Discussion on arranging a royal dinner (Part 3)

And so I said, oh, okay. I said to Vincent, look, anything we can do, let me know because we are very close to the political party. The prime minister at the time was Mahathir. And we had all the politicians always coming into the hotel and having meetings because we're right opposite the UMNO building, which is the headquarters. So anyway, I think about three days later, Vincent came to me and he said, oh, look, we're supposed to be going to the King's Astana for dinner. No, we invited him to come here for dinner. And I said, oh, no problem. And I said, five restaurants. And I said, which restaurant do you want? I said, oh, let me find out. I want a private dining room for the Agong, for the king and some of his friends, and to meet with Vincent and Sandy. So the next day, Vincent came to me and he said, hey, John, we have to cancel because the protocol is he's already moved to the Astana. He cannot leave it for seven days before the coronation. Protocol has it that he can't leave Astana. He has to stay there because he's got so much to do. And so I had a light bulb moment. It wasn't. It was actually the spirit touched me because I had an impression and it wasn't. It just had an impression. He just said, well, why don't you ask him if he wants to come here? I mean, what did you ask him if we can come to him? Meaning if he can't come here, can we go to him? And Vincent said, what do you mean? I said, you asked the King? Because, you know, I said, we got five restaurants here. We got five cuisine. Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Thai. They're all halal, so it's halal cuisine. I said, any cuisine he wants, we will bring dinner to him. Because Vincent wanted to introduce him to the church as well. And so Vincent said, oh, okay, I'll try. So. So Vincent goes to the King, the king in waiting, and says, your Royal Highness, can we bring. He said, of course you can. What a great idea. So he wanted Japanese. So I went to the owners of the hotel, Chinese Group, and I just said,