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Chapter 1166 The Garlic Sprout Battle

Unexpectedly, such a good thing happened, which was something Lin Mo had been hoping for. Liu Ruyan was furious and gave him a beating, but because his period hadn't completely ended, Lin Mo was still lively and energetic.

As for Liu Ruyan's soft, fragrant little fists, he could basically ignore them. After all, she wasn't a tigress from Northeast China who could beat a man so badly that he had to run away to a male domestic violence prevention center for refuge.

The next day, Wednesday, the restaurant was open, and Lin Mo arrived early with a large bag of garlic shoots.

"Boss, why are there so many garlic scapes?"

The kitchen helper saw this and couldn't help but ask.

Lin Mo laughed and said, "Hey, it's a gift from a friend. I'll make some pickled vegetables later, and you can take two bundles home to eat after get off work."

The kitchen helper did not refuse his offer, after all, women her age are very interested in free things, just like getting free eggs.

But not yet, they had to process the ingredients first and make the pickles in the afternoon. So the two of them got busy in the kitchen.

At noon, before we even had lunch, the kitchen door was pushed open, and my cousin Su He walked in, dressed in a business suit.

"Busy, bro?"

At this moment, Su He was in high spirits, walking with a swagger and a cool demeanor. She was just a little thin, though. She had gained some weight back after leaving her job, and recently she had lost some more. Her weight loss results were simply top-notch.

"Cousin? What brings you here today?" Lin Mo asked, somewhat surprised.

Since the hotel opened, Su He has not been seen here for a long time, as she has been busy working at the hotel.

Upon hearing this, Su He didn't treat herself as an outsider. She found a small stool in the kitchen, sat down, and said with a smile, "Of course, I'm free today and have nothing to do, so I came to check on things. After all, I'm the head manager of our restaurant!"

Su He now manages the logistics and purchasing of hotels and restaurants, and her monthly income is quite good, around tens of thousands of yuan.

Don't be fooled by the fact that her basic salary at the restaurant is only 10,000 yuan; she earns a lot of extra money from purchasing. It's the same at the hotel; there are many benefits to be had.

If calculated by annual salary, Su He could earn at least 700,000 to 800,000 a year, even if she didn't reach a million. She was definitely a successful person. As long as the hotel could operate, she would live a more comfortable life than anyone else.

In a year, she can change her car if she wants, and buying a big house in two years is not a problem.

"What else could possibly happen at the restaurant? You've arranged everything perfectly. By the way, how's the hotel going?" Lin Mo asked.

Just as Su He said, he was the most useless person at the hotel, so he usually didn't bother going there when he had nothing to do.

Hearing this, Su He raised her chin and said smugly, "Guess!"

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "Judging from your appearance, you must be pretty good!"

"Of course, with your cousin here, everything is a piece of cake. Just for your hotel, your older sister has been working tirelessly since it started operating. I only took one day off last Sunday. I almost died from exhaustion."

However, in the last few days, the hotel has been back on track, and I can finally breathe a little easier.

From now on, I'll have a lot more freedom except for Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays when I have to go. Once everything is stable, I can take my regular holidays off.

Hotels and restaurants are different from companies and organizations; they do better during holidays and are not as busy on weekdays because everyone has other things to do.

"During the May Day holiday, our hotel was almost fully booked every day. Except for the most expensive suites, almost all rooms were occupied. After the holiday, the occupancy rate was still quite good. In particular, Li Shiya has been quite popular recently. She promoted our hotel before, and now our hotel is almost becoming a popular online destination."

"In other words, our hotel prices aren't cheap, otherwise there would be long queues. I've done the calculations, and based on this trend, we're sure to make a profit this month, and a pretty good one at that. Even if next month is a little worse, it won't be by much. Once the peak tourist season arrives in July, our hotel will be able to make a good profit for several months," Su He said with a smile.

Originally, without Li Shiya's help with promotion, given the size of their hotel, it would have been considered good if they could break even within three months. But with the promotion, the number of guests increased, which made things much better. The hotel skipped the loss-making transition period and started to make a profit.

Of course, although the hotel looks very nice, its annual net profit is far less than that of Lin Mo's small restaurant.

Don't underestimate the size of his restaurant; its annual profits exceed those of some medium-sized companies, which share profits with shareholders, while his restaurant does not.

Don't be fooled by its seemingly insignificant appearance; a profit of 20 million a year is quite astonishing when you do the math.

"That's good. I'm not too concerned about whether it makes money or not. As long as you don't lose money, feel free to do whatever you want, cousin," Lin Mo said with a smile.

Nowadays, the hotel has more and more staff. After a month, the cost of food and lodging for the staff alone is not a small amount, so there is naturally some pressure.

"Don't underestimate me, cousin. Just wait, this year I'll make sure your hotel starts making a steady stream of money. Don't worry about how much, it definitely won't lose money," Su He said confidently.

Everything was readily available, with only the cost of one employee, and a top-tier influencer helping with promotion. She couldn't imagine how she could possibly lose! "Cousin, as long as you have confidence, that's all that matters. By the way, we'll eat here later, so take two bundles of garlic sprouts with you when you leave!" Lin Mo said with a smile.

Hearing this, Su He rolled her eyes at him: "Get lost! Do you think I don't pay attention to what's going on online? Li Shiya is almost drowning in garlic sprouts. Now netizens are jokingly calling her the 'Garlic Sprout King of Jiangning.' She's even livestreaming herself selling garlic sprouts on the street. She's so worried. I don't want to be like that!"

Lin Mo:

I didn't expect the news about Li Shiya's excessive garlic sprouts to spread so quickly.

"No, even though his garlic sprouts are overgrown, it won't stop you from eating. Take less!"

"Then I'll take a maximum of two jin!"

"No, five jin!"

Su He disagreed, but in the end, Lin Mo secretly put the garlic in her car, making it seem like he was doing something wrong.

The siblings then had a simple lunch at the restaurant. Of course, Lin Mo specially prepared something nutritious and delicious for his cousin, who had become so thin.

Although Liu Ruyan was also thin, she was only slender and didn't look gaunt. But her cousin was different; she looked like she was exhausted.

Meanwhile, in several residential areas near the university town, people were setting up stalls to sell garlic sprouts. That's right, their plan for today was for four people to work separately.

The class monitor stayed at the studio to guard the premises, and also set up a stall using Wangcai's account, where he could also receive packages.

Meanwhile, Chuanmei, Wang Chu, and He Xiaoyue went to set up stalls in other neighborhoods, as selling in one neighborhood was too slow.

Even with a buy-one-get-one-free offer, we can't sell much in a day, so we have to divide our forces and expand our operations.

At the same time, the four of them started a live broadcast together. Of course, the class monitor used Wangcai's account, and the four of them reported in real time how much they bought that day.

Although Wang Chu and He Xiaoyue's accounts were new, they had Li Shiya directing traffic, so there were quite a few fans in the live stream, and fans would send gifts from time to time.

Netizens, always eager for drama, quickly increased the number of viewers in the live stream to hundreds of thousands, and it continues to grow.

The headline "[Internet celebrity Li Shiya sells garlic sprouts at a street stall]" has topped the trending list and even become a hot search term online.

A large number of people means high popularity and traffic, attracting advertisers who come to send gifts and try to get an advertising slot.

Chuanmei and others are also very down-to-earth. If Mengniu sends a lot of gifts, they will buy milk. If iced tea sends a lot of gifts, they will buy a bottle of iced tea and put it on top of the milk. If a certain brand of instant noodles becomes the top seller, they will put instant noodles on top of it. Even car companies get involved. If you want a spot by sending gifts, Chuanmei will just write a sign by hand and hang it up.

Several companies competed fiercely in a small live-streaming room, vying for the most prominent position, which resulted in all four of them making a considerable amount of money.

Fans cheered in the live stream, and the buzz kept rising.

"Director Wang, how many have you delivered/sold over there?" The Sichuan girl sat under the parasol, looking utterly dejected as she asked the phone camera.

He completely ignored the people surrounding him, not wanting to say a word. It was too hot, almost unbearably hot. He usually stayed in his studio with the air conditioning on at this time; he had never suffered like this before!

Upon hearing this, Wang, who was selling garlic sprouts via livestream at the entrance of another campus, replied with a smile: "By selling and giving them away, I've gone out more than 300 jin (150 kg) and made more than 100 yuan!"

Although the money wasn't much, Chuanmei said that besides the gifts in Li Shiya's live stream, the income from the other three live streams would be split equally among the three of them. Although their live streams didn't have as many viewers as Li Shiya's, they still had a lot of viewers and gifts, which made him very happy.

"Not bad, keep up the good work and try to sell more. I'm not so lucky, how long will it take to sell all these garlic sprouts? By the way, where's Sister Yuan? I haven't seen her today." The Sichuan girl asked with a long face.

Upon hearing this, the squad leader's voice came through the phone: "Sister Yuan just drove over and picked up some garlic sprouts, saying she was giving some to relatives!"

"Great! How much did Sister Yuan take?" Chuanmei asked excitedly.

Squad leader: "Not much, just over a hundred pounds."

"Huh? Only a little over 100 pounds? That's a drop in the ocean! Why didn't you let her take more?" the Sichuan girl said, sounding exasperated.

As he spoke, he glanced at the top spender in the live stream and then quietly placed the iced tea on top.

“Sister Yuan, you know she does whatever she wants. She’s really something else. If this doesn’t work, let’s talk to the counselor. I can’t stand this either!” He Xiaoyue said.

Sichuan girl:? ? ?

"Even though we haven't graduated yet, what's the point of asking the teacher about this? She can come over and help us sell garlic sprouts!"

"Let's ask Old Mo's Hotel if they still need any. We'll send some over; we're already overflowing with garlic sprouts. We can't possibly finish them all!"

(End of this chapter)