Chapter 54. Pre-sale of Peripherals

     The “sea fire” appeared for half an hour, and this half an hour was enough for Wan Min, science bloggers and others who also witnessed this scene to rush to the beach in time to collect samples for investigation and research.

 

     They thought it was “sea firefly”, but they had never seen this kind of “sea firefly” that brought together various colors.

 

     As a scientific researcher, Wan Min obviously also had in-depth research and understanding of the “sea firefly” phenomenon. According to her understanding, “sea firefly” generally has three types of presentation, and the visual effects presented by different types are also different, and the causes of its occurrence are also different.

 

     As she witnessed this time, this is obviously a diffuse luminous phenomenon, and its diffusion range is very wide, almost all of the waters of Xingzhou Island can be seen, – I don’t know if it can be seen on the other side of the sea. – This type of “sea fire” is basically formed by luminous bacteria, and it must be a very large number of luminous bacteria, so she collected a lot of seawater for research.

 

     But what puzzled her was that she filled a lot of bottles of water, and these waters did not have a luminous effect in the bottles, as if the luminous phenomenon only exists in the ocean environment.

 

 

 

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     Ordinary tourists do not have the perseverance of scientific researchers to pursue science and truth in everything. For them, this scene is as romantic as “stars falling into the sea”. Some of them recorded videos, some took photos, and some ran to the reefs to take pictures that were comparable to the artistic photos after the photography studio’s P.

 

 

 

     The tourists were immersed in the visual romance given by the “sea fire” and felt that it was worth it to see this scene even if they spent hundreds of dollars to stay.

 

     The popular science blogger was as puzzled as Wan Min. He shook the water bottle vigorously, and there was still no light coming out of it, as if the bacteria or plankton that caused the seawater to glow would die once they left the sea and would no longer glow.

 

     But it stands to reason that these creatures would not die so quickly, and he observed and studied when he took water. The luminous phenomenon of seawater is like projection. The originally dark sea surface is a curtain, so no matter how he filled the water bottle, the water in the bottle would not glow.

 

     He looked up and scanned the surroundings, but he did not find any drones. If there were drones, it could be said that this scene was formed by the projection of drones. 

 

     – No, the sea area of Xingzhou Island is so large that there must be at least tens of thousands of drones that can project the luminous effect of hundreds of hectares. According to his understanding of drone performances, this one cost more than 5 million yuan. Is Xingzhou Island really so rich?

 

     Businessmen are profit-seeking and spend so much money just to show off high technology? Or to give tourists a visual feast? But if it is just to attract tourists, why has Xingzhou Island always been stuck at less than 2,000 people in receiving tourists? The ticket price for 2,000 people is only 40,000 yuan. Even if they all spend money on the island, the revenue is only more than 1 million yuan.

 

     There is also the “Haize” phenomenon, and no principle has been found so far.

 

     There is also a saying that the appearance of “sea fire” will be accompanied by tsunamis and earthquakes, so the popular science blogger found the phone number of the tsunami warning center. He told the duty officer about his concerns, and the other party also took it seriously. He immediately analyzed the marine environment data monitored and read at this time, and also checked the submarine earthquake information around the world.

 

 

 

     Eight hours later, the sky gradually brightened, and the popular science blogger woke up from his sleep.

 

     At this time, his mobile phone had been blown up, but he stayed up too late last night and rarely muted his mobile phone.

 

     He opened the missed calls and was about to call back when the early warning center called in. He hurriedly answered the phone, but was told that after monitoring and analysis by the early warning center of the province and Yóushì, there was no tsunami disaster in the South China Sea area at present, and there was no tsunami disaster in the 72-hour forecast.

 

     Undersea earthquakes around the world will not affect Lingnan Province, so he can rest assured that as for the “sea fire” situation, they have received relevant calls and have contacted relevant personnel to investigate.

 

     The popular science blogger breathed a sigh of relief.

 

     After hanging up the phone, his colleague called and told him that Xingzhou Island was on the hot search again because of the “sea fire”.

 

     The popular science blogger was not surprised. He even found that when some netizens almost caused panic because of the cause of the “sea fire”, Xingzhou Island also promptly came out to refute the rumor, using the monitoring and analysis results of the early warning center to prove that there would be no tsunami in a Youshi or even in the waters near Lingnan Province.

 

     The popular science blogger always felt that he had missed something. When he remembered the sample he had retrieved and checked it, he was stunned. The sample he retrieved was as clear as mineral water, so that he thought it was a bottle of mineral water.

 

     “It shouldn’t be! If the luminescence phenomenon is a visual effect caused by the large-scale aggregation of bacteria or plankton, even if they died after leaving the sea surface, then the water I retrieved at that time would definitely not be so clear!” The popular science blogger got goose bumps.

 

     Recalling his experience of diving in the sea yesterday afternoon, he felt that all this was incredible and beyond his knowledge.

 

     He got up and went to the beach, and found that the sea water here was still blue and clear, as if the luminous phenomenon last night was just a beautiful dream that everyone had.

 

     But the voices of discussion around him clearly told him that it was not a dream.

 

 

 

     “Ah, it’s so romantic, I really want to see it again!”

 

     “I’m so lucky to be able to travel here and witness this scene!”

 

     “I heard that there will be tsunamis when ‘sea fire’ appears, so why don’t we go first?”

 

     “Don’t worry, I have seen sea fires on the beach before, and I haven’t seen tsunamis or earthquakes! Besides, if the cause of sea fire is so simple, why would there be so many researchers coming to investigate?”

 

 

 

     The popular science blogger turned his eyes to the dock because of their conversation, and saw a group of researchers who were very familiar faces in the marine field who came on a maritime patrol boat. Among them was a young woman. Because she was far away, the popular science blogger couldn’t see clearly, but he always felt that he had seen her somewhere.

 

     When he walked over, the other party also left with the researchers and entered the boundary of the protected area-he couldn’t get in there.

 

 

 

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     After Li Yaolin introduced Wan Min to the scientific researchers sent by the natural resources department and the Ocean University, she stepped aside and left the place for them to communicate.

 

     Before, it was not that no one had taken samples because of the glowing phenomenon on the seabed at the diving site, but in the end no abnormal data was found. They believed that the “sea fire” last night was very similar to the glowing phenomenon on the seabed, so they wanted to know whether the cause of such a phenomenon was the same.

 

     A professor from the Ocean University wanted to lead a team to conduct long-term research at the diving site, but was rejected by Li Yaolin.

 

     Everyone, including Wan Min, was a little stunned. They didn’t expect that Li Yaolin, who had always cooperated with scientific researchers in scientific research, would refuse so thoroughly.

 

     “Why?” Being rejected in front of everyone, the professor felt a little embarrassed, so his tone was not very good.

 

     Of course, she was afraid that you would find clues after investigating for a long time!

 

     Li Yaolin said distressedly: “There are too many people conducting research and investigation work on Xingzhou Island. We can’t open the door of Xingzhou Island to welcome every team that comes to investigate. Today is Sichuan Ocean University, tomorrow is the Provincial Ocean University, and the day after tomorrow is the Ocean University of other provinces; today is the expert in the field of marine engineering, tomorrow is the expert in the field of aquatic products, and the day after tomorrow is the expert in the field of marine environment… Our work is not easy to carry out!”

 

     “This is scientific research work!”

 

     Li Yaolin raised her hand: “I am very supportive of scientific research, so I cooperated with the previous investigations, but I also hope that you can consider our difficulties.”

 

     Based on Wan Min’s observation of Li Yaolin for so many days, she felt that Li Yaolin was not such a stingy person, so this move must have touched the interests of Xingzhou Island.

 

     The staff of the natural resources department came out to mediate: “Mr. Li, what conditions do you have? You can put them forward and we can discuss them!”

 

     Li Yaolin smiled slightly: “Okay, then I will speak frankly. I only have a few requirements. First, if you want to come to investigate and take samples, in addition to obtaining permission from relevant departments, you must greet us and get our consent;

 

     “Second, except for scientific research related to the protected area, which can be negotiated with the management station, research work in other sea areas cannot hinder the project operation of Xingzhou Island”

 

     “Third, Xingzhou Island can cooperate with short-term investigations, but the help that Xingzhou Island can provide for long-term investigations will be limited.”

 

     Most people present understood that the first point was not important, and the second and third points were the reasons why Li Yaolin refused to cooperate before. She was worried that long-term investigation and sampling would affect the operation of Xingzhou Island, and she also did not want the research expenses to become a major burden on Xingzhou Island.

 

     If Xingzhou Island no longer strongly supports the research work, the research team will have to hire their own boats and rent diving equipment, which will make the research team, which already has a low budget, even more tight.

 

     They had seen Li Yaolin was very active in the application for the construction of the reserve, and was very kind to engineers like Long Feng and Wan Min. They thought she would treat all scientific researchers with the same attitude, but they didn’t expect that she would treat them differently.

 

     But it would be wrong to say that Li Yaolin was a snob. Among these professors and experts, there are many who are more authoritative and have a bigger background than Wan Min. If Li Yaolin was for fame and social status, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to get along with them?

 

      In fact, Li Yaolin didn’t know who they were!

 

     Even if they introduced themselves, in her mind they were just “here to investigate and sample research”, and their image was not as three-dimensional as Wan Min’s “sea turtle expert”.

 

     Or what if the employees said that she was sometimes rebellious and willful? She felt unhappy and said she didn’t want to cooperate with the work, so she didn’t cooperate. Unless it was illegal, it would be difficult to change her mind.

 

     If you ask, isn’t she afraid of offending people and making it difficult to carry out future work?

 

     She really doesn’t worry.

 

     Not to mention that she has a system to help her plan and apply for projects, even if there is no system, the application of projects is not under the jurisdiction of the natural resources department.

 

     For example, the construction project of holiday cabins is approved by the planning and construction department, the sea area, route, etc. are the responsibility of the maritime and fishery departments; entertainment projects are approved by the cultural and tourism departments.

 

     Now the cultural and tourism departments are vigorously promoting coastal tourism. Xingzhou Island has frequently appeared in major news media, newspapers and magazines, and has long become one of the main tourism brands.

 

     Also, Li Yaolin was not in a hurry to apply for scenic spot rating for Xingzhou Island, but the cultural and tourism department was very concerned and urged her to do it every day, so as to avoid having no appearance when promoting Xingzhou Island.

 

     To put it bluntly, Li Yaolin is now fearless and does not need to look at anyone’s face to act – cough, except for the Sea god.

 

     The people present were not surprised by Li Yaolin’s actions. After all, no matter how mysterious her origins were, in their eyes, she was just a young person, young and energetic, how could she think as carefully as a mature person?

 

     The professor said: “These conditions are reasonable. After all, every research room and every project has funding. It doesn’t make sense to ask others to support our research work unconditionally.”

 

     Li Yaolin smiled and said: “Thank you for your understanding.”

 

     In order to give each other a way out, the staff of the natural resources department came out to smooth things over: “Let’s find an opportunity to sit down and talk about these things slowly later!”

 

     Li Yaolin left after expressing her attitude. She came to the tourist service center and found that there were already a bunch of tourists here. Those who didn’t know thought that some mass incident had occurred.

 

     She saw Zheng Xuan who was squeezed to the periphery by the crowd and was a little confused: “What happened?”

 

     “Did you forget? Today is the first day of pre-sale of cultural and creative products.” Zheng Xuan asked helplessly.

 

     After being reminded by the little sister, Li Yaolin immediately remembered: “I remember your ‘first show’, how could I forget it?”

 

      Zheng Xuan looked at her with a smile, as if she saw through her lies.

 

     Li Yaolin moved her eyes away guiltily and said, “Even if it’s a pre-sale, they won’t make such a fuss like in a vegetable market, right?”

 

     Zheng Xuan sighed. She underestimated the tourists’ enthusiasm for “Sea Fire”.

 

     When “Sea Fire” reappeared on Xingzhou Island last night, she thought that the pre-sale work this time could use the “Sea Fire Glue” model as a gimmick, so she contacted Manager Qi overnight and revised the publicity and promotion plan formulated yesterday.

 

     Early this morning, the TV on the island released a pre-sale advertisement. When tourists heard that Xingzhou Island could let them take away “Sea Fire”, they swarmed in and said they wanted to make a reservation, no matter how expensive the model was.

 

 

 

     “What if the goods are not the same as the picture?” There are many rational consumers among the tourists, and they raised such questions.

 

     The staff of Xingzhou Island responded with a smile: “If the effect is not as good as shown in the brochure, we support full refund.”

 

     “You said it!”

 

     “This is a product produced by Xingzhou Island. If there is any quality problem, we will be responsible to the end, so please rest assured!”

 

     “How long will it take to get the goods?”

 

     “The production cycle is three months. If you place an order now, it can be shipped around New Year’s Day.”

 

 

 

     Although it is a bit long, the tourists feel that they can wait, and they have paid the money and filled in the delivery information.

 

     When the group of tourists who saw the “sea fire” last night dispersed, the new tourists on the island saw so many people here, so they also gathered around. New tourists may not know the sensation caused by the “sea fire” last night, but seeing so many products, they will have some ideas of collecting and commemorating.

 

     Some people spent dozens of yuan to reserve a keychain model of five turtles, and some people spent thousands of yuan to customize a set of Xingzhou Island models that can see “Haize” during the day and “sea fire” at night. No matter cheap or expensive, none of the products designed by Zheng Xuan are neglected.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin suddenly smiled and said, “Brother Xuan, your work has been recognized by so many people. In the future, your path will become wider and brighter.”

 

     Zheng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, “The path I am walking on now is bright!”