Frog wealth in the depths of the mountains

The highlight of the program: in order to raise stone frogs, he traveled over mountains and mountains and prepared for a year. The stone frogs worth more than 1.6 million yuan were wiped out as soon as they were raised for a month. Relying on an ingenious method, he not only made money by himself, but also brought many local farmers to get rich. What ingenious method did he come up with? How did he reverse the fate of his life?

As soon as the reporter arrived at Chen Xian's stone frog farm, he immediately led the reporter to see his stone frog.

Chen Xianyou: it's almost winter, it's almost hibernating, so its activity ability is low, not strong. So it's easier to catch. Look down here, there must be some down here. It's all in the grass.

Interviewer: you can still catch it. This activity is still quite strong. It's very slippery. It's hard to hold it.

Interviewer: is it almost hibernating now?

Chen Xianyou: yes, look.

Interviewer: if it's not hibernating, it's harder to catch than this?

Chen Xianyou: that would be great. It just jumped out.

Chen Xianyou told the reporter how to catch the stone frog.

Chen Xianyou: this is just the place where the thigh is pinched. It's not going anywhere.

The stone frog is known as the thorn-breasted frog, which is named because of the granular protuberances on the chest of the male frog. Stone frog is a valuable food in Longquan. The reporter met a customer who came to buy stone frog in Chen Xian's farm.

Manager Cao Shibin: if there is a banquet, we want 40-50 jin, 40-50 jin a day. It costs 40-50 jin a day. It is like this, if there is no banquet, we will sell it on a piecemeal basis, selling more than 10 jin, 7 or 8 jin a day.

Manager Cao Shibin: Oh, there are many here. Okay, here's one male and two male. The big one of the two males.

The reporter found that the customer preferred to buy male stone frogs.

Manager Cao Shibin: well, you see, this is male, and the hug is very powerful.

In nature, male stone frogs hold female stone frogs tightly in running water when mating, so their front claws are more powerful.

Chen Xianyou: this is female.

Chen Xianyou: look at this muscle, look at this foreleg, look at muscular development, this is so small. It looks the same size, doesn't it?

Reporter: mm-hmm.

Chen Xianyou: look at this one that is not too hugged.

Manager Cao Shibin: this is very powerful to hold.

This customer bought 16 jin of stone frog today, totaling more than 1900 yuan. Chen, who weighs two to four, sells stone frogs for 120 yuan a jin. In 2014, Chen Xianyou sold more than 80,000 jin of stone frogs a year, more than 10 million yuan. He also became president of the local stone frog farming association.

Fang Longwei: (he) is the leader of our (local stone frog) industry, that is, leading our industry to a larger and broader market.

Wu Zongyuan: at present, it is the largest stone frog breeding base in Longquan City, and it may also be the largest stone frog breeding base in Lishui City. We have developed more than 50 households here in recent years. I think it is inseparable from the drive of this leading enterprise.

Now, Chen Xianyou is the leader of the local stone frog industry. But few people know that just four years ago, when Chen Xianyou first started breeding, the stone frog he invested 1.6 million yuan to buy was wiped out in just one month, and he almost gave up.

Chen Xianyou: at that time, it could not be expressed in words. Are covered in the heart, there are tears can not flow out.

Deputy General Manager Ye Jianmei: it is really painful and excruciating to face it (stone frog) every day. At that time, I just want to die and not raise it.

How did Chen Xianyou change all this in four years?

Chen Xianyou was born here. He worked hard in the porcelain industry in Longquan for many years. In 1994, Chen Xianyou sold his porcelain factory, went to Shanghai to do a construction project, and opened a chain of hotels.

However, in early 2010, Chen Xianyou returned to Longquan City, where he ran to the local mountains every day.

Reporter: do you often go in places like this?

Chen Xianyou: me, I used to. Yes, especially looking for this source of water, it is everywhere, every landscape is looking for it in this way.

What is Chen Xianyu doing looking for water in the mountains? It starts with an accidental discovery he made in early 2010. At that time, every time Chen Xianyou returned to Shanghai from his hometown, he would bring some local products from his hometown to his friends in Shanghai, among which the stone frog from his hometown was the most popular.

However, when Chen Xianyou wanted to return to Shanghai in early 2010, he suddenly found that stone frogs could not be bought. In order not to disappoint his friends, Chen Xianyou went to several local villages and towns, but still did not buy stone frogs.

Chen Xianyou: after looking all over the market, you can't even find a jin of stone frogs.

When looking for stone frogs, Chen Xianyou found that there were almost no wild stone frogs in the area, which made him find a business opportunity.

Chen Xianyou: wild stone frogs are close to extinction, and there must be great business opportunities for breeding this area, because we locals send relatives and friends at wedding banquets. After another illness, children (learning to walk) have to eat this stone frog.

In the autumn of 2010, when the news spread that Chen Xian was going to raise stone frogs, his friends advised him to think again.

Friend: as far as I know, in the early years of Longquan, many people failed through this entrepreneurial platform.

Friend: we hadn't heard of a successful example at that time, and then (Chen Xianyou) suddenly proposed to do this thing. I also felt a little worried about him, and it was a little strange.

However, Chen Xianyou has his own ideas.

Chen Xianyou: other people have made enough money, and then you go and follow other people's buttocks. I don't think it's easy to do this industry at all. So the more no one is involved in this industry, the more I want to do it. Because the first bucket of gold is the best to dig.

Through the investigation, Chen Xianyou learned that there should be a good site and water source for raising stone frogs.

Chen Xianyou: where there is good water, there may not necessarily be a good venue to do, because some of the sites will be castrated when there is a flood, so I have to choose a site with both water and a good site, and I am not afraid of flooding. Another place where the environment must be very quiet.

In early 2011, Chen Xianyou spent more than 3 million yuan to build this stone frog breeding base covering an area of more than 60 mu in Mudai Village, Shangyang Town, Longquan City. He also specially built a pipeline to bring spring water from the mountain to his stone frog farm.