Chapter 43. Establishment of Department

     On the first day of the diving center’s opening, a total of 28 tourists rented snorkeling equipment and experienced snorkeling, of which five were tourists who were selected for free experience.

 

     There were 12 tourists who experienced scuba diving, one of whom was a professor of the School of Fisheries of Ocean University who went into the water with Li Yaolin’s permission to collect samples for analysis.

 

     There was also a professional diver who went for leisure deep diving.

 

     After experiencing scuba diving, two people signed up for the OW+AOW course.

 

     It takes five days and four nights to learn the OW+AOW course, and the cost is 5,500 yuan, including boat tickets and tickets. As for food and accommodation, students need to arrange it themselves.

 

     There are relatively few diving instructors in the diving center, so there are only five places for each course learning cycle, and the next batch of students needs to be arranged after this batch of students has finished learning.

 

     As for taking pictures and videos, they are all extra income for diving instructors, so there is not much discussion on this aspect.

 

     The store manager thinks that the number of people on the first day of opening is normal, and the number of people will gradually increase afterwards. The peak should be in the three days before the opening event countdown. Many potential tourists do not want to miss the discount and rush to sign up during those days.

 

     After the opening event, the number of people will drop. Whether it can attract more people to dive in the future depends on the quality and publicity of the diving project in Xingzhou Island.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin asked the store manager: “Did you shoot the video?”

 

 

 

     “Yes, the camera was turned on before entering the water, and the whole process was recorded. After it is released, the voices questioning the fraud will be much smaller.”

 

 

 

     The store manager dare not guarantee that the voices questioning the fraud will completely disappear. After all, the Internet is not short of the king of knowledge and the nitpickers.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin nodded. She should be able to let the store manager handle the follow-up matters.

 

 

 

     After the meeting, the store manager asked Li Yaolin: “Mr. Li, when can we move into the holiday cabin? Some students have already inquired.”

 

 

 

     “Wait a few days, wait for the cabin to get rid of the smell, and wait for the relevant personnel of the holiday home to arrive.”

 

 

 

     Although Li Yaolin does not think that the buildings produced by the system will have problems with formaldehyde and benzene exceeding the standard, tourists will have this worry, so they still have to pretend to live in peace of mind.

 

 

 

……

 

     After the diving shop opened, Li Yaolin became busier and busier. She was too busy to do anything every day and had less and less sleep. Feeling exhausted, she decided to make the management of Xingzhou Island more orderly, standardized and efficient.

 

     In the past, she had to handle all matters, big and small, and she could still manage when there were fewer things. Now she has to deal with trivial matters such as tourists fighting in person, which is really too tiring.

 

     So she decided to set up multiple departments to make the responsibilities and functions of each department clearer. She was responsible for planning and developing the infrastructure and amusement projects of Xingzhou Island and controlling the overall situation, and other matters were handed over to specialized people to manage.

 

     For this reason, she called Lawyer Wu again and asked Lawyer Wu for advice.

 

     Lawyer Wu: “…”

 

     Her cold voice seemed to be mixed with a trace of helplessness, “I say again, I have not studied business management.”

 

     Li Yaolin said: “I know, but you can provide legal assistance in the four modules of labor and personnel, financial accounts, contract management, and intellectual property rights. I feel that the establishment of a department is related to each module, and it is just right to ask you for help!”

 

     Lawyer Wu was speechless again.

 

     She still remembered that when Li Yaolin called her and wanted to bring her to work on Xingzhou Island, her attitude was so respectful and humble. Now, business dealings are more frequent, contacts are more numerous, and people are bolder, which will exploit her professional value.

 

 

 

     “Wait.” Lawyer Wu hung up the phone.

 

 

 

     After a while, Li Yaolin received an email with some organizational structure templates and department functions of companies that have business cooperation with the law firm.

 

 

 

     Finally, Lawyer Wu told her: “You might as well find your professional manager instead of me. He is better than me in this regard.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin replied: “This tastes sour, Lawyer Wu, why are you jealous of Manager Peng?”

 

 

 

     Lawyer Wu: “…”

 

 

 

     God damn jealous of the manager, she and the professional manager are not in the same industry, let alone opponents, what the hell is jealous?

 

 

 

     What happened to Li Yaolin these days, why did she become so shameless?

 

     Lawyer Wu acted like “I’m busy, don’t bother me”, so Li Yaolin stopped bothering her and went to find Peng Shaoyi, a professional manager of Qianlai Tourism.

 

 

 

     Peng Shaoyi said: “The work of each position in Xingzhou Island is very clear, but the management is indeed chaotic. The main reason is that there is no hierarchical management. All matters are decided by you, Mr. Li. Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? Just let each department take responsibility for it.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin asked humbly: “I know, so I came to learn from you.”

 

 

 

     Although Peng Shaoyi was a professional manager invited by Li Yaolin to take care of Qianlai Tourism’s affairs, he did not know much about the internal affairs of Xingzhou Island.

 

     Li Yaolin listed the positions and businesses that did not involve the secrets of Xingzhou Island. After reading them, Peng Shaoyi gave his own suggestions:

 

 

 

     “Six departments can be set up first. The first is the [Operation Department] responsible for the service management of tourists on Xingzhou Island. This department has a wide range of business, from tickets to publicity and marketing, consulting services, etc., all of which belong to the business scope of this department.

 

 

 

     “Then there is the [Marketing Department] responsible for hotel management, amusement project development management, etc. Whether it is a hotel or a restaurant in the future, or even the management of the current sea fishing grounds and diving centers, this department can be responsible for it.

 

     “Then there is the indispensable [Finance Department], which is responsible for expenditure, revenue, employee salaries, financial analysis, etc. Finally, there is the [Logistics Department] for logistics support and safety management, and the [Human Resources Department] for personnel management.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin asked: “There are only five departments, and there is another department?”

 

 

 

     Peng Shaoyi said: “Doesn’t Xingzhou Island have a protected area under construction? When the protected area is taken over, it will inevitably cooperate with Xingzhou Island in development and construction, so an administrative department must be set up to contact it.”

 

 

 

     “That’s right.”

 

 

 

     The management of the protected area will definitely be handled by people from within the system, but it will be one of the tourist resources of Xingzhou Island and is inseparable from Xingzhou Island, so this department is a must.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin set up six departments according to this idea, and through Peng Shaoyi’s introduction, he poached three department managers and several project supervisors from other places.

 

 

 

     The three managers are Manager Qi of the Operation Department, Manager Song of the Logistics Department, and Manager Gao of the Finance Department.

 

 

 

     As for market operations and personnel work, they still report directly to her.

 

     After Li Yaolin built several mobile board houses as temporary offices, she informed all employees at the Monday morning meeting about the establishment of various departments, the subdivision of positions and responsibilities, and the implementation of responsibilities to individuals.

 

 

 

     Now the division of positions in Xingzhou Island is still relatively clear. It’s just that after the addition of middle-level managers, the work reporting object of some positions has changed from Li Yaolin to the department manager. Therefore, for most employees, the establishment of the department has not had much impact on them.

 

 

 

     “So, our ticket sales position belongs to the operation department?” The two ticket sellers whispered secretly.

 

 

 

     Currently, the positions managed by the [Operation Department] include ticket sales, marketing and publicity, customer service, tourist service center, medical assistance, website maintenance engineers, etc. Except for doctors and convenience store cashiers who need to take night shifts, the rest of the positions are on and off duty according to the previous working hours.

 

     Safety officers, security guards, lifeguards, cleaners, and cooks belong to the [Logistics Support Department]. Among the safety officers, Lin Qiang, who joined the company the earliest and performed the best, is the safety team leader; Gao Zhenhai is the lifeguard team leader; and there is also an old employee as the security team leader.

 

 

 

     Safety officers, security guards, and cleaners all have to work night shifts, so the staff has been expanded.

 

 

 

     Although the [Finance Department] is a separate department, there are only two employees, the cashier and the accountant Xiao Xie, in addition to the manager.

 

 

 

     Personnel is even simpler, with only one personnel specialist responsible for daily attendance, performance appraisal, and organizing employee files.

 

     In order to facilitate management, Li Yaolin divided the [Marketing Department] into several project groups: hotel management, taking the holiday home as an example, is a group with one supervisor, and under it are the front desk, service staff and guest room equipment maintenance personnel;

 

 

 

     Landscape, environment and interior design are a group, and currently there is only Liang Ying, a part-time designer, and a gardener who trims the flower garden;

 

 

 

     The product group includes convenience stores, sales positions on e-commerce platforms, and cultural and creative product design and production positions reserved for Zheng Xuan.

 

 

 

     As for the diving center, it is actually more like a subsidiary of Xingzhou Island invested and opened by Li Yaolin, so it is not included.

 

 

 

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     After the establishment of each department, the work badge of each employee was also changed. Faced with more standardized and orderly management, the working status and mental outlook of the employees have changed.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin also applied for a landline for each department. From then on, her mobile phone could receive dozens less calls every day, and she would never miss some important calls again.

 

 

 

     The next night, she received a call from Long Feng and Wan Min, saying that the first nest of baby turtles of the No. 1 female turtle had finally hatched!

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin hurried to the hatchery. At this time, several students of Wan Min were gathered outside the hatchery. In the room were Long Feng and Wan Min, who were checking the hatching of the turtles. There was also a student carrying a camera. They were obviously going to record this scene.

 

 

 

     “How is it?” Li Yaolin couldn’t help but lower her voice when he saw the turtles on the sand.

 

 

 

     Long Feng grinned and lowered his voice: “98 turtle eggs, 90 hatched, nearly 90% hatching rate! After inspection, 50 are female turtles and 40 are male turtles.”

 

 

 

     “Are we going to release them back to the sea next?”

 

 

 

     Wan Min shook his head and said: “Not all, the turtles that are too weak need to stay and take care of them. The remaining turtles will crawl to the sea tonight under the protection of all of us.”

 

 

 

     As night fell, seabirds returned to their nests, tourists dispersed, and the entire Xingzhou Island became quiet. In the protected area where street lights could not reach, Wan Min and others moved the healthy turtles to the beach and let them crawl to the sea by their nature.

 

     Without a flashlight, Li Yaolin couldn’t see the beach clearly, but through the infrared night camera held by Wan Min’s student, she could vaguely see dozens of small turtles trying to find the way to the sea.

 

 

 

     She saw a crab on the path of the small turtles, so she went over and caught the palm-sized blue crab: “In order for the small turtles to find their way home safely, you have to go to the table.”

 

 

 

     The crab struggled, trying to clamp her with its claws, and spit a lot of bubbles at her to show its dissatisfaction.

 

 

 

     “Protest is invalid!” Li Yaolin handed the blue crab to Wan Min’s student, “Add a snack tomorrow.”

 

 

 

     The student: “…”

 

 

 

     After a long time, a small turtle was finally touched by the waves, and then more and more small turtles plunged into the sea. Under the impact of the waves, they staggered and learned to swim, learn to adapt to the new living environment, and finally slowly drifted away with the tide.

 

     Li Yaolin didn’t know why, but tears welled up in her eyes: the little turtles had found their home, and she hoped they would live well and come home often.

 

 

 

     “They have to make their own way in the future!” Wan Min sighed, and turned to her students, “Rest early tonight, because we have to feed and take care of the remaining turtles tomorrow, and there is still a lot of work to do!”

 

 

 

     Her students were all in high spirits, and they were still discussing the situation of the turtles on the way back to rest.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin thought that although many people on the Internet said discouraging words, describing the relevant majors as boring and hard, and the salary was low, it still couldn’t stop some people with pure hearts from running on the path they loved.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin wanted to know the situation of the turtles, so she put “Haizi” on the next day to see if it would project the figures of the turtles.

 

 

 

     What disappointed her was that this time Haizi randomly projected the brutal scenes of killer whales killing. Because the scenes were too bloody and violent, they were even mosaiced in the news reports.

 

    BManager Qi told Li Yaolin that the customer service received a complaint call from a parent who complained that her child was scared to tears by the scene when the family of three was playing on the beach.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     Let them cry if they are scared. Unless the tourists can poke a hole in the sky, she will still release the sea turtles as usual.

 

 

 

     Finally, after she persevered in releasing sea turtles for two days, on the third day, she saw the figures of the little turtles.

 

 

 

     There were a few more small figures beside the turtles that had always been alone. Because the little turtles were too small, the female turtles swam over them, as huge as the Kunpeng in the myth.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin said happily: “Okay, the little turtles have found their mother.”

 

 

 

     Long Feng and others were also very shocked to see the reunion of the turtles, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was reasonable. After all, the reason why the turtles were born without parents was because the male turtles ran away after mating, and the female turtles also left after laying eggs. The female turtles living here did not leave, so the baby turtles met them!

 

 

 

     After the TV station released the video clip recorded by Wan Min’s students of the hatching and crawling to the sea, netizens once again dug up the post about naming the turtles and left messages under the official media:

 

 

 

     “It’s been a month, have the names of the turtles been chosen? If not, just listen to me and call them Turtle Immortal!”

 

 

 

     “With so many little turtles, how many names do we need? All the names that were previously selected can be used, right?”

 

 

 

     “Why is there a name called Awei among the selected names? Awei is dead, how unlucky!”

 

 

 

     The editor of the official media replied: “These 20 names are the top 20 with the highest votes in the primary election, and they were voted by netizens.”

 

 

 

     Don’t you say that stupid netizens are so happy? Let them name names, and they can really choose any weird names.

 

 

 

     In early September, two months after the application for the reserve was launched, it finally passed the layers of review, inspection and evaluation and was confirmed to be established.

 

     The Xingzhou Island Marine Ecological Special Protection Area has been officially established!

 

     The names of the turtles that netizens have been dreaming of have also been decided.