I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 330 The Next Phase of Construction Planning

The bird exhibit received rave reviews from visitors as soon as it opened!

Mi Jin's article has already had tens of thousands of reads, and Linhai Zoo's own official account also published an article, but the original article only got a little over a thousand reads.

Fang Ye was a bit puzzled, what was going on here? Was it because their article's images weren't pretty enough, or was it because Mi Jin's article was published more quickly?

However, this was a minor detail, as long as the bird exhibit was well received by the visitors, he was very happy.

With the opening of the bird exhibit, the zoo added another piece to the puzzle.

But it was still far from complete, just beginning to take shape!

If one were to use the stages of cultivation to describe it, Qi training, foundation building, golden core, and Nascent Soul, the zoo had just stepped into the stage of foundation building.

However, Linhai Zoo was quite extraordinary, it was akin to an invincible being in the foundation building stage ordained by the heavens.

Among the next construction plans Fang Ye was preparing was a large animal area, introducing elephants both Asiatic and African, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippos!

Another was the Waterfowl Area. Now that the new office building was completed, and a new staff accommodation area had been approved, they could continue to build further back. There were several water bodies behind the zoo; one could be used to exhibit flamingos, seeing hundreds of flamingos flapping over the water surface would also be an extremely spectacular and beautiful scene!

One water body could become Swan Lake!

One water body could be designed as a wetland for cranes, showcasing species like the red-crowned crane, Oriental stork, crested ibis, blue crane, whooping crane, common crane, etc.

The crane is an animal in traditional Chinese culture imbued with a mystical aura, the pine and crane symbolize extended years, and they're linked with legends of immortality; perhaps they could combine it with traditional cultural symbols to create an antique Crane Pavilion?

Although the zoo strives for a natural environment, it doesn't preclude human architecture; it just needs to blend with animal culture, like building a temple around the elephant exhibit.

Of course, these were just his preliminary ideas, he still needed to deliberate on how to execute them precisely.

Another aim was to enrich the current themed areas, like the Predator Gallery. Lions, tigers, leopards, the often grouped-together trio, definitely need to include a leopard! With jackals and wolves, there should also be jackals!

Primate Paradise claims to be a 'Paradise', but now with only macaques and ring-tailed lemurs, calling it a 'Paradise' feels a bit lacking.

Fang Ye plans to introduce Japanese macaques too!

Although the giant panda exhibit did not require the huge expenditures for a dome, skywalk, waterfall, and temperature control as the tropical bird exhibit did, it is surrounded by a whole circle of exhibits, which also represents a significant investment.

Now, there are 830,000 green leaf coins left, which seems like a lot but actually isn't much to use.

Elephants are large and herd animals; introducing several at once is definitely necessary, and they require a large area for their activities. Thus, the outdoor exhibition area should be at least 10,000 square meters. Plus, there's the back-of-house and the elephant care center...

Elephants live long, up to 80 years; if a zoo is to keep them, they should not only live as long as their wild counterparts but ideally exceed that to be considered well kept. So, a professional elephant care center is essential.

The veterinary hospital cannot accommodate creatures as large as elephants. Just the care center alone will need to be 2,000 square meters!

After calculating for a while, Fang Ye discovered that according to his plans, the elephant exhibition area needed 20,000 square meters!

Roughly estimating, it's going to cost at least 500,000 green leaf coins to start, and even 700,000 wouldn't be enough.

Moreover, unlike the bird and reptiles and amphibians exhibits, it won't be possible to introduce as many varieties of animals and earn a rich reward of green leaf coins.

Is it worth it?

Keep in mind that Linhai Zoo, before expanding, was only 30,000 square meters and now is still under 50,000 square meters...

For elephants, an area of just ten or twenty thousand square meters could be crossed in just a few steps!

Fang Ye even thought of building them a 100,000 square meter area—if he had that many green leaf coins and the land for it.

Since he has the capability, it's better to build it bigger.

After calculating for a long time and feeling a bit dejected, Fang Ye sighed, "Ah, these green leaf coins run out too quickly!"

Anyway, just start building!

Like the wolf exhibit, build a part of it first and earn green leaf coins while continuing construction.

Considering the scale of the elephant exhibition area, it's estimated that it won't be ready for several months, and that's with the incredibly fast system construction crew. If it were an ordinary construction crew, it might take years to finish.

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