Chapter 2

The fifteen-minute drive was over quickly.

Mu Ling saw the deserted gate of the Bic Zoo on the mountain.

After all, it had only been closed for half a year, and with two employees maintaining it, the zoo gate did not look too desolate and was kept quite clean.

To the left of the gate was the ticket office, which was of course empty now. When Mu Ling entered the gate, there was a service area right in front of her. When she looked inside through the glass window of the service area, Wei Li next to her began to introduce it to her.

"On the left side of this service area is the cooked food area where tourists can have lunch. On the right side is the supermarket area, which sells daily necessities and souvenirs. However, after closing, all the things inside were moved away, and now it is idle."

Mu Ling nodded. Now only some shelves, tables and chairs can be seen inside, nothing else.

Wei Li pointed to the five-story building on the right side of the service area and said, "This is our office and dormitory area. The first floor is a parking lot, where shuttles, mountain bikes and the like are parked. The second floor is the office, finance office, and file room. The three floors above are the staff dormitories. At its peak, our zoo had more than a hundred employees at the same time, and the three-story dormitory building was just enough to accommodate them. Now, in order to save electricity, Brother Xiang and I still live in one room, but I know that Director, you are coming today. We have cleaned up one of the girls' dormitories. If you need anything, just tell us."

Mu Ling thought to herself, how could she dare to need anything? She could afford it. She said hurriedly, "I am not picky about where I live. Just give me a bed and I will live here."

Wei Li glanced at the new director, whose words were slightly sad. He thought, "No way, how can a poor man take over such a big zoo? Maybe he is just more people-friendly? "

Wei Li said again, "Brother Xiang has been inspecting in the mountains these two days. Director, how about I help you carry your luggage up first?"

Mu Ling said hurriedly that it was not necessary. She could carry it herself. She saw that there was an elevator in this small building. How could she let the employees help her carry her personal belongings?

She dragged her suitcase towards the elevator entrance. After taking two steps, she heard Wei Li behind her say, "The elevator is not open to save electricity."

Mu Ling: "..."

Mu Ling turned around and walked back. She handed the suitcase to Wei Li embarrassedly: "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Wei."

It was three floors high and her luggage was heavy. She probably couldn't climb up with the luggage.

Wei Li chuckled and didn't care. He lifted Mu Ling's suitcase, which weighed more than 30 pounds, up the stairs with one hand, just like a strongman.

Mu Ling was terrified watching from behind. She thought that Brother Wei was really strong. If she dared to withhold his wages, he would be able to knock her out with one punch.

Wait, not only the wages owed, but also the wages owed for the past six months must be repaid...

Mu Ling began to suffocate again.

They went up to the dormitory on the third floor. Mu Ling's dormitory was at the end of the corridor. Mu Ling took a look and found that this dormitory had the best environment and the largest window. Standing at the window, she could see a large forest outside.

The room was very clean. There was a wooden bed, a wardrobe, and a long table at the side. There was also a quilt on the long table. It looked very clean and should have been freshly washed.

Wei Li put down his suitcase and asked Mu Ling to pack it first. He went out first.

Mu Ling thanked him quickly. After seeing Wei Li off, she opened the suitcase and started to pack.

It took about half an hour to finish packing. Mu Ling closed the door and went downstairs. As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Wei Li repairing a bike. Seeing her coming down, Wei Li greeted her, "Director."

Mu Ling walked over with a smile and asked curiously, "What's wrong with the bike?"

Wei Li was fiddling with a mountain bike. He said, "There's a problem with the rear wheel. The road in the jungle is not easy to drive on. I turned into a mountain ravine before and the rear wheel got stuck. Brother Xiang and I It took two days to tow it back, but it will take some time to fix it, and it's not fixed yet."

Mu Ling heard him talking about Brother Xiang all the time, and she became curious about another employee: "If Brother Xiang is on patrol, can he be back tonight?"

Wei Li shook his head: "No, he went the day before yesterday and won't be back until the day after tomorrow."

Mu Ling was surprised: "Will he be gone for so long?"

Wei Li smiled: "The jungle is big and dangerous. It will take at least one round of patrol." It takes three to four days. We now patrol four times a month. Food is placed at fixed points, and some animals will come out to eat on their own. "

Mu Ling has never opened a zoo, and knows nothing about wild animal parks. She asked casually: "The animals have all gone into the mountains. Can they be controlled normally?"

Wei Li said: "Of course they can't be controlled. At most, we can roughly understand their whereabouts. When the park had the most employees at the beginning, fixed keepers were arranged. Someone was responsible for a certain area. You have to know about the animals living in your area. Although you can't get close to them, you have to know whether they are injured, whether they have reproduced, whether they are safe, etc. However, later the employees left, and now we don't know the whereabouts of the animals very well, but as long as we don't go to the deep forest, it's fine."

"Deep forest?" Mu Ling asked again.

Wei Li said, "Our park covers a total area of ​​more than three million square kilometers, but when it opened, we only developed more than one million square kilometers on the periphery. We dared not touch the more than two million square kilometers inside because there are many native animals inside. We separated them with a protective net to prevent the animals on both sides from connecting. However, the protective net needs to be maintained every month. After more than half a year of closure, some parts of the protective net have been damaged. Brother Xiang and I will repair any damaged spots when we patrol, but when we don't see them, we don't know if there are other damages. Most of the native animals in the deep forest do not have anti-exotic certificates, and we are afraid that there are exotic beasts hiding inside."

As soon as the word "alien" appeared, Mu Ling's eyelids jumped, and she immediately remembered the border news she saw in the small supermarket just at the foot of the mountain.

In the interstellar age, aliens were rampant. Since the unknown virus spread to the Federation through a wormhole 150 years ago, the animals in the Federation have been easily infected and mutated by the virus.

This virus is very scary. It can change the gene chain of animals. At present, except for humans, almost all animals have been infected, and this virus is also hereditary.

The direction of mutation of infected or inherited animals is not uniform. Some limbs mutate, turning into three-headed and five-legged creatures, and some habits mutate, becoming particularly aggressive and cannibalistic.

In short, since the appearance of the aliens, the Federation has really fallen into a dark period that lasted for several decades. Until 110 years ago, the research institute developed a virus vaccine. Since then, all domesticated animals have been required to be vaccinated against aliens every six months since birth.

But even so, not all animals can be vaccinated, and some animals will mutate even if they are vaccinated, especially some beasts in the deep mountains and forests. Because of their strong attack power, they cannot be captured by humans, and the mutation rate is the highest.

For example, the planet where the aliens rioted in the news before was a poor place with chaotic policies and pirates. Because the environment was so bad, it led to improper management by the upper level, which made it easier for the aliens to spread. Once the aliens rioted, there would inevitably be countless casualties.

In order to quell the alien tide, every time such a situation occurs, the army and war beasts must rush to the scene immediately. Speaking of war beasts, after the aliens are rampant, humans are often unable to fight against the aliens. More often, it is the best partners of humans, the war beasts, who are galloping on the front line.

Their sharp teeth, sensitivity to smells, and ferocity of killing with one strike are all beyond the reach of humans who only know how to use weapons and have fragile bodies. Some well-trained war beasts can even fight ten enemies at once. Therefore, war beasts are also called treasures of mankind. Every war beast that sheds blood and sweat for mankind will be remembered by the people.

When Mu Ling heard that there might be more beasts in the deep forest, she didn't care about whether she had money or not, and hurriedly said: "I will contact someone to upgrade and overhaul this protective net immediately. The protective net cannot be careless, and no risk related to the beasts can be taken."

Wei Li glanced at the director, and the smile on his face deepened a little: "The director is wise."

He is a clear-headed director.

The matter of the alien beasts made Mu Lingxin confused. She didn't care to chat with Wei Li anymore. After asking Wei Li for the phone number of the previous protective net maintenance company, she went to contact someone.

They were surprised to hear that she was from the Piccolo Wildlife Park. They remembered that the zoo had been closed for a long time, but of course they had to do it since there was business. The two parties quickly decided on the date for the maintenance. They said they would come tomorrow afternoon, but due to the large scope of the protective net of the Piccolo Zoo, the total maintenance time would take about half a month. They gave her a discount on the price, a total of 99,999 interstellar coins, with a deposit of 20,000, which would be paid when the person came tomorrow.

Mu Ling's scalp went numb when she heard the price, but she couldn't save this kind of money. After thanking the other party with tears in her eyes, Mu Ling opened her bank card again.

Looking at the balance of only 200,000 yuan left on it, Mu Ling drooped her head and seemed to have shrunk.

Her grandfather passed away when Mu Ling was sixteen years old. Her grandfather's family was poor and he didn't leave Mu Ling anything. Mu Ling has been working part-time since high school until she went to college and joined her tutor's laboratory. With the dividends from the last drug research, she finally saved 250,000 yuan.

However, because of the success of that drug research, the tutor was also poached by a larger drug research company. After the team was disbanded, Mu Ling didn't find a new job for a while. She has been living off her savings for the past two years.

After adding and subtracting, she only has 200,000 yuan left in her savings. Not only does she have to spend 100,000 yuan in one go, she also has to pay back the employees' advances, pay their salaries, buy food for the animals, and buy the next round of vaccines.

It's too much money. No, she has to make money as soon as possible, otherwise she won't be able to support this big family!

Cheer up, Mu Ling took out her "Zootour Business Plan" as soon as she returned to the dormitory.

First of all, the opening date has to be set.

It takes half a month to maintain the protective net. Now it is the end of August, and half a month later it will be mid-September. It just so happens that the tourist area at the foot of the mountain will hold a flower show in October. In mid-September, the number of tourists who come to see the flower show will gradually increase, so the zoo will open in mid-September. With the opening gimmick and the popularity of the flower show, the passenger flow should be higher.

Mu Ling turned on her computer and started to check the weather. The weather in September was good. Except for a few light rains at the beginning of the month, it was sunny in the middle of the month. Mu Ling wrote a date of September 17 on the plan, which was considered to be a preliminary opening date.

Then she began to think about publicity. In addition to taking advantage of the popularity of the flower show, she also had to try her best to attract traffic. In today's society, advertising is undoubtedly the most effective way to promote, but Mu Ling has no money to advertise, so she can only take advantage of other people's hot spots.

Mention her own zoo more often under videos or hot searches related to animals, leave more comments on the official tourism website of the God King Star to show her presence, and she also has to create an official account for herself, often post photos and videos of cute little animals, and brag about her own zoo.

If all else fails, she can also cover the starship tickets, food and lodging, and invite big up-loaders to travel and explore the shops, which is also a disguised form of publicity.

Mu Ling studied pharmaceutical research in college, but her roommate studied economics, and Mu Ling was also exposed to these basic Star Network marketing methods.

If she can make money in the future, Mu Ling can also develop cloud tourism, which is to use holographic technology to allow tourists to stay at home and enjoy the entire zoo.

You know, a tourist destination can only receive a limited number of tourists every day, but holographic tourism can receive an unlimited number of tourists at the same time, and every tourist who enters the holographic scenic spot needs to pay for the ticket. Although holographic tickets are much cheaper than real tickets, the accumulation of small amounts will inevitably be a huge profit!

Some popular scenic spots are open to cloud tourism!

Mu Ling immediately searched for the technical costs related to cloud tourism. After searching, Mu Ling's ambitions that had just risen were instantly extinguished.

She was presumptuous. The initial technical investment in cloud tourism actually required tens of millions of funds!

Sorry, sorry, she will never think about it again!

...

The clock on the table moved little by little.

An hour later, Mu Ling's plan was initially formed. Looking at the time, it was almost noon. Mu Ling decided not to wait any longer. In the afternoon, she would let Brother Wei take her to the jungle for a walk. If she could see animals, she would take videos and photos to set up an official account first.