Chapter 445 The President Panicked
The large private room suddenly fell silent at this moment!
This was enormous figure for them,except James.
What kind of concept was this? Just $13,500 short of $2 million.
Everyone except James was stunned. Their first reaction was that the waiter must have made a mistake. If not, then they must have misread it. Anyway, it couldn't possibly be that much.
"You must have made a mistake! $1,986,500! Why not just say $100 million?" Quade exclaimed discontentedly.
The smile on the waiter's face remained unchanged as he said, "Dear guests, I did not make a mistake. You indeed spent $1,986,500."
At this, Quade's expression froze. The next second, he snatched the bill from the waiter and said, "Impossible! Just these dozen or so dishes, how could it cost $2 million? Are you kidding me?"
But when he looked at the bill, his eyes immediately widened because it clearly stated $1,986,500. Not a single digit was wrong.
Instantly, his breathing became rapid as his mind went blank. Spending $2 million on a meal was something he had never done in his entire life.
The president, realizing what had happened, immediately became flustered. $2 million, even if he paid half, that would still be $1 million!
$1 million was no small amount for him, especially since his business had not been doing well recently, and he had spent a lot of money on a few women he liked. He didn't have that much money on hand. If his family noticed he wasted money like this, they would never forgive him.
The key question was, how could they have spent so much money about $2 million meal.
With this, he immediately looked at James and saw the faint smile on James' face, without a trace of panic or fear. His mind became even more chaotic.
His previously agitated body was instantly cooled as if doused with a bucket of ice water.
Juniper, who hadn't had enough to eat, was putting a piece of meat into her mouth when she heard the amount. She was instantly dumbfounded, the piece of meat falling onto her clothes, making her look quite comical.
Brandy's reaction was also significant as her eyes widened in disbelief.
She thought a meal costing tens of thousands of dollars was already astronomical and unimaginable. But now, the bill showed $2 million! That meant she had eaten at least tens of thousands of dollars' worth of food.
For a moment, her mind buzzed with an indescribable sense of shock and even fear.
She knew that James had to pay half of this amount, which was $1 million. James was just an ordinary person; where would he get that much money?
As for Brandy, she couldn't possibly amass such a substantial amount of money, either. Even if she resorted to selling herself, she couldn't gather $1 million.
At this moment, she began to feel scared, with her body trembling.
The president, disregarding his composure, stood up and said, "Don't talk nonsense. We ordered according to the menu prices, and it shouldn't exceed $150,000. How could it be $1,986,500?"
"Yeah, bring the menu over. The most expensive dish we ordered was just over $8,000. How did it add up to $1,986,500? What's going on here?"
"Yeah, bring the menu over. The most expensive dish we ordered was just over $8,000. How did it add up to $1,986,500? What's going on here? Call your manager over!" Quade and the two young men stood up with the president, arguing with the waiter.
The waiter frowned slightly but remained patient, saying, "Dear guests, please calm down. All our dishes are clearly priced."
The waiter calmly explained, mainly focusing on the first menu they ordered from.
Quade immediately said, "Look, the most expensive dish here is just over $8,000. How did you calculate $2 million?"
"Sir, I haven't finished. Why are you in such a hurry?" The waiter glanced at Quade disdainfully, then pointed to a dish in front of James and raised his voice, saying, "This premium caviar costs $700,000."
With this, the president's face turned pale, and his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
One dish was worth about $700,000!
Quade and Juniper were also extremely shocked.
What they regretted more was that they hadn't eaten a single bite of such expensive caviar; it was all eaten by James and Brandy.
Brandy was also confused. She had eaten quite a bit of that caviar earlier. No wonder it tasted so good; she felt like she had been elevated after eating it. She never expected it to be so expensive.
She felt like she was about to faint.
The waiter continued to introduce the dishes from the second menu. There were six dishes in total, three ordered by James and three by the president. The most expensive was the premium caviar, worth $700,000. The other five dishes, the cheapest of which was over $100,000, plus the drinks and private room fee, totaled exactly $1,986,500.
After figuring it out, the president felt like he had fallen into an ice cave as his body trembled uncontrollably.
Immediately, he finally realized, slamming the table and pointing at James, cursing, "James, did you deliberately set me up? You're looking for trouble!"
How could he not understand that James had deliberately ordered such expensive dishes?
James was an ordinary person, an outsider. If he couldn't pay, the worst that could happen was a beating and jail time. But he was different; he was from the City of Mysteries, and the manager knew him. He couldn't escape.
Instantly, bloodshot eyes, he wanted to kill James on the spot.
Quade and the others didn't dare to speak now, fearing that the president would vent his anger on them and make them share the burden. That would be disastrous; they were still students and couldn't come up with that much money.
James sat in his chair, legs crossed, a smile playing on his lips as he said, "I only ordered three dishes; the rest were your choices. How does that constitute a setup? Now that you've eaten and can't pay, you wish to back out?"
The president gritted his teeth, breathing heavily, staring at James.
At this moment, Quade had a sudden idea and said to the president, "President, don't worry. After all, he also ate. We agreed to split the bill. If he can't pay, we don't have to pay, either. The hotel will naturally go after him."
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