Chapter 24
To show his comfort, Shu Mo informed Mo Bai in advance about the salary increase and bonus, which finally made him look less dejected.
"Think positively, at least you finally succeeded in releasing the flame once, right?" Shu Mo racked his brains to comfort her, "Although the reason is unknown, but if you do it a few more times, maybe you will really learn it?"
Mo Bai didn't reply, but lowered his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
Shu Mo turned his head and saw the young man's absent-minded profile.
Only two days had passed, but his face had more color than when I first met him. It was no longer the sickly paleness on the snow. His cheeks and ear tips were lightly red, making him look much more lively.
Shu Mo was about to express his emotion when he suddenly realized something, so he silently withdrew his gaze, his eyes wandering.
I almost forgot that when Mo Bai first appeared, he looked sick, as if he was beaten by her...
So, the injury should just be gradually healing now...right?
Mo Bai looked back and caught a glimpse of Shu Mo dodging.
His initial guess was correct. Shu Mo did have incredible power. After only two days of staying with her, he managed to accomplish something that he had not been able to achieve in years.
What Shu Mo had was a warm power that made him, a fire creature, couldn't help but want to get closer.
Maybe she herself didn't realize it, but she brought light and warmth to the desperate players in the game. It is both salvation and turning point.
As long as he stayed by her side, his fire power would slowly recover.
Although he had just experienced failure, Mo Bai's heart was more determined than ever.
"By the way, is there anything you want to buy with today's salary?"
He heard Shu Mo ask.
Shu Mo reminded, "50 points a day, settled on the same day."
Mo Bai thought for a moment and asked seriously, "Can you help me install a fireplace? Like the one in the hotel lobby - if I don't have enough money, I can buy it when I get my salary in the future."
Shu Mo readily agreed: "Of course, the fireplace is exactly 50 points, you are quite good at choosing."
She simply bought a fireplace from the mall and installed it for Mo Bai.
The bright firelight immediately illuminated the entire room.
It also brightened Mo Bai's dark eyes.
He dragged a chair over and sat down in front of the fireplace. He looked at the little spark that belonged to him, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and looked indescribably happy.
Shu Mo smiled, stopped disturbing him, and closed the door quietly.
*
After some trouble, it was almost twelve o'clock when Shu Mo returned to the room. Soon, the familiar voice of the system sounded along with the clock of midnight.
[Congratulations to the players for completing the fifth day of business! 】
[Settlement will begin soon...]
Shu Mo deliberately didn't check his account at night, just for this moment to come. She sat on the bed, looking up at the settlement information on the panel with a little excitement.
[Today's income details]:
[Small Indoor Hot Spring]: Receive 57 guests and earn 2200 points
[Foot Spa]: Receive 27 guests and earn 810 points
[Simple stall]: Sold 62 fresh meat buns, 52 rock sugar white fungus and pear soup, 74 coffee milk, income 2450 points
[Mobile stall]: sold 504 oden and 42 candied haws, earning 2940 points
[Restaurant]: Sold... (click to expand), earning 5910 points
[Guest Room]: Small Family Suite (with hot spring)*8 nights... (click to expand), income 13280 points
【Today's total turnover: 27590 points】
[Today's expenditure details]:
[Hot Spring Maintenance Cost]: -400 points (click to expand)
[Guest room maintenance fee]: -150 points (click to expand)
[Cost of each purchase]: -3045 points (click to expand)
[Employee "Mo Bai" salary]: -50 points
[Other expenses]: -4690 points (click to expand)
【Total expenditure today: -8335 points】
[Today's profit and loss: +19255 points]
[Congratulations to the players for making a profit!] No facilities were recycled today, please keep up the good work! 】
As the business scope of Hot Spring T Hotel gradually expanded, the income details became more and more complicated. After automatically omitting many details, it was still a long string that was stuck in the face, and the visual effect was very shocking.
This is the kingdom she built!
The most eye-catching item in the income column is the room revenue. Because Shu Mo accepted reservations for the next week in advance, his room revenue today directly exceeded the five-digit mark. However, on the other hand, she will have no room income in the next week unless she expands the hotel.
Ignoring the skyrocketing room revenue due to accepting reservations, the catering revenue of the newly built restaurant was the most outstanding item, which recovered the cost in just one day.
Shu Mo looked at them one by one and was very satisfied with the current business situation of the restaurant.
If there is any shortcoming, it is probably that the composition of the customer base is too single.
Shu Mo pulled open the curtains with a swish.
The window of her bedroom faced the snowfield. Looking out of the window, she could just see the scattered tents on the snowfield surrounding the hotel. The glowing crystal sparkles with star-like light, like a ghost fire floating in the dark night.
Those players obviously had rich camping experience. The tents were separated by a certain distance, clearly dividing several different teams, and the protective shields above did not interfere with each other.
It's obvious at first glance that it was created by a high-level player.
Shu Mo sighed softly.
She carefully observed the customers who came to the store today. Except for Haohao, the rest were all combat players, and all of them were players above level 50.
This area is where high-level monsters are active. Except for Jiang Qing and Fu Yiming who are skilled and brave, the others are not confident enough, and no one dares to let their relatives and friends risk their lives to come here with them. This results in 99% of Shu Mo's customers being high-level players.
But in the entire Guangming Town, the number of high-level players is less than one-tenth of the population.
From the very beginning, Shu Mo has been taking the affordable mass route, and the number of potential customer groups directly determines the upper limit of the development of her hot springs.
What's more, a visit to a hot spring requires both time and money, and is not a small amount. Single people may come again and again, but for players like Chen Hui who have to bear the expenses of an entire family, if they are asked to leave their families behind to enjoy the hot springs alone, they will probably be overwhelmed by guilt in no time.
Shu Mo had already noticed today the faint trace of loneliness on Chen Hui's face when he looked at Haohao.
She frowned in distress.
So...how can I open up the market and try my best to win over the remaining nine-tenths of players?
It was dark outside, and the clear moonlight shone into the room obliquely. Shu Mo pondered over this scenery for a long time, but could not find a suitable solution.
She had no choice but to postpone this trouble - as I said before, it is not advisable to think too much before going to bed, as it will easily affect your sleep.
Anyway, even if there are only one-tenth of the players in the town, there are still more than a thousand people. She can just focus on her development and doesn't need to worry about this matter for the time being.
Shu Mo glanced at the account balance on the management panel.
【Account balance: 22430 points】
It's enough for her to show her skills and expand the scale of the hot spring.
She could even grit her teeth and complete the side quest of decorating the scenery outside the window... It just so happened that she had been itching for that card drawing opportunity all day.
Shu Mo took off his outer clothes while thinking, climbed onto the bed wearing only a single layer of clothes, pulled open the quilt and lay down in it.
The sudden "ding" sound next to her ear startled her so much that she almost jumped up from the bed.
What the hell? !
Shu Mo opened his eyes wide in horror and looked around.
Until she heard the slow sound of the system——
[Nuannuan Hot Spring received a total of 57 guests today]
【Achievement achieved: "Minor fame"! 】
[Achievement requirements: Entertain 50 guests in a single day (57/50)]
[Reward: Card draw opportunity*1]
Shu Mo opened his mouth.
Three or four minutes have passed since the settlement was completed. Is the system's reaction time so long?
She asked suspiciously, "Did you forget about the achievement statistics?"
system:【……】
Without waiting for Shu Mo to continue speaking, the system continued in a high-pitched voice, with a sense of guilt that was only making itself apparent.
[Nuannuan Hot Spring’s total profit today is 19255 points]
【Achievement achieved: "Making a fortune every day"! 】
[Achievement requirements: Total daily profit of 10,000 points (15299/10,000)]
[Reward: Card draw opportunity*1]
Shu Mo pursed his lips and suddenly paused when he heard the last sentence.
Wait, what did it say reward?
...A chance to draw a card?
Still two! !
She was just struggling over whether to spend 10,000 points to complete the task in order to satisfy her card drawing addiction... Shu Mo simply couldn't believe that such a good thing could fall from the sky.
As the system finished speaking, two shiny cards slowly fell from the sky and landed in her hands.
Shu Mo looked over and over, "How do I use this card drawing opportunity?"
System: [Click on the card, and the card drawing interface and instructions for use will appear. 】
Shu Mo did as he was told, and a suspended light screen popped up on the card, briefly introducing how to use the so-called card drawing opportunity.
Similar to some evil krypton-scam games, the drawn items are divided into four levels: white, blue, purple, and orange. The quality ranges from bad to good, corresponding to common, rare, extraordinary, and legendary respectively.
Ten draws are guaranteed to give you a card - but ten draws require you to accumulate ten card-drawing opportunities to use together, and Shu Mo really can't wait.
As for what is in the reward pool, the description summarizes it in one sentence:
"Anything you can think of, there is an application for it."
It's complete nonsense.
Shu Mo took a deep breath and read it over and over again to make sure there was nothing missed before clicking on the golden word "Use" below.
A white light suddenly lit up on the light screen, but in just two seconds, the light went out cleanly and neatly. Shu Mo felt a lightness in his hand, and the card had disappeared.
A light rectangular piece of cardboard appeared from mid-air and fell into her hands.
[Get: [Coupon]*1]
[Effect: Can be used when shopping in the business mall, providing a 20% discount on a single item. 】
[Validity period: three months]
[Quality: Ordinary]
Shu Mo looked at the white light, feeling a little disappointed.
The first draw turned out to be just a white word.
However, after carefully reading the effect description, Shu Mo's mood was not so low anymore.
The description only said that the discount was for a "single" item, but there was no limit on the maximum price of the item. If she wanted to buy something worth 100,000 points in the future, wouldn't she be able to save 20,000 points at once?
Shu Mo thoughtfully put the coupon into his backpack, ready to try again when he had a large purchase.
There was only one last chance to draw a card. Shu Mo gritted his teeth and clicked to use it.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment——
Tiny diamond-like points of light fell from the top of the screen, accompanied by soft white feathers falling one after another, and the entire card was bathed in a holy platinum light.
Shu Mo was cheered up by this scene, knowing that he had drawn the good one.
There wasn’t this gorgeous animation with full special effects just now!
I just don't know whether it is purple or orange?
She was so nervous that her heart was pounding. She held her breath unconsciously and stared at the dazzling light without blinking.
Platinum…is it white or gold? And what about the fact that it will suddenly turn purple in the end?
Shu Mo was so anxious that he was scratching his head: Why doesn’t this animation have a skip button?
She watched the white light gradually fade away, and was replaced by an increasingly powerful golden light, and she finally felt confident.
Until the golden light dimmed, her hand suddenly felt heavy, and a heavy spherical object appeared out of thin air in her palm, which Shu Mo subconsciously grasped.
When I looked down, I found that this thing actually looked quite familiar.
It was a pitch-black sphere split in half, with a white button in the middle. The more I looked at it, the more it looked like...
[Obtain: [Master Ball]*1]
[Effect: 100% chance of taming monsters below S-level, 100% chance of taming some S-level monsters (Professional restriction: Summoner). 】
[Instructions for use: Hold the Master Ball in your hand and bring it close to the monster. If the ball lights up white, it means the monster can be subdued. Just throw the Master Ball and you can capture the target once it hits. 】
[Quality: Legendary]
Shu Mo's eyes twitched as he watched.
Isn't this game afraid of attracting the attention of the most powerful legal department in the Eastern Hemisphere?
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