Two days later, Shen Yanming asked Qin Yiren to help reserve four spots.

That's right, there were four, because when Zhang Heping asked for leave, he was scolded by his boss and his three-day leave was canceled.

Two streams of tears flowed down Zhang Heping's face. For two days in a row, whenever he had time, he vented his frustration and sadness in the WeChat group. Moreover, you couldn't just block his messages; if you ignored him, he would bombard you with phone calls.

These past two days, Shen Yanming has been the most peaceful of the three, but even so, Zhang Heping has been incredibly annoyed by him.

Finally, Shen Yanming couldn't take it anymore, "Zhang Heping, if you keep whining, I'll make sure none of them bring you any meat!"

Zhang Heping...

The whiny monster has been killed, and the world is now quiet!

Shen Yanming did not tell Qin Yiren the names and contact numbers of his friends, but only wrote down his own as the contact person for the small team.

In the past two days, after discussing with their families, the colleagues in the Human Resources Management Department found that several families had actually signed up.

The final tally revealed that thirty-two people had signed up in their small office alone.

Only four girls—Qin Yiren, Ye Xiaoxiao, Xia Ran, and Michelle—traveled alone.

Qin Yiren, Ye Xiaoxiao, and Xia Ran's families were too lazy to go out. When they heard that they were with their colleagues, they were all very relieved.

Michelle, after much hesitation, still signed up because she wanted to know what Qin Yiren's methods were and whether Shen Yanming was truly as loyal as he claimed.

Apart from the four of them, the rest registered as a family unit.

The family group includes Zhu Shiliang's family of five, Li Yinhe's family of four, Shen Yanming's family of four, Yu Shui's family of three, Li Yueya's family of three, Hong Lixia and her daughter, Liu Miaomiao's family of three (former accountant of the Administration Bureau), and Wei Bei's family of four (former archives administrator of the Administration Bureau).

Qin Yiren privately sent the list to the Qinglishan administrator, reporting the total number of people and then sending the number of people in each group and the contact number of the person in charge to the administrator.

After the Qinglishan administrator confirmed the reservation was successful, Qin Yiren exited the private chat interface and discovered that the homepage showed only 3592 Meteor Shower packages left.

In just two days...

"Wow, in just two days, more than half of the spots at Qingli Mountain have already been booked!" Qin Yiren exclaimed in surprise.

"Wow, really? It's so expensive and there are still so many people making reservations? I thought they wouldn't even be able to gather 10,000 people by the end of the holiday," Shi Leyong couldn't help but exclaim.

He actually really wanted to go, but the price was too high.

"Yes, I didn't expect there to be so many people," Qin Yiren nodded and said.

Not long after, about half an hour later, text message notifications started ringing in the office.

"Dear customer, thank you very much for booking the meteor shower package at Qingningshan Scenic Area."

This package includes: 7 nights' free accommodation (standard accommodation is 520 RMB per day, double room or standard room of your choice), 7-day scenic area pass (can be used outside the area, for personal use only), Super Cinema (5 free screenings of the latest movies), rafting (2 hours free), cable car (4 free rides)...

Dear customer, please log in to the Qinglishan Scenic Area page of Qinghe Alliance Tourism website, fill in your identity information and pay. Entry will be based on the payment verification code and your ID card. Please keep them safe.

The text message indicates the standard procedures required for tourism in Qinghua Kingdom. Regardless of which scenic spot you visit, you must pay through the Qinghe Alliance Tourism website. Only by using your ID card and the verification code after successful payment can you enter the scenic spot.

The scenic area can only receive the full amount of the tour fee paid in advance by the tourist after the tour ends and the tourist gives a rating of 7.0 or higher.

If a tourist's rating is below 7.0, the tourist attraction can only receive payment if it provides evidence proving good service and no misconduct. If the attraction has no such evidence, Qinghe Alliance Travel Network will deduct a portion of the payment and refund the tourist based on the rating.

Of course, if the scenic area can provide evidence that the tourist deliberately left a bad review, then the tourist will face a high amount of compensation, and in serious cases, will be blacklisted by the scenic area.

This creates a two-way constraint, which can both prevent ticket evasion and encourage scenic spots to improve service quality.

Shen Yanming opened his phone, logged into the Qinghe Alliance Tourism website, found the Qinglishan Scenic Area page, entered his, Bi Qiaoan's, Ji Kangyong's, and Li Zhaozhao's identity information as instructed, and finally paid 80,000 yuan directly.

Subsequently, Shen Yanming received a payment success SMS and a nine-digit verification code on his phone. Bi Qiaoan also received a payment success SMS after Shen Yanming's phone rang.

After waiting for about five minutes, Shen Yanming sent messages to the other two people and only felt relieved after confirming that they had all received the payment success text message.

Shen Yanming acted quickly. After he successfully paid the four people, there were still some people in the office who hadn't paid yet, but there was no rush. As long as the payment was completed within 6 hours, it would be fine.

This 6-hour payment period is actually given tourists time to consider.

Tourists can use this time to confirm if there are any problems with their itinerary, and also consider whether there are any financial inconveniences.

Changing your mind within these 6 hours will have no impact on the tourist. However, if you regret it after payment has been made, you must cancel the order at least one day in advance and pay the scenic spot a 20% compensation fee.

Shen Yanming paid so readily not only because Bi Qiaoan wanted to see the meteor shower, but also because Shen Yanming had made some arrangements last night...

In the last few days of the month, no one was really in the mood to work. Fortunately, there were very few people doing business recently, so everyone had some free time to chat and look forward to the upcoming trip.

"The holiday is just around the corner, I wonder if there will be any Mid-Autumn Festival benefits this year."

"What do you mean? Doesn't this happen every year?"

"Will this year be the same as in previous years? This year, we have to limit the amount of things we can buy, especially food."

"Don't worry, the benefits will be paid out as usual this year." Director Hong had just entered the office when he heard everyone discussing the benefits issue.

"Really? What are the benefits for the director this year?"

"This year, each person will receive a 5L bucket of oil and a 20-jin bag of rice," Hong Lixia said.

"Didn't we always use 50 jin of rice in previous years?"

"How can this year be the same as previous years? It would be good enough if we could give you a bag of rice," Hong Lixia said with a smile. "However, this year everyone will get two boxes of mooncakes and two boxes of fruit."

"Wow! In previous years, it was just a box of mooncakes, no fruit. Are they going to make up for the rice with fruit this year? I think it's a good deal!" Yu Shui said excitedly.

"Director, are the mooncakes the same brand as last year? Last year's were quite delicious."

"Yes, we'll be able to line up for our perks soon," Hong Lixia nodded and said.

"So, Director, what kinds of fruit do you have?"