Chapter 14. Route in hand

     “Has Poseidon Holiday obtained the ship operating license? Is it applying for a new passenger route to Biwan Port?”

     In the office, a middle-aged man in a striped Polo shirt held a document in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, his brows knitted together.

     “Yes, I just heard from a friend of the Municipal Port and Shipping Administration that the female boss of Xingzhou Island has been frequently in and out of the Maritime Affairs Office recently.” The person on the phone said.

     “How is this possible? How can it be so fast to apply for a ship operating license? Unless…” The middle-aged man paused, “Unless they have long wanted to get rid of this route of Baoren Port.”

     “Ah, then Mr. Fang, what should we do?”

     Fang Xinhua was a little annoyed.

     I thought I was sitting on the Diaoyutai, but it turned out that this was just a trick played by the other party.

     He was not sure why the boss of Xingzhou Island was doing this. Did she know that he would trip her up?

     Yes, if he had known earlier that the other party would apply for another route, he would definitely go and stir things up, but now he has lost the opportunity.

     He took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, and said, “Just tell the other party that we are willing to make concessions.” 

     After the call, he pondered again and decided to increase his bargaining chips. Even if he was willing to make concessions, it did not mean that he would sit and wait for death. If he could use his connections to trip up the other party, the other party would definitely realize that it was impossible to bypass him in this matter. 

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     The ship operating license was handled by the little mermaid, and Li Yaolin said that she did not have this ability. The reason why she often went in and out of the Maritime Affairs Office and the Municipal Port and Shipping Administration was that although she was not very good at negotiating and talking about business, as a member of the public, she still had the courage to go to government agencies to understand policies. 

     She did not go all out to fool Fang Xinhua. Since she was going to develop the island, there would inevitably be many projects in the future that would require dealing with relevant departments. It would not hurt to know more about policies. 

     After learning that Fang Xinhua was secretly tripping her up, Li Yaolin was also confused. At this time, it was shown that she was right to ask Lawyer Wu to do part-time work. After using the law as a weapon, the resistance to applying for new passenger routes was much smaller.

     On the one hand, she created a false impression that Baoren Port Terminal was not the only option, exerting invisible pressure on Qianlai Tourism, and on the other hand, she let the little mermaid act warm and gentle, making them think there was still room for negotiation.

     Using both soft and hard tactics, Fang Xinhua directly called the island owner Li Yaolin, who looked young but had a very deep mind.

     He checked Li Yaolin’s information, but only found basic information, and couldn’t even find out who her parents were. He thought she was a rich second-generation who started a business with money from her family, but he didn’t expect her to be so sophisticated.

     It seems that there must be guidance from her elders behind her!

     Fang Xinhua compromised quickly.

     He didn’t want to compromise, either. The official has always hoped that someone can take over the mess of Xingzhou Island. Now Li Yaolin is developing Xingzhou Island and the local tourism industry in accordance with the policy in a reasonable and legal manner. The cultural and tourism department strongly supports this.

     Therefore, the government was willing to make concessions on the passenger route.

     With the official statement, the Little Mermaid’s negotiations went much more smoothly. The final result of the negotiation was that Li Yaolin invested 2.5 million yuan in the name of Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd. (of which 1.5 million yuan was the assessed value of the movable property “Poseidon No. 1 Aluminum Alloy Passenger Ship” under Li Yaolin’s name) to buy shares in Qianlai Tourism, and Li Yaolin became the largest shareholder and actual controller.

     Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd. holds 51.67% of the shares, and the shareholding ratio of Fang Xinhua, the former general manager of Qianlai Tourism, has dropped to 18.33%. The state-owned enterprises controlled by the government still hold 30% of the shares.

     Since she had no experience in operating and managing a company, she invited a professional manager back to handle the affairs of Qianlai Tourism for her.

     After solving the shipping problem, Li Yaolin parked “Poseidon No. 1” at the Baoren Port Wharf and asked the former ferry helmsman and Lao Du to be responsible for the transportation business of the new passenger ship.

     The old ferry will be docked at the pier first, and will be put into use again after the number of tourists increases and a new route is opened in Biwan Port.

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     At nine o’clock in the morning, Li Yaolin boarded the passenger ship to Xingzhou Island again.

     Lao Du seemed to be in a very good mood. He greeted Li Yaolin with a smile. She could see the rosy glow in his dark skin.

     Li Yaolin smiled at him and asked, “Is there any happy event?”

     “Don’t you find that there is something different between us?” Old Du asked conceitedly while wearing a straw hat.

     Li Yaolin looked at him and said with a smile, “Are you wearing new work clothes?”

     Lao Du and the helmsman used to wear their own clothes, but now they wear a unified uniform, a Hawaiian-style light blue shirt with the “Qianlai Travel” logo.

     There is also a work ID in the pocket on the chest, and only the rope around the neck is exposed.

     Li Yaolin also had a work badge on her chest. Although it was a work permit for Xingzhou Island, it was enough for her to take any passenger ship to and from Xingzhou Island for free.

     Lao Du said: “After we changed the boss, our salary increased! You should know about this, right? After all, we have a cooperative relationship with your Xingzhou Island.”

     When talking about this, Lao Du began to talk endlessly. He thought that after the company changed the boss, they, the employees, would be fired. Unexpectedly, not only were they not fired, but their salary increased.

     Lao Du also touched the passenger ship: “Did you see the new ship? This ship is much faster, and it is very cool when the fan blows!” 

     The “Poseidon 1” passenger ship is 15 meters long, can carry 90 passengers, and has a maximum speed of 20 knots (20 nautical miles/hour). The distance from Baoren Port Terminal to Xingzhou Island is 5 nautical miles, and the sailing time can be shortened to about 15 minutes.

     The helmsman also felt that the new passenger ship was cooler to drive than the old ferry.

     Li Yaolin smiled and nodded: “The workload has increased, so the salary must naturally increase.”

     Although the first and last ferry times are still 9:00 and 6:00, the frequency has increased from 6 flights a day (round trip) to 10 flights a day (round trip).

     The flight schedules from Baoren Port Terminal are 09:00, 10:30, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00, and the flight schedules for outlying islands are 9:30, 11:00, 14:00, 16:00, and 18:00.

     Not to mention the four more flights, the company’s work requirements for them have also become higher. In the past, Xingzhou Island had not become a serious scenic spot, and no one supervised them, so the salary was low. Now their words and deeds will indirectly affect Xingzhou Island, and they must improve their service awareness. In this way, it is unreasonable to follow the previous salary standards.

     Lao Du and the helmsman used to earn less than 3,000 yuan a month, and they only had three days off a month. They couldn’t take a day off at the same time. If one of them took a day off, the other would have to do all the work.

     In order to supplement their family income, they often used the ferry to fish at night to earn extra money.

     Now Li Yaolin naturally couldn’t let them do that. She raised their salary to 4,000 yuan, bought social insurance and provided employee benefits in accordance with the law, and hired an extra crew member to take turns with them. In this way, everyone has at least two days off a week.

     After the last ship returned to Baoren Port every day, they had to clean up the sanitation and hand the key of the passenger ship back to the safety officer. The safety officer needed to record the time of taking and returning the key and sign it.

     If there is any problem in the future, the safety officer will be jointly liable, so the safety officer dare not falsify the record for personal gain.

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     [Expand new business, Poseidon satisfaction +2…]

     [Poseidon satisfaction reaches 20 points, Poseidon market unlocks new products! 】

   【When Poseidon’s satisfaction reaches 20 points, you will receive a subsidy for the Poseidon support project: after the business level reaches level 2, you can get a random wonder*1 for each level increase (visual range is limited to islands)】

     Li Yaolin came to her senses and found that Poseidon’s satisfaction had increased by two points. She first opened the Poseidon market to see what new products had been unlocked.

     Three items were placed on the shelf. In addition to the previous “intelligent power system”, there was a new “intelligent real-name ticketing system” worth 100,000 yuan and a “Cloud Delivery System” worth 50,000 yuan.

     After the “intelligent real-name ticketing system” was put into use, tourists can enter and exit the scenic spot with their ID cards, whether they buy tickets on site or online. If you violate the rules in the scenic spot or are blacklisted for other reasons, your identity will be permanently banned from buying tickets.

     This system looks no different from the ticketing systems of many tourist attractions. In fact, it does not require the ticket machine to be connected to the relevant system, nor does it require human maintenance. There is no need to worry about too many people buying tickets causing the system to crash, or even being attacked by hackers or viruses, causing the identity information of tourists to be leaked, etc.

     Li Yaolin certainly cannot obtain this information, but she can formulate relevant rules and turn the system on and off.

     For example, if the scenic area prohibits littering, and tourists litter without listening to advice, after one advice and two warnings, the system will display the rules they violated, and Li Yaolin can blacklist them through the system operation.

     “Is this reminding me to start selling tickets?” Li Yaolin suddenly thought far away, “I haven’t made the official website of Xingzhou Island yet, so there is no online ticket sales channel, right?”

     Yes, I have to find someone to make a website. It will definitely involve operation and website maintenance later, or just invite an employee who specializes in operating the website back?

     I don’t know which plan costs more.

     As for the “Cloud Delivery System”, it belongs to the express delivery system. When Li Yaolin purchases externally, she no longer needs to deliver materials by passenger ships or ferries. She only needs to set up express delivery points, and the “Cloud Delivery System” can deliver the materials through these express delivery points.

     “This is great!” Li Yaolin’s eyes lit up.

     You know, one of the troubles of islands is that transportation is inconvenient. It is more troublesome to transport supplies. Tourists can be transported by passenger ships, but equipment and goods have to be transported by cargo ships. Once the carrying weight is exceeded, they have to go back and forth many times, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.

     It just so happens that she is going to open a convenience store to solve the problem that some tourists find that there is not enough water to drink after landing on the island, or they don’t bring swimsuits or swimming rings.

     The APP does not provide the source of goods, so she needs to purchase them by herself. With this system, she doesn’t have to find a cargo ship to transport supplies!

     After buying these two systems with a 20% discount card, Li Yaolin first put the ticketing system into use, and the background reminded her to set the ticket price and ticketing time.

     Li Yaolin decided to give tourists some time to react and notified that ticket sales would officially start on July 1.

     Before that, she had to recruit two ticket sellers back.

     In order to maintain order, security personnel had to be recruited.

     Oh, lifeguards and safety officers also had to be recruited one or two more shifts.

     Since we have started charging fees, overt accounting is also necessary. The reason why it is

overt is that the APP keeps detailed records of all the income and expenditure of Xingzhou Island. It even helps with financial statements, weekly summaries, and monthly summaries. I believe that over time, there will be quarterly and annual summaries.

 

 

 

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Island owner: At first, I just wanted a route, and as result, I got another company under my name?