Chapter 82. Add a Wharf

     Finally, Li Yaolin agreed to the proposal to add a route to Liantou Port.

     She fully understood the shareholders’ desire to make money, and did not want the existing route to be too busy and cause any accidents, so after negotiation, the shareholders agreed to open a new route from Liantou Port to Xingzhou Island on the premise that the total number of passengers per day does not exceed 4,000.

     The frequency of this route is initially set at eight trips a day (one-way), the earliest ship is 8:40, the last ship is 15:40, and a ship is dispatched every hour. The ticket price is 20 yuan one way.

     At that time, a double-decker passenger ship with a capacity of about 200 people will be purchased for this route.

     After this route is put into use, the current route from Baoren Port Wharf to Xingzhou Island Wharf will reduce some flights and be adjusted to 24 flights a day (one-way), with a time interval of 20 minutes between each flight, and the ticket price remains unchanged.

     With one more route, tourists can have one more choice: previously there was only one route, and tourists could only buy round-trip tickets. When the new route is opened, tourists can freely choose the pier to enter and leave the island.

     However, Xingzhou Island still lacks a pier corresponding to the Liantou Port channel – the original pier does have suitable berths, but the channel must pass through the protected area, otherwise it can only take a long detour, and the time spent will double.

     Peng Shaoyi, on behalf of Qianlai Tourism, applied for the new route. Xingzhou Island is responsible for adding a new pier, renting a pier at Liantou Port, and adding a ticket and waiting hall and other supporting facilities.

     As a newly built port, the economy and population density in the area of Liantou Port are not as good as Baoren Port, and many facilities are not very complete. If infrastructure such as a ticket office is to be added, the project must be more than that of Baoren Port.

     Li Yaolin took time to visit the township where Liantou Port is located for several research and inspections.

     The township where Liantou Port is repairing the road. Although it has not been paved with cement, the outline can already be seen. Next to it is a mountain, and to the south of the mountain there is an undeveloped beach with rough sand and beautiful shells.

     The local villagers call this place “Jiahai”, which means sailing, and it is a name that has been passed down for many years.

     Along the Jiahai coastline, go around the west side of the mountain and you will see a fishing village and the second beach of Jiahai. Because this beach is adjacent to the fishing village and there is a road that has been built long ago, you can see many tourists here. They camp, barbecue and fish in the sea, which is very comfortable. 

     Although the environment of Jiahai is not as good as that of Xingzhou Island, it is better than that of Yuhai Park.

     Li Yaolin couldn’t help but think of Fang Xinhua’s words… There are indeed many bays in Yóushì that are worth developing.

     The reason why no businessmen have invested in the development of Jiahai is probably because it is far away from the city, with inconvenient transportation and low development value.

     But it has the potential to develop into a coastal tourist attraction. Once it is determined that the terminal or passing station of the tourist bus route is set here, and it is also based on the popularity and fame of Xingzhou Island, it will become one of the popular scenic spots in Yóushì in no time.

     Li Yaolin has completely seen Fang Xinhua’s calculations. Even if she does not plan to invest and develop here with him at that time, he will definitely develop it with others.

     Of course, Fang Xinhua may not be the only one who has such an idea.

     If the government wants to develop the economy, it must need businessmen to invest in the development of coastal tourism. Therefore, others only see that Xingzhou Island has become a popular attraction in a short period of time and made a lot of money, but the government sees that it is one of the economic pillar industries that can be developed in the backward areas of Yóushì in the future.

     The government has already begun the overall layout, and Xingzhou Island is just one of the “chess pieces” in the plan.

     Li Yaolin doesn’t care what role Xingzhou Island plays in this economic development plan. If she can successfully rent the wharf and build ticket sales and other supporting facilities for the new wharf, she welcomes it no matter whether the government wants to attract investment to develop the beach here or use the popularity of Xingzhou Island to develop rural tourism economy.

 

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     Many people are happy to see Xingzhou Island open a route in Liantou Port, so the application for routes and additional wharves went smoothly and was approved before the Chinese New Year.

     Liantou Port Wharf is 3.5 nautical miles northeast of Xingzhou Island. Li Yaolin chose the new wharf to the east of Xingzhou Island, and the channel can just avoid the protected waters.

     The planned length of the East Wharf is 81 meters, of which the trestle part is 17 meters and the width is 8 meters. A guardrail is set in the middle to divide it into the island entrance channel and the island departure channel, and no separate island departure wharf will be built.

     In addition, a breakwater with a total length of 330 meters and a width of 2 meters at the top of the breakwater must be built. After a 20% discount, the estimated cost of the project is about 10 million yuan. In addition to the infrastructure such as the ticket office built at the East Pier and Liantou Port Pier, a total investment of 16 million yuan is required.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Is it too late to withdraw the application now?

     The money earned last year has just been received for a month and has not warmed up yet, and most of it has to be spent again!

     Just when Li Yaolin was distressed that her wallet had shrunk significantly, the APP asked whether to build a breakwater + East Pier. The interface appeared a countdown, and after 10 seconds, it automatically selected OK.

 

   【Breakwater and East Pier were successfully built! 】

 

     Li Yaolin: “?!”

     What’s wrong with the system? Is it stuck?

     A bug?

     Why does it automatically select Confirm?

     Little mermaid: “The APP has been updated. When the island owner is planning a construction project, if she does not click cancel within ten seconds, it will be automatically confirmed!”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Good guy, it was updated without a word, and there was no reminder at all.

     Is the sea god afraid that she has too much money in her pocket?

     The little mermaid took out a piece of watermelon and ate it while saying: “Who made the island owner hesitate for a long time? This is to train the island owner to develop a decisive style of doing things and establish a positive image of the island owner.”

     Li Yaolin twitched her lips: Thank you so much!

     Others commented that her style of doing things is willful, but she thinks that the ancestors of the sea god are more willful than her… Her style is brought up by the sea god.

 

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     The construction period of the breakwater, the East Pier and the Liantou Port Ticket Office is more than three months. Starting after the Spring Festival, it can be built before May Day. Therefore, when Li Yaolin was in a meeting at Qianlai Tourism, she also confirmed with Fang Xinhua and other shareholders that the new channel will be opened in mid-to-late April.

     Qianlai Tourism must solve the problems of passenger ships, flights, employees and publicity before that to ensure that the new wharf can be put into use smoothly.

     This decision was made after Li Yaolin got the news that Jiaotong Group would open a tourist bus line in Liantou Port. Otherwise, she would not be willing to do such a loss-making business.

     The little mermaid came out to spoil the show again: “When the island owner planned the wharf, in addition to reserving passenger ship berths, she also preset more than 50 yacht berths! Even if the new route cannot be successfully launched, the yacht and sailing project can still be developed to make a profit!”

     Li Yaolin sighed: “I was thinking of giving you a raise after the New Year, but it seems that you don’t want a raise very much!”

     The little mermaid: “…”

     It pretended to be shy and said: “Hate~ I am praising the island owner for her thoughtfulness and maturity that does not match her age!”

     Li Yaolin: It feels like a compliment, but not completely.

     At this time, Li Yaolin’s cell phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and was happy: “Lawyer Wu, it’s not the Chinese New Year yet, you called me to wish me a happy New Year so soon?”

     Lawyer Wu: “…”

     She was speechless for a moment and said: “If wishing a happy New Year is also a service within the scope of the law, I can wish you a happy New Year every day.”

     Li Yaolin calculated in her mind that 100 services a year would be 80,000 yuan, and 365 services would have to start at 300,000 yuan?

     I can’t afford to wish you a happy New Year. I really can’t afford to wish you a happy New Year this year.

     She said: “Hey, Lawyer Wu, you have a bit of a sense of humor.”

     The period around the Spring Festival is the busiest time for the law firm. Lawyer Wu didn’t have time to joke with her and directly said the purpose of her call: “The second instance judgment has come down, and I will report the result to you.”

     Li Yaolin was stunned for a few seconds before she remembered that it was her lawsuit against Sun Fen for spreading rumors. Although only four months have passed, Sun Fen has been delaying the court date with various excuses. After losing once, he continued to sue despite the verdict… After so much trouble, because many things were handled by Lawyer Wu, she almost forgot about this matter.

     “This lawsuit was also won. According to your request, he needs to apologize to you publicly on social software such as WeChat Moments, Vblog, Alumni Group, and in newspapers, restore your reputation, and compensate you 500 yuan…”

     Although Sun Fen does not need to be sentenced, after this incident, he no longer has the courage to provoke Li Yaolin again.

     And asking him to apologize publicly is tantamount to public execution. The rumors he spread and the reputation damage caused to Li Yaolin are all returned to him double.

     Lin Qitong excitedly ran to Li Yaolin: “Sanniang, look in the group!”

     Li Yaolin asked: “What group?”

     Lin Qitong then remembered that Li Yaolin had blocked Sun Fen, so she could not see Sun Fen’s speech. She showed her phone to Li Yaolin. There was only Sun Fen’s apology statement in the group, and the group owner did something very clever. She muted the group and set his apology as a group announcement. In this way, everyone who opened the group could see his apology statement.

     Although the group was muted, Lin Qitong knew that it must be very lively in private.

     Sure enough, she used a small account to lurk in other groups. Those groups had already exploded. Many freshmen knew the names of Li Yaolin and Sun Fen because of this incident.

     When the freshmen were discussing gossip, one of the girls said, “Li Yaolin’s name is the same as the name of the owner of Xingzhou Island!”

     “Could they be the same person?”

     “It must be the same name. How can a wealthy woman with a net worth of over 100 million be a fresh graduate? Moreover, our school’s ‘Li Yaolin’ often worked part-time while studying, and doesn’t look rich at all.”

     “Well, I thought, if this senior sister is the owner of the island, I don’t know if we alumni can use the back door when we travel…”

     “You are dreaming, who has the ability to do this? Go to Xingzhou Island through the back door?”

     Lin Qitong couldn’t help but speak anonymously: “Rumor has it that there is a senior sister in our school working on Xingzhou Island!”

     “Wow, please tell me how to contact the senior sister!”

     “Really? I don’t believe it, unless you send me the senior sister’s phone number privately, and I will verify the authenticity.”

     “Your abacus is so loud that I can hear it outside the school.”

 

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     The freshmen were very enthusiastic, but Lin Qitong restrained her desire to continue to expose the news. She put away her phone and said to Li Yaolin: “They missed the correct answer perfectly, just as I did. “

     Li Yaolin looked at her with a half-smile: “I see you are very proud!”

     “I didn’t lie. You, me and Brother Xuan all work here. There is no need to hide this!”

     At this point, she said with great regret: “Hey, if I wasn’t worried that your background would be exposed and someone would kidnap you, I really wanted to tell them the truth! Also, if I go home after the National Day and met Sun Fen, I would definitely slap him in the face…”

     “By the way, I heard that he was fired by his original company. His colleagues all know about this, so they dare not use him for the time being. He is sending out resumes everywhere now, how embarrassed he is. He deserves it! “

     Li Yaolin listened quietly, and waited until she finished gossiping before saying: “The Holiday Inn is almost finished. Although it cannot be opened during the Spring Festival, we still need to do a good job of publicity in advance.”

     Lin Qitong’s shoulders drooped: “Isn’t it good to chat about gossip during the break?”

     Li Yaolin pointed at the time displayed on the phone screen with her fingertips: “The break ended ten minutes ago.”

     Lin Qitong immediately straightened her back, entered the working state, and said: “I will go to write the publicity plan right away.”