Returning to the farm: an alternative entrepreneurial path for an IT person

The core of the entrepreneurial boom seems to be always concentrated in the High-tech industry, the financial industry, these high growth, high return of the field, and IT industry has led an era of development.　　But in the wave of urbanization, under the financial tsunami, some people go against the road, from it back to the most primitive agriculture, from office to corn, to create a new world of their own. Zhou Yutang is one of the representatives. He was born a peasant, after graduating from college and most people, in the office as a small white-collar, engaged in IT industry. He has also done a lot of jobs, including teachers, engineers, sales managers, and other two big cities in Beijing and Guangzhou, but almost all of the city's career is linked to it.　　For day after day in the bustling big city entrepreneur, in his opinion is "the Shijiang, conveniently grasps a lot, the prosperous person is few".　　Primitive accumulation 10 It road lush It giants, as if forest trees, and small companies seem to be just grass, Zhou Yutang that it small companies are difficult to grow space. In the 2007, after 10 years in the IT industry, the turning point of life came to Zhou Yutang front. Zhou Yutang's company was successfully listed as one of the founders of the company, cashing in on his original shares and signing a new employment agreement to work for the company.　　But it meant a buyout of the 10 it career for him. "Actually, I've been short of money for years. Get the money, want to achieve something, really too much. "The first thing to be solved, of course, is the house. Beijing's housing prices soared under the Olympic concept. Zhou Yutang began to look around the house, and realized that no matter how much money he earns, the speed of house prices, always faster than the speed of making money, "the so-called accumulation of 10, not as good as the price of 1 years." So he thought of entrepreneurship again. However, he found that the road to entrepreneurship is struggling. "I am familiar with the IT industry is highly saturated, unprecedented competition." I used to do project outsourcing in Huawei, when I realized IT industry, winner take all, small IT company can only rely on the relationship to do a little profiteering. He also cited an example: to Zhidong such an industry elite, leaving Sina, Chine, the road has gone twists and turns abnormal.　　Lush It giants, as if forest trees, and small companies seem to be just grass, Zhou Yutang that it small companies can hardly have room for growth. In 2007-2008, Zhou Yutang couldn't find a suitable project to do, so he put money into the stock market. In this round of bull, he harvested quite abundant and was fortunate enough to retreat.　　The gains in the stock market have made him more original money. Back to the countryside to rent 300 acres of land he began to study what crops to grow, the planting environment, management, investment machinery construction ... A series of things to start from scratch although Zhou Yutang a city life is relatively good, but in his own words is "can see through the life of the day", buy a car to buy a house, the son raised, slowly pay off the loan, and then prepareRetirement pension. "The city's life is wonderful, but it's full of traps and pressure," he said. "Child education is another heart of Zhou Yutang.　　Because of the hukou problem, and the sponsorship fee is not enough, forced to let the child on a private primary school, the quality of teaching has kept him worried. His worries grew heavier as he watched the child grow up. "Homely" voice began to echo in Zhou Yutang Ear, he decided to return to the countryside. Another worry is that rural life is inconvenient for families accustomed to living in cities for years. After some brooding, Zhou Yutang finally found a complete strategy ——— across the two worlds. He put home in Guilin, Liuzhou, and then in the countryside to do industry. "Not because I love agriculture, I do agriculture, agriculture is the choice after thousands of ways." In fact, after a period of time, I began to really love the cause.　　He later confessed. So, 2008 Zhou Yutang in the hometown ——— Liuzhou under the countryside rented 300 acres of land, began his agricultural entrepreneurship road. Although it has done a good job in the field of it, but the first to enter agriculture, everything for Zhou Yutang is completely unfamiliar. He began to study what crops to plant, to the planting environment, management, investment machinery construction ...　　A series of things are slowly beginning to grope. Investment Farm corn a secret that never fell. He was the first person to grow corn on a large scale locally. After painstaking research, careful nursing, plus the land is very suitable, he planted the United States "Golden Lion King" variety of corn growing very strong in the field, Zhou Yutang made a large investment in infrastructure, accumulated investment in electricity, wells, irrigation channels, living facilities, as well as various agricultural tools. Scale farm infrastructure, the benefits are significantly higher than small farms, he invested about 25,000 yuan, irrigation 70% of the land. "More than 10,000 yuan will be invested next year, and basically land irrigation is covered." "The same rural areas to engage in channels, covering the village, at least a hundred thousand of Yuan."　　He first tasted the advantages of scale agriculture. On the farm management, he specially invited some people to help in the farm, initially due to mismanagement lost a lot of money.　　After the lesson, he developed a reward distribution system, the land for the management, and then proportional commission, very good to mobilize the enthusiasm of the workers. Zhou Yutang said he was the first person to grow corn on a local scale. After painstaking research, careful nursing, plus the land is very suitable, he planted the United States "King Lion" variety of corn growing very strong.　　Last June, there was a once-in-a-century flood in which many corn was lodged or flooded, but the corn in his field did not fall. In addition, Zhou Yutang devoted a lot of energy to expand the market, open up the circulation link. From the wholesale market, to the level two wholesalers, he simply hit down. But also introduce the idea of recycling economy, make full use of every part of corn, such as corn stalks to buy supplies sheep farm.　　Next, he is plotting more outlets, even to export to higher-income countries. Tianya Whirlwind Agricultural Entrepreneurship RedAll over the network although doing industrial early also loss, but the basic proved to suit their development path, this is the most important sum up, Zhou Yutang very lucky to escape the financial turmoil, "Think of it is very scared, if the funds do not set out to do industry, the basic is also the loss in the inside."　　In November 2008, he published an article in Tianya entitled "Successfully escaped the financial crisis, full access to the post of the industry, it abandoned it from the unique experience of farmers to arouse the curiosity of netizens, he continued to continue to set out his own entrepreneurial story, a time in the end of the earth to scrape a whirlwind of agricultural entrepreneurship. "Green corn." Looking at land crops growing, to be honest, the sense of achievement far outweighs the completion of an IT program, or the finishing of an IT project. "360 lines, the line out of the champion, each industry has to make money, there are people who have lost money, it is important to sum up experience, to find their own suitable road," although the initial loss of industry, but the basic proved to suit their development path, this is the most important. "It's just on the road, but I'm enjoying it now," he said. "Zhou Yutang smile, the quiet life of the countryside so that he has more thinking about life, Qing Geng Rain reading is his current living conditions." He also intends to make his own experience into a book, "The program in the netizens get a good response." "Newspaper reporter Huang Intern Huang