Fang Xinhua invested 800,000 yuan to open a store called "Poseidon Holiday Diving Center" with Li Yaolin. He holds 35% of the shares and only receives dividends every quarter. He can supervise Li Yaolin and the diving center, but does not participate in the actual operation and management.
In addition, if the diving store goes bankrupt or Fang Xinhua withdraws his investment within five years, the store will belong to Li Yaolin, who will give him a certain amount of compensation based on the store value and his shares.
If the store is operated for more than five years, the store will eventually belong to Li Yaolin, and Li Yaolin will no longer have to compensate Fang Xinhua based on the value of the store.
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With this additional investment of 800,000 yuan, Li Yaolin can also take a bigger step.
She first spent 400,000 yuan to build a house next to the convenience store as a storefront.
The building has two floors, with 200 square meters on the first floor, 50 square meters of which will be connected to the second floor to build a swimming pool. A glass wall will be built here to monitor the safety of students undergoing diving training in the swimming pool at any time. The remaining 150 square meters will be used as an office area and a storefront to receive tourists.
In addition to the swimming pool, there is also a 50-square-meter open-air viewing platform on the second floor, and the remaining 100 square meters is a leisure and rest area.
The construction period of the diving center will take about ten days. Li Yaolin contacted Liang Ying and asked her to draw the decoration design draft of the diving center. After Liang Ying returned from her trip to Xingzhou Island, she thought carefully and decided to follow her heart and take the postgraduate entrance examination. She communicated with her parents several times, and finally her parents also expressed their respect for her choice.
Shen Sili told Li Yaolin the news, and the latter contacted Liang Ying and confirmed with her that she would be a part-time designer.
"Don't you need me to measure the dimensions first?" Liang Ying confirmed with Li Yaolin again.
Li Yaolin replied to her: "Well, the file I gave you has the specific data of the overall building of the diving center. These data are very accurate. You don't need to make another trip. When you have the drawings, if there are no problems, you can come to the site occasionally to follow up. It is best to rush out the design draft within a week."
Normally, a designer can produce a drawing in three days, and it doesn't take as long as a week. Liang Ying felt that the island owner must be sympathetic to her postgraduate entrance examination, so he gave her so much time.
Wuwuwu, how could there be such a good boss as the island owner? She decided to officially become the island owner's chicken soup fan from this moment on!
Li Yaolin suddenly shuddered, she looked up at the sky, the sun was now at its strongest, why did she feel a chill?
Wiping off the goose bumps on her arms, Li Yaolin came to the tourist reception center of Xingzhou Island to accept an interview with the official media.
This interview was not only for the government to show the determination and results of the oil market's pollution control to the citizens, but also to promote the tourism and cultural brand of the oil market to the whole country, enrich the content of the oil market's ecological civilization construction, and promote the "creation of civilization" work, so the government attaches great importance to it.
After the last magazine interview, Li Yaolin already had experience. When asked by the official media how to deal with pollution, her answer was very official: "We have spent a lot of effort in pollution control, invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and strictly controlled the degree of development... Of course, it's all worth it."
Reporter: "..."
It's the same as saying nothing.
But at least it's not bragging, after all, the results of pollution control are here and can stand the test.
The reporter also interviewed several tourists and focused on interviewing two protectors in the wildlife ecological reserve.
After the interview, the photographer used a drone to take aerial photos of Xingzhou Island.
The photographer knew that the environment of Xingzhou Island was good, pollution was low, and the water quality was clear before shooting, but he had a clearer understanding of this evaluation when he looked down at the entire island and the surrounding seas through aerial photography.
In the camera, the sea area of Xingzhou Island was like amber under a purple light. Just looking at it, he felt a cool and comfortable sea water penetrating into his heart, making him feel so comfortable that he wanted to put down his work and enter leisure mode immediately; while in the sea area not belonging to Xingzhou Island, although the color of the sea water was also blue, it was too ordinary and could not arouse people's interest.
Just like the two inner and outer sea areas, they are clearly divided, which makes people can't help but have the absurd idea of "Is there a transparent glass separating them?" Interestingly, the area where those seabirds hunt has always been in the inner sea area, which shows that the outer sea area is not very attractive to them.
In addition to the footage captured by the official media, Li Yaolin also sent them the underwater video she took during her last dive to enrich the tourism image of Xingzhou Island. As
the sky gradually darkened, Li Yaolin, who was about to go back to the dormitory to take a shower and sleep after finishing her work, was startled by the ringing of her cell phone.
"Who would call so late?" Li Yaolin muttered as she took out her cell phone, only to find that it was Longfeng who called.
As soon as the call was connected, Longfeng excitedly said, "Island owner, come to the beach in the reserve!"
Li Yaolin: "?"
Although she didn't understand, she still went over with a flashlight.
The beach in the reserve was dark without street lights. Only one light was on in the hatchery. With the help of moonlight and a flashlight, she found Long Feng and his colleagues squatting on the beach.
"What's wrong?" Li Yaolin asked them.
"Leatherback turtles, two leatherback turtles have come ashore!" Long Feng lowered his voice, but it was clear that he was very excited.
"Is it a new species of sea turtle?" Li Yaolin looked at the two black sea turtles exposed to the flashlight not far away. One was lying motionless a few meters away, and the other was trying to crawl forward, but no one knew where it was going.
Long Feng was mesmerized: "Look at their carapaces, how beautiful! The lines, the color, how healthy and strong, probably in their twenties. Although it's a little late in the season, it's very likely that they're here to lay eggs."
Li Yaolin: "..."
Unable to get any scientific information, she simply took out her phone to search for information about leatherback turtles, and found that it, like the green sea turtle, is a national first-class protected animal, but the appearance is obviously different.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of movement on the reef, and shone the flashlight over there, and saw a green sea turtle digging a hole on the beach next to the reef.
She said in surprise: "There is another green sea turtle there."
Long Feng's colleague explained: "Oh, that is the female turtle No. 1 that we are all familiar with. Judging from the path it crawled, the time it laid eggs, and the location of the hole it was digging, it came ashore this time to lay a second nest in the original nest."
There are only three sea turtles recorded on the island, one male and two females. Among them, No. 1 is the female sea turtle that came ashore to lay eggs first. In order to distinguish between male and female turtles, female turtles are numbered. In view of the fact that there is only one male turtle, it is not numbered for the time being.
Li Yaolin asked again: "Sea turtles lay eggs in different nests, can't they lay all at once?"
Long Feng's colleague told her that sea turtles usually lay eggs in batches. After laying one clutch, they rest for ten to twenty days and then lay the second clutch when the next clutch of eggs matures. Female sea turtles lay an average of four clutches of eggs during the breeding season.
Li Yaolin said "Oh" and acted very calmly: "So you have forgotten the old turtles because of the new ones. If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have known there was a green sea turtle."
Long Feng and his colleagues were at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and teased her: "We saw that you, the island owner, were too calm. We thought that for you, there is no difference between new turtles and old turtles."
"How could that be?" Li Yaolin asked them, "Since there are new turtles, why are you squatting here instead of studying them?"
Long Feng was in a good mood and joked to herself: "Two new guests came, and we were afraid that we would be too enthusiastic and scare them away."
Li Yaolin thought, don't worry about this, the sea turtles that can come to Xingzhou Island are more or less courageous. Last time she caught the green sea turtle and checked it over and over again, but it was not scared away by her.
She held back a yawn and asked, "It will probably take several hours for them to choose a good place and start digging holes to lay eggs. Are you going to stay here just like this?"
"We have to keep records and cannot leave. But we will take turns to rest. After they finish laying eggs, we have to check and confirm whether they have marks or trackers on their bodies. If not, it means they are wild turtles. If there are marks, it means they were released, and we have to record the relevant data so that the tracking work can be carried out more smoothly."
Li Yaolin stood in respect: "Thank you for your hard work."
"What's so hard about this? The environment here is much better than ours. Look, I've been squatting here for so long, and no mosquitoes come to bite me." Long Feng said cheerfully, "And if it is confirmed that the leatherback turtles are also here to lay eggs, do you know what this means?"
Li Yaolin shook his head.
Long Feng said: "Our reserve has been established for more than 30 years, but the number of sea turtles coming ashore to lay eggs has become fewer and fewer. Last year, only three green sea turtles came ashore to lay eggs. You have already confirmed that one green sea turtle has come ashore to lay eggs, and now there are two leatherback turtles to be confirmed. It's really amazing!"
He and his colleagues found it incredible. They thought that this was an island developed for tourism, and sea turtles would be affected by environmental damage and stay away from here. As a result, not only did they not, but more and more sea turtles chose this place. Isn't this against scientific common sense?
However, too many things have happened on Xingzhou Island that cannot be explained by current scientific theories. The world is unknown, and nature is magical. They should treat it with a normal mind.
Li Yaolin raised her eyebrows but said nothing. She stayed a little longer before calling the law enforcement team to report. She
had been busy all day and was sleepy and tired. She really couldn't wait with Long Feng and the others to watch the turtles lay eggs, so she went back to rest.
The next morning, Li Yaolin yawned as she went to the reserve. She found Long Feng and his colleagues leading Team Pan and others to take pictures of two new leatherback turtles on the beach and record their data. From their sweat-soaked clothes, it could be seen that they had been busy here for a long time.
Even though he had been up all night and looked very haggard with his unshaven beard, Long Feng was still energetic and did not look tired at all when talking about sea turtles. "These two leatherback turtles have no tags or trackers on their bodies. We should be the first people to discover and record them."
Li Yaolin sensed his joy and asked, "Are they here to lay eggs?"
"Yes, look here!"
Li Yaolin saw two small flags on the beach. According to Long Feng, this is the place where leatherback turtles lay eggs. They dig deep holes and know how to take care of the traces when burying them. They are more careful than green sea turtles. If Long Feng and his team had not watched it all night, they might have overlooked it.
"How is the egg-laying situation?"
Long Feng said, "We haven't dug out the eggs yet, but from what we observed last night, the second nest of green sea turtle No. 1 is stable, with more than 90 eggs laid. The two leatherback turtles are also performing normally, with more than 100 eggs each."
Li Yaolin suddenly had an idea: "Why don't we give them a proper name? I think we can collect names from netizens."
By collecting names online, wouldn't it be a chance to increase the popularity of Xingzhou Island? !
Li Yaolin even thought further: "When they all hatch, we will have hundreds of sea turtles here. If they all stay here to live, won't we be able to see the entire beach full of sea turtles?!"
Long Feng and his colleagues looked at each other and thought the island owner was adorably naive.
They said, "In the absence of human intervention, the survival rate of baby turtles is one in a thousand. Under natural conditions, the hatching rate of turtle eggs is only about 60%, and the hatched baby turtles will die for various reasons, so in the end only one survives to adulthood."
Li Yaolin's eyes widened: "The survival rate is so low?!"
"Yes, so the breeding work in our reserve is to increase their survival rate as much as possible."
"Then in the case of artificial breeding, what is the general survival rate of baby turtles?"
"The survival rate of baby turtles artificially bred in our reserve is as high as 94%. As for how many can survive to sexual maturity, it remains to be investigated. After all, many turtles take 20 to 30 years to be considered sexually mature, and our reserve has only been established for more than 30 years, and there is a lack of detailed data."
Speaking of this, Long Feng was still quite proud. He talked more, and as a result, Li Yaolin had another science lesson.
While chatting, they finished recording the data and marked the two leatherback turtles that had just laid eggs. As soon as they were released, they couldn't wait to crawl to the seaside, but they were carried away by the waves not long after they crawled.
Long Feng and his team couldn't be sure whether the leatherback turtles had left this sea area, but Li Yaolin firmly believed that they would choose to stay here like the three green sea turtles before.
Their birthplace may be thousands of miles away, but since they abandoned their birthplace and came here to lay eggs, it means that they recognize Xingzhou Island very much.
The appearance of wild leatherback turtles has made Xingzhou Island even more popular in the oil market. Li Yaolin took the opportunity to cooperate with the cultural and tourism department to launch an online campaign to collect names for the five turtles, which immediately received a positive response from the citizens of the oil market.
Since the official blog of Xingzhou Island is unpopular and the official website is quite deserted, the task of launching the name collection campaign fell on the official media. Not only did the official blog and public account publish pictures and texts, but local newspapers also reported the news.
Hundreds of comments appeared under the official blog, which usually has a very deserted comment area, in just one day, which shows the enthusiasm of the citizens of the oil market for this matter.
In addition to the increase in attention and discussion, the process of establishing a protected area has also been accelerated.
The leader of the fishery department took the initiative to call Li Yaolin and told her that her plan to establish a protected area on Xingzhou Island was half done. The leader suggested setting up a municipal protected area first, because the application procedures for this level of protected area are not as complicated as those at the provincial and national levels. As long as the protection station and the municipal leaders agree, it will be considered a success. In the future, after passing the provincial review, it can naturally be upgraded to a provincial protected area.
Li Yaolin had no reason not to agree.
This wave of official publicity caused the number of people visiting Xingzhou Island to soar in a short period of time. On the first Saturday of August, the total number of tourists reached more than 600. Thanks to the additional flights on Saturdays and Sundays, otherwise the fixed flights would not be able to carry so many tourists to the island. Taking advantage
of this wave of popularity, Li Yaolin began to build momentum for the diving project.
The author has something to say:
Liang Ying: After being fed chicken soup by the island owner, I decided to become the island owner's chicken soup noodles!
Island owner: Chicken soup noodles cooked with hens? Is it delicious?
——Note
: The author learned about the sea turtle egg-laying and baby sea turtle survival rates from articles such as "Exploring the many efforts made by the nature reserve for sea turtles: 30 years of sea turtle protection has produced nearly 70,000 small lives" and "Xia Zhongrong, senior engineer of the Guangdong Huidong Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve Administration: Working together to build a complete sea turtle protection system".
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