Following Gao Bin's decision, news of the Wuyuan Forestry Bureau leasing four tigers from Xihong Zoo spread rapidly online.
Upon hearing the news, netizens erupted in a frenzy.
"Whoa, Director Yang is really going all out this time."
"I have to say, this idea of leasing tigers is quite groundbreaking in the entire zoo community."
"They're not calling it leasing, they're calling it hiring. Look up 'hired tigers'."
"I think it's great. It not only gives those tigers more opportunities to connect with nature but also helps the local area solve the problem of ecological imbalance."
"A platform for idle tigers to find work. If you have spare tigers at home, you can let them go out and earn a living."
"I doubt they're as good at controlling wild boars as tigers are."
"Besides, these are special tigers that have undergone special training at Xihong Zoo."
"These Flying Tiger Squad tigers seem to be from Xiong Hu Mountain Villa. I heard they have too many tigers there to even feed them. Director Yang's method is truly brilliant."
"More than brilliant, it's a way to earn tens of millions without spending a dime, and also to release tigers that were originally difficult to reintroduce into the wild back into various parts of the country.
"It has to be our Wuyuan! We directly own four tigers."
"Quickly contact our local forestry bureau and ask them to lease a few too. We have a wild boar problem here as well."
"I hope Xihong Zoo can speed up its panda breeding efforts and open up panda leasing services next, preferably for individuals."
"What you're saying, even if they could be leased, could you afford to keep one?"
"Sorry, I own a coal mine, so I probably can."
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After a heated discussion, the matter quickly became a trending topic. However, Yang Lin suspected that the trending topic was paid for by the Wuyuan authorities.
Especially when he saw that the Wuyuan Forestry Bureau was preparing a grand ceremony to welcome the tigers.
"Good heavens, they're planning to use this event for some official marketing."
"With this wave of publicity, they'll probably recoup the leasing fees directly."
He could already imagine how many curious tourists would flock to Wuyuan.
However, none of this concerned him. What he was focused on was when the first batch of 50 tigers would be leased out.
Just as Yang Lin was feeling a bit worried, calls from all over the country started pouring in.
The content of every call was the same: they wanted to lease tigers.
In less than half an hour, all fifty tigers were leased out.
When Yang Lin informed the leadership of Xiong Hu Mountain Villa of this news, they were stunned.
The tigers they had once considered a hot potato had now become highly sought after.
Not only were they all leased out, but they were also leased for several months at a time.
"Is this real or fake? Just like that, they made tens of millions?"
"They didn't even earn this much in a year before. Director Yang, you are truly a genius."
"With this, even if we really want to release them into the wild, it should be fine."
"And this is just the first batch of 50. There are still over a thousand tigers in the park."
"As expected of the man who made Xihong Zoo bigger and stronger. In less than a week, he brought us back to life."
"Director Yang, please send the second batch of tigers over quickly."
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Facing everyone's praise, Yang Lin did not show any pride.
This outcome was within his expectations. The only thing he hadn't anticipated was how popular the Flying Tiger Squad tigers would be.
Multiple counties and cities leased several at a time, and those who called later couldn't get any.
Given this situation, when he returned from the Guilin branch of Xihong Zoo, he brought back the second batch of 50 tigers.
From the feedback from various forestry departments, the demand for tigers in different regions was still very high.
This was especially true in areas with high forest coverage, so in the long run, the operational problems of Xiong Hu Mountain Villa were non-existent.
And just as Yang Lin was preparing to put the construction of the branch park on the agenda, the four tigers that had successfully arrived in Wuyuan began their work.
When they were released into the mountains, the forestry bureau staff not only equipped them with GPS trackers but also specifically arranged for drones to film them from high altitude.
This operation immediately attracted the attention of millions of netizens nationwide.
In a forest area in Wuyuan called Laomao Ridge, an adult male Siberian tiger first became the focus of netizens' attention.
Because immediately after being released, it encountered a group of wild boars destroying the fields.
It showed no mercy towards the group of wild boars, immediately attacking with the utmost ferocity and killing one.
When it completed the one-hit kill, the netizens watching the live stream cheered.
After that, it began to hunt down the herd of wild boars.
After consecutively killing five wild boars, achieving a 'kill streak,' this Siberian tiger, nicknamed 'Tigger' by netizens, became famous.
It became the first tiger from the Flying Tiger Squad to gain prominence.
Facing such a result, the leaders of the Wuyuan Forestry Bureau were ecstatic.
They had spent the money, they had hired the tigers, and they were reaping all the resulting attention and traffic.
Besides Tigger, the other three tigers did not disappoint the public, all recording kills on their first day on the job.
The hunting targets achieved by the four tigers in one day were equivalent to those of a professional hunting team in a month.
The key was that besides the leasing fees, there were no additional costs involved.
"What is professionalism? This is professionalism."
"It should be called ecological management. No pollution, no side effects."
"I heard from my grandfather's generation that there used to be tigers here, but they were all killed off later."
"There are also records of tigers here, but they disappeared after the last century."
"If the tigers were still here, wild boars wouldn't dare to be so brazen.
"I find it ironic that it used to cost just a few cents for a bullet to kill a tiger, and now it costs millions to invite them back."
"It's an inevitable outcome of human civilization's development, nothing to dwell on. However, I think Xihong Zoo's choice this time is quite good. The ultimate fate of these tigers will likely be integration into the local forests."
"I also think Director Yang's move is brilliant. These leased tigers might very well become local tigers."
"Given the huge sum of money spent to bring them back, they should be extremely rare, right?"
"I understand now. Director Yang isn't doing this for money at all, but to give these tigers a good home."
"Can it be interpreted that way?"
"I'd call this plan the 'Release Tigers Back to the Mountains Plan,' spanning five years."