Zhou Jianxi-- the King of Lentinus edodes in Dashan

He is a burly, simple and honest man.

He, the son of a farmer, has a legendary experience.

Although he is an ordinary businessman, he cares about his hometown. He is Zhou Jianxi, general manager of Jiangxi Fangge Edible Mushroom Development Co., Ltd.

Return from success and set up a production base

Autumn is high and crisp. In Jiangxi Fangge Edible Mushroom Development Co., Ltd., rows and rows of shiitake mushroom production greenhouses supported by steel skeletons are reflected in people's field of vision in Wenfang Town, Gui Nan Shan District. The employees are very busy. Some are busy picking fresh shiitake mushrooms and fungus, some are purchasing mushroom farmers' mushrooms, some are drying shiitake mushrooms, and a harvest scene unfolds in front of us.

Just graduated from junior high school in 1992, in order to reduce the burden of his parents and give his sister a better chance of learning, he resolutely gave up his high school study. Zhou Jianxi, 18, went to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province to work alone and became an ordinary worker in a printing and dyeing factory. Because he is young and studious, he is liked by his boss. Then, the boss took a fancy to his cleverness and honesty, so he asked him to help sell cloth. Zhou Jianxi accumulated a lot of business experience through many years of selling cloth, so he borrowed some capital from his relatives and friends, set up his own printing and dyeing company and opened his own shop. After more than 10 years of business abroad, his life has gradually improved, but he has never forgotten his hometown where he was born and raised. At this time, Zhou Jianxi found a broad market for edible fungi. In June 2012, he resolutely returned to his hometown and invested in Jiangxi Fangge Edible Mushroom Development Co., Ltd. The company has a registered capital of 30 million yuan and covers a total area of more than 750mu. It is mainly a private enterprise integrating research and development, production, planting, storage and sales of edible fungi, serving villages and towns by means of companies plus farmers and cooperatives, and serving "agriculture, rural areas and farmers". He intends to create the largest production base of edible fungi in Yingtan area and become a veritable "king of shiitake mushrooms".

As early as the beginning of the investment and construction of the production base, Zhou Jianxi built a blueprint in his mind to make the edible mushroom industry bigger and stronger, and drive the surrounding villagers to get more income through the cultivation of edible fungi and live a better life. However, it is not as easy as he thought to get people to plant mushrooms, because most villagers are strange to the cultivation of edible mushrooms, and the marketing of the products after planting is also a worrying problem, so it is even more difficult to get them involved.

Remain unswerving despite difficulties

"is this a good thing? Is there a market? " Zhang Xianglong, 49, had doubts from the beginning, and his misgivings about growing edible fungi, who have been driving local agricultural vehicles, are also a worry for the majority of villagers. In the face of the misgivings and worries of farmers, Zhou Jianxi did not give up because of this. after many times of communication with farmers, with the support of the party committee and government of Wenfang Town, he carried out professional training in the cultivation of edible mushrooms. and provide comprehensive technical support and guidance for farmers involved in planting.

Now, with the efforts of Zhou Jianxi, many farmers around have accepted the edible mushroom planting project, and farmers in Diaoqiao, Shawoling, Zhanyuan, Shalong and other villages have also begun to grow edible fungi under the lead of Zhou Jianxi. Zhou Jianxi arranged for technicians to come to the door regularly to provide free technical guidance to growers.

Through the cultivation of edible fungi for more than half a year, the lives of growers have been greatly improved. Wei Qijun, 52, said: "in the past, when farming at home, apart from the cost of buying seeds, pesticides and chemical fertilizers, there was little left. although working abroad earned more money, it could not take care of the family. It's good now. Thanks to Zhou Jianxi's teaching us to grow edible fungi, we don't have to go out to work now. " It is understood that so far, Zhou Jianxi has led farmers in Wenfang Town to widely plant edible fungi, with an average annual income of more than 100,000 yuan. At the same time, Zhou Jianxi also subsidized three students at school.

Work hard and achieve great success in the end

Today, Zhou Jianxi's company has a total investment of 60 million yuan, and the planting base has a series of products such as Lentinus edodes and fungus covering an area of 750mu, producing 10 million sticks of edible mushrooms, radiating 17 natural villages in the town, developing 20 professional planting cooperatives and driving more than 300 farmers around to plant. Solve the employment of more than 500 people, and increase the annual output and income per mu by more than 20,000 yuan.

At the same time, his company also has a group of experienced technicians who have accumulated rich experience in the production and processing technology of edible mushrooms (Lentinus edodes), and have a strong ability of independent research and development and innovation. In August last year, the company passed the organic product certification of the Ministry of Agriculture, was recognized as "Jiangxi Province promoting Employment Base" in September, and won the "excellent Business" Award of the 15th China Green Food Expo issued by the Ministry of Agriculture in November. In August this year, the company Diaoqiao Village Xiangtai Mountain Edible Mushroom Cooperative was rated as the "national one village, one product" demonstration base.

For a long time, Zhou Jianxi has provided one-stop services such as bacterial sticks, technical training and market sales for farmers, forming management teams such as edible mushroom research and development, production, planting, technology and sales outlets, and realizing the common development and common prosperity of the company and farmers. And he has always strictly implemented the quality policy of "creating first-class quality", speeding up the development of enterprises, constantly developing new products and markets, and making use of the existing development platform to become stronger and bigger. At present, the "king of Lentinus edodes" has a new idea, that is, to integrate the cultivation of Lentinus edodes with sightseeing agriculture, build a Lentinus edodes restaurant, launch a series of Lentinus edodes banquets, encourage farmers to participate in the picking, processing and production of Lentinus edodes, enjoy their labor and taste happily, truly realize the one-stop service of Lentinus edodes production, processing, sales, picking and catering, and build the base into the largest production and processing center of Lentinus edodes in Yingtan area. Let the fragrance of Lentinus edodes float thousands of miles and walk onto the dining table of thousands of families.

It's a long journey. I won't stop pursuing it. Over the years, Zhou Jianxi is precisely with this belief, in his hometown this entrepreneurial hot land sprinkled with sweat, dedication to youth and blood. From him, we can really feel the noble moral character and precious spirit of the farmer's son, who is hard-working, tenacious and willing to contribute.