The manager of the tourist area followed closely behind Ye Yuan.
With a bitter expression, he explained the tourist area's difficulties over the past few days.
Looking at the fishing boats clearing garbage from the sea and the mountains of trash piled up in the distance,
Ye Yuan could not help but frown in silence.
Over on Fishing Bay Island, although some garbage was occasionally washed onto the beach by the seawater,
it was nothing compared to this place.
To put it plainly, the garbage floating on the sea before Ye Yuan's eyes
could not possibly be cleaned up in a short time.
Especially the trash farther out, which was still continuously drifting toward the shore with the currents.
Even Ye Yuan, who had grown up by the sea,
had never imagined that
a single tsunami could cause such massive damage to the marine ecosystem.
"Hire more people. With just us, how long will it take to clear all this?"
Ye Yuan shook his head and spoke to the manager behind him.
"I want to, too, but there really aren't many people left in Pinghai County.
Blue Island is currently resuming work and production across the board.
Most of Pinghai County's labor force has been hired away by Huangyuan Technology Park and the garbage treatment plant.
Who would choose a tourist area's garbage-clearing job when the technology park pays so much more?
Anyone capable of working has practically been transferred over to the technology park. I really have no choice."
Hearing the manager's explanation, Ye Yuan's expression turned strange.
He had originally thought the manager had hired elderly fishermen to salvage garbage from the sea in order to save money.
It turned out that he had done so because he simply could not find enough workers.
Ye Yuan had just