Super Spender

Chapter 283: 277: Is This Bloody a Restaurant? Below

“Really?” Everyone at the table opened their mouths in surprise at Matthew Chan’s words. These dinnerware are also antiques? Someone who was about to take a sip of tea almost dropped the teacup in his hands. Suddenly, they all started to look at each other, wearing odd expressions. How much would a restaurant with such utensils cost? This is essentially a living antique shop!

“That’s not all, the dishes to come, amongst other things, are all being served on antiques.” Matthew Chan added, seemingly unsatisfied with the shock so far. This was precisely why he almost lost his mind when he found out what Finn Lewis planned to do with these antiques last night. Goodness! These are items worth billions! And you’re using them to run a restaurant? Can he be any more extravagant?

Pondering over the price tag of a blue and white porcelain piece from the Daoguang era made them realize how expensive a single piece could be – at least in the millions. But more than a dozen tables here, and the customers upstairs, were all using similar antiques. This did not even include the plates being used to serve the food.

“Today, consider this my treat. Since you’re all here, I assure you that what you’ll be eating here is something you cannot find anywhere else, even in the finest restaurants worldwide,” Finn Lewis added with a smile.

“As the saying goes, ‘it’s hard to buy abalone, even with a fortune.’ So, this first dish will introduce you to our abalone,” he continued, a mischievous glint in his eyes. It surprised everyone that abalone was being served as the first dish. They, being guests, were left curious and intrigued. Could Finn Lewis really provide abalone, considering how rare it has become nowadays?

What does ‘abalone’ mean, though? It’s a term used to denote the number of ‘abalone’ you can get within 605 grams. Note that here, we’re referring to dried abalone, not fresh ones. You should know, the weight of dried abalone is typically 30% of fresh abalone’s weight.

Therefore, for it to be considered ‘abalone,’ a dried abalone piece should weigh more than 300 grams, equating to more than 1 kilogram if it’s fresh! The saying isn’t baseless. A few years ago, in Galaxyshire, someone was willing to purchase ‘abalone’ for as much as 4 million per kilogram, but the seller didn’t

budge!

Given Finn Lewis’s earlier assurance, it was clear he had ‘abalone.’ However, it wasn’t known how many. Needless to say, these were top-tier tycoons at the table. Could he really play favourites? Although each of these individuals was endowed with wealth, not many had tasted ‘abalone.’ The reason was simple the lack of it! Even being affluent doesn’t grant you access to it.

But when they saw the waiters carrying platters out, their faces went blank. Although not many had eaten ‘abalone,’ everyone had an idea about its size. As they laid their eyes on the abalone, almost as large as a platter – they were astounded.

Is this actually abalone? It’s definitely beyond ‘abalone.’ This is actually a single-headed abalone!

“No need to question what you see; what’s on the plate isn’t just ‘abalone.’ It’s the mythical single-headed abalone, and allowed me to add that this is the most delicious, wild abalone originating from Proudly Nation,” Finn Lewis stated with a beaming smile.

Everyone in the room had a similar expression, gaping in astonishment. Seeing everyone’s shocked faces, Finn Lewis couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Making this kind of impression on these wealthy tycoons and old foxes of Flame Nation was truly a rare achievement. Yes, I did it!

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Speaking of this single-headed abalone, they had initially lacked the time required to source it. However, Finn Lewis had forgotten that when he first stepped into that time-space and got hold of the fishing boat, he immediately set it afloat. Finn Lewis may have forgotten about this, but Lewis senior certainly didn’t. The fishing boat didn’t need Finn Lewis to control, but the fish they caught were always chosen for their high-value ratio.

Maritime resources were endless in that era. The first boatload contained more than a thousand single-headed abalones. According to Wise Lewis, there were anywhere between tens to hundreds of thousands of the same near Proudly Nation alone, not to mention the vast quantities of ‘abalone.’ Finn Lewis hadn’t specified wanting these abalones at the time, so Lewis senior decided to process all single-headed abalones into dried ones.

This was only near Proudly Nation. The untapped marine resources at the time mean today’s marine fisheries haven’t been impacted. But this was a huge convenience for Finn Lewis. A single ‘abalone’ costs around two million Flame Nation coins, but what about a single-headed abalone?

This wasn’t merely about cost anymore. Even if you offered a hundred million, could you find a single-headed abalone in this world? No, you couldn’t, even artificially cultivated ones. To grow to ‘abalone’ size naturally, it takes around fifteen years.

It was only because Proudly Nation was barren and people didn’t understand how to eat it yet that such a multitude could have existed. In that time and space, Flame Nation’s coastal area wouldn’t have as many. Even in the Song Dynasty or earlier, these had already become a royal tribute.

A single-headed abalone was almost larger than a standard dish, and would easily feed ten people at a table. Each table was served five, adding up to approximately seventy to eighty. Looking at the abalones, these highly cultured individuals had their jaws drop. They were too numb to express their shock. How much would one of these cost? If put up for auction, one could easily fetch over ten million Flame Nation coins.

And here we have seventy to eighty of them, a total of seven to eight hundred million. Regardless of how casually affluent these individuals were, the scale and speed of Finn Lewis’s expenditure shocked them.. All this for a meal treat? Was all this extravagance necessary? The items were more precious than gold!