Chen Huangqi, the King of Tilapia

His start-up business has gone through many hardships. Natural disasters and mismanagement instantly wiped out his property, and the renewal of his contract nearly cost him the fishing farm he had operated for many years. But in the end, he became the famous local king of tilapia. what kind of story happened?

Chen Huangqi (Source: dynamic CCTV)

On February 18, 1996, New Year's Eve is the Chinese lunar year of the Pig, which is the most grand festival of the year for the Chinese people. Every family should get together for New year's Eve dinner and share the happiness of the family. However, Chen Huangqi, who had New year's Eve dinner at his home in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province, was never happy, always feeling that something was going to happen at his company in Nanning.

Chen Huangqi, a native of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province, inspected and invested in the mainland in 1990 and opened a 750-mu aquatic product base in Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. Mainly cultivate a kind of tropical fish fry called tilapia.

Interview:

Chen: this is a single male tilapia. It grows fast. It can grow to more than two jin in four or five months. It does not have babies, has strong disease resistance, and is suitable for breeding on our side. Generally speaking, it is the largest, about two or three jin, and the processing plants in the market need to be between one and a half jin to three jin, so the benefit is the best.

Due to the excellent species of fish introduced from Taiwan by Chen Huangqi, coupled with advanced management technology, he soon opened up a sales channel in the mainland, and his tilapia fry were in short supply. The locals call him "King Luo Fei". Chen Huangqi's fish fry business is also getting bigger and bigger. Chen Huangqi, who has been busy with business, only returns to Kaohsiung to be reunited with his family during the Spring Festival every year, except for business talks in Taiwan. Early in the morning in 1996, New Year's Eve explained the work of the fishing ground, packed his bags and prepared to go back to Taiwan to be reunited with his family.

Interview:

Chen: I think I'll take the 12 o'clock flight back there and the 04:00 flight back to Kaohsiung, Taiwan. At that time, the wind began to pick up at 12 o'clock, and it was windy and strong before it cooled down. At that time, we heard a weather report that New Year's Eve would cool down in Guangxi, but we didn't know how much it would drop.

The tilapia farmed by Chen Huangqi is a tropical fish. The biggest weakness of this kind of fish is the fear of low water temperature. When Chen Huangqi left Nanning, the temperature began to drop sharply under the influence of the cold spell. In less than two hours, the temperature in Nanning has dropped by more than ten degrees. If the temperature continues to drop, it will affect the water temperature. When the water temperature is below 6 degrees Celsius, tilapia will die in large numbers. Chen Huangqi simply had no appetite for that New year's Eve dinner, and all he could think about was the breeding base in Nanning. As soon as he had New year's Eve dinner, Chen Huangqi called the fishery technician to inquire about the situation.

Interview:

At that time, we called to ask him how the fish was doing. He said that there should be no problem. When he saw that the fish were still moving, that is to say, the fish should still be normal, he estimated that there was no problem. Although he had the guarantee of the technical staff, Chen Huangqi was always worried about it, and he always had a premonition that something would happen. Chen Huangqi decided to go back to the fishing ground in Nanning immediately to have a look.

Interview:

Chen: always worried, we immediately bought the ticket back on the first day of the Lunar New year. The fastest ticket was booked on the fifth day of junior high school, and we immediately bought a return ticket. Because he could not book an air ticket, Chen Huangqi's trip was delayed until the fifth day of the Lunar New year. Every day from the first to the fourth day of junior high school, Chen Huangqi had to contact the technicians on the farm to keep abreast of the latest situation, and every time the technicians answered, although it made Chen Huangqi feel secure, he still vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Interview:

Chen: in the meantime, I contacted several times a day. I called back and forth and asked the people on the mainland side. He said it should be all right, and he saw the fish moving. When I saw it in the first and second year of junior high school, the water temperature was very low, but the fish was still moving. There should be losses, he said, there may be some losses, but it may not be too serious.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New year, Chen Huangqi boarded a plane bound for Nanning. As soon as he got back to the fishing ground, he hurried to the fish pond before he even put down his luggage. But the sight made his originally suspended heart suddenly fall to the bottom of the valley.

Interview:

Chen: by the time they got to the fish pond, they were already pulling fish, and all the dead fish in the pond were floating on the surface. My heart is getting cold. Want to say if there are still ten thousand, as a result, as soon as the pond is cleared, there are 36 left, all of them died. After pulling on a tractor for two days, I finished pulling the dead fish. Each fish weighed two or three kilograms. Fifty thousand fish, almost 200000 kilograms, all died. It really hurts. I feel so disappointed that there is no hope.

Why the loss of the fish pond was so heavy? on the phone, the technician clearly told Chen Huangqi that the fish were still active, and that the loss would not be great. What is the cause of tilapia's death? What happened to the fishing ground when Chen Huangqi was in Taiwan?