No pressure, no pretense

To create an atmosphere and get customers hyped, bars often do some flashy but impractical things that greatly satisfy customers' vanity and desire to show off.

For example, the Shenlong Set, and even more so, the Ice-sealed Shenlong Set!

The so-called Shenlong Set consists of six different ace of spades champagnes placed together, including the gold, rose gold, violet, green gold, platinum, and black gold editions.

The prices of the six different champagnes also vary from low to high.

Among them, because the black gold edition is a global limited edition and very difficult to acquire, most Shenlong Sets only have the first five bottles.

The xiao shenlong set that Ji Le just ordered was a combination of the three lowest-priced ace of spades champagnes sold together.

The so-called ice-sealed platinum shenlong set, on the other hand, was surprisingly made up of six bottles of platinum edition ace of spades, whose price was only lower than the black gold edition.

Compared to it, the xiao shenlong set was simply a younger brother.

The entire bar became boisterous; after all, an ice-sealed platinum shenlong set worth 159,999 yuan was not something everyone could afford.

Even though EGO Bar was one of the top bars in the Imperial Capital, it wasn't every day that someone ordered an ice-sealed shenlong set.

When the DJ announced card table 112, Huo Xuefeng and his friends were already stunned.

Because their card table was exactly card table 112.

And when the long line of drink servers arrived at their card table and started to create a big atmosphere, it felt even more unreal and unbelievable.

Looking at the subtitles on the big screen, the few of them simultaneously looked towards card table 105 not far away.

Huo Xuefeng's expression was incredibly bewildered, because he found that he didn't recognize the three people at card table 105 who were raising their glasses to them from afar.

What's going on?

Was it delivered to the wrong table?

Suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply, and he turned his head in surprise to look at Xu Ning beside him.

He then realized that the DJ had just announced it was for Young Master Xu.

Xu Ning?

Are they Third Brother's friends?

Sure enough, just as Huo Xuefeng and his two other brothers were incredibly bewildered, Xu Ning had already raised his glass to toast and thank the three people at card table 105.

That's right, Xu Ning did know them.

He felt a bit exasperated, yet also thought the world was so small.

Those three people were surprisingly the car owners he had served when he was a designated driver before.

It was the guy who was so arrogant that he shouted, "Bark like a dog and I'll give you 200 yuan," but was then countered by Xu Ning with, "You bark like a dog and I'll give you 2,000 yuan!"

At that time, Xu Ning had used 400,000 yuan to thoroughly humiliate them and teach them a good lesson.

He never expected to meet them in a bar today.

And they seemed to have been thoroughly subdued, even taking the initiative to send him drinks.

"Third Brother, you know them?" Huo Xuefeng asked, his tone filled with incredulous doubt.

He truly couldn't believe it.

Even some of his superficial friends wouldn't be so generous as to send him an ice-sealed platinum shenlong set!

To be able to casually spend such a fortune in a bar, his family background was probably even better than his.

How could Third Brother have friends of this caliber?

Xu Ning smiled and nodded.

No discord, no concord!

They should be considered friends now, right?

Needless to say, the exaggerated effect brought by a super ice-sealed platinum shenlong set immediately made their table the center of attention.

Almost everyone's gaze was filled with longing and envy.

Especially the five beautiful girls, who couldn't hide their surprise; their feminine vanity was satisfied to the greatest extent.

However, at this moment, the faces of Ji Le and his friends turned incredibly ugly, as if their own fathers had just died.

Their xiao shenlong set had clearly allowed them to show off and even suppress their rivals, and they were just enjoying the moment of everyone's envy.

But who would have thought that the suddenly appearing ice-sealed platinum shenlong set would steal all their thunder?

And what they couldn't stand the most was that this ice-sealed platinum shenlong set was actually sent to Huo Xuefeng and his table by some guy who appeared out of nowhere.

Sent!

This was even more humiliating than if Huo Xuefeng had paid for the Shenlong Set himself!

You know, buying something yourself and someone else actively spending money to buy that thing and give it to you are two completely different concepts!

Only when one truly has the capability is one worthy of such treatment from others!

At least Ji Le didn't think his friends could casually send him a large Shenlong Set in a bar.

Now, wasn't it equivalent to someone else helping Huo Xuefeng deal with him without Huo Xuefeng even lifting a finger?

So, his face was as ugly as it could be right now.

Especially Huo Xuefeng's intentionally or unintentionally teasing gaze, which made him so angry he felt like exploding.

"Don't think an ice-sealed shenlong set is so amazing!"

"If you can order it, I can order it too!"

Somewhat exasperated, he directly called for the marketing staff.

"Get me an ice-sealed platinum shenlong set too!"

"Get the atmosphere damn hyped, it must be even more exciting than just now!"

"Fire up the Gatling guns and nitrogen cannons, keep firing them, fire for half an hour!"

Ji Le was really getting carried away; he lost his head and started to go crazy!

If the bar's drink consumption was upfront and seemed very expensive, the bar also had another expense that could potentially be a major part of the bill, and that was atmosphere props.

The atmosphere cannons used during the drink delivery were essentially complimentary from the bar, but their actual price was five hundred yuan per shot.

If he were to follow his own words and fire them for half an hour, the money he would eventually have to pay might even be no less than the Shenlong Set.

Seeing Ji Le getting carried away, his friends quickly stopped him, not letting him go through with it.

Ordering drinks out of spite was fine, but fighting like this, that was truly unbearable.

With his brothers stopping him, Ji Le did regain a bit of his composure.

Ordering an ice-sealed platinum shenlong set would basically deplete most of the balance in his bank card.

If the atmosphere cannons were fired endlessly, he might end up not having enough money to pay the bill, which would be too embarrassing.

"How about this, forget the Shenlong Set, get me a Grand Slam!" Ji Le's eyes darted around, and he had an idea, directly telling the marketing staff.

Then Ji Le turned his head and, as if being stubborn, started to mock Huo Xuefeng.

"Only people with no taste drink champagne, it's low-class!"

"ace of spades, that kind of common stuff, only you guys take it seriously!"

"Truly tasteful people drink brandy!"

After speaking, he still looked at Huo Xuefeng with that disdainful gaze.

Only this time, compared to before, it gave people more of a feeling of pretending to be cool when he wasn't!

The so-called "Grand Slam" was actually a set composed of three top-tier brandies.

Remy Martin Louis XIII, Hennessy Richard, and Martell Cordon Bleu.

The three bottles of top-tier brandy could sell for around 50,000 yuan in a bar, with each bottle's price exceeding that of the platinum edition ace of spades.

The Grand Slam set was priced at 149,999 yuan.

Actually, Ji Le wasn't wrong; ace of spades indeed had prestige, but top-tier brandy was undoubtedly more upscale.

However, when he said this, did he forget the xiao shenlong set he had ordered earlier at his own card table?