Back to noon, Li Yaolin finished a meeting with the employees, and Lin Qiang asked her: "Boss, who will be in charge of the island when you are not here?"
Even if all employees are doing their job well, if there is an emergency, it is useless to rely on these employees. There must be a general person in charge to handle the situation, right?
Li Yaolin thought that the system's hosting model should be very reliable, so she said: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything on the island, and someone will take care of it."
After she left, the accountant secretly whispered to Lin Qiang: "You don't know, our boss has an assistant, but he has never shown up. I suspect that he has been working somewhere else."
"Assistant, why don't I know?" Lin Qiang was puzzled.
"I overheard someone mention that the assistant's salary is not paid by us, so I suspect that the assistant was sent by the boss's parents to work for the boss. Think about it, the boss is so young, where did he get the money to buy this island for development? His family must have mines! You see, the boss's background is so mysterious, her family must not allow her to publicize her status everywhere, the rich second generation are like this!"
"Aren't the rich second generation very high-profile?"
"Those who show off their wealth on the Internet are often the nouveau riche second generation. The real rich second generation are very low-key!" The accountant said sharply.
"So?"
"So the boss can leave the island alone and go on a business trip (travel), so he must have an assistant to help take care of these things!"
As soon as the accountant finished speaking, a girl about 1.5 meters tall, who looked like she was still in elementary school, appeared at the door of the office. Lin Qiang thought she was a tourist who had lost her family and came to seek help. As a result, she looked around and sat down on Li Yaolin's office chair.
Lin Qiang asked the other party: "Little sister, how did you get here?"
The other party's big round eyes widened, and became even rounder and bigger, looking a little bit cute and silly: "Who are you calling little sister? I am the assistant of your island owner. My surname is Yu, and you can call me Miss Yu. During your island owner's business trip, I will be in charge of the island's affairs temporarily."
The employees were shocked. She was actually the island owner's assistant? Even elementary school students would believe it!
Miss Yu knew that they didn't believe it, so she took out the relevant documents: "This is my work ID!"
Lin Qiang looked at the ID, then looked at Miss Yu, and couldn't help but send a message to Li Yaolin, but the latter turned off his phone after getting on the plane and didn't receive his message.
When Li Yaolin got off the plane, the little mermaid "returned" to the APP. Li Yaolin asked it: "Is it you, the Miss Yu that Lin Qiang and the others saw?"
The little mermaid said: "It's me!" and attached an emoticon with her hands on her hips.
"Aren't you Mr. Yu? How come you are Miss Yu again?"
The little mermaid said: "Doesn't the island owner dislike Mr. Yu's image? As the island owner's assistant, I naturally have to accept the island owner's opinions and adjust my external image appropriately!"
Li Yaolin didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Then you don't have to dress up as a primary school student, right?"
"What primary school student? You have to be 1.5 meters tall and a cute girl. This image is very difficult to portray, right? If you don't portray me as cute, then I will become a short and fat melon?" The little
mermaid's words were very justified, and there was also a hint of accusation against Li Yaolin.
Li Yaolin: "..."
How many girls over 1.5 meters tall were offended by your sweep!
But she understood what the hosting system was all about. It turned out that the hosting fee was also collected by the little mermaid! Forget it
, it seems that the little mermaid is also very tired to pinch the face, so just treat it as a reward for its hard work!
After leaving the airport, a heat wave hit, and Li Yaolin's pace slowed down a lot.
She hasn't felt such hot weather for a long time. On Xingzhou Island, although the sun is strong and the temperature is rising day by day, it is unexpectedly comfortable: the cool sea breeze blows gently, and even the strongest sunlight is like ultraviolet rays blocked outside the ozone layer. Only a small amount of sunlight shines down, giving people the warmth of summer.
Only when she left Xingzhou Island and arrived at another coast could she recall the salty sea breeze and the feeling of her face being covered with glue after being blown by the sea breeze.
It was summer vacation, and there were many tourists visiting Qionghai. Li Yaolin took a taxi to Daya Island, the first stop of her inspection.
The reason for coming here was that Li Yaolin remembered that the former owner of Xingzhou Island started his business on Daya Island. Daya Island and several other islands are the few famous diving resorts in China. Although the reviews on the Internet are mixed, she still decided to experience it herself.
Not long after landing on the island, enthusiastic people came to recommend homestays, hotels and water activities to her.
Li Yaolin was dizzy from the heat and really had no time to deal with them. She hurriedly found the homestay she had booked and checked in to rest.
The next day, she adjusted her condition and went to the diving center to sign up for a diving experience.
There are three types of diving projects at Daya Island Diving Center: snorkeling, coral diving and deep-sea diving.
Snorkeling is cheaper, which means floating on the surface of the offshore sea. It uses less equipment and is cheaper. However, if there is no scenery in the surrounding offshore waters, snorkeling will be a loss.
Coral diving belongs to "scuba diving", which means diving to the bottom of the sea with coral reefs. The water depth is often within ten meters. If it is deeper, you have to take a boat out to sea for deep-sea diving.
The prices of the three diving projects are naturally different. Since Li Yaolin did not have a certificate, she could only choose between snorkeling and coral diving. She spent more than 400 yuan to choose coral diving.
The diving instructor recommended the photo-taking activity to her. Li Yaolin felt bad for spending more than 400 yuan on diving, so how could she spend extra money on taking photos?
After Li Yaolin refused, she started to act deaf and dumb. The instructor immediately became unhappy, with a long face. He did not teach her the precautions in detail, and asked her to change into a diving suit and get on the boat to go out to sea.
After arriving at the diving site, she put on the oxygen tank according to the instructions, adjusted it, and followed the instructor into the water. When she
first entered the water, Li Yaolin was very panicked. It was a kind of feeling of being at a loss, feeling that she was neither up nor down, and could not find support. She felt that her body was wrapped and squeezed by the cold sea water, and she was almost out of breath. All the light was swallowed by the sea water. She was trapped in the dark tide, her heart was beating like a drum, and her ears were buzzing.
The coach took her into the sea. Although the coach's attitude was rather cold, he did not leave her alone. During her adjustment period, he kept giving her hand gestures to calm her down and adjust slowly to avoid physical discomfort.
The ringing in her ears disappeared unconsciously, and the scene in front of her eyes gradually became clear. Li Yaolin saw the dark and endless sea water wrapped around her, but she was no longer panicked and afraid.
The cold sea water did not take away the body temperature inside the diving suit. Li Yaolin tried to dive deeper. It is said that the deeper you go into the sea, the greater the pressure. But she did not feel the pressure. She swam freely in the sea like a fish, swimming faster and faster, and soon she reached the bottom of the sea.
The water here is turbid, the seabed is bare, with sand and rocks everywhere, and only a small piece of half-dead coral reef. There are silver fish swimming around, but not many.
Li Yaolin was dumbfounded: That's it? Can this be called coral diving?
She swam far away, scaring the coach to bring her back quickly. Although she was no longer afraid of the deep sea, she did not act recklessly.
"How can you do this? It's very dangerous, don't you know?!" The coach criticized her.
Li Yaolin asked: "How many meters did I dive?"
"Five meters."
"Only five meters?"
Li Yaolin completely lost her sense of direction and distance in the sea. Now thinking back, she was a little surprised at her courage.
Seeing that she did not express dissatisfaction or discomfort, the coach was a little surprised, but did not say anything.
The coral diving trip of more than ten minutes ended just like that. Li Yaolin found that apart from overcoming her fear and adapting to the marine environment, she did not experience the joy of diving.
So she went to another relatively famous diving resort the next day. The guide said that there was a PADI (Professional Diver Training) five-star diving shop here. If you want to take the test, you can sign up for the exam here.
She wanted to sign up, but her schedule was tight and she didn't have much time to spend on it, so she simply experienced scuba diving.
The diving here is much more standardized than that in Daya Island. Although the diving coaches will not always greet you with a smile, they will not force you to spend money. Moreover, they will first train and take exams in the swimming pool before going into the sea. It is obvious that they are more responsible than the diving coaches in Daya Island.
Of course, the price is also about 50 yuan more expensive than that in Daya Island.
There are many tourists here, and often two diving coaches lead three tourists. When it was Li Yaolin's turn, they were accompanied by a couple, so a male coach and a female coach were arranged.
Because of her diving experience, Li Yaolin passed the training and examination quickly. The female coach even asked her curiously: "Do you have an OW certificate?"
The "OW certificate" is actually an entry-level diving certificate. Divers holding this certificate can dive to a depth of 18 meters. The advanced "AOW certificate" can dive to a depth of 30 meters. ①
Li Yaolin said: "I don't have a certificate. I just went to Daya Island yesterday to experience it."
She was so straightforward that the female coach was confused. She was wondering: She had experienced it yesterday, but she came to our place to experience it today. Is she stupid and rich, or is there some purpose?
The female coach became alert, but she still had to follow the process.
Another half-hour diving experience.
Li Yaolin's dive this time was much smoother than the last time. She was like a fish in water in the sea and did not need the coach to watch her the whole time. As for the couple, since it was their first time in the water, the two coaches focused their attention on them.
The water quality here is better than that of Daya Island. There is a piece of soft coral at the bottom, and a large piece of rotten wood not far away. There are colorful small fish moving around, just like a large fish tank with tropical fish. The sunlight shines through the clear sea water, reflecting a bizarre underwater world.
Suddenly, Li Yaolin was patted on the shoulder. She turned around and found that the other two tourists had gone up. The female coach called her to float up.
When she got on the boat, she realized that she had been in the sea five meters deep for half an hour without realizing it. She was so immersed in the scenery of the seabed that she didn't even notice the passage of time!
The female coach said in surprise, "It can be seen that you don't have much diving experience, but you didn't show any discomfort. You are really a natural diver!"
Li Yaolin fell into deep thought because of the female coach's words. You know, she had never dived in the sea before. Yesterday, she also had some physical discomfort at the beginning, but it was fine later.
She didn't think it was because of her good physical condition, and thought that maybe it was related to the "satisfaction of the sea god" or "affinity coefficient".
On the way back, the female coach shared with Li Yaolin her initial predicament when she first learned to dive. Li Yaolin suddenly asked, "Didn't you get your certification in China?"
"No, when I got my certification, the fees abroad were lower than in China, and the system abroad was more mature. It took me a year to get my diving instructor certification, and I have been working in Thailand since then."
"Then why did you come back?"
"Working abroad is troublesome with visas, income and expenditure are not proportional, and there are all kinds of problems."
"Oh. Are you from Qionghai?"
"I'm from Zhan City."
Li Yaolin asked in a roundabout way: "I remember that Zhan City also has a diving base. Have you ever considered working closer to home?"
The female coach smiled and shook her head: "It's not that I want to blackmail my hometown, but that place is really not a diving holy land. Few people will go there to dive."
Li Yaolin paused and said straight to the point: "In fact, I am the boss of Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and I am currently developing Xingzhou Island in Youshi, and I am preparing to develop a diving base. I am now recruiting diving coaches. I wonder if you have any thoughts of changing jobs?"
This answer was somewhat unexpected to the female coach. She thought that Li Yaolin was at most a reporter who came to undercover in the diving market. She didn't expect that she was here to investigate and learn from others, and to poach people by the way!
The author has something to say:
Island owner: As long as life continues, poaching will continue.
——I
have never dived before, so I rely on my imagination.
Note: ① The information about OW and AOW certificates is all from Baidu.
——This
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