Chapter 56. Special Mission

     Since the sale of Poseidon brand bait and fishing gear on Xingzhou Island, it has been in competition with the sea fishing club. However, before Li Yaolin developed boat fishing, it had not really touched the core interests of the sea fishing club, because the sea fishing club has a wide range of business, from selling products, organizing competitions to solicit sponsorship, advertising to renting boats for sea fishing, etc.

 

     Among these businesses, only sea fishing has the greatest advantage.

 

     General sea fishing clubs have thousands of members, dozens of boats, and experienced boat bosses. If anglers want to go out to sea for sea fishing, they can usually only find clubs.

 

     Chartering a boat to go out to sea, there are generally no valuable fish near the coast, and the cost of going out to sea is not high. If ten people charter a boat, each person is about 300 yuan, and it goes back and forth in one day. The fishery resources in the distant sea are rich, and the time is long, from three to five days at the shortest, to ten days and half a month at the longest. On average, the charge for each person to go out to sea is more than 2,000 yuan.

 

     Even though the fees are very expensive, there are still many anglers who enjoy it, because deep-sea fishing has the opportunity to catch some valuable large fish, such as tuna, swordfish, etc. If you are lucky enough to catch one, you can earn more than 10,000 yuan after deducting the cost.

 

     Once Xingzhou Island starts to engage in boat fishing projects, it will undoubtedly greatly damage the interests of the sea fishing club, especially when the big cake of the fishing gear and bait market has been bitten off by Xingzhou Island. If Xingzhou Island makes the boat fishing project also successful, who will join the club in the future? I am afraid that everyone will go to Xingzhou Island!

 

     It just so happened that Xingzhou Island had grievances with some villagers in the fishing village, so the sea fishing club cooperated with them to let them make quick money that was not illegal.

 

     As for what to do if tourists scold them or report them after they find that they have been cheated? They don’t care. They are doing a one-time deal, and they will cheat as many tourists as possible. Only the money in hand is the most real.

 

     Manager Qi said: “Some tourists have felt that our internal staff of Xingzhou Island cooperated with outsiders to cheat tourists. When the National Day arrives, the number of tourists will surge, and more people will be deceived. I suggest posting a promotional notice. Not all tourists can see it, but it can reduce the number of people deceived.” 

 

     He paused and said: “There is another way, which is to cooperate with the club and outsource the sea fishing project.” 

 

     Li Yaolin said without thinking: “Find someone to design some eye-catching slogans, record some broadcasts, and post the slogans in a conspicuous place on the pier.”

 

     This means refusing to cooperate with the club. Manager Qi actually has an idea in mind. After all, all the projects of Xingzhou Island are developed independently. Only the diving shop is opened in the name of the island owner and Fang Xinhua, but the actual control is in the hands of the island owner, so it is absolutely impossible to let the island owner cooperate with the club and outsource the project. 

 

     Although I don’t understand why the island owner insists on developing the project alone and not giving others a share, others attract investment because of a shortage of funds, but the island owner does not have a problem of a shortage of funds. It is naturally the most satisfying to be able to decide everything by himself.

 

     Posting slogans is a way that Li Yaolin was forced to respond. It is effective, but it cannot hurt the foundation of the sea fishing club. So the best way to fight back is to take the initiative and defeat the opponent in the field where the opponent is best at!

 

     When she first developed the island, she was tricked by Fang Xinhua on the route, but she never compromised. Now that the sea fishing club has officially declared war on her, how can she retreat?

 

 

 

     She called the little mermaid: “Little fish, can you do me a favor?”

 

     The Q version of the little mermaid in the APP showed an expression of “three points of ridicule and three points of carelessness” and “the crooked mouth war god returns” that she didn’t know where she learned it from, and asked: “Do you need me to declare war on the sea fishing club as the island owner’s assistant?”

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

     Where did you learn this middle school declaration?

 

     She said: “I’m going to make a big news. Do you know where there are tuna? I will organize a boat fishing there. If someone can catch a tuna, it will be the first shot of this boat fishing war!”

 

     The little mermaid: “Why do I feel that the island owner is hinting that people can help get some tuna?”

 

     Li Yaolin pretended to be stupid: “What are you talking about? But this is also a good idea. Can you do it?”

 

     The little mermaid: “…”

 

     Li Yaolin said again: “Now that the enemy is at hand, it is the time for us to work together and defeat the enemy together. As my assistant, how can you fail at such a critical moment?”

 

     The little mermaid said: “The island owner has not carefully looked at the new changes of the sea fishing field since it was merged with the boat fishing project?”

 

     Li Yaolin was confused: “New changes, what new changes? The sea fishing field is still level 3 and has not been upgraded. Why is there a new change?”

 

 

 

     While talking to herself, she clicked on 【Sea Fishing Field】 and found a “+” sign behind it.

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

     Oh, was she blind before? Why didn’t she see such a big plus sign?

 

     The little mermaid: “The island owner just found out (that she is blind)?”

 

     Li Yaolin: “Don’t ask, the question is that after the number of projects developed has increased, there are new message reminders on the APP interface every day, and I can’t keep up.”

 

     Li Yaolin felt that this was the fault of the system. After all, other people’s APP interfaces have menu bars, character bars, task bars, etc., and the detailed information of any tasks or projects is as clear and concise as a tree diagram, which is convenient and easy to find.

 

     What about the Poseidon Holiday APP? It only displays the project name and area on the map. Specific information can only be viewed after clicking it, and more specific information has to be clicked on the plus sign behind it, which makes the interface look too messy, and it is easy for her to ignore other information.

 

     The little mermaid really didn’t expect that she could still blame the system.

 

     The system immediately gave Li Yaolin a task and gave a notice that the APP will be updated. At that time, in addition to the existing projects, the island owner will not be able to develop new projects or build new infrastructure through the APP for the time being.

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     No, you should at least give people some time to react. If you suddenly update and say you are not angry, who will believe you?

 

     You will suffer for what you have done. Li Yaolin was glad that she had no projects to develop for the time being. But should he look at the tasks first, or study the new changes in the sea fishing grounds first?

 

     After hesitating for half a second, Li Yaolin decided to look at the tasks first:

 

 

 

【Limited-time task: Celebrate the National Day with the whole country.

 

     Before October 8, become the most popular scenic spot in Yóushì area during the National Day (unfinished)

 

     Note, the popularity criteria include but are not limited to: the number of tourists received, popularity, search, attention, topic participation, etc.

 

     Complete the task to get the National Day gift package, and there is no penalty for failure. 】

 

 

 

     This task made Li Yaolin confused. Is Poseidon unwilling to lag behind and start to compete with other scenic spots in Yóushì?

 

     However, judging from the rewards of this task, it should be a special task. Unlike the regular tasks before, there will be no punishment even if it is not completed. There is no punishment for failing the regular tasks. 

 

     But when Li Yaolin first did the task, she delayed opening the island owner’s authority, which led to a decline in the satisfaction of the Sea God. So she guessed that if the regular tasks failed before, the Sea God would definitely deduct her satisfaction.

 

 

 

     Without punishment, Li Yaolin had no burden on her shoulders, so she put the task aside and studied the sea fishing grounds.

 

     She clicked on the + sign and found that the APP provided data on all the fish species active in the sea fishing grounds, their rarity, and their range of activities.

 

     “So there are tuna activities in the sea fishing grounds?!” Li Yaolin was shocked. She thought there would be no tuna in the coastal waters.

 

     In fact, not all tuna populations live in deep sea areas. For example, the yellowfin tuna population lives in the coastal waters.

 

     The price of this type of tuna is far less expensive than that of bluefin tuna, but it has a relatively high yield and high economic value. Depending on its size and part, the price can be as cheap as a few dozen yuan per pound, or as expensive as more than a hundred yuan per pound. It can grow up to 200 kilograms, and one tuna is worth tens of thousands of yuan.

 

     The tuna currently active in the sea fishing field is yellowfin tuna, and don’t even think about bluefin tuna, which is as rare as the national treasure giant panda. If there is one in this sea area, Li Yaolin will definitely protect it. 

 

     ——The number accounts for 0.01% of all fish species, which means that there is only one yellowfin tuna in 10,000 fish. As for the size, Li Yaolin can’t see the detailed data.

 

 

 

     “Their range of activities is just at the boat fishing spot, so doesn’t that mean that there is still a one in ten thousand chance of catching tuna when fishing in the sea here!”

 

 

 

     I don’t know if the probability of catching tuna will increase after using Poseidon brand bait…

 

     This data gave Li Yaolin confidence. She immediately went to the sea fishing spot and found Lao Li: “Uncle Li, do you want to become famous in the sea fishing circle?”

 

     “Yes, who doesn’t want to?” Lao Li said with a smile. Whenever Li Yaolin talked a lot, he would not respond so quickly. “Why, do you have something to talk to me about?”

 

     Li Yaolin nodded: “There is such a thing, but I don’t know if you are interested.”

 

     Although Lao Li did not put down the fishing rod, he turned his head to look at her and said, “Tell me about it.”

 

     “Xingzhou Island is doing a boat fishing project, I believe you have heard about it.”

 

     Lao Li nodded. When the “boat fishing” project is launched, he will definitely be the first to sign up to experience it.

 

     Li Yaolin added: “But compared with other deep-sea fishing projects, Xingzhou Island’s boat fishing does not seem to have much advantage, so we want to make our sea fishing project more attractive.”

 

     Lao Li understood: “You want to make some gimmicks?”

 

     “You can say that, but we will never fake or make false propaganda.”

 

     Lao Li nodded: “So what do you want me to do?”

 

     Li Yaolin raised her usual smile when poaching people: “Xingzhou Island lacks some professional and experienced anglers. I wonder if you are interested in joining Xingzhou Island?”

 

 

 

     Lao Li: “…”

 

 

 

     So this means “the next conversation cannot be known by those who are not insiders of Xingzhou Island”?

 

     “Or can you please help recommend a few experienced and professional anglers?”

 

     Lao Li asked awkwardly: “How can you be sure that I am not interested?”

 

     Li Yaolin blinked: “Don’t you have enough money?”

 

     Lao Li was silent. How could he have enough money!

 

     He did have a full-time job at the beginning, and sea fishing was just his hobby. 

 

     After coming to Xingzhou Island for sea fishing, he found that he could earn more money from sea fishing than from work. In addition, after he caught a large yellow croaker, he became famous in the fishing friends group. Many people asked him how to sea fish, and he was invited to go sea fishing every day.

 

     So he simply gave up his job with a monthly income of 5,000 yuan, which was not stable, and changed his career to become a professional fisherman. There was no shortage of buyers for the fish he caught, and the cheap fish could be recycled by Xingzhou Island, so he had a guaranteed net income of 200 yuan per day.

 

     Last month, his income reached 8,000 yuan, which was not high in big cities, but it was already very high in a small city like Youshi where the average monthly salary was only 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.

 

     ——His wife didn’t really understand his interests at first. She used to scold him for preferring to go fishing instead of accompanying her during his breaks. Now his wife wants him to stay outside every day to make money fishing…

 

     Li Yaolin knew that Lao Li rarely lost money when fishing, so she approached him.

 

     In addition to him, the professional fisherman “Hai Ge” was also someone she had thought of winning over. However, “Hai Ge” is an employee of the Sea Fishing Club. He is usually responsible for live broadcasting and promoting products on Xingzhou Island. 

 

     Because of the popularity of Xingzhou Island, he now has more than 100,000 fans. Unfortunately, due to his professional requirements, he would advertise the club’s products during live broadcasts, so that many viewers thought that he could catch so many fish because the club’s bait was good.

 

     Perhaps it was this act of deceiving the audience against his conscience that made him suffer in his heart, or perhaps it was because he couldn’t get a ticket to Xingzhou Island, so he didn’t come to Xingzhou Island so often recently.

 

     Lao Li only discovered this after spending a long time with “Hai Ge”. Although he didn’t like it, he didn’t expose him, after all, he made a living from this.

 

     At this time, neither he nor Li Yaolin mentioned “Brother Hai”. He said: “Joining Xingzhou Island is also very tempting to me now.”

 

     The longer he stayed on Xingzhou Island, the more he found himself fascinated by this mysterious island.

 

     The reason why he likes sea fishing is not only to relax himself, but also because the mystery of the sea gives him excitement and challenges. Now, this island can satisfy him with all these.

 

     Another benefit is that after joining Xingzhou Island, he no longer has to compete with thousands of tourists for this ticket!

 

     Li Yaolin said happily: “That’s great, welcome to join!”