Chapter 42. Live Diving

     On the day of the opening of the diving center, there were far more people coming to watch the ceremony than when Xingzhou Island opened. In addition to the partner Fang Xinhua, those tourism companies that had previously been in contact with Li Yaolin also sent flower baskets. Reporters from TV stations and newspapers in Youshi were also invited to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

 

 

 

     What surprised the media was that it was not the real boss Li Yaolin who was responsible for entertaining them, but Fang Xinhua and the store manager of the diving center.

 

 

 

     Under Li Yaolin’s instruction, the store manager picked five tourists on the spot to experience the fun of snorkeling.

 

 

 

     The tourists who were picked asked excitedly and nervously: “Do you need training for snorkeling? I’m a little nervous.”

 

 

 

     The store manager smiled and said: “No training, but you need to remove your makeup.”

 

 

 

     Everyone was amused, and the tourists’ nervousness was relieved.

 

 

 

     Some media were also invited to experience snorkeling. They also changed to more professional waterproof underwater cameras for this purpose. Among them, a photographer who was sitting on a kayak and responsible for live broadcasting opened the live broadcast of the official account of the TV station, and the title was also very eye-catching:

 

 

 

     【Exploring Xingzhou Island: First Diving Experience! 】

 

 

 

     Due to the previous popularity, hundreds of viewers soon flocked in and left messages on the barrage:

 

 

 

     “The environment here looks really good, not as bad as what is said online!”

 

 

 

     “The anchor should turn off the filter, news should pursue truth, right?”

 

 

 

     The reporter in charge of the departure said sadly: “We didn’t turn on the filter! Didn’t you see that we took off our makeup?”

 

 

 

     This made the audience laugh, and the barrage was filled with “too real”.

 

 

 

     Before going into the water, the coaches repeatedly warned not to touch anything on the seabed, let alone take away shells, seaweed, etc., otherwise they would be blacklisted by Xingzhou Island at the least, and legal responsibility at the worst.

 

 

 

     The audience praised: “Indeed, destroying the ecological environment must be severely punished!”

 

 

 

     I believe that no one would do this under the watchful eyes of the public.

 

 

 

     The tourists who were drawn put on swimsuits and life jackets, took disinfected masks and breathing tubes, and went to listen to the diving coaches explain the precautions.

 

 

 

     Generally speaking, there will be no coaches watching and guiding snorkeling, but today is the opening day, and the situation is special, so a diver will lead the team to lead tourists to experience snorkeling.

 

 

 

     Before entering the water, tourists saw the water quality here and knew that the online claims of serious pollution were all fabricated. This water quality, they said that no one should object, right?

 

 

 

     When they entered the water and splashed in the sea, the underwater scenery they could see under the mirror became more and more abundant, not only reefs, seaweed, active shrimps and crabs, shellfish, but also schools of tropical fish, which swaggered under the tourists under the tourists’ gaze.

 

 

 

     One tourist saw this scene and forgot that he was snorkeling. He opened his mouth and screamed “ah”, and a lot of water was poured into his mouth.

 

 

 

     Although he was choked, he didn’t think he would have diarrhea if he drank the sea water here, because this water was more transparent and clear than mineral water after being scooped up.

 

 

 

     The photographer who was broadcasting live kept the camera facing him. Seeing his embarrassment, the audience brushed the cheerful barrage.

 

 

 

     The reporter asked him, “How does the water taste?” The tourist thought for a moment and said, “The seawater here feels like mineral water with salt added, and it tastes much better than the swimming pool water that smells like disinfectant.”

 

     There were countless comments under the live broadcast screen: “Is it true or false?”

 

     “The water quality looks good, it doesn’t look fake!”

 

    “Ahhh, it’s so beautiful here, Xingzhou Island, right? I’m hooked!” 

 

     “Look, there are crabs and shrimps fighting underneath!” 

 

 

 

… 

 

     With the live broadcast video as evidence, many rumors questioning the serious pollution of Xingzhou Island’s seawater have been refuted, but everyone is more curious about what is going on with the glowing seabed. 

 

     After seeing this question, the reporter asked the diving master, who replied, “That area is at another diving spot, and the diving spot must have professional equipment and strict training before diving, so there will be a chance to broadcast it to everyone in the future. As for when the time is right, it is probably when the seabed can also receive network signals.” 

 

     The comments were full of “ha”. Some people said: “Apart from anything else, their attitude is still very serious, and they will not fool tourists just to make money.”

 

 

 

     “How dare they fool people in front of the whole country!”

 

 

 

     “I can’t wait to experience diving! Hurry up and pick me!”

 

 

 

     The V blog that has been forwarded in the past few days suddenly has hundreds of more forwardings. Many netizens complained: “There are more than 20,000 forwardings, and only five people are drawn. The competition is too fierce o(╥﹏╥)o”

 

 

 

     “It’s not the deadline yet, hurry up, ball ball.”

 

 

 

…

 

 

     The store manager gave Li Yaolin some feedback on online reviews, and Li Yaolin said: “It seems that the public opinion is not bad. ”

 

     The store manager said with a smile: “It’s hard to criticize such an impeccable environment!”

 

     “Well, the application for the construction of the reserve is still in progress. There are many people eyeing the diving project. In addition, the previous public opinions may not be without the handwriting of peers, so we still have to be careful, the point they criticize may not be the water quality, but the service attitude, safety awareness or whether the training is in place. There can be some losses in the early stage of operation, but the reputation and credibility cannot be ruined because of a small matter. “

 

     Although Li Yaolin has no evidence, the previous wave of public opinion does have some traces of human intervention. She is not sure whether it is the peers in Qionghai or some beach scenic spots in Youshi.

 

     The rise of Xingzhou Island is too rapid. Even if its diving projects do not conflict with these scenic spots that also focus on coastal tourism, the existence of Xingzhou Island itself has already touched their interests.

 

     Why should tourists choose a resort with a false reputation when they can choose Xingzhou Island with a more beautiful and comfortable environment?

 

     The free Yuhai Park is not greatly affected, but for the Romantic Sea House Resort, which also charges a fee, the impact is great.

 

     The beach of Xingzhou Island is already recognized as clean and beautiful, without any black spots, so if they want to blacken Xingzhou Island, they can only start with the diving project that is not yet well known to the public.

 

 

 

     They only need to find the water quality survey report from more than ten years ago to add fuel to the fire and say that the water quality of Xingzhou Island is not suitable for diving. The development of Xingzhou Island’s diving project is hindered, so it will never develop relying on white beaches and sea fishing, and the impact on the resort is limited.

 

 

 

     The other party will not give up if their goal is not achieved this time. We still have to be more careful that they will do something bad in other places.

 

 

 

     The store manager is also a person with eight years of experience in the industry. He nodded: “I will keep a close eye on safety, environmental protection and service.”

 

 

 

     Now in the store, in addition to the diving captain who leads the team to experience snorkeling, the other three coaches also have tasks. Several tourists with diving experience have made appointments in advance to experience diving, and they are now training on the second floor.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin looked through the glass and saw that everything was going smoothly, so she went back to Qianlai Tourism Company with Fang Xinhua for a meeting.

 

 

 

     This meeting was mainly to discuss the issue of additional passenger ship flights.

 

     Due to the sharp increase in the number of tourists visiting Xingzhou Island, the previous flights have become insufficient. The professional managers of Qianlai Tourism reported that they received complaints from passengers every day, saying that there were too few flights and sometimes they could not buy tickets.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin agreed to adjust the flights, but the application for additional flights and the adjustment of flight times must be approved by the relevant departments, so she held this meeting only to finalize a plan.

 

 

 

     Based on the ticket sales, number of passengers and passenger feedback in different time periods in the past, the professional managers compiled a table and finally planned to adjust the flights to eight one-way flights on weekdays and two additional flights on weekends. In addition to bringing forward the time of the first ship, the flights at noon are more frequent.

 

 

 

     Currently, the tourist capacity of Xingzhou Island is about 800 people. There will be fewer passengers on the first ship and the two flights at 4:30 pm, so during the summer vacation, it is enough to maintain the number of tourists on weekdays between 500 and 700.

 

     Li Yaolin had no objection to this plan and asked: “Can it be done before National Day?”

 

 

 

     The professional manager did not dare to guarantee: “It should be possible.”

 

 

 

     If more flights are added, the crew will also have to be increased, so Li Yaolin asked the professional manager to recruit a few more employees.

 

 

 

     Seeing that the scale of Qianlai Tourism is getting bigger and bigger, Fang Xinhua is also very satisfied and more determined to cling to Li Yaolin’s thigh!

 

 

 

     At the same time, at the “Romantic Experience” diving spot on Xingzhou Island, tourists who have finished their diving experience have surfaced and returned to the yacht.

 

     After they took off their masks and respirators, they greeted each other: “Does your ear hurt?”

 

 

 

     “No, does your ear hurt?”

 

 

 

     “No! I thought it would be a little uncomfortable, but it didn’t feel anything at all! That solid feeling is like swimming in a two-meter-deep pool with lifeguards all around. Do you understand this feeling?”

 

 

 

     “I understand. This experience is so cool. I suspect that the water I dived in before was fake!”

 

 

 

     “Haha, and we dived for half an hour without cutting corners. I tried to dive for a few minutes before, but my ears couldn’t stand it. This time, I stayed in the water for half an hour. I don’t know how time passed!”

 

 

 

     “Hey, did you see those colorful lights?”

 

 

 

     “Yes. Good guy, In this case, the seawater visibility is still very high than the LED light! And if there are many floating creatures as it is said on the Internet, why is the corals and fish on the sea? However, I really want to know the reason for glowing. “” Isn’t it that experts have collected samples? 88 praises, they even knocked on the group that no one spoke for several years. Without the diving instructors deliberately promoting the courses, they took the initiative to ask: “I saw that the introduction said that you can take the diving certificate here, is it true?”

 

 

 

     This experience diving can give them such a different feeling. Aren’t there more surprises waiting for them to discover in the professional diving area? You still have to get a certificate to experience more fun in diving!

 

 

 

     Zhou Yingying smiled and said: “Well, our diving center has PADI. You don’t have to go to Southeast Asia or Qionghai. You can take the exam here.”

 

 

 

     After they found out that the courses and prices for taking the certificate here are similar to those in Qionghai, one of the boys signed up for the OW+AOW certificate course on the spot. Although several other tourists did not sign up, they also left the diving instructor’s phone number for easy contact when they wanted to learn later.

 

 

 

     Zhou Yingying was a little worried that Xingzhou Island might not have a good business as a newly developed diving base, but she didn’t expect that the progress would be much smoother than expected.

 

 

 

     She remembered that when setting the diving price, the store manager and the diving instructor suggested that the snorkeling equipment rental price was 108 yuan/hour.

 

     Since there is no cutting corners or time compression in terms of training and diving time, the price of diving experience is set at around 468 yuan, which is reasonable, otherwise it is difficult to make a profit. 

 

 

 

     As for professional-level diving, since the diving time is about one hour and more cylinders are needed, the price should be above 688 yuan.

 

     Unexpectedly, Li Yaolin said with an expression of ‘Do you think I’m doing charity?’

 

     “The price for the diving experience is 598. If we set the price higher, there will be more room for price reduction in future activities, and tourists will also feel that it is favorable and reasonable.”

 

 

 

     Recreation projects are different from accommodation. Hotels, holiday cabins, etc. set the room rates at a more affordable price at the beginning, and then raise the prices during holidays. Tourists will only think that this is a very common thing and will not have too much dissatisfaction; recreation projects are different. It is difficult to raise the price after setting the price. Once the price is raised, no one will want to play, so the price should be set higher to leave room for price reduction.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin said again: “We should often hold preferential activities. The purpose is to make more customers who have experienced diving enthusiastic about diving and deepen their love for this project. Then they can sign up for courses and get certifications, and then they can go to professional scuba diving areas for diving. Not to mention that it only costs 688 now, even if it costs 888 yuan at that time, they will be willing.”

 

 

 

     Everyone: “…”

 

 

 

     It was they who underestimated the degree of profiteer of the island owner, no, business acumen.

 

     Now it seems that the advantages of the diving project in Xingzhou Island are completely worth the price.

 

 

 

     Not to mention the good water quality, high visibility and comfortable water temperature, the rich creatures on the seabed, the beautiful scenery and the magical colorful lights can give people a dreamlike visual feast experience. How many diving spots can reach this level?

 

 

 

     In the afternoon, some tourists paid to experience snorkeling and diving.

 

 

 

     After 4:30, the diving center stopped arranging diving tasks. After Zhou Yingying and others took the last batch of tourists who experienced diving, they returned to the diving center to take a shower and hold a summary meeting.