In 1984, Zhang Chunliang, who mastered the cooking skills of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong and other cuisines through hard work, came to Dongying with two kitchen knives on his back and decided to do something. Relying on the indomitable spirit, in 1988, the second-class chef in Shandong Province was appraised, and he got the highest score with his specialty of "Grilled Fish Belly". In 1993, in the evaluation of chefs in Dongying City and Shengli Oilfield, he beat the rest, won the first place in the total score and was promoted to the first-class chef. After tasting Zhang Chunliang's craft, the guests were full of praise, saying that he was a "treasure" in the Yellow River Delta. In 1992, he worked as a manager in the "Banquet House" affiliated to Dongying District Labor Service Company, and made the "Banquet House" prosperous.

In p>1994, Zhang Chunliang took over the Xicheng Hotel (predecessor of Blue Ocean Hotel), which suffered losses year after year. At that time, the hotel's hardware facilities were not in place, the staff were not good, the air conditioning system could not keep up in summer, the heating equipment was not good in winter, and even a decent carpet cleaning machine was not available ... Later, he managed to scrape together tens of thousands of dollars to buy a second-hand carpet cleaning equipment, and gradually solved many hardware problems. In order to increase the hotel's characteristics, attract and retain tourists, Zhang Chunliang specially hired a "Cantonese cuisine" cook from Guangdong with a high salary, with a monthly salary of 3,111 yuan, and also arranged a house for him. At that time, Cantonese food was very popular. Zhang Chunliang said that they were the first hotel in Dongying to invite Cantonese cooks. The hardware problem has been solved, and we will not hesitate to spend a lot of money on talents. Fortunately, since 1996, Xicheng Hotel has made a good improvement, with the daily business volume rising from 1,111 yuan to 41,111 yuan, especially in catering, with a surplus of 511,111 yuan at the end of the year. In order to expand the scale, Zhang Chunliang plans to invest this accumulated 511,111 yuan again, buy the open space in front of the hotel and build a dining building. With the help of a Guangdong boss, the catering building was built, and it took them only 21 days to finish all the interior decoration and officially opened. Because the catering is cost-effective and very distinctive, the restaurant was very popular as soon as it opened, and it took only one year for the restaurant to fully recover its cost. From then on, the prototype of Blue Ocean Hotel began to take shape.

Since p>1996, Blue Ocean Hotel has made great strides in scale, strength and ranking in the industry, and Blue Ocean Group has entered a glorious period of vigorous development. In 1997, Dongying Xinyue Hotel opened; In 1999, a joint-stock company was established, and a training center was set up to try to open the Blue Ocean Star Business Hotel (after sale); Dongying Blue Ocean Hotel opened in 2111; In 2112, it became one of the "Top 111 National Catering Enterprises" in 2111; In 2113, Jinan Blue Ocean Zhong Ding Restaurant opened, and in 2114, Jinan Blue Ocean Zhong Ding Restaurant and Dongying Blue Ocean Xinyue Hotel won the title of 5A-level green hotel. After 2115, Blue Ocean Group stepped into the fast lane of expansion and accelerated the layout and development of chain hotels.

In order to cultivate a high-quality staff, Zhang Chunliang devoted his efforts to cultivating an excellent staff from the early days of his business. After being incorporated into Dongying Finance and Taxation Training Center, the headquarters of Blue Ocean Company is located in the training center, which shows Zhang Chunliang's originality. "Blue Ocean is a school", which is Zhang Chunliang's proposition. The goal of this school is to "educate people first and then educate them". In selecting candidates, Blue Ocean Company attaches great importance not only to cultural level, professional knowledge and practical experience, but also to people's conduct. Those who have bad conduct and bad deeds are rejected even if their cultural level is high and their professional ability is strong. Zhang Chunliang asked the employees: "You should all establish a correct outlook on life and values and regard the enterprise as your home; Not only should the business technology be excellent; More importantly, we must have a sense of responsibility to be loyal to the blue ocean cause. "