Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

At this moment, Jiang Xia still harbored some hopes for this hotel, and he asked:

"Boss, how much is a room now?"

Hearing Jiang Xia ask the price, the woman's eyes lit up. She held up one finger and gestured, "A room will cost at least a hundred yuan."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia's last shred of hope vanished.

This hotel in town is playing the game of raising prices on the spot.

He didn't actually object to the other party raising prices; everyone wants to earn more.

But this hotel's prices have gone up way too much!

Keep in mind that this was 08, and before this hotel opened its own fishing grounds, it only cost 30 yuan a night.

Later, Jiangxia heard from some anglers who went to the fishing spot that it wasn't 30 but 50.

At that time, he was thinking that 50 yuan was not expensive, and it was good that there was a hotel in town that could provide services for tourists.

But who would have thought that it would rise to 100 yuan in such a short time!

Let alone 08, even in 18, many budget hotels in Jiangxia only cost seventy or eighty yuan!

However, despite thinking this in his heart, Jiang Xia remained outwardly calm.

He gave the female shopkeeper a pained look and continued, "Ma'am, can you make it any cheaper? My friend told me he only paid 50 yuan for a place he stayed here recently!"

Hearing this, the female boss's smile faded slightly. She lifted her apron to wipe her hands and gestured with her chin toward the door: "Don't you even know what time it is? There's a competition going on at the fishing spot in Qingshan Village these days. I think 100 yuan is a bargain. If you don't want to stay, there are plenty of other people who will."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia's face darkened. Without arguing with the boss any further, she turned and left.

He really didn't expect that the boss would not only raise prices, but also have such an arrogant attitude towards service.

Now, let alone the high price, even if it were thirty yuan a night, he wouldn't book a room here.

You should know that the rooms he booked were all for judges and referees from the fishing association.

If you offend these people with this boss's attitude, it will definitely not be a good thing for you.

Qingshan Village is not far from the county seat, so you can just go to the county seat and find a hotel. There's no need to book one in the town.

Watching Jiang Xia's retreating figure, the shopkeeper even sarcastically remarked, "Take care, don't bother seeing me off!"

……

Hearing the voice behind him, Jiang Xia really wanted to go back and kick the other person a couple of times.

Unfortunately, I'm not that kind of person.

……

After driving to the county town, Jiang Xia found a hotel that looked decent on the surface and went inside.

"Hello sir, welcome."

This time, it wasn't the hotel owner who greeted Jiangxia, but the hotel receptionist.

Jiang Xia didn't waste any time and went straight over to ask:

"Hello, do you have thirty rooms available?"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist politely said, "Please wait a moment, I'll check for you."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and began operating the computer.

"OK."

Jiang Xia nodded and sat down on the sofa in the hotel lobby.

A moment later, the hotel receptionist came over and asked in a low voice:

"Hello sir, are all the rooms you require standard rooms?"

"Yes." Jiang Xia nodded.

The receptionist smiled and said, "We can meet your needs at the moment. May I ask what time you would like to book?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia thought for a moment. His competition was scheduled to start on the 7th and end on the 10th, and the judges and referees should arrive on the 6th.

The scheduled time will definitely be from the 6th to the 10th.

However, the three people who came today, including Ma Yuzhen, will definitely have to start from today.

After figuring it out, he said to the receptionist:

"There are three rooms that will be available from today until the 10th, and the remaining twenty-six rooms will all be available from the 6th to the 10th."

Here, the dates Jiang Xia refers to are all evenings.

That means starting from the 6th, it's scheduled from the evening of the 6th to the morning of the 7th, not from midnight on the 6th.

After hearing Jiang Xia's booking dates, the receptionist immediately said, "Okay, sir, our standard rooms are eighty yuan per night. Is that price acceptable to you?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia didn't feel embarrassed at all and shamelessly asked, "Um... can you make it a little cheaper?"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist explained softly, "Sir, I don't have the authority to give you a discount, but since you've booked a lot of rooms, I can ask our boss for you."

"Okay, then go ask." Jiang Xia waved to the other party and said.

"Please wait a moment." After saying this, the receptionist turned and left.

Jiang Xia sat alone on the sofa in the hotel lobby, looking around. He found that the hotel was not big, but the interior decoration was quite nice.

Moreover, the service provided by their receptionist was very pleasant.

The service attitude of the lady at the small hotel in town is worlds apart from that here; it's like comparing heaven and earth.

A short while later, the receptionist, wearing an A-line skirt, led a woman who looked to be in her thirties to Jiang Xia.

"Hello sir, this is Mr. Liu, the owner of our hotel."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia stood up and said to the woman:

"Hello, Mr. Liu."

"Hello sir, may I ask how I should address you?"

"My surname is Jiang."

Upon hearing this, the woman gently shook hands with Jiang Xia:

"Hello Mr. Jiang, I heard from our receptionist that you are planning to reserve 30 standard rooms with us, is that correct?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia didn't waste any time and said directly:

"Yes, Mr. Liu, I wonder if you could offer me some discounts?"

Upon hearing about the discount, the woman nodded decisively: "Of course we can offer a discount. I can reduce it to 70 yuan per night for you. What do you think, Mr. Jiang?"

Upon hearing that it was 70 yuan a night, Jiang Xia knew that the price could definitely be lowered, but he was no match for his mother when it came to bargaining.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia was about to nod in agreement when, for some reason, the face of the female owner of the small hotel in town suddenly appeared in his mind.

He forcibly stopped himself from saying the words that were already on the tip of his tongue.

He considered it for a moment, then suddenly said to the woman opposite him, "Ms. Liu, I have a collaboration opportunity here. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Looking at the major client the receptionist had mentioned across from her, Liu Cuicui asked with some confusion, "I wonder what kind of cooperation Mr. Jiang is referring to?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia first introduced himself: "Hello, Mr. Liu. Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Jiang Xia, and I am the owner of Qingshan Fishing Park."

Upon hearing this, Liu Cuicui became even more puzzled. She had never heard of Qingshan Fishing Park and had no idea what the Qingshan Fishing Park that Jiang Xia mentioned was for.

Judging from the name alone, she guessed it was a fishing spot, but she couldn't understand how she and the other party could cooperate.

However, out of basic politeness, she nodded and said politely, "President Jiang~"