After nearly five hours of driving, I finally returned to the inn at 2 p.m. Everyone was there, and I immediately returned the car keys to Bai Lu. Since they already knew the news, no one chased after me for the results; instead, they asked about my injuries.
Although the pain in my skin was still there, in my mind, the matter was over, so I chose to make excuses and only said that I had accidentally fallen and injured myself; then, I turned to Peach and asked, "How has business been at the inn these past few days?"
Peach replied, "Business is still very good. We can basically achieve 100% occupancy every day... We discussed it and decided to raise the price by 30%. That way, we can make about 10,000 yuan a day. If we can keep it up for two more months, we can earn 600,000 yuan. With the compensation for the renovation, we can barely break even."
"This is the best possible outcome... but I estimate it won't last more than two months, maybe a month and a half at most."
"There's no such thing as a sure thing in business; if we lose money, so be it."
I looked at the others, and they didn't seem particularly indignant. It seemed that after more than two days, they had accepted the fact.
After a moment of silence, Tie Nan spoke up again: "Let's talk to the landlord. I don't think he'll necessarily accept the demolition. The longer he can delay, the longer we can operate."
Bai Lu shook her head and replied, "Regardless of whether the landlord agrees to the demolition or not, once the official documents are issued, we will definitely have to close down. When the demolition will take place is a matter for the landlord and the demolition office, and it has little to do with us."
Tie Nan lit a cigarette, somewhat annoyed, and complained, "Ye Zhi usually seems so refined, but I never expected her to be so ruthless when it comes to getting things done... What's the difference between us and ants in front of her?"
"That's capital."
"To hell with capitalism... I've made up my mind. Whether this inn is still here or not, I'm staying in Dali and fighting to the death. I refuse to believe that this place can't accommodate us." After a slight pause, he asked Instructor Ma, "Old Ma, what are your thoughts? Give me your opinion?"
"Find a bar to continue singing... If there's a suitable shop, I'll take over and make one myself."
Iron Man nodded and said, "Good job, you didn't back down... Michael, what about you? What are your plans for the future?"
"Stay in Dali too."
After stating my position, I said to everyone, "Regarding the issue of raising housing prices, I've thought about it... and I don't quite agree with doing so."
Everyone was surprised at first, and then Bai Lu asked me, "What's your reason?... This is our last chance to make money."
"If you all want to preserve the business of this guesthouse, please don't raise room rates right now... Because the guesthouse has been doing very well, you haven't noticed, but actually, many people online are also paying attention to our guesthouse..."
Coach Ma seemed to recall something and chimed in, "Yes, back then the inn hadn't received any notice to reopen. Michael hired a lot of photography studios to take pictures here, and I participated in shooting a few sets as well. Then Sisi took them to tourism-related communities for promotion, and the effect was pretty good... After that, we also created our own Weibo and WeChat official accounts, and we had quite a lot of followers."
I nodded and said, "Take out your phones and see how many followers our inn has on Weibo."
Everyone pulled out their phones and exclaimed in surprise, "They already have over eight thousand followers!"
"Yes, they're all genuine fans, no fluff whatsoever... We have even more on our WeChat official account than on Weibo, already exceeding ten thousand... I don't approve of raising prices because I want to maintain the reputation of our inn. Raising prices during the Lunar New Year is understandable, but raising prices at other times is just greedy... Although this inn is closing down, my spirit of waiting for you amidst the romance of nature can continue. We might still have a chance to open a similar inn again... We already have the beginnings of a trendy inn, and we have a certain fan base. Even if the inn closes down, we can write some PR articles to maintain this buzz, and then we just wait for an opportunity..."
Peach asked, "You're not planning to give up?"
"When you're poor, you think of ways to change... It all depends on what you're thinking: do you want to start a new industry, or hold onto a glimmer of hope?"
After exchanging words, Bai Lu, acting as a representative, replied, "Given the current situation, it's not a big deal to lose another hundred thousand. We might as well keep everyone's hope alive... We support you. From now until the inn closes down, we will maintain the original price!"
I was deeply moved and said "thank you" twice.
Everyone smiled, and the atmosphere relaxed a bit.
I then said to Bai Lu, "Later, why don't you go to the train station to pick up Sisi? She should tell you that she's back, right?"
The group looked at each other, then shook their heads and said "no," but their faces showed joy. In fact, they also missed Yang Sisi quite a bit.
This made me a little embarrassed, because Yang Sisi had come all the way to Kunming to find me without notifying any of them, which was quite ambiguous.
After a moment of silence, I finally said, "She arrived in Kunming yesterday and said she was going to come by train..."
Tie Nan asked with great confusion, "What happened to her? She absolutely refused to come back before!"
"When she gets back, you can talk to her yourselves... I'm going to get some sleep first; I'm so tired from all this traveling!"
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