Freshmen grow alfalfa and give consideration to both entrepreneurial studies.

Zhang Zhenhua (right) received the guidance of Professor Zhao Jian in the alfalfa experimental field of Huazhong Agricultural University.

Just after the National Day holiday, the alfalfa planted by Zhang Zhenhua ushered in the last harvest of the year and sent it directly to the dairy farm. "the output is not bad, and now we have found a way to grow alfalfa," says Zhang Zhenhua. "I was born in the prairie and grew up in the prairie. The vast prairie watered my dream of starting a business. I just want to do something in a down-to-earth manner."

Zhang Zhenhua is a student in Zhang Zhidong Class, School of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University. after the end of the college entrance examination last year, Zhang Zhenhua got out of control and began to recommend his entrepreneurial dream. Over the past two years, he and his family team have planted more than 3000 mu of alfalfa in Saihan District, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia and Liangcheng County, Wulanchabu City. The more than 1000 mu planted in May 2014 alone earned more than 1 million yuan.

Forage grass is the source of animal husbandry. Alfalfa is rich in nutrition and has the title of "king of forage". It can not only effectively improve milk yield and milk quality of dairy cows, but also has the characteristics of strong regeneration, legume rhizobium nitrogen fixation, soil and water conservation and agricultural land improvement.

From July 13 to 15, Fu Tingdong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, Cao Liangui, a famous national teacher, president of the Academy of Plant Sciences and professor of Huazhong Agricultural University, as well as the school's propaganda department and League committee teachers went to Hohhot to inspect Zhang Zhenhua's entrepreneurial project. and have a discussion with Inner Mongolia Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and other relevant departments. Experts agree that there are great prospects for the development of alfalfa, young people in Inner Mongolia are enterprising, and Huazhong Agricultural University will continue to give full play to its advantages in talent, scientific research, and services to guide Zhang Zhenhua's entrepreneurial projects.

Millions of yuan raised on entrepreneurship programs.

After entering the university, Zhang Zhenhua wanted to put aside his dream of alfalfa for a while and concentrate on studying and doing scientific research. Unexpectedly, the school's entrepreneurial publicity and preferential policies inspired his entrepreneurial enthusiasm again.

"Young entrepreneurship is the mainstay of entrepreneurial groups, and realizing the entrepreneurial dreams of young students is an important part of entrepreneurship education for college students," said Tang Jun, deputy secretary of the party committee of Huazhong Agricultural University. The school invests 5 million yuan every year to support college students' innovation and entrepreneurship. This year, a 11000-square-meter student entrepreneurship building has emerged, and a number of excellent college students' entrepreneurial teams such as "kiss orchards" have emerged.

Complying with the trend, Zhang Zhenhua integrated all kinds of resources and established Inner Mongolia Huameng Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Development Co., Ltd. at the beginning of this year, relying on the concern about grassland environmental protection and the grasp of the alfalfa market, he began to go to school while going to school. while recommending the process of starting a business.

On March 12, Zhang Zhenhua clearly remembered that on this day, CCTV's "Entrepreneurship Hero Collection" sent a "hero post" and invited him to Beijing two days later to introduce entrepreneurial projects.

After inquiry, I learned that the program group will receive a lot of project applications in each issue, and only 200 of them can get interviews, and only 15 of them can stay and record the program. Is it worth going to Beijing? How to strike a balance between entrepreneurship and study? This made Zhang Zhenhua back down.

The encouragement from Wei Youbo, deputy secretary of the party committee of the Academy of Plant Sciences of Huazhong Agricultural University, strengthened Zhang Zhenhua's confidence to give it a try. Professor Zhao Jian, an expert on legume crops, and Chen Zhiqiang, a counselor, were specially appointed as Zhang Zhenhua's technical advisor and instructor to embark on a dream-seeking trip to Beijing.

"during the interview in the Beijing program group, I was very nervous. I only slept four or five hours a day for a week, and the project finally passed." Zhang Zhenhua recalled, "at the recording site, many CCTV staff and investors were very interested in the high economic value of the alfalfa project he brought and the environmental protection function of preventing wind and fixing sand." Investor Deng Feng likes Zhang Zhenhua very much, comparing him to an eagle on the prairie. "this young man is smart and courageous, and people like him very much."

"from environmental protection and ecological agriculture to college students returning to the village to start a business, Zhang Zhenhua talked eloquently on the stage, dared to think and dare to do it, and moved investors with his persistence." Teacher Chen Zhiqiang told the reporter that in the end, Zhang Zhenhua received 1 million yuan of financing and signed an intentional contract with the investor on behalf of his team at the scene.

Only when you have a dream can you stick to it.

"if agriculture wants to achieve good results, it must take the road of scale, and so does recommendation. It requires large-scale land transfer and the purchase of mechanized equipment, and it costs millions of yuan to import a large-scale harvester." Therefore, the lack of funds is the biggest problem Zhang Zhenhua encountered when he started his business. However, there were twists and turns, and after careful consideration, Zhang Zhenhua not only did not ask for 1 million yuan of financing from the investors, but was not even moved by the 30 million yuan that the investors planned to pursue.

"dealing with investors is a kind of growth, and the project can be affirmed by investors, and now it is more confident." Zhang Zhenhua told reporters, "investors hope to achieve complete control of the company, I discussed with the team, decided to do their own business."

After appearing on a start-up TV program, many venture capitalists contacted him initiatically. after contacting some investors, Zhang Zhenhua believed that agriculture is not a project to make quick money, and profit is not the only goal of starting a business in his hometown. Environmental protection is as important as driving local farmers to get rich. He now often follows the websites of the Communist Youth League Central Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other state ministries, and learns that there are high-yield and high-quality alfalfa demonstration projects in the special funds for financial support for agriculture. During the summer vacation this year, he successively went to Shanxi, Tianjin and other places to participate in the social practice inspection organized by these departments.

Zhang Zhenhua, who exceeded the college entrance examination by 58 points, originally had more choices when applying for volunteery. he was the only one in his family to be admitted to a "key university" in several generations, and his family had high expectations of him. "to tell you the truth, my family was opposed to my choice of agricultural university at first, and my mother cried several times." Zhang Zhenhua said that he had herded cattle in the countryside since he was a child and was well aware of the hard work of farming. As he grew up, as he read more and more books, Zhang Zhenhua also began to think that on the one hand, overgrazing caused serious damage to the grasslands, and on the other hand, safe and healthy milk needed high-quality forage grass. The stories of entrepreneurs such as Liu Yonghao and Wang Wenbiao are the objects of his research and worship. "there will be good benefits from both agriculture and environmental protection, and agriculture and rural areas need young people with dreams to constantly come in and change."

Zhang Zhenhua's father, Zhang Quanfa, worked in the construction machinery and building materials industry for more than 30 years and began to raise cattle in 2012. It was from his father's cattle purchase that Zhang Zhenhua discovered the business opportunity to grow alfalfa. "whether or not to earn money is the second most important thing. The most important thing is that the son said that he will use the knowledge he has learned to go back to his hometown to start a business, and eventually lead the villagers to become rich together." Zhang Quanfa said that from his son's words, he saw his son's heart like gold. He could earn no more money, and his entrepreneurial confidence and passion could not be hit.

It was under the influence and support of his father that Zhang Zhenhua actively responded to the national call for "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" by setting up an agricultural and animal husbandry company in his hometown and applying modern information concepts to the prenatal management and post-natal sales of alfalfa forage plantation. and participated in the Saihan District 30, 000 mu state-owned forest farm secondary forest transformation project, signed up to participate in the first China "Internet +" college students innovation competition.

You should have both entrepreneurship and study.