I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 989 - 1079: Selling Beer for 100 Times More Is Absolutely Reasonable
The entire hall was nearly two thousand square meters, yet only a U-shaped dining table was set up together. The remaining servants surrounded both sides of the U, with a full three to four hundred people standing there, each holding food and utensils in their hands.
On top of the U was an entire row of food, with utensils shaped like a golden pyramid at the top, and filled dishes underneath.
This row had more than a hundred different types of food, but many were black and yellow, and it was unclear what they were. Some appeared to be meat, some were rice, some were pastries and fruits, but Jing Shu couldn’t identify more than that.
Of course, the middle of the U also had over a hundred square meters of empty space, used for performances. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Jing Shu and her group were arranged on the right side of the U shape, with Old Zhou already seated at the rightmost position, having earlier entered to meet some of the evening banquet’s important figures.
Seeing Jing Shu and the others arrive, he merely nodded slightly.
After a while, when everyone was seated, they heard that it was the Prince of the Dubai Royal Family who raised his glass, signifying the official start of the banquet.
As the music started to play on this side, someone next to the Prince began to speak in a rapid-fire language that was unintelligible, but it was translated roughly to mean welcome, enjoy your food and drink, then let’s get rich together and exchange goods.
The Huaxia Team’s Bodyguard Team huffed and puffed, eating the food. Although the food here was a bit strange, it was indeed real meat, the only pity being that there wasn’t enough of it.
Big Yellow Teeth licked his lips, wanting to get up for more after finishing, but was stopped by Yang Yang next to him, who gave a light cough and pointed at the servants behind them. Big Yellow Teeth then remembered that here, after eating, one couldn’t go serve themselves but had to have the servants do it.
"Hey, seems like this isn’t the place for us at the tables of the wealthy." After saying this, he called over a special servant behind them, pointed out the location of the row of food in front and gestured, "A bit of everything."
Halfway through the meal, the performers in the middle of the U withdrew, and the Prince clapped his hands, at which point someone brought out tonight’s items for friendly exchange.
The Royal Family is indeed impressive, with a wealth of good items. This time they directly pushed out a series of freezers, filled with various frozen meats.
"Wow, there’s actually frozen meat here? This is pre-apocalypse meat, right?"
"Yes, I heard the Dubai Royal Family stored at least hundreds of tons of frozen meat before the apocalypse, and after the apocalyptic winds, they directly traded a lot of supplies with oil and built massive warehouses for storage."
"All those disasters then didn’t destroy these warehouses? The Royal Family is truly fortunate."
"Isn’t that true? Many in Huaxia also stored things back then, but because of improper storage, everything was lost."
"You must understand, the Royal Family used precision steel preservation cold storage at the time, even stronger than Doomsday Fortresses, so of course, they stored it successfully."
"It’s been six years since the apocalypse, so that means this meat is over six years old?"
"Yes, even the best meat, frozen for six years, even using the most advanced technology, has already started to lose its vitality. So the Dubai Royal Family takes out a batch to process every now and then. As their personal consumption alone, they wouldn’t finish it in hundreds of years."
Jing Shu understood now; no wonder there was so much meat on the table today. It turns out it’s all been frozen for so many years, tough and old, and doesn’t taste as good as synthetic meat.
However, even so, this meat is quite popular in the Dubai trade circle.
"A pound of meat has already been sold for the value of 1,000 Virtual Coins. Just these two fridges of meat are worth tens of millions."
"The wealth gap in the Middle East is too large, with 99% of the wealth in the hands of 1%, and the Royal Family auctions off surplus food while ordinary people can’t get enough to eat."
The refrigerator meat was quickly sold out, followed by large barrels of beer being pushed out, everyone’s eyes lit up, this is Huaxia’s beer!
Yang Yang rose, pouring a full glass of ice-cold beer for each guest. The aroma spread, and even the Prince showed a bit of a greedy color in his eyes.
The Second Prince, who had remained low-key and quiet, sat beside the Prince, staring straight at the Huaxia Team.
The Prince smiled and asked, "I wonder, dear Huaxia Team, how is this beer sold?"
The translator beside him immediately translated.
Yang Yang replied without changing his expression, "This beer sells for the value of 100 Virtual Coins a glass in Huaxia, and since we’ve brought it all the way here, it costs at least 500 Virtual Coins a glass. However, we can exchange it for oil of equal value."
Members of the Bodyguard Team were a bit taken aback, it sold for 5 Virtual Coins back home, and now it’s increased a hundredfold, incredible.
After listening to the translation, the Prince smiled slightly, "Huaxia has a saying, you raise the price on the spot, and I counter with an outlandish bargain, is that fair? 500 Virtual Coins is too expensive, how about 200 Virtual Coins?"
The music in the banquet hall was soothingly relaxing, and the other businessmen from Dubai smiled without saying a word. They knew that the Prince couldn’t consume it all alone and that they’d eventually have to share.
The Second Prince then stood up and said, "Brother, our honored guests from Huaxia have come from afar, and such good beer, even for this small amount of money, is still too cheap. If you find it expensive, I’ll take it all, and I won’t haggle."
Everyone looked incredulously at the foolish Second Prince; how could he be turning his elbows outward, buying things when he’s this stupid?
