Sea Cucumber Sold at Cabbage Price: A Beijing Woman Snags a Great Deal
A true story from a Beijing woman!
Liu, a 53-year-old woman from Beijing, is a seasoned health enthusiast. She eats sea cucumber every year to nourish her body. This year, an old classmate recommended her the WeChat of an old sea cucumber farmer who lives in Dalian and has worked with sea cucumbers for over twenty years. The Liaoning spiky sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) that would normally cost over 5,000 yuan per jin, Liu managed to buy at a "cabbage price"! She had only planned to add the WeChat to learn a bit about sea cucumbers from this honest and simple farmer, but after chatting, she unexpectedly snagged a huge bargain, buying sea cucumber at a "cabbage price"!
Liu's son was worried that his mother might suffer a loss by chasing a bargain and end up buying fake or inferior sea cucumber. The next day, he took Old Zhang's sea cucumber to the local quality inspection department for testing. The report came back confirming it was indeed genuine light-dried Liaoning spiky sea cucumber...
When the old classmate learned about this, he joked with Liu: "You're just worrying over nothing. This farmer Old Zhang is a native old sea cucumber farmer who grew up on the Dalian coast. He's honest and upright, and never cuts corners. His sea cucumbers are reasonably priced with guaranteed quality, and he has an especially good reputation locally. I've known him for years and get sea cucumbers from him every year without a single problem. When his sea cucumbers are soaked and expanded, they can grow more than ten times in size. The flesh walls are thick and elastic, the feet are dense, the tendons are white, and the spines are long. They taste especially good. A fine sea cucumber like this, without a connection, you couldn't buy even if you went to Dalian."
To buy wild Liaoning spiky sea cucumber, go to Old Zhang of Changhai
Genuine goods at fair prices, guaranteed!
Sea cucumber farmer Old Zhang, 48 years old, from Changhai County, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. Several generations of his family have made their living by harvesting sea cucumbers. Old Zhang went out to sea with his father to harvest sea cucumbers in his teens, and has been doing it for over thirty years. His understanding of sea cucumbers can be said to be thorough
sea cucumber expert
.Where a sea cucumber is from, how many years it has grown, and what processing method was used, he can tell at a glance. Precisely because he sees the sea cucumber market so clearly, he disdains associating with those who make their fortune by passing off inferior goods as superior and hyping up prices.
He always sticks to his own principles
：Make conscientious sea cucumber, sell at affordable prices. When customers eat it and praise it, he sleeps soundly.
Breaking the hidden rules of exorbitant profits,
In the eyes of peers, the "
price butcher"
When people talk about Old Zhang's sea cucumber, the deepest impression left on everyone is
low price, a price that can't go any lower
. Even if you went to Changhai County and found a wholesaler, you couldn't even dream of this price!Old Zhang is quite stubborn, too. He has rules for selling sea cucumber: the sea cucumber must have grown for at least three years, not a single day less. The light-drying process follows traditional methods, ensuring no sugar and no salt are added, and every single one is guaranteed to expand when soaked.
In quality and price, sea cucumber sources from all the surrounding villages simply can't compare. Local sea cucumber farmers mock themselves when buying and selling sea cucumber:
"See Zhang and leave"
, meaning that once customers see Old Zhang's sea cucumber and hear Old Zhang's prices, they all choose Old Zhang's. Their own sea cucumbers simply can't be sold, because the price isn't even half of others'. Peers also call Old Zhang"price butcher"
, and say he has no head for business, too honest. Others who sell sea cucumber buy Mercedes-Benz and BMW. After selling sea cucumber for over twenty years, he only saved up a small cargo truck. Ultimately, it's because farmer Old Zhang stubbornly sold sea cucumber worth seven or eight thousand yuan for a"cabbage price."
！Old Zhang never cares about others' opinions. He says, others sell sea cucumber for a get-rich-quick scheme, as long as they can make money; I sell sea cucumber
as a livelihood passed down from my ancestors. The most important thing is reputation. What I fear most is disgracing the name Old Zhang and ruining my family's brand
. Therefore, no matter how Old Zhang's sea cucumber business is run, it must adhere to five principles, unshakable.
Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber, 30 Years of Adherence
Five Principles
One, pure source:
No southern sea cucumber, no imported sea cucumber, no passing off inferior goods as superior.
Two, sea-raised wild:
Local sea cucumber from the Dalian Changhai sea area, never selling cheap sea cucumber with low nutritional value;
Three, genuine goods at fair prices:
You get what you pay for. Never artificially inflate prices, only earn conscientious money;
Four, authentic processing:
Old Zhang's sea cucumber is all processed with authentic light-drying techniques, absolutely no sugar or salt added;
Five, solemn promise:
You can soak one first. If you're not satisfied, full refund, and we'll cover the round-trip shipping! This business relies on repeat customers, and we understand this principle well!
In the Dalian Changhai sea area, Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber is a well-known brand
Wild Sea Cucumber Harvest Season
Spring Sea Cucumber Season Is Busy This Year
Spring harvest begins, Old Zhang and his crew prepare to go to sea
Old Zhang's bottom-sown, free-range sea cucumbers grow in deep sea at depths of 20 to 30 meters. Sea divers must go underwater to bring them up. Old Zhang already has 18 years of sea cucumber harvesting experience and once went down to a 40-meter deep zone. Because of the enormous underwater pressure, he suffers from severe joint disease.
Preparations must be made before going underwater. The yellow tube is the oxygen hose, the lifeline of the sea diver.
Old Zhang is honest and down-to-earth in his dealings. He wants Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber to reach a broader stage, and he also knows that marketing methods have changed now, shifting from physical stores to the internet, with a wider vision than before, but also greater challenges. However, he also understands that the fundamental principle never changes, and quality is still the most important thing. Good quality is what takes you further. A wall of honors built on boasts and deception, no matter how thick, is never solid.
So the principle of Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber is: in business, harbor no evil intentions, do good quality, do good value for money. Only then can the Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber brand be built well!
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One sea cucumber a day keeps all illnesses away.
If you want to eat sea cucumber to nourish your body, but because
the price is too high
you can't afford it;If you want to give sea cucumber as a gift to relatives or leaders, but don't know how to
tell real from fake
；If you've been eating sea cucumber all along, but have been muddleheaded and spent a lot of
wasted money
。Long-press the QR code above, identify the WeChat ID in the image, add sea cucumber Old Zhang's WeChat for consultation. He'll teach you how to identify sea cucumber, how to soak and expand sea cucumber, and how to buy authentic light-dried Liaoning spiky sea cucumber at a "cabbage price"!
Old Zhang Talks Sea Cucumber
All About Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumber is rich in nutrients, the top choice for dietary nourishment
Sea cucumber ranks first among the "Eight Sea Treasures." Since ancient times, it has been a nourishing delicacy on the tables of the rich and powerful. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sea cucumber has effects such as tonifying the kidney and boosting essence, nourishing blood and moistening dryness, calming the mind, stopping bleeding and reducing inflammation, reducing acid and relieving pain, and nourishing the brain and improving intelligence. It can effectively address conditions such as consumptive weakness, tuberculosis with coughing blood, anemia, high blood pressure, diabetes, gastric ulcer, constipation, epilepsy, dizziness and tinnitus, and frequent urination. Modern medicine has found that sea cucumber contains many nutrients essential to the human body, and long-term consumption is good for health.
Why is Dalian Liaoning spiky sea cucumber more precious than Shandong sea cucumber and Fujian sea cucumber?
Sea area water quality most directly determines sea cucumber quality
The better the water quality, the cleaner the growing environment for sea cucumber, and the better the quality . The Dalian Changhai sea area
changes its seawater once every half year
, superior to the Shandong sea areawhich changes its seawater only once every 17 years
，Changhai County sits on pure sea waters between 36 and 37 degrees north latitude, with a coastline of nearly 1,000 li. The coastline winds and turns, with capes and bays connected and reefs scattered about, and vast shallow sea and tidal flat areas. The western Pacific Ocean currents drive straight in and collide and converge with the coastal currents of the Yellow and Bohai Seas, forming powerful cyclonic currents and dynamic fields in the Changhai sea area, giving it
lively water flow, clear water quality, strong hydrodynamic force, and strong purification capacity and photosynthesis
and other notable features.Sea area water temperature directly determines sea cucumber quality
Water temperature high or low seriously affects the sea cucumber's
summer dormancy
, thereby affecting sea cucumber quality. The Changhai sea area is recognized as a premium sea cucumber producing area. The icy seawater here creates top-grade sea cucumbers that grow slowly. The sea cucumbers here have the characteristic of summer dormancy. When the water temperature is above 20°C, the sea cucumber willenter dormancy
, and this sleep lasts three or four months,commonly known as summer dormancy
. Year-round icy seawater plus summer dormancy, this slow growth ensuresthe excellent quality of the sea cucumber
。Some things, if Old Zhang doesn't tell you, you really wouldn't know!
When WeChat was first opened, many people said, Taobao also has Dalian Liaoning spiky sea cucumber, cheaper than yours; others asked, specialty stores sell for four thousand, six thousand, and your price isn't even half of that. Is there some trick here?
Regarding this matter, Old Zhang is quite helpless. Some people spend a lot of wasted money buying sea cucumber, yet turn around and question those who do business with integrity. If this matter isn't made clear, consumers will remain in the dark. Today, Old Zhang will explain it all clearly here.
First, let's talk about Taobao
A friend once helped me open a Taobao store, wanting to bring our products to all parts of China. But I saw the chaos among Taobao sea cucumber sellers. Passing off inferior goods as superior, real and fake mixed together, many things not matching what they actually claim.
But sellers, under the guise of risk-free online shopping, do things that deceive people and cheat them of money. Now I'll tell everyone about the chaos in the industry, uncover the dark side of Taobao. Taobao's marketing is too powerful, and there are many industry secrets. Crossing the bottom line of morality, they dare to say, dare to do, dare to sell! Many things are exaggerated. I just do sea cucumber down-to-earth, do business honestly, and don't understand all those flashy tricks, so naturally I can't beat others, and can only think of another business approach. Here I'll tell you the industry secrets:
1. Adding sugar and salt to increase weight, while also causing nutrient loss in sea cucumber, exorbitant profit!
2. Adding caustic soda to increase expansion rate and gloss, carcinogenic!
3. Adding formalin to extend shelf life, carcinogenic!
4. Selling southern sea cucumber as northern sea cucumber, the so-called "southern cucumber sold as northern," exorbitant profit!
5. Physical specialty stores are outrageously expensive, online sellers boast, everyone claims to sell pure light-dried sea cucumber, but low prices absolutely can't buy good sea cucumber, and high prices also can't buy good sea cucumber, because they use sugar-dried and salt-dried to deceive you.
It's precisely because Taobao is too chaotic that my daughter helped me open this WeChat! I, Old Zhang, promise here that our sea cucumber is all authentic Liaoning spiky sea cucumber from the Changhai sea area, with no preservatives added, no sugar or salt added to increase weight, no selling of black-hearted sea cucumber. I fully support returns and refunds if you're not satisfied. After receiving the goods, you can soak one first. If you're not satisfied, full refund!
Now let's talk about physical stores
Specialty store Liaoning spiky sea cucumber costs at least four or five thousand, at most seven or eight thousand. This makes no sense at all. No matter how expensive sea cucumber is, it can't be worth that price. First, it relies on deception during sales; second, it's the high price after layer upon layer of middlemen. The farmer sells to the local wholesaler, the wholesaler distributes to middlemen, and there are at least one or two middlemen, at most five or six. All middlemen add markup, and only then does it enter the specialty store, get branded, go on the counter, and the salesperson deceives you again, telling you that you must recognize this brand. So you spend wasted money and still think it makes sense. And can specialty store sea cucumber quality be guaranteed to have no problems? I doubt it.
My, Old Zhang's, sea cucumber is all Liaoning spiky sea cucumber grown in the Dalian Changhai sea area. Others farm sea cucumber and need contracting fees, pond construction fees, seedling fees, and labor fees, but my, Old Zhang's, sea cucumber is from my own sea area, naturally reproducing in this sea area. There's only the harvesting fee, no other fees at all. No middleman markup of several thousand yuan per jin, and no counter or specialty store luxury renovation costs of hundreds of thousands. So, I can sell genuine sea cucumber at a "cabbage price," letting ordinary people who used to want to eat sea cucumber but found it too expensive all enjoy good sea cucumber.
Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber, 30 Years of Adherence
Five Principles
One, pure source:
No southern sea cucumber, no imported sea cucumber, no passing off inferior goods as superior.
Two, sea-raised wild:
Local sea cucumber from the Dalian Changhai sea area, never selling cheap sea cucumber with low nutritional value;
Three, genuine goods at fair prices:
You get what you pay for. Never artificially inflate prices, only earn conscientious money;
Four, authentic processing:
Old Zhang's sea cucumber is all processed with authentic light-drying techniques, absolutely no sugar or salt added;
Five, solemn promise:
You can soak one first. If you're not satisfied, full refund, and we'll cover the round-trip shipping! This business relies on repeat customers, and we understand this principle well!
Old Zhang is honest and down-to-earth in his dealings. He wants Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber to reach a broader stage, and he also knows that marketing methods have changed now, shifting from physical stores to the internet, with a wider vision than before, but also greater challenges. However, he also understands that the fundamental principle never changes, and quality is still the most important thing. Good quality is what takes you further. A wall of honors built on boasts and deception, no matter how thick, is never solid.
So the principle of Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber is: in business, harbor no evil intentions, do good quality, do good value for money. Only then can the Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber brand be built well!
Add WeChat:
laozhanghaishenkkk
One sea cucumber a day keeps all illnesses away.
If you want to eat sea cucumber to nourish your body, but because
the price is too high
can't afford it;If you want to give sea cucumber as a gift to relatives or your boss, but don't know how
to tell the real from the fake
；If you've been eating sea cucumber all along, yet have muddled along spending a fortune
for nothing
。Long-press the QR code above, scan the WeChat ID in the image, add Sea Cucumber Old Zhang on WeChat for a consultation, and he'll teach you how to tell real sea cucumber from fake, how to soak and rehydrate sea cucumber, and how to buy authentic light-dried Liaoning spiky sea cucumber at a "cabbage price"!
The sea cucumber market is a mess
Keep your eyes wide open when buying
Lightly salted, sugar-dried, salt-dried - you can't tell them apart
On the market, sea cucumber with added salt or added sugar (which is illegal) is common. Just think: how much does a jin of salt or sugar cost? Sell it all as sea cucumber and the profits are huge! Particularly low-priced light-dried sea cucumber is generally loaded with extra salt. Adding sugar to sea cucumber destroys its nutrition and is illegal, so nowadays nobody dares do it; what's common is light-dried sea cucumber with extra salt.
The industry's hidden rule: the almighty salt adjustment method
Whatever price range of light-dried sea cucumber you want, they'll just use salt to adjust it for you
1000 yuan per jin? Then they'll add more salt for you
2000 yuan per jin? Then they'll add a bit less salt
3000 yuan per jin? Then you get lightly salted
In short, salt adjustment can make the price change in a thousand ways,
Cage-raised sea cucumber, pond-raised sea cucumber - instead of nourishing the body, they harm it!
There's nothing I can't talk about openly. Farmed sea cucumber really does have too many problems. They pump feed into the sea cucumber every day, so it's already lacking in nutrition, and they even add hormones and antibiotics. In one year they force the sea cucumber to grow fat and big. This kind of sea cucumber not only has no nutrition, it also harms your health - I wouldn't eat it even if you gave it to me for free! And there are sellers who, when it's clearly farmed sea cucumber, pass it off as wild sea cucumber scattered and grown on the seabed. It costs them next to nothing, yet they sell it at sky-high prices!
Old Zhang promises once again here:
1. Pure source of sea cucumber:
No southern sea cucumber, no imported sea cucumber, no passing off inferior goods as good ones.
2. Wild, grown in the sea:
Local sea cucumber from the Dalian Changhai sea area; absolutely no cheap sea cucumber with low nutritional value;
3. Genuine goods at a fair price:
You get what you pay for; absolutely no inflated prices, only an honest profit;
4. Authentic processing:
Old Zhang's sea cucumber is all processed with authentic light-drying craftsmanship, and absolutely no sugar or salt is added;
5. Solemn promise:
You can soak one first, and if you're not satisfied you get a full refund, with the return shipping on us! This business depends on repeat customers, and we know that very well!
Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber
Quality like gold
"I have confidence in my sea cucumber, so I dare to promise every customer: take Old Zhang's sea cucumber home and you can soak and rehydrate it first. If you're satisfied, you're welcome to recommend it to relatives and friends. If you're not satisfied, just tell me, and I guarantee a return and refund. I will never let a customer spend a single cent for nothing"!
Some customers have said Old Zhang's sea cucumber doesn't look good. Old Zhang will say a few more words here: spiky sea cucumber growing in the ocean inevitably gets bumped and bruised in the deep sea, and traditional light-dried production has no tricks to it either, so naturally it doesn't look as pretty and neat as farmed sea cucumber. But in soak-and-rehydrate rate and taste it's absolutely much better than those neat, pretty sea cucumbers, and its nutritional value is much higher too!
That's just my temper. Sea cucumber isn't a work of art - no matter how pretty it looks, it's nice to look at but no good to eat. When you receive Old Zhang's sea cucumber, soak two first, and let the size speak and the taste speak. If it doesn't eat well, bring it back to me and I'll refund you without a word! Many thanks to the customers who provided photos. This is buyer feedback. Do business with a clear conscience, and do your duty as a person. The pictures were all taken by the buyers themselves and have not been beautified on a computer!
One hundred percent real, one hundred percent honest, one hundred percent light-dried sea cucumber!
The eyes of the masses are sharp. One word from an old customer is worth a hundred words from Old Zhang!
Light-dried sea cucumber - the secret to soaking and rehydrating it
Many customers buy very good sea cucumber and take it home, but still can't get it to soak and rehydrate to its maximum size, and the taste and nutrition fall short too. Old Zhang has dealt with sea cucumber his whole life and long ago worked out a method for soaking and rehydrating sea cucumber. Old Zhang's Sea Cucumber treats customers with the heart of a friend.
Old Zhang personally tells you his own special soaking and rehydrating process, with round-the-clock consultation service. If you have any sea cucumber questions or soaking questions, you can get in touch at any time.
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Let my experience tell you how to soak and rehydrate good sea cucumber!
I'm getting on in years and don't really understand this WeChat stuff, so I leave it all to others to handle. But I tell her: do only as much as your ability allows, and what matters is being a real person. I'd rather have 1 customer buy 10 times than have 10 customers and do a one-off deal. So I promise here: to let you eat with more peace of mind, if you're at all dissatisfied with our family's sea cucumber, I will definitely give you a return and refund!
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