My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 416 If only I had ten thousand mansions, I could shelter all the poor and make them rejoice.

Of course, the main task of having Weidong come over was to take Mao'er back, just as Shen Laosan had complained.

After returning from Shanghai, this guy took a boat to Shangzhou by himself and lovingly brought the two mastiffs home.

Feeling that he had suffered on the construction site and that even living in the factory didn't provide enough space for his dog to get close to nature, Mao'er actually took him back to the zoo.

Shen Cuiyue urged him several times and even kept Zhuoma at home, forbidding her from taking care of him.

Mao'er would rather stay in the zoo.

This infuriated Shen Laosan, who commanded tens of thousands of people.

I told Weidong to comfort her, saying it might be that the child is going through a rebellious phase, and I'd go and talk to him.

Shen Cuiyue secretly rejoiced and put on a haughty expression.

The girls from the plateau all secretly cheered her on.

The main problem is that Dong Xueqing is now seen with the computer R&D center every day in the new factory area and office buildings, which makes Shen Laosan feel like his territory is being invaded.

It's one thing for the older sister to control all the finances, but the younger sister has her hands over everything from the zoo to the factory area and the new district. Not to mention that Shangzhou is also a natural Dong family business. All the businesses have been taken over by the two sisters. How can this be reasonable!
They incited the Hong Kong girls to unite in their hatred and boycott Dong Xueqing's interference in the new factory area.

Qin Yuye found it quite amusing and said he would help Li Erfeng seize control of Shangzhou.

The reason Wei Dong asked the question was to give all the factory's employees something to do, to encourage factional struggles and factionalism, which would help in selecting talent and regulating the atmosphere.

So, besides managing major external affairs, he also manages these kinds of minor matters.

Dong Xueqing wasn't one to be trifled with either, and she followed her brother-in-law's lead, whispering in his ear: "Sister Duan said that there are bumper boats and bumper cars in Yuezhou. How about we go and buy a batch to do business with?"

Wei Dong remembered what she said: "Okay, you calculate the equipment costs, get your sister to approve the funds and get it done... Hmm, set up a separate amusement facility company for the zoo, and put all the assets in your name. If there's a political movement and they take it back sometime, everything will be yours. It won't be a big problem for us to start from scratch."

Since returning from Shanghai, Fengchu has changed a bit: "I'll stay with my sister; I just need to stay with the family."

Wei Dong said indifferently, "Go tell your sister yourself that in the future, even Xiao Die will probably have to register so many companies, and the family assets will be too much to divide... Wait, isn't that a bit outrageous!"

Dong Xueqing snorted after seeing this: "I say, why don't you give him the zoo? Anyway, Shen Laosan will take care of everything for you."

Didn't the construction troops help the zoo a while ago, building quite a few small wooden houses?

There are no complicated requirements. Steel is in short supply right now, and materials like aluminum profiles and PVC windows are still rare, while wood is plentiful.

In particular, those barges could easily go to any farm or forestry station and haul a few boatloads of timber and bamboo, enough for all the construction sites.

Following the patterns in fairy tale books, they assembled the parts with sawing, nailing, and tenoning. The difficulty lay in creating the crooked, fairy tale-like shapes, which was a great test for the meticulous construction soldiers and technicians.

But as soon as they see that children and animals like it, these guys will rack their brains to create all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes.

At the edge of several construction sites, construction workers and technicians would make these things in their spare time. Once they had a building, they would use a crane to load it up and move it over for placement.

There aren't many complicated drying processes; as long as it's waterproof and rainproof, that's enough. It's a disposable wooden house that can be repaired at any time.

They would often come over to compare and learn from other companies, fully utilizing their childlike spirit to create art.

It is considered the most enjoyable leisure activity in each battalion and company.

After Wei Dong found out, he decided to give the money as a subsidy.

When he returned from Japan, he even demanded that all these log cabins be painted in various colors.

They set up stalls at various intersections, serving as road signs, selling drinks, food, and ice cream, or providing restrooms and rest areas, which have been well-received by tourists.

It also serves as a storage room for cleaners and zookeepers to store their belongings.

Then Mao lived in a wooden cabin like this, and the two mastiffs were free to roam around comfortably. However, in order to avoid accidentally injuring tourists, the park management built a rather large wooden fence.

Surprisingly, a sign was erected outside the wooden fence, indicating "Tibetan Mastiff".

Classification: Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Carnivora, Family Canidae, Genus Canis...

Then came a whole bunch of introductions, explaining why this straight-laced, research-oriented guy wouldn't let anything slip by, turning even these three into an exhibition hall.

Mao'er, unconcerned, lived inside by himself. When he leisurely came over to open the fence gate for Wei Dong, there was a monkey on his shoulder!

Dong Xueqing blurted out that it was a baby born at the monkey enclosure last year that was ostracized and disliked by various families.

Mao'er had already taken over the care and feeding.

Upon meeting, the monkey happily directed its older brother to perform. The clever little monkey grabbed the dog's fur, climbed up, and sat cross-legged on the mastiff's back!
He even imitated the humble and submissive demeanor of a high monk when Mao practiced his martial arts.

Even the mastiffs, which are usually very territorial, growled as a warning when they saw Dong Xueqing's slender figure, but they just grinned at Wei Dong.

It's obvious that Mao has been instilling the idea that he's the boss all along.

The tourists outside the fence cheered.

Fengchu hid outside the door, pouting.

Mao'er, unusually animated, introduced the next project: getting a myna bird to perch on the monkey's shoulder. That way, the monkey could carry the dog, play with the bird, and shoot wherever it wanted while calling out "Big Brother!"

These games have been passed down from our ancestors, and there are many such playful individuals among the elders of the gang. Mao'er hasn't had time to learn them systematically yet, but he has roughly learned some techniques from playing with them since he was a child. The most important thing is to spend a lot of time building a relationship with these animals.

To fall into this world with all sorts of animals is indeed as delightful as Ali Baba entering the Sesame Cave.

He and Dong Xueqing were just having fun; there was a difference in their levels of understanding.

So seeing Mao'er's enthusiastic face, Wei Dong, who originally wanted to persuade him to go back, suddenly felt that this was quite good. Living in the animal world, there wasn't so much scheming and infighting.

Especially since this guy is also a pickpocket and a con artist, he diligently practices his skills every day to maintain his form. It's better to harm animals than to harm people.

He turned to his sister-in-law and asked, "What did you just say? Give him the zoo? It doesn't seem like a bad idea."

Dong Xueqing's face was full of "I knew it" tsk tsk tsk, and she squinted and looked sideways.

But then Mao'er happily took his older brother to see the clouded leopard. He took the zookeeper's key and went inside to play with the leopard, which was almost as tall as a person when it raised its front paws. He let the mournful clouded leopard lick his face and complain that he had been tricked into coming to work.

Wei Dong was almost scared to death, because the leopard's claws were so sharp they could gleam, and they were hovering around the back of Mao'er's neck.

I feel like I could be slashed open and die at any moment.

No matter how you look at it, Mao'er is just a kid around ten years old. He's different from Shi Tou, who pretends to be innocent all the time. He mainly pretends to be ordinary.

The more unassuming something looks, the more profound its skill is likely to be.

So he felt that the leopard could easily bite his neck off!
The zookeepers were helpless: "We've told him so many times, but the basic principles of animal segregation still need to be followed. He says that life and death are predestined, and we can't control this kid."

Wei Dong actually admired this kind of purely unconventional guy, and he also felt that some things were just fate.

After Mao'er finally finished playing with the clouded leopard, he had to go to the panda enclosure and the wolf enclosure to greet his brothers.

Then, in a discussion-based manner, he said, "If you really like the zoo, I'll let you live here until you grow up and prove that this method of getting along with animals works, and then I'll give the zoo to you, okay?"

Mao'er clearly wasn't concerned about the assets: "I'll help you look after them, even animals have a spirit. Many people don't have this kind of ambition. I like taking care of these things, but I also want to go on adventures with you. I only let Shitou go with you because I'm afraid something will happen to him."

Wei Dong came to appreciate this spirituality, especially since many adults live their lives in a daze, so it's better to immerse oneself in something and focus on it.

So I still have to think of a solution for my younger brother: "Business trips are business trips, but if you were in your twenties or thirties, I could give you any position, hahaha. How old are you now? Are we going to create an animal prodigy? Who can you play with now? Hey, I'm not encouraging you to befriend birds and beasts, but how about you play with birds more? You can take them with you when you go out in the future..."

He finally remembered that many zoos have bird shows where children and teenagers control the birds... wait, this guy could totally do magic tricks!

Mao'er, just like those Manchu nobles, had the monkey perched on his shoulder, intently picking at his hair "looking for lice," and even disgustedly flipping through the thin, dark yellow bamboo strip between his fingers: "Magic tricks, that's so vulgar..."

You're just a pickpocket, and there's even a hierarchy of discrimination within the industry.

Wei Dong laughed and hugged him, saying, "Now you're called a magician. Okay, listen to me, develop in this direction. If I get the chance, I'll find a magician to teach you, and you can also perform with birds. Maybe my business will depend on you in the future."

That's the good thing about young people in the martial arts world; if their elder brother says something is needed, they'll overcome all difficulties to achieve it.

He clasped his hands in a fist and promised, "Then I will follow your orders, elder brother."

Wei Dong felt like he had secured a younger brother's career, and happily toured the tiger, lion, bear, and wolf enclosures, which also allowed him to learn about the various venues.

Finally, I managed to sneak to the very back. The 25-story twin-tower commercial and residential building, after more than half a year of intensive construction, is nearing completion.

Wei Dong looked up triumphantly, then looked back.

Fengchu quickly waved his hand warily: "If you're moving, move in with us. I won't be living here alone!"

Wei Dong chuckled and said, "You haven't even moved in yet, this room is sure to be in high demand."

The double-corner design is a "double rhombus" shape that maximizes space saving and ensures good lighting from every angle.

The bottom three floors are commercial storefronts, and the two connected high-rise buildings above each have twelve households on each floor. The four corner units are larger, nearly 100 square meters each, while the units in the middle are smaller, 50 square meter units.

Each building is equipped with three elevators, providing a total of 528 housing units!
The zoo now has more than 500 employees. The original 300-plus employees, with only 140 formal positions, have been increased primarily for performance, catering, and commercial staff.

Now, apart from the more than forty temporary workers who originally lived in this back corner and have priority to purchase at a price of 450 yuan per square meter, all other employees can draw lots to select from the other two hundred or so housing units.

That's right, only one of the two buildings will be used internally, while the other will be advertised publicly in the Jiangzhou Daily for the first time ever, as the first batch of ready-built houses to be sold to the public by a private real estate company in China!

Furthermore, this will serve as a model unit, and the units will be offered for sale to the entire Jiangzhou city community.

We are selling twelve similar residential buildings that will soon be built on the adjacent plot of land!

A total of more than 2,600 housing units!

Taking advantage of the positive word-of-mouth generated by the TV series, they boosted real estate sales by over 100 million yuan.

This is the kind of important thing to do when you've become a producer and are being watched by all parties.

Because from the house price to the apartment size and the surrounding amenities, everything can withstand scrutiny from all sides.

It truly deserves the title, "If only I had ten thousand mansions, I could shelter all the poor scholars of the world and make them smile with joy."

(End of this chapter)