Chapter 27. Disagreement

     At 9:10 in the morning, Li Yaolin got off the ride and stood outside the city museum.

 

 

 

     This is the museum of Youshi, and also the office of the Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau. Although the theme of the meeting is to discuss the establishment of a protection station, the meeting was held here because the cultural and tourism department took the lead.

 

 

 

     Across the street is a popular park in the city that combines amusement and leisure. Li Yaolin saw the Ferris wheel and roller coaster from a distance. If she hadn’t had to go to the meeting, she would have wanted to go there to have a taste.

 

 

 

     “Visitor registration.” The window of the security room opened and the security guard stuck his head out.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin took out her ID card and explained that she was here for a meeting. After the security guard registered, he pointed to the annex building next to the main building of the museum: “The meeting room is over there.”

 

 

 

     Suddenly, a slightly surprised voice came from the side: “Are you Mr. Li, the owner of Xingzhou Island?”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin turned around and saw a young man wearing a shirt and trousers, carrying a black backpack, and a work permit hanging around his neck.

 

 

 

     “I’m Li Yaolin, who are you?”

 

 

 

     He extended his hand to her: “Hello, Mr. Li, I’m Cen Yingda from the Provincial Nature Reserve Management Station. The station chief has appointed me to come here to assist Youshi in setting up a protection station.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin vaguely remembered that the head of the cultural and tourism department had mentioned this matter. She smiled and responded: “Hello!”

 

 

 

     Since they were all here to attend the meeting, they simply went together.

 

 

 

     After chatting with Cen Yingda for a while, Li Yaolin learned that the Provincial Nature Reserve Management Station was established under the leadership of the provincial department. 

 

     The protection areas including Hui City’s Sea Turtle Nature Reserve, Chuan City’s Coral Reef Nature Reserve, Jiangkou Chinese White Dolphin Nature Reserve, Lei City’s Rare Marine Life Reserve, etc. are all under the jurisdiction of the station. Therefore, if Youshi wants to set up a protection station, it must also say hello to the station to determine whether it is necessary to set up a protection station.

 

 

 

     After all, the budget of the protection station is allocated by the competent unit of the management station. In order to prevent local governments from using the name of opening a protection station to defraud funds and engage in corruption, it must undergo strict review.

 

 

 

     Today is just a meeting, and there will be a lot of work to do later.

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     So she doesn’t like dealing with officials, because there are too many things to do.

 

 

 

     Fortunately, the establishment of the protection station was led by the official side. Her role was to set up a protected area on the island where tourists were prohibited from entering. It was not her turn to worry about the disputes between departments.

 

 

 

     The door of the conference room opened, and a staff member came to greet them to take a rest on the sofa, and brought them mineral water and distributed the meeting agenda.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin took a look and found that there were only three main themes in the many agendas: why to set up a protection station, how to set up a protection station, and the management and supervision of the protection station.

 

 

 

     Not long after, the other participants came one after another. At half past nine, the leader finally arrived. 

 

 

 

     There were twelve people at the meeting, among whom only Li Yaolin had the youngest face, followed by Cen Yingda who took the civil service exam to manage the main station. Because they were too young and had no aura, they did not have much presence among the participants.

 

 

 

     However, when mentioning the reasons for establishing the protection station, it is natural to not bypass Xingzhou Island, and soon, Li Yaolin attracted attention.

 

 

 

     Many people did not expect that the owner of Xingzhou Island was such a young girl, but when Li Yaolin talked about Xingzhou Island and her plan to set up a protection zone on the island, she did not show a trace of nervousness, but spoke appropriately and clearly, and explained the position of Xingzhou Island very well.

 

 

 

     Finally, Li Yaolin made a concluding statement: “… This is my original intention to set up a protected area, and it is also the development concept of Xingzhou Island. Regardless of whether the protected area is successfully established in the end, I will not change our plan to protect the ecology.”

 

 

 

     “Well said, this is in line with the concept of sustainable and healthy development of the tourism industry!” The participants nodded and approved Li Yaolin’s speech.

 

 

 

     In the following meetings, Li Yaolin basically did not need to speak, but she could mention her own ideas on matters related to Xingzhou Island.

 

 

 

     This meeting will last for a day. At noon, Li Yaolin and others went to the canteen for lunch, and came back at two o’clock in the afternoon to continue the meeting, which did not end until after four o’clock.

 

 

 

     At this moment, Li Yaolin’s mobile phone has several missed calls, basically from the staff on the island, and from Captain Pan.

 

 

 

     She thought about it and called Captain Pan back first. She learned that Captain Pan called her because the staff of the turtle protection area in Hui City came. They wanted to take away the turtle eggs and three green turtles on the beach, but because they did not have Li Yaolin’s permission, they could not get close to the beach.

 

     Li Yaolin frowned when she heard this: “But we are now preparing to establish a wildlife sanctuary.”

 

 

 

     Captain Pan said: “It hasn’t been established yet. The other party is worried that something might happen to the green turtles and the turtle eggs on the island, so they have negotiated with the leaders of our fishery department. 

 

     The opinions above have not yet been unified, but to be honest, our city and the island do not have the corresponding equipment, nor do they have professionals, and we cannot ensure that all the turtle eggs can be hatched, so the leaders tend to let them take these turtle eggs away and hand them over to professionals for processing.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin thought that the other party was indeed professional, but she had confidence in Xingzhou Island. With the system, the ecological environment of the island and the surrounding waters was definitely suitable for the survival of green turtles.

 

 

 

     But she couldn’t explain the existence of the system to the official, so she was indeed a little passive in this matter.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin found Cen Yingda before the meeting ended and told him about it.

 

     Cen Yingda was also a little embarrassed: “Procedurally speaking, handing over the turtles and turtle eggs to them is indeed the most correct approach, but I also understand your concerns. Once the turtles and turtle eggs are taken away, the hope of establishing a protected area on the island will be dashed.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin said helplessly: “If I say that I didn’t deliberately prevent people from taking away green turtles and turtle eggs in order to establish a protected area, I’m afraid no one will believe it.”

 

 

 

     Cen Yingda said: “No, I believe it. After all, after the establishment of a protected area on the island, many development projects will be restricted, which is more disadvantageous than beneficial to your party who wants to build an island for entertainment. The reason why Mr. Li wants to establish a protected area must be out of his love for animals and the environment.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     It’s not as great as he said.

 

 

 

     Cen Yingda suggested: “We can discuss it with the leaders.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin nodded, there was no other choice. The two of them went to find the leaders who were in the meeting. The cultural and tourism department wanted to make Xingzhou Island and green turtles into the tourist signs of Youshi. If the people of Huishi took them away, what kind of protection area would they have in Youshi?

 

 

 

     The leaders of the cultural and tourism department immediately called the fishery department.

 

 

 

     It would take a while for this matter to be discussed and a conclusion could not be reached, so Li Yaolin went back to Xingzhou Island first. She invited Cen Yingda to go to Xingzhou Island for inspection together.

 

 

 

     When the two returned to the island, the security guard brought two middle-aged men to Li Yaolin: “Boss, these two claim to be protectors of the Huizhou National Sea Turtle Reserve and want to see you.”

 

 

 

     They were all wearing work uniforms of the Huizhou Sea Turtle Reserve Management Station. After seeing Li Yaolin, they also took out their work permits: “You are the owner of Xingzhou Island, right? We want to talk to you about the follow-up work of protecting sea turtles.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin smiled slightly and said: “Don’t worry, let’s talk in the office!”

 

 

 

     After inviting the guests to sit down, Li Yaolin poured them a glass of warm water before sitting on the single sofa. She looked at the middle-aged man with glasses, remembered the name on his work permit, and said:

 

 

 

     “Mr. Long Feng, it’s like this. We actually found green turtles ashore a long time ago. After finding the law enforcement department to release them, they crawled back on their own and laid eggs on the uninhabited beach. After laying eggs, they did not leave, but lived in the surrounding sea area. You two are experts and should understand what this sea area represents to them.”

 

 

 

     The living habits of green turtles are normally that the habitat and the egg-laying site are not together. In other words, after laying eggs on the island, green turtles often live in another sea area. However, the green turtles on Xingzhou Island still live in the nearby sea area after laying eggs on the island, which shows that this sea area not only meets their habitat requirements, but also meets the conditions for hatching eggs.

 

 

 

     If the staff of Hui City Turtle Protection Area are worried that the turtle eggs cannot be hatched smoothly, or that the turtles will be in danger living here, there is no need to worry.

 

     Long Feng and his colleagues looked at each other. Li Yaolin was right, but they still felt that Yóushì did not have mature breeding and hatching conditions, so it was not appropriate to leave turtle eggs and green turtles here.

 

 

 

     “As far as I know, there is a fishing village opposite the coast, and fishermen often go out to sea to fish. Can you guarantee that the boats will not hit turtles or catch turtles by mistake? And there are a large number of seabirds on this island. It is hard to guarantee that there will be no natural enemies of green turtles. What if the baby turtles become food for those seabirds after they hatch?” Long Feng said.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin can certainly guarantee it, but she can’t say the reason either.

 

 

 

     She said: “If the protected area can be established smoothly, these problems can be solved.”

 

 

 

     She introduced Cen Yingda to the two of them. Long Feng also knew about this. He said: “Excuse me, the protected area is not so easy to establish. I don’t know how long it will take to go through the process. The hatching of green turtle eggs can’t wait. And even if a protected area is established, the protection strength of private protected areas is not as good as ours.”

 

 

 

    Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     Why did she feel that the other party’s attitude was very superior?

 

     Cen Yingda also noticed it, but he guessed that Long Feng must have mistaken Li Yaolin as a greedy businessman, and for fame and fortune considerations, he repeatedly stopped them from taking the turtle eggs for artificial incubation.

 

 

 

     He asked Long Feng: “Do you think the environment on the island is suitable for the eggs to hatch naturally?”

 

 

 

     Long Feng said: “We didn’t bring too many equipment this time, only equipment to monitor turtle eggs.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin said: “Then let’s take a look at the situation of the turtle eggs first!”

 

 

 

     Several people entered the uninhabited beach that was planned as a [Wildlife Ecological Protection Area], and Long Feng and his colleagues began to fiddle with the monitoring equipment.

 

     Cen Yingda discussed with Li Yaolin how the turtle protection area in Huizhou works: “Although no one enters here, he is right. Turtles also have natural enemies, so some special protection areas will build some hatching rooms to simulate the same environment as the beach for the eggs to hatch. After the little turtles hatch, they will be trained to be wild and then released.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin understood: “It’s too natural here. The equipment has not kept up with the times, so I can’t say I am active in protection work.”

 

 

 

     After checking the turtle eggs, Long Feng was very happy: “These 98 eggs are developing normally!”

 

 

 

     The hatching rate of naturally hatched turtle eggs is 60%, but according to the monitored data, the hatching rate of these eggs will be greatly improved.

 

 

 

     Long Feng was so happy that he forgot the purpose of coming here and wanted to stay here to carry out follow-up work.

 

 

 

     Seeing this, Li Yaolin let go of her grudges. After all, the other party was really thinking about these green turtles and turtle eggs. People who really love wildlife protection and work hard for it should be respected.

 

     Cen Yingda said: “In this case, you don’t have to worry too much about them dying, right?”

 

 

 

     Long Feng’s smile froze, and he smiled awkwardly: “The increase in hatching rate does not mean that the survival rate after hatching can be increased!”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin was inspired by Long Feng and came up with an idea: “Our Yóushì City is too far away from Hui City, and you don’t know if there will be any problems on the way back with the turtle eggs. Why not hatch them on the spot! If you are worried about the lack of supporting equipment, I can go to purchase it; if you think there are no professionals, you can stay and help us with the hatching work.”

 

 

 

     Long Feng: “…”