Chapter 87. Hotel Opening

     On February 14, Song Ruqing came to Baoren Port alone to wait for the boat. Seeing the huge crowds of people at the dock, she immediately had a headache.

     She hated crowded places the most!

     Just when she was worried that no one would help her get two large boxes of luggage on board, she heard the staff of Xingzhou Island promoting that tourists who have booked a hotel can check in their luggage there.

     “The service of this hotel is quite considerate.” Song Ruqing’s dissatisfaction was relieved a lot.

     When she arrived on the island, she was in a hurry to touch up her makeup and had no intention of going around. She just wanted to check in at the hotel early, so she stopped the sightseeing car driven by the island security team during patrol, and asked the security guard to drive her to the hotel on the grounds that she was tired.

     Security guard: “…”

     Fortunately, they said during the training that if tourists requested, they could not refuse to take them, so they did not drive her out of the car and sent her to the hotel entrance.

     There were many opening flower baskets at the entrance of the hotel, and the cleaning staff was cleaning the fireworks on the ground. There were many tourists in and out of the hotel lobby, and the four lines for check-in procedures were lined up to the door.

     Song Ruqing thought that the hotel on Xingzhou Island had just opened, and in order to create the illusion that many people were staying, they locked many empty rooms and let the remaining tourists choose more expensive rooms.

     Unexpectedly, when she came here, she found that those were not illusions. There were really people willing to spend more than 800 yuan to stay in the cheapest room! She was puzzled. Just after the Chinese New Year, everyone’s wallets were empty. How could so many people come to this island to stay in such an expensive hotel?

     Seeing that there was another line with fewer people, she asked: “What is that line for? Why are there so few people?”

     The hotel waiter responded: “That is the line for checking in for the luxury suite.”

     Song Ruqing suddenly became energetic and walked over. Facing the envious eyes of the crowd, she felt like she was walking on the red carpet. She enjoyed this feeling very much, but it was a pity that there were fewer cameras on both sides.

     “Why do I feel that she looks familiar?” Someone in the crowd talked.

     “Song Ruqing!”

     “Wow, it’s really her! Why did she come here alone on Valentine’s Day? Zhou Qunfang already has a boyfriend, she lost!”

     Song Ruqing: “…”

     Want your sympathy? If you have the ability, don’t cry about being single on Double Eleven!

     She can already think of tomorrow’s gossip: Song Ruqing appeared on Xingzhou Island on Valentine’s Day, all alone…

     This is not the posture she wants to be on the news, so she is more eager to complete the hotel check-in procedures.

     What she didn’t expect was that the front desk here was not responsible for handling the procedures, but only for guiding and teaching.When she got a bracelet in a daze, she realized that the check-in procedures had been completed.

     “Is that all?”

     “Yes, if you need help, select this button on the bracelet and you can talk to our staff.”

     The staff patiently explained the function of the bracelet, “The hotel provides breakfast for two, and you can enter the restaurant by simply using the bracelet…”

     Song Ruqing asked, “What if I want to go in the water and leave this bracelet aside and someone picks it up?”

     “This bracelet is waterproof and can be worn in the water. And during your stay, it is bound to you. If you are not the owner, you cannot activate and use this bracelet.”

     The tourists next to her were surprised when they heard it: “You can tell this? What kind of black technology is this!”

     But they were not too surprised. After all, from the appearance of the chef in the seafood buffet restaurant, Xingzhou Island gave people the feeling of both metaphysics and science.

     At this moment, even if someone told them that “Hai Zi” and “Sea Fire” were the effects of black technology, they would only marvel at Xingzhou Island’s awesomeness, and even take out such high-tech things, and no longer question whether Xingzhou Island is a scam.

     Some tourists wanted to test it and exchanged bracelets with others to see if they could open the door of their room, but after trying for a long time, the door did not respond at all, and they thought it was broken. But after they changed the bracelet back, the door unlocked with a “beep”.

     The tourists looked at each other in surprise. Damn, it can really identify whether it is the real person? What kind of black technology is this?

     Song Ruqing didn’t care about technology. She took the elevator to the luxury suite on the fifth floor. Because there were few reservations, this floor seemed relatively quiet, but the lights on the top were very bright, which made people feel warm and not lonely.

     She found her room and opened the door. She saw a foyer of about three square meters. There was a shoe cabinet on one side, an umbrella bucket for umbrellas next to it, and a bench for people to sit and change shoes on the other side. It can be put away when not needed.

     Inside the foyer is a cloakroom of about six square meters, which is just right for guests like Song Ruqing who bring several large boxes of luggage every time they go out.

     There is a full-length mirror, an ironing board, and various small drawers in the cloakroom for socks and other things.

     Her suitcase has been sent to the cloakroom. She is not in a hurry to open the suitcase, but continues to visit the suite.

     The bathroom is large, with a bathtub and a shower area specially set up to take care of tourists who don’t like to take a bath in the bathtub.

     The toilet is smart, and there is a tablet fixed on the wall next to it, which can listen to music and watch movies, and can also switch to KTV mode. Just enter verbal commands to allow tourists to listen to music/watch movies while taking a bath or squatting on the toilet.

     “It’s no different from an ordinary hotel…” Song Ruqing muttered.

     It’s just an ordinary resort hotel. What on earth is she expecting? !

     It wasn’t until she lay on the bed that she felt that the 2,880 yuan was worth it.

     The 1.8-meter smart bed can be adjusted to a comfortable sleeping position no matter how she lies down, and she can lie on her side and play with her phone for hours without changing her position – in general hotel beds, you have to turn over after lying on your side for half an hour, otherwise your cervical spine and shoulders will be uncomfortable.

     After taking a few photos, Song Ruqing lay on her side and looked at the scenery outside the balcony through the floor-to-ceiling window. She actually wanted to stay in a sea view room that cost more than 3,000 yuan a night, but the sea view room was sold out, and only the suite with a garden view was left.

     The floor-to-ceiling window was very large, almost occupying the entire wall, so the lighting was very good and there were more views. She saw a group of small seabirds flying to the balcony, landing on the railing, and then looking at her curiously.

     Song Ruqing took a few photos of them.

     At this time, a larger seabird came over, holding a bunch of flowers in its mouth. After placing it on the table on the balcony, it led the small seabirds to fly away.

     Song Ruqing was stunned. Was the seabird giving her flowers just now?

     She jumped up from the bed, opened the French window and ran to the balcony to pick up the bunch of flowers. It was a bunch of small white flowers, with a total of eight. She used her mobile phone to identify it and knew that it was a white flower, one of the most common plants on the mountain of Xingzhou Island.

     Has this seabird been trained?

     Is the welcome ceremony of the resort hotel in Xingzhou Island so unique?

     Song Ruqing pondered for a long time before thinking of the copy and posted it on Weibo and Chaohu. After receiving praise and envy from fans, she happily went to take a bath, put on makeup and went downstairs to eat.

     She is allergic to seafood, so even if others praise the seafood in the seafood buffet restaurant to the sky, she can’t eat it. Fortunately, after the hotel opened, ordinary meals were served here.

     The restaurant is access controlled during breakfast time. Only tourists who stay in the hotel can enter for free meals with a bracelet or room card.

     After the free buffet breakfast service period, the access control will be lifted, and ordinary tourists can also come in to pay for lunch and dinner.

     As for other areas, most of them are in a semi-open state. Tourists outside can come in, but if they want to enjoy some amusement projects, they can only activate them with a wristband.

     Few tourists will stay in the room after they move in. This is not good when traveling to ordinary scenic spots, but this is Xingzhou Island. There are surprises waiting for them to experience and explore, and they are reluctant to waste time in the hotel room.

     Therefore, there are many people gathering on the first floor to have fun.

     Fortunately, the place is large enough, and areas such as the gym are only open to guests, so when Song Ruqing strolls around, she will not feel deserted or have a headache because of too many people.

     The only thing that makes her unhappy is that today is Valentine’s Day, and many projects on Xingzhou Island have launched a “couple double package” event. Although there is no rule that only one man and one woman can participate, she didn’t even bring an assistant this time. She is alone and can’t get anyone together to participate in the event!

     She saw two people wearing work badges from Xingzhou Island passing by, so she called out to the girl who was closer to her and gave her feedback: “Although today is Valentine’s Day, your island is holding activities to suit the occasion, but isn’t it unfriendly to singles?”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She said: “We don’t mean to discriminate against singles, but what do you think?”

     “You have a couple’s package, and two people can enjoy discounts, so what should singles do? Do they have to get together with strangers and pretend to be a couple to participate in the event to enjoy the discount?”

     “You are absolutely right.” Li Yaolin nodded in agreement.

     Of course, this activity was not her idea, but she didn’t think there was a problem at the time, so she agreed.

     Now it seems that singles have a lot of opinions?

     Deputy Manager Shen beside her explained: “Many activities that require two people to participate are actually free activities, such as beach volleyball for two and love song duet activities. Participants will receive exquisite small gifts, and the winners will receive additional prizes. As for those discounted packages, there are actually discounted prices for single people…”

     Song Ruqing: “…”

     What do you mean, are you squeezing her out because she can’t find anyone to participate in the activities with?

     She is a popular young actress, how can she not find someone to participate in the activities with? !

     She pointed to a table tennis table and asked: “Also, don’t you have table tennis that can be played by one person? Your design is very unreasonable, and you don’t consider socially anxious tourists at all!”

     Deputy Manager Shen saw that this guest wanted to play table tennis, but couldn’t find anyone to play with.

     Li Yaolin said, “We will improve it.”

     She paused, “If you can’t find someone to play table tennis with for the time being, maybe I can play a few games with you.” 

     Song Ruqing was about to say that she didn’t need to play with her, but she was really eager to try, so she agreed reluctantly.

     Deputy Manager Shen: “…”

     Island owner, aren’t you here to inspect the opening of the hotel?

     In fact, you also want to play table tennis!

     As a competent subordinate, you will not expose the boss’s slacking behavior.

     Li Yaolin said to her: “You keep busy!”

     Deputy Manager Shen left first. When she returned to the rest room, she took out her phone and gossiped with several managers: “The island owner is playing table tennis with Song Ruqing!”

     “Song Ruqing, who is that?”

     Lin Qitong said: “That little flower who is as famous as Zhou Qunfang!”

     “Is she also here to travel?”

     “Of course? She even posted on her smurf account that the seabirds on the island sent her flowers.”

     Deputy General Manager Qi: “Ahem, it’s not good to gossip about guests.”

     “Then why are you in this gossip group?”

     Deputy General Manager Qi: “…”

     “Could the island owner be a fan of Song Ruqing?”

     “Do you think it’s possible?”

     Deputy General Manager Qi: “How is that possible? The island owner probably doesn’t even know who Song Ruqing is.”

     Everyone: “…”

     Although Song Ruqing also followed the island owner, they felt that the island owner might not have looked at which fans she had since registering.

     Fortunately, Li Yaolin didn’t know the gossip of the employees, otherwise she would definitely go up to seek justice – she had clearly seen which fans her account had!

     She also knew that there were more than 30 celebrities following her, and she had clicked on their V blogs to take a look. Although she thought most of those female celebrities looked the same, she at least remembered their names.

     So when she played table tennis with Song Ruqing, she felt that the other party looked familiar: “Are you a celebrity?”

     Song Ruqing, who was serving, tilted her racket and failed to serve.

     Of course she is a celebrity!

     Did the other party not recognize her, or just recognize her?

     Will she ask her for an autograph?

     Should she give her an autograph or not?

     Song Ruqing was very conflicted.

     Unexpectedly, after Li Yaolin asked this question, she didn’t say anything else and didn’t care much about her.

     Song Ruqing said: “Do you know me? Yes, I am Song Ruqing! I wanted to keep a low profile, but I was recognized, so there is nothing I can do. After playing table tennis, I will sign for you! Or I will sign on the table tennis ball and give it to you!”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She reminded her: “There is a risk of being blacklisted by Xingzhou Island if you graffiti or damage public property.”

     Song Ruqing: “?”

 

 

…

 

     Since Li Yaolin had to handle official business, she left after playing only three games.

     Song Ruqing had a great time and was not so resentful about the “couple double package”, but she always felt that she seemed to have forgotten something.

     It was not until she was about to walk on the beach that she remembered the purpose of her visit this time, so she hurried to the tourist service center: “Do you still have the postcard blind box?”

     “Sorry, the blind box is sold out, but we still have a lot of exquisite postcards…”

     Song Ruqing felt like she was struck by lightning, and she could not listen to the salesperson’s recommendation.

     No way, she came to Xingzhou Island in person, why can’t she buy the limited edition postcard?

     Why did the blind box sell out when she came to travel instead of being sold out earlier or later?

     She really got unlucky, didn’t she? !

     Zhou Qunfang was right. The postcard that belonged to someone else would not only have no effect in her hands, but would also backfire!

     What should she do?

     She asked the salesperson: “In addition to buying blind boxes, are there other ways to get postcards with your island owner’s personal seal?”

     “Yes, there will be a lantern festival on the island tomorrow during the Lantern Festival. If you guess lantern riddles and play small games, you will have the opportunity to win various exquisite gifts, including limited edition postcards.”

     Song Ruqing was originally going to go back tomorrow. After thinking about it, she decided to stay one more day to attend tomorrow’s lantern festival.