Text: Bai Xiaosheng
Editor|Caifeng Bai Xiaosheng
Is there something wrong with his brain?
You can accompany the rich boss to go crazy, but you don't play with the rich boss, a natural disaster in the desert scared the employees to leave and destroy the fish pond.
But there is no way to dispel his idea of continuing to raise fish in the desert, he has been losing money but has been raising again, investing 10 billion, and what is the purpose of spending so much money and effort?
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It's a way to make money!
He Yanzhong was born into a poor family in Yongdeng County, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, near the edge of the Kumuta Desert, where the climate is dry and windy. However, in this desolate land, there is a miraculous source, Yakuo Spring, whose water is crystal clear and provides a valuable source of water for the local residents.
As a child, he often felt that Yaowang Spring was full of mystery, and through his Xi and understanding, he learned that the spring water originated from the distant ice peaks of the Qilian Mountains, and that the ice and snow melted and merged into underground water, eventually forming Yaowang Spring, a discovery that made him deeply awe of the power of nature.
In his free time, he enjoys visiting the nearby Rainbow Trout Experimental Station, where he became interested in this cold-water fish that lives in cold waters and has delicious meat.
Here he came into contact with professional staff and carefully consulted about the conditions needed to breed this fish, and for some reason, he firmly believed in Yaowangquan that fish could be raised.
In the process of communicating with the staff, sure enough, Yao Wangquan met the conditions, saw that the rainbow trout in the market was in short supply, the price was high, the smart He Yanzhong saw the business opportunities, he resolutely resigned from his job, and decided to devote himself to the rainbow trout breeding business, He Yanzhong was only 24 years old that year.
Just do it!
Although he has some savings in his hand, the cost of buying seedlings is still expensive, plus the various expenses required for breeding, the financial pressure is quite high, so He Yanzhong proposed to the local villagers to jointly invest in fish farming.
However, due to the fact that most of the villagers do not have a good life, it is difficult to afford the expected investment amount, and they do not believe this hairy boy in his 20s, thinking that he is whimsical.
In the face of the doubts of the villagers, he took the trouble to explain his plan, and took the initiative to bear all the costs and risks, and with his persistence and efforts, he finally persuaded some villagers to join the project and jointly started the business of rainbow trout farming.
Later, he borrowed some more money and dug two plots of land nearby as fish ponds, and filled them with water at Yaowang Spring, but just as he was waiting with anticrite for the rainbow trout to thrive, reality hit him hard, and the rainbow trout he bought died in large numbers during transportation, and when they arrived at the fish pond, they could no longer survive.
In the face of the blow, he did not choose to give up, but returned to the experimental station again to ask for a solution, and after a detailed explanation, he realized that he only paid attention to the water temperature and did not pay attention to the water quality, and ordinary transportation water could easily cause the fish to die of lack of oxygen.
This was a big problem, but after some thought, he came up with the idea of using the natural drop to provide sufficient oxygen, and he successfully solved the problem of oxygen deprivation by transforming the fish pond into a terraced structure.
With unremitting efforts and the spirit of study, He Yanzhong gradually explored a set of unique rainbow trout farming methods, which have not only been promoted locally, but also influenced rainbow trout farmers across the country.
I'm going to raise fish in the desert!
But his dream is to push the industrial farming of rainbow trout to a new level, and this dream stems from his nostalgia for the source of the Qilian Glacier, and he believes that if he can successfully raise fish on this land, he can create a perfect rainbow trout industrial belt along the river.
When he revealed this grand blueprint to his family, he was met with strong opposition from them, who thought that He Yanzhong's idea was simply whimsical, because that land was nothing more than a deserted Gobi desert full of yellow sand, how could fish be raised in such a place?
In Dunhuang he found an ideal spring, that is, Xitugou, as early as more than 3,000 years ago, there were people here to breed, after testing He Yanzhong found that the water quality here is also suitable for the breeding of rainbow trout, so he made up his mind to locate the fish pond in the downstream of the water source of Xitugou.
The local government also gave him great support for the plan, believing that rainbow trout farming has high economic value, and He Yanzhong was ceremoniously welcomed into the Sunshine Town of Dunhuang City to start his breeding business.
Here he led 100 employees to work together and work together, and here they began to show their strength, building roads, installing electric lights, planting trees, digging fish ponds, and building factories.
Despite the hardships of life, the raging sandstorms, and the fact that they had to endure mouthfuls of sand even at mealtimes, the employees always had hope in their hearts, believing that the seeds planted in this land would eventually usher in a good harvest.
Hard work doesn't necessarily pay off
But in 2006, a sandstorm caused unprecedented fear, and many people began to waver in fear that their lives would be threatened.
As the leader, he immediately stood up to appease everyone's emotions: For thousands of years, the wind and sand have not defeated the inhabitants of this land, and now, it cannot defeat us either! Although this sandstorm brought He Yanzhong a loss of up to 80 million, he still chose to persevere and persever.
Fate always seems to like to play jokes with people, and the next year, a flood gave him another blow, the flood carried the mudslide, washed away the fish pond that was about to be harvested, and tens of thousands of rainbow trout were washed away, this disaster not only caused He Yanzhong to suffer huge economic losses, but also caused more than 80 employees to leave one after another, and investors also withdrew their investments.
Just when everyone thought it was over, he made a shocking decision to move on, he decided to open up a new site and move the farm to the source of the Qilian Glacier, although this decision was again strongly opposed by his family, but He Yanzhong's belief became stronger.
Invest again and lose again!
The trajectory of his life, like the tenacious poplar tree, can survive tenaciously no matter how harsh the environment is, this former entrepreneur, after experiencing the ups and downs of life, resolutely chose to fight against the harsh challenges of the natural world - flood control and desertification.
In the face of the doubts of the old employees, He Yanzhong did not flinch, he knew that this was a difficult task, but it was also an opportunity to change his fate. Fortunately, the government has been very supportive, promising to provide the necessary help and resources. He Yanzhong began to study deeply to find the best solution to the problem.
He Yanzhong found that the source of the floods was the Qilian Mountains, and every flood season, these floods would bring serious disasters to local residents, so he decided to solve the problem at the source and implement a flood diversion plan.
He led a group of staff upstream, analysed the topography and dug 13 nearby channels to divert the flood water and reduce the pressure downstream, and they also dug a reservoir lake and built a 5-metre-high sand wall around the lake.
Through unremitting efforts, He Yanzhong and his team successfully built the "Desert Dujiangyan", an ambitious project that includes three barriers: clay sand fixation, stone embankment sand blocking, and biological sand control. These measures have not only succeeded in controlling the floods, but have also brought good news to the downstream villages, which have seen more farmland and grape cultivation and a significant increase in their incomes with abundant water resources.
But do good deeds, don't ask about the future
Fate has always been unfair, just when he felt that everything was foolproof, a huge flood hit again, his breeding base suffered a heavy blow, 120,000 breeding fish and thousands of adult fish were instantly buried in the silt, the loss was as high as 160 million yuan, in the face of such a huge blow, He Yanzhong could not bear it.
But there is a loss, there is a gain, the huge flood was successfully diverted by the "desert Dujiangyan" he built, and the people downstream were spared a lot of harm, at this moment he knew that everything was worth it, he rekindled the flame of hope, and decided to devote himself to the great cause of flood control again.
He sold his house in his hometown, raised a sum of money to repair the "desert Dujiangyan", and also used his brains to transform his breeding base into a park that can be sightseeing.
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