Chapter 29. Magazine Interview

          The convenience store has a revenue summary. Li Yaolin took a quick look and found that the current revenue from beverages, mineral water, coconuts, etc. sold in the store is 1,200 yuan, and the vending machine outside the store has earned more than 500 yuan.

     The revenue from food such as oden and snacks is also 1,400 yuan, of which oden accounts for the majority. The revenue from swimming rings and toys totals more than 400 yuan, and the remaining revenue comes from the rental of parasols, fishing gear and bait.

     Li Yaolin suddenly found that if this continues, it seems not difficult to achieve a turnover of one million in three months.

     Fortunately, the task requirement is a turnover of one million, not a net profit of one million, because except for the high profit of bait, the other commodities in the convenience store are not high, so the net profit is naturally less.

     Since the opening, she has invested more than three million in development and construction. The daily fixed expenses include two night shift cleaners with an hourly wage of 99.8 yuan, a mermaid with an hourly wage of 100 yuan, and the operating costs of two scenic spots, a protected area and a no-fishing zone.

     Convenience stores have to pay for goods. In addition, the fuel expenses of the ferry, the terminal management fees and the passenger ship berthing fees add up to 3,000 yuan a day. There are also power generation fuel fees, water fees and other expenses. The daily expenses are 25,000 yuan.

     This does not include the monthly employee wages.

     In addition to convenience stores and tickets, the island’s only source of income is the projects supported by Poseidon. Now the average number of tourists is 200 to 300 per day, and 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in development subsidies can be obtained every day.

     This money can only be used for development projects, not for daily operations, so strictly speaking, she is losing money every day. In addition to the initial investment costs, if she wants to fill this hole within three months, the daily turnover must be at least 50,000 yuan.

     Li Yaolin compared the report given by the accountant with the system’s revenue summary, and was suddenly stunned: This number is not right, is it wrong?

     Wait a minute, the accountant’s report is not wrong, but it is missing some income and expenditure.

     Yes, there is no income and expenditure for the ferry here. The ferry accounts are managed by Qianlai Travel, so they will not appear on the report of Xingzhou Island.

     But the system has an extra income…

     She suddenly had an idea and called the little mermaid: “Xiaoyu, Qianlai Travel is my investment in the name of Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and I am the actual controller. So, in theory, the income from the boat tickets should also be counted in the turnover of the task, right?”

     The little mermaid said: “Yes, but since the island owner only has 51.67% of the shares, the turnover can only be calculated based on 51.67%!”

     Li Yaolin finally understood the source of this income in the system revenue summary.

     “Even if only half is counted, there will be an extra 7,000 yuan in revenue every day!”

     Ideally, the ticket revenue plus the convenience store revenue is 16,000 yuan, plus the boat tickets, there will be 23,000 yuan in revenue every day.

     This made her a little excited.

     However, the island’s expenses are relatively fixed. Even if there are changes, they will only increase, not decrease, but the revenue is not certain. 

     The number of tourists who visit the island determines the turnover. At present, Xingzhou Island has gradually spread its reputation in Yangshi and other places. Although it is not well-known, it is summer vacation and many student tourists come here for its reputation.

     But once the summer vacation is over, it is unlikely that the island can maintain an average of 300 to 400 tourists per day.

     The island is different from the park. The park is in the city, and citizens can go there for a walk and square dance after dinner. The island is far away and the transportation is inconvenient. It also charges fees. If there are no new projects to attract, it will be difficult for the beautiful white beach to attract more repeat customers.

     When the potential tourists in Yóushì are exhausted, Xingzhou Island will no longer be fresh to tourists, and the number of tourists will inevitably drop sharply.

     Li Yaolin remembers that he has read a paper that talks about the “life cycle of tourism products” and the “life cycle of tourism destinations”, which describes the cyclical changes of tourism products with leisure and entertainment as projects in tourist attractions from development and exploration to decline.

     If we want to extend the life cycle of a tourist destination, then the tourist products must be updated and new tourist resources must be developed to attract tourists.

     Fortunately, the little mermaid has applied for the official permission to open a diving base for her. After the magazine interview, she will go to Qionghai Province and Southeast Asian countries to learn from them.

     The next morning, a middle-aged man with a shaved head, black-framed glasses, a blue shirt and jeans appeared at the Baoren Port Pier.

     He was carrying a black backpack, followed by a man and a woman, both of whom looked very young. The man had a Sony SLR on his chest and a shoulder bag across his body; the woman wore a sun hat on her head, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a loose T-shirt and a pair of military green work shorts, a backpack on her back and a small suitcase.

     Seeing the tourists queuing up to buy tickets in front, the woman said, “There are quite a lot of people.”

     She found that many people were staring at her and thought she had done something out of the ordinary. At this time, the man whispered to her secretly: “Everyone is looking at your suitcase, and it seems that no one here carries a suitcase.”

     The woman said: “I don’t want to either. You know what’s in it.”

     There are her clothes, as well as the three people’s work laptops, magazines and other materials. It’s too heavy to put them in a backpack, so they use the suitcase to pull it.

     “Help me pull it.” The woman said.

     The man stood farther away: “I have to take pictures, where can I spare my hands.”

     The woman rolled her eyes.

     The middle-aged man walked out of the ticket purchase line and gave each of them a ticket: “There is still some time before the boat leaves, let’s go have breakfast first!”

     The two had no objections, so they went to a noodle shop not far away and sat down to eat a portion of the local specialty laofen.

     The so-called “laofen” is actually a snack that is poured with soy sauce and chive oil on the rice noodles and stirred with minced garlic. Because the oil is boiled with chives, it is particularly fragrant and cheap. The fifteen-yuan portion can fill the three people and make their mouths full of oil.

     “Ahem, take care of your image.” The middle-aged man wiped his mouth and reminded the two young people.

     The woman said: “You have to pack a few to take away when you go back, otherwise you won’t be able to eat such delicious noodles when you return to Yangshi. Teacher Shen, why haven’t I heard you say that there are such delicious food in Youshi before?”

     The man asked the middle-aged man curiously: “Teacher Shen, are you from Youshi? Why don’t you go home first?”

     The middle-aged man smiled and said: “This is my private matter. Focus on work first!”

     Although he didn’t say anything harsh, everyone could hear his displeasure. Seeing the woman looking away and avoiding him, the man touched his nose awkwardly.

     When it was time to board the ship, the man deliberately lagged behind the middle-aged man. He tugged at the woman’s backpack and whispered to her, “Hey, Assistant Xiao, did I ask something I shouldn’t have asked just now?”

     Assistant Xiao didn’t want to pay attention to him. He hurriedly pulled the suitcase over and said, “I’ll help you pull the suitcase, just tell me! When I get a permanent job, we’ll continue to work together!”

     Assistant Xiao said indifferently, “I’m not very clear, but I heard from my predecessors that Teacher Shen used to work at Yóushì Newspaper, and later came to our magazine as deputy editor-in-chief. You also know that our editorial department is in Yang City, but Teacher Shen’s wife works in her hometown unit. Neither of the couple is willing to accommodate the other and change the work place for the other, so they live separately for a long time.”

     The man understood that this separation might cause trouble.

     It was also his fault that he was curious. He had just arrived not long ago and stepped on a landmine before he understood the situation of the editorial department clearly.

     After boarding the boat, the man returned the suitcase to Assistant Xiao and went around taking photos with his SLR, which made Assistant Xiao very angry.

 

…

 

     Editor-in-Chief Shen and Li Yaolin agreed to interview at 1:30 p.m., so their landing on the island did not attract Li Yaolin’s attention.

     There are too many tourists who come to take photos with “long-guns and short cannons” like them. Especially after knowing that there are green turtles and seabirds living in the nearby waters, many wildlife photography enthusiasts will squat around the best observation points for most of the day.

     After the development of Xingzhou Island, the most common seabirds were seagulls, and there were occasional white-bellied sea eagles. However, with the completion of the planning of the [Wildlife Ecological Protection Area], the species of seabirds here have gradually increased.

     Not long ago, a photographer discovered the red-footed booby , a national second-level protected wild animal, on the island. The official media of Yóushì reported this news, which attracted a group of photographers to come and take photos. The staff on the island are accustomed to it.

     Editor Shen asked the man accompanying him to take photos of all the photographers, while he went to chat with the photographers and wanted to know more about Xingzhou Island.

     With his friendly image and a pack of cigarettes, Editor-in-Chief Shen successfully struck up a conversation with several photographers.

     When talking about their impressions of Xingzhou Island, several photographers introduced a person to them, saying: “Zhong Zhen from our photography association, he was the first among us to come to Xingzhou Island to take photos. The red-footed booby I took a while ago is his work.”

     Editor-in-Chief Shen was a little surprised because he knew the other person: “Zhong Zhen? Long time no see!”

     “You are… Teacher Shen Xiong?!” Photographer Zhong Zhen was also very surprised.

     He and Editor Shen got to know each other ten years ago, when he just joined the TV station as an intern. Due to the nature of his work, he also had contacts with the newspaper where Editor Shen worked, so they exchanged contact information with each other.

     It’s just that Editor Shen went to Yangshi after resigning from the newspaper, and he had less contact with him. In the past two years, he didn’t even send him a holiday text message. He didn’t expect to meet him again today.

     “Are you still at the TV station?” Editor Shen asked.

     Zhong Zhen said with a smile: “Here you are! Today is off, let’s observe seabirds.”

     Editor Shen naturally took out the cigarettes and gave them to him: “I remember there weren’t so many seabirds living here before.”

     Zhong Zhen took the cigarette and was about to smoke it, but thought of something and put the cigarette on his ear again, sighing with emotion: “Yes!”

     To say that the province has the most birds and is the best place to observe birds, it is the several major protected areas and wetland parks in the province, such as the Nan’ao Migratory Bird Nature Reserve, known as the “Kingdom of Seabirds”.

     However, many birds in protected areas and wetland parks are waterbirds and migratory birds. In the south, it is often not until October that there are more opportunities to observe these bird groups.

     Red-footed boobies are resident birds that live in tropical oceans. They tend not to migrate long distances, so once they find a suitable habitat, they will build nests and breed there.

     July was still the breeding season for red-footed boobies. Zhong Zhen saw not one red-footed boobies, but several. Therefore, he felt that there must be red-footed boobies nesting on the island, but there were few developed areas. People have no chance to discover it for the time being.

     Another reason why Xingzhou Island has become a new observation site for seabird photography enthusiasts is that the seabirds here are not afraid of people. Whether they are hunting, flying or resting, they never avoid people, so they want to capture them. It is also easier to get a clear picture.

     Zhong Zhen said: “I heard that the government is planning to build a protected area here, and it is still under discussion, but I think it can be done. Look at the environment here, it is very suitable for wild marine animals to survive, isn’t it? People from Lianhui City Turtle National Nature Reserve They all came here to take care of the green turtles and their eggs, which shows that everyone takes it very seriously.”

     He never realized that when he introduced Xingzhou Island, a sense of identity and pride arose spontaneously, because he witnessed the improvement of the island’s environment and the change of seabird species from singleness to diversity.

     It’s like chasing a star – paying attention to the artist when he/she is unknown, and then witnessing his/her growth and fame along the way, this feeling is self-evident.

     I don’t know if Editor Shen heard the pride in his tone. Editor Shen nodded slightly and said, “When I came here just now, I noticed that there was an industrial smell mixed with dead fish and gasoline in the area of Baoren Port Pier. , but when the boat was halfway through, the smell faded away. After approaching Xingzhou Island, these smells disappeared completely, which shows that the water quality here is very good and the environment is good. “

     Zhong Zhen laughed and said: “You don’t have to rely on speculation at all, just take a look and you will know. The beauty here is beyond your expectation. But here is a little reminder, the seabirds here don’t like the smell of smoke. After smoking, They won’t come near you.”

     “No wonder you don’t smoke!” Editor Shen put out the cigarette and stuffed two pieces of chewing gum into his mouth to loosen the flavor.

     After all, he did not forget that he still had his own job. After making an appointment with Zhong Zhen to have dinner another day, he went to work first.

……

     Li Yaolin was sitting in a convenience store blowing a fan and reading travel guides. Before Editor Shen arrived for the interview, Shen Shenli came first.

     Shen Shenli poked her head towards the door of the convenience store. When she saw Li Yaolin, she immediately said with joy: “Manager, you are indeed here!”

     Li Yaolin put down the strategy and responded brightly: “It’s the dormitory head!”

    A middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses walked in behind Shen Shenli. She looked at Li Yaolin, then looked at Shen Shenli, and asked, “Are you classmates?”

     “Ah, no.” Shen Shenli waved her hand.

     “Didn’t she call you dormitory head?”

     Shen Shenli was stunned for a moment and said, “Mom, she is…”

     Li Yaolin couldn’t help but laugh and said: “Auntie, I am Sili’s friend Li Yaolin. Everyone calls her the dormitory head, so I just followed suit.”

     Shen Shenli glanced at Li Yaolin and decided to keep the identity of the island owner secret for her for the time being.

     “Oh, that’s right! Hello, I’m Sili’s mother. I didn’t expect that she has friends working here. No wonder she insists on coming here to play today!” Shen’s mother said enthusiastically.

     Hearing this, Li Yaolin looked at Shen Shenli, but saw that the latter looked away with a guilty conscience.

     After a while, Shen Shenli couldn’t stand her mother nagging Li Yaolin and delaying other people’s business, so she hurriedly said: “Mom, didn’t you say you wanted to borrow hot water? Let’s go play after filling it with water!”

     Mother Shen finally remembered what she was here for. She held the thermos cup and asked Li Yaolin with a smile: “Xiao Li, do you have any hot water here? Auntie can lend me some. I filled a cup when I came out, but I drank it all on the way…”

      “have.”

     “Mom, I’ll do it!” Shen Shenli took the thermos cup and followed Li Yaolin familiarly.

     When Li Yaolin saw that Mother Shen didn’t follow, she lowered her voice and asked Shen Shenli, “Why are you so sneaky today?”

     Shen Shenli asked in surprise: “Is it so obvious?”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Do you have any misunderstandings about your acting skills?

     Shen Shenli couldn’t hold back her words, so she had to say: “Actually, my dad will come over today, so I tricked my mom into coming here.”

     Li Yaolin, who has experienced family changes, understood immediately when she heard it. The Shen family must have many stories!

     She didn’t ask any more questions, and Shen Shenli quit: “Store manager, aren’t you going to ask me something?”

     “Ah? Just listen to what you want to say!”

     Shen Shenli sighed: “Manager, how come there is such a Buddhist person like you?”

     Li Yaolin picked up the hot water bottle and helped fill the thermos. After hearing this, she said with a smile: “There is a price to pay for asking about secrets, but there is no need to talk about your concerns. I won’t ask, but if you want to talk, I will listen.”

     Shen Shenli said: “Actually, it’s not a secret. My parents and I separated after my father went to work in the Yangshi. We used to be able to reunite on weekends, but after being separated for a long time, it becomes difficult to reconcile conflicts. A while ago, they had a fight about my work, and they haven’t talked to each other since then. Today my dad was going to do an interview for Xingzhou Island, but he came over without going home, so I wanted to create a way for them to resolve the matter. Chance.”

     Li Yaolin understood instantly: “Editor Shen is your father? Wasn’t he recommended by you?”

          Although Shen Shenli had never publicized this matter in front of others, the moment Li Yaolin said it, she couldn’t help but raise her chin with pride. 

     Li Yaolin thanked her: “You have been a big help, thank you!”

     “You’re welcome. I’m repaying you for taking us in that night.”

     Li Yaolin smiled and asked, “Is there anything I can do to help you later?”

     Shen Shenli looked hesitant, bit her lower lip and said, “Forget it, I appreciate your kindness. It would be bad if they didn’t reconcile and it would implicate you.”

     Li Yaolin nodded, that’s fine. She didn’t want to interfere in other people’s family affairs.

     Several anglers came to the convenience store to buy bait. Shen Shenli was embarrassed to delay Li Yaolin’s business here, so she took Shen’s mother to the beach.

     After Li Yaolin finished lunch, she went to the reception hall to wait for Editor Shen at about 1:15 in the afternoon. She waited until 1:30 before Editor Shen and his team arrived belatedly.

     Editor Shen said very embarrassedly: “I was so fascinated by the scenery on the island that I almost forgot the time. I’m really sorry!”

     After Li Yaolin met Shen Shenli, she guessed that Chief Editor Shen had probably landed on the island a long time ago. Now that she heard what he said, she was even more sure that he had visited all the places on Zhouzhou Island.

     She said with a smile: “Editor Shen is right, I can’t blame you no matter what!”

     Editor-in-Chief Shen knew that she didn’t care about it, so he smiled and dismissed the problem.

     He handed over his business card and solemnly introduced himself: “Hello, Mr. Li! This is the first time we meet. I am Shen Xiong, deputy editor-in-chief of “Departure·Our Travel” magazine.”

     After he introduced himself, he introduced the young men and women beside him respectively: “This is Gao Xing, the photographer of our magazine, and this is my assistant Xiao Wen.”

     Li Yaolin was embarrassed. She didn’t have a business card.

    BTaking the business card with both hands, she pretended to be calm and said: “Hello Editor Shen, Photographer Gao, and Assistant Xiao, welcome to Xingzhou Island. I am Li Yaolin, the owner of Xingzhou Island. Because I just took over the development work not long ago, I haven’t had time to make a business card yet, so I’m rude. “

     Her words were a good starting point for the interview. Editor Shen immediately got into work: “As far as I know, Xingzhou Island only officially opened on July 1st, right?”

     “Yes, the preliminary work has been carried out for some time, but it is still a little rushed. Many facilities on the island are not yet complete!”

     Li Yaolin deliberately blurred the concept of “a period of time”. As expected, Editor Shen did not ask her when she took over the Xingzhou island. He only asked her about the development of the boating island, and what she had learned from the official and the protected area in Hui City. communication work, or is there any story happening here?

     Li Yaolin thought to herself: ‘I don’t know if there are any stories happening on Xingzhou Island, but I think there will definitely be stories happening there later.’

     She quickly answered Editor Shen’s question, so the latter didn’t notice her distraction just now.

     The entire interview only lasted less than half an hour. There were too many secrets about Li Yaolin that could not be revealed, and she was not the protagonist of this article. There was not much material to be collected from her, and Editor Shen did not include more here. Time consuming.

     Besides, Editor Shen has already thought about how to edit this article.

     Li Yaolin sent the people out of the reception hall and asked, “Are you three going to leave the island, or should you stay a little longer?”

     Editor Shen said: “I haven’t had enough of the beautiful scenery here! Besides, it’s too late to catch the boat now.”

     As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two familiar figures appearing not far away: his wife clearly saw him but stopped, while his daughter trotted towards him.

     Li Yaolin glanced at Editor Shen, then at Shen Shenli, decided not to listen to the gossip, and turned back to the office.

     Well, if the door is open, this office will become a VIP auditorium!