The Recommendation Worked Pretty Well!

Ring, ring! Ring, ring!

Lin Zhe had just handed over his shift to Lin Xiaomeng when the phone in his pocket rang.

He pulled it out and saw "Good Son" on the caller ID.

Lin Zhe swiped to answer. "Sonny, need something from your old man?"

"All you ever do is run your mouth and call yourself my dad. If you're a real man, go marry my mom!"

On the other end, Dan Teng scoffed at how Lin Zhe only talked big and never dared to follow through.

"All right, quit messing around. I've got something serious to tell you."

"I've got nothing to do at the Taoist Temple this afternoon, so I'm planning to come livestream at your place for a bit."

"You'd better get the inn properly cleaned up this time."

"Pay special attention to the public toilets!"

"Don't let it be like last time, when the fucking stench hit me as soon as I walked in and made me puke. That really screwed me over."

Dan Teng's griping over the phone warmed Lin Zhe's heart. Having a buddy like this made life worthwhile.

Besides being a Taoist priest at the Three Pure Ones Palace, Dan Teng was also a streamer on QuickTok with over two hundred thousand followers.

Whenever he streamed, he had three to five hundred viewers watching.

And most of his viewers had either visited Mount Sanqing or were planning a trip there. They were precisely the right target customers, so his recommendations worked pretty well.

When Dan Teng had last streamed at the Fortunate Inn, there had been a minor mishap, but it had still brought in some business.

During the week after that stream, the Fortunate Inn had booked at least forty more rooms than usual.

At 299 yuan per night for even the most basic room, that meant over ten thousand yuan in extra revenue.

For recommending the Fortunate Inn, Dan Teng had received plenty of curses directed at his entire family from viewers who had taken his advice and stayed there.

Yet he still spared no effort in promoting it. He and Lin Zhe were brothers who had been through life and death together, after all!

Never mind getting cursed at. He would even take a knife for him.

"Just come on over. I've already cleaned everything up. We're good this time. I guarantee there won't be another livestream disaster like last time."

After using the Cleansing Talisman on his inn, Lin Zhe could finally speak with confidence.

"All right, I'll go sign in, then I'm off work. I'll be there in about forty minutes. That's it for now. Bye."

With that, Dan Teng hung up without waiting for a reply.

Lin Zhe looked around at the inn, now as spotless as new, and felt sure things would go smoothly this time.

"Welcome to the Fortunate Inn."

At the sound of Lin Xiaomeng's sweet voice, Lin Zhe looked up and saw two tall young women entering in outdoor sun-protection jackets.

"Wow, Huanhuan, this inn is so clean! I told you we should stay here! See? You can't go wrong listening to me!"

"The lobby really is nice and clean. Hopefully the rooms are up to the same standard. Hi, miss, we'd like a south-facing twin room."

The two young women chatted as they approached the front desk and handed over their ID cards to book a room.

"Certainly. Please give me a moment, ladies."

Lin Xiaomeng took their IDs and deftly checked them in.

Once they were checked in, the two young women took their key card and headed upstairs, laughing and chatting, with plenty of praise for the inn's cleanliness.

Approval from his guests gave him a greater sense of achievement than any amount of money.

An hour later...

A chubby Taoist priest in a dark blue-black robe arrived at the entrance of the Fortunate Inn, holding a selfie stick and panting for breath.

"Good afternoon, fellow believers who are getting ready for, or planning, a trip to Mount Sanqing."

"Today, I, Lingyun, am going to recommend the inn that I consider the fairest and best value in the Mount Sanqing scenic area."

"It's the Fortunate Inn right behind me! Absolutely the top choice!"

"Just to be clear, this isn't a sponsored video. I haven't taken a single cent from the owner. This is purely a friendly recommendation!"

"Of the seven inns in the Mount Sanqing scenic area, the Fortunate Inn has the most affordable room rates. You can check that online."

"And its cleanliness is second to none. Spotless and sanitary, folks!"

Daoist Master Lingyun, otherwise known as Dan Teng, held up his selfie stick and continued streaming as he stepped into the Fortunate Inn's courtyard.

"Nestled beside mountains and water, with mist-shrouded green hills behind it. It really does look a little like an immortal's retreat!"

"Inns inside scenic areas really have a different atmosphere. Staying somewhere like this on vacation must be quite an experience!"

"Fortunate Inn is a nice name, too. A fortunate place for fortunate guests."

"Daoist Master Lingyun, are you streaming from the toilet again today? Hahaha, I want to see that!"

Messages kept scrolling across the livestream chat. Many viewers expressed their approval of the Fortunate Inn's surroundings, while some longtime fans jokingly undermined his pitch.

Clips of Dan Teng throwing up from disgust in the Fortunate Inn's restroom last time had already been used as material by some Bilibili creators, giving him the same treatment as the female streamer who had sold black garlic on a livestream.

Dan Teng turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to those comments, pretending he had never seen them. The more he tried to explain something like that, the worse it would look. Better not to respond at all.

"Look, look! Everyone, take a look at these surroundings, this cleanliness! Where else can you find a guesthouse this clean?"

"Fellow Taoists, if you're visiting Mount Sanqing, the Fortunate Inn is the place to stay!"

"Now that we've looked around outside, I'll take you inside."

Streaming as he walked, Dan Teng reached the Fortunate Inn's front door and stepped straight through.

"Welcome to-oh, it's Brother Dan! Are you here to see our boss?"

When Lin Xiaomeng saw Dan Teng come in, she greeted him with a sweet smile. A small canine tooth showed on the right when she smiled, making her look even cuter.

"Give us the address! For a receptionist that pretty and cute, I'm definitely staying at this inn next time I visit Mount Sanqing!"

"Throw that fat guy in black out! Throw him out and keep the pretty girl!"

"She's totally my type!"

"Let me introduce you all to my wife, XX!"

"Flight booked! Going to book a room right now!"

"Hi, marry me!"

Lin Xiaomeng had not started working here when Dan Teng last came to stream.

This was her first appearance in front of his viewers, and she won their praise the moment her face appeared on camera.

"No need to stream anywhere else! Just keep the camera on the receptionist! Love watching her!"

"Exactly! A girl this pretty is the best advertisement the inn could have!"

"For this girl... no, for how clean this inn is, I'm booking first!"

Seeing that all his hard work promoting the inn had achieved less than Lin Xiaomeng simply appearing on camera, Dan Teng was left speechless.

"Xiaomeng, say hello to everyone watching."

Men understood men best. Naturally, Dan Teng knew everyone wanted to see a pretty girl.

As he spoke, he pointed the camera at Lin Xiaomeng, framing her entire body in the shot.

Lin Xiaomeng was 172 centimeters tall and weighed less than fifty kilograms, with long legs and a waist as narrow as a sheet of A4 paper.

On top of that, she had a slightly youthful little face and a cute bun hairstyle.

Even on a streaming platform full of beautiful women, her looks could hold their own.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Lin Xiaomeng, the receptionist at the Fortunate Inn. We'd love to have you stay with us."

As Lin Xiaomeng waved confidently and greeted the livestream viewers, more than a dozen rooms were instantly booked through the booking link!