Zhang Yi left his address and asked the staff of Haidilao to deliver the hot pot bases later.

As for food materials, they could all be directly obtained from the Walmart warehouse in due course. Only hot pot bases are not really sold outside. Even the bagged hot pot seasonings available on the market are far inferior to those in the store. Otherwise, there would be no customers going to the store to eat hot pot.

After the meal, Zhang Yi was about to return home when he received a call from the manager of the five - star hotel on his mobile phone.

"Mr. Zhang, the 500 banquet tables you ordered are ready. Are you available to receive them now?"

"Yes. Just send them over."

Zhang Yi went home and waited for them to deliver the delicious food and drinks. These 500 banquet tables were sufficient for him to consume over the next two or three years. Anyway, he still had eight or nine million yuan in hand. Now, he didn't feel any pain when spending money. Instead, he was eager to spend it all.

On his way back, Zhang Yi pondered about what else he liked to eat. So, he placed orders with several large restaurants in Tianhai City, asking them to each send 100 tables to him. For the eight major Chinese cuisines and Western cuisine, he ordered several thousand tables in total! This way, he had covered his meals for half of his life.

Soon after, the dining cars of Hongfu Tianxia Grand Hotel arrived at the entrance of Yuelu Community. Twenty or thirty vehicles in a magnificent procession blocked the road completely, leaving the neighbors in the community stunned. Security guard Uncle You quickly stepped forward to stop them and inquired about their purpose. The hotel manager explained the situation, but Uncle You still insisted that the owner come before he could open the gate. After all, their formation was too large, and he didn't know what was in the vehicles. For the safety of the community, he couldn't let them pass easily. The hotel manager had to call Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi then went downstairs and came to the entrance of the community. At this time, the entrance of the community was crowded with people, including the neighbors in the unit building, as well as Fang Yuqing and Lin Cainin who came to watch the fun.

Zhang Yi walked up to Security guard Uncle You and said with a smile, "Uncle You, they are here to deliver food to me. Let them in!"

Uncle You was full of astonishment.

"Delivering food? What kind of food are you having that requires dozens of vehicles to deliver?"

Hearing that they were dining cars, the surrounding neighbors were also in an uproar.

"Good heavens! There must be at least several hundred tables!"

"Could it be that something happened in Zhang Yi's family and he's going to hold a banquet?"

"Is he getting married? But several hundred tables are really terrifying!"

"Look clearly. It's Hongfu Tianxia, a five - star hotel!"

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"Ordering several hundred tables there would cost at least a million!"

"Oh my god, spending a million on a banquet. Zhang Yi is really hiding his depth!"

"Previously, we only knew that his family had a good foundation. Now it seems that he might be a big rich man!"

The neighbors were chattering among themselves, and their eyes looking at Zhang Yi became fervent and filled with a tinge of awe.

Fang Yuqing on the roadside saw this scene and pursed her lips, strengthening her determination to win over Zhang Yi. She took the initiative to walk towards Zhang Yi and said with a smile, "Zhang Yi, what's your family busy with recently? You bought so many things."

Zhang Yi ignored her and instead took out a cigarette and handed it to Uncle You. When Uncle You saw the owner coming, he opened the gate and let the fleet of Hongfu Tianxia Hotel enter the community.

Zhang Yi led the way in front. Although he didn't pay attention to Fang Yuqing, Fang Yuqing didn't seem to care at this time. She followed him, chatting and laughing.

"Is there something in the family that you can't tell me? Aren't we good friends?"

"In the future, I hope to know more about you. Don't treat me as an outsider."

Zhang Yi gave her a deep look and sneered, "I bought all these things for my boss. And the last time we ate at the Western restaurant, it was also his treat."

Then, he sighed, "Alas, if only I were really this rich!"

Fang Yuqing's expression suddenly changed.

"You... you're not joking with me, are you?"

Zhang Yi spread his hands. "How could I deceive you? We've known each other for several years. You also know the situation of my family."

"My parents have passed away, and I'm just a warehouse supervisor. I don't have any money!"

His explanation made Fang Yuqing's expression change unpredictably. She had indeed suspected that a rich second - generation heir should at least have a big business in the family. Zhang Yi's parents had passed away for several years. Although they left some family property, he couldn't be regarded as a rich second - generation heir. Now that Zhang Yi admitted that he wasn't a rich second - generation heir himself, all of Fang Yuqing's doubts were cleared up.

She quietly distanced herself from Zhang Yi a little, then smoothed her hair and said with a polite smile, "Whether you are a rich second - generation heir or not, we are still best friends, right? I'm not a materialistic woman."

She deliberately emphasized the word "friends".

A scheming woman like her never burns bridges completely because she still needs spares and sycophants to serve her.

Zhang Yi curled his lip and didn't say anything more to her.

On the other hand, the employees of Hongfu Tianxia began to move the sumptuous feasts into Zhang Yi's house one by one.

Zhang Yi had ordered the top - grade ones, with abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, fish maw, Australian lobster, truffle, caviar, and everything one could imagine.

It was really a headache for the hotel manager to fit 500 tables of feasts into Zhang Yi's house, which was originally rather small.

However, Zhang Yi told them to just move the things into the house.

He himself secretly put all the food into his alternate space when the movers went downstairs.

He did it so covertly that no one noticed.

Soon, all the 500 - table feasts were taken into his alternate space.

In the evening, Zhang Yi received a call from Wu Huairen, the manager of Zhanlong Company.

Wu Huairen told Zhang Yi that they were ready and could come to build the safe house for Zhang Yi at any time. He asked Zhang Yi when it would be convenient to start the work.

Zhang Yi directly told them that they could come tomorrow.

And he planned to move to a hotel to live first.

After talking about the safe house, Zhang Yi was waiting for Wu Huairen's next words.

There was another very important matter for which he approached Wu Huairen, that was to obtain "equalizers for all".

After hesitating for a while, Wu Huairen lowered his voice and said to Zhang Yi, "If you really have such a need, I can recommend a way for you. But it will be a bit pricey."

Zhang Yi nodded. Of course, he understood this.

However, as for money, he didn't care at all now.

"That's not a problem, as long as the quality of the thing is good."

Wu Huairen said casually, "Okay. In that case, I will make an introduction for you. I will inform you of the trading place in three days."