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"Not bad. I'll introduce you to a good brand sometime. It's a little expensive, but you get what you pay for. It tastes better than this."
Ximen Dong felt awkward pointing out that this tea cake was really just a scam for newcomers, so he put it another way: seasoned tea drinkers wouldn't touch it.
"Is that so? Add me on WeChat!"
Chaka Abuluta seemed to catch his meaning. He happily pulled out his phone and even sent over his contact card.
Once the cruise ship was out at sea, mobile service cut out. China's infrastructure fanatics weren't about to build that many base stations in the middle of the ocean, so only satellite phones worked normally.
There was still a Wi-Fi signal, but it ran through a satellite, and bandwidth was limited. With so many people using it, the speed was naturally awful—just like the old 56K dial-up days, cutting in and out and barely better than 2G.
It took two or three tries before the two of them finally managed to add each other on WeChat.
"Me too!"
Sun Fatty took out his phone as well. Chaka might have been a little too dark-skinned, but he seemed like an interesting guy, and Sun Fatty was interested in making friends.
Once someone had taken the lead, the others weren't about to be left behind. Qin Yulong and Li Bai added Chaka on WeChat too.
The Japanese used only LINE, and their signal bands were different. But Qin Yulong had bought a China-market phone that supported all network bands, so he had WeChat as well.
"Come on, help yourselves to some snacks."
Chaka Abuluta brought out a cardboard box and emptied all sorts of snacks from it. Generously tearing open the bags, he piled them up