The purpose of this visit to the Island of Ice and Fire is to travel around the island and visit the fishing grounds here.

Parry-Lac found five sightseeing cars, the kind of battery cars with only a roof, and after sitting on them, they were ventilated and easy to see.

The sightseeing cars are all the same model, and the preservation is relatively good, but it should be a little old depending on the style.

Qin Shiou also learned about sightseeing cars when he bought an ATV, and now this kind of car uses an electric power steering system to improve the lightness and stability of the vehicle's steering control; The chassis structure is based on mini car chassis technology, with front and rear hydraulic brakes, and the five cars use old-fashioned technology.

Matthew King looked at the car and asked, "Is this your own car in town?" ”

Parry knew the minister's doubts, so he explained with a wry smile: "Yes, I bought it six or seven years ago, when the fishery collapsed, and we wanted to develop tourism, but no customers were interested. ”

He didn't say anything more, just shrugged his shoulders, and no one knew what the result would be.

"It's really hard to make a difference." Hubble patted Parry sympathetically, he is a venture capitalist, and he knows this piece better.

Parry said: "It's difficult, but there is a chance to succeed, at the beginning of the year I also heard that the southern farewell island has successfully completed the economic transformation, and they have a good cooperation with Chinese travel agencies, alas, it is really enviable." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone, including Matthew King, looked at Qin Shiou who was sitting in the car with strange eyes, they were from St. John's and knew about the development of tourism on Farewell Island.

Parry followed a group of people to also set their eyes on Qin Shiou, then blinked suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "Mr. Qin Shiou, the owner of the Oriental Fishery?" ”

Qin Shiou was already in the car. So I had to get out of the car again, and said with a dry smile: "Hello." Mr. Mayor, do you know me? ”

Listened to this. With a happy expression on his face, Parry stretched out his hand to Qin Shiou enthusiastically and said, "Yes, Mr. Qin, I know you, and I can even say that I am your fan." Of course, if you know you through the news, it's an honor to meet you on the Island of Fire and Ice! ”

Qin Shiou shook hands with him. Parry began to gush: "I know the situation in Farewell Town very well, they are in the government's relocation plan just like us, and I am very familiar with your Mayor Hamre. As a result, more than half a year ago, I suddenly learned about the economic transformation of your town, and I was so surprised at that time. ”

"I've always wanted to go to your island for an expedition, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity for a long time, it's great to meet you here, I have too many questions I want to ask you. I hope you can point me across. ”

"Oh, you're going to visit our town and fishing grounds, aren't you? Come on, I'll be a tour guide, in fact, our town is still very distinctive. Before the collapse of the cod stock, it was the most powerful town in the Newfoundland fishing grounds. ”

Parry didn't brag either, he took the fishermen to the town hall first. A small three-storey building in the Gothic style with mottled paint on the outside. It has always been told about its history.

There was a fisherman who was in the paint business and knew a lot about painting. Then he asked suspiciously, "Did you use inferior paint?" It's impossible to fall off like this in just a few years. ”

Parry sneered: "Hehe, we deliberately used this kind of lacquer, in order to create a sense of historical vicissitudes, so that we can better attract tourists." ”、

Qin Shiou was speechless, Ice and Fire Island is also working hard to develop tourism.

One of the houses in the town hall has photos of the past on the walls, ranging from pastel-colored photos that were popular in the seventies and eighties to normal photos in recent years.

Judging from the photos, the past of Ice and Fire Island is indeed glorious enough, many photos are taken from the air, the town photographed is like a small city, it is estimated that thousands of houses have appeared, and many deep-sea 10,000-ton fishing boats have docked on the dock of the island.

Qin Shiou saw a series of photos of big fish, which were souvenirs of the super big fish caught by the fishermen, half of which were bluefin tuna, all of which were big fish of more than three and a half meters, and one could be sold for millions of dollars now.

Parry walked up to him, looked at the tuna in the photo and sighed: "At that time, this fish was very worthless, many people caught it to feed dogs and cats, who would have thought that now they are worth hundreds of thousands?" ”

Qin Shiou asked: "Looking at the photo, there should be a lot of bluefin tuna in your fishing grounds, even if you rely on catching this kind of fish, the fisherman's harvest is not bad, right?" ”

Parry smiled wryly: "There used to be many, you see, our fishing grounds lead west to the Bay of St. Lawrence, which used to be a tuna mecca, but unfortunately it was also fished out of the species. ”

If it weren't for the collapse of cod resources, the situation on Ice and Fire Island would be countless times better than that of Farewell Island, and the strategic position of the two sides would be completely different.

Farewell Island is located at the southernmost tip of Newfoundland's fishing grounds, relying on the Labrador Snap and Mexican Warm Current, while Ice and Fire Island is located in the prime fishing grounds, looking north to Greenland fisheries, south to Newfoundland fishing grounds, and St. Lawrence Bay to the west.

Unfortunately, when the fishery is depleted, the situation is often even worse, because the inhabitants of the past, accustomed to the bustle of flowers in the past, are now suddenly dead and hopeless, and they will not be able to stand it and leave the place.

As we learned later, the town began to decay slowly after a rapid decline, the young people had long since left the island, and the rest were almost all elderly, according to Parry, the average age of the town's population was over 65 years old.

Qin Shiou grinned secretly, this is much more awesome than Farewell Town, there were many young people who chose to leave on Farewell Island at the beginning, but it was not so strict, and many middle-aged fishermen chose to stay.

Somewhat similar to Queen's Fishing Village, the town's streets are dotted with houses, and in some places a series of houses are dilapidated and uninhabited.

Five years ago, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador proposed a "relocation" plan that would compensate people on the small bay island if they were willing to relocate, Parry said.

In this way, the government can discontinue all government services provided to the island, saving money.

Unlike in the fishing village, the visit was decentralized rather than collective, and after the town government heard a report from Parry, the fishermen were disbanded and they were to spend three days on the island, during which time they were free to roam freely.

The Ministry of Fisheries did not provide them with accommodation this time, and the fishermen had to go to the fishermen's families to stay overnight, and the town had two small hotels, the very small one, which could only accommodate twenty-five people, and it was already full.

Qin Shiou dragged the box and wanted to find a place, but Parry stopped him and wanted to take him to visit the island, let him give some advice and build yì, he still wanted to develop the town's tourism.

How can Qin Shiou have such great ability? Quickly said that he was going to find a place to live.

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

Qin Shiou felt that this was not quite right, if Sergi or Buck said so, it was estimated that he would have slapped him in the face.

Impulse proved to be the devil, and Parry continued to say happily: "Then you can stay in my house, so that we can talk about the development of tourism on the island in the evening." ”

Qin Shiou laughed with him, feeling that this choice didn't seem to be as good as his tent and staying in the wild, right? (To be continued......)