Cosmic Trading System
Chapter 54 - 54 Room Pricing

"A simple renovation?" Jiayun Lee hesitated, saying, "Our hotel was just renovated less than half a year ago..."

Hotel renovation is not a small matter. It takes a long time, costs a lot, and if the renovation does not improve much, the loss of customers during the renovation period can be quite substantial.

"It's just a simple renovation, using some special materials and tools, which won't affect our hotel's business. This is the plan, you can have a look later. I'll have someone bring over these special materials and tools..." Lin Yun lightly smiled as he said this.

He handed a booklet to Jiayun Lee. This booklet, made from Earth paper, had been given to him by the shopkeeper when he purchased the massage tub.

"This... this effect?" At first, Jiayun Lee just causally flipped through the booklet. But she quickly gasped in surprise and hurriedly continued leafing through the pages.

The effect depicted in the booklet was simply too luxurious.

She couldn't imagine that their hotel could be decorated in such a way.

This kind of decor style was something she had never seen before.

"Boss, can our hotel really be decorated like this?" Jiayun Lee looked up at Lin Yun, somewhat excited.

If their hotel could be decorated as shown in the book, she was certain that their hotel's patronage would increase rapidly, and a lot. Even, the price of their hotel rooms could be raised a bit more.

"Of course it can." Lin Yun smiled.

The renovation was just a minor aid, the massage tub was the most important thing.

He believed that even without these renovations, as long as they had the massage tub, their hotel could become a top-tier hotel in Shen City.

Because the massage tub he bought from the Cosmic Trading System couldn't be replicated by Earth's technology. Guests who wanted to use this kind of massage tub had to stay at this hotel.

However, having a nicer decoration would make guests feel more comfortable. It wasn't a bad thing.

At least when it came to raising prices, customers would be more accepting.

"These are some massage tubs. I'll have them delivered this afternoon. When they arrive, we can install them along with the decorative materials and tools..." Lin Yun continued.

"Massage tubs?" Jiayun Lee was taken aback, but quickly nodded and said, "Okay, boss."

Their hotel's original positioning wasn't too high-end, but it wasn't too ordinary either. Therefore, the worst rooms in their hotel were standard rooms. Each room had its own bathroom, and the space was not small, so placing a massage tub in there was entirely feasible.

Just then, Jiayun Lee suddenly thought of something and hesitated, "Right, boss, about the renovation workers..."

The effects in the book were very unusual, and she wasn't sure if Lin Yun had arranged for the renovation workers.

"These things are mostly ready to be installed. They aren't hard to install. We can find some casual renovation workers, show them the instructions, and they can do it. I'll get someone to find the renovation workers." Lin Yun thought for a moment before saying.

The shop owner had been very considerate, providing several renovation plans.

A convenient plan for buyers who didn't mind spending more Spirit Energy Points was to purchase a renovation robot. The robot was equipped with many renovation programs, and it could not only install these items but also do many other renovation tasks.

Moreover, when the renovation robot was no longer needed, you could input another program, and the robot could be used for other functions - it was multifunctional.

This plan was suitable for buyers with a certain amount of power, who could afford a renovation robot and have a certain amount of private space. Or for civilizations whose technology had advanced to a certain extent and where renovation robots were already a common sight, buying one wouldn't attract attention.

Many chose this plan, as those who acquired the trading system would easily develop a certain amount of power. For instance, Lin Yun could put his hotel staff on leave for a few days, then use his purchased robots to renovate the hotel.

Some buyers even made their fortunes from this project. They would build hotels largely in their civilization, close off the hotels, and let the renovation robots renovate. They didn't just buy one renovation robot; they purchased many, as one renovation robot couldn't keep up with the pace of hotel construction.

However, Lin Yun wasn't quite willing to do this for the time being. Doing so would make some things stand out too much.

On the Cosmic Trading System, there was also a warning for each end-user of the system. When they begin to grow, they were advised to be extra careful. Numerous users who flaunted their ownership of the Cosmic Trading System shortly after gaining it had paid the price with their lives.

The second approach involved purchasing various materials and items so that the buyer's own civilization's contractors could do the installations. The materials and items fabricated by the store owner were very easy to install, although the speed of installation was much slower than using renovation robots. Yet, many buyers preferred this method.

Lin Yun was planning to choose this second approach.

Actually, there were other methods, but they weren't very suitable.

For example, buying advanced robots who looked almost identical to normal humans and could even simply converse with them. But these robots, even the cheaper types, were not that cheap. There was also a risk of getting found out. Lin Yun could not always keep an eye on them working. Taking into account the cost-efficiency, Lin Yun considered and gave up this idea.

"Renovating like this is quick, but to avoid affecting the hotel's operation, let's only renovate ten rooms daily. This can also gradually introduce the upgraded rooms to the customers!" said Lin Yun, "Next, we need to discuss the pricing of the renovated rooms!"

Jiayun Lee was all ears immediately.

Room pricing was very important.

The customers needed to feel it was worth their money. If the renovation was good but the price was too high and no customer was willing to pay, it was just a waste of effort.

Who doesn't want better decorations in their hotel?

Who doesn't prefer to stay in a better hotel?

In this, price was the big problem!

"At first, to gain some reputation, we can set our prices a bit lower... let's do ten percent of the original price!" Lin Yun pondered and said.

"Boss, isn't ten percent too cheap? Besides, if the renovated rooms are priced like this, how should we price the ordinary rooms..." Jiayun Lee was visibly troubled.

Jiayun Lee's concerns were valid. The cost for their hotel's normal standard room was three to four hundred.

In her view, the maximum price for the renovated standard room should be six to seven hundred or seven to eight hundred. With a ten percent discount, that was only sixty to seventy or seventy to eighty. This was several times lower than the cost of a normal standard room, which was virtually giving them away. Any customer not a fool would know which room to choose.

Also, at first, there would not be many renovated rooms. Many customers unable to get these rooms would likely complain...

Besides, the most important point was that it was easy to drop prices, but hard to raise them again!

Once they had these significantly reduced price rooms in their hotel, not only would the other rooms no longer sell well, but also it would be difficult to raise prices in the future!

"If the prices are too high, I'm afraid very few customers would want to try these rooms. Besides, the occupancy rate of our hotel is not very high. If we price at ten percent, it will be easier to raise prices later..." Lin Yun said, shaking his head.

He didn't care about short-term profits. What he wanted was to build reputation quickly.

"Price at ten percent and then raise prices later..." Jiayun Lee was taken aback. She didn't expect that Lin Yun would think in this way.

Just as she was about to remind Lin Yun that he might be wrong, Lin Yun started to speak, asking, "What's the price of our most expensive standard room?"

"One thousand three hundred and eighty-eight, but not many people stay in it. Most customers stay in the standard rooms which cost three to four hundred. There are also some customers in the rooms which cost five to six hundred. For those rooms costlier than this, there are very few customers choosing them..." Jiayun Lee said with a wry smile.

"Then let's first renovate the standard rooms that cost three to four hundred. Price them at ten percent, which is six hundred and sixty-six. When our reputation grows, we will renovate the better rooms. The price can be eight hundred and eighty-eight, nine hundred and ninety-nine..." Lin Yun considered and said.

"What?" Jiayun Lee was stunned.

"Boss, are you saying that the original price is six hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred and eighty-eight, nine hundred and ninety-nine?" After a moment, Jiayun Lee asked cautiously.

"What I want to build is the top hotel in Shen City, even in the whole country, the whole world. Are six hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred and eighty-eight, nine hundred and ninety-nine the prices for the rooms of a top hotel?" Lin Yun looked at Jiayun Lee. He was almost laughing aloud.

PS: Thanks to "Chen Binglan," "A Silly Bookworm," and "Tianfeng1015" for the rewards~