Chapter 737 - 369: Hanfu is the Appearance, Traditional Craftsmanship is the Essence

Chapter 737: Chapter 369: Hanfu is the Appearance, Traditional Craftsmanship is the Essence

But sometimes, a casual comment could become a classic and go viral online.

One netizen commented, "Chen Jincheng’s Jinglan City gained a beautiful and captivating exterior through Hanfu and the Hanfu Outing Day, and then it was infused with substance and soul through these traditional arts."

Seriously, that one sentence quickly went viral, earning the agreement of countless netizens.

And wasn’t it the truth?

That sentence perfectly articulated what they were all feeling.

’I just really want to know when we can book tickets for Jinglan City. Didn’t they say it opens tomorrow?’

’The suspense is killing me.’

「Jinglan City.」

Chen Jincheng and Fu Zhan were strolling about when Vice Director Fu suddenly received a phone call. He was heard saying, "Okay, okay, we’ll head over to the ticketing center right away."

After hanging up, he immediately turned to Chen Jincheng. "Mr. Chen, the official has arrived. He’s over at the ticketing center. Shall we head over? Ticket sales are about to begin anyway, so we can go watch."

Chen Jincheng nodded.

’I know the ticket sales will definitely surpass the 250,000 from the Hanfu Outing Day in my past life,’ he thought, ’but I really don’t know if we can double that number.’

Lei Xiaojun and Wei Yuan were also extremely curious about this.

After all, President Chen had been promoting Jinglan City for a long time and had built up immense momentum. Now, it was time to reap the rewards.

’Still, considering the current hype and influence, we should be able to attract over a hundred thousand people, right?’

Fu Zhan quietly approached Chen Jincheng and said in a low voice, "Mr. Chen, the senior official dropped a hint. If Jinglan City can attract 100,000 people this time, that committee position I mentioned before should be a lock. We might even see more significant collaborations down the line."

Chen Jincheng’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

’I know what this means,’ he thought. ’With that official’s support, once the livestream e-commerce feature is launched, Second-Life Star will absolutely dominate the sector, surpassing the Three Sheep from my past life.’

’The crucial part is that I won’t have my career implode over messing around with a female apprentice, unlike Three Sheep.’

’More importantly, I wouldn’t be like him either—fooling around for so long only to refuse to even pay the woman a million yuan, and then having her thrown in prison.’

Fu Zhan was also full of anticipation. ’If they can attract 100,000 people from out of town tomorrow... well, the tickets are only 50 yuan each, which is nothing. That’s only 5 million in revenue.’

’But for these 100,000 people, just accommodations alone, at an average of 300 yuan based on nearby prices, would be 30 million yuan.’

’Let’s say food and drink for a day averages 600 yuan per person—that’s another 60 million.’

’Add in transportation at 50 yuan, and that’s another 5 million.’

’Then there are other miscellaneous expenses. At an average of 100 yuan per person, that’s 10 million.’

’That’s a hundred million a day.’

’Coastal City’s daily GDP is 3 billion, so that’s a 3.33% increase.’

’Many people might think a 3.33% increase in GDP is easy, but the reality is different. For many cities with low value-added industries, narrow profit margins, and high susceptibility to market and environmental factors, even a 1% increase is difficult. Their GDP might even decline.’

’For example, in certain cities...’

’In fact, many places only see their annual GDP grow by a few tenths of a percent—again, think of certain other cities...’

’So, being able to increase GDP by 3.33% is already extraordinary. And this is just a conservative estimate of tourism spending. Generally, people who come out for this sort of thing nowadays spend far more.’

’At the high end, the spending from these 100,000 visitors could be twice our estimate, and the GDP increase would be a long-term benefit.’

’So, how incredible is that?’

’If that number could double again, seriously, they’d give Mr. Chen a get-out-of-jail-free card for life.’

’Even if his dalliances with those girls were exposed and someone tried to take him down, they’d protect him at all costs.’

’And I mean that literally.’

’But those kinds of numbers... they wouldn’t dare to imagine them outside of their dreams. After all, Coastal City had never produced such a successful scenic area, and Jinglan City’s previous business performance had been abysmal.’