Capítulo 516: Chapter 516: Plans Can’t Keep Up with Changes
Chapter 516: Plans Can’t Keep Up With Changes
Mengyu thought for a moment and said, “It’s not good to invite only the officials; inviting soldiers along with them might make it inconvenient for everyone to come to the county town. How about we send a pig over someday and invite all the officers and soldiers who participated in the rescue of the abducted women to join us that evening?”
There are still ten large wild boars in the underground storage of her space.
Deputy County Magistrate Wen and others quickly responded, agreeing to come to the “celebration banquet.”
Mengyu was confused, she merely wanted to express her thanks for their help, when did it become a celebration banquet?
The banquet was held at Binjiang Hotel, with four tables booked. Mengyu intended for Deputy County Magistrate Wen, Chairman Huang, Vice Town Chief Jing, and her own group of six to be at one table, and the officers from Gong An occupying the other three tables.
That evening, when Mengyu arrived, the guests had actually arrived before her, making her quite embarrassed. However, in the large hall on the second floor, there were six tables fully occupied!
“Are all these people from the day the police took action?”
Mengyu clearly heard from Shuiyu that only thirty officers were involved in that operation.
Yet now, six tables were fully occupied.
Shuiyu shook her head: “Only thirty of us went together, maybe there were others from different routes.”
Mengyu sighed. The guests had arrived, and she couldn’t just send them away.
Now, Mengyu was a little worried. Could it be that more than four people would come from Deputy County Magistrate Wen’s side too?
Xiao Hua hurried over: “Big sister, Manager Zhao from the hotel is looking for you.”
Mengyu followed Xiao Hua, and upon seeing Mengyu, Manager Zhao looked a bit anxious: “How many tables do you actually have?”
Four tables were booked, but now six tables had already arrived. What if Deputy County Magistrate Wen’s side also doesn’t adhere to her estimated number of guests like this side?
“Let’s prepare ten tables,” Mengyu said.
Four tables should be enough for Deputy County Magistrate Wen’s side, right?
Manager Zhao bitterly smiled, “Student Jiang, our Binjiang Hotel is neither a large restaurant nor one of those external dining places; it’s an internal hosting hotel, we usually purchase ingredients only as needed. You suddenly added six tables, and at this time too, where are we supposed to buy food for these six tables?”
Mengyu waved her hand, “No worries, I’ll have someone bring a big wild boar over shortly, and tonight we’ll have wild boar hot pot. The originally ordered food for the four tables will be divided into smaller portions for each table.”
Manager Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief: “That works too.”
However, he immediately wondered, “Where can we buy a wild boar at this hour?”
Mengyu gave him a look: “Don’t worry about where I get it; just make sure a wild boar is here in about half an hour.”
“Alright, alright,” Manager Zhao was also happy, especially since tonight’s dinner involved members from Deputy County Magistrate Wen’s side, and he was afraid of messing the celebration banquet up.
Plus, having game to eat, even if it’s just one type, along with the original dishes from the four tables.
“Charge the original four tables at two hundred yuan each, and I’ll only charge a processing fee of two yuan per person for the wild boar you provide,” Manager Zhao said somewhat embarrassedly. “Could you settle the payment first?”
Mengyu chuckled coldly in her mind, thinking he was worried she couldn’t pay?
She took out a large stack of money from her bag: “One thousand yuan, count it. If it’s correct, please issue a receipt.”
“Ah, you need a receipt?” Manager Zhao was a bit surprised.
Mengyu smiled, “Today is a celebration banquet, and this is official business. How could I not want a receipt?”
She sneered inwardly. Although the hotel was an internal institution, it accepted some external dining requests, earning money mainly for their internal staff bonuses.
This is a typical case of using public resources for private gain.
But once a receipt is issued, the nature changes—it must be accounted for.