"Director Yang, you mean your zoo is willing to share some of the burden with our Diannan Zoo?"
It took a full half-day for Director Song to finally react.
Yang Lin nodded repeatedly upon seeing this.
"Yes, that's what I mean. Since I've encountered this situation, I can't just stand by."
"I can't bear to see animals suffer."
"Of course, I'm not saying these animals are suffering at the Diannan Zoo..."
Before he could finish, Director Song quickly interrupted him.
"Alright, Director Yang, you don't need to say more..."
"Director Song, if you don't agree, I can also take a leasing approach. We can negotiate a price per animal per year."
Just as Yang Lin thought Director Song disagreed, the latter's next words left him baffled.
"Director Yang, why didn't you come earlier? If I had known you had this intention, I wouldn't have been losing sleep and pulling my hair out every day."
"Look at how much hair I'm losing."
As he spoke, Director Song pulled out a handful of hair from the top of his head.
"Right now, I'm thinking of ways to make money every day. If Director Yang can share some of the burden, that would be wonderful."
Amidst his excitement, Director Song tightly clasped Yang Lin's hands.
"Hmm?"
For a moment, Yang Lin thought he was hallucinating.
"There's no need to talk about rent or anything. I trust the feeding conditions at Xihong Zoo. We can see that from Tuantuan's condition."
"If Director Yang has no objections, we can discuss the specific details now."
After reacting, Yang Lin immediately replied very decisively.
"No problem, of course, no problem. My initial idea is this: why don't your zoo select two animals from each species to lease to our Xihong Zoo?"
"I think a preliminary term of 10 years would be appropriate. During these 10 years, all expenses for these animals will be borne by our Xihong Zoo. In addition, we can offer a leasing fee of 100,000 per animal per year."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Director Song immediately interjected.
"Director Yang, you're being too formal. What leasing fee? It's not about renting."
"If we talk about money, it becomes a transaction. And only two animals of each species? How can that be enough?"
"I'd say, for each species, except for those with very few individuals, we can increase it to 10. As for the term, we can extend that too."
"Come, come, let me take you around the zoo again. See which ones you like."
After speaking, Director Song pulled Yang Lin back onto the sightseeing car.
This completely disoriented Yang Lin.
Before long, the two were roaming around the entire zoo.
From time to time, Director Song would make a sales pitch.
"Director Yang, look how cute these raccoons are. There are two albino ones over there. I'll pick five males and five females for you then."
"These red pandas here are also very popular with tourists, and they eat less, are easy to manage, and have strong reproductive capabilities. When the park first opened, there were only a dozen or so, and now there are over two hundred."
"By the way, Director Yang, do you want peacocks? I heard your zoo only has two white peacocks. How about this, I'll pick 20 green peacocks and 20 blue peacocks for your zoo. Our peacocks have been overpopulating in recent years, there are now over 6,500 of them, and we really can't afford to keep them all."
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At this moment, Director Song didn't seem like a zoo director, but more like a salesman.
Every time he passed an enclosure, he wouldn't forget to promote the animals inside to Yang Lin.
Especially those that were already overpopulating.
Perhaps it was because the climate and environment of Diannan were too excellent, the animals' reproductive desire, reproductive capacity, and the survival rate of their young were all very high.
He mentioned that for the red panda species alone, there had been several cases of quadruplets last year.
And to feed these animals, the entire Diannan Zoo had hired over two hundred employees.
The number of employees was even more than the number of animals in Xihong Zoo.
At this moment, Yang Lin seemed to understand why Director Song didn't object to his idea of leasing animals, and even refused the leasing fee.
As long as these animals were taken away, the various expenses saved each year would be a huge sum.
After touring the entire park, Director Song had roughly drafted a long list for Yang Lin.
The list included over 100 different types of animals, totaling more than 1,000 individuals.
This was after he had felt a bit embarrassed and removed some of them, otherwise, the number would have been even higher.
And this number had completely exceeded Yang Lin's expectations.
Before he came, he had only thought of taking about a dozen or so back.
It seemed he had underestimated the situation.
"Director Yang, what do you think? If you feel the burden is a bit heavy, we can reduce it further?"
Perhaps worried that Yang Lin would disagree, Director Song cautiously probed again.
Hearing his words, Yang Lin quickly replied.
"I don't think there's a problem. There will definitely be some burden, but I am very happy to be able to help so many animals at once."
"However, our Xihong Zoo is currently undergoing expansion, so it's not convenient to house so many animals at the moment."
"How about this, I'll take some back this time, and the rest will be taken back after our zoo is built."
"No problem, then you can take the elephants, tigers, lions, black bears, giraffes, and hippos back first. The rest can be transferred to Xihong Zoo later."
At first, Yang Lin thought Director Song was considering his well-being, but as he listened, he realized something was amiss.
The next second, he understood.
"Good heavens, they're all carnivores and big eaters. Director Song's calculations are even more precise than mine."
Initially, Yang Lin had planned to bring Tuantuan, the big eater, to the Diannan Zoo for free meals.
Now, it seemed they were directly shoving dozens of big eaters his way.
Although he realized this, Yang Lin had no objections.
They were giving them away for free, so what else could he say?
Besides, he had already prepared for a surge in food expenses.
Just as the two were discussing how to transport the animals to Xihong Zoo, a zoo staff member rushed over in a hurry.
"Bad news, Director, Huanhuan seems to be having a difficult labor. The cub inside her might have defects."
"The situation seems a bit dangerous. Do you want to go take a look?"
Hearing the staff member's words, Director Song's face suddenly changed.
Yang Lin, on the other hand, was completely bewildered.
However, it was clearly not convenient to ask more questions at this time, so he could only follow Director Song.
Before long, they arrived at the Lion and Tiger Garden within the park.