Chapter 91. Sailboat

     “If the other party can agree to a few of our conditions, it’s not impossible to agree to sell the aquatic products to the other party.” Li Yaolin said.

     As she said before, she can’t make all the money, and she can’t drink all the soup by herself, she still has to leave some for others.

     After the use of the sea area increased, part of the sea area for reproduction and release became her private sea area, and the sea area that could originally be fished by fishermen also decreased. In the long run, more and more people will be dissatisfied with her.

     So when she planned the “green reproduction area”, she thought about it. In addition to the seafood supplied to the restaurant, the rest of the seafood will be sold to fishmongers.

     Now Zhang Yaode took the initiative to come to her house to buy, and she had no reason to refuse.

     Her conditions are also very simple: First, aquatic products produced in non-Xingzhou Island waters must be distinguished from aquatic products of Xingzhou Island, and aquatic products produced in non-Xingzhou Island must not be named after Xingzhou Island to defraud consumers;

     Second, consumers can be informed that their aquatic products are purchased from Xingzhou Island, but Xingzhou Island cannot be used as a trademark, because this trademark is unique to Xingzhou Island. If the cooperative wants to sell processed aquatic products, it can only register a trademark on its own;

     Third, in order to maintain the brand image of Xingzhou Island and food safety considerations, the cooperative can ask a professional company to test the aquatic products of Xingzhou Island, and the processed food produced by the cooperative must also have relevant qualifications and qualified certificates.

     As for how Zhang Yaode will solve the funding problem and whether he can convince the members of the cooperative to agree to these conditions, that is his business.

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     After the start of the cultural and creative park, the top priority is to produce the third batch of blind boxes first.

     Although other postcards have been sold for their exquisite production and high quality, what everyone likes and looks forward to most is the limited edition postcards with the island owner’s stamp.

     This time, 300,000 blind boxes will be produced, of which 3,000 will be stamped by the island owner herself, and the probability of winning is 1%.

     And Xingzhou Island will open an online sales channel so that even netizens who have not visited Xingzhou Island can buy blind boxes through the online store.

     After Song Ruqing knew about it, she immediately opened the Tbao Xingzhou Island official store to buy 100 blind boxes.

     When the assistant saw her buying so many blind boxes in one go, she asked: “Sister Qing, didn’t you say that you gave a large sum of money to your family recently, and there is no notice for the time being, so you don’t have much money on you? Why did you buy so many?”

     Song Ruqing sighed, she was indeed poor. Others only know her as a popular young actress, but in fact, these are all hyped and packaged by the company. She debuted only four years ago. In the first year, she only played supporting roles and second female roles.

     In the second year, she took on two dramas, but only the one in which she played a supporting role was successfully broadcast. Last year, she took on three dramas as the main actress, but only two were successfully broadcast. She was also praised as a “young actress” because of her likable roles.

     In the first three years of her contract with the company, the profit was 40% to 60%, and this year it started to be 50% to 50%.

     However, Zhou Qunfang of the same period has started to accept endorsements from big brands, while she still only endorses small brands. To make matters worse, there have been changes within the brand’s company. For two years, the endorsement fee has not been received. Her daily living expenses such as buying clothes and daily necessities are also high, and she has not been able to save much money since her debut.

     Others only see her glamorous appearance, but in fact, she is reluctant to spend a lot of money if it is not reimbursed by the company. The cost of going to Xingzhou Island last time was her private trip, so it was not reimbursed. This time, buying a blind box was also her personal item, so it was not reimbursed, which is why the assistant asked this question.

     Three thousand yuan, almost as expensive as the hotel in Xingzhou Island! 

     The assistant gave her an idea: “Sister, why don’t we buy a blind box and open it. If there is a limited edition postcard inside, we will keep it and return the rest. This way we can save a lot of money!”

     If it were before, Song Ruqing would definitely think that this made sense. After all, isn’t it the same when buying things online? As long as the things are not missing or damaged, they can be returned.

     But since the purchasing agent was arrested, Song Ruqing no longer has this kind of opportunistic mind.

     She had a little luck recently, but she didn’t want to make mistakes and become even more unlucky.

     She said, “Don’t give me bad advice. I’ll keep the limited edition postcards myself, and give the rest to my friends. Also, when I go out, I often meet fans and fans. I’ll sign them and say I bought them when I went to Xingzhou Island last time.”

     At this time, the agent came to her happily and said, “There is good news. The boss just talked to the producer of Lychee TV on the phone and said that the program team has signed a contract with Hong Kong singer Shu Shuang, and Shu Shuang will record the program with you!”

     Although Lychee TV is not as famous as Taozi TV and Blueberry TV, Song Ruqing finally accepted the variety show after weighing it.

     It was Zhou Qunfang who didn’t accept the variety show due to schedule conflicts. Song Ruqing regretted that she couldn’t perform “sisterly love” with the other party to dispel the rumors about their discord… Although the rumor was true.

     Hearing this, Song Ruqing was shocked. Shu Shuang is the youth memory of the 80s and 90s generations, and she is also a legendary singer.

     Her ancestral home is Lingnan Province. She lived in Hong Kong with her parents since she was young. When she was studying in a Hong Kong school, she was discovered because of her unique voice. She debuted at the age of 14, became famous at the age of 20, and was crowned as the queen of the Hong Kong music scene at the age of 25…

     It would take ten days and ten nights to tell about her subsequent experiences.

     In short, Song Ruqing grew up listening to her songs, so when she learned that she would record the same program with her, she was so excited that she got goose bumps.

     The agent thought she was excited because Shu Shuang’s participation would guarantee the ratings of the show and he would also benefit from it. He smiled and said, “You have to seize this variety show.”

     Song Ruqing asked, “Yeah, is there any other good news?”

     “Yes!” The agent paused and deliberately kept it a secret: “The endorsement fee of Lihua Family has arrived!”

     “Ah, why did the other party suddenly find conscience?”

     “Their company has been adjusted and stabilized. They can afford the endorsement fee, so they quickly made up for it.”

     The endorsement fee is not high, but Song Ruqing has not had to worry about her personal expenses in the past two months.

     The assistant also said happily, “Sister, I don’t think you need to buy blind boxes. With your luck, you are definitely a European emperor! It doesn’t matter whether you have that postcard or not.”

     Song Ruqing looked at the assistant, but a painful experience that she wished she could seal up and never remember in her life emerged in her mind.

     Sure enough, the key to good luck is not the postcard, but the island owner herself. When she thought of this, she stood up again: Yes, although she asked someone to buy the blind box for her, but the agent was arrested; she went to buy the blind box in person, but the blind box was sold out, but she met the island owner, didn’t she?

     Even Zhou Qunfang, who had been to Xingzhou Island twice, had never seen the island owner. Not only did she meet her, but she also played three rounds of table tennis with her. Who else could be treated like her? !

     The agent said, “This time you go to Xingzhou Island to record the show, I will go with you…”

     Song Ruqing came back to her senses and was a little surprised. After all, the agent had more than just her artist under her. In addition to a semi-retired well-known actress, she also brought two newcomers, and was very busy on weekdays.

     Zhou Qunfang’s agent “Sister Ying” is also a well-known agent, but she will not bring newcomers casually. At present, she only brings Zhou Qunfang. Song Ruqing secretly envied Zhou Qunfang for this reason.

     Seeing her surprised look, the agent smiled and said, “You don’t have to be too surprised. After all, you have signed a contract with the company for four years. As long as you work hard, the company will definitely allocate more resources to you in the future.”

      Song Ruqing put away her thoughts, smiled slightly, and responded, “I know!”

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     The reality show variety show of Lychee TV is named “Journey to the West”, which is mainly for leisure and entertainment. It is to let the guests walk around along the route of the Beibu Gulf city cluster. In order to make the program more interesting, some barrier-breaking activities will be set up, and guests will also be allowed to participate in various challenges.

     There are not many water projects developed on Xingzhou Island at present, so the program team will make the best use of its strengths and avoid its weaknesses. The initial plan is to break through the barriers in the form of treasure hunting, and the clues will be placed at various famous scenic spots on Xingzhou Island. Guests need to participate in these projects to get clues.

     After repeated communication, Xingzhou Island also arranged the opening hours of the scenic spots on the day of the program recording and the scope of the program group’s activities to ensure that no accidents will occur during the program recording.

     On the other hand, when the program team learned that the shortcoming of Xingzhou Island was the lack of projects, Li Yaolin asked Vice President Qi: “Do we really have very few projects?”

     Vice President Qi was speechless and thought for a moment before answering: “Compared with the islands in Qionghai, it is indeed one less…more than one less. But after all, we have only been developing for less than a year, and those islands have been developed for more than ten years, or even longer, so it is normal if they have many projects!”

     Take Guqizhou Island, which is similar in size, for example. It has as many as 33 marine and beach entertainment projects. Xingzhou Island only has a few projects, including beach volleyball, camping and barbecue.

     “Okay, anyway, the East Pier has been built. Although the breakwater still needs dozens of meters to be repaired, the waves in the sea area of Xingzhou Island are not big and will not affect the navigation of ships. Let’s get the sailing project approved as soon as possible!”

     When Li Yaolin built the East Pier, she planned more than 50 yacht berths, which can park yachts and sailboats of various levels.

     However, it is impossible for Li Yaolin to buy so many yachts and sailboats at one time. She didn’t have much liquidity, and the sailing project in Youshi was not mature. However, Yangshi had a sailing and windsurfing training base and a club that had been operating for many years and the system was a little more mature. In this case, the first choice for sailing enthusiasts must be Yangshi.

     But Li Yaolin asked professionals to analyze that it was not that Youshi did not have a sailing market at all, but that citizens who wanted to play sailing often went to Yangshi, so it seemed that no one played this sport.

     If Xingzhou Island could establish a sailing base, it would definitely attract sailing enthusiasts in Youshi to come and play.

     The price of sailing boats ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, or even millions. Li Yaolin wanted to take into account the needs of beginners and competitors, so she bought 30 sailing boats of different levels. Eighteen of them were second-hand sailing boats purchased from a sailing club in Shenzhen through the relationship of President Chang at a price 10% lower than the second-hand market.

     Although it was a second-hand sailing boat, she sent it for inspection and found nothing wrong. If the club had not encountered a financial crisis and needed some funds to relieve the pressure, Li Yaolin might not have had this opportunity to pick up a bargain.

     After the sailing license was obtained and the project procedures were approved, the official website and mini program of Xingzhou Island officially launched the sailing project. Tourists can sign up for the experience or rent a boat to sail out to sea.

     In order to quickly attract sailing enthusiasts and open up the market for sailing sports in Youshi, Xingzhou Island, which has not actively advertised since its popularity soared, spent more than 100,000 yuan on promotion.

     After that, Xingzhou Island signed a lease with several sailing and windsurfing teams in Youshi, allowing the sailing and windsurfing teams to rent nearby waters as one of the training venues.

     Various sailing events are organized in the province every year. The Youth Sailing Championship was just held last year. The Provincial Games Sailing Competition Group will be held in a neighboring city at the end of October this year. The sailing and windsurfing team in Youshi needs to speed up training.

     When the “Journey to the West” program team officially came to Xingzhou Island to set up, they encountered a group of teenagers who were sailing on the sea alone by controlling the OP-class sailboat^[1]Optimist (OP) Class <1-seater>

The combination of a box-shaped hull and a single sail makes the boat highly stable even in strong winds and easy to maneuver, making it ideal for the beginners.

. The director was excited and decided to add some difficulty to the guests’ challenges.