When Li Yaolin hurried over, many tourists had already gathered on the reef.
In addition to Huang Xiaoya and Poor Mama, other tourists also saw someone fall into the sea, so they hurriedly called the security guard to come over and called the police.
The rest of the tourists came to join in the fun.
"I was jogging in the morning, and I saw a person sitting here from a distance. He had long hair and looked like a girl. Then these two girls were taking pictures here. Suddenly, the girl with long hair fell into the sea..." The witness explained to the security guard what he saw.
Another tourist looked at his mobile phone and hesitated, but after thinking about it, he said nothing.
"Sanniang!" Huang Xiaoya and Poor Mama saw Li Yaolin, as if they had found their backbone.
"You are frightened." Li Yaolin patted the hands of the little sisters.
Poor Mom stammered, "I wasn't surprised, it's just..."
Huang Xiaoya was impatient and said, "She said she saw a mermaid!"
Li Yaolin subconsciously raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is it the mermaid that looks like the one in the Mermaid Square?"
Poor Mom and Huang Xiaoya didn't expect her to be so calm. They were stunned for a moment, and then they recalled it carefully. Poor Mom said uncertainly, "We only saw his/her back, so we're not sure, but that tail... is pretty."
Li Yaolin confirmed again and again that the APP did not pop up any reminders that someone was in danger of life, so she knew that the mermaid was probably the little mermaid... Even if it wasn't it, it was its same species.
But it was still the May Day holiday, and the little mermaid was not at work, so she couldn't find the other party in the APP.
Seeing so many tourists holding up their phones to take photos, this incident was likely to have a negative impact on Xingzhou Island.
This was probably the most challenging public opinion crisis Xingzhou Island had faced since its development. If it was not handled properly, it would greatly reduce the image of Xingzhou Island in the minds of tourists.
Although she didn't know why the little mermaid did this, it was not the time to discuss who was responsible. She immediately made arrangements: "Evacuate the onlookers, comfort the tourists who witnessed the incident, send people to the pier to meet the police and the law enforcement detachment, and immediately confirm the list of tourists who landed on the island and confirm their safety one by one..."
Although she knew that no one really jumped into the sea, she still had to take specific actions and data to eliminate the panic in the hearts of tourists and not give anyone the opportunity to spread rumors and cause trouble.
Soon, the police came over on the boat of the law enforcement detachment.
The relevant departments attached great importance to this matter. After all, this was the first serious safety accident since the development and operation of Xingzhou Island, so the bureau directly issued an order to investigate it thoroughly.
After the police questioned the witnesses, they checked the surveillance. Unfortunately, it was the time when "advection fog" was generated. The camera was foggy and did not capture the scene of someone falling into the sea.
They checked the list of tourists who landed on the island and found that the tourists on the list were all fine, so there were only two possibilities. Either the person was not a tourist on the island, or the witness saw it wrongly. After all, it was not yet dawn and there was thick fog, so it was normal to see it wrongly.
"Could it be an employee on the island?" a policeman asked.
The head of the security team took out the duty roster and said, "All the staff on duty are here, and no one is absent."
The police asked again, "Are you sure that all tourists on the island have passed through and registered?"
The head of the security team understood what he meant and said, "In order to legally land on the island, in addition to taking the ferry and passenger ship, the only way left is to take a yacht. But our yachts are all moored at the East Pier, and every tourist who rents a yacht has registered. When the yacht returns to the pier, our staff will also conduct inspections. As for the situation of secretly landing on the island by means of fishing boats, it is impossible to happen, because once a fishing boat invades the waters belonging to Xingzhou Island, we can monitor it..."
Then there is only one possibility left - the tourists saw it wrongly.
But it is easy to explain if one tourist saw it wrongly, but what about the possibility that several tourists in different places saw it wrongly at the time of the incident?
At this time, the tourist holding the mobile phone came over and said hesitantly: "Uncle police, could there be a phenomenon that cannot be explained by science? I saw a mermaid!" The
poor mother: "!!!"
It turned out that it was not her illusion!
The police: "..."
The others: "..."
Are you playing "Mermaid" here?
The tourist turned on the phone, and there was a video. It was probably that the tourist was recording "advection fog" and accidentally captured a scene in the reef.
The tourist's voice was uncontrollable excitement: "Look, this, this is not a tail, what is it?!"
The police: "???"
Damn, it really looks like a mermaid!
However, how did he take such a clear picture that the surveillance cameras of Xingzhou Island did not capture?
Li Yaolin on the other side also received the reminder from the housekeeper: "The tourist has posted the video he took online."
Li Yaolin clicked on the tourist's V blog:
#行舟岛惊现美人鱼# I have lived in Bengbu for the entirety of my life. When I was jogging in the morning, I saw fog and thought I encountered the formation process of "advection fog", so I took a picture. I didn't expect to take a picture of a mermaid, and there is a video to prove it!
In fact, this video is not very clear. After zooming in, you can only see a blurry big tail, and even the face of the little mermaid is not captured.
Although this rotten stall should have been in the hands of the little mermaid, by the time it goes to work, I am afraid that the public opinion will have been in chaos.
Li Yaolin thought for a moment, then calmly found Director Fu's number and called him.
Director Fu woke up very early and answered the phone quickly: "The island owner actually called me personally? Is there something important?"
"It's not really an important matter, I just wanted to give Director Fu a chance to promote his new drama."
Director Fu: "?"
He soon understood what Li Yaolin meant.
As Li Yaolin expected, "Xingzhou Island" is a topic traffic password. One tourist said that someone jumped into the sea on Xingzhou Island, and another said that there were mermaids on Xingzhou Island. These tags quickly attracted a lot of attention. Especially after ten o'clock, many netizens who were on vacation at home woke up and surfed the Internet. Seeing such an eye-catching title, they would do everything they could to make it a hot search.
Since there were indeed creatures disappearing in the reef in the video, the police could not easily conclude the case, so they did not issue a notice in time. They only said that they had confirmed the list of tourists and found no missing tourists, and the rest were still under further investigation.
After learning about this, the staff at the management station proposed a hypothesis: "This should be a dugong, right?"
People seemed to remember that the "dugong" does have a nickname called "mermaid". If it has seaweed on its head, it is indeed possible to mistake it for a human with long hair if the light is not sufficient. Most importantly, its tail fin is indeed wide, like the mermaid tail in the video.
The witnesses were silent. After all, they could not be sure whether what they saw was a real mermaid or a dugong.
The police seemed to have found a solution: "We can't rule out this possibility, but we still have to deal with the video first, because what's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true either."
Although the initial judgment was that no tourists jumped into the sea, the water on the Internet was still confused. In order to increase traffic, some media still used the statement "tourists jumped into the sea on Xingzhou Island" to report, causing a considerable number of netizens to believe this and ask Xingzhou Island to give an explanation.
Fortunately, Xingzhou Island has its own public relations plan, and the official website and official blog soon issued a notice stating that there were no missing tourists on the island. As for the situation of the video, it is subject to the police's investigation.
However, there are always some netizens who do not believe the announcement:
"Hasn't the surveillance of Xingzhou Island always captured illegal and irregular behaviors clearly? Why didn't they capture clear images now?"
"Yes, could it be that the surveillance is broken again, or has it been deleted?"
There is also a person who claims that his wife once went to Xingzhou Island for a trip, but disappeared. He suspected that Xingzhou Island detained his wife, and his wife was tortured inhumanely. After escaping, she was forced to jump into the sea.
In response, Li Yaolin directly forwarded his comments and said: "It is recommended to call the police. Xingzhou Island will cooperate with the investigation."
The official blog even directly tagged the legal team of Xingzhou Island: "The vacation is over, it's time to start working."
This netizen did not expect Li Yaolin to come down and settle accounts with him personally. He was so scared that he deleted these comments, and at the same time pretended to be innocent, saying that he did not delete the blog voluntarily, but was threatening. They also said that the island owner cyberbullied an ordinary person.
Netizens: "..."
Do you think we are blind? Or do you think we don't have the ability to think independently?
Such remarks are all made to slander Xingzhou Island. Many people just laughed it off, and the focus of public opinion is whether someone really jumped into the sea, and whether it was a real mermaid or a dugong?
At this time, the queen Shu Shuang posted on Weibo: "Is that my Jingjing? I saw it last month and it seems to have grown a lot!"
Mr. Chen, who had just finished his solo concert and took his music career to the next level, followed closely and recorded a short video. He said a little excitedly: "Of course it is a real mermaid. The mermaid singing I heard was sung by her!"
Netizens: "..."
Good guys, I don't know whether to say they are here to get attention or to make trouble.
But it must be said that after they posted their comments, netizens still tended to believe that the person in the video was a dugong. First, the police had confirmed that there were no missing tourists on the list of tourists on the island. Second, they were taught to believe in science since childhood and believed that there were no mermaids in the world. It was all a legend. The closest thing to a mermaid was the dugong.
More and more tourists also stood up and said that they only visited other scenic spots in a hurry. Only in Xingzhou Island could they enjoy a leisurely holiday and be considered on vacation. They did not believe that such a place would bring despair to tourists, so that some people would jump into the sea there.
Even if someone really jumped into the sea, they would be rescued by white dolphins, killer whales, etc. living in the sea, so the "people" in the video were definitely not tourists.
Seeing that the controversy was about to be quelled and the heat was declining, the crew of "The Mermaid Love Song" quickly released a poster and began to promote the drama.
The poster showed the back of the mermaid queen. Her image looked the same as the blurry figure in the video, and at first glance, it looked like the back of the sculpture in the Mermaid Square on Xingzhou Island. The only difference was the color.
"It has been confirmed that the tourist who jumped into the sea on Xingzhou Island yesterday was actually Yu Xiaoyu, the actor of the mermaid queen in her youth. She was not a professional actor, so she went to the filming location in advance to practice and rehearse in order to play the role of the mermaid queen well. Unexpectedly, it caused misunderstandings..."
Netizens: "..."
Damn, it turned out to be like this. Such a big oolong was caused. Isn't this a waste of police force!
And who is Yu Xiaoyu? Is there such a person in the entertainment industry? Why doesn't he show his face on the poster? Is he afraid of being scolded?
The police also issued a notice saying that they have thoroughly investigated the matter. Yu Xiaoyu came forward to admit the incident and the police have already criticized him.
...
"Island Master, is this really okay?" Director Fu asked Li Yaolin, "After all, she is your assistant..." "
It's okay. Since it was its fault, it should be held responsible. It's just criticized and taught a lesson. It won't lose a piece of meat. It will be alive and kicking again tomorrow. There are some critical voices from the crew, saying that you are hyping it up. Is it okay?"
Director Fu smiled and said, "This is a marketing method. Although there are some negative voices, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. And if Xingzhou Island doesn't hold us accountable, netizens won't say anything."
How could Xingzhou Island hold them accountable? The culprit was still drinking tea in the police station!
Author's words:
Little Mermaid: QAQ
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dad has turned into a lamb, and my mom has also started the first stage of "fear of cold". I don't think I can make it to the finals o(╥﹏╥)o
Damn it, I want to update this month's quota properly! ! !
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