It wasn’t even 6:00 PM yet, but Flying Cars had already begun arriving one after another outside the bar.
Jiang Qin’s regular custors and Jiang Fans—basically anyone who was on the Main Star—had shown up.
To say it was a sea of people would be no exaggeration at all.
The security team was drenched in sweat, terrified that sothing might go wrong. Zhu Yongkang had it just as tough, his eyes constantly scanning every corner of the bar.
He had to make sure there were no oversights.
"Attention, servers! The female custors are about to enter..."
"Manager, this is bad! All the tickets are sold out, but there are still a ton of people who couldn’t get one..."
Jiang Qin had over 300 million fans. A bar with a re three-million-person capacity would be filled by just a fraction of them.
There were also many curious Main Star People who ca to see what the fuss was about, knowing today was Moonlight’s grand reopening.
Fortunately, Zhu Yongkang had experience with this, so he had deliberately built the new bar at the end of the street.
He had also rented out the surrounding area and built a large plaza.
Even so, it was still a sea of people outside.
"If there are no more tickets, apologize properly and ask the custors to co back tomorrow."
The employee in charge of reception had a pained expression.
’These custors aren’t exactly the reasonable type. What if I can’t calm them down?’
There were probably at least two million people still without tickets, and more were constantly arriving...
Zhu Yongkang was troubled as well. He knew the bar’s business was booming, but this was already its maximum possible configuration.
After all, you couldn’t just build a bar as big as you wanted.
You had to apply to the higher-ups.
Thanks to the You Wei Family’s connections, plus Jiang Qin’s popularity, they had been approved to build it to the absolute maximum specifications this ti.
After all, the bar’s main business scope was soothing Riot Values.
Three million people was the absolute maximum capacity.
If they let in any more and got caught, the bar would probably be shut down for rectification.
So, he could only stand at the entrance, explaining the situation to the later arrivals and offering his sincere apologies.
"I’m truly sorry, but the bar is already at full capacity. Please co back another day."
"What’s going on? Didn’t you say that for this reopening, Moonlight could hold three million people?"
Zhu Yongkang explained with a wry smile, "Yes, it can hold three million custors, but it’s already full..."
The male in front of him had eyes full of disappointnt. "Sigh, and here I was thinking that with Moonlight finally open on the Main Star, I could co listen to Miss Jiang live."
"In that case, can I buy a ticket for tomorrow in advance?"
"I’m sorry, custor, but we aren’t taking reservations at this ti..."
"Alright, I’ll co back tomorrow."
After turning away a few more custors, Zhu Yongkang was already drenched in sweat.
Even though he had announced that the bar was full over a loudspeaker, so custors still refused to leave.
This was especially true for those who had made a special trip from other planets, only to find they couldn’t even get in the door.
You can imagine how unhappy they were.
There was nothing for it. Zhu Yongkang could only apologize repeatedly and advise them to co earlier tomorrow.
But he never expected that despite his humble attitude, soone would still post negative comnts on the Star Network.
The post was made by a user with the ID: Master Angler.
In the post, he criticized the bar’s service:
[If you knew the bar couldn’t hold that many custors, why didn’t you make an announcent earlier?
It’s hard not to suspect that this was all for the sake of opening-day hype—a gimmick to lure people over and create the impression of a massive crowd with demand far exceeding supply.
But have you ever considered what this ans for the fans who made a special trip from other planets just to support Jiang Qin?
They wasted their ti and spent their Star Coins, only to not even get in the door.
...]
The replies below were even more hostile.
[I don’t get it. People are fighting tooth and nail to get soothed by a C-level female at a three-million-person event.]
[The funniest part is that they didn’t even get in.]
[A soothing master who managed to turn herself into a celebrity. Damn!]
[You people brought this on yourselves. Spending a fortune to travel between planets just to listen to a song? Can’t you just listen at ho on your Light Computer?]
[That’s what I was thinking. Can’t you just go to a different bar?
How much soothing can a C-level female really give you?]
...
So people were quite extre, but most were more rational.
After all, the bar was open for business. If they could let you in, they certainly wouldn’t turn you away.
But since it was full, there was nothing to be done about it.
As for making an announcent in advance, that wasn’t very practical. Since tickets weren’t sold by reservation, who could have known how many people would show up?
***
After tumultuously resolving the issue of insufficient space, Zhu Yongkang wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly proceeded with the opening ceremony.
Since You Wei couldn’t return for the opening ceremony, he, the forr security captain and current bar manager, had to be the one to give the speech.
"Thank you all for your long-standing support of Moonlight."
"To show our appreciation for our new and loyal custors, for the next seven days starting today, all purchases will be 20% off!"
"Next, please enjoy a song and dance performance."
To build up the atmosphere, Zhu Yongkang had specially hired a song and dance troupe as a permanent fixture at the bar.
Every day from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM, they would perform to warm up the crowd.
Then, there would be another hour-long performance from 11:00 PM to midnight.
For the rest of the ti, they would simply play music.
Soon, a group of Half-beastman females took the stage.
They were dressed in standard dance costus and imdiately launched into a fiery, high-tempo song and dance number.
The atmosphere instantly heated up.
Although most people were there for Jiang Qin, it didn’t stop them from dancing along.
Cang Hong sat in a corner wearing a hat and mask, looking like soone with social anxiety. He had only ordered a glass of Inhibitor.
He kept checking the ti, silently waiting for Jiang Qin to take the stage.
In the two days since he’d been back, he had watched Jiang Qin’s photos and videos on the Star Network over and over again.
He had also listened to her songs on repeat.
But still, he couldn’t calm his heart.
He knew that a deep longing had taken root in his heart.
’I want to talk to her, I want to just be with her quietly, I want to see her...’
’I even want more than that.’
But all he dared to do was send a restrained, simple greeting on his Light Computer. ’Sob...’
He used to envy those who experienced the bitterness of love. Now, he didn’t have to, because he was tasting sothing even more bitter: unrequited love.
...
Bai Mufeng and his two friends also ca today.
It wasn’t just them; the mbers of their Flying Team ca along as well.
Thanks to a work called *Initial D*, their entire Flying Team had beco fans of Jiang Qin.
So when they learned she was returning to work today, they all clamored to co and support their idol.
If they could get a chance to et her and add her on the Light Computer, that would be even better.
Because they were dying to know what would happen to Takumi after he defeated Takahashi Ryoji.
After leaving the familiar route of Akina and going to other mountains, could he still be so invincible?
Unfortunately, up to now, there had been no news of a second part to *Initial D*.
It was no use for them to be tearing their hair out with curiosity. After all, they didn’t know Jiang Qin, and Bai Mufeng, the only one who did, wouldn’t ask on their behalf.
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