Chapter 16. Business Preparation

     The “haizi” wonder of Xingzhou Island only appeared for a few minutes, but too many people saw it with their own eyes. Except for those tourists who played in the water on the beach without their mobile phones and did not record it, other tourists took photos and videos.

     They posted these photos and videos on the Internet, and soon attracted a lot of attention.

   【Beautiful, shocking, is this a mirage? [Picture][Picture][Picture]】

   【You must see a mirage once in your lifetime! [Picture]】

   【Enjoying the sun and the beach, I didn’t expect to see a group of whales swimming over my head. I have been to the deep sea, right? Funny.jpg [Video]】

     Some people replied to them, saying that this is a sea ooze, not a mirage.

     Some people asked them where it was.

     Someone else said it was a special effect, because haizi usually appears on the sea surface, at the junction of the sky and the sea, how can it appear in the air?

     Someone else said that the scenery of this place looks really good, there are few people, and they want to go there.

     As more and more people posted videos from different angles, the attention increased immediately. The people who posted also typed in tags, and soon, these tags appeared at the end of the hot search list.

     #Haizi on Xingzhou Island#

     #Mirage in Oil City#

     #What is Haizi#

     #Haizi Swimming Giant Whale#

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     After the photographer who photographed the seabirds found that the wonder had disappeared, he hurriedly made a phone call: “There’s news!”

     He is a photographer for a TV station. A while ago, his boss asked him and his colleagues to visit Xingzhou Island to see if it was a tourist attraction like the “Farmhouse Edition Sky Realm” that exaggerated publicity and deceived tourists.

     As a result, when they came, they found that what netizens said was true: the environment of Xingzhou Island has really improved greatly. Not only has the garbage on the island disappeared, the beach has become more beautiful, the water quality of the sea water has become clearer, and even the facilities in the sea fishing area have become more complete. The interviewed anglers said that they have never seen a better rock fishing spot than here.

     The TV station leaders were not satisfied with the result. Broadcasting these images was equivalent to advertising for Xingzhou Island in disguise. Xingzhou Island did not pay the TV station for advertising, and there was nothing interesting about the news. Why broadcast it?

     So no news related to Xingzhou Island has been broadcast these days.

     The photographer noticed that there were seagulls here during his spare time. He was originally a bird photography enthusiast, but since he started this business, he had not had time to do what he liked for a long time. Taking advantage of his vacation, he went out with his SLR and came here.

     This time, I took a photo of the wonders on the island, which was considered to be first-hand information. It should be news material, right?

     News materials often have to be approved by the leaders and verified for authenticity before they can be broadcast. Although the photographer exported the video to his mobile phone and sent it back to the station as soon as possible, when the evening news was broadcast, the news about haizi on the island had already spread like wildfire on the Internet.

     One of the controversial points of this matter is that people on the other side of the strait did not see this picture at the same time, that is, only tourists on Xingzhou Island saw it. This particularity has cast a layer of mystery over it, so much so that it has been questioned as fake.

     Online experts and popular science self-media have begun to analyze this wonder. Some people are confident that these videos are fake; some say that the projection equipment is installed on the island and it is projected; and there is a video that is purely to take advantage of the popularity to popularize the principles of mirage and sea spurs.

     The majority of people believe that it is fake, because based on the current experience of exploring the causes of sea spurs, they can only conclude that “haizi generally project nearby ground or sea scenes, and cannot project deep sea scenes.”

     However, many people have already developed an interest in exploring this, and some self-media have decided to go to the island to dig out the truth of the “mystery of haizi.”

     Li Yaolin saw many negative comments accusing Xingzhoub Island marketing and deception. Lawyer Wu also called her and asked if she wanted legal services. She said: “There is heat only when there is controversy. Wait a minute. It will be fun to slap someone in the face, isn’t it?”

     Lawyer Wu: “…”

     After hanging up the phone, Lawyer Wu was impressed by Li Yaolin’s growth speed.

     When she first found Li Yaolin with the property certificate and other documents, the girl was confused and at a loss, which was very consistent with the image of a student who had just entered the society. However, it has only been a short time since she was able to take charge of her own affairs.

     The system’s super high efficiency in infrastructure construction made Li Yaolin sigh again. It was a pity that she could not hand over the system to the country to build infrastructure. She thought about handing it over, but the little mermaid warned her that if outsiders knew the existence of the system, the sea god would be angry. At that time, it would not be her luck or bad luck, but tens of millions of people along the coast would be affected.

     She didn’t really believe it at first, but that night she dreamed of a 17-level typhoon hitting the coastal areas. As the system said, the disaster was indeed serious, with dozens of deaths alone, not to mention hundreds of billions of economic losses.

     She didn’t dare to gamble on this possibility, so she could only hide the matter from the system honestly.

     By the way, since the beginning of summer this year, Lingnan Province seems to have not encountered a typhoon, and it is obviously typhoon season now…

     Not to mention the 17-level typhoon, the buildings produced by the system should be able to withstand the 13-level typhoon, right? Li Yaolin looked at the basic buildings that were built in just a few days.

     These buildings can be summarized as: produced by the system, with fine decoration, no formaldehyde, no pollution, and no public hazards.

     Of course, some monitoring equipment, office equipment, public service facilities, etc., still need Li Yaolin to decorate and improve them by herself.

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     The official website of Xingzhou Island has also been completed. Li Yaolin asked people to put these photos and videos on the website as a gimmick, and posted an announcement that Xingzhou Island will officially open for business on July 1, 2021. The ticket price is 20 yuan, but in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of D, it is free on that day and will start charging the next day.

     Before that, Xingzhou Island will be closed for three days to make adjustments before operation.

     Since the official website has just been completed and is not popular yet, Li Yaolin put up a sign at the pier to prevent tourists from getting angry and making trouble after buying boat tickets to the island and finding that they have to pay for tickets.

     The recruited employees were soon in place, and Li Yaolin conducted a half-day pre-job training for them.

     It is called training, but in fact it is to reiterate some rules and regulations and precautions to them. Anyway, after signing the confidentiality agreement, they will not disclose any secrets of the island to the outside world.

     The lifeguards, safety officers, security guards and accountants took up their posts quickly, but the two ticket sellers had to understand the ticketing system on the island first.

     There are three ways to sell tickets on Xingzhou Island. The first is manual cash ticketing. The ticket seller binds the ticket to the ID card through the intelligent real-name ticketing system, and tourists can swipe the ID card to enter; the second is the electronic ticket sold online (official website, official account, mini program), enter the ID card to buy; the third is the unmanned ticket machine, put the ID card on the card reader, scan the code to pay successfully.

     These three ticketing methods are connected to the intelligent real-name ticketing system, and even maintenance personnel do not need to be arranged.

     If tourists need a paper ticket as a souvenir, the ticket seller will also distribute a small card about the same size as the ticket as a souvenir. The card is printed with an oil painting of the island, and there is a Q version of a mermaid holding a harpoon in the corner. The ticket price is displayed on its head. On the back of the card is the hotline number and warm reminders of Xingzhou Island. The oil painting on the card was painted by Li Yaolin in her spare time. She is not a professional art student and her painting is not good, but she thinks it has commemorative value, so she shamelessly asked someone to use it as the cover of the commemorative card and printed a thousand copies. When Xingzhou Island develops in the future, she will ask professionals to design some better-looking cards.

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     Just at the critical moment when the “Haizi Mystery” attracted much attention, the news that Xingzhou Island will officially operate on July 1st made many skeptical netizens more certain that Haizi is fake. They firmly believe that all this is a marketing method of Xingzhou Island, in order to make enough gimmicks to attract tourists to buy tickets.

     After seeing the news, Lin Qitong thought about asking Li Yaolin, but she was worried that her question seemed to doubt the authenticity of the matter, and Li Yaolin might not answer.

     After struggling for a long time, she carefully sent some words: “It’s a pity that I didn’t take pictures of Haizi during the days I was there, otherwise it would have played a good publicity effect!”

     Li Yaolin replied to her: “It doesn’t matter, you will definitely see it next time you come.”

     Lin Qitong was not sure whether Li Yaolin was comforting her or making sure that she could see this wonder again. If it was the former, then Haizi was probably real, and Li Yaolin would comfort her like this; if it was the latter…

     She asked: “But Haizi can’t be seen just because you want to see it, right?”

     Li Yaolin was so sure, could it be that Haizi was really created by some scientific method? Only in this way can the timing of its appearance be artificially controlled, right?

     If Li Yaolin knew what her classmates were thinking, she would have to say that she guessed half right. Although this was not released by means that can be explained by current science, it can indeed artificially control the timing of its appearance.

     Li Yaolin laughed: “What if I’m lucky enough to see it?”

     Lin Qitong: “…”

     Li Yaolin asked: “By the way, our company wants to create a short video account specifically for promoting Xingzhou Island. We haven’t hired anyone yet. I wonder if you are interested in doing a part-time job?”

     Lin Qitong was tempted, but she was a little worried about the work environment.

     Young people naturally choose big cities when choosing jobs, especially megacities like Yangshi, where there are many job opportunities and good prospects. If they go to Youshi, they will be far away from home, and the living standards and medical conditions there are not as good as Yangshi. Besides, it’s just a part-time job, and it’s too tiring to run back and forth.

     She said: “I’ll think about it.”

     Li Yaolin knew that if she said that, there would probably be no follow-up.

     If she hadn’t been working part-time as a convenience store owner and couldn’t spare more time, she could have studied on her own.

     Speaking of convenience stores, the goods she bought from a wholesale platform have been delivered to the express delivery point. She had to let the employees use their spare time before they got off work to help put the goods on the shelves, enter prices, and put labels on them. 

     Lin Qiang and others were a little confused when they were called to help. How come they had no memory of so many things being transported from the other side? Could it be that they were transported ashore at night?

     Not to mention these materials, the convenience store, staff dormitory, reception hall and other buildings were built in only seven days. They were amazed and lamented that the current construction team was too efficient.