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567: Chapter 567 Record-breaking!

Spent Hundreds of Millions!

567: Chapter 567 Record-breaking!

Spent Hundreds of Millions!

The atmosphere exploded!

The wedding banquet of Wu Jie and Tang Xiao was setting an unprecedented world record.

Although it wasn’t the first wedding banquet to be live-streamed, it was definitely the most talked-about online in history.

Although it wasn’t the first wedding banquet to offer a buffet, the number of guests served truly set a record that was hard to tally.

Now.

The netizens watched the excitement for free, while many people in the town got to eat their fill for free.

In Pingle Town.

Knowing that each restaurant allowed registered guests to eat and drink for free.

Not just the whole town was stirred up.

People from the town flocked there, and many more braved mountains and rivers, biking and walking to join the feast.

How could they not fill their bellies to the brim when a tycoon was generously hosting such an event?

How could they not eat when it was free!

…

As time slowly went by.

Two or three in the afternoon.

The hottest time of the day arrived.

Under the blazing sun, many people finally couldn’t hold up anymore.

After all, the shady spots were already overcrowded.

To wait to have dinner, would they really endure the scorching sun until it gets dark?

Some people, after having their fill, began to leave—this was not an era of food scarcity, and having had their share of the excitement, it was time to go.

Yet, others did not leave and were looking for places to cool off.

The scorching sun was the best “expulsion order.”

The throng of people gathered in Genlong Village finally started to thin out.

Some went into town.

Because inside and outside the Wu Family’s courtyard, it was packed with people, jam-packed.

Rather than waiting in line for a long time without a chance of joining the buffet, it was better to go into town since the restaurants had opened up for dining.

Of course.

Outside the Wu Family’s courtyard, there was still a swarm of people—a lot of them reluctant to leave.

…

But Mr.

and Mrs.

Wu Jianguo were truly worn out and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Such a wedding banquet was lively and impressive, but it was also heart-wrenchingly expensive!

Not a scrap of food was left at home, and all the chickens, ducks, fish, meat, and other ingredients in the market in town were sold out.

The restaurants in town were insufficient and had to urgently call for supplies from other towns and villages.

It was estimated that the buffet in town might continue well into the night, with no idea how much it would cost.

What was more troubling…

What about the dinner banquet?

Although the government had already arranged for personnel to purchase in bulk on behalf of Wu Jie in the county and urgently deliver loads of food and drinks.

But considering the number of people still lingering in the afternoon, it seemed there might be enough food, but not enough chefs!

The buffet at noon had exhausted the chefs.

Although Wu Jie had offered ten times the usual wage, and they were all eager to work, there was only so much speed in preparing and cooking food.

To meet the food supply demands, they simply set up barbecues.

They collected barbeque racks and charcoal from every household in the village and bought poultry such as chicken, duck, rabbit, sheep, and pork.

They mobilized the entire village to help out, and starting from three in the afternoon, they began outdoor barbecues at various places in the village.

If there wasn’t enough alcohol, they would take out the homemade liquor from every household to contribute.

Around four o’clock.

Escorted by police cars, trucks carrying food, tobacco, and beverages entered the village, forming a long procession.

Meanwhile, in town, many trucks loaded with fresh ingredients had already arrived at the restaurants.

The wedding with the largest number of attendees in history was facing its biggest challenge—the dinner banquet!

Rural people with big appetites work hard; they need the energy for farm work.

How could they eat lightly?

Thus, the dinner was destined to last longer than lunch and involve more eating and drinking.

Especially those enjoying the barbecue—with heaps of meat and vegetables, and cases of liquor and beverages—ate and drank with abandon.

Some people, after eating and drinking their fill, rushed home.

And many others ate from dawn till dusk.

Under the night sky.

Genlong Village’s lights were bright, and the fireworks splendid.

This extraordinary wedding banquet, although many people had already left, was still extraordinarily lively.

And by the next morning, many people were still there, not leaving until after breakfast.

After the bustling event.

What was left was a shocking scene of litter scattered everywhere.

And in town, each restaurant faced a significant bill.

Not only Genlong Village but also the fields of wheat and corn along the roadsides were destroyed.

So, that morning, Wu Jianguo arranged for close friends and family to go around settling debts and compensating others.

Damaged crops were compensated for at double the market price.

They also organized villagers to clean up everywhere.

Just the bottles of alcohol and various types of trash amounted to several trucks’ worth.

After a lunch for the hired chefs and waitstaff, neighbors, and villagers, they returned the borrowed tables, chairs, and benches and saw off relatives and friends.

The festive wedding finally concluded, and during the lunch break, the family closed their doors to tally the costs.

You wouldn’t know until you counted—counting made you jump with shock.

The cash gifts received were not much, but the expenses reached over a hundred million.

The buffet at home lasted almost two days and nights.

The more than twenty restaurants in town offered free food and drinks for an entire day.

Just the cost of the various ingredients, tobacco, sugar and such was not small, not to mention the compensations.

The key point was, the food was not cheap.

The seafood market in the county and the reserves in the major supermarkets were all completely cleared out.

To the extent that in the county, you couldn’t even find a single shrimp to buy.

And the white liquor, often hundreds of yuan per bottle, tons of beer pulled in, and cartons of opened, premium tobacco…

Along with the fireworks, the distributed wedding candy, bags of sunflower seeds, peanuts…

Plus, wages had to be paid for the hired chefs, helpers, and villagers…

The countless slaughtered poultry, trampled and destroyed crops…

All of these cost money, didn’t they?

Even if the average consumption was a hundred per person, six meals over three days, the hospitality for those hundreds of thousands of attendees must have amounted to tens of millions.

Moreover,

there were far too many people who ate, drank, and took advantage of freebies.

Some were both eaters and takers, not only gorging themselves but also insisting on taking away leftovers.

And they came from far and wide, transporting food and beverages from other towns and counties.

Not only did they not offer a discount, but they also tacked on hefty transportation fees.

The town’s eateries, which usually had a daily turnover of two or three thousand, provided free service for the day, lugging in several thick volumes of guest registers.

In a single day, thousands of meals were served, forcing the Wu Family to foot the bill, which could easily amount to hundreds of thousands.

How much of that was inflated was anyone’s guess.

In any case,

the wedding banquet was indeed a lively and splendid affair and even made it onto the Central Radio News.

But the expense…

It truly pained Mr.

and Mrs.

Wu Jianguo!

Let alone the entire county, even looking across the whole country, the whole world!

Who else hosts a wedding banquet that costs a billion?

In the county town, where the average wage is merely two to three thousand, not to mention the countryside.

In this predominantly agricultural county, a million is already a huge sum.

Let alone a hundred million!

Money that many couldn’t earn in ten lifetimes was all spent on Wu Jie and Tang Xiao’s wedding.

The heartache was even more painful than the financial pain!

Yet Mr.

and Mrs.

Wu Jianguo had no choice but to hide their distress.

However, Wu Jie could tell his parents were forcing smiles.

After all,

how could they reveal their true feelings in front of Tang Xiao, his in-laws Tang Long, Old Mr.

Tang, and others?

The more impressive the wedding, the more face it gives the bride’s family.

What does it matter if Wu Jie spent a billion marrying Tang Xiao?

The Tang Family People didn’t care, because they knew Wu Jie wasn’t short on cash.

But…

Mr.

and Mrs.

Wu Jianguo, who had been farmers for most of their lives, just couldn’t shake off the unease in their hearts.

Taking advantage of the others diving into a different conversation and discussing how to enjoy the afternoon,

Wu Jie called his parents to the balcony and casually closed the door behind them.

“Don’t overthink it; no matter what, the wedding banquet was completed smoothly!”

“Although it was costly, it was lively and glorious!

Besides, I haven’t run out of money!”

“Moreover, no one expected so many guests to come.

Once they did, we couldn’t just turn them away, could we?”

“Since we can afford to throw a wedding, we can shoulder the expense.

Just consider it as bringing honor to our ancestors!”

As he spoke, Wu Jie took out his phone and transferred several million to his mother’s bank account.

“Hey, why are you transferring money to me again?

I haven’t even spent the more than five million you gave before!”

Upon receiving the bank text message, Liao Lan immediately questioned him.

Wu Jie smiled silently, waiting for the bank’s deduction notification before showing it to his parents.

They were in for a shock when they saw it!

Mr.

and Mrs.

Wu Jianguo were both startled into a dumbfounded silence.

“My heavens!

Where did you get all this money, son?”

“You rascal, who gave it to you?

Don’t tell me this money belongs to Xiao?”

Wu Jie put away his phone and gently smiled:

“Tang Xiao and I keep our finances independent; of course, I earned this money on my own merits!”

“You don’t have to suspect me of any illegality; otherwise, I wouldn’t be getting a special supply of liquor, and our wedding wouldn’t have police protection!”

After a short pause, Wu Jie earnestly counseled:

“In any event!

It’s all in the past now, so don’t dwell on how much money was spent!”

“Entertain the guests well tonight, and then head back to Tianyuan with us tomorrow!”

“Tang Xiao and I are leaving for our honeymoon the day after tomorrow.

You guys just relax at home.

If you get bored, go keep an eye on the Haizhu store!”

“That’s a house I spent tens of millions to buy, don’t let that fool run a business and lose it all!”

…

After a good deal of persuasion, the old couple finally came around.

After all,

the money in Wu Jie’s account was more than enough to cover several such wedding banquets.

To someone earning a few thousand a month, spending over a thousand on a meal is definitely painful.

But to someone who can easily make billions, spending hundreds of thousands on a meal is nothing at all.

With different asset tiers come different consumption concepts.

Of course,

to Wu Jie himself, this billion-dollar wedding expenditure was substantial.

Fortunately, the news caused a huge stir both domestically and internationally, grabbing the headlines again and making him a media sensation.

Envied, jealous, and hated by many, he made quite a sum in energy points alone.

Now the balance officially surpassed five hundred million.

The sixth reward task was to earn ten billion energy points within three years, and in less than a month, he was already more than halfway done.

Wu Jie estimated that with a bit more effort, he might complete it before the end of the year.

Then…

A grandmaster level skill would be rewarded, and he would get twenty draws from the lottery, all of high caliber.

Looking at it now, what did it matter that the wedding cost a billion?

He was after energy points.

Wu Jie believed that inviting so many people and spending so much had to keep the buzz going.

For a considerably long time in the future, the energy points would keep increasing steadily.

Especially with the lasting impression left on people, it would be deeply ingrained in their minds.

In the future, no matter who else held a wedding, they would likely remember Wu Jie and Tang Xiao’s event.

With so many people involved, it had to be put on the record for a world record, to be remembered for the ages!

In short,

this wedding banquet wasn’t a loss for him.

It’s just that…

Even though the wedding was over, in the afternoon, a few uninvited guests came looking to see Wu Jie alone.

Significant figures?

Who could they be?

Wu Jie went downstairs alone, stepping into the garden pavilion to take a look.

Immediately, he couldn’t help but laugh…