HBWnovel Chapter 331 Inventory of Zoo Revenues
Chapter 331 Inventory of Zoo Revenues
In addition to the elephants, there are also exhibits for giraffes, hippos, and rhinos!
The giraffe exhibit also needs to be quite large, and with the addition of the back house, it comes to about 10,000 square meters, which should cost about 200 to 400 thousand green leaf coins. The exhibit areas for hippos and rhinos can be 3,000 square meters each, costing around 60 to 100 thousand for one.
As for the pangolins and Sichuan takins in the Crouching Dragon in Sea of Bamboo, the exhibit for the pangolins can be a bit smaller. However, Fang Ye wants to build it beautifully since pangolins are very representative yet often overlooked animals. Anyway, let's budget 50 to 80 thousand for these two as well.
For the Sea of Cherry Blossoms, cherry trees are different from bamboo groves. Maybe it's because bamboo grows well, it's the cheapest in the system construction interface, the same price as grass, one green leaf coin per square meter. It's basically a giveaway, and it's easy to plant a large area.
If you want to plant a beautiful Sea of Cherry Blossoms spanning thousands of square meters, it will also cost tens of thousands of green leaf coins.
The exhibit areas for the Japanese macaque and the golden snub-nosed monkey, let's budget 50 to 80 thousand for each!
Then there's the development of Waterfowl Lake, accompanied with a plaza, visitor walkways, hotels, construction of employee dormitories...
I feel like we need at least 1.5 million green leaf coins as a base, and 2.5 million wouldn't be too much!
But now we have only 830 thousand green leaf coins, which is pitifully little!
Fang Ye got a headache, what should he do?
There are still ways to quickly obtain green leaf coins, mainly by introducing new species into the reptiles and amphibians exhibit and the avian exhibit.
For the first wave of introductions in the reptiles and amphibians exhibit we brought in snakes, avoiding many venomous ones because I was worried the staff were not skilled enough, and caring for a bunch of dangerous creatures on a daily basis is risky. Just one mistake during feeding and a bite could be deadly, which would be troublesome.
Now, the staff have gone through professional training and have gained some experience. It should be okay to introduce some more venomous snakes.
Such as the Mangshan pit viper, king cobra, black mamba...
The internal space of the reptiles and amphibians exhibit is quite large, about 4,000 square meters!
Currently, only a small portion of the area has been utilized. Even if we remove the miscellaneous spaces like corridors, toilets, decorations, and staff backstage, there's still about 2,500 square meters available.
Some animals, like the Chinese giant salamander, are given larger spaces of about 30 square meters. If we introduce the king cobra, it will also need a relatively large area of at least thirty to fifty square meters. However, for the poison dart frog and the like, which are the size of a fingertip, a display box of 20×20cm might be enough.
Programmers from the tech park, who earn a decent wage, are willing to splurge and take their goddesses to dine at the Lion Restaurant to enhance their relationship.
While the Animal Restaurant is cheaper, it attracts even more patrons; after touring the zoo, everyone likes to rest there, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and grab a meal. Combined, these two restaurants bring in a profit of about 150 thousand a month.
Profit from the various ice cream and cold drink kiosks in the service area is surprisingly high, adding up to about 30 thousand in monthly income.
Income from donations is no small number either, and the tiger exhibit in particular has a bewitching donation box that incessantly echoes in one's mind: "Donate, donate, you must donate." When visitors behold the gorgeous tigers and read the sincere words on the donation box, they feel compelled to contribute to protect the tigers and make Linhai Zoo even better.
How could they resist making a donation?
They impulsively want to donate!
An elderly man, often dressed in a simple singlet and modestly claiming to be a landlord, would donate 40 thousand in various small amounts every time he visited the zoo. He would usually donate a couple of thousand each visit, and on one occasion, when particularly inspired, he tossed 100 thousand into the donation box.
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It was like tipping a silver or gold league after enjoying a good book.
The lifestyle of the wealthy is unassuming and yet dull.
The old man encouraged the zoo to focus on development and to promote animal protection knowledge.
His philanthropic vision was as lofty as owning several buildings!
Just from donations during visits, the monthly income was around 100 thousand, and considering all donations came from visitors rather than online, this was quite remarkable. At other zoos, such a high proportion of income from donations would be abnormal, as ticket sales are usually the main revenue source.
Typically, on-site donation income might only account for about 3% of a zoo's revenue, with other donations, such as corporate ones, being a way to gain a good reputation and legally avoid tax. They might also represent about 3% of income.
For instance, the boss who promoted a wolf-culture previously made a 200 thousand donation on behalf of his company; the zoo issued a donation certificate for this, although the landlord didn't care for such a document.
Online donations usually amount to perhaps 5%, but Linhai Zoo didn't have an online donation channel...
If live streaming counts as a channel, then the income wasn't very high, as Fang Ye only streamed once or twice a week, earning about 10 thousand a month. This was akin to online friends donating in support of their favorite zoo.