Chapter 558: Wicked! (1/2)
Afternoon, 5.30 pm.
Ping An Street. The sudden situation had caught everyone from Li Zhi Restaurant off guard.
“What is going on?”
“Hello? Hello? The speakers had stopped working.”
“Why are the lights in the restaurant not working?”
“Check the circuit breaker!”
“It is not a short-circuit. I think it is a blackout!”
The restaurant workers are running around. It is the dinner peak hour, and they have lots of diners. The loud commotion in the afternoon had attracted more diners, and they were almost half-filled. But the diners’ dinners are disrupted. Although the sun had not set yet, it was dark inside. The air conditioners had also stopped. How are the diners going to eat their dinner in the dark and heat? All the diners started complaining.
“What is going on?”
“How are we going to eat?”
“Why is it so dark?”
Li Lu is looking terrible. Why did is a blackout happening at this time?
But blackouts are common, and power will be restored after a few minutes. Li Lu and the restaurant staff thought it was just another blackout. Li Lu looks at his watch and waits for the electricity to come back. He did not even make any calls, as blackouts will affect a big area. Someone will report it.
But a staff suddenly exclaimed. “Eh, Boss!”
Li Lu looks at her. “What’s wrong?”
“This…” The waitress looked around. “It seems that we are the only business that is experiencing a blackout.”
Her words reminded everyone else.
“What?” Li Lu and the rest look around. The barber’s pole at the barber opposite is still spinning, and business is as usual at the small general store next door.
Other than Li Zhi Restaurant, the whole street is not affected!
Damn! What is the meaning of this?!
Before Li Lu could get over his shock, Dong Xuebing patted his shoulder again. “I wish you to have a prosperous business.” He turns to the rest. “Director Zhou, Director Meng, let’s go. I will give you all a ride.” Dong Xuebing returned to his Cayenne. Zhou Yanru, Meng Shenguo, and Qu Yiqiang exchanged looks and smiled. They took a last look at the commotion in Li Zhi Restaurant and boarded Dong Xuebing’s car. They remembered what Dong Xuebing said. “Let’s see who will win.” By now, everyone knows Director Dong causes this blackout!
This is too wicked!
Electricity is very important to a restaurant. Cutting the electricity is cutting their lifeline!
How is a restaurant going to operate without lights and air conditioning? How are they going to cook their food without their electric ovens? Their fridges will stop working. Li Zhi Restaurant cannot even do business, let alone continuing with their promotion activities!
The Subdistrict Office staff learned something new about Dong Xuebing. Not only is he overbearing, but he is also decisive and ruthless. Some staff members told their colleagues in their offices about Dong Xuebing causing Li Zhi Restaurant to have a blackout, and everyone cheered.
“Serve them right!”
“Stop their electricity!”
“One must be ruthless when dealing with someone like them!”
“This restaurant owner is a moron to provoke us!”
“Director Dong is mad now. Didn’t you all want to harass us with your speakers?! Carry on! Why are you all so quiet now?”
Who says Director Dong has no backings? The City Daily newspaper, and this blackout incident, show that Dong Xuebing has connections with the City government!
Guang Ming Subdistrict Office staff are rejoicing, and Li Lu could not even smile.