Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded Billions in Supplies - Chapter 8 - Supplies Gradually Arrive

Zhang Yi left his address with the Haidilao staff, instructing them to deliver the hot pot base later.

As for the food ingredients, they could be directly sourced from the Walmart warehouse when needed.

Only the hot pot base was something that wouldn’t be sold commercially. Even the packaged hot pot bases available on the market were far inferior to those used in the restaurant.

Otherwise, customers wouldn’t bother coming to the restaurant to eat hot pot.

After finishing his meal, Zhang Yi was about to head home when he received a call from the manager of a five-star hotel.

“Mr. Zhang, the 500 tables of banquet you ordered are ready. Are you available to receive them now?”

“Yes, just deliver them.”

Zhang Yi returned home, waiting for the delicious food and drinks to arrive.

These 500 tables of banquet would be enough to last him two to three years.

With eight to nine million still in his hands, he wasn’t worried about spending money; in fact, he was eager to spend it all.

On his way back, Zhang Yi thought about what else he liked to eat.

So, he placed orders with several major restaurants in Tianhai, asking each to deliver a hundred tables of food.

Covering all eight major cuisines, including Western food, he ordered thousands of tables in total!

This way, he had essentially secured his meals for half a lifetime.

Not long after, the food trucks from Hongfu Tianxia arrived at the entrance of Yuelu community.

A massive convoy of twenty to thirty vehicles completely blocked the road, leaving the neighbors in the community stunned.

Uncle You, the security guard, quickly stepped forward to stop them, asking what they were there for.

The hotel manager explained the situation, but Uncle You insisted that the homeowner had to come to open the gate.

Given the scale of their operation and the unknown contents of the vehicles, he couldn’t allow them in without considering the safety of the community.

The hotel manager had no choice but to call Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi then came downstairs to the community entrance.

The entrance was crowded with people, including neighbors from his building and onlookers like Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining.

Zhang Yi approached Uncle You and smiled, “Uncle You, these are here to deliver food for me. Let them in!”

Uncle You was astonished.

“Deliver food? What are you eating that requires more than a dozen vehicles?”

The neighbors, hearing it was a food delivery, were equally shocked.

“Wow, this must be at least a few hundred tables! Where does he plan to put all that?”

“Could it be that something is happening at Zhang Yi’s house, and he’s hosting a banquet?”

“Could he be getting married? But hundreds of tables? That’s insane!”

“Look closely, that’s Hongfu Tianxia, a five-star hotel!”

“Ordering hundreds of tables there would cost at least a million!”

“Oh my God, spending a million on a single banquet. Zhang Yi is really full of surprises!”

“I always knew his family was well-off, but now it seems he’s a real tycoon!”

The neighbors chattered away, their gazes toward Zhang Yi turning heated, mixed with a sense of awe.

Fang Yuqing, standing by the roadside, bit her lip as she watched the scene, solidifying her determination to win Zhang Yi over.

She walked up to him with a smile and said, “Zhang Yi, what’s been going on at home lately? You’ve bought so much stuff.”

Zhang Yi ignored her and instead handed a cigarette to Uncle You.

Seeing the homeowner present, Uncle You opened the gate, allowing the Hongfu Tianxia hotel convoy to enter the community.

Zhang Yi led the way.

Although he didn’t acknowledge Fang Yuqing, she didn’t seem to mind at all, walking beside him and chatting cheerfully.

“Is there something at home you can’t tell me about? Aren’t we good friends?”

“In the future, I hope to get to know you better. Don’t treat me like an outsider.”

Zhang Yi glanced at her deeply and sneered, “All these things were bought for my boss. And that time we went to the Western restaurant? He paid for it too.”

He sighed, “Ah, if only I were really that rich.”

Fang Yuqing’s expression immediately changed.

“You… you’re not joking, are you?”

Zhang Yi shrugged, “Why would I lie to you? We’ve known each other for years. You know my family situation well enough.”

“My parents passed away years ago, and I’m just a warehouse supervisor. I don’t have that kind of money!”

His explanation left Fang Yuqing’s face flickering between emotions.

She had indeed wondered-a Rich Second Generation would at least have a family running a big business.

But Zhang Yi’s parents had passed away years ago, and while they left some assets, he was hardly a Rich Second Generation.

Now that Zhang Yi had personally admitted he wasn’t a Rich Second Generation, everything made sense to Fang Yuqing.

She subtly distanced herself from him, smoothed her hair, and said with a polite smile, “Whether you’re a Rich Second Generation or not, we’re still the best of friends, right? I’m not a gold-digger.”

She emphasized the word “friends” deliberately.

A “green tea” never burns her bridges because she always needs backups and simps to cater to her needs.

Zhang Yi curled his lips and stopped engaging with her.

Meanwhile, the staff from Hongfu Tianxia began transporting the lavish meals to the location Zhang Yi had specified.

Zhang Yi had a good relationship with the property management, so he borrowed an underground warehouse in the community to temporarily store the food.

Although 500 tables of food seemed like a massive amount, once packed into containers, the space it occupied wasn’t overly exaggerated.

Zhang Yi had ordered the most luxurious dishes-abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, Australian lobster, truffles, caviar-you name it, he had it.

It took quite some time to move all 500 tables of food into the warehouse.

Even the hotel manager was stunned. In all his years as a manager, he had never seen such a large takeout order.

Zhang Yi simply told them to keep moving the food into the warehouse.

Once the movers left, he secretly stored all the food into his Alternate Space.

Others might have found Zhang Yi’s behavior suspicious, but in this world, everyone is busy with their own lives. Who has the time to care about someone unrelated?

So, whether it was the neighbors or the hotel staff, they might have gossiped a bit, but no one truly paid attention.

Soon, all 500 tables of food were safely stored in Zhang Yi’s Alternate Space.

That evening, Zhang Yi received a call from Wu Huairen, the manager of Zhanlong company.

Wu Huairen informed Zhang Yi that they were ready to start building the safe house and asked when would be convenient for him to begin.

Zhang Yi told them to come over the next day.

In the meantime, he planned to move into a hotel.

After discussing the safe house, Zhang Yi waited for Wu Huairen to bring up the next topic.

There was something else he needed from Wu Huairen-something very important: weapons.

After a moment of hesitation, Wu Huairen lowered his voice and said, “If you really have such a need, I can recommend a channel for you. But the prices might be a bit steep.”

Zhang Yi nodded. He was well aware of that.

However, money was the least of his concerns now.

“That’s not a problem, as long as the quality is good.”

Wu Huairen replied casually, “Alright then, I’ll make the introduction. I’ll notify you of the transaction location in three days.”