Chapter 319: Dog Castle

At this height, if a dog falls, it's very likely to die on the spot!

Liang Yan had once been curious about this question; she asked the uncles and aunties.

"The uncles and aunties said the high floors are all sealed, so there's no need to worry about anyone luring a dog out the window with food. There's also no need to worry about a dog being too lonely and being taken to its owner's home. Even if a dog does get lost, each floor and the elevator have surveillance, so the culprit can be found quickly."

"Wow, that's really thoughtful!"

Liang Yan heard Su Yu praising those uncles and aunties and was just as happy praising herself.

"Yeah, yeah! The uncles and aunties said some dogs can't adapt to the weather here; in summer they need constant air‑conditioning or to lie on ice. We can provide that environment here! There's also an experience hall!"

"Can I go take a look?"

"Of course you can!"

Liang Yan shook her father's hand. Zhu Xueheng resignedly led his little princess downstairs.

They took the elevator to the eighth floor and arrived at the Winter Experience Hall. A staff member stepped forward to introduce the services.

"We have divided the area into several zones according to different purposes."

The first zone is a low‑temperature area serving dogs only.

"This place is suitable for long‑haired dogs to cool off. After official operation, they will fill various ice blocks into these empty cloth bags over there.

This special fabric can retain heat to some extent, slowing the ice melt. When the ice melts, it won't wet the cloth, so our canine customers won't feel uncomfortable.

The innermost area is an ice bed that can stay cold continuously. Ice beds are expensive and costly to maintain, so that side is the VIP zone."

Before any profit, the operation of the whole zone is rather conservative.

The second zone is designated for humans and dogs to play together.

"When customers bring dogs here, the area is covered with snow. Guests can have snowball fights with their dogs."

The server opened their promotional video. In the video, a person and a dog were having a great time.

The third zone…

After touring here, Su Yu and the others went to check the stray‑dog shelter base.

Here, as soon as they open a spot, they can adopt dogs; over‑capacity shelters within Jingdu send the excess dogs to this place.

When Su Yu and the others went over, they saw that the more than one hundred dog cages on the second floor were already full of dogs.

"So many!"

Tang Can thought her stray‑cat count was high, but didn't expect Liang Yan's side to have many as well.

"Your base is really at a disadvantage! Dogs need a lot of space by nature!"

The second floor can hold at most just over a hundred dogs; any additional dogs have to go to the third floor.

Her cat base is different. Even if it provides double‑storey villas for cats, each floor can accommodate over three hundred cats, so the spatial pressure is much lower.

"Right, and feeding, drinking, toileting, etc., is labor‑intensive. Some stray dogs haven't been trained and don't use dog toilets, which adds a lot of work for the staff here!"

Liang Yan was also worried; her father had told her before he came that if they continue to take in stray dogs, they must increase staff numbers. That means the Dog Castle's monthly expenses will rise!

But her Dog Castle currently has no income!

"Huo Huo, do you want someone to start a live stream? Lots of people would love to watch the raising!"

Turning these little strays into cute, well‑behaved dogs should attract many viewers.

Liang Yan was a bit worried, "But hiring professionals to stream continuously is too costly."

At minimum, they need one commentator, one cameraman, and another commentator who can rotate; the commentator can also handle online operations. Moreover, a live‑streaming camera is expensive!

Whether in the early or later stages, recouping the cost of hiring those three people is very difficult!

"Is there surveillance here? Can we feed the footage into a video app? Have someone set it up so a robot streams the surveillance 24/7?"

Su Yu's family sells that kind of robot.

"But the surveillance quality is low; the image will be poor. Could that affect the reputation of our money‑making projects outside?"

Adopting stray dogs is purely for love, and both Liang Yan and Zhu Xueheng have already prepared to operate at a loss.

"Maybe you have to decide yourself whether to take the risk!"

Liang Yan looked up at Zhu Xueheng, whose face was expressionless.

"Sweetie, you have to decide for yourself!"

Liang Yan lowered her head, "Then I'll think about it!"

Tang Can was also contemplating!

Her cat castle is similar to Liang Yan's dog castle. Perhaps the experience here could also apply to her cat castle?

After leaving the stray‑dog base, Su Yu followed Zhu Xueheng to a specialty restaurant here.

"This place is a restaurant centered on Chinese rural dogs; it's a Chinese restaurant. Please try it and give some feedback."

The dining area here is divided into two sections: one for people to sit, and another for the dogs.

The Chinese rural‑dog theme is reflected in the restaurant's designs, all of which use various Chinese rural‑dog shapes.

The dishes the server brought out were on plates of similar shapes. Even the after‑meal drinks and snacks were fashioned into dog shapes.

"Do you like it?"

This shop is Zhu Xueheng's business. He personally directed its style, naturally hoping Su Yu and the others will like it!

Su Yu nodded, "Uncle, you could add something more appealing!"

"What?"

"A lottery! For example, spend a certain amount here and enter a draw. Prizes could be cash, tickets, experience cards for those shelters, or dog supplies you sell, and so on."

Free stuff everyone likes. With the mindset of cheap but not wasteful, she believes many will come to try it.

As long as people come and spend, there won't be a loss!

Zhu Xueheng didn't consider that; he was confident his restaurant would be a huge hit!

Liang Yan looked at her dad expectantly, "Dad, should we see what things we don't need and send them away?"

Liang Yan thought, "If we send out the things they don't want but others do, and exchange them for revenue here, we won't lose money, right?"

Zhu Xueheng, helpless, said that most of the items they don't want have flaws, and the restaurant can't use defective goods to placate customers!

"Let me think about it properly!"

If we take the lottery route, it's best to have continuous draws; otherwise customers' enthusiasm will fade. If there are draws for a period and then none for another, during the no‑draw period customers may go elsewhere and won't come back.

After the meal, Zhu Xueheng was deep in thought, and the three of them carefree picked out some special keychains, plush pillows, and dolls, loaded them into the car, and started making a fuss to go home!

Babies, good night~