Under the guidance of the waiter, Li Se and his group were led to a rather luxurious private room. The waiter said, "The antique auction will start in half an hour. You can order some food and drinks first."
Chen Bin and Chu Mingxuan were both wealthy individuals, so they didn't stand on ceremony. They ordered several bottles of red wine and some snacks. The red wines here were all very expensive, with each bottle costing over ten thousand yuan.
"This is my first time here too. I'll see if I can find a good item later," Chen Bin chuckled.
Chu Mingxuan took a sip of red wine and said, "I doubt it. Places like this are not as good as the antique street. You might actually find something good there... Wait, there's something wrong with this red wine."
"What's wrong with the red wine?" Li Se took a sip. Didn't it just taste like red wine?
Chu Mingxuan took the wine bottle and smelled it, his brow furrowed. "Good red wine should have a fruity aroma, with notes of fermentation and aging. The fragrance should be balanced and harmonious, a pleasure to the senses. But this red wine has an excessive alcoholic smell and a strong artificial flavor."
Li Se and Chen Bin leaned in to smell it. Indeed, the scent was a bit pungent.
"I've tasted red wines worth over a hundred thousand yuan before, and they smelled much better than this. Could it be that this red wine is just like this?" Chen Bin asked doubtfully.
Li Se was clueless. He rarely drank red wine and didn't particularly like it. Even the best red wine placed in front of him would probably taste the same to him.
"No!" Chu Mingxuan shook his head. "I just checked the price of this bottle of red wine. It's seventy thousand yuan a bottle. Red wine at this price shouldn't taste like this. Even red wine worth ten or twenty thousand yuan shouldn't be like this."
"Are you suspecting that this club is serving us inferior wine?" Li Se frowned.
"Yes!" Chu Mingxuan nodded, then called the waiter over.
"Sir, is there anything you need?" the waiter asked.
"Have your boss come over!" Chu Mingxuan said calmly.
"Did something happen?" the waiter inquired curiously.
"There's something wrong with this red wine!" Chu Mingxuan pointed at the wine bottle. "This is clearly inferior red wine. Do they think we know nothing? Have your boss come out!"
The waiter's expression changed slightly, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Our antique club would never serve inferior red wine. Perhaps you are mistaken?"
"Impossible!" Chu Mingxuan said firmly. "I asked you to call the boss, so just call the boss. You don't need to worry about anything else!"
"I apologize, but our boss is very busy, and I don't have the authority to do that," the waiter said slowly.
This waiter was quite arrogant. Li Se and the others were a bit displeased. They were all figures of some standing, yet a mere waiter dared to act so high and mighty in front of them. In the end, he was just a waiter. When asked to fetch someone, he should just do it, not put on airs.
"Then have your manager come over!" Chu Mingxuan's tone had become impatient.
"Our manager is currently attending to important guests and doesn't have time to come over. Moreover, there can be no problem with our club's red wine!" the waiter said coldly.
"Are you suggesting that I'm trying to frame your club?" Chu Mingxuan was getting angry.
The waiter sneered, "Who knows? I've seen guests like you over the years. They're just here to cause trouble, hoping our club will give them a free meal or a discount. Heh, these are all old tricks. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave. After all, there can be no problem with our club's red wine!"
Bang!
Chu Mingxuan slammed his fist on the table. As a wealthy young master from the capital, he had plenty of money and was treated with courtesy wherever he went. Now, a waiter dared to push his luck. How could he not be angry? He glared at the waiter, "I told you to call the manager. Otherwise, this matter won't end today!"
The waiter also had his pride. With a dark expression, he said, "Are you guys trying to cause trouble? Fine, fine, just wait here!"
He immediately took out his walkie-talkie and called for security: "Security, security, room 308 has someone causing trouble!"
Soon, hurried footsteps were heard, and security guards flooded into the private room. The waiter pointed at Li Se and the others and angrily said, "These people are here to cause trouble!"
"Sirs, are you causing trouble?" the head of security asked coldly, holding a baton.
"Is this how your antique club treats its customers?" Li Se asked in a cold voice.
"That depends on whether you are actually customers!" the waiter snorted. "You dare to say there's something wrong with our red wine. I think there's something wrong with you. Either eat honestly, or pay up and get out!"
"Heh, I've never seen such an arrogant waiter!" Chu Mingxuan said indignantly.
"Haven't you seen one today?" the waiter scoffed, not taking Chu Mingxuan and the others seriously at all.
The club's manager was finally alerted by the commotion, but he walked over unhurriedly. Upon seeing the situation, he asked calmly, "What has happened here?"
"Manager Wang, they are here to cause trouble, insisting that there is something wrong with our red wine!" the waiter snorted.
Manager Wang said with a smile, "All the red wine in our club is genuine. It's not good to slander us like this. Seeing as you are guests, our club will not pursue this matter, but don't let it happen again."
Saying that, he turned to leave.
"Stop!" Chu Mingxuan called out to him.
"Is there anything else?" Manager Wang asked faintly.
"This red wine clearly has a problem. Does that mean you're not going to handle it?" Chu Mingxuan said in a deep voice.
"The red wine has a problem?" Manager Wang narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, what is the problem?"
"I spent seventy or eighty thousand yuan, but your club sent me inferior wine. Do you think this red wine has no problem?" Chu Mingxuan said coldly.
"This is seventy or eighty thousand yuan red wine. Perhaps you simply don't understand red wine?" Manager Wang said with a chuckle.
"I must have an explanation today!" Chu Mingxuan was hot-tempered and could not tolerate such injustice.
A hint of coldness flickered in Manager Wang's eyes. "Young man, don't think that just because you have some money at home, you can act recklessly. This antique club is the territory of the Wu Alliance. You'd best think twice."
Wu Alliance!
Upon hearing these two words, Chu Mingxuan and Chen Bin's expressions changed drastically. How could they not know the Wu Alliance? It was one of the largest gangs in Jiangnan Province. They never expected that this antique club would be the territory of the Wu Alliance. It was no wonder even a waiter was so arrogant.
Only Li Se's lips curved into a playful smile. "Oh, are you serious? It's the Wu Alliance's territory?"