The VIP elevator, as the name implied, was an elevator that ordinary people couldn't take, and only distinguished guests could use it.
If it was an ordinary hotel, it wouldn't be a big deal. Anyone with a bit of status would enjoy this special treatment.
However, in the Yadu Hotel, Shuangta City's best hotel, you needed much more things than some status to take this elevator.
The Yadu Hotel was a five-star luxurious hotel. Common people couldn't afford to enjoy the service here.
There was a reception hall which symbolized good luck, a corridor with plants on both sides in the midair where people could browse the past dynasties of emperors, a path with bamboos around that was in tranquility, a mirror-like pool in the middle of the hotel, and ten miles of fragrant grass which surrounded the pool...
Everything was so pleasing to the eye. It was a quiet paradise of the city.
A normal standard room would cost two to three thousand RMB a night. Those themed suites and presidential suites would cost even more.
The world's top chefs cooked for the restaurant here. Many ingredients were transported from abroad. A meal would not necessarily cost ten thousand yuan, but at least seven or eight thousand yuan would be needed.
However, even among such a group of rich and powerful people, there were still some distinguished guests who would be selected. It was impossible for ordinary people to be distinguished guests here.
When the guests in the hall saw Li Lan greet the two men, they were already very surprised. Now they saw Li Lan respectfully leading the two to the VIP elevator. These people felt even more astounded.
"Beauty, do you know the background of the two guests that Manager Li is with? Why does it look like Manager Li is very polite to them?" One man, who often came and stayed here when he was on business trips, called a waitress and asked curiously.
"Hello, sir. I am very sorry. I can not answer you because I really do not know!" The waitress replied politely.
"Oh, it's fine. Thank you all the same." The man did not get the answer he wanted. He was a little unhappy and said stiffly.
Someone next to him saw this and said disdainfully, "Country bumpkin, you don't even know who they are, yet you still pretend to be rich. What an i***t!"
When the man heard this, he was immediately angered. He stood up and ran to the side of the person who had just spoken. He shouted at the top of his voice, "What the f*ck did you say?"
"What? You don't even know who they are. If you aren't a bumpkin, then what are you?"
"Then tell me if you know!"
"The one with white hair is Dr. Hu, our Shuangta City's famous doctor who has been extremely popular recently. He is the mentor of the richest man in Shuangta City, Mr. Fang..."
"What about the young man walking in the front? Who is he?"
"Well."
"You don't know, right? I thought you knew."
"..."
Although Lu Yao was very far away, he could clearly hear the conversation between them.
Though it seemed that only these two people were arguing in the hall, in fact, many people in the hall had been paying attention to them because they were all very curious about Lu Yao's identity.
They thought that the arrogant man would know the young man's identity, but in the end, he knew nothing.
Instantly, everyone turned to look at the VIP elevator.
Dr. Hu's identity was no longer a secret to Shuangta City's locals.
This time, the Masked Acupuncturist was seeing patients for free under Dr. Hu's company. More importantly, in these years, Dr. Hu's status in Shuangta City's medical world was known to everyone here.
However, even though Dr. Hu had such a noble status, he seemed to be somewhat inferior to the young man by his side.
At this moment, all sorts of speculations emerged.
Some people even boldly guessed that this young man may be the Masked Acupuncturist who had been working for Sanbao Pharmacy and seen patients for free.
However, this conjecture was quickly rejected.
No one could believe that such a young man could have such superb acupuncture techniques.
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The people in the hall were still talking about it. Lu Yao and the others had already taken the elevator to the No.1 VIP room on the top floor.
Seeing Lu Yao enter the room, Fang Jinghua, who was originally sitting there, immediately stood up and quickly greeted Lu Yao. He politely shook hands with Lu Yao and said, "Mr. Lu, here you are. Please take a seat!"
"Mr. Fang, thank you for inviting me here. I'm greatly honored." Lu Yao had already thought of what he should say on the way here, so his words sounded very natural.
"This is the least that I can do. Mr. Lu has worked hard these past two days. I should prepare some wine and food to entertain you," Fang Jinghua said. Because Li Lan was still here, it was inconvenient for Fang Jinghua to speak too bluntly.
"Li Lan, let the dishes be served. None of the other waiters should come in today. You serve us personally!" Fang Jinghua ordered Li Lan.
Hearing this, Li Lan nodded and went out to make arrangements.
Before she left, she glanced at Lu Yao a few more times.
Until now, seeing Fang Jinghua, who was usually high and mighty in their eyes, being so polite to this Mr. Lu, Li Lan could not believe this was true.
The staff at the Yadu Hotel worked very efficiently. In addition, they are serving the No.1 VIP room, so they worked even faster.
It didn't take long for all the dishes to be served.
"Come, Mr. Lu, the dishes are ready. Let's eat and talk, ok?" Fang Jinghua said to Lu Yao.
After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Yao picked up his chopsticks and slowly tasted every dish that Li Lan had picked up for him.
They all tasted wonderful. The high price of the Yadu Hotel's food and drinks was very reasonable.
Fang Jinghua somehow ordered no special dishes for this meal. Most of the dishes were local people's favorite.
However, even after such a common meal, Lu Yao was already full of praise for the taste of the dishes.
"Mr. Lu, may I ask if the dishes I ordered were to your liking?" Fang Jinghua said to Lu Yao with a smile.
"This is indeed Shuangta City's top hotel. It is really impressive that they could cook ordinary dishes so excellently!" Lu Yao told him the truth.
"That's good. I'm happy that you enjoy it, Mr. Lu. I have a membership card here. I will give it to you. If you want to eat the food here, you are welcome at any time!" Fang Jinghua handed a black card to Li Lan and asked her to pass it to Lu Yao.
Li Lan looked at the diamond gold card that Fang Jinghua took out with a face full of disbelief.
As a senior executive of the Yadu Hotel, she knew what this card meant.
This was not an ordinary membership card that Fang Jinghua had described, but the Yadu Hotel's identification card for its stockholders.
The Yadu Hotel was built by some of Shuangta City's local rich men. One would have such a shareholder identification card when he initially invested more than 20 million yuan.
As long as he showed this card, he would be able to enjoy all the top services here for free. It was no exaggeration to say that even if you wanted to live in the presidential suite here for a year, no one would dare to reject it.
Moreover, if this card was given to someone else, it meant that the card owner had also given away his shares of the Yadu Hotel to someone else.
Li Lan could not figure out why Fang Jinghua would give such a precious card to such a young man.
Even someone as rich as Fang Jinghua wouldn't casually transfer something worth tens of millions to someone else, right?
However, no matter how puzzled Li Lan was, she could not say it out loud.
Because she could see that Fang Jinghua did not want this young man to know the truth.
Lu Yao also noticed Li Lan's expression, but he did not say anything about it, because he was also testing Fang Jinghua's sincerity.
When he and Fang Jinghua were working together, and especially when they had different status, Lu Yao had to find the bottom line of Fang Jinghua. Otherwise, it would be very disadvantageous for him to get his future benefits in the process of cooperation.
Lu Yao held the diamond card in his hand and looked at it. He smiled and said, "Then I will respectfully accept this. Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Fang!"
Seeing that Lu Yao had accepted his shareholder identification card, Fang Jinghua felt a lot more at ease.
"Li Lan, I have some things to discuss with Mr. Lu. You can go out. Without my permission, no one is allowed in!" Fang Jinghua waved his hand, indicating for Li Lan to leave.
Lu Yao knew that the main "dish" tonight was about to be served.
"Mr. Lu, how about we go to the side hall for a chat?" Fang Jinghua said.
Lu Yao made a gesture of invitation. Accompanied by Fang Jinghua, they arrived at the side hall of the VIP room.
In Lu Yao's eyes, the decoration of this side hall was really magnificent and luxurious.
The marble floor was as bright as a mirror. The gorgeous crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling. A luxurious conference table was made of top-grade wood, and even the chairs were made by famous artists.
Fang Jinghua and Lu Yao sat face to face, and Dr. Hu sat in the middle of the two.
"Mr. Lu, it has been hard on you for the past two days!" After taking the seat, Fang Jinghua was the first to speak.
"Mr. Fang, you are too polite. It is also my good fortune to be able to learn from a medical expert like Dr. Hu. Moreover, I also want to thank you for buying my Great Supplementary Pill at a high price!" Lu Yao knew when he should argue and when he should be modest, so he spoke sincerely.
"Well, I didn't expect Mr. Lu to be so smart. I didn't expect you to be able to discover this." Fang Jinghua did not expect that Lu Yao would actually guess that he had bought the Great Supplementary Pill from him at a high price. For a moment, he had a whole new level of respect for Lu Yao.
"I don't know who your master is. I don't know if it is convenient for you to introduce us to each other. I am really curious, what kind of person is capable of teaching a peerless genius like Mr. Lu?" Fang Jinghua looked at Lu Yao's expression and asked carefully.
Dr. Hu also looked at Lu Yao nervously, afraid that he might accidentally miss something.
"I'm really sorry about that. My teacher was wandering around and had no fixed residence. I would even find it difficult to meet him. Even if I knew, I wouldn't dare to say it!" Lu Yao pretended to be in a difficult position.
"Oh? Why?" When Fang Jinghua and Dr. Hu heard Lu Yao's words, they both felt regretful and curious.
"My teacher told me before that his name could not be known to outsiders." Lu Yao was telling the truth. Li Jiang had told him the same thing back then.
Fang Jinghua knew that his hope had been shattered, so he didn't continue to pester Lu Yao about it. He directly returned to the main topic and began the first negotiation.