"No need." Xiang Yang smiled and waved his hand. Today's Yanlong Village is very different. The economic level has improved. It is no longer the same as before, where if someone invites people to dinner, everyone will rush to go, hoping to have three meals a day.
On the contrary, Xiang Yang does not advocate asking tourists to treat others to a meal.
Nowadays, there are fewer tourists, and Xiang Yang is able to manage it. He knows that this is a spontaneous behavior of tourists and there are indeed reasons for it.
But once this loophole is opened, it is likely that a habit of overcharging customers will develop.
The most important thing is that it would not be good if such things were spread out, as it would easily affect the reputation of Qinglongwan's tourism industry.
"You are the guests, how can I let you treat me? If anyone wants to treat me, it should be me. But I really don't have time today. You can arrange your own activities later." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
After saying that, Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun and said sternly, "Fang Youqun, you will be responsible for entertaining the tourists. Remember, you are not allowed to let the tourists treat you."
Fang Youqun quickly nodded in agreement. In fact, he was also a generous person. Besides, he had some spare money in his pocket. If they wanted to have a meal together, he would never let others pay for it.
In other words, Fang Youqun is clear that the other party is a consumer and he is now an operator. Otherwise, he might even arrange free accommodation and meals for the other party.
Xiang Yang gave Fang Youqun some instructions and walked towards the Binhai Hotel.
Li Chao has actually been very busy during this period.
The Binhai Hotel is about to be topped out. Li Chao is now busy purchasing decoration materials and dragging various decoration materials back to the outside of the hotel for preparation. He is also busy with the greening of the hotel's exterior. He has transplanted various beautiful flowers and tall trees.
Xiang Yang also learned a little about these decoration materials and green vegetation, and found that the prices were a bit scary.
As for decoration materials, one of the chandeliers hanging in the hall, not counting the labor and installation costs, the equipment cost alone is as high as more than one million.
Greenery isn’t cheap either.
There are twenty-four ginkgo trees among them, each of which costs as much as six or seven hundred thousand yuan.
When Xiang Yang saw Li Chao, Li Chao was chatting with several people from the construction team with his back to Xiang Yang.
Seeing Xiang Yang passing by, the construction team members quickly reminded Li Chao, "Boss Li, Boss Xiang is coming."
"Hello, Mr. Xiang." Several construction team members wearing suits and safety helmets greeted him warmly.
"Hello." Xiang Yang took out a cigarette with a smile and distributed a round to everyone.
Xiang Yang still hasn't learned how to smoke, but he has learned how to smoke.
Xiang Yang discovered that, in many cases, blowing a circle of smoke could really bring him closer to others.
"Brother Xiang, why are you here?" Li Chao took out a lighter, lit his cigarette, took a puff and asked Xiang Yang with squinted eyes.
"Why, can't I just go over and take a look since I'm fine? Brother Chao, what are you doing?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"Come, do you see that big tree?" Li Chao smiled and pointed at a tree that was thicker than a person's arms. "This ginkgo tree was planted by my elders. From the sapling to the tree, the cost was 700,000 or 800,000 yuan. If it were to be sold, people would rush to buy it even if it was priced at 1,200,000 or 300,000 yuan. I thought that such a good tree should not be wasted, so I planned to build a fountain here and a pavilion next to the fountain. What do you think? Wouldn't it look good here?"
Xiang Yang stared at the ginkgo tree for a long time, but he couldn't tell that it was worth more than one million.
"I don't know much about trees, but can the ginkgo tree survive in our south?" Xiang Yang asked.
"Of course. Why? You don't think there are only coconut trees in the south?" Li Chao said with a smile.
"I'll talk to Boss Xiang. You guys just follow the design I just mentioned." Li Chao turned around and said to the people from the construction team.
Several people from the construction team nodded quickly, "Okay, Mr. Li, Mr. Xiang, let's go design it first."
"Yeah." Li Chao nodded.
After the construction teams left, Li Chao looked at Xiang Yang and asked with a smile, "Brother Xiang, what good news do you have for me this time?"
Xiang Yang said: "I found something that may be of great interest to tourists."
"Oh?" Li Chao became interested. "What's the matter?"
Li Chao knew Xiang Yang would not say such things, so he quickly stamped out his cigarette and said, "This is not the place to discuss things. How about this, let's go to my temporary accommodation and talk. Coincidentally, Lao Zhang is there too."
Xiang Yang nodded and followed Li Chao to his temporary office.
Zhang Qicheng was sitting in front of the computer browsing a news website. When he saw Li Chao and Xiang Yang come in together, he quickly got up and made tea for them.
The three of them chatted about trivial matters, reminiscing about the past and trying to build up their relationship.
Keep stirring until the water boils.
After filtering the fine dried tangerine peel water twice, Li Chao asked, "Brother Xiang, what is the thing you said that might interest tourists?"
Xiang Yang picked up the teacup and blew on it gently, then took a sip. He used this time to carefully organize his words before saying, "I think our yachts can set a fixed course every time they go out to sea. One of the courses can be set to a sea area that I know is rich in pearl oysters. Then we can provide tourists with diving equipment and other things, so that tourists can go down and collect pearl oysters themselves."
As he spoke, Xiang Yang told Li Chao about Zhuo Shao and the other two's enthusiasm for collecting pearls on the seabed today.
Li Chao and Zhang Qicheng looked at each other.
Zhang Qicheng said, "What you said is definitely a method, but it can only be used on ordinary yachts. Ordinary pearls are definitely not attractive enough to tourists on the Supreme Series yachts, and it may even backfire. However, if ordinary yachts offer such pearl salvaging activities, it will be difficult to set the ticket price."
Xiang Yang nodded.
Indeed.
In the end, it is hard to say whether the ultimate purpose of the people taking that yacht trip is to travel and spend money, or to make money.
If you are going out for travel and consumption, it is understandable that the ticket price is set a little higher. After all, it provides a relatively high-value service. If you are lucky, you may be able to make a little money.
Li Chao tapped his fingers and set the direction of the matter in one sentence, "The ticket price must be set at a higher level. Pearl oysters are not a money-making opportunity, but a tourist attraction. If it is a money-making opportunity, it will not be the turn of those who don't even have fishing boats and diving equipment."
"But it's still difficult to implement. First of all, let me talk about the first point. Brother Xiang, how many pearl oysters are there in the sea area you mentioned? Can it withstand so many people fishing for them day by day? The second point is, of course, how to solve the eternal safety problem."