As the story of Xihong Zoo spread widely online, all previous negative public opinion was instantly swept away.
The online trolls who had made comments also deleted their posts and disappeared at the first opportunity.
After all, you're accusing a compassionate zoo of abusing animals and profiting from animal performances.
Of course, in addition to the complete eradication of negative public opinion, Xihong Zoo also saw another surge in popularity.
Some netizens who hadn't paid much attention to Xihong Zoo before gradually noticed such an unusual zoo.
Many even wanted to express their support for Xihong Zoo through "wild consumption."
However, they soon found out that there was seemingly nowhere to indulge in such consumption.
Currently, there are only two channels for support: purchasing tickets and buying zoo merchandise.
The reservation tickets are already booked until the year after next, and the merchandise is impossible to get.
The zoo's merchandise was already running low and netizens had no chance to make any extravagant purchases.
Upon learning this, netizens once again praised Xihong Zoo.
Only Yang Lin, the zoo director, looked at the report in front of him with a speechless expression.
"Are you saying all our merchandise inventory is sold out? Not a single item left?"
Hearing Yang Lin's inquiry, Chen Kexin nodded helplessly.
"Yes, all the inventory was sold out just now."
"What about the suppliers? When can they deliver the goods?"
"Cousin, wake up. We don't have any suppliers. You asked me to find people online to customize them before. We don't have any fixed suppliers."
"That's right, I suppose."
Realizing this, Yang Lin patted his forehead.
"Then don't we have anything else to sell? This wave of popularity will be gone if we miss it."
At this moment, Yang Lin felt like he was watching a large sum of money slip through his fingers.
"What else can we sell? We can't possibly sell the animals."
"Sell the animals?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Lin seemed to suddenly remember something.
Just then, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
After he answered the call and heard the self-introduction, his eyes immediately lit up.
"You mean you want the Paw Patrol to endorse your dog food?"
"An endorsement fee of 5 million?"
"Is it genuine dog food?"
"No problem. When will you be here?"
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As the call ended, Yang Lin felt a sense of unreality.
He was just worrying about how to generate revenue for the zoo, and now advertisers were coming to him.
However, before he could recover, another call came in.
"You want to use Li Hei's image as your down jacket logo?"
"But it's not a polar bear?"
"Whether it's a polar bear or not isn't important. Alright then."
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"You want to collaborate with Shi Dui Fu to release toys?"
"A collaboration fee of 2 million? Really?"
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"You want the official production license for Xihong Zoo's plush toys?"
"That won't work. The official license is ours alone. However, you can be our manufacturer."
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As calls kept pouring in, Yang Lin was completely overwhelmed.
He never expected so many advertisers to find him so quickly.
Some wanted collaborations, some wanted trademark authorization, some wanted brand authorization, and some wanted endorsements.
It had to be said that these merchants were truly smart. Xihong Zoo's animals were extremely popular right now.
Each of them had immense popularity and a large following.
This also gave them extremely high commercial value, essentially making them equivalent to celebrities.
Furthermore, there was a huge advantage to having these animals endorse products: they would never "collapse."
Brands were truly fearful now, signing one celebrity and then having them "collapse."
Once an endorsed celebrity "collapses," the brand would suffer alongside them.
But with these animal stars, it was different. These animals, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would never "collapse" in their lifetime.
Despite this, after calming down, Yang Lin still decided to consider carefully.
After all, the animals wouldn't collapse, but if these merchants did, wouldn't that implicate the animals in the zoo?
"By the way, why isn't anyone asking me for endorsements? I have tens of millions of fans, after all. These merchants really lack foresight."
Muttering to himself, Yang Lin said to Chen Kexin beside him:
"Right, go and contact this toy manufacturer. I heard they used to produce Ultraman toys. They want to produce our zoo's merchandise."
"Once negotiations are settled, place the order as soon as possible so the fans don't have to wait."
"Ah? I have to do this too?" Chen Kexin said reluctantly.
"An extra 5,000 yuan in salary! You'll be promoted to deputy director at the end of the year."
"Okay, I'll go now. I'll get it done today!"
With that, Chen Kexin grabbed the documents and went aside to contact the manufacturer.
Just as Yang Lin was about to carefully consider which business activities to accept and which to decline, another call came in.
He initially expected it to be another merchant call like before.
However, after answering, he realized it wasn't.
"Director Yang, I'm Director Li from the Municipal Civilization Creation Office. We spoke before."
"It's like this, we are planning to hold a special sports event soon and would like to invite you to participate?"
Hearing this, Yang Lin was first stunned, then surprised.
"Sports event? I'm not very good at sports."
"No, no, I didn't express myself clearly just now. We're inviting the animals from Xihong Zoo."
"Animals participating in a sports event? Did I hear that right?"
"Director Yang, you heard correctly. This event is to showcase the harmonious coexistence between the people of Ningnan and nature to the entire country."
"The participants will not only include those animals but also some provincial and national athletes, and even Olympic champions."
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After listening to Director Li's explanation, Yang Lin suddenly realized that this also seemed like a good opportunity for exposure.
Humans and animals competing side-by-side, this was a great gimmick that would surely attract national and even global attention.
"Additionally, we plan to select an animal from your zoo to be the image representative and mascot of Ningnan City. It's expected to be chosen through online voting."
"We hope Director Yang can cooperate fully with this matter."
Yang Lin never expected something like this to happen, and a playful expression immediately appeared on his face.
Others might not know, but he knew the netizens' peculiar sense of humor.
If an animal from Xihong Zoo were to be chosen as the city mascot, who knows what they would vote for.
He couldn't help but look forward to the upcoming mascot vote with great anticipation.