Chapter 78: Achieving Success: The Opportunistic Merchant

After dealing with the issue of the small red room and the sausage machine, it was time to tackle the main event.

Sitting in the hotel lobby, as soon as Chen Jianhai turned on his phone, countless messages popped up:

"Is Nanjing's vast seafood tycoon marrying off his daughter for true love or a strategic alliance?"

"A luxurious wedding at a trendy hotel: banishment or a firm choice?"

"Wang Wanwan: Hoping you married for love."

"Investment Weather Vane: A wedding that fulfills the dream of millions of girls, heralding the era of ocean weddings."

The news about Xu Yong and Wang Wanwan's wedding celebration was everywhere.

Even though Xu Yong had meticulously planned the wedding, the event was quickly posted online and soon topped the local trending searches in Nanjing.

Langai Hotel, the venue for the wedding, also shot to fame! As a comprehensive hotel offering bridal services, wedding projects, and wedding rooms, Langai Hotel instantly attracted a lot of attention from young people.

Marriage is a challenging affair, and the preparations can be even more grueling. Throughout history, countless couples have split up because of the stress of wedding preparations.

Langai Hotel's appearance was like providing a ready-to-move-in, beautifully decorated new home, saving time and energy while offering exquisite design and setup for various projects. This one-stop service eliminated many arguments, making the wedding experience seamless.

In just half a day, the hotel's booking and reservation phones were almost ringing off the hook.

"Boss, we can't keep up with the online orders, and many calls are inquiring about wedding bookings."

The front desk employee excitedly reported.

The better the hotel's business, the more motivated they felt.

"Good, tell them the hotel is fully booked today and tomorrow and we can't accept any reservations."

Chen Jianhai calmly sipped his tea.

"Tonight, raise the prices of all rooms. Ordinary sea-view rooms increase by 400 per night, deluxe sea-view rooms by 800 per night, luxury sea-view suites by 2000 per night, and the deep-sea water-view suites remain at 88888 per night."

"Once the prices stabilize, start taking bookings again."

The front desk employee was stunned.

"Boss,"

"Isn't it a bit too... not low-key to raise prices just as our hotel is becoming popular?"

Choosing her words carefully, the employee tried to express her concern without risking her job.

Chen Jianhai; "..."

He wanted to poke the young girl and ask if she understood who she was working for! The hotel price increase would also raise her performance pay this month! It wasn't her getting married or staying at the hotel; why should she worry about others' money?

But considering her youth and kindness, Chen Jianhai patiently explained:

"The hotel can adjust prices within the regulatory bureau's and the price bureau's allowable range, based on holidays and peak periods."

"Now is the peak tourist season and our wedding season, so raising prices is a normal market response."

Chen Jianhai's decision was just to raise prices to the highest allowable market rate.

"Oh, oh, oh."

The employee nodded with understanding.

"Boss, I'll follow your instructions!"

The employee affirmed.

"That's more like it."

Chen Jianhai nodded with satisfaction.

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, you have achieved the title: Opportunistic Merchant."

"You have acquired the attribute [Rallying]: You naturally possess the ability to rally people, making you invincible in both daily leadership and business negotiations!"

Chen Jianhai was first stunned but then delighted!

This skill sounded impressive!

Who would've thought that casually raising hotel room prices would earn him a title and skill reward!

Before he could fully enjoy this good news, a series of mechanical sounds echoed in his mind:

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, for successfully hosting a themed wedding."

"Reward: Hotel upgrade progress increased by 31%."

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, for achieving the milestone: The Bride's Firm Choice."

"Reward: 4000 points."

"Ding!"

"Congratulations, host, for achieving the milestone: Returnees in Public Welfare."

"Reward: Hotel upgrade progress accelerated, daily public welfare task reward increased by 2%."

...

A string of system notifications rang in Chen Jianhai's mind, almost overwhelming him with joy.

3000 points… 31% progress… 2% daily public welfare task reward…!!

Such generous rewards!

Chen Jianhai quickly brought up the system panel and saw that the progress bar had jumped from 35% to 66%. With just another 34%, he could upgrade the hotel to a high-end one!

Overjoyed, Chen Jianhai couldn't contain his excitement and pulled out a calculator to tally today's wedding earnings.

"Three nights in the romantic underwater whale suite at 88888 per night totals 266664 yuan."

"The 360° Atlantis AR panoramic banquet hall rental fee is 50,000 yuan."

"The ocean-view glass corridor and vow platform rental fee is 5000 yuan."

"Flower fee is 30,000 yuan."

"A banquet table costs 20,000 yuan, and there were 100 tables, totaling 2 million yuan!"

2 million…

Just the banquet alone brought in 2 million!

Chen Jianhai trembled as he took a cigarette from the pack and took a deep drag. No wonder so many people open restaurants; it's insanely profitable! Saying it's lucrative is an understatement!

Today's total earnings were over 2.35 million. After deducting employee wages, taxes, and other miscellaneous expenses, the net profit could be around 2 million!

It felt like robbery!

Moreover, Chen Jianhai had only calculated the major earnings from food and rooms; he hadn't even included other minor expenses.

And this was just the first wedding. If the hotel's wedding season could handle two weddings and a reception daily, even with the most basic wedding package, each could earn tens of thousands!

If the daily income was 1.5 million, that would be 45 million in a month!

"45 million..."

Chen Jianhai clutched his chest, almost passing out.

This amount was close to the annual income of other five-star hotels!

While Chen Jianhai was clutching his chest in a dramatic fashion, an employee, unable to watch anymore, quietly approached with a small bottle of quick-acting heart medicine and asked softly:

"Boss, are you okay? Do you need some medicine?"

"No, I'm fine."

Chen Jianhai quickly sat up straight from his slumped state and looked at the employee's name badge, which read: ruiky.

"Rui... Rui Keya?"

Chen Jianhai scratched his head awkwardly.

…How do you pronounce this?!

You, a perfectly good employee, why choose an English name!

This is really making it hard for me!

"ruiky" looked exasperated. He opened his mouth as if to say something but ultimately resigned himself to his clueless boss.

"Boss, I wanted to ask something…"

ruiky looked embarrassed, clearly hesitant to speak.

"Can our hotel's Atlantis themed wedding be done for 300,000 yuan?"

"Why are you asking?" Chen Jianhai asked, puzzled.

ruiky smiled shyly, his eyes showing happiness.

"Boss, I'm also looking for a wedding venue… If 300,000 is enough, I'd like to have my wedding at our hotel!"

"You too want to have a wedding?!"

Chen Jianhai was slightly taken aback. He was just thinking about making a killing this wedding season, and the first customer turned out to be his own employee.

Quickly, Chen Jianhai popped a quick-acting heart pill into his mouth and patted his chest heartily.

"Enough! 100,000 will be enough!"

No kidding,

For his employee's wedding, such a big event must be done well and to the highest standard! Even if it costs him!

"Set the wedding date and let me know first thing. I'll give you a red envelope."