When Fang Ye wanted to leave, Jiaojiao still imperiously blocked the iron gate with her body, not allowing him to go!
Her eyes were full of pure longing, a desire for him to stay and play a little longer!
Fang Ye couldn't help but laugh and cry, pushing her huge head several times with both hands before he finally overcame her enthusiastic persistence.
"Roar!"
Fang Ye turned around, smiling and waving his hand.
"Okay, okay! Next time I will definitely spend more time with you!"
Stepping out of the cage, Fang Ye was still basking in the excitement!
Petting a big cat was indeed thrilling!
For him, a big cat enthusiast, the feeling was just like eating the mythical ginseng fruit, feeling refreshed in every pore, with a slight spring in his step as he walked.
Although it was a bit nervous and thrilling at the beginning of the interaction.
Not to mention, the reward for perfectly completing the task was a precious and rare white Bengal tiger cub.
Fang Ye thought about the reward and immediately used his mind to query the system.
"System, how do I claim this white Bengal tiger cub? If a rare White Tiger suddenly appears in the zoo, won't people be suspicious?"
"It will be delivered in the form of express delivery. Please rest assured, the system will provide a legitimate origin for the animal that can be traced in the real world. For example, this White Tiger cub is a donation from a zoo abroad, and no one will find it suspicious upon investigating."
Alright, as long as the system covers any loopholes, there's no need to worry about the animal's origin.
"When will it arrive?"
"In three days."
Fang Ye just noticed that there was a countdown "71:55:40" on the cub reward icon, and in the blink of an eye, 40 became 39, with a line of small print below stating: In transit.
Great!
Lan Li had been standing at the door, and when Fang Ye was inside the cage, she had been so anxious and worried, especially when Jiaojiao roared, which frightened her to the point where she couldn't even remember how to scream.
She had thought the director was about to become tiger food, but the situation turned around so quickly, they became close in an instant.
Isn't the director afraid? Why does he dare to cuddle with Jiaojiao? And why does Jiaojiao seem to like him so much?
Lan Li had been holding back a bellyful of questions, but seeing Fang Ye's face full of blissful contentment, she didn't know what to say anymore.
If there had been detailed records beforehand, you could simply check the recent changes and know that, oh, it was a change in their food mix or a shift in feeding times that upset them, or maybe a facility broke, or a companion died...
The reverse is also true!
"Writing an animal diary is a basic task, as well as the simplest and most feasible change. Every animal keeper should develop the habit. The process of writing a diary is a process of learning and improvement..." Fang Ye stroked his chin, mulling over ideas, "Handwriting seems a bit outdated. Who could we find to develop a zoo management system?
This isn't urgent, for the current scale of Linhai Zoo, handwritten logs should suffice for now."
As he flipped through the diary, the outline of Linhai Zoo began to sharpen in his mind.
Located in the suburbs, covering an area of thirty thousand square meters!
That's roughly the size of a school for about two thousand students.
Originally, there were dozens of species of animals, but due to poor management, most of them had already been sold to other zoos before Fang Ye took over.
Many enclosures are now in a state of disuse.
The animals left included tigers, gray wolves, red foxes, alpacas, macaques, and blue peafowl.
Barely enough to cobble together the semblance of a zoo.
Most visitors came to see the Amur tiger Jiaojiao and the macaques; the zoo's reputation hinged on them.
On weekends and holidays, the zoo could see several hundred visitors; on the least busy workday, there were only 9.
Entrance fee: 10 yuan—getting here by bus from the city takes an hour, just to see these pitiful few big and small cats. Even giving money, visitors would think twice about whether it's worth coming!
The average monthly income from ticket sales couldn't even cover the cost of feed.
If not for the subsidies from the city government, Linhai Zoo would have closed down long ago.
The current state of the zoo was like that of a declining, decrepit old man, very desolate.
A complete overhaul was needed!
Fang Ye furrowed his brows and pondered for a long while.
"Ay, if only it were like in the game where I could remodel the zoo however I liked!"
In the game, the zoo he built had a top-notch, beautiful environment, and he had even won awards in theme zoo competitions.
As a high-level player with exacting aesthetic standards, just thinking about Linhai Zoo's cramped cages, the dull gray concrete floors, Fang Ye felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he himself was locked in there.
Right, I wonder if the system has any functionality in this area?