Fangxian County, Hubei Province: after 10 years, the fruit of getting rich has been planted as desired.

Fang Dong checked the growth of the olive tree.

Ten years ago, he found his own way to grow olive trees. He not only became an expert in olive trees, but also registered an agricultural development company. From then on, he embarked on the golden road to wealth. His goal is not only to plant olive trees, but also to extend to the processing field to produce olive oil from Shiyan. He is Fang Dong, deputy general manager of Jilan Garden (Hubei) Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.

The unit changed its system and decided to plant olive trees instead.

Fang Dong, a 48-year-old native of Fangxian County, originally worked in a unit in Shiyan City. In 2002, Fang Dong's mother went to the hospital because of high blood pressure. The doctor told Fang Dong that his mother had this disease and had better eat olive oil. Fang Dong grew up in the countryside and knew sesame oil, peanut oil and vegetable oil, but he had never heard of olive oil. For the sake of his mother's health, Fang Dong inquired about where to sell olive oil. Later he heard that there was a store specializing in olive oil on Liulin Road, 200 yuan per jin!

At that time, Fang Dong's monthly salary was only more than 200 yuan. "what kind of oil is this? a jin is equivalent to my monthly salary!" Fang Dong was surprised.

Fang Dong's mother ate olive oil and her illness was really relieved. From then on, Fang Dong paid attention to olive oil. Through newspapers and magazines, Fang Dong learned that olive oil is the oil extracted from olive fruit, which is known as "liquid gold" in the West. It has many functions, such as promoting blood circulation, improving digestive system function, cosmetology, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and so on. It is very popular in Europe and the United States.

When the unit was reformed in 2003, Fang Dong was faced with the question of where to go. Knowing the efficacy and market value of olive oil, Fang Dong began to think about whether he could do something on the olive tree.

Fang Dong's first consideration is whether Shiyan is suitable for planting olive trees. He learned that olive trees were planted in our city in the 1960s and 1970s, but they were abandoned because they did not produce considerable economic value, and some of them were hidden in the mountains and forests.

Fang Dong has never seen an olive tree. After learning that there was a left olive tree in Liuyan Mountain, he went to look for it, and finally found it. Fang Dong found that although this olive tree has experienced decades of wind and rain, it is full of vitality. People who know the habits of olive trees tell Fang Dong that the low mountains and valleys below 600 meters above sea level in Shiyan are more suitable for planting olive trees, which usually freeze and dry no matter how extreme the weather is. Fang Dong also visited Yunyang District, where olive trees were planted, and found that many unattended olive trees stood erect in the fields of farmers. Since it has been planted for decades and can grow so well without care, it shows that olive trees can be planted in Shiyan.

Since 2003, Fang Dong has spent more than two years investigating and studying the olive tree project. After coming to a positive conclusion, Fang Dong decided to plant olive trees on a large scale.