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Chapter 698 Running in Both Directions
"Zhen Gao, if it's not sweet, it won't cost you money!"

"Thousand-layer puff pastry, pea yellow cake, tiger skin cake, persimmon cake!"

"Souvenirs, Dongxing giant panda commemorative dolls, only ten yuan, and they sell for 30 each!"

"Boss, do you want a tour guide? I can take you in for a cheap price, and I can even take pictures!"

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Pingyang Zoo, I saw an extremely lively scene. Tourists, vendors, cattle vendors, and people who make a living from this animal park are intertwined with each other, forming the atmosphere of this era.

Seeing Li Dongling and his group coming, several people immediately gathered around, some wanting to act as tour guides, some wanting to sell souvenir dolls, and some wanting to promote their own delicacies. They all swarmed over.

Fang Peigang, the general manager of the animal park, who had just come out and was about to greet Li Dongling, almost felt like the sky was falling when he saw this scene.

"What are you doing?!"

When they saw Fang Peigang, Pingyang Giant Panda Research Center Director He Zehai, Professor Qian Zhicheng and others, although the vendors did not recognize them, they saw a group of security personnel following them and knew they were the leaders of the animal park. The vendors ran away in a hurry, causing chaos.

Li Dongling patted the shoulder of the security guard standing in front of him, then said to Fang Peigang, "Manager Fang, it's quite lively here!"

This year's Spring Festival, Li Dongling gave Yang Zhigao, who had been with him all year round, a long vacation, allowing him and his wife and children to spend the Spring Festival together. During this period, other security personnel were responsible for Li Dongling's safety.

Hearing Li Dongling's words, Fang Peigang showed a slightly embarrassed look on his face, "To be honest, since the zoo opened, the number of tourists coming here has exceeded our expectations!"

Fang Peigang did not mean to shirk his responsibility when he said this. Indeed, the number of tourists coming to the zoo exceeded their expectations.

On the opening day on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Pingyang Zoo received more than 8.4 visitors, setting a new record for the number of visitors to domestic theme zoos in a single day.

This is almost two or three times the number of visitors that the Pingyang Zoo management had expected. You have to know that Pingyang Zoo charges an admission fee of 25 yuan per person, which is really not cheap nowadays.

Nowadays, many zoos only charge a few dollars for tickets, and some even charge as low as one dollar. Of course, the fees vary, and the size and types of animals inside will naturally vary.

The price of Pingyang Zoo is not low, but the facilities inside are newly built, and many ferocious beasts have been introduced. The animal species are complete, and there are also some performance programs, restaurants, sightseeing buses, tourist entertainment facilities, etc.

There are many parks with more expensive tickets than Pingyang Zoo, such as Yangcheng Xiangjiang Wildlife World at 120 yuan and Liaodong Forest Zoo at yuan. In comparison, the pricing of Pingyang Zoo can only be considered average.

“We are short of staff now. We are already overwhelmed just by receiving and managing the tourists entering the park. We are really overwhelmed by the outside world!
The management outside of Pingyang Zoo is a bit chaotic, and it’s my responsibility!”

Fang Peigang entered the park with Li Dongling and others. He did not evade his responsibility, but took it directly.

Fang Peigang had heard some rumors about Li Dongling. He knew Li Dongling's character. If he played tricks in front of Li Dongling, he would be digging a hole for himself. If he didn't think he would die fast enough, he might as well take the responsibility.

With the current situation of Pingyang Zoo making huge profits, Fang Peigang would like to work there for a few more years.

No one expected that after the opening of Pingyang Zoo, it would have such a large number of visitors. The daily ticket sales could reach 2.1 million. In addition to the souvenirs and restaurants sold in the park, the daily revenue of Pingyang Zoo can now reach 2.5 to 2.6 million.

Pingyang Animal Park has become a hot topic for the Pingyang Municipal Government. This is a project invested and constructed by the Pingyang Municipal Government and Dongling Hi-Tech. According to the original agreement, Dongling Hi-Tech paid for the construction and then made a profit by collecting ticket fees.

Originally, the Pingyang Municipal Government felt that it would take a long time for Dongling Hi-Tech to recover its costs.

Given the current revenue capacity of Pingyang Zoo, even if the revenue decreases after the holidays, Dongling Hi-Tech will have a chance to recover its costs within two years.

At that time, the income of Pingyang Zoo will be shared between Pingyang Municipal Government and Dongling Hi-Tech Logistics Department according to the agreement. In the later period, Pingyang Municipal Government will be able to get 40% of the ticket revenue. For Pingyang Municipal Government, it is already a small treasury!
Moreover, the scene at the gate of Pingyang Zoo was not the result of Fang Peigang's indulgence, but rather a lack of manpower.

During the Spring Festival, so many people flocked to the zoo. The huge flow of visitors naturally attracted many small vendors to do business. Naturally, there were some evildoers inside. This was inevitable.

Li Dongling turned his head and glanced outside, without any intention of blaming Fang Peigang, "Those outside still need to be managed, at least we can't let the scammers run rampant!"

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. With the emergence of Pingyang Animal Park, there will definitely be many people who rely on it for their livelihood.

It is impossible for all these people to work at Pingyang Zoo. They can only sell souvenirs and snacks at the gate, work as transport drivers, etc., and earn some hard-earned money to support their families. With these livelihoods, they can support many families. There is no need to kill them all with one stick. It is understandable that these people support their families and can be allowed to make a living here.

But they can make a living from Pingyang Zoo, but they cannot cheat tourists who come to the zoo. Every time they cheat someone, the zoo's reputation will be damaged until it completely collapses.

By then, they won't be able to make any money, and Pingyang Zoo will also be in trouble. Li Dongling will not allow this. A project in which Dongling Hi-Tech has invested so much money will be ruined just because of a few bad apples!

"I know. Tonight, we will work out a management plan and send people to implement it tomorrow!" Fang Peigang said decisively.

There were many people outside the door, and there were also many tourists inside, especially in some popular animal areas.

"Wow!"

"It jumped!"

A huge cry of surprise was heard, followed by a low roar. Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, Li Dongyue and others also attracted attention. Li Dongyue, who was hugging Yao Luoying with her left hand and Miao Jiahui with her right hand, immediately pulled the two of them and ran over.

Li Dongling, Li Dongshan and others also walked over and saw the keeper throwing some meat into the pond. A tiger jumped high and grabbed the meat in one bite, causing a burst of exclamations.

On the one hand, it is to feed the tiger, and on the other hand, it is also to make the tiger sleeping lazily in the tiger house more energetic. People have paid for tickets to come in, and they can't just watch it sleep. It's not a giant panda, and people will take pictures of it sleeping...

"This is a Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger. By the end of this year, we plan to bring in another female tiger to try to breed them!"

Fang Peigang said to Li Dongling. At this time, Qian Zhicheng, who was standing behind him, muttered, "We should release them into a wild reserve to breed them. If we keep raising them any longer, they will die!"

Hearing this, Fang Peigang, He Zehai and others pretended not to hear. Everyone understood the truth, but in the current environment, poaching was frequent. Even a tiger, how long could it survive if released into the wild? In some places, this creature has become extinct and is only kept alive by artificial breeding.

Furthermore, Pingyang Animal Park, Liaodong Forest Zoo and Yangcheng Animal World all require investments of several hundred million yuan. Pingyang Animal Park cost 2.1 million yuan, and Yangcheng Animal World cost over 4 million yuan.

With so much money invested, it's impossible to put a few Peppa Pigs in to do public animal science education. And to do science education, there have to be people watching.

Li Dongling looked at the tiger house in front of him. No matter how other animal parks were, Pingyang Animal Park had the best facilities. It had everything, including rockeries, grass, pools, and indoor rest areas.
Moreover, the entire tiger cage is large enough to give it enough space to move around. The food it is fed every day is much better than what most people eat. It also lives a much more comfortable life than its cousins ​​who are still in the wild and have to go hungry one day at a time.

Just like the internet-famous wolf in Hoh Xil in his previous life, he was so tired of egg yolk pies that he could even recognize the logos of Land Rover and Jaguar.

It is more interested in egg yolk pie, KFC, and chicken legs than Tibetan antelopes. It even recruited a dozen little brothers to follow it to beg for food on the national highway. It shows how these beasts survive in the wild.

Even experts have come out and threatened that if the Internet celebrity wolf and its gang of minions don't catch Tibetan antelopes, the grassland will be eaten by the increasing number of Tibetan antelopes and turned into deserts...

These days, zoos are quite wild. Li Dongling even saw someone run down, pay the administrator a fee, and then, under the guidance of the keeper, run to the tiger to take a photo. Li Dongling's eyelids twitched when he saw this.

"Let's cancel this activity in the future!"

Li Dongling said to Fang Peigang, who looked at Li Dongling in confusion, not knowing what Li Dongling meant.

"Now all zoos with tigers have this activity. It costs 20 yuan for a photo. If you ride on a tiger, it costs 50 yuan. We have security guards watching us!"

Whoever says you can’t touch a tiger’s butt, it’s because they haven’t paid enough money for today’s zoos!
Now is an era of mass income generation, and the zoo is also keeping pace with the times. There are activities such as taking photos, riding tigers, feeding the animals, etc., which are important income-generating activities for the zoo.

The main point is that one dares to take photos, and the other dares to take money. Both sides think that the other is confident. The one who takes the money thinks that the other is not afraid of death, and the one who takes the photo thinks that the other has taken the money and will definitely be able to protect him. It's a two-way race...

After taking another photo, the tiger yawned lazily. Looking at its open bloody mouth and then at the smiling person in the photo, Li Dongling broke out in a cold sweat for him.

"Stop it. From now on, all group photos in the beast area will be stopped!" Li Dongling did not continue talking to Fang Peigang and said directly.

(End of this chapter)