"One thousand and five."
"This is the price of a five-star hotel business king room... You certainly can't provide the service of a five-star hotel, so you have to be even more attentive to the quality of your accommodation."
"Well... although I only rented these shops for a month, I didn't treat it as a one-off deal. Because I still have a dream of running an inn, I try my best to treat everyone who comes here with sincerity and make them feel that they are getting their money's worth."
At this point, I smiled again and asked Ye Zhi, "During the Spring Festival, will your hotel raise prices according to changes in supply and demand?"
"It depends on the city. If it's a first-tier tourist city like Sanya, we will cancel the usual discounts during the Spring Festival."
"This is also a disguised price increase... because there are discounts for most of the year, and your prices are generally inflated."
"Yes, it's a marketing tactic... High-end hotels especially value their brand image, so they generally don't follow the trend of raising prices during holidays. Canceling discounts is indeed a disguised way of raising prices, but it doesn't have the negative feeling of arbitrarily raising prices, so guests are more likely to accept it."
As Ye Zhi spoke, her gaze lingered on the glass bottle I had used to hold the leaves… She asked me, “Do these leaves have any special meaning? Why are they in a glass bottle?”
"This is what I asked Dai Qiang to pick up from the Champs-Élysées..."
Ye Zhi smiled and asked again, "As decorations? Or do you think it's a kind of romance?"
"It's just a decoration now, but it can be used for romance later."
I was clearly joking and looking for amusement, but Ye Zhi didn't take it to heart. After a moment of silence, she said to me, "I have a suggestion... You could actually make use of these leaves and turn them into decorations to display in your room."
After thinking for a moment, I understood what Ye Zhi meant: "You mean, I can make the room look like it's set on the Champs-Élysées?"
"Yes, these leaves are the best decorations. They make people feel very close and subtly enhance the style of your entire room..."
Before Ye Zhi could finish speaking, I pointed to the white wall and said, "If I hung a huge mural of the Champs-Élysées here... and added these leaves that I actually picked up from there, wouldn't it feel like stepping back in time?"
"Yes... Actually, decorating isn't difficult, provided you have a plan."
I laughed and said, "That's right, that's right, I feel enlightened now, and I know how to do the interior design well..." After a short pause, I excitedly said to Ye Zhi, "If I still run an inn in the future, I will collect some meaningful things from all over the world that don't cost money, and then create different exotic themes in the rooms... This feeling is really great, it's like I've traveled all over the world without leaving the inn."
"That's a good idea."
In my excitement, I said to Ye Zhi, "You often go abroad, so if you could help me with this... like when you went to Bali last time, if you could collect some seashells for me, my idea would be much easier to realize!"
As soon as I said it, I regretted it. Although it seemed simple, it required a lot of dedication to keep doing it. Why should I ask Ye Zhi to make such trivial sacrifices for her career and ideas?
As I was thinking this, Ye Zhi rubbed her nose and then sneezed...
That's when I noticed that she was soaked through by the rain...
I quickly changed the subject and said to her, "Take a hot shower first, and I'll make you some ginger tea... otherwise you'll catch a cold."
"It's okay, I'll go back to the hotel to shower... I don't have any clean clothes here."
"Okay, I'll take you back now."
As I was saying this, Ye Zhi and I both subconsciously looked outside, only to find that the rain was now much heavier than before, and the wind was stronger... Cars weren't allowed into the old town, so we could only walk. Judging from Ye Zhi's current state, even with an umbrella, she was bound to catch a cold, because it was really cold and damp outside...
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