He makes money from ice grapes

He invited everyone to pick grapes. For this grape, he quit his job as a journalist and returned home to start a business, but was called a liar by his father. What was the secret behind his resignation and his return home? What wealth did the grapes in the ice and snow contain?

After November every year, the land at the foot of Changbai Mountain entered the ice and snow season. Cold air constantly visited, and the ice layer on the lake surface was more than half a meter thick. In this withering winter, a rare wealth is quietly brewing on the hillside beside the lake.

At ten o'clock in the morning, someone came to this small village.

Zhang Yupeng: Come on, go this way.

Today Zhang Yupeng specially invited everyone to pick ice grapes. He often held such activities to let more people know ice grapes.

Zhang Yupeng: The warmer you can't pick, the colder you pick (grapes), the better.

Tourist: It's the first time to pick grapes in the snow in my old age.

It was already 39 days. The lowest temperature at night was minus 25 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature during the day was no more than minus 10 degrees Celsius. What grape could withstand such cold weather? Someone questioned it.

Tourist: The ground is so cold, the ground is frozen, can the grapes still live?

As soon as they walked into the snow, everyone was immediately attracted by the ice grapes.

There was not a single leaf on the vine, and the vine had dried up, but the grapes were still hanging on the rack in clusters, intact.

Zhang Yupeng: This is not frozen to death. Now this grape is in dormancy. Look at it, it is still green. It is alive, not dead. I think it is dead. In the spring of next year, the spores will begin to sprout and grow. It's quite magical. Ice grapes must be hung in the ice.

Traveler: It just grows in the snow.

Zhang Yupeng said that the ice grape scientific name Weidel, it is very strict on geographical and climatic conditions: spring, summer, autumn three seasons temperature should be warm enough to meet the growth needs, and winter should be cold enough, the world only Germany, France, Canada, Austria and China and other countries specific locations can produce. After ripening at the end of September, ice grapes have been hanging on the branches. After entering the severe winter, they are repeatedly melted by frost, with less and less moisture and constantly increasing sugar content. And the color goes from green to this dark brown. Ice grapes can only be picked when the temperature reaches below minus 8 degrees Celsius and lasts for 24 hours.

Tourist: How did it fall like this?

Tourist: Look at you.

Reporter: It's frozen solid, isn't it?

Traveler: It's like rice when it touches it. It comes down all at once.

Reporter: Have you seen this before?

Tourist: No, the first time.

Reporter: Are you a local?

Tourist: I am a native, but this is the first time I have seen it.

So what exactly does this ice grape taste like? Everyone was eager to taste it.

Reporter: How much did you eat?

Tourist: Two strings.

Zhang Yupeng: Is it delicious?

Tourist: Delicious.

Reporter: Is your stomach cold?

Tourist: Not cool, not cool, because it melts in the mouth, very sweet, it tastes a bit like raisins.

Tourist: It's like this. There's ice, there's some grape meat, there's fruit meat, there's ice.

Reporter: Still have a little moisture feeling?

Tourist: Yes, there is moisture.

Interviewer: Isn't it completely dry?

Traveler: Not the completely dry kind. Moreover, the taste in his mouth was particularly good. It was cool, sweet, and silky smooth.

Tourist: Eat it a little bit frozen. Take it out one by one when watching TV at night. It tastes old and beautiful.

Reporter: Do you want to share it with everyone or eat it yourself?

Tourist: I don't want to give it to others. I eat it myself.

How much do you charge for such delicious frozen grapes?

Zhang Yupeng: I invite you to experience it today. I will give it to you. You can bring as much as you want. After today, you want to buy it and I won't sell it.

Zhang Yupeng said that this ice grape has another use, which is many times more valuable than selling ice grapes directly.

This kind of ice grape specially harvested in winter brought Zhang Yupeng 15 million yuan of wealth in 2015, and he also drove more than 100 local farmers.

Zhang Yupeng: Are grapes sweet?

Visitor: Sweet.

However, just five years ago, when Zhang Yupeng quit his job as a TV reporter and returned home, everyone said he was a liar. Even his father watched him every day for fear that he would make mistakes. Zhang Yupeng quit his job as a reporter and returned home. What kind of wealth does the grape in the ice and snow contain?

Daniugou Village, Zhang Yupeng's hometown. In order to let Zhang Yupeng study well out of this small mountain village, his father is willing to suffer hardship and suffering.

Zhang Yupeng: At that time, in order to make money, my father drove a modified agricultural vehicle up the mountain to pull stones. When I came back, I sold it to some local construction teams engaged in water conservancy, because sometimes the modified agricultural vehicles often failed to brake. For example, when my father came down from the mountain, he saw that the brakes failed. What to do? He saw some smaller trees on the roadside and crashed into them. My dad said he didn't know what death was then.

Zhang Zifu Zhang Yupeng's father: I think for them to go to school, there is a way out after college.

Zhang Yupeng did not disappoint his father's efforts. In 2001, he was admitted to Liaoning University as a journalism major. After graduation, he went to Beijing and became a TV reporter. After working in Beijing for four years, Zhang Yupeng bought a house on mortgage. The people in his hometown were envious of the old Zhang family's son, Peng.

Villager: It's said that you see the old Zhang's family called Dapeng. He studies and goes to Beijing TV station. They all told their children to study hard, and basically 90% of families envied them.

Villager: The first one.

Reporter: How do you say?

Villager: It can be said that Lao Zhang's family is the first one. How to say, the first talent, really. That is, no matter whether they are neighbors or relatives, they are generally recognized as promising.

However, in 2010, Zhang Yupeng completely changed in the eyes of the village people, everyone talked about him, questioned and speculated instead of praise and envy in the past, even his father said he was a liar. What happened?