Everything I bought on online shopping platforms was genuine.

The hotel's advertising has been very effective, even surprisingly so. The hotel, which had already recalled its staff and resumed basic operations, has been deserted for the past few days, with only two or three guests a day at most.

You have to understand, this is the setup of a cunning hotel. These two or three guests are better than nothing, but the hotel will still lose money. Putting aside everything else, just the staff salaries alone mean a pure loss these past few days.

But today, when we had Li Shiya come over to do a live stream and advertise, business started coming in, and not just one or two customers, before she even left.

Although it can't reach the level of the past, this is still a significant improvement for hotels today.

Once the news about Li Shiya's sequel spreads online tomorrow, the number of visitors will definitely increase during this period.

In addition, the May Day holiday is just around the corner. Although Jiangning is not strictly speaking a tourist city, it still attracts quite a few tourists every year.

With this publicity, plus the event plan designed by Ding Lei himself, their hotel should be able to recover a lot of its vitality during the May Day holiday.

That's right, he was thinking that even during the holidays, he would still maintain his bargaining strategy.

You know, during peak tourist seasons and holidays, hotels in many tourist-heavy areas collectively raise their prices, and this hotel did the same thing before.

But things are different now. In order to recover, they can no longer raise prices. They must bring prices down and grab this lucrative opportunity so that they can secure their position as general manager.

Only Lin Mo's hotel can do this. After all, other hotels already have good business, and if they lower prices during holidays, resulting in less profit, the owners would definitely not be willing.

But Lin Mo's hotel is just an empty shell right now. It's not making any money; it's losing money every day. He's taking advantage of Li Shiya's publicity and the upcoming May Day holiday. If he can just make sure he doesn't lose money this month, that would be a great achievement. If he can even make a little money left over, that would be fantastic.

After making up his mind, Ding Lei hurriedly returned to his office to start making plans. When Su He returned from her dinner party in the afternoon, he came to see her as soon as possible.

"You mean, you want to put a poster of Li Shiya in our hotel?" Su He asked in surprise.

Ding Lei nodded repeatedly: "Logically speaking, since this was a star-rated hotel before, it would be appropriate to hire an internet celebrity. However, Manager Su, you have seen Li Shiya's influence."

Considering his relationship with the boss, I think it's worth a try.

“This involves portrait rights, but it’s okay. I’ll go back to my desk tonight and talk to my boss to see what he thinks. If it’s feasible, we can pay for the portrait rights. But are you sure you’re on your side?” Su He asked.

This is different from a Sichuan girl actively coming over to promote and visit a store; this is using someone's image rights for advertising, so they are naturally not comparable.

Moreover, she has now switched to work mode, and during work hours she needs to be addressed by her job title, so she can't keep calling him "cousin" all the time.

"Yes, yes, these are the online and offline booking data from just now. There should be even more tonight. Please take a look." Manager Ding handed over an A4 sheet of paper and then continued, "And May Day is just around the corner. Whether we can turn things around depends on this. I'm confident!"

As she looked at the data on the paper and listened to Ding Lei's advice, Su He couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

There's no other reason than that, as the deputy general manager, she naturally knew about the hotel's occupancy rate these past few days, which was dismal. She didn't expect that such a simple promotion today would lead to such a significant increase, and it's not even evening yet.

No wonder many people nowadays like to hire online celebrities to promote their products; it really works. Of course, this only applies to those online celebrities who are famous, have a large and loyal fanbase, and strong purchasing power.

Li Shiya's account has an undeniable level of spending power among its fans; just look at the tips she receives during her monthly live streams.

Furthermore, Li Shiya's account has been well protected, and there has never been any instance of her exploiting her fans, whether in product showcases or live-streaming sales.

As for the advertisements interspersed in the works, those who know, know. Internet celebrities also need to make a living. For example, there are advertisements for various mini-games and car ads, but there are never any links to them.

Advertising can be seen as a way to make a living, while product endorsement is when an influencer thinks something is good and recommends it to their followers.

Some people trust a certain online celebrity and blindly buy things without thinking. If they buy good products, it's naturally for the benefit of their family. But if they buy counterfeit or inferior products, they'll be ruined.

"Alright, it's decided then. I'll talk to them tonight!" Su He made the decision immediately.

Once Lin Mo has reached an agreement, the advertising budget for billboards and posters can be approved later.

Sure enough, Ding Lei's premonition was accurate. In the afternoon, quite a few people came to their hotel, although most of them were just there to watch the excitement, but some also made reservations.

To achieve a better effect, Ding Lei even asked Su He to stay at the front desk for a while.

There's no way around it, beautiful women are just that attractive, and on top of that, she's his boss, the cousin of the online "Brother Shou," so there are even more people drawn to her.

Su He didn't care about this; she didn't need to entertain them anyway, at most just a casual chat. Why not make a deal if it was possible? At 3:30 PM, Lin Mo drove back to the residential area, parked the car, and headed straight for the studio.

"Chuanzi, well done! Hahaha!" Lin Mo burst into laughter as soon as he entered through the back door.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Mo walked in, and the next second, a five-pointed star flew towards his face.

Lin Mo instinctively dodged and brushed past her. Just as he was about to ask a question, he heard Miss Yuan's voice: "Eat my Patrick Star!"

Looking down, I realized that what had been thrown at me was actually a starfish. No wonder Miss Yuan called it Patrick Star.

"Wait, what's going on? Why is there still seafood here?" Lin Mo asked in confusion.

The next second, He Xiaoyue stood up and slapped him: "Take this SpongeBob SquarePants slap!"

The next second, Lin Mo felt something stick to his face. He touched it with his finger and found that it was cream.

"This"

Five minutes later, Lin Mo went to the bathroom to wash his face, dried it, and came back to look at the others, wanting an explanation.

"Hi, it's Xiaoyue's birthday today. She said she wanted to try starfish, so I bought some for her," Miss Yuan said.

Immediately afterwards, He Xiaoyue took out another small cake, about the size of a palm, but very delicate, and said, "This is a SpongeBob cake that the class monitor bought for me. Isn't it cute? You've already eaten yours, so I won't give you this one!"

Lin Mo:
Although he didn't like cream, he also felt that smearing cake on his face was pointless. Luckily, the cake was small; if it had been big, he would have taken a shower by now.

"By the way, it's your birthday today, Xiaoyue. I'm sorry, I didn't know and didn't prepare a gift. How about this, let's go out for dinner tonight, it's my treat, to celebrate for you!" Lin Mo said with a smile.

Although the two had been classmates for several years, for the previous three years they were just ordinary classmates, and had barely spoken a few words to each other.

The class monitor, due to his position, still had some contact with them, so naturally he couldn't possibly know He Xiaoyue's birthday.

After all, she's not his girlfriend. Who has the time to care about someone else's birthday? With that time, we'd be better off going to an internet cafe for an all-night gaming session.

But things are different now. Class monitor He Xiaoyue and the other two women have integrated into their little group, so they still need to put in some effort for their birthdays.

He didn't know what Chuanmei and Wang Chu had given him, but he hadn't prepared anything for himself, which was a bit awkward.

Hearing this, He Xiaoyue waved her hand: "No, no, there's no need. Really, I still have to write my thesis tonight. I'm quite lacking."

Besides, I've been so tired these past two days. If I go out to celebrate again, I'm afraid I'll suddenly die!

The reasons were so compelling that Lin Mo had no grounds for rebuttal, since graduation was the top priority and the thesis was still very important.

"Alright, but if you want to eat starfish, why are you just tossing it around like that?" Lin Mo asked curiously.

The class monitor couldn't help but laugh and said, "What else could it be? It's just too awful. Sister Yuan bought the pre-processed kind, and to be honest, it really wasn't good. I didn't like it much either!"
Xiaoyue said she'd never eaten starfish before, so Sister Yuan is here to fulfill her wish! Although Patrick Star wasn't very tasty, Patrick's Best Friend was quite good, haha!

"I didn't expect Xiaoyue to like SpongeBob. In that case, never mind. I'll treat you all to dinner once you've finished your papers," Lin Mo said with a smile.

No one objected to this, and Lin Mo continued, "Chuanzi, your shop visit today went quite well!"

"Of course, don't you know who I am? Director Wang has already filmed the footage. Once we're done with this busy period, we'll edit it into a separate episode. How about that, isn't that generous enough?" Chuanmei laughed.

Lin Mo gave a thumbs up: "Awesome! By the way, how's your paper coming along? It's due tomorrow, right?"

“I’m about the same as the class monitor. If I can’t hand it in tomorrow, I can hand it in the day after tomorrow. Xiaoyue is a little behind, but she’ll be about the same before the last day,” Director Wang said.

Lin Mo nodded in response: "Alright then, I won't bother you any longer. Finish writing early and get some rest!"

After saying that, Lin Mo got up and went back. He couldn't just stay here and get in the way, could he?

(End of this chapter)