On February 14, Song Ruqing came to Baoren Port alone to wait for the boat. Seeing the huge crowds of people at the dock, she immediately had a headache.
She hated crowded places the most!
Just when she was worried that no one would help her deliver two large suitcases to the boat, she heard the staff of Xingzhou Island promoting that tourists who had booked a hotel could check in their luggage.
"The service of this hotel is quite considerate." Song Ruqing's dissatisfaction was alleviated a lot.
When she arrived on the island, she was in a hurry to touch up her makeup and had no intention of going around. She just wanted to check in at the hotel as soon as possible, so she stopped the tour bus driven by the island security team on patrol, and asked the security guard to drive her to the hotel on the grounds that she was tired.
Security guard: “…”
Fortunately, they had said during the training that they could not refuse to take tourists if they requested, so they did not kick her out of the car and sent her to the hotel entrance.
There were many opening flower baskets at the entrance of the hotel, and the cleaners were sweeping the fireworks on the ground. There were many tourists coming in and out of the hotel lobby, and the four lines for check-in were lined up to the door.
Song Ruqing originally thought that the hotel on Xingzhou Island had just opened, and in order to create the illusion that there were many people staying, many empty rooms were locked, allowing the remaining tourists to choose more expensive rooms. Unexpectedly, when she came here, she found that those were not illusions, and there were really people willing to spend more than 800 yuan to stay in the cheapest room!
She was puzzled. It was just after the Chinese New Year, and everyone’s wallets were empty. Why would so many people come to this island to stay in such an expensive hotel?
Seeing that there was another line with fewer people, she asked, "What is that line for? Why are there so few people?"
The hotel clerk replied, "That's the line for checking in to luxury suites."
Song Ruqing suddenly became energized and walked over in high spirits. Facing the envious eyes of the crowd, she felt like she was walking on the red carpet.
She enjoyed this feeling very much, but it was a pity that there were fewer cameras on both sides.
"Why do I feel that she looks familiar?" Someone in the crowd talked.
"Song Ruqing!"
"Wow, it's really her! Why is she here alone on Valentine's Day? Zhou Qunfang already has a boyfriend, she lost!"
Song Ruqing: "..."
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She could already think of tomorrow's gossip: Song Ruqing showed up at Xingzhou Island on Valentine's Day, all alone...
This was not the way she wanted to be on the news, so she was even more eager to complete the hotel check-in procedures.
What she didn't expect was that the front desk here was not responsible for handling the procedures, but only for guiding and teaching. When she was confused and received a bracelet, she realized that the check-in procedures had been completed.
"Is that all?"
"Yes, if you need help, just select this button on the bracelet and you will be able to talk to our staff." The staff patiently explained the function of the bracelet, "The hotel provides breakfast for two, and then you can enter the restaurant by simply using the bracelet..."
Song Ruqing asked, "What if I want to go in the water and leave this bracelet aside and someone picks it up?"
"This bracelet is waterproof and can be worn in the water. Moreover, it is tied to you during your stay. Unless you are the owner, you cannot activate and use this bracelet."
The tourists nearby were surprised when they heard this: "You can tell the difference? What kind of black technology is this!"
But they were not too surprised. After all, from the moment the chef of the seafood buffet appeared, Xingzhou Island gave people the feeling of both metaphysics and science. At this moment, even if someone told them that "sea moisture" and "sea fire" were the effects of black technology, they would only marvel at how awesome Xingzhou Island is that it can come up with such high-tech things, and would no longer question whether Xingzhou Island was a scam.
Some tourists wanted to test it out and exchanged their bracelets with others to see if they could open the door of their room. However, after trying for a long time, the door did not respond at all. They thought it was broken. But after they exchanged the bracelets, the door was unlocked with a "beep".
The tourists looked at each other in bewilderment. Damn, they can really identify whether it is the real person? What kind of black technology is this?
Song Ruqing didn't care about technology. She took the elevator to the luxury suite on the fifth floor. Because there were few people booked, this floor seemed quieter, but the lights on the top were very bright, which made people feel warm and not lonely.
She found her room, opened the door, and saw a three-square-meter entrance hall. On one side was a shoe cabinet, next to which was an umbrella bucket for umbrellas, and on the other side was a bench for people to sit down and change shoes, which could be put away when not needed.
Entering the entrance hall was a dressing room of about six square meters, which was just right for guests like Song Ruqing who brought several large suitcases with them every time they went out.
In the dressing room, there was a full-length mirror, an ironing board for ironing clothes, and various small drawers for socks and other things.
Her suitcase had been sent to the cloakroom.
She was not in a hurry to open her suitcase, but continued to visit the suite.
The bathroom was large, with a bathtub, and a shower area specially set up to cater to tourists who did not like to bathe in the bathtub.
The toilet is smart, and there is a tablet fixed on the wall next to it, which can be used to listen to music and watch movies, and can also switch to KTV mode. Just input oral commands, so that tourists can listen to music/watch movies while taking a bath or squatting on the toilet.
"It's no different from ordinary hotels..." Song Ruqing muttered.
It's just an ordinary resort hotel. What on earth is she expecting? !
It was not until she lay on the bed that she felt that the 2,880 yuan was worth it.
The 1.8-meter smart bed can be adjusted to a comfortable sleeping position no matter how she lies. Moreover, she can lie on her side and play with her mobile phone for several hours without changing her position - in ordinary hotel beds, you have to turn over after lying on your side for half an hour, otherwise your neck and shoulders will be uncomfortable.
After taking a few photos, Song Ruqing lay on her side and looked at the scenery outside the balcony through the floor-to-ceiling window. She actually wanted to stay in a sea view room that cost more than 3,000 yuan a night, but the sea view rooms were sold out, and the only ones left were suites with garden views.
The floor-to-ceiling windows were very large, almost occupying the entire wall, so the lighting was very good and there were more views. She saw a group of small seabirds fly to the balcony, land on the railing, and then look at her curiously.
Song Ruqing took a few photos of them.
At this time, a larger seabird came over with a bunch of flowers in its mouth. After placing it on the balcony table, it led the small seabirds and flew away.
Song Ruqing was stunned. Was the seabird just giving her flowers?
She jumped up from the bed, opened the French window, ran to the balcony and picked up the bunch of flowers. It was a bunch of eight small white flowers. She used her mobile phone to identify them and knew that they were white flowers, one of the most common plants on the mountain of Xingzhou Island.
Is this seabird trained?
Is the welcome ceremony of the resort hotel on Xingzhou Island so unique?
Song Ruqing pondered for a long time before she came up with the copy and posted it on Weibo and Chaohu. After receiving praise and envy from fans, she happily went to take a bath, then put on makeup and went downstairs to eat.
She is allergic to seafood, so even if others praise the seafood in the seafood buffet restaurant, she can't eat it. Fortunately, after the hotel opened, there is a normal supply of meals here.
The restaurant is gated during breakfast hours, and only hotel guests wearing a wristband or room card can enter for free dining.
After the free breakfast buffet is served, the gate will be lifted, and ordinary tourists can also come in to pay for lunch and dinner.
As for other areas, most of them are in a semi-open state, and outside tourists can come in, but if they want to enjoy some recreational projects, they can only activate them with a wristband.
Few tourists will stay in the room after they move in - this is not good when traveling to ordinary scenic spots, but this is Xingzhou Island, and there are surprises waiting for them to experience and explore, and they are reluctant to waste time in the hotel room.
Therefore, there are many people gathering on the first floor to have fun.
Fortunately, the place is big enough, and some areas such as the gym are only open to residents, so Song Ruqing will not feel lonely when she strolls around, nor will she be bothered by too many people.
The only thing that makes her unhappy is that today is Valentine's Day, and many projects in Xingzhou Island have launched "couple packages" activities. Although there is no rule that only one man and one woman can participate, she didn't even bring an assistant this time. She is alone and can't find anyone to participate in the activities!
She saw two people passing by with Xingzhou Island work badges, so she called out to the girl who was closer to her and gave her feedback: "Although today is Valentine's Day, and you are holding activities on the island to suit the occasion, aren't they unfriendly to singles?"
Li Yaolin: "..."
She said: "We don't mean to discriminate against singles, but what do you think?"
"You have a couple's package, and two people can enjoy the discount. What about singles? Do you have to get together with strangers and pretend to be a couple to participate in the event to enjoy the discount?"
"You are absolutely right." Li Yaolin nodded in agreement.
This activity was certainly not her idea, but she didn't think there was a problem at the time, so she agreed.
Now it seems that singles seem to have a lot of opinions?
Deputy Manager Shen at the side explained: "Many of the activities that require couples to participate are actually free activities, such as beach volleyball for couples and love song duets. Participants will receive exquisite small gifts, and the winners will receive additional prizes. As for those discounted packages, there are actually discounted prices for single people..."
Song Ruqing: "..."
What do you mean? Are you saying that she can't find anyone to join the activities?
She is a popular young actress, how could she not find anyone to join the activities? !
She pointed to a ping-pong table and asked: "Also, don't you have ping-pong that can be played by one person? Your design is very unreasonable. You don't consider socially anxious tourists at all!"
Deputy Manager Shen saw that this guest wanted to play ping-pong, but couldn't find anyone to play with.
Li Yaolin said, "We will improve."
She paused, "If you can't find someone to play table tennis with, maybe I can play a few games with you."
Song Ruqing was about to say that she didn't need to play with him, but she was really itching to play, so she agreed reluctantly.
Deputy Manager Shen: "..."
Island owner, aren't you here to inspect the hotel's opening work?
In fact, you also want to play table tennis!
As a competent subordinate, you will not expose your boss's slacking behavior.
Li Yaolin said to her, "You continue to be busy!"
Deputy Manager Shen left first. Back in the lounge, she took out her phone and gossiped with several managers: "The island owner is playing table tennis with Song Ruqing!"
"Song Ruqing, who is that?"
Lin Qitong said, "She's the little flower who is as famous as Zhou Qunfang!"
"Is she also traveling here?"
"Of course she is? She even posted on her smurf account that the seabirds on the island sent her flowers."
Deputy General Manager Qi: "Ahem, it's not good to gossip about guests."
"Then why are you in this gossip group?"
Deputy General Manager Qi: "..."
"Could the island owner be a fan of Song Ruqing?"
"Do you think it's possible?"
Vice President Qi said, "How is that possible? The island owner probably doesn't even know who Song Ruqing is."
Everyone: "..."
Although Song Ruqing also followed the island owner, they felt that the island owner might not have looked at his fans since he registered.
It was because Li Yaolin didn't know the employees' gossip, otherwise she would definitely go up to seek justice - she had clearly seen which fans her account had!
She also knew that there were more than 30 stars following her, and she had clicked on their Weibo to take a look. Although she thought most of those female stars looked the same, she at least remembered their names.
So when she played table tennis with Song Ruqing, she felt that the other party looked familiar: "Are you a star?"
Song Ruqing, who was serving, tilted her racket and failed to serve.
Of course she is a star!
Did the other party not recognize her, or did he just recognize her?
Would he ask her for an autograph?
Should she give him an autograph or not?
Song Ruqing was very conflicted.
Unexpectedly, after Li Yaolin asked this question, he didn't say anything else and didn't care much about her.
Song Ruqing said: "You know me? Yes, I am Song Ruqing! I wanted to keep a low profile, but now that I've been recognized, there's nothing I can do. After playing table tennis, let me sign for you! Or I'll sign on the table tennis ball and give it to you!"
Li Yaolin: "..."
She reminded the other party: "Scribble and damage public property will risk being blacklisted by Xingzhou Island."
Song Ruqing: “?”
…
Since Li Yaolin still had to attend to official business, they only played three games before leaving.
Song Ruqing had a great time, and she was no longer so resentful about the “couple’s package”, but she always felt that she seemed to have forgotten something. It was not
until she was about to take a walk on the beach that she remembered the purpose of her visit, so she hurried to the tourist service center: “Do you still have the postcard blind box?”
“Sorry, the blind box is sold out, but we still have a lot of exquisite postcards…”
Song Ruqing felt like she was struck by lightning, and she could no longer listen to the salesperson’s recommendation.
No way, she came to Xingzhou Island in person, why couldn’t she buy the limited edition postcards?
Why did the blind boxes sell out when she came here for a trip instead of earlier or later?
She really got unlucky, didn't she? !
Zhou Qunfang was right. The postcard that belonged to someone else would not only not work in her hands, but would backfire!
What should she do?
She asked the salesperson: "Besides buying blind boxes, are there any other ways to get postcards with your island owner's personal seal?"
"Yes, there will be a lantern festival on the island tomorrow on the Lantern Festival. If you guess lantern riddles and play small games, you will have the chance to win various exquisite gifts, including limited edition postcards."
Song Ruqing was supposed to go back tomorrow, but after thinking about it, she decided to stay one more day to attend tomorrow's lantern festival.
The author has something to say:
Although it is unnecessary, I still want to mention it quietly. This chapter describes the opening of the hotel from the perspective of tourists.
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