? Our Pleurotus ostreatus has occupied more than 90% market share in St. Petersburg, where our products are distributed in supermarkets of all sizes. ? Chen Chao and Li Haoran, 25-year-old international students, said in an interview with this reporter that now, the monthly sales of Pleurotus ostreatus on the farm alone is 600,000 yuan.
Entrepreneurship has changed from running a newspaper to farming.
Chen Chao is a boy from Shaanxi. After graduating from high school in China in 2004, I went to St. Petersburg University of Aeronautics and Astronautics to study economic management. Like Chen Chao, Li Haoran went to St. Petersburg State University to study economics in 2004. The two of them? After 80? But they didn't confine themselves to study. Doing business? Their thoughts have been lingering in my mind. In 2005, as friends, they founded the first Chinese newspaper in St. Petersburg. Later, they opened restaurants and pedicure shops, and several young people even saved 2 million by tinkering around.
Why did you become a farmer? Li Haoran said, choose? Growing vegetables? Because I took a fancy to the market. St. Petersburg is close to northern Russia, and the cold climate leads to a very small supply of vegetables in its market, which is basically maintained by imports. And St. Petersburg has a population of 6 million, with a per capita annual income of 9,000 US dollars, which makes these young people affordable? Growing vegetables? The huge profit margin and prospect of land rent are low. Although the wages of workers are twice as high as those in China, the price of vegetables is 10 times that in China.
Chen Chao's statement is more life-oriented. He told reporters that when he spent money at home in college, he was always willing to save money and not willing to spend money on food. Therefore, we are always used to comparing the price of vegetables in Russia with that in China, and we will find that there is a market for our own vegetables, while the market for Pleurotus ostreatus is more stable.
So, several young people found a company in Russia. Back door? I rented a piece of land of 25 hectares and began to farm and sell vegetables.
At the hardest time of the struggle, several people only had six Rubu steel shovels.
? The hardest is 2008. ? This is what Chen Chao said the most.
Chen Chao said that at that time, everything had just begun, and everything was groping. Can't find a market, mushrooms have no market, and they are pulled down one by one and dumped, and they are all dumped in their hearts. ? If you can produce 500 kilograms a day, then 400 kilograms must be thrown away. ? Chen Chao said that at the most difficult time, the money in several people's pockets added up to only 6 rubles of steel coins (about 1.3 yuan RMB), and they couldn't even buy a loaf of bread.
In the winter of 2008, it was almost the end of 2008. ? We don't know much about the local climate, and all the Pleurotus ostreatus we planted died. ? Chen Chao said, I thought I could take advantage of the high vegetable prices during the Chinese New Year to make a turnaround, but who wanted to be poured cold water. Chen Chao said, but in such a difficult time, everyone didn't want to give up. Young after all? .
To promote a pedicure shop? Health oyster mushroom?
? Russia has always been a country that collects honey and grows mushrooms, and the locals still like to eat mushrooms. ? Chen Chao said that in order to promote Pleurotus ostreatus, they used every possible opportunity to let Russians know what Pleurotus ostreatus is and what benefits it has. ? We printed leaflets and sent them to the market, pulling the old Russian lady to tell people what Pleurotus ostreatus is, how to eat it and what benefits it has. ? Chen Chao said that it is accumulated bit by bit.
Later, I went to the website to promote, added the dishes of Pleurotus ostreatus in my restaurant, and even promoted the health care function of Pleurotus ostreatus in a pedicure shop. They gave mushrooms to local schools for free, which not only dealt with unsalable mushrooms, but also played a certain role in promoting them, right? Troubled? Russian students in several nearby schools ate for a long time. China mushroom? .
At present, the situation is very good, which has crushed the largest local supplier of Pleurotus ostreatus.
In this way, after two years of hard work, they now have 15 greenhouses in Chen Chao, each with an area of 600㎡ to 700㎡. Except that? Main products? Besides Pleurotus ostreatus, they also grow vegetables such as tomatoes and cabbage. ? Once the largest supplier of Pleurotus ostreatus was crushed by us, and our output was expanding every day, but it was still in short supply. ? Chen Chao said proudly that he was constantly interrupted during the conversation with reporters, and all the calls came from subscribers.
The 25-year-old also proudly told reporters that he helped China? Solve? Solved some employment problems. Chen Chao called it? Solve? It was he who hired nearly 20 workers from China to grow vegetables.
Chen Chao said that at present, the company's profit margin can reach 50%? 60%, this figure seems a bit conservative, but this is what he and his team rely on? Settle down? Yes
Another 70 million yuan will be invested in the future redevelopment plan.
? We are going to rent another farm, which is 20 times as big as it is now, with 500 hectares. ? Seeing that the market of Pleurotus ostreatus is improving, Li Haoran began to plan to further extend its tentacles.
The total investment of the new farm is planned to be 70 million yuan, with an initial investment of100,000 yuan, which will be produced while building. ? Preparatory work will begin at the end of this year and construction will begin in March next year. ? Li Haoran plans to open a greenhouse with an area of 1 hectare. Besides tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers and cabbages, mushrooms will also be planted. In addition, we will use unsalable vegetable tassels and leaves to raise some livestock.
The new China businessmen are not worried about setbacks.
Objectively speaking, Chen Chao and Li Haoran, two young people, are the younger generation of Chinese businessmen. They have taken a different path.
But because of last year's? An ant? People are not only worried about the experience of Chinese businessmen in the market. Can the development of these young people in Russia be as smooth as it is now? ? We have cooperative relations with Russia. ? Li Haoran is not worried about this. He told reporters that since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the original social division of labor in Russia has been disrupted. Caucasians who are good at agriculture are more willing to engage in vegetable trafficking and sales, while Russians are reluctant to engage in agricultural work. ? So there is almost no competition in this field. ? Li Haoran said that their cultivation is a supplement to the Russian market.