further would only make Luo Kun explode, the waiter didn't dare say anything more. He quickly brought over all the best red wines from Shangri-La.

Clutching the red wine, Luo Kun shouted, "Sorry for the spectacle just now, everyone. I was scammed by an overseas shopper too. Now, to make it up to you all, come on, let's drink!"

"Class Leader Luo is so powerful, so generous!"

"I told you, Class Leader isn't stingy. He was just scammed by an overseas shopper!"

"Don't even mention it. I was interested in a Hermès bag and got scammed by an overseas shopper too. You just can't trust them these days!"

Hearing that Luo Kun was going to cover the cost of the best red wines from the Shangri-La Hotel and take care of the entire reunion expense, those who were just watching the amusement were now all smiles.

After all, this was a Five-Star hotel. Their class reunion would cost at least twenty thousand, which meant a few hundred per person on average.

With Luo Kun footing the bill, they could save a good amount of money and also get to drink the best red wines from the Shangri-La Hotel. Even if Luo Kun had intentionally fooled them with a fake '82 Lafite earlier, they wouldn't bother too much with him at this point.

"Gotta say, Class Leader, this top-shelf red wine from the Shangri-La Hotel really does taste amazing!" Someone became excited after tasting the wine.

Luo Kun gloated, "Drink up, don't hold back! We are not short of money!"

"Come on, drink, drink, drink, let's get drunk and be merry!"

With Luo Kun picking up the tab, everyone let loose, wine glasses kept getting refilled.

Ye Fan handed a glass of red wine to Su Ruoxue with a smile, "Ruo Xue, this wine isn't bad, you can drink a bit more!"

"This wine is good?" Su Ruoxue was quite surprised.

Ye Fan nodded, "It's excellent!"

"How does it compare to a real '82 Lafite?" Su Ruoxue asked.

Ye Fan laughed, "It's just as strong, if not stronger! Ordering so much high-end wine at once, I hope Class Leader Luo doesn't end up crying later!"

"Well, then I will drink a bit more!" Su Ruoxue said with a smile on her face.

Seeing Ye Fan drink two glasses in succession, Luo Kun approached with a taunt, "Country bumpkin, never seen the world, have you? Drink up, opportunities like this are rare!"

"Thanks for the drinks, Class Leader Luo!" Ye Fan raised his glass mockingly.

To Ye Fan, someone like Luo Kun wasn't worth fussing over; making a fuss would only make him look cheap.

After a few glasses of red wine, everyone loosened up. In no time, the entire Shangri-La Hotel was bustling with the sound of people toasting and enjoying themselves.

The bottles of red wine kept diminishing.

One bottle! Five bottles!

Ten bottles!

Soon, empty bottles littered the floor.

An hour later, as the feast was winding down, a drunk Luo Kun shouted, "Waiter, the bill, please!"

"Sir, your total expenses come to 20,030,000. Our boss says we can waive the change, so you just need to pay 20 million. Would you like to pay in cash or by card?" the waiter approached respectfully.

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Kun's drunken haze vanished. His eyes bulged as he exclaimed, "What? What did you say? Our meal cost over 20 million? Are you joking with me internationally?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Sir, it's true. Here is the expense voucher; take a look if you don't believe it," the waiter promptly presented the bill.

Seeing that the bill indeed totaled over 20 million, Luo Kun's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The next second, Luo Kun exclaimed, "Damn it! It really is over 20 million! Could there be some mistake on this bill? I'm telling you, this looks like extortion. Be careful or I'll sue you!"

"Twenty... twenty million?"

Not only was Luo Kun stunned, but the entire group of classmates at the reunion was also shocked.

Su Ruoxue exclaimed in disbelief, "Twenty million? That's impossible, right?"

"Ruoxue, believe it or not, it's really that much!" Ye Fan said with a smile.

Su Ruoxue, incredulous, said, "That can't be! For today's reunion, we ordered set tables, three thousand yuan each, five tables in total. That adds up to fifteen thousand at most!"

"The food isn't what's expensive; it's the wine that costs a lot!" Ye Fan said with a laugh.

Su Ruoxue, puzzled, said, "How expensive can the wine be? An ordinary '82 Lafite would be about a hundred thousand yuan. The cheaper stuff, I heard, can go for sixty or seventy thousand!"

"Ruoxue, do you know what wine this is?" Ye Fan asked.

After taking a closer look, Su Ruoxue shook her head.

Economic constraints limited Su Ruoxue's consumption habits; she rarely came into contact with wine and didn't recognize the bottle before her.

Ye Fan said with a smile, "This wine is called Romanée-Conti!"

"Romanée-Conti?"

Upon hearing the name, Su Ruoxue thoughtfully said, "It sounds familiar. I can't quite recall where I've heard it!"

"Ruoxue, you've seen the Stephen Chow-directed film Mermaid, right?" Ye Fan said with a smile.

Reminded by Ye Fan, Su Ruoxue's face showed shock as she exclaimed, "What? Don't tell me this is the Romanée-Conti from the Mermaid movie that's worth a million per bottle?"

"Yes, that's the one!" Ye Fan nodded.

"Good heavens!"

At that moment, Su Ruoxue was flabbergasted.

She remembered now. At the beginning of the movie "Mermaid," Deng Chao's character, Liu Xuan, acquired a piece of land and successfully got permit for land reclamation. To celebrate, Liu Xuan calls over a bunch of real estate moguls and opens a bottle of Romanée-Conti worth a million to toast.

Su Ruoxue vividly remembered the scene because it was the first time she heard of a wine in the world costing a million yuan a bottle.

At this point, the waiter looked at Luo Kun with a somewhat speechless expression and said, "Sir, do you know what wine you've been drinking? It's the pride of our Shangri-La Hotel, Romanée-Conti!"

"Romanée-Conti?"

Upon hearing this, something seemed to click for Luo Kun and he said with a look of horror, "What? This is a Romanée-Conti worth a million a bottle?"

He hailed from a scholarly family, and Luo Kun had certainly heard of Romanée-Conti.

However, he only knew of it by name and had never seen it. When the waiter first brought out the Romanée-Conti, he didn't recognize it at all.

"Right! You've been drinking Romanée-Conti. Each bottle has a selling price of one million, and you've consumed twenty bottles in total. So, just the wine has accounted for twenty million!" the waiter explained patiently.

Shudder!

Confirming that he had indeed drunk Romanée-Conti, Luo Kun staggered and nearly passed out. Experience tales with empire

At this moment, Luo Kun's face was deathly pale, as if his soul had left his body.

He stared at the waiter in disbelief and asked, "Why... why didn't you warn me earlier?"

Earlier, when Ye Fan asked the waiter if the Shangri-La Hotel had any '82 Lafite, and the waiter said no, Luo Kun naively thought that the most expensive wine in the Shangri-La Hotel couldn't be more than ten thousand yuan a bottle.

Therefore, he went ahead with the idea of treating everybody, confident that he could handle a liquor bill of a couple hundred thousand for the sake of prestige.

But to his shock, the reunion cost him over twenty million, an amount Luo Kun found unbearable.

After all, the Luo Family's assets were only a few tens of millions, and if his family found out he spent over twenty million on a single reunion, the members of the Luo Family would probably beat him to death.

"Sir, I did remind you at the beginning. It was you who said money was no issue!" the waiter said, clearly exasperated.

Seeing this, Ye Fan stood up and said, "Right, Class Leader Luo, you did indeed say that money was no issue. What now, are you going to give a hard time to a waiter?"