—— Excerpted from the diary of Li Yili, chairman of Dalian Buyunshan Hot Spring.
On the beautiful and rich north shore of the Yellow Sea, there is a famous hot spring resort-Dalian Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort. From March 2005 to August 2009, Buyunshan Hot Spring received 800,000 Chinese and foreign tourists every year, creating a miracle in the tourism history of southern Liaoning. The most internationally influential tourist attractions, China's charming scenic spots, China tourists' favorite places, the top ten romantic scenic spots in East Asia, Dalian 10 romantic scenic spots and excellent service units in Liaoning Province have pushed Buyunshan Hot Spring onto the international stage.
The relevant departments have done such statistics. Since the opening to the outside world, Buyunshan Hot Spring has brought over 100 million yuan of direct benefits every year. In 2005, in the first year of the opening of Buyunshan Hot Spring, the per capita income of farmers in Buyunshan Township increased by 654.38+10,000 yuan. By 2008, the per capita income of farmers in Buyunshan Township had increased by more than 3,000 yuan.
A hot spring activates one party's economy, and a hot spring awakens the dream of sleeping for thousands of years. What are the little-known legends behind this dream? What kind of personality charm did the owner of Buyunshan Hot Spring accomplish this feat? The majestic Buyun Mountain will tell you this eternal legend.
Chapter One: The Footprints of Beloved
The owner of Buyunshan Hot Spring in Dalian is Li Yili, 53 years old. Compared with his peers, Li Yili was the darling of the times 30 years ago. He was born in a high-level intellectual family. His father Hengli studied abroad in 1950s, and he is an influential expert in the field of hydraulic transmission in China. His mother is a technician in Dalian Institute of Chemical Technology.
A good family upbringing has made Li Yili a clever nature. 1978, Li Yili, who was only 22 years old, was admitted to an institution of higher learning envied by everyone at that time with excellent results and became a student of Dalian Railway Institute.
After graduating from university, Li Yili was admitted to Dalian Maritime University as a graduate student majoring in metal materials, and studied under Mr. Yang Lieyu, former member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of China Agricultural Workers' Democratic Party, vice chairman of China Invention Association, national first-class professor and doctoral supervisor.
Under the careful guidance of Mr. Lao Yang, Li Yili successfully completed his studies and obtained a master's degree. After graduation, she stayed on as a teacher.
From 1986 to 1990, Li Yili has made remarkable academic achievements. He has published more than 30 papers in various academic conferences and magazines at home and abroad, and his graduation thesis has been selected into the Collection of Doctoral and Master's Degree Thesis on Ship Mechanical Repair published by China Science and Technology Publishing House, and participated in the compilation of two books, Ion Bombardment Diffusion Technology published by People's Communications Publishing House and Practical Metal Material Technology published by Dalian Maritime University Press. Participated in the compilation of the book "Plasma Surface Engineering" edited by E Brochette in Germany, which was later published by China Science and Technology Press.
For a young lecturer, it is commendable to achieve such impressive results in just a few years, and the future of Li Yili is the icing on the cake.
During the period of 1990, Li Yili found that there was almost no renovation field of imported ship parts and wear parts in China at that time, and the country spent a lot of foreign exchange to purchase abroad every year, sometimes because of transportation and other reasons, the ship's progress was often delayed.
Li Yili's skill is just in line with this. If he starts his own business, after several years of research, he can completely fill this domestic gap.
From that moment on, Li Yili decided to quit this enviable job and start his own business.
The news that Li Yili was going to "go to sea" spread like wildfire, which caused no less vibration than an earthquake of magnitude 7. Colleagues advised him, classmates advised him, and family members and tutors strongly opposed it.
If Li Yili wants to "go to sea", he must first get the consent of his mentor. One night, he came to the tutor's house, and the old professor warmly entertained the proud pupil. The topics they talk about are always inseparable from academics. When Li Yili went to great lengths to tell his mentor about his idea of going to sea, the mentor was shocked at first, and then went on the rampage. He said discontentedly to Li Yili, "What you have achieved in the academic field now is beyond the reach of ordinary graduate students. If you go on like this, you will become an excellent senior intellectual in three to five years. If you want to go into the sea, with all due respect, you may not learn to swim, but you will choke to death. If you want to go ashore again, I am afraid there is no way. "
"Going to sea may make a lot of money, but money is not everything. It is not easy for a country to train a graduate student. Although you may not be able to earn a lot of money at school, your contribution to the country may be greater than going to sea. "
Professor Yang Lieyu looked a little excited.
"I don't enter this world for money. I never dare to call myself your disciple, and I never come to visit you until I can make a career that is recognized by you and useful to the country and people. Teacher, you are covered with peaches and plums now. Peaches also belong to fruits, and plums also belong to fruits. There are many doctoral and master students who can inherit your career. Please let me make a plum. "
Li Yili finally persuaded his tutor to leave the university forum envied by his peers and became the first person in Dalian Maritime College to go to sea.
After leaving Dalian Maritime College, Li Yili started his first venture in his life and established Dalian Free Trade Zone Xinhexing International Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. ... In the case of shortage of funds and technology, he led the employees of the company to tackle key problems day and night. When he saw a 10,000-ton ship with parts made and renovated by himself crossing the ocean, Li Yili's eyes were moist and he thought of his late teacher.
It was 1993,165438+10.9, which was the early winter of the second year after Li Yili went to sea. Li Yili was on a business trip in Beijing. His tutor, Professor Yang Lieyu, had a heart attack at work and collapsed on his beloved platform at the age of 75.
It was 12 days after Li Yili returned to Dalian on business. The voice and smile of the tutor always appeared in front of his eyes, and Li Yili walked into the teacher's home with heavy steps. Facing the portraits of his old lover and teacher, Li Yili burst into tears. He remembered the agreement with the teacher and said silently in his heart, "Teacher, you will always be the coordinate of my progress. I must prove my life value with more excellent results. When I visit you in your cemetery one day, you will think that I am a truly qualified student. "
The tutor died, but his promise cannot be changed. Li Yili's career is more than just earning a few dollars by skill and hard work. He believes that his stage should be a great cause that benefits the country and the people.
At this moment, a news report about Buyun Mountain Hot Spring in the newspaper changed the fate of Li Yili's life. He drove more than 200 kilometers to Buyun Mountain.
Buyun Mountain is located in the northeast of Dalian, with the main peak at an altitude of 1 132 meters. It is the highest peak in southern Liaoning and the production base of China Red Fuji.
The climate of Buyun Mountain is warm in winter and cool in summer, with dense vegetation. In winter, she is like a natural barrier, blocking the strong northeast monsoon, making her south warm and humid, forming a unique microclimate in southern Liaoning. In summer, warm and humid air from the Yellow Sea rises through Buyun Mountain, where rich clouds are formed.
Buyun Mountain is surrounded by auspicious clouds all year round and has beautiful scenery. There are many subtropical plants growing here, the most famous of which are Magnolia, Cinnamomum camphora and Pinus densiflora in Sanya.
Buyun Mountain is rich in geothermal resources. The water temperature of hot springs ranges from 49 degrees to 6 1 degree, and the daily exploitable amount is about 600 tons. As early as the 1930s and 1940s, when the Japanese invaders occupied Zhuanghe, they developed hot springs here.
Although Buyun Mountain has unique tourism resources, people around it can only eat by the weather because of traffic congestion and barren land. Buyun Mountain ranks first among the poor towns and villages identified by Dalian Municipal Government.
Buyun Mountain is like a beautiful family locked in the depths of the cloud.
After the reform and opening up, Buyunshan township government put forward the slogan of rejuvenating the countryside and enriching the people through tourism, and actively carried out foreign investment activities by using the rich local tourism resources. However, when investors come here happily, they can only look at the surrounding environment and the traffic here.
When Li Yili climbed the main peak of Buyun Mountain, it happened to be1June 5, 998. On this day, it was World Environment Day.
Standing at the top of the towering Buyun Mountain overlooking the green mountains, Li Yili was stunned by what he saw. This is a world full of flowers. The winter jasmine flowers in the mountains and plains are blooming, and the sparkling Yellow Sea has a panoramic view. The clear stream is like a jade belt wrapped around the lush Buyun Mountain.
On this misty Buyun Mountain, Li Yili began to sketch his grand blueprint. He wants to build a world-famous eco-city here, which consists of central towns, hot spring resorts, ski resorts, golf courses, river rafting and large-scale gatherings of villagers. After the completion of the eco-city, it can create hundreds of millions of yuan of output value every year, bring tens of millions of yuan of tax revenue, and drive tens of thousands of farmers out of poverty and become rich.
He seems to see his tutor smiling at him.
Chapter 2: Feeling decided to go to Yunshan.
After Li Yili went to sea, with excellent foundation and perseverance, it became an influential supplier of ship parts in Dalian and even the whole country, enjoying a high reputation among customers. He is comprehensive in technology and sincere, so he has a large customer base. In the eyes of ordinary people, if Li Yili develops in this respect, he will surely achieve fame and fortune. However, Li Yili decided to lose all his money and stop developing hot springs. Is Li Yili crazy?
In people's suspicious eyes, on June 30th, 1998, Li Yili signed a contract with Buyunshan township government in zhuanghe city to develop Buyunshan hot spring.
Li Yili knows almost nothing about the development of hot springs. At the beginning of the development, he stood by the steaming spring almost every day and asked himself more than once, is this hot spring area worth developing? How much profit is there after development? He knew that once the game started, there was no turning back.
Li Yili is a man who dares to think and do. Once he has made up his mind, no one else can change it. First, it cost several million yuan to invite experts from Liaoning Geological Survey Institute to carry out geological survey and drilling construction. After several explorations, the expert's conclusion surprised Li Yili. This hot spring area is rich in water resources, with at least 2000 tons of sunrise water.
In anticipation, the first hot spring in Buyun Mountain was officially completed in March 1999, and passed the national appraisal presided over by Professor Lin, an academician of China Academy of Social Sciences. After identification, Buyunshan Hot Spring is a rare high-quality mineral spring. According to national standards, there are two indexes in hot springs that meet the standards of hot mineral springs. The spring water is clear, colorless and tasteless, and the water temperature is 6 1 degree. The chemical types of hot springs belong to bicarbonate and sodium sulfate water, which is low-mineralized and weakly alkaline water, and the water is rich in more than 20 substances beneficial to human body.
Gongping, a Japanese expert, sent the water back to Japan for identification, and determined that Buyunshan Hot Spring has a significant effect on treating rheumatism, rheumatoid diseases, nervous system diseases and skin diseases.
Chinese and foreign experts' affirmation of Buyunshan Hot Spring further strengthened Li Yili's confidence in investment and development.
1May, 1999, the environmental assessment, planning, land acquisition and design of Buyunshan Hot Spring began;
In February, 2002, Buyunshan Hot Spring Development Project was officially established with the approval of Dalian Municipal Government.
In Li Yili's view, hot springs are non-renewable resources and cannot be developed in disorder. If we want to benefit future generations, we must make rational use of and develop them. Since the development of the first hot spring well, he has taken environmental protection and rational use of resources as the first purpose of development. He skillfully used the silt developed by hot springs to build an artificial lake, where he could row boats and raise fish. All kinds of trees were planted around the artificial lake, and villas were built.
In Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort, the most poetic is the square and tunnel paved with more than 40,000 stone mills in Li Yili.
These stone mills were eliminated from the nearby countryside, and the price of a plate of stone mills was only about 10 yuan. Paving squares and tunnels with these stone mills not only saves money, but also meets the requirements of environmental protection, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Visitors are exposed to the world of stone mills, feeling the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship and purifying their souls.
The stone mill, stone mill and stone pier collected by Buyunshan Hot Spring have declared three Guinness World Records.
Li Yili is the only child in the family. Since the first day of the construction of Buyunshan Hot Spring, he has been wearing overalls and eating and living on the construction site.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/999, the Buyun Mountain area was surprisingly cold. Li Yili lives in a temporary rented private house, without heating facilities, and is often awakened by freezing at night.
Through the crack in the frosted glass window, Li Yili looked at the stars in the sky and laughed at himself.
"Li Yili, Li Yili, you live in a comfortable city, but you have to invest tens of millions to develop this poor ravine. What are you doing? "
What is it for? This is a general and vague concept, and I am afraid that Li Yili himself has not found the answer yet.
Is it for the money? Obviously not. Li Yili is not short of money. Before developing Buyun Mountain Hot Springs, Li Yili had tens of millions of yuan. In the words of his classmates, Li Yili's family just eats in bed all day, and I'm afraid they can't finish it in 200 years.
Is it for the name? Not exactly. According to Li Yili's outstanding performance in Dalian Maritime College, he will get ahead in academia in a few years.
If you start a business in such a backcountry, even if you are famous again, I am afraid only the local people can know.
Since it is neither fame nor profit, what is Li Yili for?
Li Yili is a good writer. He thinks that everyone is a passer-by in this world. If he lives a drunken life all day, he will be a mediocre spectator even if he lives to 100. If you want to live, you must live with quality and live vigorously, even if you are fascinated, it is meaningful. It is this outlook on life that makes Li Yili's hot spring dream come true.
The Spring Festival every year is the most relaxing and sad time of the year for Li Yili. The workers went home one after another, and only he looked at the hot springs being developed on the construction site.
In order to fulfill his son's filial piety, her husband's obligation and her father's responsibility, every year on New Year's Eve, Li Yili will finish his work and then drive back to Dalian. When she is ready to leave home on New Year's Eve, her mother always asks, "Can't she go back tomorrow?"
Li Yili said to her mother in tears, "When I finish the hot spring resort, I will take you to Buyun Mountain for the New Year." Later, Li Yili rushed back to Buyun Mountain in the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve.
Li Yili seldom goes home at ordinary times. Sometimes even if I go to Dalian for business, I just go home to have a look and get back to Buyun Mountain on the same day. For this reason, mothers, wives and children sometimes don't understand.
In the spring of 2006, my 78-year-old father came to Buyun Mountain to visit Li Yili. When he left, his father took Li Yili's hand and said, "We are all old. Your mother often cries because she can't see you. You should take time to go home often. Career is important, but don't forget family. "
After his father left, Li Yili gawked at his father's disappearing back. He felt grateful and guilty. He is very grateful that his elderly father can visit his son in person, and he is also very guilty that he failed to fulfill his son's filial piety.
The winter of 2002 was cold and warm for Li Yili. When the construction entered a tense stage, due to unexpected reasons, the funds were suddenly interrupted. Li Yili looked for relatives and friends everywhere to raise funds, but there was still a gap of 2 million yuan. If the 2 million funds are not in place, it will directly affect the progress of the project. Li Yili found Buyunshan Credit Cooperative with the psychology of giving it a try. Buyunshan Credit Cooperative immediately asked the leaders of zhuanghe city Rural Credit Cooperative for instructions, and the credit cooperative solved a loan of 2 million yuan for Li Yili in less than 10 days.
After four years of development and construction, the main project of Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort with a total investment of 1. 1 100 million yuan was successfully completed.
In the spring of 2005, Buyunshan Hot Spring officially began to accept Chinese and foreign tourists.
Chapter three: the troubles of spoiled children
Buyunshan Hot Spring is a dreamland planned and directed by Li Yili, with strong local flavor and unique European customs. There are both the beautiful scenery of the north and the romantic feelings of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.
On the sparkling Longtan Lake, three bamboo boats drift with the flow of spring water; On a warm and romantic island in the middle of the lake, couples chase and play. Twenty-four European villas with different styles are set in the forest surrounded by flowers, and the hot spring swimming pool can accommodate 2000 people. The spring water is clear and transparent, and people enjoy the warmth and romance of nature here.
Buyunshan Hot Spring attracts the attention of Chinese and foreign tourists with its nature, environmental protection and green, and has become the most attractive tourist attraction in Northeast China. Buyunshan Hot Spring is praised as the first spring in southern Liaoning by the tourism industry.
From March 2005 to August 2006, in less than a year and a half, Buyunshan Hot Spring received 400,000 Chinese and foreign tourists successively, setting a record of 5,000 tourists in a single day.
In 2006, Buyunshan Hot Spring was rated as "Advanced Mining Enterprise", "Excellent Service Unit in Liaoning Province", "Top Ten 3S Tourism Demonstration Units in Dalian" and zhuanghe city Advanced Tourism Scenic Area. Buyunshan Hot Spring is on the list of romantic scenic spots in Dalian 10.
In 2007, Buyunshan Hot Spring was rated as "China Charming Scenic Spot" and the most popular place for tourists in China. Li Yili was also awarded as an outstanding entrepreneur in Liaoning Province and an outstanding figure in China Century for his outstanding contributions.
In 2008, Li Yili was awarded as the man of the hour in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the top ten famous figures in East Asia tourism in the international promotion activities of Asia-Pacific Tourism Federation and China.
Li Yili is an enthusiastic public welfare worker. In addition to his busy work, he still pays attention to the development of economy and tourism in Liaoning Province and actively makes suggestions for the government. He is currently the vice chairman of Liaoning Economic Committee, special researcher of Liaoning Information Research Association, vice chairman of Liaoning Non-public Economy Research Association, vice chairman of Liaoning Enterprise Development Strategy Research Association, vice chairman of Liaoning Economic and Trade Council and vice chairman of zhuanghe city Tourism Association.
Li Yili is a quick-thinking and pragmatic person. He believes that a successful enterprise should not only have first-class service, but also have a unique corporate culture. In the Spring Festival of 2006, Buyun Mountain Hot Spring Resort and China Couplet Association successfully held the Buyun Mountain Hot Spring Cup International Couplet Competition, which collected more than 65,438+00,000 couplets at home and abroad. Li Yili is going to publish the collected couplets with photos of Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort, and give them as gifts to tourists who come to vacation, so that tourists can feel the unique tourism culture of Buyunshan Hot Spring.
Li Yili has made great efforts for the development of Buyun Mountain. He often looks for news clues to provide to the media in Buyun Mountain area, but never mentions his hot springs. Although his time is tight, whenever a reporter goes to Buyun Mountain for an interview, he always takes time to accompany him. In the past few years, Li Yili has discovered many tourist attractions around Buyun Mountain, such as Buyun Snow Lotus, Dashijiao Scenic Area, autumn colors of Clam River and so on. In his words, the better the tourism development of Buyun Mountain, the better it will be for his hot spring development.
In view of the abundant fruits and wild vegetables in Buyunshan Township, Li Yili has set up a farmer's market in the hot spring resort, which is open to farmers free of charge. In the past, farmers often worried about unsalable fruits and wild vegetables. Now, farmers can get a good price without leaving the village. Before the development of Buyunshan Hot Springs, there was not a demand of 50 cents for big bone chicken eggs produced by local farmers. After the development of hot springs, the demand for each egg is 1.5 yuan to 2 yuan. Before the development of Buyun Mountain Hot Springs, the wild vegetables in nearby towns could only be sold to 2 yuan for a catty, but after the development of Buyun Mountain Hot Springs, the wild vegetables reached a catty in 8 yuan.
With the development of Buyun Mountain Hot Springs, farmhouse hotels and restaurants are all over Buyun Mountain Township. According to the statistics of Buyunshan township government, the sales of local agricultural products increased by 20 million yuan in the first year when Buyunshan Hot Spring was officially opened.
Facing the sensational effect brought by Buyun Mountain Hot Spring, Li Yili's dream continues. The second phase of Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort, which is listed as a key tourism project by Dalian Municipal Government, has started, Buyunshan Mongolian Style Garden has received Chinese and foreign tourists, and the museum and tutor memorial hall with a building area of 4,000 square meters have also entered the construction stage. The plan of establishing a Chinese century wind collection base in southern Liaoning in Buyunshan Hot Spring Resort has been adopted. Li Yili wants to make Buyun Mountain a world-famous romantic city with the help of the effect brought by Buyun Mountain Hot Springs, so that people who have lived in Buyun Mountain for generations can live a well-fed life.
Shao Zhong, a famous media person, once said that an excellent social entrepreneur must have a world outlook, a scientific mind, national feelings and popular support. Li Yili, an engineering background, loves nature and mountains and rivers. He once published an article entitled "My Career, My Dream" in Dalian Daily, in which he explained: "In addition to rational utilitarianism, life also has a perceptual mind. I am not only interested in money, but also in profit. I just want to leave some marks on my life and make some contributions to my country. I love my hot spring business, and I love my country even more. "
What kind of outlook on life is this! He revealed the national spirit, national feelings and life value advocated by an entrepreneur.
The majestic Buyun Mountain will never forget Li Yili, and the rushing Zhuanghe River will never forget the name Li Yili.