1249. The Harvest of the Visit (5/5)
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Not surprisingly, Wang Bo accepted the application and officially joined his second club in New Zealand, the Quinoa Association.
Along with the reply to the application, he was accompanied by an invitation to visit a farm in the Otago region by the Quinoa Association, which is a tradition for new members.
In the past, quinoa associations were relatively weak, so in order to win members, you had to show your strength to attract people, so there was this kind of tour for newcomers.
Today, this kind of visit, which is designed to attract new people, has become a routine visit, and the purpose has been changed to a means to allow new members to integrate into the association more quickly.
The farm Wang Bo was going to visit was located in Cromwell, a town relatively close to Sunset Town, and it was clear that the Quinoa Association had chosen such a place for him to visit.
Cromwell is a small town with beautiful scenery and is considered the gateway to Queenstown by foreign tourists.
But for New Zealanders, Cromwell is famous for its fruit country. This alpine town is home to a variety of orchards, where flowers bloom in spring and fruits are fragrant in autumn.
Fruit cultivation also belongs to agriculture.
Wang Bo's previously ordered helicopter EC-145 arrived, compared to the EC-120, this helicopter is huge, luxurious, and beautifully decorated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a hotel in the sky.
To save time, he simply took a helicopter to Cromwell, although even if he drove to the town, it would only take more than two hours to get to the town.
But everyone is like this, Lao Wang finally got this new toy, how can he not have a good time?
So the inaugural voyage of the EC-145 became a visit to Sunset Town to Cromwell.
Cromwell is easy to look for, it has a very special big landmark, which is the fruit sculpture, and there are many of them.
However, as the helicopter landed, Wang Bo overlooked the town and found that there were not many buildings, and the scale was much smaller than Sunset Town.
Its most attractive place is that in addition to the fruit planting industry and the scenery, after all, it is the gateway to Queenstown, Cromwell has mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, Wang Bo used to read the introduction, "The Lord of the Rings" was also filmed in this town.
The farm he was going to visit was called the Campfire Farm, which was larger than his, 1,200 hectares, or 12 square kilometers, and the farmer was Christan Jermaine, a large white man in his forties.
Wang Bo's helicopter landed directly on his farm, anyway, there is a huge drying field in the farm, this field is a concrete floor, and it is no problem to use it to lift and lower the helicopter.
The helicopter landed, and the Christians were already waiting for them.
The two sides shook hands, and Christian said humorously: "I was about to clean the drying field recently, there was too much dust on it, I didn't expect you to help me with this, your helicopter work is very powerful, much more fierce than my Soviet tractor." ”
Wang Bo also joked: "So can I ask for labor fees?" ”
"Of course not, but I think I will entertain you very warmly, come, king, and introduce you to my wife and children first. This is my wife, Jaccarina Jermaine, this is my eldest son, Bulls, and my daughter and younger son are in school, they are not here today. ”
Introducing his family, he pointed to Wang Bo again: "I don't think I need to make more introductions, right?" You all know him. ”
Bulls applauded, "Of course, Mayor Wang Bo, who doesn't know him?" I've been to Sunset Town, and it's a mesmerizing place. ”
Wang Bo shook hands with the young man and said, "Then I sincerely invite you to go again, because I didn't treat you well last time." ”
Joking, he took out the gift he had prepared, a beautiful fruit box with individually wrapped white cherries.
Jakarina smiled, "It's a great gift, it's a joy to harvest white cherries this season." ”
"We also grow cherries at home, but they are ordinary cherries that are produced in November and December, and now there are no fresh cherries, so I can't invite you to taste them, I'm sorry," Christian said. ”
New Zealand cherries are normally produced in November and February, and white cherries are an outlier, with some in November and February, and some in April and May.
Christian, an old-school New Zealander who was very welcoming to his guests, didn't take Wang Bo directly to visit his farm, but drove him around Cromwell first.
Of course, this won't consume a lot of time, as Cromwell's town center isn't huge.
In the car, Christian explained: "Don't look at our town as a modern town, it's actually a thick history book, it dates back to the 1800s, when the gold rush was frenetic." ”
Wang Bo was in awe: "That's really amazing, this is a town with a lot of stories. ”
Christian nodded, "Yes, but unfortunately in the eighties of the last century, Cromwell underwent a big change, and part of the town was flooded during the construction of the Clyde Dam power station. In order to preserve it, some of the historic buildings have been moved to other places, and they are some of the best buildings in our town. ”
Speaking of this, Wang Bo drooled: "Was it relocated to Queenstown?" What a shame, how nice it would be if we could move to our Sunset Town? ”
Christian laughed, "I would have liked to see this too, but unfortunately it didn't happen." ”
This conversation struck Wang Bo's mind like a bolt of lightning, and although Sunset didn't have a chance to get some of Cromwell's buildings, he could cut off his beard from somewhere else in a similar way.
Immediately, he called Bowen and asked him to lead his men to take a closer look at where towns in New Zealand might be revoked, or where there was a problem with the protected buildings in those areas, and find a way to get Sunset Town.
Later, Christian took him to Melmertai Street, where some of the old buildings have been rebuilt, and it is the right choice to see more of this town if you want to know more about this town.
The two of them strolled down the street, and when they reached the entrance of the street, Christian motioned for him to look diagonally upward, and then Wang Bole walked up, for he saw a large sign hanging on it, which read: Cromwell, the outpost of Sunsettown.
"If you're coming to us from the north-east, you'll see our sign that says Cromwell is the gateway to Queenstown, and if you're coming from the south-west, you'll see this, Cromwell is the outpost of Sunset," Christan said. ”
Wang Bo took a photo and posted it on Sunset's face-book and official Twitter, which can be regarded as helping Cromwell with propaganda.
(To be continued.) )