Chapter 15. Wonders

     After the number of employees increased, the original two rows of houses were no longer enough. Employee dormitories had to be put on the agenda, offices had to be provided, and the lunch problem for employees on the island also needed to be solved.

     Li Yaolin looked at the schedule she had drawn up and pinched her brows: Money is not easy to spend!

     The budget for these basic buildings alone would cost millions.

     She chose a good location near the road and first planned a three-story convenience store of about 60 square meters. The front 30 square meters of the first floor was the store, and the back 30 square meters was used as a warehouse. Four rooms were built on the second and third floors as employee dormitories, each room could accommodate two people.

     The office was first arranged as the room behind the ticket office. She would buy some desks and renovate the ticket office, security room, etc. according to the standards of the scenic spot.

     The room that was previously used to store water rescue equipment and for lifeguards and safety officers to rest temporarily was also vacated.

     Li Yaolin planned two new buildings nearby. One of the gates faces outwards and is used as a reception hall for tourists who cannot enter the island. The other gate faces inwards, which contains an equipment room for water rescue equipment, a tourist service center for tourists to store luggage and rest, and a medical room. One of the express rooms of the “cloud delivery system” is also located here.

     Of course, she did not build buildings haphazardly. These buildings are all in her planned area, and each area has been marked with a land use plan. If she is lucky enough not to go bankrupt in the future, then she will definitely build these infrastructure buildings as planned in addition to developing tourist attractions.

     In fact, if Li Yaolin wants to reduce the economic pressure of developing Xingzhou Island, the best way is to invite businesses to settle in and share the pressure. For example, if she outsources the convenience store, she only needs to collect rent from the store, and it has nothing to do with her whether the convenience store makes a profit or a loss.

     She can even open the investment threshold and allow others to build hotels and restaurants on the island, and give her some share of the profits.

     However, the system may not allow her to do so. In addition to involving the secrets of the island, it will also cause many problems after attracting investment.

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     After doing these things, Li Yaolin had time to check the “second level buff” obtained after the Poseidon satisfaction reached 20 points.

    【Subsidy item for Poseidon support project: When the business level reaches level 2, the wonder “Hai Zi” is obtained. After that, you can get a random wonder*1 for each level increase (visible range is limited to islands)】

     “Is this buff related to the management level?”

     Li Yaolin clicked on the island information:

 

   【Island】 Xingzhou Island

   【Island Owner】 Li Yaolin+

   【Area】 2.9 square kilometers (290 hectares: island land area 220 hectares/sea area 70 hectares)

   【Development Progress】 Infrastructure +22% (1 reservoir, 1 public toilet, simple pier, gate, power system, 1KM highway, sunshade pavilion, convenience store, employee dormitory, reception hall building complex)

     Amusement facilities +2% (level 2 sea fishing ground, level 2 white sand beach)

     Environmental protection facilities +5% (no-fishing zone)

   【Management Level】 Level 2+

   【Rating】 None

   【Sea God Satisfaction】 20

 

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     Li Yaolin glanced at the popularity of the sea fishing ground and the white sand beach, which were 424 and 601 respectively. It turned out that the total popularity of the two scenic spots exceeded one thousand, so the business level was automatically upgraded to the second level, and the next level required a total popularity of five thousand.

     Speaking of the popularity of the sea fishing ground, perhaps because Li Yaolin set up a no-fishing zone, although the catch of fish in the sea fishing ground was not small, the number of rare fish species such as yellow croaker was greatly reduced.

     But even so, after the news that Lao Li sold a two-jin yellow croaker caught here for nearly four thousand yuan spread, not only did anglers flock to the area, but also more fishing boats secretly came to the nearby sea area to fish at night.

     Of course, in the end they all came excitedly and left in disgrace.

     Gradually, more and more fishermen felt that either Xingzhou Island had become evil, or these anglers were hired by Xingzhou Island, and the fish they caught were bought and taken photos.

     There were also those who did not believe in evil and went to the sea fishing ground to fish blatantly in broad daylight. As a result, before Li Yaolin could deal with them, they were discovered by patrol officers and detained.

     Not only did they not catch any fish, they were also fined 6,000 yuan. They regretted it very much.

     This is all beside the point.

     Li Yaolin clicked on the 【Wonder】 that appeared on the APP and asked, “Haizi? What is this?”

     The little mermaid was dealing with some procedural issues of Qianlai Tourism and had not been online for several days. Li Yaolin obviously couldn’t get an answer from it.

     At this time, the APP suddenly popped up a window:

 

   【Do you want to release the wonder ‘Haizi’? 】

 

     “Put it!” Although Li Yaolin didn’t know what it was, since it was produced by the system, it should have a positive impact on the island.

     After she released it, she turned around and went to do other things.

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     In the afternoon, Xingzhou Island is the busiest time for tourists. The white beach is full of laughter and joy. A seabird with a white belly and black feathers jumped out of the bushes on the island and chased the seagulls, scaring the seagulls to run around and disappeared in an instant. In the end, the culprit stopped on the reef and leisurely watched the tourists on the beach.

     A photographer pointed the camera at it and took a lot of photos. It tilted its head and looked at the big black guy curiously. It made an “ah, ah” ^[1]White Belly Sea Eagle sound. Seeing no response, it spread its wings and flew away.

     The photographer took out his mobile phone and happily sent a voice message: “Hey, you don’t know what I took… I took a photo of an adult white-bellied sea eagle. It still has a childlike heart and wants to play with the seagulls, but it can’t fit in and scares the seagulls away. Haha, it’s so fun.”

     After saying that, he looked up at the vast sea and felt a little emotional.

     In the past, Taipa Island, oh no, Xingzhou Island, never had so many seabirds living on it. According to survey records, before the development, the most common birds on the island were passerines^[2] Passerine, such as tits^[3]tits and magpies^[4]magpies .

     It stands to reason that after the development of the island, affected by the environment, the creatures feel that their survival is threatened and will choose to leave. Now that the island has been developed and there are more people, seagulls and sea eagles have been attracted to live on the island. Should this be considered a bit unscientific?

     After the white-bellied sea eagle flew away, the seagulls flew back. He aimed the lens at them again, but suddenly froze.

     Moving his eyes away from the SLR camera, and look uncertainly at the sky in the south, only to see a strange scene suddenly appear in the blue sky with white clouds:

     In a picture that is bluer than the sky, a group of sperm whales are swimming. They are of different sizes, but it can be seen that they are a family group.

     This picture seems to be magnified dozens of times, and half of the sky has become a screen for projecting it. The silhouettes of the sperm whales are so clear that people think they are already in the ocean and see the sperm whales swimming in front of them at close range.

     “Fuck, look at the sky!”

     Someone shouted, and the people on the beach turned their heads to look at the sky where the sperm whales appeared.

     The photographer came to his senses, trembling his hands, and pressed the shutter button suddenly. However, his hands were shaking so badly that he didn’t take any good pictures. It took him a while to calm down again, and he switched the camera mode to video. He wanted to record this scene

     More and more tourists took out their mobile phones to take pictures of this scene, and then couldn’t wait to post them on WeChat Moments and the Internet.

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     Li Yaolin only looked up to pay attention to things other than work after hearing the tourists’ uproar. As a result, not only the tourists, but even she was stunned for half a second.

     “What…is this? Is it a mirage?” Li Yaolin expressed the same doubts as many tourists.

The little mermaid seemed to be back. Its bubble text popped up in the APP. Hearing the “tick” sound, Li Yaolin looked down.

     Little mermaid: “This is the wonder ‘Haizi’! Haizi is an optical reaction phenomenon similar to a mirage.”

     Li Yaolin remembered that she was the one who projected this wonder.

     I didn’t expect the picture to be so clear and real.

     The little mermaid said proudly: “Products from Poseidon must be top-notch! Ordinary Haizi only appears when there is a big difference between sea water and temperature, and can only project some local scenes. But our wonder is different, it can randomly project any scene in all the oceans in the world!”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She silently closed the wonder.

     The little mermaid didn’t seem to understand and raised a question mark.

     She explained: “If I leave it hanging in the sky, I’m afraid that tomorrow the island will be trampled.”

     “There are more tourists, isn’t that great?”

     “But the problem is that most of the infrastructure of Xingzhou Island is still under planning and construction, and people haven’t been recruited yet, and it’s not enough to handle so many tourists. If something unexpected happens, I will be held responsible.”

     The current Xingzhou Island is like a small boat, which can only carry ten people, but suddenly a hundred people come. Wouldn’t the boat sink?

     “Besides, you also said that this Haizi is different from ordinary Haizi. I can make it one of the characteristics of Xingzhou Island. If it is unveiled too early, what should I do if the audience gets tired of it and loses its appeal when I officially operate Xingzhou Island? Close it first and re-launch it when the time is right.”

     The little mermaid: “The island owner is getting better and better at business!”

     She said she wanted to sell the island, but she was very conscious when developing the island.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She did this to increase the value of the island. After all, a deserted island is only worth 300 million, but the island after development is worth more than that!

     This is called waiting for a good price!

    Well… yes, she just wants to make more money, not because of the ghost of working!

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The Author has something to say :

Little Mermaid: The Island owner dislike her integrity!

Island owner: it’s all blame that this game doesn’t have anti-addiction, and the spirit of infrastructure is causing trouble, accidentally I’m addicted.

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Note: Haizi’s related explanation is quoted from Du niang (Baidu)

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