Chapter 30. Proxy mode

     In the end, Li Yaolin couldn’t hear any gossip.

     Editor Shen said “Let’s go for a walk” and took Shen’s mother and Shen Shenli away, leaving Assistant Xiao and Photographer Gao standing there looking at each other.

     After a while, the photographer said to Assistant Xiao: “I’m going to take some more photos and collect materials. If Teacher Shen wants to leave, just call me.”

     Assistant Xiao didn’t want to stay where she was. She knew the place she was going to was an island, so she brought a swimsuit with her. She hadn’t had time to play in the water today. Now that the business was done, she should go have some fun, right? !

     So Assistant Xiao also left.

     Li Yaolin regretfully opened the computer to process the files. Suddenly, the phone rang, and it was the bubble text from the little mermaid: “The air tickets and hotels have been booked.”

     Li Yaolin grabbed the phone and was very moved: “Xiaoyu, you are really great!”

     Not only did he collect a lot of guides for her, but he was also responsible for sorting out visa, air ticket and hotel issues. Such an assistant would earn not just one hundred yuan an hour, but one thousand… One thousand is still too high. Two hundred is the hourly wage. For two hundred yuan, she is willing to hire him!

     Little Mermaid: “Will the island owner give my assistant a salary increase? (*^▽^*)”

     Li Yaolin: “What, the signal on the island is not very good, the text just now was not received.”

     The little mermaid: “…”

     The island owner’s poor acting skills!

     The little mermaid: “The owners of the island are Iron Rooster, Grandet, and Polyushkin!”

     Li Yaolin was surprised: “Ah, you still read foreign literature?!”

     Can’t mermaids accept cultural influence and look down on fish? The little mermaid ignored her.

     As soon as Li Yaolin exited the APP, she suddenly remembered something, opened it again, and asked, “While I’m not on the island, can Xiaoyu handle the island’s affairs on my behalf?”

     The little mermaid sent her a bubble emoticon text: “╭(╯^╰)╮”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Is this too arrogant?

     She thought of “Mr. Yu”, a strong man of 1.8 meters with such an arrogant expression, it was impossible to look directly at him!

     The little mermaid: “…”

     The Q version of the little mermaid in the corner of the APP put on an expression of “smoking with anger” and said: “I am not a strong man of 1.8 meters!”

     “But I remember that Mr. Yu mentioned by Fang Xinhua is a 1.8 meter tall man wearing a suit, but his chest muscles can still be seen. He looks like a thug in a suit!”

     The little mermaid is cute: “This image gives people a reliable feeling and is conducive to negotiations. If the island owner requests, I can also create the image of a cute girl who is 1.5 meters tall!”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     So is this little mermaid a male or a female, a hermaphrodite or an asexual fish?

     This question might offend the fish. Li Yaolin did not ask, but poked the head of the Q version of the little mermaid in the APP: “Let’s get down to business.”

     The little mermaid was staggered by her poke, and it took her a while to regain her balance: “The island owner can turn on the Proxy mode.”

     Li Yaolin has been an island owner for so long, and only then did she realize that there is a Proxy mode.

     It seems that her understanding of the system is far from enough!

     The little mermaid said: “The Proxy mode can only be turned on when the island owner is too far away from the island and cannot handle the island’s affairs in a timely manner. It can only be managed according to the current management method. During the trusteeship period, new projects cannot be planned. No project upgrades are possible, and in the Proxy mode, 10% of the day’s turnover will be charged as a Proxy fee.”

    Li Yaolin thought to herself that the Proxy fee was so high that it would be more cost-effective to hire a manager.

     But it’s a bit late to recruit people now, and no one cares more about the management of Xingzhou Island than the system. I believe that the hosting system can properly handle the island’s affairs.

     While holding her mobile phone, she suddenly found that someone in the university dormitory group had liked her. She took a look and found out that it was the dormitory head “Brother Xuan” who shared with them the good news of being proposed to by her boyfriend.

     “Brother Xuan”‘s real name is Zheng Xuan. Although her name is a bit masculine, she is an out-and-out girl. She is petite and cute. The reason why she is called Brother is because her roommate thinks that it is a bit cute, so she specially calls her “Brother Xuan”. of.

     Li Yaolin also has a nickname. Because she worked hard part-time and worked hard during college, her roommate gave her the nickname “Sanniang” based on her nickname of “workaholic”^[1]Workaholic = Pīnmìng sānláng (拼命三郎) and the word láng (郎) is usually used by men and Niáng (娘) is used by women, so they call her sanniáng{三娘,}.

 

   【301 Dafa Group】

     Huang Xiaoya: “Congratulations to Brother Xuan for finding your beloved, and we will live together happily ever after!”

     Sanniang: “Congratulations to Brother Xuan and wish you happiness~~”

     Brother Xuan: “Thank you Xiaoya and Sanniang (*^▽^*)!”

     Huang Xiaoya: “Sanniang, you finally showed up. If Lin Qitong hadn’t mentioned that you work in Yóushì, we would have thought you were missing!”

     Poor mother: “Congratulations to Brother Xuan. @三婷, I will help you pack your things and leave them here for now. If you want them, please contact me anytime.”

     Sanniang: “Thank you, poor mother, for your help. I will go back to Yangshi next week and treat you to dinner!”

 

     After Li Yaolin came to Yóushì, she never had time to go back to school to check out the dormitory. She had to ask her roommate for help. Fortunately, she didn’t have many things. All the bedding and other things were sent to her, and there were some leftovers that couldn’t be delivered by express delivery. Her roommate helped her collect it first.

     The atmosphere in the group was very lively, and the topic gradually shifted from Zheng Xuan’s good news to their respective relationships and work. The roommates felt that they had found an outlet and couldn’t help but complain: those who had someone to complain about, those who didn’t have someone to complain about, and those who didn’t talk about feelings just talked about low wages, high expenses, and hard overtime work.

     Li Yaolin had no relationship problems, nor did she have anything to complain about at work. Even if she did, she couldn’t reveal the secrets of Xingzhou Island to others. In comparison, she seemed particularly carefree in the group.

     After a while, Zheng Xuan chatted with her privately: “Sanniang, I plan to take wedding photos. I originally planned to find a photo studio to take them in Qionghai, but Qitong recommended your Xingzhou island to me. Please tell me To be honest, how does Xingzhou Island compare with the beaches in Qionghai?”

     Li Yaolin sent over some short videos he had collected and said: “The environment on our island is good, very suitable for taking wedding photos.”

     Zheng Xuan has seen these videos and photos a long time ago, otherwise she would not be interested in Lin Qitong’s words, but she has concerns: “There is no hotel on the island, so it is difficult to solve the problem of accommodation and food, right?”

     “Although we don’t have a hotel yet, we are already planning it, and we have staff dormitories that we can lend you for one night. We will never let you live on the streets. You can also order takeout on the island.”

     “That’s great!”

     Li Yaolin asked her: “Have you considered it? I mean a lifelong event.”

     Zheng Xuan sent a sighing emoji and said, “I didn’t want to get married right after graduation, but I got pregnant by accident. I didn’t want to have an abortion, and I didn’t want to wait until the baby was born to take wedding photos and hold a wedding ceremony. There was no other way.”

     Li Yaolin didn’t know how to reply.

     Fortunately, Zheng Xuan was just chatting and had no intention of asking her for advice. He added, “We are going to get the certificate on Monday, then go to Malaysia for our honeymoon, and then find a studio to take wedding photos when we come back.”

     “What a coincidence. I will go on a business trip to Qionghai the day after tomorrow. I will stay there for two or three days before going to inspect the islands in Malaysia.”

      Zheng Xuan said happily: “When you go to Malaysia, I will discuss the itinerary with my husband.”

     “Brother Xuan, let me remind you, you are going on your honeymoon. Is this okay with my schedule?”

     Li Yaolin doesn’t mind traveling with others. The key is that they are traveling as a couple and she doesn’t want to be a light bulb.

     Zheng Xuan thought it was right, so she said: “Let’s see if our itineraries are consistent. Then we can meet and have a meal!”! 

     This is no problem, Li Yaolin agreed.

     After finishing the chat, Li Yaolin finished handling the matters at hand and went back to the convenience store to replace the ticket seller.

     Shen Shenli walked over and bought an ice cream, and was worried while eating it: “Manager, you said marriage, what is there to worry about? If there is still a relationship, then how can we reconcile after more than a month of quarrels? Are you done? If you don’t have feelings, why not divorce as soon as possible? Anyway, I have grown up and they no longer need to use me as an excuse to cover up their problems. “

     When Li Yaolin heard this, she couldn’t help but think of her parents. She didn’t understand them either.

     She was born in a family without much warmth. Ever since she could remember, her parents had always been quarreling with each other.

     Later, when she grew up and often heard her mother complain, she realized that her father had always had a white moonlight in his heart. Back then, Bai Yueguang married a civil servant because she thought the Li family was poor. Her father had no choice but to marry her mother, who was chasing after him. However, he has never forgotten Bai Yueguang over the years.

     Later, Bai Yueguang’s husband died in a car accident, and her father immediately became attentive. He went to Bai Yueguang’s place every three days and invited Bai Yueguang to travel and relax.

     When Bai Yueguang went to work in other places, he took his business to other places and spent all the money he earned on Bai Yueguang and Bai Yueguang’s children. As a result, Li Yaolin had to rely on summer jobs and part-time jobs to pay for university tuition and living expenses. , earn through work-study.

     As for why her mother didn’t get a divorce, she also asked, but the answer she got was that she was still studying and no one would take care of her after the divorce.

     Li Yaolin thinks this is just an excuse. She has been neglected since she was a child. Her father is away from home all day long and has never held a parent-teacher meeting for her. Her mother will not go to school except for parent-teacher meetings.

     While other elementary schools were picked up and dropped off by their parents, she always went to and from school by herself. During the college entrance examination, parents sent their children to the examination room, and her parents didn’t care. When registering at the university, her roommates all came out with their whole families. She arrived at the school alone and was so embarrassed that she didn’t even have enough money to apply for a meal or water card.

     She thought that the couple would be entangled and resentful for the rest of their lives, but she didn’t expect that her parents would divorce before the internship company went bankrupt. Her father got his wish and ran away with Bai Yueguang and most of the money from the sale of the house, while her mother ushered in her second spring and a new family. She also said that she had graduated and there was no need to contact her if nothing happened in the future.

     Putting away his thoughts, Li Yaolin also took a piece of ice cream, tore up the packaging and asked, “Is it so serious?”

     “They had a quarrel just now. I couldn’t stop it, so I just ignored it.” Shen Shenli said, “But with their temperament, a quarrel means there is a possibility of reconciliation. If they don’t even want to quarrel, then the fight is over. !”

     Li Yaolin said with a smile: “You say I am Buddhist, but I think you have a pretty good attitude.”

     “Their current situation is no different from a divorce. This is how they live their lives without separation. And if they are divorced, there may be fewer conflicts.”

     Shen Shenli originally wanted to talk, but as she talked, she enlightened herself. Fortunately, things were not as bad as she thought. Before leaving the island, her parents showed up holding hands.

     “Dad, Mom, are you reconciled?!”

     When Editor Shen saw that Li Yaolin was also there, he thought that the other party might know about his family conflicts, and said to his daughter in embarrassment: “We have nothing to do, you are just worrying.”

     Mother Shen also said: “Yeah, I thought you really wanted to bring me here to play, but I didn’t expect…”

     Editor Shen turned to look at Mother Shen: “But it’s the right time to come here. It reminds us of the time when we first met.”

     Mother Shen agreed with a smile on her face: “Yes, at that time I was just a clerk of our Federation of Social Science and Technology. When I went to the Yuhai Park area with the leader for research, I met you from the news…”

     That was in the mid-1990s. At that time, Yuhai Park had not yet been developed or contracted by private parties. The clear water and wide and gentle beaches left a deep impression on everyone.

     Editor-in-Chief Shen and Shen’s mother became acquainted there. When they were in love, they even went to the beach for many walks. It also held many of their emotional stories.

     Later, Yuhai Park was developed and there were more tourists, but they could not get back the feeling they had back then.

     They had just argued, and when their faces were red and their heads were hot, they suddenly felt a wind carrying the sound of waves blowing, which blew away the heat and boredom, and made them feel calm.

     They looked at the sea in silence, as if they had seen the scene of walking hand in hand on the beach in the past.

     They were all still very young at that time. They are barefoot, riding on the waves, whispering in their ears, or laughing and playing; they believe in love fairy tales related to the sea, shyly express their love with conch shells, and shout “I love you” to the sea with abandon.

     The sweet words of the past seemed to have been brought back from more than twenty years ago by the waves and wind.

     Facing such a scenery, all the arguments and complaints seem to be meaningless.

 

……

 

     Editor Shen said to Li Yaolin with emotion: “Mr. Li, your island is magical!”

     Li Yaolin’s heart skipped a beat and he wondered: Could it be that he discovered the existence of the system?

     Editor Shen continued: “It can calm people who are quarreling, allow sad people to temporarily forget their pain and troubles, allow tired people to relax, and It can also help people who have been worn down by life to regain their spirits, rekindle their love for life, and bring hope to others.”

     Li Yaolin remembered that APP and the Little Mermaid had mentioned that the purpose of developing and operating the island was to allow Poseidon to have a happy vacation.

     Is there no other way to make Poseidon happy besides developing and operating the island?

     Not necessarily.

     She said: “It makes people happy and gives people hope. Perhaps this is the meaning of the development of Xingzhou Island.”

     Editor Shen smiled cheerfully and said, “This is very interesting, I have to remember it.” He then said to his daughter, “I heard that you are the same age, so you should be more mature and learn from Mr. Li.”

     Shen Shenli didn’t like to be preached to, but she didn’t refute Editor Shen’s words at this moment.

     Mother Shen glanced at the father and daughter, and said to Li Yaolin: “I didn’t even know that you were Mr. Li from Xingzhou Island, and they didn’t tell me, which made you laugh. Let me get to know you again. My name is Zhang Fen, and I am the social worker. Chief of Staff of C&T.”

     Li Yaolin said: “I am the owner of Xingzhou Island, but I am also Sili’s friend. Director Zhang does not need to be so polite.”

     “Then you should call me Aunt Zhang.”

     Li Yaolin was stunned for a moment, then smiled: “Aunt Zhang is right!”

     Seeing that everyone was getting along very happily, Editor Shen invited Li Yaolin to have dinner with them. Li Yaolin declined: “I have a business trip tomorrow and I still have a lot of work to deal with. Next time, wait until the hotel and restaurant on the island are built. , I will be the host again!”

     Editor Shen could only say goodbye to her with regret, and then called the crazy Assistant Xiao and Gao Photography to the reception hall to leave by boat together.

 

……

 

     The next morning, Li Yaolin held a meeting with her employees, explained some work matters, turned on the hosting mode of the APP, and took a flight to a neighboring city.

     She plans to go to Qionghai Province for two days first, and then to Malaysia for three to five days, depending on the situation, to fully learn from domestic and foreign diving experience.

     The neighboring city is not far from Qionghai, and it only takes an hour from takeoff to landing. Li Yaolin looked at the vast sea below through the window of the cabin, and suddenly felt that this scene looked very much like when the Poseidon Holiday APP was originally loaded, except outside the window The clouds were very thick, and the blue sea was soon covered by the sea of clouds, but the interface of the APP was still sunny and sunny.

     Even though there is no signal at high altitude, the APP is still operating normally. Li Yaolin can see the data changes on the island, but the little mermaid is missing.

     After the plane landed, Li Yaolin restarted her phone and received the signal, only to see Lin Qiang chatting with her privately: “Boss, is it true that Miss Yu is not the child laborer you hired?”

     Li Yaolin:? ? ?

     Where did Miss Yu come from? What the hell is child labor?