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The purpose of arriving at Binghuo Island this time is to travel around the island and visit the fishing grounds here.
Parry-Lark found five sightseeing cars, which are the kind of battery cars with only a roof. After you sit on them, they can be ventilated in all directions to facilitate viewing.
The sightseeing buses are all of the same model and are relatively well preserved, but the style seems to be a bit old.
Qin Shiou also learned about sightseeing cars when he bought an ATV. Now these cars use electric power steering systems to improve the portability and stability of the vehicle's steering control; the chassis structure uses mini-car chassis technology, with front and rear hydraulic brakes. These five cars use old-school technology.
Matthew King looked at the car and asked, "Is this your town's own car?"
Knowing the doubts of Mr. Minister, Parry explained with a wry smile: "Yes, I bought it six or seven years ago. At that time, the fishery collapsed. We wanted to develop tourism, but no customers were interested."
He didn¡¯t say anything else, just shrugged, and no one knew what the outcome would be.
"Economic transformation is indeed difficult." Hubble patted Parry sympathetically. He was a venture capital investor and knew this area better.
Parry said: "Although it is difficult, there is a chance of success. At the beginning of the year, I heard that Farewell Island in the south had successfully completed its economic transformation. They had good cooperation with Chinese travel agencies. Alas, it is really disappointing. envious."
As soon as he said this, everyone, including Matthew Jin, looked at Qin Shiou who got in the car with strange eyes. They were from St. John's and knew the development of tourism in Farewell Island.
Pali followed a group of people and set his sights on Qin Shiou, then blinked in confusion and asked tentatively: "Mr. Qin Shiou, the owner of the Oriental Fishing Farm?"
Qin Shiou had already gotten on the bus, so he had to get out of the car again and said with a dry smile: "Hello, Mr. Mayor, do you know me?"
After hearing this, Pali showed a happy expression on his face. He extended his hand to Qin Shiou enthusiastically and said, "Yes, Mr. Qin, I know you, and you can even say that I am your fan. Of course, I only learned about it through the news. You, it¡¯s an honor to meet you, to meet you on Ice and Fire Island!¡±
Qin Shiou shook hands with him, and Parry began to talk: "I know the situation in Farewell Town very well. They are all in the government's relocation plan like us. I am very familiar with your Mayor Hamley. As a result, more than half a year ago , I suddenly learned about the economic transformation of your town, and I was really surprised at the time."
"I've always wanted to go to your island for an inspection, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance. It's great to meet you here. I have too many questions to ask you, and I hope you can give me some advice."
"Oh, you want to visit our town and fishing grounds, right? Come on, I'll be the tour guide. In fact, our town is quite unique. Before the cod resources collapsed, it was the most powerful town in Newfoundland's fishing grounds. .¡±
Pari didn¡¯t brag. He took the fishery owners to the town government first, a three-story Gothic-style building with mottled paint on the outside, telling visitors about its history.
There was a fishery owner who was in the paint business and knew a lot about paint, so he asked doubtfully: "Did you use low-quality paint? It can't be peeling off like this after so many years."
Pari said with a sneer: "Haha, we deliberately used this kind of paint to create a sense of historical vicissitudes, so that we can better attract tourists."
Qin Shiou was speechless. Binghuo Island worked hard to develop tourism.
There is a house in the town government where the walls are hung with photos from the past, ranging from pastel photos that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s to normal photos in recent years.
Judging from the photos, Binghuo Island has indeed had a glorious past. Many of the photos were taken from aerials. The town photographed looks like a small town. It is estimated that there were thousands of houses there. Many deep-sea 10,000-ton fishing boats docked at the pier of the island.
Qin Shiou saw a series of big fish photos, which were souvenirs taken by fishermen after they caught super big fish. Bluefin tuna accounted for half of them, and they were all big fish over three and a half meters tall. Nowadays, one fish can be sold for millions of dollars.
Pari walked up to him, looked at the tuna in the photo and sighed: "At that time, this kind of fish was very worthless. Many people caught it and used it to feed dogs and cats. Who would have thought that now they are worth hundreds of thousands?"
Qin Shiou asked: "Looking at the photos, there should be a lot of bluefin tuna in your fishery. Even if you rely on catching this kind of fish, the fisherman's harvest will be good, right?"
Parry smiled bitterly and said: "There used to be many. As you can see, the west of our fishing ground leads to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It used to be a holy land for tuna, but unfortunately it was also fished to extinction."
If it weren¡¯t for the collapse of cod resources, then Binghuo wouldThe situation is countless times better than that of Farewell Island, and the strategic positions of the two sides are completely different.
Farewell Island is located at the southernmost tip of the Newfoundland fishing ground, relying on the Labrador Cold Current and the Mexican Gulf Current. Ice and Fire Island is in a prime fishing ground, looking north to the Greenland fishing ground, south to the Newfoundland fishing ground, and to the west the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Eat the world.
Unfortunately, when fishery resources are depleted, places like this are often in a worse situation, because the residents are accustomed to the bustling flowers and bustle in the past, and now they suddenly become dead and have no prospects. They will not be able to bear it, and then leave here one after another.
This is also what I learned later. After the rapid decline of the town, it began to decline slowly. The young people had left the island long ago, and the remaining people were almost all elderly people. According to Parry, the average age of the town's population was more than 65. age.
Qin Shiou secretly grinned. This was much better than Farewell Town. Many young people on Farewell Island also chose to leave, but it was not as serious as that. Many middle-aged fishermen still chose to stay.
It is somewhat similar to Queen¡¯s Fishing Village. The houses on both sides of the streets in the town are scattered, and in some places, a series of houses are dilapidated and uninhabited.
Parry said that the houses in these blank areas have been towed away or demolished. Five years ago, the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador proposed a "relocation" plan. If the people on the small bay island are willing to relocate, In other places, the provincial government can provide compensation.
This way, the government can interrupt all government services provided to the island and save money.
Unlike in the fishing village, this visit was dispersed rather than collective. After the town government listened to Pali¡¯s report, the fishery owners were dismissed and they had to stay on the island for three days. Free time for activities.
The Ministry of Fisheries did not arrange accommodation for them this time, so the fishery owners had to stay with fishermen's families. There are two small hotels in the town. The small ones can only accommodate 25 people, and they have already been filled.
Qin Shiou dragged his suitcase and wanted to find a place. Pali pulled him over and asked him to visit the island and give him some opinions and suggestions. He still wanted to develop the tourism industry in the town.
How could Qin Shiou be so capable? He quickly said he was looking for a place to live.
Pari said happily: "You don't have a place to live yet? That's great."
Qin Shiou felt that this was not right. If Serge or Buck had said this, he would probably have slapped him.
It turns out that impulse is the devil, Pari continued happily: "Then you can live in my house, just in time we can have a good talk about the island's tourism development issues at night."
Qin Shiou laughed along with him, feeling that this choice was not as good as him pulling up a tent and staying in the wild, right? (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com