Zhang Zhongyi came to Dongguan, Guangdong in 1994 to work hard. In 2003, he went west to Nanning, Guangxi with a Taiwanese company.

He initially opened a food processing factory producing sausages, tribute balls, and pearls for pearl milk tea. The factory only lasted for one year and could no longer continue. After he sold the factory, he built a foodprocessing factory in Quangang Industrial Park, Jiangnan District, Nanning City.