I have a wildlife zoo

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During the chat, Fang Ye didn't proactively ask about the approval for the giant panda, and the director didn't mention it either!

Although I feel it should have been successful, without a definite answer, I'm still a bit antsy.

When it was time to go, the director shook hands with Fang Ye, speaking with profound meaning, "Zoo Director Fang, raising a panda is not just an honorable task, but it also means assuming a great responsibility. You must be clear on that! The eyes of the whole nation are on the pandas."

This was pretty much confirmation!

Guan Shan and Director Du looked extremely excited at the side, and Fang Ye's smile was even more brilliant as he vigorously shook the director's hand, "Yes, yes, thank you leader. I'll always remember your guidance!"

The director shook his head with a pause, as if he wanted to say something further, "Ah, especially those cat fans... I see that Zoo Director Fang you have a good psychological quality, which is very good. Remember to maintain it."

Huh?

Fang Ye felt somewhat puzzled when he heard these words.

After seeing off the officials who came for the inspection, they saw that the team members in the group chat were all curiously asking!

He Yifei, "How did it go, what were the results of today's inspection?"

Guan Shan, "The experts were thoroughly impressed by the demonstration of the red panda's training results!"

Lü Jiamu, "Ah, you guys have been giving the red pandas special training?"

Guan Shan, "Not at all! Red Bean just ran onto the weighing scale to weigh herself in front of a bunch of strangers, and I was dumbfounded. By the way, before Zoo Director Fang carried Red Bean over, it seems he whispered something to her."

He Yifei, "Look at you, Zoo Director, you even said you don't speak animal language! @Fang Ye"

Meng Shi, "Does that mean our zoo will soon have a giant panda?"

Lan Li, "Yay! /celebration/celebration"

Fang Ye, "It's still early! We don't even have a giant panda exhibit now, only after the panda exhibit is built will they send the giant panda over."

Lü Ye, "/smirk, shouldn't the director send out a red packet to celebrate in advance?"

Lü Ye's online name is Midorino, a pet reptile expert Fang Ye had previously contacted online, who had already returned from abroad.

He's currently in charge as the leader of the reptile and amphibians exhibit team, also getting familiar with the management of the exhibit before it opens.

Today, Fang Ye was in a good mood, so he readily agreed, "Okay."

He chose a lucky red packet and stuffed a thousand yuan into it.

He Yifei, "Thank you, boss! Wishing the boss grand fortune and good health! You're awesome, boss! (voice cracking)"

Lan Li snagged one for 300 yuan and was pleasantly surprised, "Wow, thank you, Zoo Director!"

Meng Shi, "Sister Lan is so lucky, I got only 100!"

He Yifei, "I got 130!"

Lü Ye, "Out of a 1000 yuan red packet, how did I only grab 2 yuan /facepalm, Zoo Director, send one more, please /puppy eyes!"

Fang Ye, "Heh, I only managed to grab 50 myself!"

Guan Shan, "Haha, Lü Ye is always the unlucky one!"

Everyone had heard Lü Ye's story: knowing he wanted to make a quick buck by buying stocks from Robinhood, but ended up being 'harvested' by foreign capitalists, now too poor to even afford meals, let alone travel around the world to research reptiles, which is why he sadly returned to China.

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After chatting with the staff and sharing the joy, Fang Ye returned to his small villa and remembered what the director had said earlier. He went on Weibo to look for information about pandas.

Under a Weibo post about panda food made by a zoo, someone with a giant panda avatar spoke vehemently, "Henan bamboo, please stay away from giant pandas' dining tables! It's the 21st century now, and the Road to Shu is no longer as inaccessible as the sky, with developed aviation, high-speed rails, and highways!

The giant pandas choose Sichuan as their habitat because it has the food suitable for them—food is the most important thing for the people! Revere nature, respect the science, please provide a diverse range of fresh, in-season Sichuan bamboo for the giant pandas! Eating well is the basis of health!"

A curious passerby asked, "Can't they eat Henan bamboo?"

They were immediately responded to, "The bamboo from Henan simply cannot be eaten! Because there are no wild giant pandas in Henan! Can't zoo pandas eat Sichuan bamboo just like their wild brethren? The purchasing cycle also needs to be shortened, once every 5 days, and if it's neither fresh nor in-season, it cannot be fed to our national treasure, the giant panda!"

"One phone call after another, just to fob us off! Don't call me again if you're not going to change the bamboo! Any explanation is just deception!"

"Not a word about the punishment for your zoo director, assistant director, animal keepers, and procurement officers! What kind of bamboo are you procuring!"

"I'm going to their zoo director's office to protest tomorrow, anyone with me?"

Fang Ye's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but pat his chest: ...

Holy shit, that scared the piss out of me!

He only knew that people loved giant pandas, but he never expected some "panda fans" to be so fanatical. If pandas knew they had such fans, they'd probably be speechless.

Historically, the distribution area of giant pandas was very wide, and actually aside from islands, records exist of them in the south, but only those in Sichuan have continued until now, which is the province with the most giant pandas today.

This zoo is also one of the top zoos in the country, and they definitely give special care to the national treasures, but they're still being criticized to this extent, pressured to call for an explanation, and the "panda fans" still won't accept it...

He originally wanted to promote the new arrival of giant pandas on the zoo's Weibo to increase popularity value, but forget it, forget it, better to keep a low profile and make money quietly.

No wonder the director told him to maintain a good mindset.

Speaking of popularity, it's been a while since I've done a lottery!

The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are two holidays with a large number of visitors. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a mooncake-making event, and the National Day had the stunning Pride Rock and Lion Restaurant. Also, the Teacup Wild Boar that caused a nationwide sensation, many people across the country saw the name Linhai Zoo on the news.

Although such a brief exposure to the name doesn't leave a deep impression and only adds a little to the popularity value, such widespread coverage should also add up to quite a bit, right?

Fang Ye opened the system panel to check and was pleasantly surprised to find that the popularity value had already broken through 5 million!

"Holy crap, that much! The Teacup Wild Boar's doing wonders!"

After the two holidays, all the merchandise produced by the system in the souvenir shop had been bought out by enthusiastic visitors. After this lottery draw, there should be no need to restock for at least a month.
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Draw once for every 1,000 popularity value, so 5 million popularity value means 5,000 draws.

When converted into merchandise, actually during the peak visitor times of the holidays, hundreds of plushies could be sold in a single day, and even more of the smaller items like badges. So, looking at it this way, it doesn't seem that much.

The system notification sounded, "Ding, popularity value surpasses one million, the lottery pool has added more items!"

New items?

Fang Ye became even more excited, rubbed his hands together, and drew a prize!

"Congratulations host, you've won a Red Fox plushie!"

"Congratulations host, you've won 3 Lion badges!"

"Congratulations host, you've won 3 Peafowl stickers!"

Fang Ye was stunned, "Holy crap, is this the new stuff?"