The bankrupt zoo was saved entirely by the parrots' foul mouths.

As he said these words, Old Wang's eyes were full of anticipation.

However, what Lao Wang was most looking forward to was who Wang Haoyu had chosen as the spokesperson for the company's new product.

Looking at Wang Haoyu, although this guy is very confident in himself...

But when he actually met his father, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

The reason is simple: while other brands are using celebrities, actors, and singers as spokespeople, he took a different approach and used a parrot as his spokesperson, which was undoubtedly a very bold decision.

Therefore, in Wang Haoyu's view, the moment he revealed this truth was, to some extent, a test for his father's heart...

After pondering for a while, Wang Haoyu took a deep breath and finally spoke with a serious expression:

"Dad, the spokesperson I found is a very popular internet celebrity parrot. The endorsement fee is three million, which I think is a very reasonable price."

Wang Haoyu spoke calmly, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

"Three million is great! Three million is a bargain!"

I don't know what Old Wang was thinking at that moment. Hearing his son's outrageous words, he actually said something like that.

Then, as if realizing something, Old Wang suddenly froze:

"Internet celebrity parrot? Is that a celebrity's nickname?"

"Don't think I don't usually pay attention to these things, but I do know that some celebrities in the entertainment industry do like to give themselves those weird nicknames, mainly to make their names more memorable. These easy-to-understand nicknames are easier to remember than their real names!"

"But I've never heard of a parrot before."

"Is he a movie actor or a singer? What works does he have? How many fans does he have?"

Perhaps unwilling to believe certain facts, Lao Wang kept comforting himself while asking several questions in a row.

Upon hearing this, Wang Haoyu's face darkened:

"Dad... this isn't a nickname, please don't overthink it, it's just a parrot, literally."

"But in terms of the number of fans, if we're really talking about it, it must be at least several million, right?"

Wang Haoyu thought for a moment and casually gave a number that he felt was rather conservative.

After all, Brother Chicken is quite popular on the internet now, and almost every young person who frequently goes online knows him.

Moreover, thanks to Brother Chicken, Zizhou, a small city, has become very popular recently, with tens of thousands of tourists flocking to Zizhou every day, which was unthinkable before.

This basically confirms that Brother Chicken has several million fans.

I wonder how many people want to go to Zizhou Zoo to see the rooster in person.

However, though he said it so casually, his words struck Old Wang like a thunderbolt, leaving him speechless for a long time.

I am most afraid of the sudden silence in the air...

After an unknown amount of time, Old Wang, whose face had been blank, suddenly became incredibly shocked, followed by anger:

"You bastard! Are you deliberately trying to anger your father?"

"Is this something you can joke about?"

Even now, he still doesn't believe Wang Haoyu, or rather, in his heart, he hopes that Wang Haoyu is joking with him.

"Dad, do I look like I'm joking with you?"

"I'll fucking kill you!!!"

After confirming that his son was really serious, Old Wang grabbed the belt that was lying on the sofa and pretended to give his unfortunate son a bit of fatherly love.

Wang Haoyu reacted quickly, and the moment he saw his father grab the belt, he immediately distanced himself from his father.

Judging from his practiced manner, he clearly has plenty of experience with this kind of thing since he was a child.

"Dad! Don't panic! Let me explain!"

Wang Haoyu and Lao Wang circled the coffee table, trying to persuade him while also trying to calm him down, their faces full of anxiety.

"Explanation? I'll beat you up first, then I'll listen to your explanation!"

Old Wang was furious and wouldn't listen to anything Wang Haoyu said.

Seeing his son circling around the coffee table, Old Wang had a sudden inspiration. He stepped on the coffee table and rushed over, successfully capturing his rascal son.

Sure enough! Experience is the best teacher...

Snapped! ! !

Snapped! ! !

"I'll beat you to death! You bastard, what the hell are you trying to do?!"

The two belts came down, whipping Wang Haoyu until he screamed in pain.

Judging from the way the father and son were so skilled, this kind of scene was obviously not uncommon for them.

This time, however, Wang Haoyu didn't think he had done anything wrong.

Not only did they not do anything wrong, they even made contributions.

Normally, he would accept being beaten for making a mistake, but how could he tolerate this situation?

In a fit of anger, Wang Haoyu grabbed the belt from Old Wang's hand.

After all, he's only in his early twenties, and if things really got serious, Old Wang might not be his match.

"Hey! You little brat, you've really gone too far! You actually dared to fight back against me!"

Seeing Wang Haoyu's reaction, Old Wang was both angry and shocked, and made a move to increase the intensity, to give Wang Haoyu's childhood a complete ending.

Just then, Wang Haoyu finally panicked:

"Enough!!!"

"It's always been like this! I was a troublemaker when I was younger, but now I'm truly doing something worthwhile!"

"I still want to be a rich kid! Would I mess up our family business?"

"You just start hitting me without even asking what happened! Just because you're the father doesn't mean you're so great!"

"Can't you let me explain myself before you rush into this?! Do you think this is a company? This is home! I'm your son!"

Wang Haoyu's eyes were bloodshot and wide open, clearly indicating that he was truly enraged.

Across from him, Old Wang held the belt high in his hand, but hesitated to bring it down. At that moment, he was shocked and deeply moved.

He never expected that his son would say such a thing to him.

To be honest, Old Wang was very angry at first because his son had grown up and dared to talk to him like that.

But because of this, he suddenly realized that his son had grown up, was twenty-five years old, and was an adult.

He was already married when his son was that age...

It seems I can no longer treat my son the way I did when he was a child…

After a long pause, Old Wang's eyes began to redden slightly.

He let his hand fall limply to his side, the belt in his hand lying carelessly on the ground.

Seeing the look in his son's eyes, as if he were looking at an enemy, Old Wang felt a pang of heartache and wanted to apologize to his son.

But the words wouldn't come out. How could he, as a father, apologize to his son?

After a moment of silence, Old Wang suddenly turned around, sat back down on the sofa, his face calm, as if nothing had happened.

He picked up the cigarette case from the table and took one out.

He was about to put the cigarette in his mouth when he suddenly looked up and handed it to his son, who was still glaring at him angrily.

"Want one?"

Wang Haoyu started smoking in junior high school. When he was a child, he was caught smoking for the first time and was beaten up by his father.

This was one of the worst beatings Wang Haoyu had ever suffered during his teenage years.

Later, he was beaten several times for smoking.

It wasn't until Wang Haoyu entered high school that Old Wang had to accept this fact.

However, although Old Wang had accepted his son's smoking over the years, he did not approve of it and had never offered his son a cigarette before. This was the first time.

Wang Haoyu was shocked by his father's actions. He seemed to have never expected his stubborn and unreasonable father to do such a thing.

He stood there stunned for a long while, not reaching out to take it...

Actually, there's a painful past behind this issue.

Wang Haoyu suddenly remembered when he was in the third year of junior high school. At that time, he told his dad that he had quit smoking and that he was very careful when smoking, taking various precautions to prevent his dad from finding out.

It was during that incident that Wang Haoyu truly witnessed the wickedness of adults and understood the meaning of "old ginger is spicier"...

During a family dinner, halfway through the meal, his father suddenly offered him a cigarette.

Without thinking, he instinctively took it, then pulled out a lighter from his pocket, as if to light it for his father.

Just as he held the lighter up to his father, their eyes met, and in that instant, something suddenly occurred to him…

And then that day... that beating...

It was during that time that he realized that when it came to playing mind games, he was no match for his father, who had been in business for decades.

However, this time, Wang Haoyu didn't think that much about it.

Seeing the complex look in his father's eyes, the hatred and anger on his face suddenly dissipated considerably.

Wang Haoyu calmly took the cigarette from his father's hand, casually put it in his mouth, and then sat down next to his father.

To put it bluntly, we're all family, father and son, how could we really fall apart?

Wang Haoyu picked up a lighter from the table, and just like friends, he lit the lighter while protecting the flame with his other hand, and brought the flame to his father's mouth.

Old Wang didn't stand on ceremony and directly brought his cigarette closer, but he didn't reach out to protect the flame.

If this were between brothers, a big slap would have been delivered long ago.

However, considering this is his father, it makes perfect sense...

After lighting a cigarette for his father, Wang Haoyu lit a cigarette for himself.

The two of them took deep drags on their cigarettes, and soon the living room was filled with smoke.

It wasn't until he'd smoked half a cigarette that Old Wang finally calmed down, looking at his son with a composed expression.

"Tell me about it."

"What's the story behind your parrot?"

"Can this thing really be used as a spokesperson?"

Old Wang had already realized in his heart that his son had grown up, but he still couldn't believe that a parrot could be a spokesperson; this was beyond his comprehension.

Wang Haoyu did not answer Lao Wang's question directly, but instead took out his phone from his pocket.

After a series of actions, he searched for some trending content about the internet celebrity parrot "Chicken Brother" and then handed the phone to his father.

As Lao Wang frowned while looking at the content about Brother Chicken on his phone, Wang Haoyu simultaneously spoke up to explain:

"This is the internet-famous parrot I was talking about; it became famous in a short time because it swears."

"A single parrot can revitalize the tourism industry of an entire city—that's the power of this parrot!"

"The only thing lacking now is the precedent of using animals as spokespeople, but I trust my judgment. In an era where young people love to play with memes and prefer abstract ideas, this move is feasible."

Just like when Wang Haoyu was doing market research, he once discovered a small snack workshop, a very small company.

The difference between it and his Weilong Foods is indescribable.

But this food company actually became an online sensation by launching a snack called "Hi-Hi Squid Strips".

For a period of time, the product sold extremely well.

Wang Haoyu bought this thing once to try it out, but found the taste to be just so-so.

But this company made the product a hit simply by using memes and hype...

This also proves that his idea is indeed feasible.

Moreover, the snack market is primarily a market for young people; adults don't eat many snacks. And coincidentally, the group of people who use internet memes are also young people. Isn't that a coincidence?

"Dad! I've thought about this. There's a large overlap between the target audience for our snacks and the audience who like the internet-famous parrots."

"And the parrot happens to love our new desserts and snacks, so it's a perfect match."

"So having a popular internet parrot as a spokesperson might actually have amazing effects, and the results would definitely surpass those of a typical celebrity endorsement!"

……

Wang Haoyu gave his father a thorough analysis.

No matter how unreliable Wang Haoyu is usually, he is quite charismatic when he talks about work seriously.

In particular, Wang Haoyu is quite good at speaking.

Judging from Lao Wang's expression, he had clearly been somewhat persuaded, though there was still some worry between his brows.

After all, he wasn't from the same generation as Wang Haoyu, so there were bound to be some differences in their thinking.

"Dad! I reacted quickly enough that I was able to sign the famous parrot for three million. The zoo owner even agreed to my condition of adopting the parrot. We haven't discussed the price yet."

"Once this is settled, we will have a very powerful product ambassador."

"If we wait until other companies react, or until the popularity of the internet-famous parrot continues to rise."

"By then, signing the internet-famous parrot will be a much more difficult task than just three million."

Seeing that his father was still hesitating, Wang Haoyu continued to persuade him.

Hearing this, Old Wang slowly put down his phone, then turned to look at his son with a frown:

"You have a point... but this internet-famous parrot is still just an animal..."

"Can its popularity really last? Or will it just be a flash in the pan, and then no one will pay attention to it after a while?"

"Haoyu, losing three million is a small matter, but don't let it damage our brand reputation!"

Old Wang's concerns are not without merit and fall under the category of reasonable risk avoidance.

Without these mindsets, he wouldn't have been able to build the company to its current scale.

Early entrepreneurship relies heavily on luck, but one cannot rely on luck forever, and you don't have that much luck.

Having a unique perspective is very important.