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Superchef leaves his 5-star restaurant job behind to go back to his hometown to plant strange flowers for an unimaginable income. Welcome to the Farmer's Billionaire Channel, a channel that brings you the true stories about farmers becoming self-employed billionaires, making money with their bare hands. In today's episode, let's listen to the story of a superchef who firmly leaves his 5-star restaurant job behind to go back to his hometown to plant strange flowers for an unimaginable income. So, what kind of strange flowers made a young man so determined to leave his job? And what did this brave man do? Let's find out right away! Our main character today is Nguyen Duc Duy, born in 1987, in Binh Xuyen District, Vinh Phuc Province. That young man lived in a poor family. He could not get over any job, even though it was a hard-earned job to earn money to pay for his chef's job. With a strong will and determination, the young chef, after graduating, quickly got a 5-star restaurant in Hanoi, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang to bring and invited his army to join him, with a high salary and a promising business model. However, in 2016, when he was a superchef with a higher income than his friend Dong Trang Lua, Nguyen Duc Duy suddenly decided to leave his job to go back to his hometown, Vinh Phuc, to make his dream come true. That is to start a business in the field of agriculture. When he knew his decision, his friends and even his family thought it was too risky and risky. But somehow, people have a saying, passion is hard to give up. Duy shared, I realized I have a special love for agriculture, in which there is a special love for jackfruit and lotus flowers. That is also the reason why I started a business with jackfruit and lotus. I was born in a family with my parents doing small business, so since I was a child, I have been passionate about my will to do business. During my study and work, many observers practiced and learned through the books that inspired me to have a determined will to do something. He revealed more about his dream of doing something since I was a child. The advantage for Duy is that his family has nothing but a large land with abandoned cows, a field of rice that does not bring high economic efficiency. With two right hands, he does not stop trying to realize his dream on the fields and the field is showing off to this person. Not once did he give up, then the sweet fruit came to him. Until now, this boy has owned a farm with 500 jackfruits, 50 jackfruits, 100 pomegranates and some other trees, creating an ecological diversity for the nature-oriented forest area. In particular, the highlight of his startup is the 30 ha of lotus plants. This area of ​​lotus plants is co-invested by Duy and his partners through the establishment of the Vinh Phuc Golden Lotus Company in 2019. In addition, Vinh Phuc Golden Lotus is linked to the partners of the lotus plant, with a total area of ​​more than 500 ha across the country to purchase lotus seeds. Moving on to 2020, the turning point for Duy's business journey was when he sent a letter calling for investment from Shark Tank. Although he was not selected into the official competition, luck came to Duy. After Shark Tank season 3 ended, the letter calling for his investment has surpassed hundreds of other startups to fall into the blue eyes of Jack Dolin. Perhaps the two big ideas have met, bringing the beauty of Vietnam to the public. On July 17, 2020, the signing ceremony of Jack Dolin's investment with the startup company outside Shark Tank was held, including the Vinh Phuc Golden Lotus project. According to Duy's statement, Jack Dolin's total amount committed to his project could reach 5-6 million USD. Until now, the lotus plant project has received 1.5 billion from Jack Dolin. Love for lotus flowers always excites Duy when talking about this flower. According to his sharing, the lotus plant after harvesting flowers, all remaining parts can be harvested for money. From lotus seeds, lotus leaves, lotus seeds, lotus seeds and lotus seeds. In it, lotus leaves are used to make tea and dried to make dishes or pressed into a frame. Lotus seeds, in addition to making powder, are also used by vegetarian restaurants to stew, cook food. High-quality lotus seeds will make powder, which is even higher in quality than tapioca flour. This type of seed is used to cook food and is used in combination with baking powder. Lotus leaves are used to make tea, in addition to the dried lotus leaves to make dishes. The type is used once in place of plastic plates or pressed into a frame after being processed with pure water and some technical secrets. Mr. Nguyen Duc Duy said During the blooming lotus flower season, only 20% of Duy's lotus flowers are planted on flower beds in the street, sold directly to the market for florists. The rest is kept to marinate tea and take seeds. Lotus seeds after harvesting are sold directly to florists or made into powder, ready-to-eat products. Lotus tea is made, including lotus leaves, lotus flowers, lotus seeds and some other herbs. Lotus tea is marinated according to the process of maintaining strict standards and freeze-drying. Lotus seeds provide a stable income with a profit of 8-12% compared to investment capital. However, like many other agricultural trees, if the weather is not favorable, the lotus growers also face risks and may lose their jobs if there is heavy rain or salt leaks caused by storms to break the trees and rot the flowers, Duy said. The lotus flower season only lasts for about 5 months, the peak is the summer. But in fact, harvesting lotus products takes place over 10 months of the year. Every year, in early winter, spring is the harvest of lotus seeds, in February is the harvest of lotus seeds, from March to August is the harvest of flowers, from June to September is the harvest of seeds. There are more than 60 types of lotus flowers, but after studying and researching carefully, I only plant from 20 to 35 types that are most suitable for my garden. These are the lotus seeds that produce the most flowers and are loved by customers. Nguyen Duc Duy said. Especially at Vinh Phuc Golden Lotus, there are lotus flowers with huge flowers, the number of petals up to 1,000 petals on the flower. This type of flower is often sold to customers in high-end central areas. They buy it to decorate villas apartments, gardens, resorts. This type of lotus flower is mainly grown in large pots with a diameter from 90 to 110 cm, and sold for each flower pot like this, including the cost of transportation is 4 million VND per pot. Usually, customers will buy a pair, but not many people buy a single pot. Therefore, to own a pair of this precious lotus pot, customers will have to pay the amount of money, which is 8 million VND. This is the most popular product of Vinh Phuc Golden Lotus. The selling price sounds high, but in fact, we also have to rent a motorbike, a bus to wait for customers, and a service to take care of the after-sales in a lotus season, which is sponsored by the company. We come to take care of the lotus, if customers have requests, such as watering, fertilization, leaves, prevention of diseases, to have the most beautiful trees and lotus flowers, Duy said. In addition to importing from lotus, Nguyen Duc Duy shared that he has sold more than 10,000 lotus pots in the past year. Each year, he has harvested from 7 to 10 tons of firewood. The selling price in the garden ranges from 11 to 15,000 VND per kilogram. In addition, Duy is also a consultant for many farmstays and homestays throughout the country, in the alliance of sustainable development and agricultural tourism. I really admire you, especially through the story of Nguyen Duc Duy's self-reliance. See you in the next videos!