This was Chen Yu's first time in such a luxurious hotel, and just a casual glance at the ceiling revealed its opulence.
Golden-rimmed marble combined with crystal chandeliers, and the ceiling was adorned with exquisitely hand-painted patterns. Chen Yu felt that this one ceiling alone would cost no less than four or five tens of thousands.
He wondered how much it would cost Tony to book such a lavish hotel for a banquet.
But with his personality, he wouldn't care about such a small sum.
After all, he was a super-rich individual; it wasn't an exaggeration to say he could earn a million or so in the blink of an eye.
For Tony, money was just an uninteresting number.
Chen Yu scratched his head in an unseemly manner, feeling that it would be a bit of a waste to only eat at his first visit to such a luxurious hotel.
However, eating while watching the scantily clad beautiful ladies at the banquet frolicking and chatting was indeed a unique kind of enjoyment.
He just wished he had worn sunglasses when he came; that way, he wouldn't have to pretend to be proper and could just glance at those ladies out of the corner of his eye.
"Hello, is anyone sitting here? Can I sit here?"
Chen Yu heard someone asking him, turned his head, and saw a very shy white boy.
With messy, disheveled hair and cheap clothes, he looked like a "Cinderella" from a fairy tale who hadn't met a fairy godmother to transform him before attending the prince's banquet.
His attire, demeanor, and behavior seemed out of place in this luxurious hotel.
He wondered how he managed to sneak in under the noses of so many waiters.
Chen Yu assumed this little boy had secretly snuck in to see the world, so he didn't pay it much mind.
This was something for the hotel management and the organizers to worry about; Chen Yu had no intention of being a busybody.
Again, Chen Yu felt that Tony wasn't short on money, so one more guest or one less didn't make much difference.
"Sit wherever you like, all these seats are empty."
After speaking, he took a tray and returned with many Boston lobsters from the seafood section.
He heard these lobsters were very expensive, and he would lose out if he didn't eat more now.
He considered it a way to save Tony a little money; after all, the waiter said it was free, so why not eat it?
Seeing Chen Yu, oblivious to others, take a large plate of lobsters from a nearby table, the boy who had just arrived became a little reserved.
Chen Yu skillfully peeled the lobster's shell and ate the meat from the tail with a knife and fork.
He had only eaten two when he heard the boy next to him gulping, unable to hold it back.
He seemed to be very tempted by him.
Looking at the boy who was staring at the peeled lobster tail in his hand and desperately swallowing, Chen Yu asked in confusion: "If you want to eat, just go get some. It's free. Why are you staring at me?"
"S-sorry, it's my first time at such a banquet, I'm a little nervous..." The boy's voice was a bit shaky, then he asked hopefully: "Is it really free?"
"Of course."
The boy looked at the seafood on the plates in the seafood section, then at Chen Yu, who was eating heartily, and shook his head with difficulty, saying: "Never mind, I can't cause Harry any trouble."
Hearing the familiar name, Chen Yu turned his head in surprise, even the lobster in his hand no longer seemed appealing, and asked the boy next to him: "Who did you just say? Harry? Which Harry?"
The boy was a little confused as to why Chen Yu reacted so strongly, and answered doubtfully: "My good friend, Harry Osborn. We originally planned to visit Osborn Corporation today, but halfway through, Harry received a call from his dad, ordering him to attend a banquet hosted by a super-rich person, and it was very urgent. So Harry drove here and brought me along."
"Now Harry is accompanying their company's partners to discuss business, and I felt really bored, so I came here."
Harry Osborn?
Osborn Corporation?
The friend of the Green Goblin?
Could the boy in front of him be Peter Parker?
No, I remember in the Marvel Universe, Peter Parker and Harry met after college.
Then he thought about it again, and there was also information that Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider during high school, gaining spider-like superpowers.
At that time, Peter and Harry already knew each other.
Looking at this boy, who was only about 15 or 16 years old, he wondered if there was a problem with the timeline.
Then he thought about it again, the timeline of Spider-Man's story itself was quite chaotic, so it wasn't surprising for Harry and Peter to meet earlier.
He carefully examined Peter's face and saw a blend of the three generations of Spider-Man's appearances in his features.
This was also why Chen Yu didn't recognize Peter immediately.
To confirm, Chen Yu asked the boy's name.
Sure enough, his name was Peter Parker, currently attending Midtown High School, orphaned, and living with Aunt May and Uncle Ben.
After processing the information Peter Parker provided, Chen Yu pushed his plate to Peter Parker, letting him also try the expensive lobster.
"My name is Chen Yu. Meeting is fate, so try it. This is Boston lobster, and it's free now, so why not eat it? If you're really too embarrassed, just consider it my treat."
Chen Yu didn't feel any special abilities from Peter; he seemed like an ordinary boy.
It seemed that at this time, Peter had not yet been bitten by the mutated spider and transformed into Spider-Man.
But he remembered that no matter which version of Peter Parker, he seemed to be very poor in the early stages.
Delivering food, working as a reporter, even using his other identity's charm for money, taking photos of Spider-Man to sell to unscrupulous newspapers to earn a little cash.
Working and studying during the day, fighting crime at night, always busy—he truly deserved to be called New York's friendly neighborhood.
Chen Yu had a very good impression of this future Spider-Man, full of a sense of justice.
He was just a bit unlucky.
A bit of a waste of uncles, a waste of best friends, plus a waste of girlfriends.
It seemed that Marvel's superheroes were all like this; if a few close friends didn't die around a superhero, it wouldn't show growth.
But in such circumstances, to still maintain a heart full of justice, Chen Yu felt that such a person was indeed rare.
So Chen Yu was also very happy to be friends with such a superhero.
As long as their passive abilities didn't happen to him.
Looking at the plate of lobster Chen Yu pushed over, Peter initially showed some restraint, taking small bites, but soon became engrossed in the deliciousness of the lobster.
Chen Yu went to the seafood section again and got another plate.
Although one waiter was very surprised and wanted to stop Chen Yu, who was devouring Boston lobsters.
But after a few simple words from a more mature-looking waiter nearby, Chen Yu was allowed to do as he pleased in the seafood section, entering and exiting as if it were his own private domain.
Having a dining companion next to him made a difference; he always felt that this meal tasted much better than when he ate alone.
After eating the plate of lobster Chen Yu handed him, Peter Parker also returned to his talkative nature and began to actively talk about what he had seen and heard at school.
Just as the lobster remains on the table piled higher and higher, the entire banquet suddenly fell silent.
It was as if someone had pressed a mute button; the noisy banquet instantly became quiet.
Chen Yu saw Tony in the center of the banquet raising his hands, attracting everyone's attention.
The spotlight also shone on Tony, who looked incredibly flamboyant.
He seemed to be about to announce some major event to everyone.
Watching Tony raising his hands to attract attention, his method made a scene appear in Chen Yu's mind.
Someone suddenly raising their hands in the street to attract everyone's attention.
"Okay, everyone, look at me!"
"Look at me, look at me, I'm going to announce something!"
"I'm an idiot!"
The effect is pretty much the same.
Hmm... indeed, no problem.