At first glance, the Mermaid Square looks like an ordinary square, but its most unique feature is that it is built on the sea.
This statement is not entirely accurate, because the northernmost end of Xingzhou Island is a reef. When the tide is high, the sea water will flood this place, so the Mermaid Square looks like it is built on the sea. When the tide
recedes, the reef will appear in front of everyone again. At this time, you can see a large number of seabirds resting on them, and there are also many crabs and starfish moving in the cracks of the reefs, which makes tourists want to catch up with the sea.
Some tourists also found that they could clearly see sea turtles surfacing to breathe in the Mermaid Square. They excitedly took out their mobile phones to take pictures, and their attention was all on the sea.
Only Zhou Bingyan quietly observed the square.
The square is an octagon. Zhou Bingyan observed the lighthouse on the top of the mountain, which also happens to be an octagon... The island owner really likes octagons!
The tiles on the square are thick non-slip paving stones, and the gaps between the bricks are very thin. It can be seen that this square was built with great care.
The height of the railing is 1.2 meters, which is difficult for adults to climb over, let alone children. And its protection is not limited to this layer. There is also a layer of glass at the bottom of the outer perimeter of the fence. Even if someone falls from the fence, there is still this half-meter wide glass to stand on.
But this does not mean that tourists can climb over the railing at will and stand on that layer of glass. Once someone really breaks the rules, he will be blacklisted by Xingzhou Island.
Suddenly, a tourist seemed to have seen something, and he shouted excitedly: "There is something in the sea, look!"
Although Zhou Bingyan didn't like to join in the hustle and bustle, there were few people at this time, so even if he tried to join in, he would not squeeze in with others, so he quietly walked to the railing.
A group of large animals that looked like dolphins but had no dorsal fins were swimming on the sea surface a hundred meters away. They sometimes surfaced and sometimes dived into the sea. After careful counting, there were quite a few of them!
Zhou Bingyan recognized them, and he couldn't help but shout: "It's a 'mermaid'!"
The reason why he could recognize that it was a dugong was that on the day when Director Fu's crew came to Xingzhou Island to shoot, Zhou Qunfang and the crew saw a dugong through the "Haizi", and he remembered the appearance of the dugong from the picture Zhou Qunfang took for him.
After checking online, I found out that dugongs have a nickname of "mermaids", which is the prototype of the "mermaids" mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Their appearance has nothing to do with humans. The reason for this nickname is that the movements of female dugongs when feeding are similar to those of humans. From a distance, it looks like a mother feeding. ①
Of course, there are other theories, but these are not important. What made him goosebumps all over the floor was that the researchers had investigated before and did not see dugongs with their own eyes, but he actually saw one today!
Zhou Bingyan did not have time to think about it. He saw several dugongs swimming closer and closer.
A tourist just recognized him and was distracted by his voice. For a moment, he did not know whether to be surprised that he had met his idol or to be surprised by the appearance of dugongs... Or maybe, this was a double surprise?
The tourists' shouts attracted more tourists. At this time, the security guard of Xingzhou Island rushed over and said, "Dugongs are shy by nature. You will scare them away by shouting like this!" The
tourists immediately fell silent, but their faces were already red with excitement.
Zhou Bingyan was no exception. His hands were shaking as he held the phone.
This was big news, and he actually encountered it. He could already imagine that he would be on the hot search again.
...
Li Yaolin had already received a reminder from the housekeeper when the dugongs entered the waters under the jurisdiction of Xingzhou Island. She was slightly surprised: "Before, dugongs only appeared when the sea fire was released. Now it is daytime, why did they appear? And it seems that there are more than one!"
Expecting that this incident would cause a big sensation, Li Yaolin had no time to go to see the dugongs first, but immediately arranged for the whole island to enter the emergency state during the National Day. Each department had its own duties, and all logistics and security personnel had to be alert. In addition, several security guards were arranged to rush to the Mermaid Square to maintain order.
Lin Hai did not question Li Yaolin's decision, and immediately arranged five security guards and safety officers to drive patrol cars directly to the Mermaid Square.
The people from other departments were a little confused. When they learned that dugongs were spotted and were not released by Haizi, they couldn't help but join in the fun.
However, they also knew that once the existence of dugongs was confirmed, the relevant departments would definitely rush over. They had to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the operation of Xingzhou Island during this period - they still remembered that someone criticized the island owner last time, saying that it was Xingzhou Island's operation and development of diving projects and boat fishing projects that scared the dugongs away.
The security team did not prevent tourists from watching the dugongs. They only had to ensure that the Mermaid Square would not be flooded with too many tourists at once, causing crowding and trampling.
It turned out that more and more tourists who heard the news gathered in the Mermaid Square.
It was not until a dugong climbed onto the reef that people were sure that it was really a dugong!
And this dugong was not as shy as the security guard said. Under the gaze of dozens of tourists, it stood on the "stage" with confidence and made the unique "clang clang" sound of dugongs.
It seemed like a natural musician, playing a solo on the stage calmly and confidently.
After realizing that the dugong was not afraid of them, the tourists burst into joyful shouts: "Is it singing to us?"
Some tourists also expressed their objections: "Maybe it is warning us that this is its territory and asks us to leave."
"But didn't they just arrive? They just marked out this place as their territory. Isn't that too overbearing?"
"Or maybe it is greeting us?"
"Or maybe it is giving a lecture to members of its tribe. I heard that dugongs live in tribes. From the six dugongs that appeared together this time, we can see that this must be a tribe!"
No matter what the dugong's voice represents, it proves that these visitors will set off a huge wave of discussion in the oil market and even across the country.
Soon, staff from the nature reserve management station came over, as did law enforcement officers from the fishery department, and even the news media got wind of the situation.
However, they were too late. The dugong returned to the sea after giving its speech. Although tourists could still see its movements in the clear water, they could not interact with it.
Li Yaolin arrived late after arranging all the work. When Cen Yingda saw her, he ran over excitedly, his face as red as an apple, and said, "Mr. Li, the dugong, the dugong really appeared!"
Li Yaolin still remembered how disappointed he was when he failed to find the dugong that appeared in "Haizi".
She smiled and nodded, "Yes, they are...the whole family is here, right?"
Although Cen Yingda was puzzled about how she knew this, now was not the time to discuss this. He said, "Can I ask Mr. Li to provide some manpower to help us with our work?"
"Sure." Li Yaolin called Lin Hai over. He was now in charge of the security of Xingzhou Island, and Li Yaolin no longer needed to worry about arranging manpower.
The arrival of the dugong had no impact on the daily operation of Xingzhou Island for the time being, so Li Yaolin walked to the Mermaid Square. She looked up at the mermaid statue, wondering how it could be such a coincidence that the dugong appeared less than a day after the Mermaid Square was built.
She called out the little mermaid: "When I release 'Sea Fire', there will always be a dugong appearing. The 'singing' I heard was also from it, right? According to the data given by the little housekeeper, it seems that it is not in this tribe. But is the appearance of this dugong tribe related to it?"
The little mermaid replied: "There is a certain connection. The island owner can explore it by himself!"
Li Yaolin: "..."
What you said is the same as not saying anything!
Li Yaolin guessed whether the appearance of the dugong mother and daughter projected from "Hai Zi" was summoned by the dugong that appeared with the release of "Sea Fire"?
After the dugong mother and daughter found that the waters of Xingzhou Island were very suitable for survival, they left Xingzhou Island and returned to the tribe to bring them all over.
This can explain why they left at that time.
At this time, Li Yaolin, who was walking to the fence, saw the dugong surfaced, right in front of her, and called out to her, "Tututut."
Li Yaolin was sure that the dugong was saying hello to her, just like when she was diving, the sea turtle would take the initiative to run to her side to play with her.
"Welcome to Xingzhou Island," Li Yaolin said to the dugong.
The dugong made a more excited call, and its joy could be felt by people across the species.
The law enforcement officers and the staff of the reserve who were discussing how to carry out their work were dumbfounded. If they saw it correctly, was the dugong responding to the island owner?
What made them feel even more magical was that when the island owner waved to the dugong, the dugong would also respond happily by waving its flippers.
"Enjoy your holiday!"
As the island owner said this, the dugong turned over and dived into the sea.
The researchers who were about to approach it said: "..."
Everyone was horrified and looked at Li Yaolin in surprise.
"It listens to you?!" A tourist nearby asked.
Li Yaolin smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence. If you understand their habits, it's not difficult to do this."
Everyone suddenly realized and thought it was mostly coincidence, so they didn't take it to heart.
Li Yaolin left the Mermaid Square and said to himself, "No wonder you said that this Mermaid Square landmark is most suitable to be placed here. If dugongs live here in the future, then this square will be the best place to observe them."
With dugongs as a sign, there is no need to worry about this square being unpopular.
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When Xingzhou Island was trending again due to the appearance of dugongs, Zhou Bingyan was also on the trending search.
Zhou Bingyan’s black fans accused him of riding on the popularity, and some fans explained that Zhou Bingyan was currently on vacation in Xingzhou Island and was not riding on the popularity at all.
The black fan said: “Does it count as discovering a group of dugongs just because you are in Xingzhou Island? I am in Sichuan, does that mean I discovered the panda?”
The fans found that it was completely meaningless to argue with the black fans, and simply threw out the picture of tourists accidentally taking pictures of Zhou Bingyan when they were taking pictures of the Mermaid Square and the sea view, and also took pictures of him shouting “Mermaid” uncontrollably at the time.
Now the Mermaid Square on the island is full of people who come to see the dugongs, but there are very few tourists in the video, which shows that Zhou Bingyan was indeed one of the first tourists to discover the appearance of the dugong.
No matter how the black fans black him, his agency found an opportunity to market him, and a large number of passers-by did remember him because of this.
When Zhou Qunfang saw the hot search, her eyebrows raised. If she remembered correctly, Zhou Bingyan was showing off to her that he had drawn a postcard with the island owner's stamp before discovering the dugong...
If this is a coincidence, then there is really something fishy!
Zhou Qunfang is now further certain that the reason why the postcard with the island owner's stamp can become a limited edition is that it must have some kind of buff that increases the luck value!
The reason why it is determined to be a stamp rather than a signature is because Zhou Bingyan's postcard only has a stamp but no signature.
If this is a lucky postcard, does everyone have the opportunity to get good luck?
Thinking of this, Zhou Qunfang's heart warmed up, and she immediately sent a message to Zhou Bingyan, asking him to help bring back some blind boxes.
However, thinking of Zhou Bingyan's luck, she finally decided to wait a few more days and go to Xingzhou Island to celebrate the New Year the day before New Year's Day. At that time, she would buy blind boxes by herself!
However, she told this to her agent. The agent was skeptical, but with the mentality of believing it is better to believe it than not, she decided to go to Xingzhou Island with Zhou Qunfang to celebrate the New Year.
Zhou Qunfang reminded her, "Sister Ying, you have to buy tickets quickly, otherwise you won't be able to get them."
The agent Sister Ying was about to buy tickets with her, but then she remembered that she was an annual ticket member of Xingzhou Island, so she didn't need to compete with ordinary people to buy tickets. For the first time, she envied her.
Thanks to Zhou Qunfang for reminding her, because when she opened the mini program, the tickets for Xingzhou Island around New Year's Day were almost sold out. She saw that there were only two tickets left, and she quickly grabbed them.
"It's winter now, why are there so many people going to the island in winter?!" Sister Ying couldn't understand.
"Why else? Of course it's because of 'The Mermaid'!" Zhou Qunfang lay on the sofa and said happily, "Fortunately Zhou Bingyan helped me book a holiday cabin in advance. Sister Ying will have nowhere to sleep when the time comes, so you can stay with me."
She glanced at Zhou Qunfang and didn't want to be a light bulb anymore. She opened the mini program to continue booking the holiday cabin, but found that it was fully booked.
Sister Ying: "..."
It's understandable, after all, more than 3,000 tickets can be sold a day, but there are only 30 holiday cabins.
Author's words:
Island owner: ...It's not me who likes octagons! It's the sea god!
——Note
: ①There are many sayings that dugongs are called mermaids. The saying quoted here comes from Fish Encyclopedia.
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