Chapter 1079 — The Spy
As one of Huaxia's first-tier cities, Hujiang City had a very high cost of living, on par with developed capitalist countries—and even comparable to developed socialist cities.
For a long time, there had only been three cities in the entire country that could be considered international metropolises.
Great Dean Zhou let out a loud call and brought along thirty-seven people. They needed at least four tables.
The private rooms at that Cantonese restaurant couldn't fit that many people at once, so they had no choice but to section off an area of the dining hall with screens. They cleared out a space that normally held twelve tables and set aside room for four large round ones. Only then did they manage to arrange everything.
By the time Li Bai and the others arrived on foot, the Cantonese restaurant had just finished its frantic preparations. Fortunately, the earlier phone call had given them enough time to get ready.
Cantonese food wasn't cheap to begin with, and prices were even higher in Hujiang. Each table had fifteen dishes in all, including hot and cold plates, soup, and grilled and stir-fried dishes. The meal cost Li Bai over thirty thousand yuan, even after a ten-percent discount.
A good location, a good restaurant, a good chef, and good dishes all had one thing in common: they were expensive!
Li Bai didn't mind, though. He'd managed just fine when his monthly income was only a little over two thousand yuan.
A mere forty thousand wasn't even as expensive as the ingredients he used when making a seafood-and-wild-game stew at home. The huge pot he shared with the two demons cost over thirty thousand yuan in abalone alone.
By the end of the feast, almost everyone had memorized Li Bai's name,