Chapter 21. Exception

     Most of the first batch of tourists came here because of yesterday’s hot search and became curious about this place. There were also a few young girls who watched Lin Qitong’s short video and decided to come here for a day to say goodbye to their four-year college life.

     Liang Ying was the one who made this decision.

     She is a graduate of Youshi University. Because she is from Yangshi, she basically went back to her hometown every holiday during her four years of college. On Saturdays and Sundays, she either stayed in school or worked part-time, so she rarely went to the surrounding attractions.

     Throughout her college life, there was only one time when the class monitor had his birthday. He invited everyone to go to Yuhai Park for barbecue and camping on the weekend. That was the only time she went to Yuhai Park to play. They also have islands and sea views in Yangshi, so the sea is not rare to her and has no attraction.

     Not long ago, she saw Lin Qitong’s video and was immediately amazed by the sparsely populated and beautiful beach. She found that she didn’t lose interest in the sea, but she just lost interest in those stereotyped beaches. Like such a beautiful beach, she won’t get tired of it every day, okay? !

     It just so happened that she was going back to Yang City to work. It was estimated that she would not be able to meet her roommates and classmates again for a year or so, so her roommates decided to organize another dormitory team-building activity.

     Just when everyone was discussing the time and place, the Internet broke out the hot search of finding Haizi on Xingzhou Island, and Liang Ying proposed to go camping on Xingzhou Island.

     This proposal was unanimously approved, but the key is that Xingzhou Island seems to not allow overnight stays?

     The four girls decided to bring camping equipment first. If Xingzhou Island does not allow camping, they can still go to Yuhai Park to watch the sunrise overnight.

     The dormitory head even drove her mother’s car out for this purpose. They set off from school at 8 o’clock in the morning and drove for nearly 40 minutes to Baoren Port Pier.

     They hurried to buy tickets, but found that there were not many tourists on the boat, but there were many anglers with fishing gear.

     Liang Ying boldly asked them: “Excuse me, can we camp on Xingzhou Island?”

     “Now we don’t allow overnight stays!” said Hai Ge, a professional angler.

     “Well, if I can stay overnight, I can stay there every day.” Lao Li said with a smile.

     Brother Hai said: “If you catch big yellow croaker every day, the island owner will lose a lot of money.”

     Lao Li said with regret: “I only caught it once. Now red spot is rare. It’s more than 20 yuan per pound for mackerel, mudfish and golden pomfret.”

     Brother Hai: “…”

     If you hadn’t smiled so brightly, I would almost believe it. If the fish are not good, you will run here every day, more punctual than punching in at work?

     Liang Ying and others were a little disappointed.

     However, this disappointment disappeared completely after landing on the island.

     “Hey, look, there are so many seagulls!” The dormitory head patted Liang Ying’s arm.

     They looked up and saw a group of seagulls flying around the passenger ship. They did not come to harass the tourists, but fished freely from the sea, and then returned to the island and stopped on an uninhabited beach.

     “Is that the white beach? It doesn’t seem very white!” Liang Ying was a little disappointed.

     Sure enough, the Internet celebrity attractions are not very reliable.

     “That’s much better than Yuhai Park.” The dormitory head said.

     Liang Ying thought, if Yuhai Park could talk, it would probably jump up and curse people if it was being dragged down every day.

     When they said this, they had just got off the boat. Lao Du smiled: “That’s not the white beach. The white beach is to the south and there is still a long way to go.”

     After saying this, he glanced at the place where the seagulls were active, and wondered in his heart that the place didn’t seem to be particularly popular with seagulls before. Why did they all go there this morning?

     Liang Ying and others bought tickets and went to store their luggage. The dormitory head said with a smile: “Think about it, this place has just been developed. There are no recreational projects except the beach. Even if we camp here, our dinner problem will be difficult to solve, right?”

     “That’s right.” Everyone accepted their fate.

     Soon, they had no time to worry. After coming out of the locker room, they walked for about ten minutes, and a clean and soft silver-white beach appeared in front of them.

     “Ah——” the dormitory head exclaimed in surprise.

     They were the first group of tourists today, so there were no people on the beach at this time. They were in it, as if they had reserved the beach.

     Who hasn’t dreamed of owning a private beach? Their dream was fulfilled in an instant.

     Although many tourists appeared later, they couldn’t resist their decision to have a crazy day here.

     Before they got into the water, they couldn’t wait to take pictures and posted them to their friends circle and class group, which attracted many classmates.

     There was a male classmate in the class group who was the dormitory head’s admirer. After learning that the dormitory head came here to play, he knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he immediately called a few friends, went to the market to buy a lot of food and drinks, and rushed over from the city.

     They happened to catch the 10:30 boat, but the fresh food they brought was stopped by the security guards: “Barbecue is prohibited on the island.”

     “Wasn’t it possible to have barbecue and team building before?” The boy didn’t understand.

     “Now there are new island rules. Cooked food and snacks can be brought in, but these raw ones cannot. We can freeze them for you and take them away when you leave.”

     The boy: “…”

     I thought that the dormitory head and the others would be hungry after playing until noon, and the food they bought would come in handy. He would take the opportunity of barbecue to show off in front of the dormitory head, but…

     What could he do?

     Just cold salad!

     He handed the fresh food to the security guards in frustration, and they carried the remaining things to find someone.

     There was no need to worry too much, he soon found the dormitory head wearing a swimsuit and Liang Ying splashing water on the beach.

     “This is the sun and the beach!” The boy’s friend exclaimed.

     “I thought the white beach on the Internet was fake, but I didn’t expect it to be so nice!” Another friend forgot that he was here with his brother to chase a girl, and took off his shirt and went to the sea to play in the water.

     “There is also a sea fishing area here, I’ll go and have a look!” The last friend also put down his things and went to the sea fishing field.

     Boy: “…”

     Have you all forgotten that you came here with me to solve the major event of my life? !

 

…

 

     There are many tourists like them who are attracted by the first batch of tourists, especially many people choose to come here to play for an afternoon after lunch, thinking that if they are lucky, they can see Haizi.

     Therefore, the number of people who come to play in the afternoon doubled that of the morning. By the time the last boat of tourists landed on the island, the number of people who landed on the island today exceeded 200!

     Today is Friday, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are weekends, and the number of people will only be more.

     Li Yaolin smiled with relief when she saw the number of tourists. Not only did the number of tourists exceed expectations, but the revenue of the convenience store was also good.

     She bought some parasols and beach chairs to rent out. The rental fee for a parasol is 80 yuan a day; if you want two beach chairs, the rental fee is 180 yuan, and two coconuts are given.

     Three parasols were rented out early this morning, earning more than 500 yuan.

     In addition to the rental fee, there is also income from food.

     Because you have to buy a new ticket after leaving the island and entering the island again, there are many tourists who don’t want to leave the island for lunch. Some of them bring their own lunch, and some buy instant noodles in a bucket and borrow some boiling water to soak them. Li Yaolin saw a business opportunity and made oden to sell.

     Oden can be used to fill your stomach and as a snack, so it sells very well.

     She is thinking about whether she should open a restaurant, but the catering industry has many troubles. First of all, there are the sources of ingredients, hygiene and safety, and costs. If it is sold at a high price, it will be criticized. If the food is not delicious, it will also be complained about. If you are not careful, it will be on the list of “Tourist Attractions Avoiding Pitfalls Handbook”. Although the turnover must reach one million within 90 days, it cannot be achieved at the expense of reputation. Xingzhou Island has just started to develop, and it is the time to accumulate good reputation to attract more tourists to come and play.

     If many tourists are deterred by the collapse of reputation, even if they spend a lot of money to wash it off later, they can’t get rid of this inherent impression, right?

     So the price of the things in her convenience store is only 50 cents higher than the convenience store on the pier. Many tourists are a little surprised. After all, a bottle of water that costs two yuan can be sold for six or seven yuan in many scenic spots.

     They also asked Li Yaolin: “It costs money to transport these things to the island, right? Boss, you sell things so cheaply, can you make money?”

     Or is the cost of these things actually lower than they imagined?

     Li Yaolin sighed: “Isn’t it?”

     This “cloud delivery system” cost her tens of thousands!

     She said: “Fortunately, there is no rent, which is barely enough to make back the investment.” Liang Ying, who was buying water, heard this and asked in surprise: “Don’t you charge rent for opening a shop here?” If there was no rent, she would have wanted to open a shop here. Li Yaolin said: “This shop belongs to the island owner.”

     “Then your island owner is quite conscientious.”

    Hearing others praise her, Li Yaolin was very happy, but she still maintained a reserved look on her face: “Well, just a conscientious person!”

     Liang Ying did not think of her as the island owner, and changed her address to her: “Manager, can you make a suggestion to your island owner, that is, allow everyone to camp here?”

     Li Yaolin replied: “This is a bit difficult, because it has just been developed, and many facilities are not perfect. If tourists are allowed to camp here, it is difficult to guarantee their safety. Safety is one of the problems, and another problem is hygiene. Before the development of Xingzhou Island, many people came here to camp and team building, but they did not take away the garbage when they left. It took a lot of effort to clean up the garbage!”

     The most important thing is that if people stay here overnight, what will happen to her one million turnover? ! 

     Liang Ying also guessed the reason. Although she never litters, it is difficult to guarantee that every tourist has such quality.

     Such a beautiful beach, if it is full of garbage, it is too sad!

     It was so beautiful that she didn’t dare to go into the water at first, for fear that the place where she landed would make the sea water turbid and destroy its cleanliness.

     Fortunately, the fine sand on the beach is not silt, and as long as you don’t deliberately pan for sand, it won’t make the sea water turbid.

     Li Yaolin knew what she was thinking from her melancholy look, and asked with interest: “Do you want to spend the night here?”

     Liang Ying said a little embarrassedly: “I will go back to my hometown in two days. This time I am out with my roommates and plan to play for two more days, so I originally planned to go camping, but camping is not allowed here, so I had to give up this idea.”

     “Are you a student?”

     “I just graduated from Youshi University this year.”

     Seeing her, Li Yaolin seemed to see her past self… Oh, she also just graduated this year, but the experiences in the past two months have made her almost forget that she is just a newcomer who has just entered the society.

     “I just graduated this year too.” It was rare to meet someone of the same age, and Li Yaolin couldn’t help chatting with her.

     “Are you also a graduate of Youshi University?”

     “I went to university in Yangshi and came here to work.”

     Liang Ying didn’t know what she was thinking about, and said in a sympathetic tone: “I am from Yangshi, studying environmental design. I originally wanted to work here, but my parents asked me to go home and take the civil service exam. I don’t really like taking the civil service exam. If I have a choice, I want to take the postgraduate entrance exam and then work hard to get into the design institute.”

     “Why don’t you take the postgraduate entrance exam?”

     “My parents think that civil servants are more prestigious.”

     Li Yaolin thought of her parents and sighed sadly: “Every family has its own problems!”

…

     Unconsciously, the clock pointed to five o’clock. Liang Ying felt a little regretful: “It’s a pity that I can’t see Haizi today.”

     Li Yaolin asked: “If you can’t camp, what are you going to do next?”

     “Go to Yuhai Park, at least you can see the sunrise.”

     Li Yaolin thought for a while: “If it’s just you, I can make an exception and allow you to stay overnight, but you have to solve the dinner problem by yourself.”

     Liang Ying was stunned, and then she felt like she had won a big prize and was stunned by the surprise: “Really? Thank you, manager!”

     She couldn’t wait to run to share the news with her roommates.

     The roommates were originally going to take a shower and leave before the last boat. Unexpectedly, Liang Ying ran to the convenience store to buy water for more than half an hour, and came back to say that she was allowed to stay overnight.

     They just felt a little magical. Does Liang Ying have a lucky buff?

     Some of the boys couldn’t help but speculate: “Wait a minute, is it that the island owner has some intentions towards you?”

     Liang Ying thought to herself that she had never seen the island owner.

     Just as she was about to roll her eyes, she suddenly realized something.

     Why did the store manager say she could make an exception for them? Does the store manager’s words count?

     Combined with the store manager’s remarks on the convenience store rent, she couldn’t help but take out her phone and searched on Baidu. Finally, her pupils trembled: Could it be that she is the owner of the island? !