Selling fireflies earns millions a year, what magical means of making money have you seen?

Of course. When I was a child, I lived in the countryside, I was very naïve at that time, I really didn't know anything, and a lot of what I thought was useless would be sold for money, and I later learned that those were all medicinal herbs!

1. Cicada molting: When I was a child, there were really a lot of cicadas, the trees were full of cicadas, a big handful, many people went to hold the pole to reach, or glued the pole with dough to stick, I didn't know what was going on, and then others told me that this thing is a medicinal herb, and a pound is hundreds of dollars, and it is very expensive!

2. Praying mantis seeds: Have you ever seen praying mantis seeds? When I was a child, I saw a lot, we often plucked from the tree, and then bit it open with our teeth to see the eggs inside, and later I heard that it was also a medicinal herb, dozens of pieces a catty!

Looking at it now, these methods of making money are quite normal, and in my previous opinion, I thought that people were poor and crazy to do it, and they were all things that no one wanted, and they were actually sold for money. If I had the ability to recognize medicinal herbs when I was a child, I would have been rich! Ha ha!

Yue Hua's hometown is in Ningdu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, one of the sources of this chain, and is an important export place for catching and selling fireflies in China.

He said that the channels for buying and selling fireflies are divided into online and offline.

"Xiaobu Town, Ningdu, should be an important source of the domestic firefly catching and selling industry. "For the firefly industry chain, Yue Hua has been tracking for two years.

Before 2015, people were not so resistant to the sale of fireflies, and Yue Hua easily found the "insect head" that was the first to catch and sell fireflies in Ningdu.

After contact with the "insect head", the middleman and the villagers, Yue Hua found that the "insect head" was to go to the surrounding villages to buy fireflies, each ** yuan.

At first, no one believed that fireflies could be sold for money, but when the "insect heads" invited some villagers to dinner, gave out free nets for insect trapping, and paid on the spot, the insect catcher army exploded.

Yue Hua and Fu Xinhua both saw during their investigations that every evening, groups of villagers with their children rode motorcycles to the mountains and fields, and they kept flashing the tail lights of motorcycles to attract fireflies, so as to catch them all. ”

After capturing a sufficient number of firefly adults and larvae, the insect catcher will send them directly to the "worm head" in exchange for cash. "Worm Head" hires people to sort the fireflies into mineral water bottles at home, "each bottle contains about 50-100 fireflies, and then puts some thin branches and wet paper towels smeared with honey to ensure the survival of fireflies." ”

"If you sell it online, the most expensive can reach 3-5 yuan, and the cheapest will be about yuan. Yue Hua said that if the buyer buys a small quantity, these fireflies will be sent by express or intercity shuttle; If there are a large number of them, they will be driven away by the "insect head", because after the fireflies** are caught, the survival time is very short. During transportation, the average mortality rate is, and the highest mortality rate will even be reached.

Later, there was a lot of boycott, and the 'insect heads' set up a greenhouse next to their homes, claiming that fireflies were farmed. Yue Hua said, but in fact, it still relies on wild capture. Fu Xinhua has mastered the breeding methods, but the breeding cost of each firefly is as high as twenty or thirty yuan, "It is impossible to make money from breeding."

The report also shows that in 2016, the number of live fireflies trading online has reached 49, an increase from last year, and a very complete industrial chain of "live firefly capture - acquisition - online transaction - offline wholesale distribution - firefly release in scenic spots or parks" has been formed. Most of the so-called "own firefly farms" of ** stores are lies.

"Previously, some 'wormheads' approached me and asked me not to investigate further, and also hinted that we could work together to make money. Yue Hua refused, learning that last year it was conservatively estimated that more than 6 million fireflies were sold, and that the big "insect heads" could make a profit of 601 million a year from this industry. These fireflies are eventually used for various occasions such as property launches, park-themed events, and weddings.

Long long ago, I heard that you can make a lot of money by eating online, and at that time I thought it was incredible, and you can make money by eating? I can't think of a reason for it, but now I can be regarded as understanding, it turns out that it depends on the click-through rate, and it depends on other people's gifts. This kind of business can be described as unprofitable, right?

This way of making money is not only magical, it is simply wonderful.

Compared with the above strange way of making money, selling fireflies to earn millions a year is already very good. After all, people rely on their own eyes that can find business opportunities, a flexible mind and a pair of hard-working hands. There's always a reward, doesn't it?

In contrast, the fruits obtained by one's own hard work are a hundred or a thousand times stronger than those obtained by face and hue! Spend such money, and feel at ease.