Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

"Saipan Island is really well developed. It's a pity that I didn't come here before."

Linhai Province has more than 7.7 islands under its jurisdiction. Saipan Island is the fourth largest city in Linhai Province, with a permanent population of .

Because of the special geographical environment of Linhai Province, the so-called beautiful scenery of Saipan Island has no competitiveness locally. As for promoting it in other parts of the country, officials of the Saipan Municipal Government have also thought about this.

But the problem is that what the country of South China lacks the least is beautiful islands. In terms of scenery, Saipan has no advantages at all compared with those well-known tourist destinations in China.

In addition, transportation from other areas to Saipan Island is not that convenient, so the Saipan City Government has been planning to change course for a while and directly develop marine aquaculture and fishing industries.

However, Sun Tong's coming this time has given them a new opportunity. In the minds of most people in Nanhua, Sun Tong, the emperor, is basically omnipotent, although he cannot be said to be omnipotent.

Since Saiban is not developing well now, why not go directly to Sun Tong for advice?

"Your Highness, Fang Xinghua, the mayor of Saiban City, pays respect to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Now that we are outside, there is no need to be so polite. Fang Xinghua, your name is somewhat familiar to me. Have you worked in the cabinet before?"

"Your Majesty, I served as the Prime Minister's Assistant in the Cabinet during the three years from the 16th to the 19th year of Yuanxing!"

The Yuanxing mentioned by Fang Xinghua is actually the reign title of Sun Tongzai, but this reign title is not used much in Nanhua, and most of the time the Gregorian calendar is used directly.

"Now that you mention it, I have an impression of you. I said I've heard of your name. How many years have you worked in Saiban?"

"Your Majesty, this is already my sixth year here."

"Saiban, you are doing a good job, but I see that a lot of tourist facilities have been built here, but the number of tourists is a little small."

"It's all my fault. Before I came here, I saw that the domestic tourism market was booming, so I followed the trend and built Saipan into a tourist city. It's a pity that although the money was spent, the local tourism industry has never developed because Saipan has no local characteristics."

“Do you know why it didn’t develop?”

"Saipan is not well-known in the tourism market, the local area does not have many characteristics, and inconvenient transportation is also a big problem."

"Fame is just a minor problem. It's easy to explain why there is no special feature. Even transportation is nothing to me. The biggest problem with the poor development of tourism here is that you don't really put your heart into this business."

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"

When Sun Tong said this, the officials behind Fang Xinghua were actually very unconvinced. In their opinion, Fang Xinghua was definitely a rare good official, and he worked hard for the development of Saiban. But now all this was said to be worthless by Sun Tong, so of course these people were not convinced.

"The three points you just mentioned, in my opinion, are all problems that can be solved with money. If you are not famous, then go out and advertise. As long as you have money, your fame will be raised sooner or later. If the local area lacks tourist features, then spend money to create features. As for transportation, it is even simpler. Build a large airport on the island and buy more ships. Maybe these problems cannot be solved in a short time, but as long as there is enough time, are they still problems? In my opinion, your real problem is that you don't have the right mentality. Since you want to build Saipan into a tourist city, it is enough to just build a beautiful city. You need to pay attention to the sanitary environment, and the service environment is also the top priority. When outsiders come to your place to travel, even if the locals cannot provide warm hospitality, they should at least greet them with a smile. But I have been around the city for the past two days, and the biggest feeling the locals give me is indifference. How can this be possible? The construction of spiritual civilization is very important. Outsiders come to you to travel and relax themselves, not to suffer."

In fact, there are many things that Sun Tong can complain about in Saipan today, but most of them are minor issues. In order to save more face for Fang Xinghua, he did not mention many things.

But even so, Sun Tong has pointed out the biggest problem of Saipan.

If this problem cannot be solved, Saipan's tourism industry will only be a castle in the air and will never be realized.

After hearing what Sun Tong said, Fang Xinghua and others suddenly realized that they had really ignored this issue in the past. No wonder many tourists had a bad opinion of Saipan after coming here.

From the very beginning they were only concerned about the tourists' wallets and completely ignored the tourists' emotions in the process. It would be a miracle if the tourists gave you good reviews like this.

After meeting with local officials, Sun Tong completely focused his mind on traveling.

It has to be said that there are many places worth visiting in Linhai Province. Although they are all islands, the characteristics of these islands are different. Sun Tong and his family stayed here for a full half a year.

If Sun Jingwen hadn't been in a hurry to call his father back, perhaps Sun Tong and the others would have stayed here for a while longer to experience the local customs and culture!