Chapter 31. Diving

     Back to noon, Li Yaolin held a meeting with employees, and Lin Qiang asked her: “Boss, who will be responsible for the island when you are not here?”

 

     Even if all employees are doing their job conscientiously, if there is an emergency, it is useless to rely on these employees. There must be a general person in charge, right?

 

     Li Yaolin thought that the system’s proxy mode should be very reliable, so she said: “Don’t worry, I have arranged everything on the island, and someone will handle these things.”

 

     After she left, the accountant secretly whispered to Lin Qiang: “You don’t know, our boss has an assistant, but he has never shown up. I suspect that the other party has been working somewhere else.”

 

     “Assistant, why don’t I know?” Lin Qiang was puzzled.

 

     “I overheard someone mention that the assistant’s salary is not paid by us, so I suspect that the assistant was sent by the boss’s parents to help the boss. Think about it, the boss is so young, where did she get the money to buy this island for development? It must be that her family has a mine! You see the boss’s origin is so mysterious, it must be that her family does not allow her to publicize her identity everywhere, the rich second generation is like this!” 

 

     “Aren’t the rich second generation very high-profile and ostentatious?” 

 

     “Those who show off their wealth on the Internet are often nouveau riche rich second generation, the real rich second generation is very low-key!” The accountant said confidently.

 

      “So?” 

 

     “So the boss can leave the island alone and go on a business trip (travel), there must be an assistant to help deal with these things!” 

 

     As soon as the accountant finished speaking, a girl about 1.5 meters tall, who looked like she was still in elementary school, appeared at the door of the office.

 

      Lin Qiang thought that the other party was a tourist who had lost her family and came to seek help. As a result, the other party looked around and sat down on Li Yaolin’s office chair. 

 

     Lin Qiang asked the other party: “Little sister, why are you here?”

 

 

 

     The other party’s big round eyes widened, and became even rounder and bigger, looking a little cute and naive: “Who are you calling little sister? I am the assistant of your island owner. My surname is Yu, and you can call me Miss Yu. During your island owner’s business trip, I will be in charge of the island’s affairs temporarily.”

 

 

 

     The employees were shocked. She was actually the island owner’s assistant? Even elementary school students would believe it!

 

 

 

     Miss Yu knew that they didn’t believe it, so she took out the relevant documents: “This is my work ID!”

 

 

 

     Lin Qiang looked at the documents, then at Miss Yu, and couldn’t help sending a message to Li Yaolin, but the latter turned off her phone after getting on the plane and didn’t receive his message.

 

 

 

     When Li Yaolin got off the plane, the little mermaid “returned” to the APP, and Li Yaolin asked it: “Is the Miss Yu that Lin Qiang and others saw you?”

 

 

 

     The little mermaid: “It’s me!” and also attached an emoticon with her hands on her hips.

 

     “Aren’t you Mr. Yu? How come you are Miss Yu?”

 

 

 

     The little mermaid: “Doesn’t the island owner dislike Mr. Yu’s image? As the island owner’s assistant, I naturally have to accept the island owner’s opinions and adjust my external image appropriately!”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Then you don’t have to make a primary school student image, right?”

 

 

 

     “What primary school student? You have to be 1.5 meters tall and a cute girl. This image is difficult to create, right? If you don’t make it cute, you will become a short and fat melon?”

 

 

 

     The little mermaid’s speech was very righteous, and there was also a hint of accusation against Li Yaolin.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     How many girls with a height of 1.5 meters were offended by your sweep!

 

 

 

     However, she understood what the proxy system was all about. It turned out that the Proxy fee was also collected by the little mermaid!

 

 

 

     Forget it, it seems that the little mermaid is also very hard to pinch the face, so just treat it as a reward for its hard work!

 

 

 

     After walking out of the airport, a heat wave hit, and Li Yaolin’s pace slowed down a lot. It has been a long time since she felt such hot weather.

 

    On Xingzhou Island, although the sun is fierce and the temperature is rising day by day, it is unexpectedly comfortable: the cool sea breeze blows gently, and even the strongest sunlight is like ultraviolet rays blocked outside the ozone layer, with only a small amount of sunlight shining down, giving people the warmth of summer.

 

 

 

     Only when she leaves Xingzhou Island and reaches other coasts can she recall the salty sea breeze and the feeling of being covered with glue on her face after being blown by the sea breeze.

 

 

 

     During the summer vacation, there are many tourists visiting Qionghai. Li Yaolin took a taxi to Daya Island, the first stop of her inspection. 

 

 

 

     The reason for coming here is that Li Yaolin remembers that the former owner of Xingzhou Island started his business on Daya Island. Daya Island and several other islands are one of the few famous diving resorts in China. Although the online reviews are mixed, she still decided to experience it herself.

 

     Not long after landing on the island, enthusiastic people came to recommend homestays, hotels and water activities to her.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin was so hot that she was dizzy and had no time to deal with them. She hurriedly found the homestay she had booked and checked in to rest.

 

 

 

     On the second day, after adjusting her state, she went to the diving center to sign up for diving experience.

 

 

 

     There are three types of diving projects at Daya Island Diving Center: snorkeling, coral diving and deep-sea diving.

 

 

 

     Snorkeling is relatively cheap, which means floating diving on the offshore surface. The equipment used is relatively small and the price is also cheap. However, if there is no scenery in the surrounding offshore waters, snorkeling will be a loss.

 

 

 

     Coral diving belongs to “scuba diving”, which means diving to the bottom of the sea with coral reefs. The water depth is often within ten meters. If it is deeper, you have to take a boat out to sea for deep-sea diving.

 

 

 

     The prices of the three diving projects are naturally different. Since Li Yaolin did not have a certificate, she could only choose between snorkeling and coral diving. She spent more than 400 yuan to choose coral diving.

 

 

 

     The diving instructor recommended the photo project to her. Li Yaolin felt sorry for the diving fee of more than 400 yuan for a long time. How could she spend extra money on taking pictures?

 

 

 

     After Li Yaolin refused, she started to play dumb. The coach was immediately unhappy. His face was long. He didn’t teach her the precautions in detail. He asked her to change into a diving suit and prepare to go out to sea.

 

 

 

     After arriving at the diving spot, she put on the oxygen tank according to the instructions, adjusted herself and followed the coach into the water.

 

 

 

     When she first got into the water, Li Yaolin was very panicked. It was a kind of confusion and helplessness that she couldn’t find anything to rely on. 

 

     She felt that her whole body was wrapped and squeezed by the cold sea water, which made her almost breathless. All the light was swallowed by the sea water. She was trapped in the undercurrent, her heart was beating like a drum, and her ears were buzzing.

 

 

 

      The coach took her into the sea. Although the coach’s attitude was relatively cold, he didn’t leave her alone. During her adjustment, he kept making gestures to her to calm down and adjust slowly to avoid physical discomfort.

 

 

 

     The ringing in her ears disappeared unconsciously, and the scene in front of her slowly became clear. Li Yaolin saw the dark and endless sea water wrapping herself up, but she was no longer panicked and afraid.

 

 

 

     The cold seawater did not take away the temperature of the body in the diving suit. Li Yaolin tried to dive deeper. It is said that the deeper you go, the greater the pressure. But she did not feel the pressure. She swam in the sea like a fish, swimming faster and faster. After a while, she dived to the bottom of the sea.

 

 

 

     The seawater here is relatively turbid. The bottom of the sea is bare, with sand and rocks everywhere. There is only a small piece of half-dead coral reef, and there are silver fish swimming around, but not many.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin was dumbfounded: That’s it? Can this be called coral diving?

 

 

 

     She swam far away for a distance, and the coach was scared and brought her back quickly. Although she was no longer afraid of the deep sea, she did not act recklessly.

 

 

 

     “How can you mess around? It’s very dangerous, don’t you know?!” The coach criticized her.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin asked: “How many meters did I dive?”

 

 

 

     “Five meters.”

 

 

 

    “Only five meters?”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin completely lost her sense of direction and distance in the sea. Now thinking back, she was a little surprised at her courage.

 

     The coach saw that she did not express dissatisfaction or discomfort, and looked a little surprised, but did not say anything.

 

 

 

     The coral diving tour of more than ten minutes ended just like that. Li Yaolin found that apart from overcoming her fear and adapting to the marine environment, she did not experience the fun of diving.

 

 

 

     So she went to another relatively famous diving resort the next day. The guide said that there was a PADI (Professional Association Diving Instructors) five-star diving shop here. If you want to take the exam, you can sign up for the exam there.

 

 

 

     She wanted to sign up, but the schedule was tight and she didn’t have much time to spend on it, so she simply experienced scuba diving.

 

 

 

     The diving projects here are indeed much more standardized than those in Daya Island. Although the diving coaches will not always keep a smiling face to greet you, there will be no forced consumption. Moreover, they will be trained and tested in the swimming pool before going into the sea. At first glance, they are more responsible than the diving coaches in Daya Island.

 

 

 

     Of course, the price is also about 50 yuan more expensive than that in Daya Island.

 

 

 

     There are many tourists here, and often two diving coaches take three tourists. When it was Li Yaolin’s turn, there was a couple traveling together, so a male coach and a female coach were arranged.

 

     Because of her diving experience, Li Yaolin passed the training and exams quickly. The female coach even asked her curiously, “Do you have an OW certificate?”

 

 

 

     “OW certificate” is actually an entry-level diving certificate. Divers holding this certificate can dive to a depth of 18 meters. The advanced certificate is “AOW certificate”, which can dive to a depth of 30 meters. 

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin said, “I don’t have a certificate. I just went to Daya Island yesterday to experience it.”

 

 

 

     She was so straightforward that the female coach was confused. She was wondering: After experiencing it yesterday, she came to our place to experience it today. Is she stupid and rich or has some purpose?

 

 

 

     The female coach became alert, but she still had to follow the process.

 

 

 

     Another half-hour diving experience.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin’s entry into the water this time was much smoother than the last time. She was like a fish in water in the sea and didn’t need the coach to watch her all the time. On the contrary, the couple, because it was their first time to enter the water, the two coaches focused on them.

 

 

 

     The water quality here is better than that of Daya Island. There is a piece of soft coral under the sea, and a large piece of rotten wood not far away. There are colorful small fish moving around, just like a big fish tank with tropical fish. The sunlight shines through the clear sea water, reflecting a bizarre underwater world.

 

 

 

     Suddenly, Li Yaolin was patted on the shoulder. She turned around and found that the other two tourists had gone up. The female coach called her to float up.

 

 

 

     Only when she got on the boat did she realize that she had been in the five-meter-deep sea for half an hour without realizing it. She was immersed in the scenery of the seabed and didn’t feel the passage of time at all!

 

 

 

     The female coach said in surprise: “It can be seen that you don’t have much diving experience, but you don’t show any physical discomfort. You are really a natural diver!”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin fell into deep thought because of the female coach’s words. You know, she had never dived in the sea before. Yesterday, she also had physical discomfort at the beginning, but she was fine later.

 

 

 

     She didn’t think it was because of her good physical fitness. She thought maybe it was related to “sea god satisfaction” or “affinity coefficient”.

 

     On the way back, the female coach shared with Li Yaolin her predicament when she first learned to dive. Li Yaolin suddenly asked: “Didn’t you get the certificate in China?”

 

 

 

     “No, when I got the certificate, the cost abroad was lower than in China, and the system abroad was more mature. It took me a year to get the diving instructor certificate, and then I worked in Thailand.”

 

 

 

     “Then why did you come back?”

 

 

 

     “It’s troublesome to get a visa to work abroad, the income and expenditure are not proportional, and there are all kinds of problems.”

 

 

 

     “Oh. Are you from Qionghai?”

 

 

 

     “I’m from Zhan City.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin asked in a roundabout way: “I remember Zhan City also has a diving base, Have you ever considered working closer to home? “

 

 

 

     The female coach smiled and shook her head: “It’s not that I want to blackmail my hometown, but that place is really not a diving holy place, and few people go there to dive.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin paused and said straight to the point: “Actually, I am the boss of Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and I am currently developing Xingzhou Island in Youshi, and I am preparing to develop a diving base. I am now recruiting diving coaches. I wonder if you have any thoughts of changing jobs?”

 

 

 

     This answer was somewhat unexpected by the female coach. She thought Li Yaolin was at most a reporter who came to undercover in the diving market, but she didn’t expect that she was here to investigate and learn from others, and to poach people by the way!