The Taishan Scenic Area Management Committee released a set of data three days after the inscription was carved.

The number of visitors to Yuhuangding has increased by 300% compared to the same period last year.

It's not thirty percent, it's three hundred percent.

The management initially thought there was a statistical error, so they checked the data three times and found it was correct.

There are three times as many people.

Someone interviewed a tourist who was queuing up at the Jade Emperor Peak to take a photo with the monument.

She was a girl in her early twenties, holding a selfie stick.

I've been queuing for half an hour, and it's still not my turn.

When asked why she insisted on taking a photo with the monument, she said...

"Because of Chen Mo, you know Chen Mo, right? He's the one who wrote 'Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng,' 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River,' 'On the Love of Lotus,' and 'The Song of the Pipa,' and also proved the Poincaré conjecture."

"His poem 'Looking at Mount Tai' is engraved here. I feel that if I don't take a photo with it, I haven't really been to Mount Tai."

When asked by a reporter if she had visited Mount Tai before, she shook her head.

"No, I used to think that Mount Tai was just a mountain, nothing special. But after Chen Mo wrote 'Looking at Mount Tai,' I felt that Mount Tai was different. It was no longer 'just a mountain,' but a place where Chen Mo stood."

This interview video went viral again on Douyin.

Someone in the comments section said, "Chen Mo single-handedly boosted the GDP of Mount Tai."

Some people say that "Mount Tai should issue Chen Mo a lifetime honorary tourist certificate."

Some people say, "Chen Mo writes about anything that becomes popular. If he were to write an article called 'Ode to Instant Noodles,' Master Kong's stock price would hit the daily limit."

No one thinks this is an exaggeration, because Chen Mo's "sales ability" has been repeatedly proven.

The number of tourists visiting Luoshui Scenic Area has increased several times over since he wrote "Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River".

Qian Yongchang, the owner of the scenic area, couldn't stop smiling during the interview.

He said, "Making it free is the best decision I've ever made."

Because of his performance of "The Song of the Pipa," the number of tourists visiting the Broken Bridge in the West Lake scenic area has increased significantly compared to previous years.

The surrounding hotels and restaurants also benefited.

Now, the number of tourists visiting Mount Tai has tripled because of his poem "Looking at Mount Tai".

This is not about "traffic," it's about "cultural monetization."

It's not the kind of monetization that comes from live-streaming e-commerce.

It's the kind of thing where someone stands in front of a mountain.

He said, "I will climb to the very top."

Then everyone wanted to see the view he had seen.

Other scenic spots reacted much faster than the market.

The day after the data for Mount Tai was released, official accounts of scenic spots across the country began a "battle to attract talent".

First is Huangshan.

The official Douyin account of Huangshan Scenic Area posted a video.

The scene depicts the welcoming pine tree, sea of ​​clouds, sunrise, and strangely shaped rocks of Huangshan Mountain.

The caption reads: "Chen Mo, Huangshan welcomes you. With its uniquely shaped pines, bizarre rocks, sea of ​​clouds, and hot springs, Huangshan has all four wonders. If you come, admission, cable car ride, and hotel stay at the mountaintop will all be free."

"If you can leave behind a poem, Huangshan is willing to erect a monument for you."

When Su Wanci came across this video.

We're eating watermelon in the courtyard of the guesthouse.

She ran into the room with her phone and showed the video to Chen Mo.

"Chen Mo, look! Huangshan has invited you! Free admission, free cable car ride, free hotel stay! They're even willing to erect a monument for you!"

Chen Mo glanced at it and said.

"Good."

"Great? You think you're 'great'? People want to erect a monument for you!"

"Erecting a monument requires carving words, carving words takes time, and it's better to sleep a little longer than to spend that time."

Su Wanci was so angry that she sprayed watermelon seeds onto his book.

Chen Mo glanced at the watermelon seeds on the book.

I wiped it with a tissue and continued watching.

Before Su Wanci could even process the video of Huangshan, her phone vibrated again.

Next is West Lake.

The West Lake scenic area posted a video showing the Broken Bridge, Su Causeway, Leifeng Pagoda, and Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, with the caption:

"Chen Mo, you've been to West Lake before. But you've never taken a boat ride, never visited Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, and never held an umbrella on the Broken Bridge."

"Come again, free admission, free boat ride. If you can write another poem, West Lake will name the willow tree where you played and sang 'The Song of the Pipa' 'Chen Mo Willow'."

Su Wanci laughed even harder.

"Chen Moliu! You are a tree!"

Chen Mo finally put down the book.

"They have a lot of free time."

Su Wanci said, "It's not that they're idle, it's that you're popular!"

She handed the phone to him.

"You are now the dream of every scenic spot in the country. They all want you to go there, and they all want you to write poems. If you write a poem, their place will become a hit."

"What do you call this? This is called 'turning stone into gold'."

Chen Mo glanced at her.

"Turning stone into gold is a myth; I am not a god."

"You are! You are! You are right now!"

Su Wanci waved her arms excitedly, almost knocking over the watermelon on the table.

"You wrote 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River,' and the Luo River became famous."

"You sang 'The Song of the Pipa,' and West Lake became famous; you wrote 'Looking at Mount Tai,' and Mount Tai became famous. You say you're not a deity, then who is?"

Chen Mo thought for a moment.

"Gods don't need to eat. I do."

Su Wanci was speechless after his words, staring at him with puffed-out cheeks.

She picked up her phone and continued scrolling down.

Netizens in the comments section have already started "taking on jobs" for Chen Mo.

Someone wrote: "Chen Mo, come to our place! We have a mountain here called 'Nameless Mountain.' If you write a poem about it, it won't be nameless anymore!"

Others are still writing.

"Chen Mo, come to our village! We have a well with exceptionally sweet water. If you write a poem, our village can develop tourism!"

Others have written about it.

"Chen Mo, come to my house! My balcony has a view of the entire city skyline. If you write a poem, my mom can brag about it to the neighbors for the rest of her life!"

Su Wanci read the most outrageous points to Chen Mo.

When they read the part about "my balcony".

Chen Mo's lips finally twitched.

Why aren't you going?

Su Wanci looked at him, deliberately provoking him.

"I'm afraid his mother will make me take responsibility."

Su Wanci froze for a second, then burst into laughter.

She laughed so hard she fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Her landlady peeked out from the kitchen and thought she had fallen.

"You...you..."

She laughed so hard she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Chen Mo watched her laugh like that, and he laughed too, a very soft but beautiful laugh.

After a while, Su Wanci finally finished laughing, got up from the ground, dusted off her pants, and sat back down in the chair.

She picked up her phone, scrolled to a comment from a netizen, and read it aloud.

"See how many tourist attractions are vying for Chen Mo? That's what it means to be 'talented and successful everywhere'. This is it."

"If you go to a scenic spot, the scenic spot won't charge you money, they'll even give you money. If you write a poem, the scenic spot will treat you like royalty."

"If you walk on a path, the scenic area will name the path after you; if you sit under a tree, the scenic area will name the tree after you."

"Now do you know what it means for 'knowledge to change destiny'? No, it means 'talent to change the destiny of a scenic area'."

After Su Wanci finished reading, she looked up at Chen Mo.

"Do you feel really capable right now?"

Chen Mo thought for a moment.

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