My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 321 Who Can Earn More Than Me?

Jiangzhou Zoo is extremely large.

Because it happened to be built during the 1950s, and it was inspected and instructed.

It is roughly one kilometer long and five hundred meters wide, in an irregular banana leaf fan shape.

Five hundred thousand square meters, or about fifty hectares.

The main gate at the bottom is undergoing reconstruction and renovation, while the side gates will remain unaffected.

The rest should be huge, enclosed parks.

After all, this is a park that houses lions, tigers, and all sorts of ferocious beasts, so it's essential to ensure that it's completely sealed off.

But seemingly by chance, following the stone-paved path and the park's ring road to the very end, in what should theoretically be a dead end in a dense forest, one can vaguely see a large area of ​​shacks.

When Wei Dong pointed and asked, the zoo leader was surprised and a little embarrassed: "Uh... yes, it's the dormitory for some of the staff."

"So that's an illegal structure?" Wei Dong was led over.

This park, shaped like a banana leaf fan, has two undulating hills in the middle, forming a three-dimensional shape resembling two steamed buns.

Various gardens and pavilions are distributed around these two hills, and there is an "8"-shaped ring road, which facilitates the movement of large numbers of tourists and the transportation of goods by vehicles.

So it's basically covered with lush green trees, and it's also a picnic lawn where citizens come to stroll, relax, and have fun on weekdays.

However, this shantytown, hidden in the corner, is not only a bit messy, but also clearly very unreasonable.

It's too far from both entrances and exits.

If you want to buy groceries or engage in any social interaction, or if your child needs to go to school, you have to walk through the entire zoo to get out.

As is well known, in the mountain city of Jiangzhou, you could hardly see any bicycles in the 1980s and 90s.

Therefore, if you really want to stay in a dormitory, you should stay a little closer to the entrance area.

So, as Wei Dong led the team into the low-lying shantytown, they passed through at least dozens of cramped dwellings, along a dirt road that was clearly trodden by many people, with clear traces of grass on both sides, before disappearing at the door of one of the houses.

Wei Dong, feigning ignorance, pointed to the house and asked, "Is this a general store or a catering company? Why does everyone like to go to this place?"

The park's leaders were already sweating profusely.

The secretary-general and the park bureau immediately stood by and did nothing. They certainly didn't know why, but they immediately understood that sending Wei Dong was not unfounded.

With a smile, he told Wei Dong to go over, unlock the door, and push it open. Surprisingly, it led directly to the farmland, wasteland, and streets outside!
Anyone with a little social experience will understand what's going on.

On a smaller scale, it's possible that someone is colluding to secretly let tourists in and collect discounted ticket fees.

Or they might secretly take things out of the zoo.

On a larger scale, that would be quite frightening; animals escaping is considered a minor issue.

This is absolutely a huge management loophole.

The people from the Parks and Forestry Bureau started sweating.

The secretary-general quietly moved aside, not only to see everyone's expressions clearly, but also to avoid getting blood splattered on him when the chicken was slaughtered.

No one expected that Wei Dong would come straight to this weakness and seize on everyone's sore spot.

The zoo leader's voice trembled: "I...I, this, him..."

What was even more unexpected was that Wei Dong smiled and said, "Is this for the convenience of going out to buy groceries and for the children to go to school?"

Even if he was being sarcastic or setting a trap, they could only jump in without hesitation: "Yes, yes, that should be it. I think someone mentioned that it was for buying groceries and going to school..."

Everyone thought that Wei Dong would vehemently refute them at this moment and be beheaded as a warning to others.

Then he suddenly realized: "The problem is that the housing situation of the 327 employees and managers in the park is not satisfactory. In that case, let's temporarily use this place as the zoo's staff dormitory area. Then we can set up internal and external posts in this area to ensure that work and life are not disrupted, and at the same time optimize the family life of our colleagues to the greatest extent. Submit the list of those who rent, receive welfare housing, and purchase houses in the park as soon as possible. Also, tell everyone here to move to the shed at the gate immediately. We will start demolishing this place this afternoon to prepare for construction."

what? !

Everyone looked like they'd been struck by lightning.

Whether they were preparing to withstand the artillery fire or observing the intensity of the firepower and assessing the accuracy of the impact, there was a great sense of astonishment at seeing it miss its mark.

The old security guard knew all too well the tricks played around the walls: "You disagree? Do we need to hold a formal meeting to discuss and report it?"

The zoo leader, sweating profusely, was actually moved to tears: "Agreed! Agreed, very good, very good, but, but the construction funds..."

Rang Weidong raised his hand to indicate: "I'll advance the funds first. This is considered the construction of dormitory buildings in the industrial park. Does the relevant department agree to this?"

The whole matter has already been exposed to the Secretary-General; the truth will eventually come out, and he will definitely have to go back and report.

But Wei Dong pretended not to see it and suppressed the matter in front of everyone, as if he really just opened the door for the convenience of buying groceries and going to school, and quickly prepared to smooth things over.

That's because he dares to take responsibility!
If a thorough investigation into responsibility is truly conducted, the Parks and Forestry Bureau would have some grounds for negligence in management.

Now that he can completely clear his name, he'll definitely nod and say, "Very good, very good... but this dormitory belongs to..."

Wei Dong said firmly, "The land belongs to the state. The houses are built to rent to employees. This dormitory building definitely belongs to the contracting company. Why don't you come and pay for it?" In fact, after getting through the most difficult period, especially after entering the Internet age, the zoo should be the first public park to be able to make money.

Therefore, very few state-run zoos were later contracted out to private companies, but at that time, people were desperate for money and would do anything.

This can save millions of dollars in animal feed costs each year.

So the Parks and Gardens Bureau was also short of funds at the moment, and immediately looked to the Secretary-General: "We have no problem with exploring institutional reforms."

This isn't a loss of state-owned assets; it's just that the land was used to solve the employees' accommodation problem, so it's all acceptable.

Overall, no one seems to realize that real estate is the hard currency of the future.

The secretary-general nodded in agreement: "Let Comrade Weidong, as an advisor to the municipal real estate construction and development company, demonstrate this operation publicly, setting an example for other units."

That means there were no objections from the unit, the competent authority, and the city government.

Wei Dong raised his hand to signal, and immediately two engineering soldiers wearing denim overalls—actually the two young men carrying the Type 56 assault rifles earlier—came over with standard military arm-holding running movements, stopped, and stood at attention.

"You stay here to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering, wait for staff to come and assist with the relocation, and prioritize setting up temporary sheds for the employees to stay in."

"Yes!"

Judging from their posture, even if they weren't armed, they would take care of anyone who dared to force their way in without hesitation.

The zoo leader opened his mouth, but didn't dare to say anything, and quietly followed behind.

Because Wei Dong nodded and described to the secretary-general: "This approval is the fastest. We'll build one building first to solve the problem of internal staff dormitories, and also to solve the problem of the real estate company's residence during the construction phase of the residential community in this area. I believe that when the new park opens in May, this place can also be a highlight of the employee housing reform."

So in the afternoon, more than forty of the lowest-ranking zoo employees were assisted in moving out of the shantytown.

All employees who previously lived in the shantytown were registered; they were both insiders who had opened the back door and the first internal employees eligible to apply for dormitory rentals.

It all depends on how they choose to face it.

If you want to cause trouble, then suspend him from his post and investigate the whole story.

Meanwhile, in a clearing deep in the woods to the side of the gate, temporary bamboo plank sheds were being erected.

They can choose to live here with the construction team, or they can take a rental subsidy of 20 yuan per household to rent a place outside. The construction team can even use trucks to help move their belongings to their new home.

In short, with this evidence of unauthorized backdoors, no one dared to utter a word. By four o'clock, construction machinery had already begun to level and clear the entire shantytown.

A clearing of land approximately sixty meters square was created. Regardless of the methods used to clear this area before, there were no trees or rare plants on this land.

Without any delays such as logging permits, the engineering corps technicians conducted their own measurements and reviews, invited the design institute's team to come and work overnight to develop a plan, and began deep excavation and construction while filling out the application report.

A proposed 25-story twin-tower commercial and residential building!

There are 327 registered employees, so let's tentatively set the total number of apartments at 400.

Whether they can afford to buy or rent is a matter for the zoo staff, but they need to estimate the number of applications each zoo might need and reserve space for new staff at the amusement park.

As for the joint venture real estate company with Hong Kong businessmen, it can be said to be the first private real estate company in China. The amount of space in this building that they "rented" for office space was determined by the business agreement between Dongsheng Tourism Co., Ltd., which contracted the zoo, and the real estate company.

The land next to the zoo was acquired in the suburbs for the purpose of redeveloping the city center and creating the earliest commercial and residential community sales demonstration in the city.

This building was a preliminary step for this residential complex.

By nightfall, the engineering corps had completely sealed off the area, turning it into a bamboo fence for the construction site.

The interior of the zoo remained completely untouched, but efforts were focused on blocking off the front and back ends.

It's like blocking the door and then slowly simmering the soup.

I also took the opportunity to carefully inspect the entire boundary line of the zoo's perimeter wall, which stretches for several kilometers. Several sections were in disrepair over the years. However, the animals in each area were kept relatively well-protected. Otherwise, if people could freely enter and exit the park, wildlife disease prevention and smuggling would be major issues.

While surveying and measuring the surrounding land, the engineering technicians also created the most detailed composite maps of the entire zoo's interior slopes and enclosures.

More than 500 people lived in the construction sheds at both ends of the zoo!

Mao'er, as the early scout, was naturally overjoyed to move into the work shed. He could keep an eye on the construction progress while spending every day with the big cat, and he also raised the two puppies he had brought back from the plateau here.

Because Shen Laosan couldn't stand the dog coming and going in his room.

But with ulterior motives, they left Zhuoma here to take care of her.

"Ugh, I'm not coming here. You just hugged that python?! Just thinking about it gives me the creeps!" She really doesn't like animals.

Qin Yuye fully embraced nature: "Wow, don't you think that python is beautiful? But it definitely needs a better living environment!"

Fengchu was exhausted and excited after a long day of running around. As soon as she got on the bus, she slumped into the back seat. Even as Ram massaged her legs, she couldn't stop herself from saying, "I love the zoo! Our family is going to move here from now on!"

Shen Cuiyue and Qin Yuye immediately exchanged a knowing glance.

With Wei Dong driving, he successfully secured the first real estate development project through a combination of coaxing and deception. However, he only revealed his greatest joy now: "Hahaha, I spent 300,000 yuan to get five opportunities to shoot commercials with giant pandas. Now I can shoot with any animal in the entire zoo. Isn't that enough to make money?"

There was a moment of silence in the carriage, then everyone burst into laughter. Oh right!
(End of this chapter)