The wealth brought by the confusion of blood grapefruit

Grapefruit is common, but he says it's gory and scary. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, his order had reached more than 200,000 jin, and many people gave him money, but he dared not accept it. The special knife marks on the grapefruit tree brought him great wealth. When raising grapefruit, some people hold it up to their arms; when they eat grapefruit, some people are full of spray; while playing, they make money to see Lu Guoyuan, a native of Fujian, how to make grapefruit in their hometown sell thousands of miles away and become popular all over the streets of Xi'an.

These days, Lu Guoyuan was very anxious and specially rushed back to his hometown Pinghe County from Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province to check the growth of grapefruit, because his order had reached more than 200,000 jin before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and many people gave him money, but he dared not accept it.

Lu Guoyuan: there should be more than 200,000 (jin) orders at present, and we dare not accept the money. They are on the phone every day, they are on the phone every day, and they are urging me every day, which makes me more and more urgent every day.

For an order of more than 200,000 jin, if it cannot be supplied in time, Lu Guoyuan will break his promise to his customers, but he did not receive a jin of grapefruit when the reporter interviewed him. There are so many orders, why does he not accept grapefruit?

Lu Guoyuan: now, this grapefruit, if you pick it, its taste is still not enough. You see, this is still green, and this is also green on it. There is not enough time. Let's go and look somewhere else.

It turned out that due to the temperature, the ripening time of grapefruit this year was more than 10 days later than in previous years. In order to ensure the quality of grapefruit, Lu Guoyuan did not collect a jin.

The reporter followed Lu Guoyuan to different planting bases to learn about the maturity of grapefruit. When he came to this planting base, Lu Guoyuan suddenly cheered up.

Lu Guoyuan: this kind of grapefruit can be picked in two days, so it will be good and soon. Let's open one and have a taste. The flesh of pomelo, you see, is transparent and translucent. It has plenty of water. If you eat it, it will be sweet, slightly sour, with a lot of moisture, and it will be very full as soon as you eat it. Like this one, it is relatively thin and thin. There are more varieties on our side later. Compare them a little bit. Don't scare you.

There are scary grapefruit? This makes the reporter look forward to it.

This is the kind of scary grapefruit Lu Guoyuan is talking about. this kind of grapefruit is different from other grapefruit in appearance.

Lu Guoyuan: it's a little scary in this one. Get ready. This grapefruit is different from other grapefruit.

Reporter Wen Penghe: it's not going to be a watermelon, is it?

Lu Guoyuan: you say watermelon is a little bit like watermelon, but it is not watermelon.

Reporter Wen Penghe: Oh, my God, it's so beautiful.

Lu Guoyuan: take a look at this and see if you have seen it.

Reporter Wen Penghe: this leather is also red.

Lu Guoyuan: yes, this is what we call Sanhong Honey Pomelo. This piece of meat is also red, this piece of skin is also red, and there is also a piece of sponge, such as the sponge, which are all red. Sanhong honey pomelo is that these three parts are all red. (if) it will be redder and gory in a few days, why did I just tell you it was scary?

Reporter Wen Penghe: is it because of the bloody color?

Lu Guoyuan: yes, if you mature, the color of the bite is all red.

This is Sanhong honey pomelo. Not only the flesh inside is red, but even the sponge under the peel is red. Lu Guoyuan called this kind of grapefruit "scary grapefruit".

Guanxi honey pomelo is famous for its thin and juicy skin, soft pulp and sweet and slightly sour taste. Before 2008, local villagers planted a large number of grapefruit, the county's grapefruit planting area of more than 600,000 mu, annual output of millions of tons, resulting in fierce market competition, unsalable grapefruit, local villagers worry all day.

Lu Guoshen, the elder brother of Lu Guoyuan, sold it for 50 or 60 cents, but at the end of the day, he couldn't pay for it. He sold it all at a discount. He sold it up to 30 cents, and the loss was a mess.

Grapefruit grower Lin Yinci: in the past, the prices of grapefruit were not good, just because they came to buy them, our prices were high.

However, Lu Guoyuan won by three tricks, the first to open up the market for grapefruit, with sales reaching more than 20 million yuan in 2015.

Deputy magistrate of Pinghe County, Fujian Province: general Lu's sales model is a model recommended by our government in the future. It should be said that we (Pinghe County) are relatively large among dealers all over the country.

Lu Guoyuan is famous not only in his hometown Pinghe County, but also in Xi'an, which is more than 3000 miles away. So, can Lu Guoyuan complete the order of more than 200,000 jin of grapefruit before the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2016?

Since 2007, a news incident has occurred every year in Xi'an. The news is that the Secretary of the County CPC Committee of Pinghe County in Fujian Province, led by local officials, specially came to Xi'an, more than 3000 miles away, to set up street stalls to sell grapefruit. Why did they come all the way from Fujian Province to the streets of Xi'an to sell grapefruit? All this has something to do with Lu Guoyuan.

One day in September 2006, Lu Guoyuan's brother came to Xi'an to look for him with more than 100,000 jin of grapefruit, because the grapefruit was so productive that he could not sell it for 60 cents a jin in his hometown Pinghe County.

Lu Guoshen, the elder brother of Lu Guoyuan: it can't sell here. At that time, when I went to Quanzhou and Fuzhou, I pulled all that way, and the grapefruit piled up like a mountain over there, so I couldn't sell it.

Lu Guoyuan's brother lost the grapefruit wherever he took it, and had no choice but to find Lu Guoyuan, who does valve business in Xi'an, to help find a way out.

Lu Guoyuan: if you unload it, the fruit buyer in Xi'an said, what is this?

What is this?

At that time, many local people in Xi'an did not know grapefruit, let alone eat it. It took Lu Guoyuan more than five months to sell out more than 100,000 jin of grapefruit, and he also lost more than 60,000 yuan. Lu Guoyuan was not reconciled to the hard work. He had to think of a way to sell the grapefruit in his hometown for a good price.

The following year, as soon as the grapefruit was on the market, Lu Guoyuan began to implement his method, which made his grapefruit very popular and quickly occupied the terminal market in Xi'an.

Lu Guoyuan: the game will start soon.

On this day, Lu Guoyuan is holding a free grapefruit tasting activity. In addition to passers-by can eat grapefruit at will, Lu Guoyuan also organized a lot of Mini Game.

Lu Guoyuan: tell me, I call 123 before we can start. Pomelo to see who eats the fastest, the winner who eats the fastest, (the prize is red meat honey pomelo), get ready, 123.

See this plate of grapefruit can be eaten for free, beauties, handsome boys and aunts, all eat up hard, eat that is called a hard work.

Lu Guoyuan: good at it, use your mouth, hurry up, ha, isn't it too delicious?

After the grapefruit eating competition, Lu Guoyuan then started a grapefruit lifting competition.

Lu Guoyuan: according to the rules of the game, a person can hold a grapefruit. The size of the grapefruit can be chosen by yourself and the hand can be stretched out. In this way, the grapefruit can be carried home for five minutes.

As soon as everyone heard, a grapefruit can be taken home for five minutes for free, and immediately became interested, which was great. Everyone competed to choose a big grapefruit.

Lu Guoyuan: listen to my command, start 123, come on, your hand is flat, your hand is flat.

These five minutes may not sound long, but it is too long for the person who holds the grapefruit. Two minutes later, many people become ferocious.

Lu Guoyuan: soon.

Time is slowly passing, some people are not willing to give up even if their arms tremble, the scene is very lively.

Interviewer: are your arms shaking?

Lu Guoyuan: come on, my hands are shaking, come on, you see, the muscles have been trained, you see, three, two, one, OK, thank you.

Lu Guoyuan told reporters that in previous years, when Pinghe County Party Secretary took the lead in setting up stalls to sell grapefruit in Xi'an, just like the current scene, it was very lively. And all this was planned by Lu Guoyuan.

Deputy head of the people's Government of Pinghe County, Fujian Province: at that time, we were also considering how to push out the grapefruit, and his idea coincided with that of the government.

Lu Guoyuan: at that time, I thought, and I wanted to do it on purpose, because this is really quite different.

It turned out that Lu Guoyuan specially invited county leaders from his hometown to the streets of Xi'an to sell grapefruit for Pinghe County. Because in that year, there were not many people selling grapefruit in Xi'an. After publicity, Lu Guoyuan quickly opened the grapefruit market in Xi'an.

Lu Guoyuan only helped his brother sell grapefruit, but now he has helped himself find a new way to get rich. But the good times didn't last long, and before long, he began to worry.

In 2009, there were more and more people selling grapefruit on the market in Xi'an, and the quality was uneven. How can consumers get good quality grapefruit?

Lu Guoyuan: look at so many, there are grapefruit all over the mountain, there is a difference, not all 100%, but we have to register now, we have a trademark, we pay more attention to quality, ah, how can we ensure that each of its grapefruit is delicious and the quality is the best?

How is it possible that Lu Guoyuan wants every grapefruit he sells to have good quality? The moisture, acidity and sweetness of each grapefruit are different, and you can't open the grapefruit one by one and taste it and then sell it. How can you ensure that the millions of jin of grapefruit he sells are of good quality?

Just when he was at his wit's end, Lu Guoyuan and his brother discovered a secret, which made his annual sales of grapefruit easily reach more than 10 million yuan.

One day in September 2009, Lu Guoyuan and his brother Lu Guoshen were busy in the grapefruit base. When they were hungry at more than two o'clock at noon, they picked the grapefruit and began to eat it. After eating grapefruit from several different bases, they suddenly discovered a secret.

Lu Guoshen, brother of Lu Guoyuan: the grapefruit you usually eat is not the same as when you were hungry that day. After discovering this secret, we thought about the registered brand, which was the case at that time.

Lu Guoyuan: I feel that this grapefruit is delicious. If it is delicious, my brother and I will go over there again, pick one back and taste it. There is an obvious difference if we taste it.

This secret ensures that Lu Guoyuan sells high-quality grapefruit, which he firmly believes will bring him great wealth.

At 12:00 at noon on this day, when the reporter arrived at the stall of Lu Guoyuan in Xi'an, it was already surrounded by many people and cars, and market staff also came to help maintain order. These people, as early as four hours ago, have been waiting in line here for the arrival of Lu Guoyuan grapefruit.

Consumer: I call to remind you every day, so as soon as I arrive, I drive here early in the morning to wait for him.

Wang Fei, general manager of ordinary people's Fruit supermarket in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province: we all came to wait for this product early. He was so late that we waited in a hurry.

Consumer: otherwise, it will be removed by others if it is finished soon.

As soon as the transport car stopped, the people who came to buy the grapefruit could not wait to move the grapefruit directly to their own car, for fear that they would be out of stock if they moved late. Some people even fill the trunk and put it directly on the back seat of their car.

Lu Guoyuan told reporters that since he discovered the secret of grapefruit, even if he waited more than four hours to get the goods, it would happen at his booth every year. It was that secret that ushered in a new explosion of wealth for Lu Guoyuan. So what on earth was the secret he discovered?

During the interview, Lu Guoyuan took the reporter to the base where he collected grapefruit, and the reporter found that there were many marks cut with a knife on the trunk of every grapefruit tree here.

Lu Guoyuan: you can calculate the age of this tree according to this, and you can know how many years it has been. You can see, for example, the marks of this ring-cut knife on this side, this has just begun to come up, ah, count it, 1, 2, 3, 4,. 20.. twenty-six

In order to provide sufficient nutrition for the grapefruit tree during the fruiting period, local growers cut the trunk of the grapefruit tree once a year. Through these marks on the tree, we can know the age of the grapefruit tree.

It turned out that on that day, Lu Guoyuan and his brother found that as the growth of the grapefruit tree gradually entered the mature stage, the grapefruit became more uniform in size and better in taste.

Lu Guoyuan: this is an old tree, red flesh honey pomelo. Try it and see if it tastes any different. Taste the pomelo and see what the difference is. How is the feeling.

Reporter Wen Penghe: if the taste of white pomelo is the taste of sugar, then this is a little bit.

Lu Guoyuan: the taste of rock candy, it is very sweet, and one of it is very refreshing.

Zhang Jintao, Senior Agronomist of the Agricultural Bureau of Pinghe County, Fujian Province: the picture of new trees is relatively exuberant, mainly growing, the quality is relatively poor, the fruit of old trees is better, there is a lot of nutrition accumulated inside, and there is a process of development at a stage, just like us. I am more mature when I am old, especially self-contained, .

The grapefruit tree grew for more than 20 years and began to mature, when the pomelo was the most delicious. after discovering this secret, Lu Guoyuan decided to brand the pomelo, which had grown for 20 to 40 years, five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lu Guoyuan sent this year's first batch of grapefruit to Xi'an overnight, totaling 40,000 jin.

Lu Guoyuan told reporters that there is a knack for choosing old tree honey pomelo.

Lu Guoyuan: no, no, no.

Reporter Wen Penghe: this feeling is flatter, and this feeling is more prominent.

Lu Guoyuan's grapefruit is of good quality, and the price per jin is 2 yuan higher than other grapefruit on the market, but he says he does not make money from high profits.

In early 2016, Lu Guoyuan set up "good neighbors of China" as a sponsor in Xi'an, mainly to promote neighborhood relations and help each other in difficulties. In order to let more people get to know each other, Lu Guoyuan held various activities on a regular basis.

In order to get more people involved, Lu Guoyuan also organized such a Mini Game where two people carried sticks to carry the grapefruit to the finish line. The one who finished transporting the five pomelos first would win.

Lu Guoyuan: get ready to start 123.

Lu Guoyuan's "good neighbor of China" organizes a variety of activities regularly every month, and Lu Guoyuan has a variety of different Mini Game for everyone to enjoy.

Lu Guoyuan: this is also red, yours is also red, who lifted the highest I see, ha, the top of the head.

Lu Guoyuan organized such activities to narrow the gap between people, promote feelings, and publicize his grapefruit.

Lu Guoyuan's neighbor: basically, when we do business, we at least buy a few hundred boxes of grapefruit for the festival. We have many friends, and we feel that tobacco and wine are a little vulgar. Ah, this red pomelo is delicious, fruit, and healthy, so we send more to each other.

Word of mouth, Lu Guoyuan reached a cooperation with more than 1000 fruit outlets in Xi'an in 2015. To help nearly 100 villagers in Pinghe County, Fujian Province, sell more than 5 million jin of grapefruit, with sales reaching more than 20 million yuan.