Independence of thought and action
Bold farmers should make money by raising wolves.
Li Jun was born in a peasant family in the suburb of Harbin, Heilongjiang. After graduating from high school, he went to work in Manzhouli alone. Later, he learned from some local businessmen and started the business of "reverse packaging", that is, packaging domestic children's wear, children's shoes and other daily necessities into dozens of big bags, transporting them to the Russian Far East, replacing them with various steel products, and then changing hands into a large number of RMB. Gradually, he accumulated a lot of experience in border trade, and his courage was greatly improved.
By 2000, Li Jun felt that business was getting harder and harder. Once, he went to Russia on business, and some local friends asked him to go hunting. When they were looking for prey in the depths of the forest, a wolf suddenly jumped out. Li Jun was startled and immediately raised his shotgun to prepare for shooting. But a friend immediately stopped him, saying, "I know there is a saying in China,' Don't commit crimes when you see wolves', because you all think wolves are cunning and vicious. But we Russians think that the wolf is a very spiritual animal. It has many advantages, and we respect it very much ... "
Li Jun was surprised to find that the wolf neither attacked them nor ran away, but looked at them with majestic eyes without fear. After a few minutes, the wolf turned and left. Confused, Li Jun followed him from a distance, only to see the wolf walk into a hole with several pups. He told the cubs to gather in the corner and then stood at the mouth of the cave as a guard-it turned out that he was worried that the hunter would be bad to the cubs. Li Jun was very moved. He suddenly found that the wolf's eyes contained some warmth besides majesty. ...
Shortly thereafter, Russian friends took Li Jun to visit a famous local zoo, where a project to train wolves was very popular. Li Jun has only seen training dogs and sea lions before, but he has never seen anyone dare to train wolves. That time, he saw the wolf trainer complete the wonderful performance of taming wolves like pets, which was an eye-opener.
After returning to Harbin, Li Jun deliberately read many books and materials about wolves and found that wolves have many advantages, such as unity. When their companions are injured, wolves will not escape alone. Loyalty, for animals that have been kind to themselves, wolves can repay them with their lives; Wolves also have strong family values. After the mother wolf is pregnant, the male wolf will always protect the mother wolf, and he will love the little wolf more. ...
Li Jun found that people's misunderstanding of wolves is too deep. Although wolves are cruel to their prey, they rarely attack humans actively, and their loyalty and sense of responsibility are by no means worse than dogs. Since dogs are human friends, why can't wolves be human friends? Thinking of this, he saw the hot scene of the Russian watching the wolf training performance, and suddenly he had a shocking idea: Raise the wolf and then let China people watch the performance. This unprecedented performance will definitely make money!
However, his thoughts were collectively "killed" by his family and friends: "Are you desperate because wolves are so ferocious?" "I only heard that raising a dog can make money, but I didn't hear that raising a wolf can make money. Are you crazy? " ..... But Li Jun insisted that things are scarce, and keeping wolves has more market potential than keeping dogs.
After determining the target, Li Jun looked for wolves everywhere. Because of the custom of "beating whenever you see a wolf", there are no wolves in many areas where there used to be wolves. He decided to go to the Inner Mongolia prairie to look for it. In a local pub, he happened to hear that a hunter killed a female wolf nearby and caught several wolf cubs. Excited, he hurriedly inquired about the hunter's address and rushed to buy the six little wolves at a high price.
Then he loaded a truck and put the wolves in an iron cage. Because the wolves are young and not aggressive, he successfully brought them back to his home in an alley on Youyi Road, Daoli District, Harbin. He kept the wolf in an iron cage in his yard, waited on him all day like a child, and even stopped the border trade business.
However, the next day, many neighbors came to the door * * *: "You have nothing to raise a wolf! All day long, especially at night! We can hardly sleep! " A neighbor even called the police. When the police came to see him, they ordered him to drive the wolf away as soon as possible. Li Jun's father was so angry that he hit him with a broom and scolded him: "You have committed a crime! If this wolf bites, don't live! "
Soon, Li Jun, who was criticized by thousands of people, had to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a closed brick factory in the suburbs of Harbin, and then turned it into a humble "wolf garden". Away from the city, the wolf's howl can no longer affect others. After settling down, Li Jun bought a lot of breeding materials, and managed to get to know several professors from Northeast Forestry University and Northeast Agricultural University, and learned a lot about wolves.
A few months later, Li Jun came to Inner Mongolia prairie again to look for wolves. This time, he successfully "introduced" eight "coyotes". At first, wolves were very hostile to their "new home" because they were far away from home. They were on alert. To make matters worse, wolves have symptoms of loss of appetite and diarrhea. Li Jun quickly looked up the information and learned some treatment methods, but it was not easy to practice ―― he wanted to give medicine and injections to sick wolves. Although the wolf is chained, he is still afraid. He held the medicine bowl several times, and the wolf howled and fell off the bowl in fear. Another time, while the wolf was asleep, he gave it an injection with trembling hands, but before the needle went in, he saw the wolf stretch his leg, so scared that he dropped the syringe and crawled away ... Later, for safety, he mixed the medicine into the food, but as soon as the sick wolf ate it, he spit it all out! After repeated several times, the sick wolf, like a stubborn child, simply fasted and glared at him fiercely!
There are two wolves, a couple before they enter the garden, and then they get sick. In order to prevent infection, Li Jun put them in two wolf houses. Who knows, the female wolf began to hunger strike in desperation, while the male wolf howled all night to show * * *. Li Jun thinks they will adapt in two days. Who knows, until the fourth day, the female wolf was still hungry and dying, while the "lovelorn" male wolf was determined to win, hitting the wall and swallowing it on the spot!
Li Jun was so scared that he quickly invited experts to make a treatment plan. After careful care, the rest of the sick wolf finally recovered and became friendly to him. Soon, he hired several breeders and began to breed wolves. At the end of 200 1, two wolves finally succeeded in breeding, one of them gave birth to three cubs and the other gave birth to seven cubs. Li Jun is particularly concerned about the female wolf. In order to strengthen the nutrition of the female wolf who is "confinement", he specially bought the freshest beef and animal liver, and he also moved to the "Wolf Garden" where he stayed day and night. Because the female wolf has a characteristic, no outsiders are allowed to peep when breastfeeding, so Li Junhe breeders have to hide in the distance and peep with binoculars. They were all shocked when they saw the mother wolf chew up all the food she had eaten and then spit it out to feed her cubs. ...
Li Jun was deeply moved and began to wait on the cubs in different ways. In order to bathe the wolves, he bought a sauna specially! A Russian friend warned: "If you spoil them like this, they will gradually lose their wildness, and then they are not wolves!" Li Jun thinks it makes sense, so he buys live rabbits and chickens every day to let wolves hunt in the garden. But the amount of meat eaten by wolves is amazing. Each wolf eats three or four kilograms of meat a day. Two or three years later, Li Jun spent almost all his savings in business for many years.
Seeing that the funds are difficult and the return is far away, Li Jun is very distressed. At this time, the Russian friend happened to go to Harbin to talk about business. Knowing his predicament, I encouraged him to stick to it and lend him some money to solve his urgent need.
Seeing that Li Jun was possessed and waited on those wolves all day, making his family poorer and poorer and borrowing money, his wife went crazy and complained all day: "As the old saying goes, baiwenhang, you will be destroyed by these wolves sooner or later!" His wife even threatened Li Jun to stop the divorce, but he refused. ...
blaze a way in
Combine farming with tourism to make a fortune.
Li Jun's original plan was to turn his "Wolf Garden" into a zoo in the city, and then sell tickets to make money by training wolves and other forms to convey the idea that "wolves also have love". However, he went to Russia several times and wanted to hire a wolf trainer, but the salary requirements of the other side were quite high, which he could not meet, and no one in China dared to tame wolves. He also gradually found that the "Wolf Park" was too humble to attract tourists. And when many people hear about wolves, they are scared to make a detour. How can they have the courage to spend money to see it?
In the spring of 2004, Li Jun took a fancy to a tourist resort near Wolf Garden, which was almost closed due to poor management. After consultation, he rented a space in the resort and moved the "Wolf Garden" here. In this way, "Wolf Park" has become a tourist project of the resort. Although the ticket for "Wolf Park" was only 50 yuan at that time, many tourists were afraid to go in because of fear; Some bold tourists are also disappointed after visiting, saying that they are far from seeing enough.
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