Millionaire Zhou Xingying returned to her hometown to start a business and grow nine-grade fragrant lotus to create a health industry.

Zhou Xingying (first from left) is introducing nine grades of fragrant lotus.

Throughout Zhou Xingying's career so far, we can find many different tracks, including property companies, biological companies, garden companies, pension services, almost all aspects are involved.

Starting as an ordinary waiter and working in tourism, real estate and other industries, Zhou Xingying seems to have infinite energy and talent. Although she is not a top student who graduated from a technical class, nor does she have any special relationships and connections, the girl who grew up in Lingshui Li Autonomous County can navigate the shopping mall. In 2012, Zhou Xingying became a millionaire at the age of 24.

While her career was booming, she made a surprising decision to go back to Lingshui to build a health industry.

Standing at the newly built Jiupin Xianglian base on September 17, Zhou Xingying revealed to reporters the reason for the change-a carefully considered direction choice based on the feelings of her hometown and market judgment.

Young migrant workers continue to struggle to become "millionaires" in various fields.

Zhou Xingying was born in Lingshui in October 1988. After graduating in 2006, Zhou Xingying went to work in a state-owned enterprise in Haikou, but because she was not used to the system, she resigned and went to Sanya to look for other jobs.

"I used to be a waitress and a tour guide." Zhou Xingying told the reporter that when she first arrived in Sanya, she could only start with the simplest job because she did not graduate from a technical class. "I have basically done all kinds of humble jobs, such as handing out flyers, waiters, dispatchers, salespeople, tour guides, etc."

With a flexible mind and strong will, Zhou Xingying has been honed in tourism, real estate and other industries, and has gained a lot of experience and resources. Subsequently, she and some partners began to start a business, cleaning companies, property companies, biological companies, etc., Zhou Xingying keen to extend the tentacles to various fields.

"after the completion of the construction of many buildings, we need to carry out garbage cleaning and other cleaning services, we aim at this market and open up the arduous road of entrepreneurship." Zhou Xingying frankly admitted that it was very difficult to start a business in the early days, finding projects and door-to-door sales, and had been rejected many times, but the Lingshui girl would insist on accomplishing one thing when she was sure of it. With one stroke, two strokes and three strokes, Zhou Xingying has gradually opened the market door of the service industry in Sanya with perseverance and good results, and her income has been increasing from only 350 yuan a month to 400000 yuan a year. In 2012, the 24-year-old Zhou Xingying has become a "millionaire" in the eyes of her peers.

Nine grades of lotus flowers.

Choose Huilingshui to plant Nine-grade fragrant lotus based on hometown feelings and market judgment.

Zhou Xingying has not been in good health since she was a child, especially after a car accident in 2012, she became more aware of the importance of health. "Lingshui is very beautiful, known as the Pearl Coast, and the characteristic products here are also very rich. Virgin fruit, lotus fog, sand insects and other products are not only delicious, but also pollution-free and pollution-free." Zhou Xingying knows very well that the people in the hot land of Lingshui are kind and hardworking, and the products here are of high quality and healthy.

At the same time, Zhou Xingying is also aware of the strong demand for health products in society. As a result, Zhou Xingying chose to return to Lingshui and devote herself to promoting Lingshui's high-quality, healthy and characteristic products.

After many inspections, Zhou Xingying decided to plant nine grades of fragrant lotus. "Nine-grade fragrant lotus is covered with treasures all over the body, lotus leaves can be used as slimming tea, stems can be used as kimchi, flowers can be both ornamental and tea, and lotus pods can extract collagen." Zhou Xingying said, holding a beautiful blooming lotus, "Beautiful things can be fascinating, and nine grades of fragrant lotus is the direction for me to go back to my hometown to start a business."

Growers are picking lotus flowers at Zhou Xingying's nine-grade lotus base.

Adopting the cooperative model, it is estimated that the planting scale will reach 200 mu in March next year.

Zhou Xingying always acts vigorously and will put all her energy into it as soon as she makes a decision. After communicating with the Lingshui government, she chose Dapoying Village, Timeng Township, Lingshui, to adopt the development model of "farmers coming out of the land + government emergence + cooperative technology". The first batch of six poor households were absorbed, and six mu of "nine-grade fragrant lotus" took root in Timeng Township in June this year.

Dong Shaobo, a poor family in Dapo Ying Village, has a total of seven people, who mainly grow melons and vegetables in winter, and their income is unable to maintain their family expenses, making life extremely difficult. This time, Dong Shaobo joined in planting nine-grade fragrant lotus.

"when I first heard of planting lotus flowers, I was quite worried. If I had no experience, what if I couldn't raise it well and lose money?" On September 17, Dong Shaobo, who was picking lotus flowers, told reporters that after detailed explanation and demonstration by Zhou Xingying, her team and cooperatives, he had been able to grow lotus flowers skillfully and earned a good income.

Growers are cleaning and sorting lotus flowers.

According to Zhou Xingying's previous estimates, a fragrant lotus seedling can produce 2000 flowers a year, according to the purchase price of 2 yuan per flower, only selling flowers, a seedling can bring 4000 yuan of income. "it is conservatively estimated that the annual output value of nine lotus flowers per mu will reach about 100000 yuan. The lives of the villagers will certainly improve! " Zhou Xingying said with great expectation.

After seeing that Dong Shaobo tasted the benefits of planting lotus flowers, more and more villagers offered to join the cooperative. In October this year, the planting scale will be expanded to 38 mu; in March 2017, it is expected to increase to more than 200 mu, when a total of 300 poor households will join.

Of course, Zhou Xingying has a clear understanding of her career. Next, she will continue to do deep processing articles on foot-fragrant lotus. For the beauty market, she plans to combine southern medicine with deep extraction of collagen from lotus canopy to launch a series of products such as facial mask, toner, facial cleanser, etc. For the health market, she plans to work with traditional Chinese medicine to prepare soup recipes.

On September 17, the fragrance came to the nostrils of Dapoying Village in Timon Township, which made people feel relaxed and happy. The nine fragrant lotus flowers kissed by the sun were in full bloom. Zhou Xingying, dressed in a cheongsam with a white magnolia pattern, seriously communicated with Dong Shaobo and others on the cultivation of Jiupin fragrant lotus. The post-80s girl, who was born and raised in Lingshui, firmly and calmly opened a new entrepreneurial story with the theme of "Health Industry" on the Pearl Coast.