Chapter 19. Big Reward

     At this stage, raising the ticket price is a way to kill the fish. Li Yaolin likes money, but she is not so short-sighted.

     She pondered: “Sure enough, we still have to operate some paid entertainment projects…”

     The first idea that came up was to implement a charging system for sea fishing grounds. However, the operating costs of sea fishing grounds and white sand beaches are already included in the ticket price. If additional charges are charged, it is easy to be criticized for being too ugly.

     However, apart from those experienced anglers who bring their own fishing gear and bait, there are so many tourists on the island. What if there are potential sea fishing enthusiasts? They are itching to try fishing after watching others fishing, but they find that there are no fishing gear and bait. At this time, if the sea fishing ground can provide services such as fishing gear rental and bait sales, wouldn’t it be a big income?

     In this way, she has to make up for the knowledge of sea fishing, so that when tourists come to her to buy things and ask her what bait she uses, she can answer.

     In addition, new charging projects can be developed, such as diving bases.

     This was her idea at the beginning of developing the island, but unfortunately the funds and conditions were not sufficient at that time.

     Later, she completed the task and got 3 million in cash. She spent 1 million to buy shares in Qianlai Tourism, and spent more than 1 million to invest in the construction of convenience stores, employee dormitories, reception halls, etc., leaving more than 900,000.

     It takes 580,000 to develop a diving base, but only about 460,000 after using the discount card. It is not clear about the purchase of diving equipment and operating costs, but 200,000 can be allocated. The remaining money should be enough to maintain the operation of the island until the National Day, right?

     After all, she also has a subsidy project for Poseidon, – for every 100 tourists, 10,000 yuan of development funds will be added, – there is a stable 10,000 to 20,000 yuan in the account every day, and this money can only be used for island development, so she has never touched this money, and has accumulated 300,000 yuan so far.

     In other words, out of the more than 900,000 yuan, she only needs to spend 360,000 yuan.

     However, development is easy, just move your fingers on the APP, and the little mermaid can also handle the relevant procedures, but where can she find the key diving coach? Online recruitment?

     Diving coaches are different from lifeguards, safety officers, and ticket sellers. They not only need qualifications, but also a clean background. They also need to be able to communicate with tourists and comfort tourists when they are panicking. These are not possible in an interview sitting in an office.

     Besides, Li Yaolin herself doesn’t know much about diving projects. She thinks that before developing, the island owner needs to master this knowledge first in order to better develop this project.

     She decided to find time to learn from others.

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     Li Yaolin was going to cook half a pack of frozen dumplings left over from her morning meal for dinner, but Lin Qiang knocked on the office door and asked, “Boss, have you had dinner? If not, come and eat together. I made dinner.”

     Li Yaolin followed him to the security room and found an electric rice cooker and an induction cooker inside. There were three dishes on the table, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, a plate of steamed fish, and a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

     Lin Qiang seemed to see her confusion and said with a smile: “I asked Lao Du to help buy these dishes this morning, and they have been kept in the refrigerator. I bought these fish from the fisherman, two in total, one steamed and the other boiled into fish soup.”

     Li Yaolin gave him a thumbs up and praised him: “Thoughtful!”

     “Just as long as the boss doesn’t blame me for cooking here.”

     “…”

     Li Yaolin reacted, “Yes, you reminded me.”

     Lin Qiang’s smile froze: “…”

     Suddenly, Li Yaolin smiled: “Don’t be nervous, it is not illegal to use electrical appliances after get off work. But you still need to pay attention to electrical safety, and the fire extinguisher should be placed in a conspicuous place.”

     Lin Qiang breathed a sigh of relief: “Okay.”

     Lin Qiang prepared disposable bowls and chopsticks, and Li Yaolin was full after eating only a bowl of rice and a bowl of soup, and the rest of the food almost went into Lin Qiang’s stomach.

     Li Yaolin was amazed at the other person’s appetite, and was a little worried that if she came to eat for free, she would not let the other person eat enough, so she said: “Are you full? If not, do you want to go to the convenience store to get a bag of frozen dumplings to cook?”

     Lin Qiang waved his hand: “I’m full.”

     Li Yaolin helped wash the pot, and looking at the water flowing out of the faucet, she opened the Poseidon Holiday APP to check the current reservoir water storage.

     300 cubic meters, the original reservoir with a water storage capacity of 20 tons now has only half of the fresh water left.

     Recently, more tourists have gone to shower after playing on the white beach, and the water consumption has increased all of a sudden. It is unknown how long the remaining ten tons of fresh water can be used.

     Once the fresh water runs out, some fresh water will have to be transported from the shore…

     Li Yaolin shook the APP: “Xingzhou Island is open today, don’t you have any rewards or big discounts? It’s a milestone after all, give me some achievement rewards? I don’t ask for much, just give me a reservoir that can draw water infinitely.”

     Poseidon Holiday APP: “…”

     Isn’t this a high requirement? You are dreaming! 

     Having said that, the system still pushed a new message:

   【To celebrate the official operation of Xingzhou Island, Poseidon Market is offering big discounts and launching limited-time products. There is only one minute left! 】

     Li Yaolin: “?!”

     Fuck, there is really a big discount?

     But why is it only one minute?

     Li Yaolin didn’t have time to think about it. She clicked on the Poseidon Market and saw the product with the latest logo. She chose to buy it without even looking at the price.

   【Purchase of ‘Fresh Water Extraction System’ successful! Note: This product is a separate system and can only be bound to one water storage container. For every ton of fresh water extracted, you need to pay 100 yuan (including sewage treatment fee)! 】

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Is it really robbing money?

     Industrial and commercial water is only 4 yuan per ton, plus the cost of transportation to the island, it is only 10 yuan per ton. Using this system to extract a ton of fresh water costs 100 yuan. What else is this if not robbing money?

     And it cost her 80,000 yuan to buy this system!

     When the time came, this product was removed from the Poseidon Market. Li Yaolin understood it as the system wanting to destroy the body and leave no handle.

     Li Yaolin asked: “Can I return it?”

     The system did not respond at all.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     I’m so angry!

     Forget it, I’ve already bought it.

     Li Yaolin installed it on the only reservoir on the island and bound it to the reservoir.

     The reservoir cost three million yuan, and only such an expensive (cheating) system could match it.

     Li Yaolin was a little depressed after being cheated by the Poseidon market this time, but when she saw that the white beach had met the conditions for upgrading, she was shocked and immediately forgot about her unhappiness.

   【White Beach (Level 2) has met the upgrade conditions, do you want to upgrade? 】

     Li Yaolin was about to choose “Yes” when she suddenly stopped.

     The pollution index of the level 2 white beach has dropped to 20 points. After the upgrade, the pollution index will inevitably drop even lower. The beach and the surrounding sea area will surely be clearer and more beautiful. But the operating cost has doubled again, wouldn’t her financial pressure double?

     Li Yaolin hesitated for two minutes and finally chose to upgrade.

     For nothing else, just to reduce the pollution index of that sea area.

   【Upgrade successful! 】

   【White Beach (Level 3)】

     Popularity: 1012/10000

     Pollution Index: 10 (Level 1 Pollution)

     Operation Cost: 8000 yuan/day

     Sure enough, the operation cost doubled!

     At this moment, Li Yaolin seemed to see that the day of her bankruptcy was approaching again.

     As the saying goes, there is gain after loss. After the pollution index of the white beach was reduced, the affinity coefficient of the fishing ban area also increased by a few points.

    【Fishing ban area】

     Affinity coefficient: 15→20

     Pollution index: 25 (Level 2 Pollution)

     Operation cost: 100 yuan/day

…

     For so long, the affinity coefficient has only increased by 5 points. It can be seen that it is much more difficult to change this value than to reduce the pollution index.

     Li Yaolin has not figured out how to increase the affinity coefficient, but she knows that it is related to the environment of the surrounding sea area.

     The clock in the office turned to nine o’clock. Li Yaolin was busy all day and was tired at this time. She turned off the lights in the office, locked the door, and walked towards the staff dormitory.

     The wind and waves were a bit strong at night, and half of the white beach had been submerged by the sea, but it was still some distance away from the shaded rest platform.

     Li Yaolin walked barefoot on the white beach, stepping on the waves. For some reason, she used to be a little afraid of the ocean and only dared to soak her feet in the shallows, but now she was not afraid of the surging waves and even had the courage to swim in the sea.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Is she possessed by evil spirits?

     Just as this creepy thought arose in her mind, she suddenly found a black object washed ashore by the waves. The nearest light source was the street lamp on the side of the road, and she couldn’t see it clearly. When she found that the object could move, she was even more scared.

     At this time, Lin Qiang, who was patrolling with a flashlight, swung the flashlight and

said, “Boss?”

     Li Yaolin breathed a sigh of relief, “It’s me.”

     Lin Qiang came over, and Li Yaolin asked him to borrow the flashlight to shine on the object washed up by the waves, but found that it was actually a turtle!^[1]

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