Chapter 726

The purpose of arriving at Binghuo island this time is to travel around the island and visit the fishing grounds here.

Parry Lacker found five sightseeing cars, that is, the kind of battery car with only a roof. After sitting on it, he breathed everywhere for easy viewing.

The sightseeing cars are all of the same model, which is well preserved, but the style should be a little old.

Qin Shiou also learned about sightseeing cars when he bought a beach car. Now this kind of car adopts electric power steering system to improve the portability and stability of vehicle steering control; The chassis structure adopts micro car chassis technology, with front and rear hydraulic braking. These five cars adopt old-fashioned technology.

Matthew king looked at the car and asked, "is this your own car in town?"

Knowing the minister's doubts, Parry explained with a bitter smile: "yes, I bought it six or seven years ago. At that time, the fishing ground collapsed. We wanted to develop tourism, but no customers were interested."

He didn't say anything later. He just shrugged. No one knows what the result is.

"Economic transformation is really difficult." Hubble took a sympathetic picture of parry. He was a venture capitalist and knew this better.

Parry said: "although it is difficult, there is a chance of success. At the beginning of the year, I also heard that the farewell island in the South has successfully completed its economic transformation. They have carried out good cooperation with Chinese tourism agencies. Alas, it is really enviable."

As soon as he said this, everyone, including Matthew king, looked at Qin Shiou on the bus with strange eyes. They were from St. Johns and knew the development of tourism on the farewell island.

Parry followed a group of people and put his eyes on Qin Shiou. Then he blinked suspiciously and asked tentatively, "Mr. Qin Shiou, the owner of the Oriental fishing ground?"

Qin Shiou had already got on the bus, so he had to get off again and said with a dry smile, "Hello, Mr. Mayor, do you know me?"

After hearing this, Parry showed a happy expression on his face. He warmly extended his hand to Qin Shiou and said, "yes, Mr. Qin, I know you. I can even say I'm your fan. Of course, I just know you through the news. It's a great honor to meet you and meet you on ice fire island! "

Qin Shiou shook hands with him and parry began to talk: "I know the situation of farewell town very well. They are in the government relocation plan like us. I am very familiar with your mayor Hamley. Results more than half a year ago, I suddenly learned about the economic transformation of your town. I was really surprised at that time. "

"I've always wanted to visit your island, but I haven't had a chance. It's great to meet you here. I have too many questions to ask you. I hope you can give me some advice."

"Oh, you're going to visit our town and fishing ground, aren't you? Come on, I'll be the guide. In fact, our town is still very unique. Before the collapse of COD resources, it is the most powerful town in Newfoundland's fishing ground. "

Parry didn't brag. He took the fishermen to the town government first. A Gothic three story building with mottled appearance has always told people about its historical years.

A fisherman was in the paint business. He knew a lot about painting, so he asked suspiciously, "did you use inferior paint? It's impossible to fall off like this in so many years. "

Parry said with a smile, "hehe, we specially used this paint to create a sense of historical vicissitudes, which can better attract tourists."

Qin Shiou is speechless. Ice fire island is also quite hard to develop tourism.

There is a house in the town government. Pictures of the past are hung on the wall, from light color photos popular in the 1970s and 1980s to normal photos in recent years.

From the photos, the past of Binghuo island is really brilliant. Many photos are taken by aerial photography. The town photographed is like a small town. It is estimated that thousands of houses have appeared, and many deep-sea 10000 ton fishing boats have docked on the island wharf.

Qin Shiou saw a series of photos of big fish as a souvenir after the fishermen caught the super big fish. Half of them are bluefin tuna, which are big fish more than three and a half meters. Now one can sell for millions of dollars.

Parry came to him, looked at the tuna in the picture and sighed, "at that time, this kind of fish was very worthless. Many people caught it to feed dogs and cats. Who would have thought that they are worth hundreds of thousands now?"

Qin Shiou asked, "look at the photos. There should be a lot of bluefin tuna in your fishing ground. Even if you catch this kind of fish, the fisherman's harvest is good, isn't it?"

Parry said with a wry smile, "there have been many. You see, our fishing ground leads to St. Lawrence Bay in the West. It used to be a holy land for tuna. Unfortunately, it has also been caught and extinct."

If it were not for the collapse of COD resources, the situation of ice fire island would be countless times better than farewell Island, and the strategic positions of the two sides are completely different.

Farewell island is located at the southernmost end of Newfoundland fishing ground, relying on the Labrador cold current and the Mexican warm current. Binghuo island is located in the golden fishing ground, looking at Greenland fishing ground in the north and Newfoundland fishing ground in the south, and St. Lawrence Bay in the West.

Unfortunately, when the fishery resources are exhausted, this kind of place is often in a worse situation, because the residents are used to the flowers and excitement in the past. Now they suddenly become dead and have no prospect. They can't stand it and leave here one after another.

The same is true later. After the rapid decline, the town began to decline slowly. Young people had left the island long ago, and almost all the rest were old people. According to parry, the average age of the population in the town was more than 65 years old.

Qin Shiou grinned secretly, which was more forced than saying goodbye to the cattle in the town. At the beginning, many young people chose to leave the island, but it was not so serious. Many middle-aged fishermen chose to stay.

Similar to the queen fishing village, the houses on both sides of the town streets are scattered, and even a series of houses in some places are dilapidated and uninhabited.

Parry said that the houses in these blank areas have been towed away or demolished. Five years ago, the provincial governments of Newfoundland and Labrador put forward a "relocation" plan. If people on the little bay island are willing to move to other places, the provincial government can give compensation.

In this way, the government can interrupt all government services provided to the island and save money.

Unlike in the fishing village, this visit is decentralized rather than collective. After the town government listened to Parry's report, the fishery owners were dissolved. They have to stay on the island for three days, during which time they can move freely.

The Ministry of fisheries will not arrange accommodation for them this time. The owners of the fishing ground can only go to the fishermen's family for lodging. There are two small hotels in the town. The very small one can only accommodate 25 people, which has long been filled.

Qin Shiou dragged the box to find a place. Parry grabbed him and asked him to visit the island and ask him to give some opinions and suggestions. He still wanted to develop the tourism industry of the town.

How can Qin Shiou be so capable? Say he's going to find a place to live.

Parry said happily, "you don't have a place to live yet? That's great. "

Qin Shiou didn't think it was right. If Sergi or Buck said so, he might have slapped him.

Facts proved that impulse was the devil. Parry continued happily, "then you can live in my house. It's just that we can talk about the development of island tourism in the evening."

Qin Shiou smiled with him. He felt that this choice was not as good as pulling a tent to stay in the wild, right?