It was lunch time, and the teahouse was full of people. The waiters pushed snacks in the aisles between the tables, occasionally stopping to recommend snacks to the guests.
Fang Xinhua specifically asked the owner of the teahouse to reserve a booth for him that had a wide view, few people, and was convenient for business talks. He and his secretary arrived first, and to show his sincerity, he specifically asked the secretary to pick up Li Yaolin downstairs.
Li Yaolin was a little uncomfortable to be received so grandly, but he did not show any embarrassment. Instead, he smiled very generously and said, "Mr. Fang, we are partners, you are too polite."
"Mr. Li, are you promising to take me out to play?" Fang Xinhua pretended to be stupid.
Li Yaolin laughed, "That depends on how we play."
Fang Xinhua was not in a hurry now. He took out his tea leaves and boiled water while asking, "What would Mr. Li like to drink, Chrysanthemum Pu'er, Tieguanyin or Xiaoqinggan?"
Li Yaolin remembered that the little mermaid said that the more critical the situation, the less impatient you should be, otherwise it would be easy for people to see through you, so she also acted very leisurely.
She didn't know much about tea, but she could tell from the packaging of those tea leaves that they were not cheap. For example, the Xinhui Xiaoqinggan, one of her classmates' family sold this, and this brand of Xiaoqinggan cost more than 800 yuan per can.
She said, "All are fine."
"Then try the Xiaoqinggan!"
When the package was opened, a very mellow tangerine fragrance filled the nose. Fang Xinhua brewed the Xiaoqinggan with familiar movements. When the tea soup turned orange-red and clear, he poured a cup for Li Yaolin first. "Please..."
Li Yaolin tapped the table with his index and middle fingers to express his gratitude and tasted the tea first.
Xiaoqinggan has the flavor of Pu'er and Chenpi. The mixture of them not only does not conflict, but is unusually mellow and refreshing, and has a slight aftertaste.
After tasting the tea, it's time to talk about business.
Fang Xinhua got straight to the point: "I want to open a diving shop on Xingzhou Island. This is my plan."
Li Yaolin had already rejected his cooperation plan in her heart, but out of respect, she still read the plan again.
The plan was written in great detail, including the rental of the diving shop, the hiring procedures, the diving projects, and the rental of the diving area. It also promised to use part of the profits as environmental protection funds to invest in the protection of the marine ecological environment of Xingzhou Island.
Fang Xinhua said: "I know that Xingzhou Island is carrying out the establishment of a protected area, so I also strongly support the protection of the ecological environment. Although the diving project will cause certain damage to the marine ecology, I will grasp the degree."
Li Yaolin said: "Does Mr. Fang mind listening to my requirements? If Mr. Fang can accept it, then let's talk about cooperation!"
Fang Xinhua raised his hand and motioned her to speak.
"At present, Xingzhou Island's marine resources only support two types of diving activities. One is snorkeling, and the other is scuba diving at a depth of no more than 20 meters in the offshore waters. As for free diving, there are no conditions for the time being. I have only two requirements for the diving project. One is that it is completely operated and managed by Xingzhou Island, and the other is that only spectator diving activities are allowed."
Fang Xinhua had no objection to the second point. - Isn't diving just swimming in the sea, taking some photos, and dealing with it for a while? - But the first point is completely unacceptable. The operation and management rights are in her hands. What kind of cooperation is there? !
Fang Xinhua curled his lips: "Mr. Li, this is boring."
What's the difference between this and eating alone?
Li Yaolin smiled and didn't respond.
Fang Xinhua had no choice but to reveal his trump card: "Xingzhou Island probably doesn't have a stable cooperation with any travel agency now, right? I have shares in Mandarin Travel Agency, and I can help you to cooperate with Mandarin Travel Agency."
Mandarin Travel Agency is a tourism brand company under the Mandarin Group and is also the largest travel agency in Lingnan Province. With the support of the Mandarin Group, its tourism business has expanded widely. The tourist routes include not only domestic ones, but also Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. If it can cooperate with a travel agency, Xingzhou Island will have more sources of tourists.
At present, the tourist routes opened by Wenhua Travel Agency in Youshi include Lady Xian Cultural Base, Yuhai Park, Mangrove Wetland Park, Open-air Mine Park, Genzi Town, Litchi Township, etc. Every year, 5 million tourists sign up through travel agencies to visit. The city has more than 11 million tourists throughout the year. It can be seen how good the prospects are if we cooperate with travel agencies.
Fang Xinhua thought that a mature entrepreneur would weigh the pros and cons. Moreover, he rented a diving shop, not taking advantage of Xingzhou Island. There was no reason for Li Yaolin to refuse.
However, Li Yaolin really declined: "At present, the infrastructure of Xingzhou Island is not perfect, there are few entertainment projects, and there are only five one-way flights a day... Generally speaking, the tourism carrying capacity of Xingzhou Island is not high, and even if we cooperate with travel agencies, it is not meaningful."
Fang Xinhua choked.
Yes, for tourist attractions, food and lodging are often the most profitable, and travel agencies also get the most kickbacks in these areas. It is said that Xingzhou Island does not even have hotels and restaurants, and travel agencies are not doing charity. Without the premise of interests, only a fool would listen to him and cooperate with Xingzhou Island.
Fang Xinhua asked tentatively: "How about I invest in Xingzhou Island to build hotels and restaurants?"
"At present, Poseidon Holiday Tourism Development Co., Ltd. does not need investment. If I have a plan to attract investment, I will definitely tell Mr. Fang as soon as possible."
Fang Xinhua curled his lips, and the small green tangerines in his mouth were no longer fragrant, and the tea and snacks were tasteless.
He hated the second generation of rich people, especially the second generation of rich people like Li Yaolin who had a mysterious origin and unknown details. Knowing her background, he could at least cater to her preferences, but who can tell him why he couldn't find out her origins after mobilizing all his connections and forces?
Although he was secretly criticizing Li Yaolin, facing the huge benefits, Fang Xinhua was flexible and immediately lowered his posture: "Mr. Li, is the rent not suitable? If so, we can increase the rent a little bit, how about 600,000 a year?"
The rent of 50,000 a month is already very high for an emerging scenic spot like Xingzhou Island. If it weren't for the good prospects of the diving project, he really wouldn't be willing to spend so much money.
Li Yaolin shook his head: "It's not for this reason. Even if you give me 6 million in rent, my position will not waver. If you really want to cooperate with me, you can invest in a diving shop, don't interfere with the operation, and just get dividends every quarter."
Until she met Fang Xinhua, she didn't think about the popularity value, pollution index and Poseidon satisfaction, after all, the system and the little mermaid didn't mention it.
Just now she felt that she had forgotten something. After pondering for a long time, she suddenly realized that the little mermaid had always been a passive assistant who would not move unless asked. If she did not ask it something about the island, it would not mention it.
So she asked herself, "If I outsource the diving project to someone else, will it have any impact?"
The little mermaid then said that the outsourced project was not operated by the island owner and could not enjoy the relevant project subsidies.
Therefore, she determined one thing: once the shop was rented out, she would not have the right to operate and manage it, and she would not be able to manage it through the Poseidon Holiday APP, nor would she be able to obtain relevant data for the project.
Taking the popularity value as an example, the popularity value of a project that is not operated by the island owner is not included in the total popularity value of the [operation level].
She outsourced the diving project to Fang Xinhua for operation. Although the rent received would be included in the turnover, without the popularity value, she could not upgrade the diving point, reduce the pollution index, or obtain Poseidon satisfaction.
Losing the opportunity to upgrade means that this project has little room for improvement and faces great resistance to development.
Compared to that little rent, the sustainable development of the project and the satisfaction of Poseidon are more important. After all, the satisfaction of Poseidon cannot be bought with any rent.
Li Yaolin was glad that she was not blinded by the profit and agreed to Fang Xinhua without thinking.
She said to Fang Xinhua: "Not only the diving shop, but also the hotels and restaurants built in the future, and even other water entertainment projects, I will not give up the management rights."
Her attitude was too firm, and Fang Xinhua immediately felt it was difficult.
He was jealous of Li Yaolin and did not dare to use any tricks.
If you want to play on the other party's territory, it is better to abide by the rules set by the other party. After careful consideration, Fang Xinhua made a decision and asked, "How much money do we need to invest, and what will the dividends be?"
Li Yaolin smiled and said, "Since Mr. Fang has approved this cooperation method, we can discuss the details another day."
"That's true." Fang Xinhua also smiled.
...
After leaving Minghui Teahouse, Li Yaolin went straight to the noodle shop and ate a bowl of noodles. In order to maintain her status, she only drank tea in the teahouse. She didn't dare to eat too much of the delicious snacks. After a business negotiation, she didn't eat enough!
Fang Xinhua didn't order many snacks. After all, he thought both parties came for business negotiations, and snacks were just decorations. Tea was the focus.
After Li Yaolin finished her noodles, she went straight back to Xingzhou Island. The diving equipment she ordered a few days ago was delivered, and she was able to explore the waters of Xingzhou Island in person.
She selected several areas with high visibility as diving spots, and asked Gao Lao to drive the idle ferry to take her to the vicinity of these diving spots.
The visibility of the water at the nearest diving spot was eight meters. Because the weather was good and there was no cold current to make the water turbid, the bottom could be seen at a glance.
The fish that were originally swimming here were scared away by the sound of the motor, and only the plants on the seabed still stood quietly on the sand and rocks.
"Island owner, are you really going down?" Gao Lao asked Li Yaolin with some concern.
Li Yaolin gave him a soothing smile: "I have a license, don't worry, it's okay."
After that, she put on her glasses, made some adjustments, and went into the sea. Gao Lao nervously looked around on the ferry. Fortunately, the sea water was good and he could see Li Yaolin.
After the motor stopped running, the fish that were disturbed and ran away swam back again. They were not afraid of Li Yaolin at all. They swam freely in the sea and chased plankton that was difficult to see with the naked eye.
These fish were big and small, but many of them were tropical fish that Li Yaolin had seen a while ago. Their bodies were colorful, and when they were exposed to the sun, their scales glowed with colorful light. The school of fish swam by, as if drawing a beautiful rainbow on the seabed.
Diving further down, you can see clusters of coral algae and sargassum growing well. Not far away, there is a large area of antler-shaped corals, and some leaf-shaped peony corals are mixed in. Small ugly fish are active there in groups, and naughty young fish are drilling in and out of the cracks in the corals. Inexplicably, Li Yaolin thinks of Nemo in "Finding Nemo".
There are anemones, starfish, shrimps and crabs and various shellfish in the mud and sand on the seabed. There are so many species that Li Yaolin can only name one-third of them.
Suddenly, Li Yaolin felt something touching her. When she came to her senses, she found that a large number of tropical fish had unconsciously come to her side, as if they were watching her, a new face in the ocean.
Li Yaolin felt something and reached out her hand to them, but they just moved away slightly and were not scared away. Several naughty little fishes were darting around her breathing tube, occasionally flicking their tails at her face. One of them was golden and only as long as her index finger, and it even bit her arm "ferociously". Its mouth was not even as big as Li Yaolin's fingertips when it opened wide.
Li Yaolin couldn't feel anything through her diving suit, but she thought these tropical fishes were so lively and cute that she couldn't help but say, "I'll play with you guys next time!"
Only then did she realize that she was wearing a respirator.
However, the group of tropical fishes seemed to have received the signal she sent out, and they all went to play somewhere else.
Li Yaolin's eyes lit up, and she said again, "Come here."
The group of fish swam back again.
Li Yaolin's eyes widened. Did she get some supernatural power? !
If DC knew about this, would they ask her to film the sequel to "Aquaman" "Return of Aquaman: The Daughter of Poseidon"?
Although she was teasing herself like this, she still had a clear understanding of this rationally. She thought that this might be related to "Poseidon's satisfaction". After all, she was someone recognized by Poseidon. It was reasonable for these fish to give her some face for the sake of Poseidon!
Suddenly, these fish seemed to be disturbed and fled again. Li Yaolin saw a blurry shadow coming towards her from a distance. Some scary images of water monsters flashed through her mind. Goose bumps appeared on her skin under the diving suit, and she subconsciously wanted to run away with it.
However, before she could make any move, the shadow became clearer and clearer. She saw through the mask that it was a green sea turtle.
She could finally put her heart back into her stomach.
Li Yaolin looked at the approaching green sea turtle with curiosity. She felt that it was she who called it, and it would be irresponsible for it to just leave like that. So she played with it in the sea for a while.
Finally, she was worried that she would have decompression sickness if she stayed in the sea for too long, so she said goodbye to the green sea turtle and returned to the ferry.
"Island owner, you can even let the green sea turtle approach you on its own initiative. That's amazing!" Gao Lao gave her a thumbs up.
He could see it clearly from above. Not to mention the fish, even the green sea turtles, which were known for their timidity, were chasing her. It can be seen that even marine life cannot resist the island owner's affinity.
Li Yaolin smiled awkwardly: "He is just a bully with a halo on his head."
"Ah?" Gao Lao didn't understand.
"It's okay, let's go to the next point!"
...
After 4:30, the tide surged and the risk factor of diving increased sharply, so Li Yaolin ended this diving expedition.
Based on her own personal experience and the conditions in the sea, she decided to temporarily develop three diving spots. One is next to the white sand beach, which is suitable for developing snorkeling projects. The water depth there is only two or three meters, there are more shellfish and active fish, and the water quality is the best. One is
a sea area with reef-building corals, located near the reefs southwest of Xingzhou Island, with a water depth of about eight meters. This can be used as an experience diving spot.
There is another diving spot in the southeast direction of the island. This area has never been visited by tourists. The water depth exceeds ten meters, and even the terrain of the sea is steeper. But the marine resources here are more abundant, and the active fish are also edible fish.
The yellow croaker school that once attracted fishermen because of a big yellow croaker caught by a fisherman is active here. They move in groups, and when they swim over Li Yaolin's head, they block out the sky and the sun, which is very spectacular.
If they catch it, won't it sell for millions of yuan? Li Yaolin is so greedy that she is drooling.
As if sensing her thoughts, fearing that they will fall into her clutches if they swim too slowly, the yellow croaker school speeds up and swims away in the blink of an eye.
Li Yaolin: "..."
For the first time, she felt the taste of being rejected by this group of fish.
It seems that the "automatic avoidance of capture" of the [No Fishing Zone] will also take effect on her.
About a mile away from here, Li Yaolin also found the second-level protected animal of the country, the lancelet. It was the end of their spawning season, and the area was densely packed with amphioxus eggs. If all of them could hatch successfully, a amphioxus fishery would inevitably form there in the future.
According to regulations, no person or organization can conduct commercial development activities in that area. It would have been fine if she hadn't found amphioxus, but since she had already found them, she couldn't go against her conscience to develop a diving spot there, so she gave up on that place and also made a mark on the APP to indicate that there were amphioxus there.
The area where amphioxus were active happened to be within the scope of the fishing ban area. Further south was the shipping channel and offshore fishing area, and she had no control over that.
After selecting the diving spot, Li Yaolin was not in a hurry to operate the development project on the APP, considering that the diving shop had not been built or renovated. Even if the diving project was developed, it would only add an extra operating cost.
The investment in building a diving shop, recruiting people, and purchasing diving equipment would cost about 850,000 yuan, far exceeding her original budget of 200,000 yuan. The main expenses for building and renovating the diving shop accounted for the majority.
At first, she wanted to open a diving shop in the tourist center, so that she could save this part of the expenditure. The remaining purchase of diving equipment and speedboats for going out to sea would only cost about 250,000 yuan. After
visiting Qionghai and foreign countries to learn from others, she decided: If you want to do it, you must do it the best. A formal diving shop must have everything here.
So the budget increased all of a sudden.
Fortunately, she left room for cooperation when negotiating with Fang Xinhua, otherwise, even if she could come up with the money, it would empty her family's coffers.
By the beginning of August, through the negotiation between the little mermaid and Fang Xinhua, the cooperation between the two parties was finally confirmed.
The author has something to say:
Big Yellow Croaker: We treat you as the daughter of the Sea God, but you want to take us away? Get out, I hate you.
Island owner: ...
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