Chapter 237 Response
"Does anyone else have any comments?"

David, the eldest son of Peter, the third brother, also wanted to show off himself and said:

"Uncle, I think whether it is true or not, we don't need to respond. Silence is the best way to deal with it."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

"Golden Mile Holiday Inn is our family's private property. Whatever is underground belongs to us and has nothing to do with anyone else. The laws of the British Empire clearly protect the legitimacy of private property. This law alone is enough to silence all the voices."

Harry frowned, obviously, he was not happy with his nephew's idea.

There's no way around it. David was born in Barak and came to Hong Kong when he was 8 years old. He still has the mysterious confidence of an old-timer in his bones.

This is not Barak, nor is it the United States, but the territory of the Chinese.

Although the law has a deterrent effect, it cannot stop the xenophobia among the Chinese people.

If it is handled as David said, it would probably offend many Chinese businessmen and Chinese government officials in Hong Kong.

But he still did not scold David directly. Instead, he looked at his third brother Peter with strong disappointment in his eyes.

After the two juniors spoke, no one else spoke. Even Mickey, the sixth brother who loved to be in the spotlight, did not respond. Harry realized that it was time to discuss other topics.

"I don't know why the ancient Chinese book said there was something under our hotel, but I am sure that nothing was dug out from the ground when the hotel was built."

When Harry said this, the playboy Mickey was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face instantly fell.

The others didn't react much, at most they just felt a little regretful.

"So, we need to talk together now about how to explain it to the outside world."

The fourth brother, Jiali, had a full beard and looked the most honest among the brothers. He asked in confusion:

"Brother, didn't John just say that if it's fake, we should just keep silent. Why should we make any unnecessary moves?"

"Yes, big brother, I think what fourth brother said is right. Neither admitting nor denying it will do any harm to our hotel."

The fifth one, Bobby, also chimed in, saying that he deliberately dyed his hair white to make himself look more elite.

Harry did not respond directly to the two, but continued to ask the second and third.

"Brother, I partially agree with what the fourth and fifth brothers said. However, I think that in addition to not responding publicly, we can also spread some false news about the mysterious legends underground in the hotel in private. Only by mixing true and false stories can we attract attention."

The third brother, Peter, obviously knew that his son had lost some face by what he said just now, so he wanted to save some face here.

To his delight, Harry actually nodded his approval of the idea.

Next, the few people continued chatting for a while, discussing how to use this "ancient book incident" to help their Golden Mile Holiday Inn gain fame throughout Hong Kong.

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The Xialilila family was calculating how to attract traffic to their hotel, but they did not realize that behind all the coincidences, there was often a bigger conspiracy.

Xu Zhandong not only disclosed the contents of the ancient books to the media, but also printed the texts into booklets and sold them in major newspaper stalls.

He did not do this for the little money, but out of vanity, he hoped that everyone would read this ancient book with him.

In this way, the condensed and re-formatted ancient book booklet also caused a reading craze in Hong Kong, and 15 copies were sold in just three days.

Although Hong Kong citizens often complain about the high prices, fierce competition and poor living conditions in Hong Kong, most of them are unwilling to emigrate if they are asked to do so. They still truly regard Hong Kong as their home.

Now, there is a historical monument that records Hong Kong's past, even if it is only for a short period of time, which is enough to make many people interested in learning more.

As more and more brochures were sold, Holiday Inn Golden Mile also experienced a peak booking period.

In the past, there were Chinese people who came to this hotel to dine, but they were not the mainstream.

As a Class B hotel, they mainly receive foreign tourists who make reservations in advance.

Although there are Chinese people eating in the dining area on the first floor, most of the customers are Southeast Asian and South Asian tourists and businessmen.

Today, with the help of a mysterious ancient book, Holiday Inn Golden Mile has to cope with the sudden surge in Chinese customers by adding more waiters and increasing table turnover.

Many Hong Kong citizens choose to come to this hotel in the morning to have breakfast, and at the same time, check out the information in the brochures they bought to see which location inside the hotel is most likely to be the location of the tomb.

This kind of spontaneous archaeological craze actually occurred in many places later.

For example, if ancient documents identify a place as an ancient battlefield or a shipwreck site, a large number of idle people will rush there to hunt for treasure.

The most famous case in later generations is the case of Zhang Xianzhong's shipwreck treasure.

Hong Kong people have never thought about treasure hunting, they just like to join in the fun and feel the historical atmosphere of 700 years ago.

Holiday Inn Golden Mile also understands the psychology of many people, and gives a mysterious hotel guide to every customer who comes to consume.

When everyone opened it, they saw that it introduced that many supernatural events had occurred when the hotel was being built. Even after the hotel opened, various strange phenomena still did not disappear.

It has to be said that these mysterious theories really tickle the sore spot of the super superstitious Hong Kong people.

Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and more and more people came to visit, all wanting to know whether there really were any supernatural phenomena closely related to the Southern Song Dynasty tombs.

Harry Sharilela couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the business report submitted by the financial director of Holiday Inn Golden Mile.

In the past seven days, the turnover of this wholly-owned hotel of mine has increased by an astonishing 118% compared with the previous year.

If anyone were not happy about this wealth that came out of nowhere, it would be too fake.

Maybe it was luck, or maybe it was because of my years of devout belief in Hinduism that I was blessed by the gods.

Harry thought that we should keep working on it.

Moreover, from the time Xu Zhandong held the press conference until now, the Xialilila family has not responded to any speculation or opinions from the outside world.

Even if some reporters wanted to interview them, they were all rejected.

Some people say that they are deliberately being mysterious, while others believe that what the ancient books say may be true, but the family just wants to keep it secret.

Although he did not make any public explanation, when British Hong Kong officials asked him privately, Harry Harilela still honestly told the truth.

This approach of neither admitting nor denying, but secretly fanning the flames, is the strategy used by this Indian family to reap the benefits.

(End of this chapter)