Chapter 318: Top Stream

Yao Zhengru was a bit surprised to hear this and looked at Li Dongling. Li Dongling's words made him hear some overtones.

Logically speaking, a Pingyang Animal Park project was already not a small project. Regarding the provincial capital animal breeding base wanting to intervene, Yao Zhengru was a bit hesitant, because it was too expensive. The provincial capital side clearly didn't want to bear this "money-losing goods." Among the animals in this breeding base, one of them included the Qinling giant panda.

Otherwise, how could it be said that "planting trees for future generations to enjoy the shade"? For pandas, it was the same. Now pandas couldn't compare to their descendants. In this era, even pandas had to be self-reliant, relying on performing acrobatics like riding bicycles to earn living expenses. As for living in palace-level living areas and having special bamboo supply, that was even more unimaginable.

Pandas were only confirmed as "prison-wearing beasts" seven or eight years ago, becoming first-class protected animals. Four years ago, they just started to be blown by official media as national treasures. Before this, the status of giant pandas was actually hard to describe.

The status of national treasure had only been confirmed for a few years, and the domestic society and folk hadn't set off a panda craze, let alone overseas.

So at this time, there was no such thing as "panda economy," which could make panda fans from all over the world travel thousands of miles just to see them in line. Now it was even more impossible. That would have to wait for many years later.

So, hearing Li Dongling's words, which implied cooperating with the provincial capital zoo to take over the Hanxi provincial capital animal breeding center, Yao Zhengru had to remind Li Dongling.

"The provincial capital side has such an idea, and the province will also give some support and policies to Pingyang Animal Park."

"But the animal breeding base originally managed by the Hanxi provincial capital animal park wants to be handed over to Pingyang Animal Park to manage, and the corresponding funding will also be borne by Pingyang. This annual cost is probably not a small expense!"

"Pingyang Animal Park can take over the Hanxi breeding base. Additionally, a special fund can be invested to establish the Hanxi Giant Xiong Mao Research Center, but it must be guaranteed that this giant panda R&D center must remain in Pingyang Animal Park in the future!" Li Dongling said.

Not to mention anything else, as long as there was this global "top stream" giant panda, then in the future, Pingyang Animal Park wouldn't have to worry about lacking tourists.

Like seeing a giant panda once, the ticket price was only a few dozen yuan. It seemed like it wasn't much, but transportation, accommodation, meals, souvenirs, etc., added up. A tourist coming once brought 1,000 or 2,000 yuan of revenue to the local area, which was already considered small.

Not to mention, those who came out to travel were often dragging their families, or even several generations together. A family coming once brought tens of thousands of yuan of revenue to the local area, which was possible.

As long as the basic work wasn't done too poorly, and the peripheral projects of pandas could be developed, they would earn even more. Launching peripheral products related to pandas like dolls, blind boxes, keychains, canvas bags, etc. —these peripherals earned money like printing machines!

After the arrival of the e-commerce era, these peripheral products of pandas would be sold directly to the whole country, and even countless countries overseas. At least Japan, Korea, and several European countries couldn't resist the panda offensive.

Relying on this panda card, Dongling Gao Ke could earn back the money invested several times over in the future. Regarding panda peripherals, Dongling Gao Ke could let Wan Dai operate them. In terms of "fleecing," no, operating IP, Wan Dai was the most capable!

Yao Zhengru looked at Li Dongling. He didn't expect Li Dongling to be so optimistic about giant pandas, which made him speculate for a while: could it be that giant pandas would become a trump card for the animal park in the future?

Thinking about it, Yao Zhengru smiled, "As long as Pingyang Animal Park is willing to take over the Hanxi breeding base, I can't think of a reason for the provincial capital side to refuse."

"The Pingyang Animal Park project can be invested by Dongling Gao Ke. In the future, this project will be responsible by Dongling Gao Ke's Investment Department!"

"Additionally, besides the land of Pingyang Animal Park, Dongling Gao Ke hopes to be able to auction more land in the surrounding area for the establishment of related supporting facilities!"

Li Dongling said to Yao Zhengru. Dongling Gao Ke's Investment Department was a department under Dongling Gao Ke Finance. It was a quite peculiar department within Dongling Gao Ke.

The personnel of Dongling Gao Ke's Investment Department were not many, and the main personnel were also mostly concurrent from the Finance Department and Legal Department. But its status in Dongling Gao Ke was no less than Dongling Gao Ke's Budget Committee, directly responsible to Li Dongling.

BYD, Torch Group, Dongxin Semiconductor, Dongfang Optoelectronics, Hanxi New Materials, Guangwei, Hanxi Freight Airport project, etc., were all invested by this department. Now the Pingyang Animal Park project was naturally taken over by it.

One day, if Dongling Gao Ke's Investment Department was split from Dongling Gao Ke, its size would probably be much larger than many companies!

Auctioning a batch of land from around Pingyang Animal Park, regardless of whether it would be used in the future, could always be prepared. These lands were currently located in the suburbs and were all cabbage prices. Hoarding them wouldn't cost much.

In the future, if Pingyang Animal Park could really develop and attract countless tourists, those lands could be used to build hotels, restaurants, large amusement parks, and even building a parking lot would probably be a steady profit!

For this request of Li Dongling, Yao Zhengru would absolutely not refuse. Being able to take on the Pingyang Animal Park project was absolutely a big benefit for the Pingyang municipal government.

By comparison, the land around Pingyang Animal Park, even if it might rise in price in the future, giving it to Dongling Gao Ke now was absolutely not a loss for Pingyang. As long as Dongling Gao Ke was still in Pingyang, that meat was in the same pot in Pingyang!

Overall, Pingyang Animal Park was not a burden for Dongling Gao Ke. Once these projects were built, Yao Zhengru and the Pingyang municipal government would certainly get credit, but Dongling Gao Ke's status in Pingyang and its influence in the hearts of Pingyang people would be even better!

After reaching an agreement with Li Dongling, Yao Zhengru was in a great mood. Even without drinking, the strong tea in his stomach made Yao Zhengru feel a bit drunk, but the whole person was in excitement.

"Your Aunt Han has been mentioning you for a long time. When you have time, come home for a simple meal!" Yao Zhengru said.

"I will definitely go!"

Chen Linfeng, who was waiting outside the tea room, heard the faint laughter coming from inside and knew that his boss had probably succeeded. He understood that once this project was completed, Yao Zhengru's status in Pingyang and even Hanxi would probably be determined!

These few years for Pingyang people might be more violent than the things experienced in the past ten or twenty years, especially after welcoming Yao Zhengru to take the helm.

Since Yao Zhengru took the helm, although the entire Pingyang had become a big construction site, either demolition or road repair, all Pingyang people, even in towns and villages, could feel the changes happening around them.

Jobs were obviously easier to find. Almost every store on the street posted recruitment stickers. The neighborhood offices, towns, and village committees in the city center notified all day long which company or project was recruiting in large numbers, and that one could bring back hundreds of wages after going for a month, etc.

But when news of the Pingyang Animal Park project leaked, it still made the people of Pingyang feel curious. In the past, places like zoos and parks were, for the people of Pingyang, living conditions that only people in big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai had. For Pingyang, it still felt a bit novel.

However, this time, these gossip news didn't spread for a few days before the Pingyang Daily and Hanxi Provincial Daily jointly issued an announcement, announcing that the provincial government had formally approved the Pingyang Animal Park project, with a total investment expected to exceed 210 million RMB!

When the news was published in the newspaper, a number of construction companies and engineering teams from Hanxi and outside the province rushed to Pingyang grandly in advance. On the road to Pingyang, for a time, it was full of various construction vehicles like excavators, bulldozers, shovels, and mining trucks. People going to Pingyang to find opportunities and work emerged like a large piece of "crossing the river."

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