Chapter 142: You Are Just Someone Who Serves Others

"Isn't it?" Chen Yu glanced at him and said, "I've checked your background. Ten years ago, your Shimen Pharmaceutical was very small, and you were almost unable to lift your head due to pressure from competitors."

"That's right. At that time, I took the company's products everywhere, desperately trying to solicit orders, but no matter where I went, I was met with a cold shoulder." Wang Kai smiled. "Back then, the company was struggling, and it was almost unable to hold on."

"But later, Zhu Hongxue came. From then on, you went straight up. Your competitors either went missing or died miserably. This is all good work done by you, right?" Chen Yu said indifferently.

"That's right, it was us." Wang Kai was quite frank. "If we hadn't done that, perhaps I would have gone bankrupt long ago; it would have been impossible to have today."

"But what could I do? My daughter had just been born, and the family was in dire straits. I had no connections, struggling here all alone. I had failed before, and I knew the taste of failure."

"I wanted to succeed too much, wanted to become a rich person too much." Wang Kai sighed.

"So you did these heinous things?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes, but I had no choice. If I didn't do it, my child wouldn't have milk powder to eat. At that time, I was in debt everywhere, my wife was doing odd jobs with the child, and I was hitting walls everywhere. That feeling was too unbearable," Wang Kai muttered.

"But after you turned things around, you could have completely stopped." Chen Yu glanced at him.

"It's already too late." Wang Kai gave a bitter smile and said, "Sometimes it's not that I don't want to get off the boat, but that I can no longer get off."

"What do you mean?" Chen Yu asked.

"Zhu Hongxue..." Wang Kai paused. "She is very beautiful, but you will never know what kind of heart is hidden under her beautiful appearance."

"I can tell, she is a ruthless woman." Chen Yu stood up and said, "But this is not a reason for you to act recklessly. For the rest of your life, try to be a decent person."

After Chen Yu finished speaking, he turned and left. Wang Kai sat blankly on the sofa, not saying a word.

"Chen Yu, come drink with us." After stepping out, Huang Yiqiang and Xia Tian called out to Chen Yu.

"Send the location, I'll be there right away." Chen Yu nodded without hesitation. Now the few of them had a good relationship, and if there were any good projects, they would definitely pull Chen Yu in.

"Yixiao Jiangnan on Zhongzhou Road, we'll be there soon."

Chen Yu drove off. He was close to the place, so he arrived quickly. By the time he arrived, Huang Yiqiang and Xia Tian were unfortunately stuck in traffic, so he had to go to the private room first.

"Welcome, sir, do you have a reservation?" A waiter at the entrance came up to greet him.

Yixiao Jiangnan is a fairly famous restaurant chain in Fengling with sixteen branches and very distinctive dishes, so reservations are usually required.

"Jiangnan Hall." Chen Yu reported the name of the private room.

"This way please, sir. Jiangnan Hall is on the second floor," the waiter said with a bow.

"Chen Yu?" A woman wearing a head waiter's uniform walked toward him. Seeing Chen Yu, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Yes, it's me. You are?" Chen Yu was stunned. He found the woman somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall who she was for a moment.

"You have a poor memory for old acquaintances. High school classmate Li Qian, do you remember now?" the woman reminded him.

"Oh, so it's you." Chen Yu suddenly realized and remembered. It was his senior year classmate Li Qian. He smiled and said, "Li Qian, it's you! Long time no see. You're getting prettier and prettier. Are you working here now?"

"That's right. The requirements at Yixiao Jiangnan are quite high. Not to mention a head waiter like me, even a regular waiter has to go through layers of screening. At my current level, my monthly salary plus bonuses adds up to 200,000 a year." Li Qian showed off her superiority in front of Chen Yu.

"Not bad, not bad." Chen Yu nodded repeatedly.

"What about you? What are you doing?" Li Qian asked.

"Me? Just messing around, nothing worth mentioning." Chen Yu smiled.

"Then what are you doing here? Applying for a job?" Li Qian glanced at Chen Yu. "My boyfriend is the manager of this store. If you are here to apply, he can introduce you."

"However," Li Qian squinted at Chen Yu, "our requirements here are very high. Even a waiter is required to have a certain level of education and appearance."

"My boyfriend can give you some convenience, but whether you can get in or not depends on yourself. After all, our compensation is two or three times that of an ordinary waiter's salary."

"I'm here to eat, in Jiangnan Hall. I won't trouble your boyfriend." Chen Yu smiled, instantly losing interest in talking to this woman.

This woman exuded superiority from every pore, as if she were a cut above others, but in fact, she was just a small waiter.

"Eating? Heh, Chen Yu, are you serious?" Li Qian laughed out loud.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yu turned back and asked in surprise.

"We don't just serve anyone here. Our members keep us busy every day, and walk-in customers can't even get a spot, especially the private rooms on the second floor. They can't be booked without a platinum-level membership."

Li Qian said unhurriedly, "Do you know how much you need to spend to upgrade to a platinum membership?"

"I don't know, how much?" Chen Yu asked.

"You need to top up 300,000 for three consecutive years, or make a one-time top-up of over one million. Heh, you say you're eating in Jiangnan Hall? Why do I feel like laughing? Even if you worked hard for ten years without eating or drinking, you wouldn't earn that million, right?"

"Li Qian, you shouldn't speak so absolutely. Maybe someone else is treating me?" Chen Yu frowned, holding back his anger.

"That's even more impossible. How could someone who can spend over a million at a restaurant know you?" Li Qian covered her mouth and laughed. "Chen Yu, stop pretending. It's not like I don't know what kind of person you are."

"Li Qian, is a job serving others worth you showing off so grandly?" Chen Yu felt that he really couldn't understand people like her.

"What did you say? I serve others?" Li Qian's expression changed, and the smile on her face instantly disappeared.

"Isn't it? What does being a head waiter at Yixiao Jiangnan amount to? Aren't you still a waiter?" With the facade torn down, Chen Yu didn't intend to be polite anymore.

"What right do you have to talk about me? Everyone I come into contact with every day is a big boss. People like you deserve to be at the very bottom of society for the rest of your life!" Li Qian screamed.

"That's right, big bosses with net worths of tens or hundreds of millions, but what does that have to do with you? Li Qian, one must recognize one's own status. Do you think you're amazing? But I'm sorry, in my eyes, you're just someone who serves others," Chen Yu sneered.

"Also, by the way, the more people lack something, the more they like to show it off in front of others. Li Qian, how insecure are you?"

"Chen Yu, what did you say? Say that again? I'll call security to kick you out right now!" Li Qian screamed. Her little sense of superiority had been smashed to pieces by Chen Yu.