At that time, Julie was at the front desk.
"Miss, please arrange a seat for us. My friends and I have been waiting for a few minutes," Julie spoke as if she was making a legitimate request.
"I'm sorry, please queue up first. When it's your turn, we will arrange a place for you" said the front desk lady politely.
"What? I say I need you to arrange a seat right now. Don't you recognize me? I am not someone you can mess around with. If you still don't arrange it for me, you might lose your job soon," Julie said aggressively. She felt disrespected as the receptionist was not willing to arrange a seat for her.
"Dear customer, I hope you can abide with our rules here," said the receptionist with a smile on her face, "We don't have a seat for you right now. If you want to dine in here, you will need to wait. I'll arrange a seat when it's your turn."
"I want to meet your manager. I am sure he will arrange a seat for us." Julie though that the receptionist must not have seen the situation that day. It would be futile to talk to her.
"I am sorry, the manager is busy right now. If you have any problem, you can tell me." That middle-aged woman was messing around. She was trying to handle it herself instead of wasting the manager’s time.
"Hey, looks like you are insensible." Julie was pissed off. She looked at the receptionist depressingly and cursed in her heart.
"As you can see, my friends are over there. If you mess up our dinner, my family will lose one or two million," Julie was trying to seek for her sympathy and putting pressure on her, "Can you try to find a seat for me now. When the business deal is done, I'll give you one thousand yuan as a reward."
"As you can see, all the seats have been taken. There is only a VIP box left, but it is way too expensive. The minimum expenses are fifty thousand yuan. I am afraid you wouldn't book it either. I really can do nothing about it," said the receptionist.
"The VIP box is available? You should just tell me earlier. I'll take it." Julie said confidently. They had the VIP box last time, and it was free of charge. Since then, why not they have another free meal?
"Are you sure you want to book the VIP box?" The receptionist asked in surprise. The VIP box was way too costly; that was why it was still available. The way Julie dressed and behaved, she did not seem like she could afford to book the VIP box.
"Don't talk too much. It is not the first time I am booking the VIP box. Do you think I can't afford it?" Julie said querulously.
When the receptionist saw her speaking with such conviction, she didn't say much. She quickly instructed the waiters to bring them to the top package.
"Julie, you will need to spend at least fifty thousand yuan at the VIP box. Are you sure about it?" Although Julie booked the VIP box, Lilian was apprehensive as she whispered to Julie.
"Lilian, don't worry about it. All you need to do is to enjoy the meal," said Julie.
The waiter led them to the VIP box, which was luxuriously decorated. Julie was satisfied when she saw Lilian's jaw dropped when she saw how luxury it was.
"We were here last week. Let's just order what we ordered before." said Julie to the waiter.
"Huh? There are only four of you this time, I am afraid the food would be too much," the waiter kindly reminded.
"Just do as I said. Just leave it if we can't finish the food. You bother too much." Julie said trenchantly. The food they ordered last time were all their signature dishes, and the prices were outrageous. The restaurant will make a big profit.
"You are something. I don't even dare to order that way," said Lilian. Looking at how confident Julie was, Lilian was relieved.
"Ha ha, you are still not used to it at here. After coming for a few times, you will realize this place is nothing extraordinary." Julie said "humbly". She was on cloud nine.
Soon, dishes of delicious food were served.
"The steak and oysters are delicious, they have the best Western food in JM City," Julie said as if she knew it all. In reality, she know nothing about Western food.
Julie and her gang were clumsy with their knives and forks, unlike Lilian who was quite skilful with it. Despite that, Julie acted like she knew a lot about Western food. It was somewhat sarcastic.
Then, the door was pushed open. A young man walked in with a big smile on his face. It was Manager Miller. He would personally make a toast to the guests who booked the VIP box.
"Hello everyone..." When he saw those lecherous older women, he was stunned. How could it be them? He couldn't help but suppress his anger.
Julie and her gang were pleased to meet Manager Miller again. They looked lecherous.
"Is the food nice? I will make a toast to you guys. If you need anything, let me know." Manager Miller casually picked up a glass of wine from the table. He just wanted to finish toasting and get out from there. He was disgusted by the sight of these old women.
"Hold on, Manager Miller. This wine isn't good enough. Since you want to make a toast, use a better wine. The wine, Louis XIV, you used last time will do," Julie looked at him affectionately. A 50-year-old, out-of-shape woman was portraying a voluptuous gesture. It was awful to see her acting that way.
"Sure, I'll go get it now." Manager Miller said politely as he walked out of the box. It was mental suffering for him to stay the room with them.
"Manager Miller is quite handsome," Lilian involuntarily murmured.
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