The restaurant on the top floor of the hotel is also decorated with a Christmas atmosphere. A small Christmas tree is placed on each table, and a female pianist in a red dress is playing music in front of the piano.
Christmas Eve is indeed the peak period of passenger flow, and there are almost no seats in the restaurant.
When entering the venue, the waiter asked Ye Tang and each of them to send out a small card with a number on it, saying that there would be a Christmas event later.
Ye Tang put her number plate in her trouser pocket. She was number 475.
After sitting in his seat, Tian Wen curiously asked Luo Xingchuan what kind of activity it was.
Luo Xingchuan smiled and said, "It is a Christmas event. Every Christmas Eve, the hotel will draw a lucky customer and present him/her with a koi card. With the koi card, I can stay in Hongye Lijing hotels around the world for free in the next year. "
"This... so good!" Tian Wen was surprised. He buys things in the supermarket and never participates in any activities. He thinks that if you add money to buy things, you will exchange them for ballast goods that the supermarket can't sell; even if they are full of gifts. , Also the wool comes out of the sheep.
As a math teacher, he is unmoved.
But the activities of the Hongye Regency Hotel sounded really tempting, and very shrewd. It seemed that the customers were taking advantage of it, but in fact the hotel did not lose money at all. Spend a small invisible cost to advertise for yourself.
Luo Xingchuan motioned to the waiter to pour water for Tian Wen and Ye Tang, and then continued, "This activity can be regarded as a tradition of Hongye Lijing, probably dating back to thirteen years ago. At that time, Hongye Lijing did not belong to my family, nor did it look like There is now a dominant one, and there are several hotel companies of the same type and positioning. The competition is fierce. Everyone wants to seize the market and squeeze out other companies..."
Luo Xingchuan told Tian Wen a little story about the business world. Tian Wen listened very carefully. This was an area he didn't understand at all.
Ye Tang lowered his head to drink water.
“At that time, the daughter of Hongye Lijing’s owner came up with this promotion method. One week before Christmas, he launched a campaign to collect koi customers on the Internet. Anyone who spends at the Hongye Lijing Hotel on Christmas Eve, whether for dinner, accommodation or Other leisure and entertainment projects are eligible to participate in the activities. Taking into account the time difference of each country, each country's activities are carried out independently, which means that each country has a koi customer."
Thirteen years ago, Tian Wen was in his twenties and he had just graduated from university. Hearing what Luo Xingchuan said, he had a vague impression that the hot search words on the Internet seemed to have some red leaf koi. However, the consumption level of this hotel is not something he can afford, so he will take it as a lively look.
"The effect of the final event far exceeded expectations. At Christmas that year, Hongye Lijing's sales reached its peak. Although there was only one winner, everyone expected to be the lucky one."
Tian Wen nodded, "Say... after all, it's still... or profit... use people's fluke... fluke, and buy lottery... lottery./Ticket one...the truth is that the one who makes...makes money...will always be the dealer."
"Yes, but people just want to bet on their luck," Luo Xingchuan looked at Tian Wen and smiled slyly, "Tian teacher, do you also want to win the prize?"
Tian Wen sneered and was so embarrassed that he was seen through by his students.
"This activity established Hongye Lijing's monopoly position in the high-end hotel industry. A few years later, those powerful competitors gradually fell into the disadvantage. Today, it is difficult to see their traces. Only Hongye Lijing stands tall. My dad said that sometimes doing business really depends on opportunities, and Hongye Lijing’s opportunity was a girl who came up with it, and she was only 14 years old."
"Yes...a young...juvenile genius," Tian Wen exclaimed.
"Yes, she is very smart, she is the smartest girl I have ever seen," Luo Xingchuan's eyes flashed with nostalgia, "I admire her very much. She is my idol and my goal."
Ye Tang didn't participate in their conversation during the whole process, knowing that Luo Xingchuan was talking about herself, she could still look calm, but when she saw Luo Xingchuan saying that she admired herself, the light in her eyes lowered her eyes slightly.
She knew she was not a good role model,
She lived up to everyone's expectations,
She didn't expect her image in Luo Xingchuan's heart to be so perfect until now.
She can't afford his admiration.
…
Although Tian Wen is stuttering, he doesn't hold the teacher's frame. He understands everything young people understand. It is easy to chat with him, and there is no generation gap.
After talking about the lottery, the topic turned to academics—instead of expecting illusory rewards, it was more reliable to take a step-by-step approach.
This Christmas Eve meal, the three teachers and students had a very happy meal.
The lottery time for Koi customers is at midnight. For young people, the nightlife is just right, but for high school students, it is too late, and they have to go to class tomorrow.
So after eating, Tian Wen checked out, the three of them left the hotel.
Tian Wen bought a commercial house in Third Ring Road. He planned to take the subway back. Luo Xingchuan offered to take him home.
"No, no...no, you...you send Ye Tang, one...a girl, late...night...not safe."
"That way, I will let the driver drive you, and I will see her."
Neither Tian Wen nor Ye Tang could refuse this plan.
Watching Teacher Tian get in the car and leave, Ye Tang turned and said to Luo Xingchuan, "My home is very close, you don't have to worry about me."
"I have promised the teacher, you let me break my promise?" Luo Xingchuan smiled, "Or do I seem to be a credible person?"
"I didn't mean that."
"Well, let's go then."
Ye Tang: "..."
The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and the snow covers the ground, but it does not affect the people coming and going on the commercial street. On Christmas Eve, young people come out to celebrate the festival, which is only once a year.
Ye Tang walked forward quickly, his shoes rustling on the smooth floor tiles mixed with ice ballast.
Luo Xingchuan followed her, "The ground is a bit slippery, don't walk in such a hurry, be careful."
As soon as his words fell, Ye Tang suddenly slipped under his feet and instantly lost his balance.
Everything happened so quickly. When Ye Tang recovered, she was already sitting on the ground, with Luo Xingchuan's uncontrollable laugh behind her. She turned her head in shame, but saw the boy's open smile, which made her smile crooked. The light in the eyes was dazzling, and the neon lights all around seemed gloomy.
He smiled and walked to Ye Tang's side and stretched out his hand to her, "Come on, get up."
Ye Tang ignored the slender fingers that were close at hand and tried to stand up on her own. Xiao Yetang's old winter shoes had poor slip resistance. Before she could stand up straight, she was about to fall back again.
Luo Xingchuan grabbed her hand quickly and steadied her, "Be careful not to say it, and don't appreciate it if you say it will help you. In the end, you still have to rely on me," he said with a bright smile in his voice.
After falling twice in a row, Ye Tang was very embarrassed, and said stiffly, "Don't put gold on your face. I don't know it's going to snow today and I'm wearing the wrong shoes."