Chapter 5. Burning Money

     The beaches on Taipa Island are mostly yellow sand, and the gravel is rough and not smooth enough. Walking barefoot on it will feel a bit tingling. It is a completely undeveloped beach. On the contrary, the sea water in this area is relatively clear.

     When Li Yaolin landed on the island, she saw the situation in the sea area around the pier and found that the water quality there was worrying. There were also fish carcasses that turned white on the sea surface. She thought that the water quality in the entire sea area was like this, but she did not expect that the water quality in this small area of the sea was like this. The sea gave her a surprise.

     The beach is on the west side of the island. The waves here are not big. The tide spreads layer by layer on the beach and slowly recedes. Looking from a distance, a light blue and translucent color appears in front of you. Putting aside the unsightly jellyfish carcasses, the visibility of the water here is relatively high, and under the sunlight, the rounded stones underneath shine like gems.

     Li Yaolin’s heart moved slightly, and she somehow remembered the information about island tourist resorts she had checked online. It seemed that diving projects could be developed in places with clear water and high visibility, right?

     As far as she knows, there does not seem to be a diving base in the oil city’s marine tourist attractions.

     It seems that Taipa Island is not completely without development value.

     Li Yaolin was a little happy. Although she still couldn’t figure out how to open a diving base, it didn’t stop her from using it as an excuse to reward herself with a bowl of pig’s trotter rice for dinner.

     Her usual vegetarian noodles only cost six yuan, but the pig’s trotter rice costs fifteen yuan.

     In the midst of excitement, Poseidon Holiday APP has come out again.

     It sent several task cards to Li Yaolin, each of which showed: 

 

   【Task: Determine the name of the island (unfinished) Complete the task to get a summer-themed door. 】

   【Task: Develop at least one project (not completed) Complete tasks to get random rewards. 】

   【Task: Within one month, the number of tourists reaches 300 (0/300) Complete the task to get 3 million yuan in cash and random rewards. 】

 

     Li Yaolin shook the little mermaid out. The little mermaid was supposed to go to work at nine o’clock, but while she was worrying about the development of the island, it went to the sea to have fun.

 

     “You actually get paid to fish?!” Li Yaolin was envious.

 

     Damn it, she also wants to fish with pay. Why doesn’t the island owner have a salary? Can she pay herself a salary?

     “Touching fish?” The little mermaid touched herself and started to pretend to be dumbfounded, “This assistant is always on call (＾U＾)ノ~”

     Li Yaolin asked: “What do these three tasks mean?”

     The little mermaid said: “It literally means that the island currently owned by the island owner is called ‘Taipa Island’. The island owner has one opportunity to change the name. Once the name is determined, all future projects and brands will use this name.” ”

     Li Yaolin thought: “Let’s change the name. Although this name existed a long time ago, the word ‘Dai’ is relatively uncommon, and it has the same name as an island in Macau. So how to change the name? “

     The little mermaid taught her to click on the details of the island. “Can be changed” is displayed after 【Island】 Taipa Island, just enter a new name on it.

     At this moment, Li Yaolin’s mind flashed with sand-stone island names such as “Small Town Version of Great Britain Island”, “South China Sea Greenland”, “China’s Hawaiian Island”.

     Since it was very likely that she would be invited to tea, she finally gave up the idea of giving her a name.

 

     “This island looks like a small boat, and with the surrounding waves, it feels like a boat riding the wind and waves… If you are boating through the waves, it is called Xingzhou Island!”

     Little Mermaid: “The island owner’s naming ability needs to be improved!”

     Waste naming Li Yaolin: “…”

     So I pay you a salary just to make fun of me?

     After confirming the name of the island, the task will be displayed as completed.

    Li Yaolin found the reward she just got from 【Assets】—a summer-style themed gate. According to the instructions of the little mermaid, the gate was built where the pier and the island meet.

     After the gate is built, you can choose whether to charge, ticket pricing, etc. If you choose to charge, you will also need to hire a conductor.

     Building the gate for APP rewards does not require Li Yaolin to contact the construction team, nor does she need to find someone to design it. After choosing the location and time to install the gate, it was planned and a warning sign was placed, which read: June 1 Construction will be carried out from 18:00 on the same day to 08:00 on the next day, please pay attention to detours.

     Li Yaolin was a little curious: “Can we change the theme of the gate in the future?”

     Little Mermaid: “Yes, please also ask the island owner to work hard to develop the island!”

     Li Yaolin twitched the corner of her mouth, why is this like collecting stamps?

     She asked: “What does it mean to develop at least one project?”

     “It is a project that will be operated after the island. It can be used as a signboard, gimmick, etc. to attract tourists. The development project needs to be approved. This assistant can handle the relevant procedures!”

     Li Yaolin’s eyes lit up.

     What troubles her most now is that she doesn’t understand the procedures of various procedures, and there is no one under her to do the errands. If the little mermaid can do it for her, it will save her the need to go to various government units to complete the procedures!

     It turns out that the little mermaid also has this function.

     Thinking about it this way, an hourly wage of 100 yuan is not too high.

     The operation method of the development project is a bit more complicated. First, she has to determine the developable area on the island map of the APP, and at the same time, she must ensure that the area is divided reasonably. Otherwise, the planned project here will occupy too much land and she will want to develop other projects in the future. But there is no open space, which would be embarrassing.

     Although Li Yaolin was still thinking about opening a diving base just now, she chose sea fishing for this project.

     Needless to say, opening a diving base requires various qualifications and procedures. What’s more important is the cost of equipment and operations. She needs to purchase diving equipment and hire professional divers. This million is just to maintain the existing infrastructure on the island. It’s enough, there is no extra funds to develop diving projects.

     The sea fishing project is different. Its development cost is lower. After all, anglers bring their own equipment.

     And for the first project, let’s deal with the APP first, and then we’ll get the rewards!

     There is a reef group on the south side of the island. According to the APP, there are more fish there, and it is not far from the pier, so Li Yaolin designated an area there as a fishing area.

 

 【 Do you want to spend 100,000 yuan to build a level 1 sea fishing ground? 】

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Why does it cost money to develop fishing grounds? !

     She tried to open a diving base, but it turned out that it would cost 580,000 yuan to develop a level 1 diving base.

     Li Yaolin silently chose the fishing spot.

     After the project was confirmed, new changes quickly appeared on the APP interface. The icon of [Sea Fishing Ground] (under construction) appeared in the southwest area of the island.

 

   【Sea fishing ground (level 1) [under construction]

     Popularity value: 3/100

     Pollution index: 59 (Level 6 pollution)

     Operating cost: 1,000 yuan/day】

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     Putting aside everything else, where did the operating cost of one thousand yuan a day come from?

    When the pollution index dropped by 1 point per minute, from 59 to 58, and then to 57, she understood where the operating costs were spent. They were used to control pollution.

     Development projects will inevitably bring about some marine pollution problems. Even though fishing only requires a fishing rod, pollution is formed when the bait is spread into the sea.

     She reminded herself: “It seems that not only the garbage on the island needs to be dealt with, but also the environmental problems in the ocean should not be underestimated.”

     As for the popularity, she glanced at the three anglers standing on the reef fishing and felt that it had something to do with the number of anglers – maybe the more people came, the higher the popularity would be.

     But it is not yet known what the popularity value is used for.

     The little mermaid reminded her: “The island owner has a reward, do you want to accept it?”

      “Take it.”

     Li Yaolin got a discount card. No matter what projects she develops or what facilities she builds next, she can get a 20% discount on every expenditure.

     Li Yaolin asked: “Only for development and construction projects? Can I be reimbursed for my hotel stay, as well as my ferry ticket? Although there is a discount for student tickets, it is still 30 yuan!”

     The little mermaid: “…”

     You are the owner of the island, who else do you want to ask for reimbursement? !

     Li Yaolin: “Oh!”

     The spirit of working as a migrant worker and the mentality of working as a migrant worker have not been changed for a while.

     After finishing two things today, Li Yaolin finally did not run in vain. She glanced at the information on the APP:

 

  【Island】Xingzhou Island

  【Island Owner】Li Yaolin

  【Area】 2.9 square kilometers (290 hectares: island land area 220 hectares/sea area 70 hectares)

  【Development progress】Infrastructure +2% (1 reservoir, 1 public toilet, simple dock, gate)

  Recreational facilities +1% (level 1 sea fishing ground)

   【Business Level】Level 1+

   【Rating】None

   【Poseidon Satisfaction】2

 

……

 

     In addition to the “+” after the island owner’s name, there is also a plus sign after the management level.

     Li Yaolin clicked to check and found that the standard for the management level is the total popularity of each project. The required popularity value for level 1 standard is in the range of 1 to 1000.

     At present, the sea fishing resort has contributed 3 points of popularity, but it is still far from reaching level 2.

     Li Yaolin discovered another blind spot: “In other words, only the popularity of the project can be counted, and those who come to camp are not counted?”

     The little mermaid: “Correct!”

     “What about the number of tourists?”

     The Little Mermaid: “Based on the number of people who have landed on the island legally.”

     Li Yaolin breathed a sigh of relief. After all, there were only a few people fishing in the sea and landing on the island. If it could only be calculated based on the number of tourists at the fishing ground, the 300 people for the third mission would probably be far away.

     But how can she attract 300 tourists in one month?

     The simplest and crudest method is of course advertising, but the advertisement must also have a selling point. At present, she has only developed one sea fishing spot, and the selling point is still lacking.

     Li Yaolin looked at the remaining funds and decided to upgrade the infrastructure. The water supply from the reservoir is currently sufficient, the public toilets can be upgraded, and a road from the pier to the fishing ground can be built.

     Beaches can’t be wasted, but they are all yellow sand beaches. No matter how clear the water quality is, it still doesn’t look beautiful enough. So let’s develop it into a white beach!

     It wasn’t until the last ferry was about to leave that Li Yaolin completed all these plans. She used a discount card, but her total expenditure reached 550,000.

     There were less than 300,000 yuan left in the moment. After allocating part of it to settle the wages of the cleaning team and the operating costs of various facilities and projects, she only had about 150,000 yuan left.

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     The millions in cash are almost gone before they are warmed up. Developing the island is really too expensive!

     The crew member saw her wilting and asked with a smile: “How is it? Have you decided to camp here?”

     Li Yaolin shook het head and asked him: “Is there any monthly package for the ferry?”

     The crew member was stunned: “What is the monthly package?”

     “You can take the ferry as many times as you like within a month.”

     The crew member said: “No.”

     Li Yaolin sighed.

     The crew member asked: “Why do you need to come every day when camping?”

     Li Yaolin confessed: “I’m sorry, actually I didn’t come here to camp. I will be working here soon. Because I am not familiar with the place, I used camping as an excuse.”

     The crew member was not surprised at all, and said with a smile: “When I saw you this morning, I knew you were not here to camp. But you said you came here to work, are you working for the big boss who bought the island? ?”

     “Yeah.” Li Yaolin didn’t say that she was the big boss, because she was afraid that others would think she was a rich woman and tie her up.

     “Who is your boss?” the crew member asked curiously.

     “Well, I just started working not long ago, so I’m not sure.”

     “You’ve just stepped out of society, right? You look quite young, and you can tell at a glance that you are a student who has just stepped out of society.”

     Li Yaolin responded: “I’m a senior and I’m about to graduate.”

 

……

 

     The ferry docked soon, and Li Yaolin, who had been busy all day, had time to look at social software.

     The WeChat post she posted in the morning already has more than 30 likes and 20 messages, mostly asking her where to go.

     Li Yaolin went to her heart and sorted out nine of the landscape photos she took on the boat island today, and then sent a nine-square photo with a positioning and literary style copy: Discover summer.

     After posting on WeChat Moments, she replied to her friends one by one, and then before it was completely dark, she went to inquire about any houses for rent nearby.

     Next, she expected to stay in this seaside town for a long time. Staying in a chain hotel for a long time was not more cost-effective than renting a house. She decided to find a one-bedroom apartment or a single room to live in first.

 

……

 

     While Li Yaolin was busy looking for a house, the online “Oil City Sea Fishing Club Forum” suddenly updated a post.

     【Taipa Island has five red spots in one shot! Crazy! 】