How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

Chapter 105 - 86: The Various Faces of Life in Business KTV

Next, Gu Heng, well-versed in keeping everyone equally happy, performed a duet with Ranran and Qiuqiu...

After singing for nearly an hour, Gu Heng felt his throat was beginning to smoke...

Glancing at Li Feng and others having a blast, his nose almost got bent out of shape. So, he invited them for fun, but he had to play the mood-setter, right?

Thinking of this, Gu Heng grew too lazy to sing and just flopped onto the couch. Yu Han, very considerately, handed him a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Tired of singing? Have some wine to soothe your throat."

Gu Heng: "???"

Since when do good people drink alcohol to soothe the throat?

However, when he glanced at the table, it seemed there was nothing but alcohol...

Last night, Old Gu and he had each downed a bottle of Moutai. It hadn’t been long since the alcohol effects wore off, and now even the smell of alcohol was a bit nauseating. He was about to press the service bell to ask Manager Ma to bring some soft drinks, when suddenly he heard a thunderous sound from outside...

"Thank you to Mr. Su in Room 6688 for opening a $38,888 Hennessy Richard! Enjoy a prestigious life!"

The soundproofing of the KTV rooms is generally very good, but despite this, the sound from outside clearly reached everyone in the room...

This was the first time Gu Heng had encountered such a situation, and a bit bewildered, he asked Yu Han sitting next to him, "What’s this about?"

"It must be that some room has opened some fine wine, and the staff is going around making the announcement," she explained.

Gu Heng: "???"

Going around?

He knew about floor shows. A few days ago, at the FT Bar, he had spent over three hundred thousand on alcohol, and they had made a floor show of it too, satisfying his vanity thoroughly. But, it was the first time he’d heard of this floor walking thing...

"Isn’t this kind of play only popular in nightclubs? What, KTVs are adopting it too?" he exclaimed.

Yu Han nodded, "I’m not sure about other places, but it’s always been like this at the Underground Palace. It’s essentially the same as a nightclub, meant to flatter the customers and simultaneously boost sales," she said.

Hearing her explanation, Gu Heng started to make sense of it...

Giving face to customers was likely secondary.

The main goal was still to stimulate consumption...

Imagine, you’re just cozying up with a girl, discussing which hotel to go to tonight, and suddenly from outside comes the announcement of some room popping a bottle of expensive wine. Then, the girl sweetly tells you, "Darling~ I wish our room could be promoted like that, then I could boast about it to my friends~"

In such a scenario, would you get tempted?

If you had any sense and declined, the girl would have her reasons too.

Thinking that her small wish wasn’t fulfilled, she might question your intention to sleep with her. "Talk to me next time, then how would you handle that?"

Thus, these nightclubs and business K TVs have endless marketing tricks, targeting human weaknesses. After a combination of moves, some people inevitably get tempted and end up swiping their cards...

As Gu Heng smiled without speaking, Qiuqiu in her tiny tank top moved closer, her voice saccharinely sweet, "Mr. Gu, our table is almost out of drinks. Shall we order some more?"

Women’s intuition is always sharp.

She could clearly sense that Gu Heng was more interested in Yu Han...

Since she couldn’t win Gu Heng’s favor, she naturally prioritized profit...

If she could get Gu Heng to order a few expensive bottles, besides a tip, she would also get a hefty commission, making up for her effort.

Ranran also understood Qiuqiu’s intentions and was thinking the same. She immediately cooperated, pressing her considerable cleavage against Gu Heng’s arm, acting coquettishly...

Yu Han just watched like a detached viewer, chuckling at their tactics...

She also wanted to test Gu Heng’s financial power and reassess his status...

Although Gu Heng was dressed in luxury brands including an expensive watch worth several hundreds of thousands...

But this was 2024.

Anything could be faked.

Stories of people posing as wealthy heirs, renting supercars to deceive women in nightclubs, were heard almost every other time...

She wasn’t any naive young girl, well-acquainted with the ways of the material world.

The only way to ascertain if a man was genuinely wealthy or just a pretender was through his spending capabilities...

Gu Heng wasn’t foolish, previously his thinking had just been hindered by common people’s knowledge. However, living a wealthy lifestyle had altered his thinking...

Using an internet phrase, it was like he had "awakened."

With his awakening, his understanding of human nature deepened, and he was very aware of the three women’s intentions...

Yet he didn’t say much and instead pressed the service bell.

The waiter waiting outside immediately pushed open the room door at the ring. Before he could even ask, Gu Heng had already instructed, "Bring Manager Ma here."

"Yes, sir, I’ll go get him right now," the waiter replied.

Upon hearing Gu Heng’s instructions to the waiter, both Ranran and Qiuqiu thought Gu Heng was about to order drinks, their faces breaking into happy smiles.

As for Yu Han...

While she was equally happy on the inside, she didn’t show much on the surface, acting as if she had no intentions of interfering with Gu Heng’s actions...

The disparity in cunning among the three women was clearly evident.

Less than a minute later, Manager Ma entered the room with a smile, facing Gu Heng.

He was obviously happy because he thought Gu Heng was about to boost his performance for the evening...

Why else would he be running around all evening if not to earn a stellar performance from Gu Heng?