"Beauty pageant?" Qin Rou, who was invited to be a judge of the beauty pageant, was surprised.

Director Wu said, "It was the idea of ​​the Heart to Heart program team. Their program team has accumulated a lot of experience for the station since its launch... We went to Guangdong Province for a meeting some time ago. They are also going to hold a beauty pageant next year. Our TV station also had the idea. It just so happens that China Southern Airlines is interested in selecting a group of flight attendants..."

"Let's join forces with your Nandao Pearl Chamber of Commerce and jointly hold a Nandao beauty pageant."

Since the 1980s, Qiongzhou Island has entered a period of rapid development. In addition, with the resumption of the college entrance examination, thousands of graduating college students are assigned to Qiongzhou Island every year, injecting countless young blood into the island.

In addition, the song "Please Come to the Ends of the Earth" has become popular in recent years and even appeared in the Spring Festival Gala, making Qiongzhou Island more and more visible to the public.

Tourists from all over the country travel to Qiongzhou Island, and a lot of Hong Kong, Macao and foreign capital have been injected into factories and industries, planting pineapples, mangoes, coffee beans and other economic crops, and building fruit canning factories one after another... Whether it is Coconut City or Deer City, they are all changing rapidly.

...

Director Wu and others believe that it is time to hold a beauty pageant.

"Our Nandao Chamber of Commerce, my Xunrou Pearl Factory and my sister's pearl clothing can all provide support for your beauty pageant, but the judge... I'm afraid I'm not suitable." Qin Rou shook her head: "I have no experience as a beauty pageant judge."

Comrade Xiao Qin never thought that he could be a beauty pageant judge.

Director Wu smiled bitterly and said, "We have never had a beauty pageant in our country. We are all feeling our way forward. No one has any experience! Not only you, but everyone has no experience as a judge. We can only grope our way forward."

"Chairman Qin, you are a person with ideas. Let's brainstorm together to hold this South Island beauty pageant."

"The government is very supportive and concerned about this beauty pageant. If we can hold this beauty pageant well, it will definitely greatly increase Qiongzhou Island..."

...

Holding a beauty pageant is indeed a very good way to promote Qiongzhou Island. It can enhance the fame and reputation of Qiongzhou Island at home and abroad and attract the attention of the people.

Hearing Director Wu's sincerity, Qin Rou did plan to participate.

"We have also learned about international beauty pageants. I'm afraid that our people here may find it difficult to accept swimsuits..."

Many international beauty pageants now have swimsuit competitions.

Although the economy has been open for many years, people's thinking is still relatively conservative. Young girls are not willing to expose their bodies too much. During the filming of Journey to the West, many female fairies were reluctant to show their belly buttons. In fact, it was the belly of the stand-in that was filmed.

The crew of Journey to the West, which is currently being filmed, has been to Qiongzhou Island. The part where the Monkey King was born was filmed on the island. This incident has also caused a lot of gossip. Huahua's mother thought of letting her child Liu Yue ride a horse in the street. Whether it was inspired by Tang Monk riding a horse is unknown.

Qin Rou: "Then contestants can also wear cheongsams, formal dresses, Hanfu, wedding gowns, the island's ethnic costumes... They can even use gorgeous phoenix crowns and robes to show their temperament and demeanor, and at the same time promote our traditional culture."

Everything must be done step by step. Although swimsuit shows are popular in beauty pageants outside, there is no need to let people wear swimsuits for beauty pageants on the island right away.

"We should find a clothing design team to customize the final contestants' clothing."

"Our Nandao Pearl Chamber of Commerce can provide contestants with clothing accessories and even pearl crowns."

"The beauty pageant on the island will definitely attract domestic attention. Such a beauty pageant is also the best place to showcase our Nandao pearls."

After Qin Rou invested in the construction of the Pearl Craft Park, she also hired someone to build a hot spring hotel in Nanyu. Qiongzhou Island is a tropical island with rich geothermal energy. There are countless hot springs of all sizes on the island. Qin Rou has long planned to develop several hot spring centers.

Not only hot springs, but also hotels with sea view rooms.

At present, the Nantian Hot Spring Center that Qin Rou hired someone to build has been built, but it has not been put into use yet. Another sea view room resort hotel is still under construction. To be honest, the sea view room is beautiful, but it is also very troublesome to maintain. People on the island basically don’t like to live near the sea. Such sea view rooms are more suitable to meet the requirements of outsiders. For those who have never seen the sea, sea view rooms are a dream place to live.

"My hot spring center and sea view room hotel have not been put into use yet. Wait until next year, and they can be used as the venue for the beauty pageant."

This is a mutually beneficial cooperation. Her hot spring center and sea view room can also catch the spring breeze of publicity.

Of course, even if there is no publicity, Qin Rou is not worried that her hot spring center will not make money. Even if it can't make money, she still wants to build a hot spring center, and at most it can be used as a private hot spring therapy center.

——Because it is so comfortable to soak in hot springs!!

Qin Rou herself can't wait for the Nanyu Hot Spring Center to be open for use, the fish therapy pool, the hot spring eggs... Especially when it is winter, when the weather gets a little cooler, the hot spring pool is filled with white smoke, and it is surrounded by green forests, the sky is high and the clouds are light, it is definitely a paradise on earth!!!

Winter resort.

"Great!! Xiao Qin, you really gave us so much help!! "When he heard that Qin Rou could also provide the venue, Director Wu was even happier.

Judging from the layout and conception of the Pearl Craft Park, the hot spring center and sea view hotel that Qin Rou has built this time will definitely not disappoint.

Beauty, beautiful scenery, delicious food and beautiful islands can attract people's attention.

Qin Rou then went to the TV station to discuss with Director Wu and others how to organize the Qiongzhou Island Beauty Pageant. At the same time, she met the genius copywriter of the "Heart to Heart" program team, that is, Xiao Zhang, Zhang Yuanjun.

This Xiao Zhang wears a pair of glasses and wears an ordinary shirt and trousers. Although he looks ordinary, his thinking is not ordinary at all, and he has a lot of ghost ideas.

Most of the program copywriting Qin Rou heard before was thought up by him. He is not only eloquent, but also a great writer.

Xie Ru'an and this Xiao Zhang together, it is simply a "Wolong Fengchi" combination.

The two of them together are like seven or eight parrots together, and they can all tell crosstalk.

Xie Ru'an said that Qin Rou was his mentor, and Zhang Yuanjun also said that Qin Rou was his mentor.

Xie Ru'an said, "If I hadn't met President Qin, I would still be a teacher now!"

Zhang Yuanjun said, "If it weren't for President Qin's advice, I would have nothing to do every day, wasting my youth and not finding the value of life!"

"President Qin is really a mentor!"

...

After graduating from university, Zhang Yuanjun was assigned to Qiongzhou Island. He unexpectedly joined a newly established TV station on Qiongzhou Island. This TV station had nothing to do, let alone viewers. Although Zhang Yuanjun still received his salary, as a university graduate, he had no place to use his skills, so he couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.

After the "Heart to Heart" program was organized, Zhang Yuanjun finally found the stage of his life!

He fully released himself on this stage, and finally shone in the TV station and was valued by the director.

All of this is thanks to President Qin.

Every time Zhang Yuanjun saw Qin Rou, he would praise her endlessly: "President Qin, you are really a role model of women in the new era. You are the most knowledgeable woman I have ever met..."

"When I was assigned to Qiongzhou Island, my parents cried and screamed, thinking that I was assigned to some remote place. They were also worried that I couldn't find a partner on the island. Now they are no longer worried. Even if I can't find the way home, I can't find a partner!"

Zhang Yuanjun was talking nonsense. He was now in a very proud period. The Heart Connection program he participated in was very popular, and he also rose with the tide, and walked with vigor.

Qin Rou listened to him with a smile, thinking to herself, don't talk too much, sometimes random flags will come true.

You are a matchmaker for others, what if you, the "matchmaker", can't find a partner!

——It was this guy who wrote so many weird promotional copywritings for her. She had remembered this guy for a long time!

"Xiao Zhang, you are also a very thoughtful person. Have you ever thought about writing a script?" Qin Rou said to Zhang Yuanjun. She felt that if this guy didn't write a script, it would be a waste of his ability.

Qin Rou planned to find something for him to do.

Zhang Yuanjun was stunned: "Write a script? What script?"

"Wait until the beauty pageant is over, why not pick a few suitable candidates and put them together to shoot a simple TV series, or... a sitcom." "

Situation comedy?"

"Yes, I have thought of the name, it's called "The Story of the Travel Agency", the protagonist is a new tour guide on Qiongzhou Island, he met all kinds of tourists on the island in the travel agency and the heartwarming and funny stories happened." Qin Rou thought that since the beauty pageant had already started, she might as well take this opportunity to invest in a low-cost sitcom.

Big IPs like "Investiture of the Gods" and "Liao Zhai" can't be filmed, and it doesn't cost much to shoot a sitcom.

Anyway, it is the story of a travel agency on the island. The whole story revolves around the tour guide and tourists telling stories, and also promoting the various landscapes and cultures on the island. This kind of situational comedy is not only a TV series, but also a tourism promotional film and a witty advertisement.

It doesn't cost much to invest in such a situational comedy.

"Xiao Zhang, you are a creative person and understand the cultural landscape of the island. I think you can try to write such a script."

Zhang Yuanjun was stunned: "??!!!"

Write a script!!!

Zhang Yuanjun has never thought that in addition to making TV shows, his life has such a possibility.

"President Qin... I'll try."

Zhang Yuanjun really didn't dare to promise, my God, that's writing a script!

"I'm going to go find Teacher Xie to see what ideas he can come up with."

Qin Rou thought, go ahead, I'll be at ease if you guys get busy, don't keep your eyes on her and do something weird.

The beauty pageant here is being planned and is expected to be held around March or April next year. They still have some time to prepare.

"Beauty pageant?" While eating, Lu Yan heard her talk about the beauty pageant.

"Yes, we have discussed it, the Qiongzhou Island Beauty Pageant, also known as the South Island Tourism Miss Contest."

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows: "You are going to participate in the beauty pageant?"

Qin Rou put down his chopsticks: "Your wife is going to be a judge!"

She went to participate in the beauty pageant? Endorsing her own pearls and investing in her own filming?

Lu Yan smiled and teased, "My wife, if you participate, you might win a prize. Then Doudou Rongrong's mother will be Miss Tourism of South Island." Qin Rou said with

a click of the tongue, "People participate in beauty pageants. Generally, beauty pageants require young unmarried women to participate. Comrade Lu Yan, if we could go back to a dozen years ago and we didn't get married, I, your wife, could participate in the beauty pageant now."

"That won't work." Lu Yan pinched her face, "You'd better sit on the judges' seat seriously."

"That's right!" Compared to being a contestant, it is naturally more comfortable to be a judge. "Your comrade Xiao Qin wants to be a female boss and find a South Island tourist lady who is both smart and beautiful to endorse my Xunrou Pearl."

Lu Si Ning said, "Smart and beautiful? Isn't that me, Rongrong? I also want to participate in the beauty pageant!"

Lu Si Yao said, "I want to go too!"

"Mom, you're married, but we're not!"

Lu Yan said calmly, "You're too young, wait until you grow up to Dad's shoulder height."

Lu Siyao: "We can go when we're taller than Mom!"

Lu Sining: "Soon!"

Qin Rou: "Hey, hey! I'm warning you and your daughter, why did Mom decide that I'm the shortest in the family?"

These troublesome daughters are no longer Mom's warm little cotton-padded jackets. They are ambitious to be taller than Mom.

Lu Yan smiled and threw the peeled shrimps into her bowl to comfort her. His eyes seemed to say: This is the fact, don't struggle.

Lu Si Ning: "Because grandma and aunt are tall!"

Lu Si Yao: "Dad is tall too!"

Qin Rou: "..." But your mother is not short!

Just because their mother is not short, these two little kids are estimated to be taller than their biological mother.

When they take family photos in the future, she will really be the shortest one in the family.

"Mom, don't worry."

Lu Weizhou, as the mother's good eldest son, immediately comforted her: "Let Dumpling find a wife who is cute and cuddly in the future, mom, you are not the shortest in the family."

Lu Weize: "Why am I the one who finds one and not you?"

The brother was actually generous to others.

Lu Weizhou said calmly: "Brother just thinks you will like someone who is cute, just like dad."

Lu Weize: "Maybe, I think short is cute."

Lu Yan laughed: "Yes, it's cute--"

After a pause, Lu Yan added: "Cute and beautiful."

Qin Rou gritted her teeth: "Don't take out a loan in advance to grow taller!"

Where did they learn the bragging habit? They haven't grown that tall yet.

"Your mother is not short!" She is only a little short of 1.65 meters, which is definitely not particularly short. How

old are these two braggarts? They are only twelve years old, and now they are thinking about getting married in the future, and they want to find someone who is as cute as their mother.

Now set a flag, be careful that the two brothers will find a partner of 1.8 meters and 1.5 meters in the future, forming a strong contrast.

As a graduate of Lingnan University, Qin Rou is now also cooperating with Lingnan University. She plans to establish a biomedical laboratory in Guangcheng and Qiongzhou Island respectively, which will be used to study pearl cosmetics, skin care products and pearl health products.

One laboratory is used to study the extraction of pearl active ingredients, and the other laboratory is used to study cosmetics.

I hope to establish the Xunrou pearl cosmetics production line in the next few years.

At present, the main products sold are pearl crafts and pearl powder. Soon, pearl masks will also be produced.

It is the season of pearl production again. The pearl sales volume this year is extremely good. Every year at the end of the year, it is the peak tourist season of Qiongzhou Island. Tourists come here one after another, and the sales of the Pearl Craft Park are very hot.

Several pearl farms have expanded their breeding scales, and several new pearl farms have been opened. Most of these new ones are small workshops.

Qin Rou held a meeting with the members of the Chamber of Commerce and discussed at the meeting: "We cannot continue to expand the scale of production excessively in Linshui."

If the scale of pearl breeding continues to expand in Linshui, the seawater environment here will sooner or later not be able to bear it, the seawater pollution is serious, and the quality of pearls produced here will also decline.

"In recent years, there are fewer and fewer wild pearl oysters that can be caught."

...

"The researchers at the experimental station over there have concluded... If there is too much inbreeding among pearl oysters, it will lead to species degeneration in the future..."

At the meeting, Qin Rou suggested artificially releasing pearl oyster seedlings into the deep sea to reduce the catch of wild pearl oysters in a certain area.

"In addition, after selecting the site, our Xunrou Pearl Farm will take the lead in establishing a new pearl breeding base on Mingsha Island."

The other members of the Chamber of Commerce were very hesitant: "The Pearl King was born in Xin Village, and many people came here for Xin Village pearls. If we change the location to another place to breed, can the cultured pearls be comparable to those grown in Linshui?"

"The scientific researchers have already gone to the newly selected bay to identify that the natural conditions there are more suitable for breeding pearls, and this location is rarely affected by the annual typhoons..."

Regardless of the choices of other members of the Chamber of Commerce, Qin Rou's Xunrou Pearl Farm will establish a pearl breeding base in the newly selected location.

The area there is relatively remote, and Qin Rou also pays extremely high salaries to breeding personnel. Of course, the more important thing is to mobilize the locals of Mingsha Island to participate in pearl breeding.

At this time, Mr. and Mrs. Huang, the bosses of Zhongying Street, also gave good news: "Your pearls are selling very well!"

"Especially this gold feather necklace. Everyone who buys a necklace will get a pearl as well."

"If you have more pearl necklaces, you can sell them in our store..."

...

With another pearl sales channel, the pearl business on the island continued to boom day by day. Even those who opened a small workshop made a lot of money. Some of them had saved enough money and planned to build a small Western-style house in two years.

Sister Qin Mian's family has saved a lot of money in recent years and had originally decided to build a new house, but now Chen Jingyi has gone to college, studying architecture at Huaqing University. Qin Mian thought, "When Jingyi graduates in the future, let him design a house for his parents."

"Living in a house designed by my son, that's great!"

Chen Jingyi couldn't help but said to his mother, "It's okay even if I design the house now."

Qin Mian: "You, you haven't graduated from college yet. What if the house you designed is prone to landslides?"

"I'm scared, your mother."

Ms. Qin Mian wants to live in a house designed by her own son, but she is worried that the house designed by her own son is unreliable, so she is very conflicted.

It's just like a classmate who studies medicine. People can't trust his medical skills. After all, you have seen him slacking off in class and other unreliable things in private.

Chen Jingyi: "..."

"You should go to more classes and listen to your teachers more, so as not to build a dangerous house in the future."

Chen Jingyi was helpless: "Mom, I won't build a dangerous house."

Architectural designers don't harm the family. If even the simple house at home is built into a dangerous house, how can they design buildings?

"It's just an ordinary small western-style building. Even if you don't find a designer, it won't collapse if it is built casually, right?"

Qin Mian said: "That's hard to say. After all, there are strong typhoons on our island."

...

Qin Rou thought it was particularly funny when she listened to the mother and son talking on the phone.

Qin Mian pursues stability. Sometimes she has a lot of ideas: "There are revolving restaurants in the buildings in Guangzhou! Can we have one in our house?"

Chen Jingyi: "...Not necessary." The revolving restaurants in the high-rise buildings are used to overlook the scenery.

"Jingyi, will you come back for the New Year this year?"

"Yes, auntie, when the time comes, I will ask someone to help me grab a train ticket."

"Come back with your brother."

Chen Jingyi hesitated and said, "My brother is dating now."

Qin Mian on the other end of the phone was about to explode, and Qin Rou was also shocked, but thinking about Chen Jinghua's age, it is indeed time for him to date.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Mian was excited and anxious in front of her sister Qin Rou: "I, I, I... Sister, do you think I will become a grandmother?"

Qin Rou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Even if Jinghua gets married next year, you still have to wait another year or two to become a grandmother."

"Sister, you are still so beautiful and can participate in beauty pageants. How can I, your sister, become a grandmother?"

"Then you - aren't you the aunt?"

"Oh, what a beautiful aunt!"

Qin Rou: "..." She is only in her thirties, currently thirty-two years old, and will be only thirty-three next year. Is she going to be upgraded to a grandmother?

"Sister, don't think too fast. We are just dating now, not getting married. When Jinghua brings her back in the future, it will be too late for you to be anxious."

Qin Mian sighed: "Why should I be anxious now that she has been brought back? He can like whatever kind of girl she likes. When my brother-in-law saw a hot girl like you, he married you without a second thought." Qin Rou had

a blank expression: "When my brother-in-law saw a hot girl from the mountains like you, he married you without a second thought."

"Lu Yan doesn't like spicy food, so I won't cook spicy food for him. Sister, you should often cook some Mapo tofu and spicy shrimps for your brother-in-law--"

Qin Mian: "..."

Chen Mian, who had just returned, heard the sisters' chat and said helplessly: "After all, it is more difficult for me, my brother-in-law."

They both married a hot girl, so why can my brother-in-law Lu Yan live a happy married life.

Every time I think of Principal Chen, I feel jealous and envious.

Qin Mian said disdainfully: "It's been so many years, and you still can't get used to eating peppercorns. You're really hopeless."

Qin Rou said from the side: "The peppers grown on our island are delicious. Sister, sprinkle more pepper when you cook dishes and noodles."

Chen Mian clicked his tongue twice: "You two sisters are both troublesome."

"The people on the island are still smart. You see, even the hottest yellow peppers can be made sweet for you."

At the end of the year, Chen Juanjuan came back first. When she came back, she brought a young female friend with her. Chen Juanjuan did not say hello before returning this time, but quit her job as an English teacher. She planned to return to Qiongzhou Island to work.

Her friend Feng Yulan kept persuading her: "You really don't want to be an English teacher? This is a government-sponsored teacher in a good school, and it is a respectable and good job that everyone envies."

Most people think that women are most suitable to be teachers. Teachers have the most stable and comfortable jobs. Most in-laws like a daughter-in-law who is a teacher. Not only do they have winter and summer vacations, but they can also take care of and educate their children and are very family-oriented.

Chen Juanjuan shook her head: "I originally thought that I was suitable to be a teacher like my father, but I have thought about it seriously recently. The job of a teacher is not suitable for me."

"Is it because of Sun Ming?" Chen Juanjuan talked to Sun Ming about dating at school, and later stayed in the north for him.

Chen Juanjuan secretly found a boyfriend at school, but she hadn't told her family yet. After graduation, she was assigned to be a teacher at a school in the capital. Sun Ming's family is also from the capital. His parents are very satisfied with Chen Juanjuan's work, but they don't think much of her background from the South Island, thinking it's too far away.

"Not really, I wanted to come back myself. No matter how I persuaded myself, I still couldn't accept that kind of life." As an English teacher, the work of a teacher is not difficult, but what they are afraid of is this kind of life that can be seen at a glance.

Sun Ming's parents said that being a teacher is good, and asked her to stay at home to take care of her husband and children after getting married, which also subtly revealed a kind of value: the focus of your future life is to have children and raise children.

As long as you have a child, especially a boy, you will be a great contributor to the Sun family. You will take good care of the child in the future. Even if you don't work and stay at home every day, your in-laws will support you.

You don't need to work hard anymore. Our family doesn't need you to make money. You can just be a glamorous teacher...

"How many girls envy such a life."

"Be content, you found our Sun Ming."

...

Although the words of the Sun family showed her a "happy and easy life in the future", Chen Juanjuan didn't feel comfortable.

Be a stable teacher? Be an obedient and sensible daughter-in-law in the Sun family? Or the kind of young wife that everyone envied...

Such a life was very easy, but it was not the life that Chen Juanjuan wanted to live. She struggled for several months and finally decided to quit her teaching job. For this reason, Sun Ming also chose to break up with her. Chen

Juanjuan did not regret it. After breaking up with Sun Ming, she felt a lot more relaxed. Perhaps, she did not want to live the kind of life of a good wife and a good mother from the bottom of her heart.

When she applied for college, the economy had not been open for long. As a student, she could not contact much of the outside world. Chen Juanjuan was confused about many of her cognitions, but she felt that being a teacher would be a good choice in life. Both her grandfather and father were teachers.

After experiencing college life and seeing the changes in society in recent years, Chen Juanjuan has a better understanding of the world. She began to feel that being a teacher was not the job she wanted to do most.

It was too dull, and she was afraid of such a life that she could see the end at a glance.

Although many people tried to keep her, Chen Juanjuan still quit her job as an English teacher.

"Juanjuan, you are going back to Qiongzhou Island. I heard that there is no winter and no snow on Qiongzhou Island?"

"Yes, I have never seen snow on the island."

Feng Yulan is a good friend of Chen Juanjuan. When she heard that she quit her job and returned to Qiongzhou Island, she couldn't help but feel curious about Qiongzhou Island. She also followed her south to the southernmost Qiongzhou Island to experience the life of the South Island in winter.

The two of them went southwards, wearing less and less clothes. When they boarded the train, it snowed in the capital. They wrapped themselves in thick clothes and took off their clothes all the way south. When they arrived in Guangzhou, they only had two pieces of clothes left. Then they took a boat to Qiongzhou Island.

Chen Juanjuan did not get seasick, but Feng Yulan vomited all over the boat, muttering, "I'm on a pirate ship..."

Did she get on a pirate ship? She knew Qiongzhou Island was far away, but she didn't expect it to be so far away. She had to take a train and a boat, and she got seasick. She wanted to back out several times, but then she thought that since she was here, shouldn't she go to the end of the world?

She came here on a pirate ship.

As soon as she got off the boat, the sun was shining brightly. Feng Yulan took off her coat and put it on, exclaiming, "Isn't this... really not summer?"