Yang Lin, who was still in a deep sleep, suddenly heard a scream and his first reaction was that there was an earthquake.
He scrambled out of bed almost tumbling.
"What? What's wrong?"
While he was still in a daze, an employee responsible for feeding the animals in the morning knocked on Yang Lin's door.
"Director, something's wrong, Director, something big has happened."
Hearing the slightly panicked voice, Yang Lin opened the door without even bothering to put on his clothes.
"What is it? Did an animal escape?"
In his opinion, only this could make the zookeeper so flustered.
"No, no animal escaped, there's one extra."
"One extra?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Lin didn't quite grasp the meaning at first.
"What is this 'one extra'?"
It wasn't until the zookeeper said the next sentence that he finally understood.
"There's an extra one in the pigsty, an extra panda."
Hearing this, Yang Lin, who had been slightly tense, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah, I thought it was something serious. I know about this, that panda was my arrangement."
"No need to be too nervous."
"Huh?"
Seeing that the zookeeper still seemed a bit confused, Yang Lin quickly recounted everything that had happened the previous night. Only then did the zookeeper understand.
But then a strange look appeared on her face.
"Director, what were you thinking, why would you put a panda with a few pigs?"
"It's a national treasure, you know."
However, Yang Lin was indifferent to the zookeeper's doubts.
"So what if it's a national treasure? In my eyes, all animals are equal."
"Besides, aren't those pigs also treasures of the park? They've contributed, sweated for the park, they are heroic pigs."
"Don't say things like that again in the future, it's not conducive to unity among animals."
Hearing Yang Lin's resolute words, the zookeeper's face instantly showed a hint of shame.
"Thank you for your guidance, Director. My perspective was too narrow. As you said, all animals are equal."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she immediately realized another problem.
"Director, since there's a new panda, do we need to prepare separate food for it?"
"Do I need to get some bamboo shoots, milk, or something?"
"Let's not for now, let's see how it goes."
After speaking, Yang Lin sent the zookeeper away.
He had been busy with the sports event these past few days and hadn't had time to rest properly.
Now that the sports event was finally over, he naturally planned to catch up on some sleep.
But this was clearly just wishful thinking. As soon as he lay down, his room door was knocked on again.
"Cousin, cousin, hurry out, don't sleep, the outside of the zoo is full of reporters."
Hearing Chen Kexin's voice from outside the door, Yang Lin, who had just closed his eyes, lifted the quilt with a dejected expression.
He put on his clothes and opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Chen Kexin, with an excited expression, rushed in.
"Cousin, there are so many reporters outside, really a lot. I've never seen so many reporters."
Hearing Chen Kexin's excited words, Yang Lin, after a moment of confusion, instantly understood.
Although the sports event had ended, its impact was still spreading.
As the absolute protagonists of this sports event, it was no exaggeration to say that the animals in Xihong Zoo were as popular as international superstars. It was normal for so many reporters to come for interviews.
Thinking of this, Yang Lin quickly tidied himself up and then walked to the zoo entrance with Chen Kexin.
Although it was not yet 7:30 in the morning, more than an hour before the park was scheduled to open, the reporters and tourists gathered at the entrance had already formed a dense crowd.
Seeing the figure of Director Yang Lin approaching, the reporters' excitement immediately became restless.
At this moment, Yang Lin, with a professional smile, raised his right hand high, waiting for the media reporters to take photos.
After watching for a while, the reporters didn't seem to be preparing to open their cameras.
Although somewhat confused, he still smiled and reminded the nearest reporter:
"Friend reporter, your lens cap is still on."
Hearing Yang Lin's reminder, the reporter from Mango Entertainment quickly looked at his camera and then said indifferently, "It's fine, Director Yang. Our filming will only start after we enter the park. It doesn't matter if it's not open now."
"Hehehe, is that so? Then aren't you going to take some pictures before entering the park?"
"No need. Before you arrived, we had already filmed the material outside the park. We'll take more pictures when we meet the animals later," a reporter from the sports channel added.
"By the way, Director Yang, why don't you let us in first? We want to go in and interview your park's celebrity animals."
"Yes, yes, yes, they are international superstars now. Even foreign media are reporting on them."
"Certainly, no problem."
Seeing Yang Lin agree, the media reporters prepared to welcome the opening of the zoo gates.
However, after waiting for a long time, they saw no movement from Yang Lin to open the door, and they all looked confused.
At this moment, Yang Lin put on a fake smile again.
"Kexin, take these reporters to buy tickets and register over there."
"One ticket per person, half price for children, free for those under 1.3 meters. These reporter friends have traveled a long way, so give them a 2% discount."
After speaking, Yang Lin called out Li Goudan and Li Gousheng from the nearby security booth.
When the media reporters saw the two brothers wearing police dog uniforms, they immediately lined up obediently to buy tickets.
Seeing them like this, Yang Lin nodded with satisfaction.
"After all, you want free tickets without even giving me a chance to be in the spotlight? No way."
After all the reporters had bought their tickets, they immediately rushed into Xihong Zoo with their filming equipment.
If they were a little late, they would lose the good filming spots.
Soon, the figures of media reporters could be seen everywhere in the park.
At the same time, live broadcast rooms for post-competition animal interviews began to appear on major online platforms across Dragon Country like mushrooms after a spring rain.
Clearly, all the media wanted to take advantage of the peak of this popularity to enjoy another wave of traffic from Xihong Zoo.