Chapter 174 Meeting (Part 1)
Jiang Ningyue turned to look at Su Min. Her shoulder-length hair made her look very capable. Her face was bare, and her skin clearly didn't look like that of a 40-year-old.
Su Min didn't take a manuscript, and blurted out various data directly in front of the pictures on the big screen.
"Dear leaders, Shannan Province received 18 million tourists during the National Day holiday in 2018, and realized a comprehensive tourism revenue of 12 billion yuan, a 30.5% increase over the same period in 2017. The province's tourism market showed a strong enthusiasm for domestic travel, with family travel, self-driving tours, and rural leisure tours becoming the mainstream, and interprovincial travel and suburban travel becoming the preferred travel options. The overall tourism market in the province is characterized by high popularity, large scale, and strong consumption."
Jiang Ningyue listened to Su Min's speech and felt like she had met someone in her field. This Su Min must have studied broadcasting and hosting; her tone and mannerisms were very much like a host's.
Moreover, from her work attitude, it can be seen that Su Min has definitely put in a lot of hard work. However, according to Jiang Ningyue's working style as a reporter, such a speech is still too empty.
After Su Min talked about the data for about 10 minutes, he finally talked about planning.
"This year, the construction and renovation of attractions such as 'Dahe Ancient Town' and 'Dahe Ancient Building' in Chuanquan City have been completed. I believe that we should increase tourism promotion in provincial capitals. The reason is very simple. Provincial capitals have complete supporting facilities and can accommodate more tourists."
As she spoke, Su Min suddenly mentioned Jiang Ningyue, which suddenly woke Jiang Ningyue, who was scribbling in her notebook.
"Director Jiang posted a TikTok the day before yesterday, and I'm sure many leaders have seen it. I just took a look before the meeting, and it already has 3 million likes. Many people in the comment section said they were attracted and wanted to come to Chuanquan to experience our spicy hot pot and spicy skewers. After these people come, do they just eat a meal and leave? I think these tourists can stay and have a good time."
While speaking, Su Min also looked at Jiang Ningyue. Jiang Ningyue could only show an 'awkward but polite' smile.
Yang Guotao nodded and said, "Director Jiang, we also want to hear the results of your research yesterday."
"OK."
Jiang Ningyue took out her notebook and nodded at the group. "I spent about a day and a half touring all the attractions in Chuanquan City. Of course, it was just a cursory tour. If there are any things I don't fully understand or that I said wrong, please feel free to give me some feedback. I won't mention the interesting ones, I'll just talk about the uninteresting ones first."
First, Director Su just mentioned Dahe Ancient Town. I went inside and took a look around, and there were almost no tourists. It was just shops selling everything. It was so boring, I wandered around for two hours. If you ask me now if there's anything I remember vividly, I can't think of anything. After all, there are attractions like this all over the country."
After these words were spoken, at least two leaders of the leadership group looked a little unhappy.
One is Su Min who just spoke, and the other is Wang Youde, manager of Shannan Cultural Tourism Group, which developed this tourist attraction.
Jiang Ningyue didn't bother with that and continued, "I think if we want to promote this 'Dahe Ancient Town,' we need to first add more programming. At the very least, make sure there's a show every half hour starting at 2:30 PM during the National Day holiday, just like the Tang Dynasty City that never sleeps in the neighboring province. This is the foundation of everything. If anyone agrees with this, or has better ideas, please bring them up."
Hearing Jiang Ningyue's words, Yang Guotao's expression calmed down. He smiled and said, "Director Jiang made a very good point. We should fully discuss any problems we discover. Only in this way can Shannan Province's cultural tourism industry continue to improve. So, does anyone have anything to say?"
Manager Wang of the Cultural Tourism Group coughed lightly and said, "Because this Dahe Ancient Town was built by our group, I'll explain to Director Jiang. You just mentioned that there are ancient towns all over the country. In fact, our Dahe Ancient Town in Chuanquan City is different from those ancient towns. They are all imitations of ancient buildings, but ours is not. We are a restoration of ancient buildings."
As he spoke, Manager Wang began to speak at length.
"We have preserved the flavor of the ancient Dahe Town in many places. Many shops are converted from ancient buildings. When we renovated and designed them, we also preserved the original flavor of the ancient buildings."
"And what you said about it being deserted and boring? Actually, it's mainly because it's a weekday, so some of the activities in our ancient town are not open. For example, opera performances, for example..."
Manager Wang's long speech silenced Jiang Ningyue. She smiled calmly and watched Manager Wang until he finished. However, Jiang Ningyue occasionally stole a glance at her watch, secretly expressing her dissatisfaction.
Yang Guotao turned to look at Jiang Ningyue, "Director Jiang, do you have anything to say?"
"No." Jiang Ningyue said calmly.
Everyone keenly noticed that Jiang Ningyue was not in a good mood and she didn't want to say more.
Yang Guotao said with a smile: "If everyone has different opinions, we should fully discuss them and not bottle them up. This is all for the cultural and tourism development of Shannan Province!"
As he spoke, Yang Guotao looked at Manager Wang and said, "Boss Wang, you just said so much. Are you against Director Jiang's proposal?"
"I have no intention of objecting." Manager Wang saw that Yang Guotao was supporting Jiang Ningyue and immediately said, "I just want to explain our ancient town to Director Jiang."
Yang Guotao smiled and nodded, then looked at the others calmly, "What about you? Do you have any objections or different suggestions?"
"No."
Everyone shook their heads.
Yang Guotao nodded and looked at Jiang Ningyue again, "Director Jiang, please continue."
Jiang Ningyue smiled slightly, "Okay, then I'll continue. My second suggestion is to waive the entrance fee to Dahe Ancient Town."
Manager Wang sensed Yang Guotao's inclination, but couldn't help but retort, "Director Jiang, if we don't have tickets, who's going to pay the salaries of the sanitation workers, the opera singers, and the staff for those half-hour performances during the holidays you mentioned?"
Jiang Ningyue said calmly, "Where do the salaries of the performers in the Tang Dynasty City That Never Sleeps come from? It's the rent! With more customers, there will be more customers. With more customers, can't the rent be raised?"
Manager Wang opened his mouth after hearing this. "You can't just think that the Tang Dynasty City That Never Sleeps is good and copy everything from them, right? We need to analyze each case individually. We spent 1.5 billion to build Dahe Ancient Town!"
Jiang Ningyue said calmly, "It's okay. I'm just suggesting it. The decision is up to you."
Yang Guotao looked at Su Min and said, "Xiao Su, you are the director in charge of publicity. Let's talk about your opinion."
Su Min smiled awkwardly. Honestly, she didn't want to offend anyone. However, if she had to choose one, she wanted to make this National Day holiday a satisfactory one.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
