A leisurely life: I have a scenic area

Chapter 142 I'm a respectable person, I read the Spring and Autumn Annals
After the heavy rain, the river next to the scenic area surges every day.

Lanterns began to be decorated around the river.

With the Dragon Boat Festival approaching, Qi Yue is busy decorating the scenic area with Dragon Boat Festival decorations.

Animals like sika deer and geese F4 are wearing zongzi pendants.

Several large rice dumpling-shaped decorations have been added to the red panda garden, and the red pandas especially enjoy playing around them.

After the rain, the sun shone brightly, and the moisture in the air and on the grass quickly evaporated.

The ground gradually dried out.

After all, summer is over; the rain comes quickly and goes quickly.

"Boss, would you like some mugwort and calamus?"

"This has the significance of warding off evil spirits and preventing epidemics during the Dragon Boat Festival."

Ticket seller Li Xue inquired.

"It's all prepared. We'll set it up at the petting zoo and the entrance to the scenic area."

"We're also buying colorful ropes; we'll prepare a lot to give to every tourist."

"The same goes for zongzi (sticky rice dumplings); each tourist will receive one for free."

Qi Yue responded.

Qi Yue entrusted the procurement to Li Qingshan.

He has a lot of miscellaneous things to buy, and purchasing, arranging, and storing them are all troublesome matters.

"Boss, this scenic spot experience is really great."

"They're even giving away free rice dumplings!"

"If there are a lot of tourists, then we need to prepare a lot."

Li Xue exclaimed in amazement.

Qi Yue nodded and smiled:

"We prepared 5000 copies, and we'll distribute them until they're all gone."

"With a large number of visitors to the scenic area, we can make a profit."

Qi Yue has a lot to do.

Besides decorating the scenic area and preparing small gifts, he also had to check on the progress of the program preparations.

For example, lion dance, iron flower performance, Nuo opera, and the "Flying Swan Dance".

In addition, there are dragon boat dances at night.

In addition, Qi Yue also plans to hold a grand parade of adorable animals at Qingfeng Mountain Scenic Area on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival.

In the afternoon, a Hanfu (traditional Han clothing) parade was held at the Zongmen Scenic Area.

The noodles are full.

These activities definitely require rehearsals and can't be completed in a short time.

For example, a grand parade of adorable animals.

The animals all love to run around, and only Qi Yue himself can keep them in check.

Therefore, Qi Yue volunteered to be in charge of the adorable pet parade.

He even rehearsed beforehand, with the zookeepers following around him.

It's not a big problem.

In the following days, the scenic area reopened, and the number of people remained as high as ever.

Promotional activities for the Dragon Boat Festival have begun simultaneously to attract tourists.

That afternoon, Qi Yue and several managers of the scenic area gathered together.

Zhu Kun said:

"This year, all the scenic spots are vying for visitors during the Dragon Boat Festival, and each one is advertising more and more than the last."

"The pressure is quite high!"

Li Qingshan echoed:
"Yes, just in a few surrounding cities, there are ancient town performances, dragon boat-themed decorations, and so on."

"The tourism industry is booming during holidays, and everyone is trying to attract tourists."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue nodded:

"Indeed, so we have to do our best."

"Fortunately, the current customer traffic is relatively stable."

"But we need to think about it more; it's been a long time since we've been trending!"

Looking back at the development of the scenic area, its rapid initial growth was due to two main factors: activities and those adorable, magical animals.

For example, rabbits, geese, piglets, and little yellow dogs.

These little guys were a great help to Qi Yue.

But now there are all sorts of activities at different scenic spots, so it hasn't been trending on social media for a long time.

We need to think of a solution.

At this moment, Li Yu suggested:
"Boss, these days many scenic spots are hiring female internet celebrities to come and tour, as a form of promotion."

"The results are all quite good."

"Many people are paying attention."

"Should we invite some over as well?"

He's not wrong. There are too many beautiful internet celebrities on short video platforms now, dressed in all sorts of exquisite ancient-style clothes.

It will also attract many photographers and tourists.

Hearing his words, Zhu Kun smiled and said:

"You decide for yourself whether you want to see it."

Qi Yue shook his head, "This kind of traffic only lasts for a short while."

"The online celebrities stroll around here for a bit, then move on to the next attraction."

"Without long-term cooperation, the tourist conversion rate is not good."

"Moreover, the cost of inviting just one person is not low, and the cost of inviting ten people would be even higher." "It would be better to create our own online celebrity attractions."

Qi Yue is right; he is considering long-term benefits.

Currently, visitor numbers at the scenic area are stable, so this method is unnecessary.

Moreover, he is currently in talks with a Nuo opera troupe about collaboration.

This art troupe has a good reputation, but its profitability is not very high. After all, the competition among large art troupes is also very fierce, and there aren't that many stages for them.

Qi Yue was thinking of signing a long-term contract with the art troupe.

He would rather be the owner of the art troupe.

He had discussed this matter with the regimental commander, Zhou Fo.

Actually, Zhou Fo was quite tempted as well.

After all, running an arts troupe is too difficult, and while intangible cultural heritage sounds wonderful, the dance troupe is actually in a rather difficult situation.

He would be more motivated if there were capital behind him, ensuring a stable income for the members of the art troupe regardless of circumstances.

As they were talking, Zhou Fo suddenly said:
"Boss Qi, I agree with your suggestion to invest and become the boss, and I also agree with your suggestion that I should handle the internal affairs of the art troupe."

"There's one thing I need to confirm."

Upon hearing Zhou Fo's words, Qi Yue immediately asked:

"what's up?"

Zhou Fo looked at Qi Yue with a strange expression in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, then finally said:

"Let me confirm, you didn't take a fancy to my niece, did you? That's why you booked the entire dance troupe so you could take advantage of the situation."

"That's not okay."

Upon hearing his words, Qi Yue was completely stunned.

No, am I that kind of person?
Although Liu Yiyi, the lead dancer of the Nuo Opera Troupe, is quite beautiful, has a great figure, and dances well.

But I'm a respectable person.

I read the Spring and Autumn Annals.

"Commander, you're overthinking it."

"I want my scenic area to develop in the long term, and I simply want to have my own permanent art troupe."

“I’ve been in contact with other art troupes before.”

“Sometimes I have dance ideas, or there are events in scenic areas, and I need an art troupe to perform them.”

Qi Yue said with absolute certainty.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Fo nodded.

"That's no problem."

"With your investment, the arts troupe can develop better."

Qi Yue laughed and said:

"Okay, then let's do as agreed. From now on, the art troupe will rehearse in the ancient village."

"Moreover, there are many staff members at the scenic area, so we now arrange a shuttle bus every day to take them to the subway station in the city. We can inform everyone about this."

Zhou Fo breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, no problem."

The Nuo Opera troupe was thus finalized.

The next step was to discuss the details of the contract.

Simply put, Qi Yue is the boss behind the dance troupe, he pays the salaries, and the members of the art troupe perform in the scenic area.

Saturday is the fixed performance day. If Zhou Fo has a performance in another city at other times, he has to report to Qi Yue.

Actually, this is a very good thing for Zhou Fo.

After all, there are fewer and fewer performances outside these days.

The scenic area needs a lot of performances.

Take, for example, the recent Dragon Boat Festival performance.

Even Zhou Fo himself was shocked.

Everything went smoothly.

The Dragon Boat Festival is getting closer and closer.

In the afternoon, Qi Yue had a rare moment of leisure, so he rode his white horse and strolled around the depths of the grassland for a while.

It's been a long time since I've relaxed like this.

We've been quite busy preparing for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Time flies.

On the contrary, with the Dragon Boat Festival approaching, there's not much to do.

Just like an exam, there's intense preparation before the exam, but as the exam approaches, there's a calm before the storm.

"The publicity has been very effective so far."

"There should be a lot of people coming."

"I hope everything goes well on the Dragon Boat Festival."

"At present, scenic spots are beginning to come into the view of domestic tourists, and there are no less than a hundred competing scenic spots."

"To stand out, you have to take a steady and solid approach."

Qi Yue thought to himself.

The white dragon horse walked steadily, neither too fast nor too slow.

The golden eagle circled in the sky, only flying down for a short while when there were few people around Qi Yue.

This creature recognizes its master, but it doesn't get close to other humans and will even deliberately avoid them.

Qi Yue heard the golden eagle's movements and wanted to stretch out his arm to make it fly down, but when he stretched it out, he realized he was wearing short sleeves, so he decided against it.

He rode his horse leisurely, feeling the breeze on the grassland, and his heart became increasingly peaceful.

(End of this chapter)