At this moment, including the waiters, cleaning staff, backstage actors, and even non-staff members like Shu Ran, everyone who worked hard for the bar opening tonight was gathered here.
Zhang Jingdong was seated with An Lu and Su Man on his left, and Xiao Fei and Shu Ran on his right.
At this moment, everyone was looking at him, the big boss, waiting for him to speak.
Zhang Jingdong then stood up, glanced at everyone, and declared nonchalantly, "Let’s cut the crap, first let’s hand out the red packets!"
As soon as he said this, the previously serious atmosphere instantly exploded.
People began clapping and cheering.
"Long live the boss!"
Even An Lu and Xiao Fei joined in the chanting.
After distributing the red packets, Zhang Jingdong said, "Today is the first day of our bar’s reopening, and you all saw the results. It was explosive, hugely popular, very welcomed... I’m very satisfied, and I believe you all are too!"
"I hope everyone will continue to put in the effort and work hard, as long as our bar’s business is good, I’ll hand out red packets every day in the future!"
"Come on, let’s drink!"
Zhang Jingdong’s passionate speech and promises immediately ignited the enthusiasm of every employee, even Shu Ran was deeply moved, and everyone began raising their glasses.
After a few rounds of drinks, a beautiful waitress came over timidly and said, "Boss, I think you’re not only handsome and capable but also very generous to us employees..."
Zhang Jingdong glanced at the drink in her hand and then smiled casually, "Go ahead, tell me, what do you really want to do? Be straightforward!"
"I’d like to have a drink with you... What do you think?"
As Zhang Jingdong filled the glass with the bottle and smiled, "You praise me so highly, I thought you had some huge request. It turns out to be just a drink, definitely okay, here, I’ll finish this, you do as you wish..."
Saying that, he clinked glasses with her and downed it in one gulp.
Zhang Jingdong’s magnanimous act immediately earned another round of admiration from the crowd.
The beautiful waitress also finished her drink in one gulp, thanked the boss, and then shyly and happily turned to leave.
Following this waitress’ example, other female waitresses came up to toast with Zhang Jingdong and eventually even male waiters, office staff, and a few cleaning ladies joined in, totaling over a hundred people.
Seeing this, the four, An Lu, Xiao Fei, fearful that Zhang Jingdong would drink too much, simultaneously prepared to help him block drinks but were outright rejected by him.
It was not because he disliked the ’beauty saving the hero’ trope, but rather he wanted to take the opportunity to make a move while under the influence later.
If they drank too much, it would hinder his plans.
In the next hour or so, Zhang Jingdong drank a total of 18 bottles of Tsingtao, 16 bottles of Heineken, and 6 bottles of Wu Su.
Towards the end, to execute his plan, he began to pretend to be slightly drunk, making all four of them feel concerned for him.
But Zhang Jingdong reassured them, "Don’t worry, I’m fine. Everyone here came to toast me. Today’s the first day of opening, no matter what, I can’t reject everyone’s goodwill," so they couldn’t help him.
They could only wait for quiet moments amidst the toasts to get him some food and have him drink some apple cider vinegar as a hangover cure.
Around 4 AM, the celebration finally ended.
The employees left one after another.
At this moment, Liu Zongheng very "thoughtfully" came over to Shu Ran and others, saying, "I’ve prepared five rooms in the nearby Sheraton Hotel. All of you have worked hard today, no need to go back, and our boss has had too much to drink. Why don’t you all take him to the hotel, then rest there as well."
Just from this remark, Zhang Jingdong immediately felt that offering Liu Zongheng a mere 10% of the shares initially was too little, it should have been 15%!
Thus, he slightly raised his head to give Liu Zongheng a knowing glance.
Liu Zongheng got the hint instantly and then said, "The boss is in your hands now, I and President Wang still need to check some accounts, call me anytime if anything arises!"
After saying that, he looked at the beautiful women with utmost envy and admiration, then turned and walked away.
At that moment, the four women looked at each other, all somewhat at a loss.
Mainly, if it were just one of them alone with Zhang Jingdong in this situation, even Shu Ran would be willing to take him to the hotel.
But now it was clear that they all wanted to take Zhang Jingdong to the hotel, and because of this, none of them dared to suggest it.
Zhang Jingdong then embraced his inner actor and let his acting skills explode.
He tried to stand up and consoled, "I’m okay, you... don’t worry... you all go back, don’t delay tomorrow’s work... I’ll go to the hotel by myself... no problem..."
After saying this, he turned to walk away, but after just a few steps, he "accidentally" slipped and almost fell to the ground.