Fang Tang was also in amazement after seeing that check, he didn't expect that he would be busy all morning wishing to earn a fortune, and turned out to spend 5,000 yuan. However, it was this pot of noodles he made that helped him earn 1 million yuan. So, being a chef is the most promising and quickest way to earn money.
Compared to Fang Tang's amazement, Meng Jingyi was already restless and nervous. What the hell, a mere pot of noodles would cost 1 million, so each bowl of noodles is 125,000 yuan. She couldn't believe that she had just eaten a bowl of over 125,000-yuan noodles. "But…does that check include my fee?" she was wondering.
Thinking of this, Meng Jingyi got more frightened. She could tell this aged man was very rich, but there was no reason for him to pay an over 100,000-yuan bill to a stranger he had never seen. Then she thought of her bank deposit. Not even reached 10,000 yuan. As an intern director, her monthly salary is only 3,000 yuan. After the tax she could get about 30,000 yuan a year. Even though she saved all of it, it would still take her at least four years to pay off the money.
"That is no longer a simple bowl of noodles, I just ate my whole youth." Meng Jingyi feels that her future is filled with darkness and has fallen into the desperate abyss of all kinds of weird thoughts. "Why am I so stupid, I shouldn't step into this restaurant. Why didn't I just leave when I saw so many bigwigs? Why did I still choose to eat with them? I should have known that I can never afford the food these people are going to eat!"
The more Meng Jingyi thought, the more regretful, she really wanted to slap herself.
"Pah" a loud slapping sound burst into the quiet lobby, and all the people looked at this girl as well as her red and swollen left cheek.
"Are you okay?" Fang Tang got really confused about the current situation. After finishing the noodles, one gave him a million, and the other suddenly slapped herself. What's wrong with them?
That slap helped Meng Jingyi walk out of her weird and unrealistic thoughts because the pain on her left cheek was too strong so that her focus on the heartbroken meal bill was diverted. "I'm good, there was a mosquito on my left face." she answered.
"I see. But you don't need to slap it so hard, your left face is swollen now." said Fang Tang.
"Damn, it's all your fault, if you tell me the noodle price in the beginning, I won't take any bite, and this won't happen, too." Meng Jingyi complained with grievance in her mind, but she dared not to speak it out because she was afraid that Fang Tang would ask her to pay right now.
"Sir, these noodles don't worth that much, please take this check back." Fang Tang pushed the check back to Guan Tianping.
"It's worthy, definitely! Please take this, you deserve it." Guan Tianping refused to take it back.
"Young boss, please take it. Bro Guan is determined to do so. He always means what he says. If you refuse to take this check, he may not come here again." Tong Yuquan glanced at the medical examination report of Guan Tianping at his hand, seemingly to know why would Guan Tianping do that, so he also advised Fang Tang to accept the check.
"Ok, since you have said this, as a young generation, I will do what you demand and take it." In his mind, Fang Tang sighed that they are really generous. Therefore, he just took the check, and he is one step closer toward his 20-million-yuan goal.
Looking at this scene, Fu Hongshen recalled the flavor of the longevity noodles he just ate. Then he started to carefully look at this restaurant again, and this time, he had an unusual and very complicated understanding of it.
In this big restaurant, there is only one table, which means the boss doesn't take ordinary consumers. Besides, since they came here, he hadn't seen anyone else come. This helped him confirm his original prediction. One thing Fu Hongshen didn't know is that the residents nearby had moved away.
Apart from the boss, there were not even any waiters or waitress. This tells him the recipes for these dishes are highly confidential. Unlike what Fu Hongshen thought, the staff in Six Flavors Restaurant all quit.
Looking around, Fu Hongshen suddenly saw a bag in the corner of the wall, more than half of that Buddha's head is exposed outside. He was quite interested and walked over.
Fang Tang saw him walking to the corner to look at the Buddha statue he had just bought, and got a new idea.
These people are not ordinary, they would either be very rich or have a very important identity. As for the secret in this Buddha statue, he has already analyzed with the Alpha system on his way back to the restaurant and now has some understanding toward it. It is the perfect time to show it in front of these people right now. If this statue is a valuable antique, they might be the best buyer. If it's not something precious, he has nothing to lose either.
"This is what I just bought from Waist Lane, maybe you can tell me if they are something precious." Fang Tang said.
"Mr. Wang is the best one to ask for help, because he is an authoritative expert on archeological appraisal." Fu Hongshen pointed at Wang Ming who was wearing black-rimmed glasses.
Fang Tang picked up the bag and put it on the table. While he was going to take the tableware back to the kitchen, the girl who was just now rubbing her painful left cheek suddenly stood up and said: "Cousin, let me do this."
She took over the tableware and rushed into the kitchen, then the water flowing out of the kitchen. Fang Tang didn't know why this girl wanted to do this.
I'm really smart, everyone here knows we are 'cousins', it would be embarrassing for him to let me pay. Between the choice of making dishes now or doing it for four years, Meng Jingyi came up with this idea so that she could disappear before their eyes while they were talking about money.
Wang Ming took the Buddha statue out of the bag and had checked it carefully for a while, then he asked Fang Tang "How much did you pay for this?"
"5,800 yuan." Fang Tang answered.
Wang Ming shook his head and said: "You were fooled, this Buddha statue was carved in the Republic of China. And the material is ordinary boxwood, which is under rough workmanship. Besides, it has different degrees of damage, and its color has faded a lot. It is neither a masterpiece nor being well preserved, so 1,000 yuan is far more than enough."
Fang Tang nodded, Mr. Wang really has a pair of keen eyes, what he just said was similar to the result of Alpha system analysis. Because Mr. Wang didn't have the data perception, so he couldn't see the hidden mystery in the statue.
"Mr. Wang was quite right, but this Buddha statue has something different." Fang Tang said.
"What is different?" While his professional field is questioned by a young man, Wang Ming doesn't show any pleasant expression on his face.
Fang Tang turned the statue over and pointed to a very insignificant trace at the bottom "Please look here, there is a secret setting."
Hearing that, Wang Ming started to look at that bottom carefully. That trace is really insignificant, because this statue is broken and old. Observing it with our bare eyes, this trace would be regarded as another broken piece.
"There is a secret setting." others also came here to have a look.
"Could you please help me hold this statue?" Fang Tang asked the young officer.
He looked at the aged wheelchair man to get the answer after hearing this.
"Sure, Lei Luo, give him a hand." the aged wheelchair man said.
The young officer named Lei Luo walked over and took the statue from Fang Tang. Fang Tang pressed his finger on the bottom of the statue with force, and that piece was pushed in.
Then he pressed harder on a part at the back of the Buddha statue, that part was also pushed in. After doing that, Fang Tang hold the base of the statue with both hands, and told Lei Luo to twist the Buddha's body toward the right side, the body and base of this Buddha was separated after that.
Wang Ming and the other bigwigs all fixed their eyes on this statue. They never thought this humble Buddha statue could have such a secret setting.
The Buddha statue is separated under everyone's expectation, and the thing fixed on the base is revealed. It turned out to be a cobblestone.