The fishing volume exceeded 100 catties, and the annual income exceeded 10 million yuan. What is the concept of ten million yuan in 1973? The pork at that time was 80 cents a catty.
In 1982, Zhangzidao ushered in a critical period of development. The commune introduces high-quality shrimp, fish, and scallop seedlings from Japan, which are cultivated and put into the sea, and then harvested after many years. It is this kind of breeding method called “bottom sowing” that makes Zhangzidao a veritable “undersea bank” in the future.
At that time, the common people were unwilling and screamed at the leaders of the commune as “a group of prodigal sons.” In their view, this kind of scallop imported from Japan costs 5 cents per seed, sowing it to the bottom of the sea where the life or death is unknown, is tantamount to “spending money into the sea.” The commune still ordered it to work. In 1986, more than 10,000 mu of Yezo scallops were planted in the town. After two years of harvest, the ratio of income to output is close to 1:3. All Zhangzidao people are happy.
Since then, Zhangzi Island has changed from the original fishing industry that dominates the world, to the three industries of fishing, breeding, and processing. It was this year that Wang Li, who was originally a boatman in Malaysia, returned to his hometown. “It’s too hard to work at sea. I heard that you can make money by breeding, but can’t you come back?”
Second, the former Wu Hougang: young and promising
Zhangzidao Town is subordinate to Changhai County and consists of four islands: Zhangzi Island, Dahui Island, Xiaohui Island and Fudao Island.
In 1983, at the same time that the Zhangzi Township People’s Government was established, the Changhai County Zhangzi Fishery Industrial and Commercial Joint Company was established. In March 1985, the company was withdrawn and Zhangzidao Fishery Corporation was established. In 1992, it was renamed Zhangzidao Fishery Group Company.
During the same period, Zhangzidao’s ocean fishing team became famous and established the first domestic collective fishery to go abroad and engage in ocean fishing.
After joining the Zhangzidao ocean fishing team, Wang Li has been as far as the African waters. Each trip to sea will earn at least tens of thousands of yuan. Wang Li earned the first pot of gold in his life and contracted a steel shell fishing boat. Wang Li said that at the time, this was a face-saving thing, “the sensation is no less than that of buying houses in first-tier cities.”
Zhangzidao Fishery Group Company is a system-integrated enterprise. In 1998, the company was spun off from the government and restructured into Zhangzidao Fishery Group Co., Ltd. Zhangzidao Town and its subordinate Fuku Village, Dahui Village, and Xiaohui Village are shareholders of the company. At that time, Wu Hougang, Secretary of the Party Committee of the town, concurrently served as chairman.
“At that time, Wu Hougang was still a young and promising young man in our mind.” Wang Li said. Like most Zhangzi islanders, Wu Hougang is only on the islandThe sad look is even more unbearable.
The year before last, Zhang Yu borrowed hundreds of thousands from the bank to open an inn on the island. According to his words, just to make the family feel at ease. The wife likes small animals, so she has two more cats. In the days when he was not going to sea, Zhang Yu was content with meeting three or five friends in the chess and card room to rub mahjong.
Last month, Zhang Yu took a fancy to a pair of 800 yuan brand-name sneakers. After two weeks of staring, he still couldn’t get it off. “Before, always chasing trendy brands and catching up with new styles. Now think about it, you can wear shoes.” More often, Zhang Yu wears water boots for going to the sea.
For the future, Zhang Yu dare not think about it.
8. Watching the sea
During the National Day, Wang Liyuan’s son who worked in Heilongjiang finally returned home. The old man bought a few big crabs from the market, but was told that the couple would take their 10-year-old grandson to Harbin to school.
“If you say take it away, take it away. This kid has loved to follow me since he was a child, so he can’t wait until he finishes junior high school and then take it there?!” Wang Li blushed when he said this, then turned his head and muttered Muttered: “Go out or go out.”
In Wang Li’s view, the young people of Zhangzi Island have long lost their original “souls”. They have abandoned their hometown and the pride of the islanders. “The conditions were tougher than this before, and we are all up to it. Now it’s a little bit difficult to leave, how is the island good?”
Some people have deep obsessions, others choose to let go.
Liu Jingfang runs a sea cucumber shop on the island. The scale is small, but her little life is moist. On this day, Liu Jingfang got up early to buy food and dry goods for a day. In a few days, she will go to Dalian to visit her son who is in elementary school. “The days are made by myself. Although what happens within the group is very angry, it can’t always be trapped in it, and it affects the mood.. “Liu Jingfang, born in 1982, is optimistic by nature and often laughs at herself as a “young man who stays on the island”.
In her opinion, many islanders hope to return the sea area of the group and divide it equally among individuals, which is very unrealistic.
In the past, when frictions and conflicts occurred due to cross-domain fishing, the group would give some warnings on the surface. Liu Jingfang thinks long-term, if the sea area becomes personal, it will inevitably fight, hurt people and make trouble. “People are selfish,” Liu Jingfang said. “It doesn’t have to be fishing. There are many ways out.”
She still has hope for Zhangzi Island, “You see how clear the water is here and how good the environment is. Although there has been less seafood in the past two years, it is getting bigger and bigger.” It’s okay, Liu Jingfang will also broadcast a live broadcast to introduce local specialty products, the magical effects of popular science sea cucumbers.
In June this year, the People’s Government of Changhai County issued a plan for the construction of Zhangzi Island, which will build an international sea fishing town based on the original tourism industry and cultivate and develop sea fishing and related derivative industries. Subsequently, Zhangzi Island ushered in a wave of tourist season, and the tourists coming and going in the store made Liu Jingfang feel like she was back to the past. “In fact, we don’t want to leave. If Zhangzi Island is better one day, I hope the children can choose to come back.”
In the past, Zhangzidao fishermen left their sweat, time and even their lives at sea. Today, those who guard the sea still have expectations.
This article is from WeChat official account:Times Weekly (ID: timeweekly), author: Guo Zi Hao, editor: Mao qi