Chapter 99. Revelation

     After giving a safety lesson to the sub-adult white dolphin, Li Yaolin went to learn about the adult white dolphin and confirmed that it and the fetus in its belly were healthy before she felt relieved.

     Just as she was about to leave, she received a call from Director Fu, who exchanged pleasantries with her for a while before getting to the point: “Does Mr. Li have a female employee on his island who can communicate with dugongs and white dolphins?”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     As far as she knows, she seems to be the only person on the island who can communicate with wild marine life.

     She said, “Yes, Director Fu is looking for…her?”

     “It’s like this. I want to shoot the second part of “Mermaid Love Song”. The protagonist of the story is the mermaid queen in the first part… During the queen’s growth, she will come into contact with many marine creatures. I want to show their friendly relationships, and only that female employee can do it, so I want to borrow someone from General Manager Li and… borrow Pipi.”

     “Pipi” is the name of the sub-adult. Not long after it settled in the waters of Xingzhou Island, a wealthy man in Yang City spent three million to adopt it for life. He also gave it this name because it was so lively and naughty.

     “It’s not appropriate to talk to me about Pipi. As for that female employee, do you want her to be a stand-in? Or do you just need a ‘tamer’ who can help you smoothly film the interaction between the actors and the white dolphins?”

     Director Fu said: “I want her to play the young queen, as a mermaid princess.”

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     The little mermaid was already laughing and pounding the ground on the APP interface: “The island star is a mermaid princess, hahahaha…”

     Li Yaolin said: “She can’t act, I’ll refuse for her here.”

     Director Fu was a little disappointed and wanted to persuade Li Yaolin to ask the other party’s opinion first. Li Yaolin said: “Does Director Fu need an actor for the mermaid queen in her infancy? My assistant Xiaoyu is more in line with the mermaid queen in her infancy in terms of appearance. It has a very close relationship with the marine creatures on the island. In the water There is no need for diving equipment for filming. “

     The little mermaid: “…”

     Director Fu said excitedly: “Really? That’s great!”

     “But I don’t know if it is willing to join the group, why don’t I let it contact you by itself?”

     After the call ended, Li Yaolin looked at the little mermaid who looked like a dried salted fish, and said with a smile: “You heard it, whether you are interested or not, go and contact the other party yourself!”

     The little mermaid climbed up: “The island owner wants to know what the other person looks like through the TV series, right?”

     Li Yaolin asked back: “Do you think I have time to watch TV series?”

     She looked like a great boss who cared about her employees, and said, “I heard that the pay for filming is very high. With such a good thing, how can I not take care of my employees?”

     The little mermaid thought about it and felt that it seemed to be the case.

     It rolled its eyes and said coyly: “But I am the island owner’s assistant. I can’t do things unrelated to work during working hours!”

     Li Yaolin complained in her heart: “Don’t you usually do too many things unrelated to work?”

     She said: “Then I will allow you to do some side jobs as long as it doesn’t interfere with your work as the island owner assistant.”

     “Since it is the island owner’s order, there is nothing I can do!” The little mermaid said, packed her luggage, jumped into the sea of APP, and ran away without a trace.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     She ran pretty fast!

     Fifteen minutes had passed since the end of the lunch break, and Li Yaolin turned back to the office.

     The housekeeper reminded her that the leaders of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau and the deputy director of the County Tourism Bureau had boarded the ship, and they would probably be able to land on the island in another twenty minutes.

     The leaders of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau came to Xingzhou Island to conduct research on upgrading the protected area to a national protected area, and to lobby for Wenhua Group to persuade Li Yaolin to take over the tourism project of Jiahai together with Wenhua Group.

     Now, when tourists from inside and outside the province mention the tourist attractions in Youshi, they blurt out Xingzhou Island. It has become the iconic tourism brand of Youshi. Therefore, if it can promote cooperation with Wenhua Group, it will be of great help to further revitalize the tourism industry in Youshi.

     In addition to these leaders and deputy directors, representatives of Wenhua Group also came. The other party was Qiao Jin, the president of Wenhua Tourism Investment Management Group, a subsidiary of Wenhua Group. When she came, she brought a secretary and an assistant with her.

     When they first set foot on Xingzhou Island, the representatives of Wenhua Group knew that it was absolutely right to come to Xingzhou Island for cooperation.

     Although the relationship between the two sides became a little subtle after Wenhua Group released the rumor of cooperation to make the stock rise and Romantic Sea House made trouble for Xingzhou Island and Wenhua Group behind the scenes. But when it came to formal occasions, both sides remained absolutely rational.

     Under Qiao Jin’s command, her secretary spread out a map in front of Li Yaolin. In the conception of Wenhua Group, the sea area of the protected area is adjacent to Jiahai.

     If the two sides can jointly develop Jiahai, a win-win situation can be achieved: Wenhua Group invested in Xingzhou Island to develop and operate Jiahai, and included Jiahai Scenic Area into the map of Xingzhou Island’s tourist attractions.

     Li Yaolin only needs to improve the environment so that marine life is willing to move around in Jiahai. This can be used as a gimmick to attract tourists to come and play. Even if most tourists still cannot land on the island, they can still have fun in Jiahai. 

     Xingzhou Island can also take this opportunity to build the island into a high-end tourist attraction and increase ticket prices, which will not reduce the reputation of the scenic area and make more money.

     As for Wenhua Group, it has made money and won reputation.

     Facing this group company president who was 22 years older than her, with delicate makeup but overly raised eyebrows that made her face look a bit fierce, Li Yaolin did not show any fear. She said calmly:

     “It is indeed good to be able to win-win for all three parties, but unfortunately I have only one position. Xingzhou Island currently has sufficient funds and does not need investment. In addition, even if Xingzhou Island and Wenhua Group jointly invest in establishing a development and management company, all projects that Xingzhou Island is responsible for development and operation must be under the premise that Xingzhou Island is the leader, and the company is a 100% holding company of Xingzhou Island.”

     Qiao Jin stared at her: “So, President Li wants to go it alone?”

     Li Yaolin said helplessly: “I have no plans to expand the coastline for the time being.”

     Qiao Jin smiled: “It’s okay. If we can’t reach an agreement today, we can continue the discussion next time.”

     After leaving, her assistant kept muttering in her heart: “The other party seems to be young and has a good temper, but I didn’t expect that she has such a strong desire for control.”

     Qiao Jin said: “Fang Xinhua said before that it’s okay to cooperate with her, but the decision-making power must be given up. Those projects that he invested a little money in don’t require him to ask or intervene. He can make money just by sitting there, which is naturally good for him. But for a project as big as the development of Jiahai, let alone giving up the decision-making power, even not asking is not allowed.”

     “It seems that we can’t reach an agreement.”

     Qiao Jin didn’t say anything.

     She vaguely felt that it was not that they couldn’t cooperate, but they all needed to change their cooperation concepts and cooperation directions…

     Two days later, Qiao Jin came to Li Yaolin again, but not to discuss the development of Jiahai, but to invite Li Yaolin to visit the tourism projects invested by Wenhua Group.

     Li Yaolin went there happily.

     They went to the mangrove reserve, Biwan Tourism Island, Yanling and the film and television city.

     Qiao Jin showed Li Yaolin the old photos of this area and asked, “Do you know how many years it took to develop this place?”

     “I’ve seen the news, almost four years?”

     Qiao Jin sighed, “Yes, four years, but with the early planning, it took six years. It took so much time and invested hundreds of millions of yuan, but the result was not satisfactory.”

     This film and television city, which has been partially built, looks very grand and majestic from the renderings, but when you walk in, you will find that it is very small. When filming the film and television drama, it is both a mansion and a street, and it cannot show one-tenth of the renderings.

     It takes two hours to visit the Lion Grove in Suzhou, but here, you can basically see all the free attractions in half an hour.

     No matter the viewing or the playability, it is not as good as the buildings on Xingzhou Island.

     Li Yaolin thought that her development and construction was guaranteed by a system, and there was no contractor or engineering party cutting corners. Every penny of the project money was spent on the real thing, so whether it was a building or a scenic spot, it was very classy at first glance.

     If she had to spend money to find an artificial project herself, it would probably be like this. Therefore, she dared not be complacent.

     Qiao Jin said: “Despite this, we will still develop according to the plan, because this is not only related to whether the company can make a profit, but also to the tourism economy of the Biwan District. The village behind the film and television city will be developed into a tourist folk village. We estimate that the tourism industry can increase the income of 500 households in the surrounding villages by about 100,000 yuan per year.”

     Before Wenhua Group invested in the development, the village here was neither backed by mountains nor by the sea. It was saline-alkali land underfoot and could not be used for farming, so it was very poor and backward. The annual per capita income of each household in the village was only 22,000 yuan. For a household of five, an annual increase of 100,000 is equivalent to doubling the income.

     After listening to Qiao Jin’s words, Li Yaolin had to admit that although the other party beautified the original intention of entrepreneurs to invest, as a senior executive of a large enterprise, the other party’s vision was indeed big; as a senior who had been working in society for decades, her mind would be more mature and her insights would be more unique, and he still had to learn from her.

     Li Yaolin said: “butq Jiahai is too far from these places. It is not in the tourism economic circle planned by Wenhua Group!”

     Qiao Jin looked at her with approval and said: “It was not originally there. At present, our company has planned a circle on the coastline southwest of Biwan Port, but when the coastal highway is opened, these scenic spots can be connected and used as anchors to radiate around the center…”

     Li Yaolin figured out the joints: “You want to use the influence of Xingzhou Island to help the coastal tourist attractions in Youshi open up the domestic and overseas markets?”

     Qiao Jin nodded. Although Wenhua Group has travel agencies and domestic and overseas tourism businesses, the coastal tourism industry in Youshi is not global. Before Xingzhou Island was frequently searched, few people in the province had heard of these scenic spots.

     Therefore, Wenhua Travel Agency basically does not bother to open a money-losing tourist route such as “Overseas-Youshi”. Nowadays, Xingzhou Island has become known to foreign netizens because of its water quality and environment, which is comparable to tropical islands such as Thailand and Malaysia, as well as the various strange phenomena on the island.

     The increasing number of overseas tourists is enough to show that Xingzhou Island can lead the coastal tourism culture of Yóushì to go abroad.

     Li Yaolin: “…”

     There is no need to put Xingzhou Island on such a high position.

     The other party is really a veteran who has been in the business world for many years. She almost led her into a ditch with just a few words.

     She was not flattered by Qiao Jin’s flattery.

     After a day of strolling and parting with Qiao Jin, she did not rush back to Xingzhou Island on the last boat, but strolled around Liantou Port Pier.

     Liantou Port did not know when there were shared bicycles, so she scanned a shared bicycle and followed the coastline from Liantou Port, enjoying the scenery along the way while trying to record every inch of land here with a development perspective. It took more than three hours to slowly arrive at Baoren Port Pier.

     It was almost dusk, and the boats to the island had stopped sailing, but the area around the pier was still bustling.

     I don’t know when the night market started here. Small vendors sell clothes, accessories, snacks, drinks and dried seafood here. The people who visit the night market here are basically tourists who take the last boat to leave the island and wait for the tourist bus to Biwan Station.

     During the half-hour waiting for the bus, they may be hungry or bored, so the simple night market near the pier has become their best choice to continue to while away the time.

     The folk village invested and built by Wenhua Group emerged in her mind. Li Yaolin thought that perhaps a tourism derivative industry street could also be built in the Baoren Port area.

     Whether the system supports it or not, she wants to do something according to her own ideas.

     In addition to the development funds that cannot be moved, her assets have eight-digit surplus funds in the first half of the year. Considering that there are still some projects to be developed on the island, these funds cannot be moved too much… just take out 20 million to test the waters!

     Thinking of this, Li Yaolin suddenly wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.

     She never thought that one day, Li Yaolin would be able to say something as “take 20 million to test the waters”.

     She didn’t stay at the dock for long, and rode her bicycle to the Cultural and Creative Park.

     Seeing that the lights were still on in the office area of the Cultural and Creative Park, she knew that Zheng Xuan was still working overtime.

     She knocked on the door of Zheng Xuan’s office: “Why do I remember that I didn’t receive your overtime application?”

     Zheng Xuan was startled, and when she saw her coming, she said in surprise: “You are still outside at this time, it’s rare!”

     “It took me a while to ride my bicycle here, and I missed the last boat, so I can only come to you for help. I hope you can take me in for one night.”

     Li Yaolin’s eyes fell on the map of the Cultural and Creative Park, and she suddenly smiled, “I remember Brother Xuan, you said that you want to build a tourism and cultural industry chain with island tourism as the main focus? How about using the Cultural and Creative Park as the hub?”