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Chapter 252: Hotel Awards Ceremony

The man in the vest took a puff of his cigarette and sighed with worry.

Fishing has three main risks:

First, whether they can catch the target fish, which directly affects the revenue.

Second, how to stabilize and control the fishing boat. Only trusted personnel can go to sea; otherwise, anything can happen.

Third, whether there is a market for the catch. It's not enough just to catch the fish; there needs to be a way to sell it.

These three factors must be addressed for a viable livelihood.

Lu Xiuyan asked, "What's wrong, Old Tian? The hotel doesn't agree?"

The man in the vest smiled wryly, "It's not that he doesn't agree, it's that we haven't asked."

It's really hard to bring this up!

They owe Chen Jianhai a lot of gratitude and have been thinking of ways to repay him, but couldn't come up with anything.

How could they bring this up to him?

Lu Xiuyan looked at the man in the vest in confusion and then suddenly laughed, "This is rare."

"I've known you for so many years, and it's the first time I've seen you hesitant to speak."

"I'm really curious, what kind of person is this Chen Jianhai?"

The man in the vest smiled, his eyes full of undisguised admiration and respect.

He spoke heavily, "That kid is a rare great person!"

"He's the benefactor of our entire island!"

...

"Boss!"

"Good news!!"

Early in the morning, Lin Suyang took the luxury cruise ship Ocean Star straight to the Jasmine Hotel.

"What good news!" Chen Jianhai asked in surprise.

Lin Suyang said happily, "The elaborate 'Joyful Southern River' themed concept dishes have successfully been declared as unique cultural heritage dishes of Nanjing City. The certificates and plaques have been issued."

Chen Jianhai's eyes lit up, "Really?!"

Lin Suyang nodded vigorously, "Really!!"

"I heard that in a few days, the TV station will come to the Jasmine Hotel to make a documentary about our dishes."

Lin Suyang, extremely thirsty, took a sip of water and continued, "Not only that, but the baked star sugar cookies have been listed as the main promotional food for Nanjing's external events. The city has awarded us the 'Nanjing Marathon Event Specialty Dessert' certificate."

Chen Jianhai was overjoyed, "That's great news!!!"

Lin Suyang spoke again, "Boss, there's another piece of good news!"

"More?!"

Chen Jianhai's eyes sparkled. 

One piece of good news after another, like firecrackers going off, made him feel like it was almost New Year's.

Lin Suyang said, "Two of our hotel's employees were named the most beautiful marathon staff in Nanjing for 2021. Not only did they receive certificates, but each of them also received a bonus of 1,000 yuan."

Saying this, Lin Suyang raised his bulging briefcase and said excitedly, "Boss, I brought the certificates, awards, and money. Let's have the award ceremony!"

Chen Jianhai shouted, "Let's do it!!"

...

From a young age, Chen Jianhai had never given out awards to anyone. Suddenly, he felt quite nervous.

Even though it was just a formality, Chen Jianhai still ran back to his room, put on a newly bought opaque shirt, carefully shaved, and changed into leather shoes. Only then did he return to the hotel lobby, feeling refreshed.

At this time, Baipan and others were already waiting early, faces flushed with excitement, trembling all over.

However, more attention than the awards was drawn to the beautiful sisters from the medical room.

Nana and Vivi, wearing white hotel medical uniforms, had their slender waists gently hugged by the belts, revealing their beautiful curves. Their little fingers hooked lightly behind them as they stood side by side.

Since starting work at the hotel, the two had always stayed quietly in the medical room, interacting little with others, making them seem mysterious.

There was a hotel guest who loved to use his iPad and often visited the medical room without any particular reason.

Lin Suyang couldn't help but glance twice at the hooked little fingers, then quickly looked away, blushing.

Since the baker was in Nanjing, his certificate and plaque were directly issued at Lang'ai Hotel and already hung high in the dessert room.

With "Welcome March" as the BGM, Chen Jianhai successively awarded Baipan, Nana, and Vivi the "Nanjing City Unique Cultural Heritage Dish" certificates and plaques and gave Nana and Vivi their city-issued bonuses.

In the warm applause of everyone, the three award recipients, filled with deep emotions and tears, returned to their workstations.

Back in his room, Chen Jianhai opened the system panel.

Main Task: "Landmark Building of the City" Progress:

"Hotel Surroundings Improvement: 50%."

"Hotel Cultural and Human Influence: 66%."

"Hotel Social Influence: 100%."

Side Task: "The Disappearing Golden Jellyfish Lake" Progress: 0.00%.

Overall, the task progression was not bad!

Chen Jianhai, satisfied with his main task, gave himself a thumbs up.

He had been busy with other hotel matters and had just finished a half marathon, leaving his legs sore for quite some time. So he hadn't had a chance to check out the jellyfish lake.

With nothing to do today, he decided to explore it.

He sent a message to Xiaolang, meeting up at the restaurant downstairs to have a meal before heading to the small northern mountain.

...

Restaurant.

"Pointy Cake" and her boyfriend were sitting sweetly at the dining table.

"Hello, we'd like a 12-inch seafood pizza."

The restaurant employee apologized, "Sorry, miss, we're out of 12-inch bases. Could we give you two 8-inch medium seafood pizzas instead? The price is the same."

The girl happily agreed, "Sure!"

Just as she finished speaking, the boy shook his head, "Wait."

The girl looked at her boyfriend curiously, "What's wrong? The price sounds good."

The boy thought for a moment and said, "A 12-inch pizza has an area of about 113 square inches, while an 8-inch pizza is 4/9 the area of a 12-inch pizza, reducing the area by 1/9, or 11.1%. We'd be losing out!"

There weren't many people in the restaurant at the time, and Chen Jianhai and Xiaolang, sitting nearby, were stunned by what they heard.

"Brother Hai, what are square inches?" Xiaolang asked quietly.

Chen Jianhai, looking embarrassed, shook his head, "I don't know either... I only know inches."

The two big bosses, who were clueless about math, listened with admiration to the boy's explanation.

Impressive!

If it were them, they'd surely be confused and just go with the cheaper pizza.

But then the restaurant employee spoke, "Sir, you're right. But our 12-inch pizza is cut into 8 slices, and the 8-inch pizzas are cut into 6 slices each. The ingredients like shrimp, crab meat, squid, and cheese are calculated per slice."

"So, two 8-inch pizzas total 12 slices, meaning 50% more ingredients than one 12-inch pizza cut into 8 slices."

"You're not losing out at all~"

Chen Jianhai and Xiaolang's eyes were fixed on the employee.

Wow! Amazing!!!