Chapter 63. Celebrity Island Tour

     Li Yaolin had just assigned the application for the scenic spot and the establishment of the advertising project team to the managers and supervisors below, and had some free time to fish, when Lin Qitong came and pulled her to the seafood buffet restaurant:

     “The tuna opening ceremony is about to begin!

     Li Yaolin didn’t want to join in the fun: “There are so many people in the restaurant, and Manager Qi and the others are here, so I don’t have to go, right?”

     Lin Qitong said: “You caught the tuna, you have to show up!”

     “I took a photo last night, and everyone just needs to know that I caught it, there’s no need to show my face.”

     Lin Qitong rolled her eyes: “Yes, you did take a photo, but when people wanted to interview you, you had already slipped away, and the only photo published in the newspaper was a group photo.”

     “I was so tired from the tuna that I just wanted to finish work and go back to sleep!” Li Yaolin felt that she wouldn’t want to go fishing for a long time, and the love of the sea god was indeed heavy.

     She picked up the newspaper and pointed to the background wall behind the group photo, looking quite pleased: “Besides, the group photo is pretty good! Look at how good I look in this photo!”

     Lin Qitong: “…”

     You wrapped yourself up so much that only your eyes were left. How can you tell that you look good?

     Amid Lin Qitong’s complaints, the two came to the lively seafood buffet restaurant.

     As soon as the lunch business started, the restaurant was full of people. There were many customers waiting in line on the chairs outside. The waiter was very considerate and gave each of these customers a popsicle to cool off.

     Although the weather on Xingzhou Island was not too hot and the sun was not too strong, the customers enjoyed the wonderful experience of eating cold food in a suitable temperature, which calmed their hearts and reduced their impatience and irritability while waiting.

     In the restaurant, “good taste” and “good diligence” were slicing a 200-pound tuna according to different parts with smooth and fluent knife skills. No knife was redundant.

     It would take one or two hours to process such a large tuna manually, but the robot only took 20 minutes to deliver the tuna to the customers’ tables.

     Tuna has also become the most popular ingredient among all seafoods, but it is the only one among all ingredients that is collected by head, that is, one person can only get one portion. After all, there are so many customers waiting outside for tuna. If the first batch of customers finish eating, the customers behind may be dissatisfied.

     Although Li Yaolin and Lin Qitong are not customers, they also received one portion by virtue of their status as island owners. There are three pieces of tuna sashimi in one portion. Li Yaolin ate one piece, and the remaining two pieces went into Lin Qitong’s stomach.

     Li Yaolin said: “I understand, you asked me to come here not for the fish opening ceremony, but because you wanted to eat tuna.”

     Lin Qitong’s behavior of abusing public power for personal gain was exposed, and she shrank her head guiltily.

     Fortunately, Li Yaolin didn’t argue with her and said, “Let’s go back for lunch after we finish eating!”

     Lin Qitong sighed, “After eating such delicious tuna, I can’t eat ordinary employee meals anymore.”

     “Is it that exaggerated?”

     “Has your sense of taste deteriorated? Or has your mouth become picky? Don’t you think the tuna just now is as delicious as if it is the most delicious delicacy in the world? Oh no, not as if, it is! This is the most delicious tuna I have ever eaten!”

     “You said the same thing about the tuna last time.”

     “Because they are all caught in the waters of Xingzhou Island, and you caught them, the delicious filter is doubled!”

     Li Yaolin saw through the conspiracy behind her sweet words at a glance and said, “Even if you praise me, I can’t eat another portion!”

     Lin Qitong covered her chest with a sad face: “You have a cruel heart!”

     “Actor.” Li Yaolin went to find “Good Delicious” and took an extra portion. Lin Qitong immediately smiled and reached out to take it: “Sisters are still good!”

     Li Yaolin put it away and said: “This is for Brother Xuan, don’t think about it.”

     Lin Qitong: “…”

     Suddenly, her attention was attracted by a handsome figure passing by. She hurriedly grabbed Li Yaolin and whispered: “Look who that is!”

     Li Yaolin heard a hint of excitement from her deliberately low voice. She looked at the back of the man wearing a white T-shirt, a pair of beach pants, and a pair of flip-flops, which was no different from an ordinary tourist, and was a little puzzled: “Do you know him? Why don’t you go over and say hello?”

     “What? That’s Zhou Bingyan! Do you know Zhou Bingyan?”

     Lin Qitong was excited, and when she saw the little sister’s confused face, she slowly calmed down.

     She said, “I forgot that you don’t have time to watch TV series, let alone pay attention to the entertainment industry, so you don’t even know Zhou Bingyan. Zhou Bingyan is a popular male star in the entertainment industry. I didn’t expect him to be here!” 

     If she didn’t remember that she was a staff member of Xingzhou Island, she would have turned into a fan and rushed to ask Zhou Bingyan to sign for her. 

     Li Yaolin suddenly realized that it was no wonder that tourists occasionally held their mobile phones to take pictures in his direction. However, what does this have to do with her? She is not a star chaser, let alone a star in the entertainment industry.

     She is not interested in Zhou Bingyan’s identity and only regards him as an ordinary tourist in Xingzhou Island. 

     But netizens don’t think so, especially when tourists took pictures of him not traveling to Xingzhou Island alone, but with a female companion. 

     After this incident was posted online, it immediately caused heated discussions. Therefore, before the heat of the “Tuna Cup” had dissipated, a hot search pushed Xingzhou Island to the public’s attention. 

    #Zhou Bingyan and Zhou Qunfang travel together to Xingzhou Island#

     #The CP of “Big Zhou and Small Zhou with odd and even days off” is real#

     The marketing account that posted the post said: “Recently, some netizens photographed Zhou Bingyan and Zhou Qunfang dining together in a restaurant on Xingzhou Island. They behaved intimately. The CP of Big Zhou and Small Zhou seems to be true.” Nine pictures were attached.

     There are over 10,000 comments below, and there is a growing trend. Several of the highly praised comments are from fans of the two parties:

     “The two were photographed separately. They just happened to be traveling on Xingzhou Island. Why spread rumors?”

     “How are their behaviors intimate? There are several people between the two dining seats, okay?”

     A netizen who was suspected to be dining at the seafood buffet restaurant that day replied to this comment: “That’s because they came late and there were only those two seats. [funny.jpg]”

…

     Li Yaolin saw this trending search and asked Lin Qitong: “Who is Zhou Qunfang?”

     “A popular young actress who recently filmed a criminal investigation idol drama with Zhou Bingyan. Because one of them has the character ‘dan’ and the other has the character ‘shuang’, the couple in the drama and outside the drama is called ‘daxiaozhoudanshuangxiu’.”

     Li Yaolin said: “Single and double rest… It can be seen that netizens have some resentment towards this couple.”

     “In fact, this couple finally became ‘shuangxiu’ because the male lead is gone.”

     “…”

     Li Yaolin asked: “Is there any negative news about Xingzhou Island in this trending search?”

     “Not really. It’s just that the fans of these two people are fighting online, and I’m afraid that innocent people will be affected.”

     Li Yaolin felt that Lin Qitong’s attitude was a bit strange, and asked: “Aren’t you a fan of Zhou Bingyan? Why are you so calm?”

     “I’m not a fan either. Besides, the fans of the two families can fight, but don’t involve Xingzhou Island. After all, I am an employee of Xingzhou Island first, and a fan of Zhou Bingyan second.”

     “You are quite conscious.” Li Yaolin said with a smile.

     Lin Qitong felt that whatever she worried about would come true. Someone immediately questioned online: “They must be real, otherwise how could they all travel to Xingzhou Island by chance?”

     “Xingzhou Island is so popular recently, it’s normal for them to be attracted there, right? I see many celebrities want to travel to Xingzhou Island, but they just didn’t get tickets, so they can’t go.”

     “Xingzhou Island is garbage. There are not many attractions, but they are marketing every day. Is it worthy for my brother to buy tickets? It’s better not to go!”

     Lin Qitong was furious and started typing on the keyboard to confront this person: “How many years have you not been out? Can you go out and see the world? Xingzhou Island doesn’t need marketing, thank you!”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Although Xingzhou Island’s several hot searches are indeed not the result of our marketing, but… have you forgotten that you are in the marketing and publicity team?

     Just as she was about to remind the other party not to get too excited, Manager Qi came over and said, “Boss, Zhou Bingyan’s agent called us and wanted us to help clarify this hot search.”

     Li Yaolin was speechless: “We are just a scenic spot, what can we clarify?”

     “It’s not a simple statement clarification, but Zhou Bingyan’s agent wants to discuss cooperation with us and let Zhou Bingyan become our tourism image ambassador, saying that we invited him to participate in the event, and he will post a Weibo at that time, attach a picture of the check-in event, and participate in the event.”

     Before Li Yaolin spoke, Lin Qitong raised her head from the online battle: “Isn’t I the image ambassador of Xingzhou Island?”

     She looked like “Don’t argue with me, even my idol can’t do it.”

     Li Yaolin couldn’t help laughing and nodded: “Yes, our island’s image ambassador is Miss Lin Qitong.” 

     Manager Qi was helpless: “Boss, don’t joke at this time. Letting the other party be our tourism image ambassador is also an opportunity to increase our popularity. I think it’s okay.” 

     “No, what if the other party’s reputation is ruined, wouldn’t it affect the image of our island? The probability of male stars’ reputation being ruined is too high.” Lin Qitong objected. 

     “Aren’t you his fan?” 

     “I am a rational fan.” 

     Although Li Yaolin doesn’t understand the entertainment industry, she does think it’s not a good idea to rashly appoint a tourism image ambassador, especially since she doesn’t know Zhou Bingyan. 

     As Lin Qitong said, he is popular, but what if there is a scandal that has not yet been exposed? It is not as safe and secure as Lin Qitong, a little internet celebrity she knows well.

     Li Yaolin asked: “So are these two people real? If they are real, then we don’t need to help them lie. If they are fake, how to clarify is their business, isn’t it?”

     “Just check if they live in the same holiday cabin?”

     Li Yaolin said seriously: “The bottom line cannot be touched. This is the privacy of tourists. How can we touch the bottom line just to satisfy gossip?”

     Manager Qi had to reject Zhou Bingyan’s agent.

     At the same time, in the single-family double-story holiday greenhouse on Xingzhou Island, a woman sat on a swing, glanced at the man who had just finished a call, and asked indifferently: “How is it?”

     “Sure enough, Xingzhou Island rejected our cooperation proposal.” The man sighed. 

     The woman laughed: “I told you not to mess around. Xingzhou Island is so tough. They even dared to confront Taozi TV’s variety show. How could they cooperate with us?”

     The man said: “There is only one way left now. We can say that it is for the annual ticket of Xingzhou Island and send some check-in photos.”

     The woman glanced at him and said: “There is another way.”

     The man looked at her.

     “Make our relationship public.”

     The man frowned, “Are you serious? If we make it public, our careers might be ruined.”

     “Now that we make it public, at least we’ll have some popularity. Our careers might suffer a little, but we’ll also earn a reputation as a real man. If we don’t make it public, we can still argue this time, but if we’re photographed by paparazzi next time, the loss will be more than just this.” 

     The woman’s eyes were indifferent, “Or do you want to break up? This way, we can avoid future troubles, we won’t be photographed by paparazzi, and we don’t have to worry about this or that.”

     The man said, “I won’t break up with you for this, don’t think I’m too tasteless.”

     The woman didn’t comment, just picked up her phone and muttered, “You reminded me that I can win an annual ticket by participating in the check-in event. I heard that Song Ruqing couldn’t get a ticket. When I get the annual ticket, I will make her jealous to death!”

     The man: “…”

     He knew that his girlfriend and Song Ruqing were sworn enemies, but how could he be so naive to believe such rumors?

     However, such rumors do not seem to be groundless. After all, tickets to Xingzhou Island are really hard to get. His assistant spent several days on the official website to get tickets, and started to grab them as soon as they were released.

     In fact, tickets during weekdays are easier to get, but they all have schedules, and they can only spare three days during the National Day, so they can only come during the holidays.

     Fortunately, Xingzhou Island is not a place where paparazzi can come whenever they want, otherwise they will definitely be photographed living in the same house.

     As for why they came to Xingzhou Island, it was naturally because they had a strong interest in the “massage beach” and “sea fire” here. Of course, they also had a bit of blind worship of the “holy island of love” – it is said that couples who come here will have a more harmonious relationship.

     After a while, the woman posted a V blog with the tag of the Xingzhou Island check-in event. The man took a look and saw that there were exactly nine scenic spots and nine pictures.

     He asked in surprise: “When did you take the photo?”

     “I prepared a guide before coming here, otherwise why would I take a paper ticket?”

     Man: “…”

     What made him even more speechless was still to come, because the well-known director Fu Dao forwarded her V blog and promoted his new drama by the way. It happened that Fu Dao’s new drama had a diving scene, so he praised her for being very dedicated and coming to practice diving in advance.

     Although the woman did not explain why she traveled with the man, this lack of direct explanation distracted the attention of netizens. 

     Half of the netizens already believed that it was a rumor. How could it be considered a trip if they were not photographed in the same frame or had any intimate behavior? Some netizens also thought that this hot search was just a woman doing marketing for her new drama and linking up with an “innocent” man.

     The man said: “It turns out that you are so calm because Fu Dao is your retreat.”

     He was anxious in vain. The woman said again: “If you don’t want to make it public, don’t post the pictures of the check-in event. The tickets are real-name tickets, and we bought them together, so the numbers will be consecutive, which makes it easy for people to see the flaws.”

     The man’s fingers paused as he edited the blog post, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He didn’t expect this level, and his girlfriend was still careful.

…

     Li Yaolin didn’t care about the love and hatred of these men and women in the entertainment industry. She only knew that because of this wave of hot searches, the popularity of Xingzhou Island skyrocketed, and it also gained a wave of search and topic participation, making Xingzhou Island’s popularity immediately rush to the first place in the popular scenic spots in Youshi!

     Although the ranking on some software is still second, the calculation method of the system is obviously slightly different from these software, and the speed of updating data is also faster.

 

  【Congratulations to the island owner for completing the task. Xingzhou Island has become the most popular scenic spot in Youshi during the National Day. The island owner has a National Day gift package, do you want to receive it?】

 

     Nonsense, of course I will receive it!

 

 【The National Day gift package has been received. Please check it in [Assets].】

 

     Li Yaolin opened the “National Day gift package” with great anticipation…

 

  【Congratulations to the island owner for obtaining the ‘Smart Little Butler System (Assisted Type)’ X1, Poseidon Satisfaction +3.”】

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     For general tasks, isn’t Poseidon Satisfaction increased by five points? Why is this gift package only three points? Where did the five points she got for completing the task go?

     The little mermaid: “Because this is a special task, the reward is naturally very (small).”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Suddenly I felt that this style was quite “Poseidon”.

     She couldn’t complain and clicked on the description of the “Smart Little Butler System (Assisted Type)”: “

 

  【Smart Little Butler, your smart butler. Assist the island owner to intelligently manage the Poseidon Holiday APP, monitor various data in real time, and blacklist those who violate the rules with one click…】

 

     After reading it, Li Yaolin said: “Xiaoyu, you are going to be unemployed!”

     The little mermaid: “…”

     Why do I feel that you are gloating?