"... At 14:00 on the 28th, the Lingyuan Zoo in our city ushered in Chuguo, a male Asian elephant from afar. This year, Chuguo, 10 years old, was born in Siam. His whole body is snow-white, which symbolizes auspiciousness. The abbot of the Golden Buddha Temple in Siam When I visited my country three years ago, I gave it to Wuliang Temple. In order to let Chuguo have a better and more professional growth environment, after many investigations, Master Jishan, the abbot of Wuliang Temple, fostered Chuguo in Lingyuan Zoo." A reporter from the city TV station Standing at the gate of Lingyuan to record the oral broadcast.
At the same time, there are also several national and provincial media in Lingyuan who are reporting, and some media have also photographed the elephant house. "The elephant house covers an area of 1,000 square meters and is divided into two parts. The elephant house is equipped with ventilation. Pipes, warm water pipes, heated kang and other facilities, the ceiling lighting effect is excellent, and this steel door can lead to the sports field... ”
When the big truck transporting the white elephants arrived, all the media came forward to take pictures of the first results.
The mahout trainer of Wuliang Temple took the white elephant out of the car and walked into the playground. The head of the park, Duan Jiaze, and the abbot, Master Jishan, were also on the side. The new environment was a little nervous, so I stepped forward and handed the bamboo shoots to it.
Chuguo rolled his nose, took the bamboo shoots, and put them in his mouth.
Chuguo is white all over, including nails, reddish-brown eyes, nearly three meters tall, and has two long ivory tusks. After eating the bamboo shoots given by Duan Jiaze, Chuguo had a good attitude, and Duan Jiaze even stepped forward to pat its head.
The scene of Chuguo being caressed by Duan Jiaze docilely was captured by the media, which seemed to prove that Lingyuan is really suitable for raising Asian elephants.
Jishan and Duan Jiaze were also interviewed separately. One expressed trust in Lingyuan and felt that it was very professional and that Baixiang could get better care here, while the other expressed that he would live up to his trust and make Baixiang live a very happy life.
The citizens of Donghai are still very enthusiastic. The local TV station has already reported this incident in advance, and many citizens came to watch today. However, Chuguo has just arrived at Lingyuan and needs to rest for two days before opening the exhibition area. This does not hinder the enthusiasm of the citizens, who have been taking pictures and taking pictures non-stop since Chuguo got off the bus.
After all, this Asian elephant has a lot of halos and legends, and people can make up a lot of stories unconsciously. When watching it, it has a bit of mystery. This type is the most popular.
There are Asian elephants in the city zoo, but they are ordinary elephants. It is not like this one. It was sent by foreign religions. Many tourists.
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After the outsiders dispersed, in the elephant house, Xiao Su carefully fed the elephant with a bamboo shoot, touched it with one hand, and said, "This white elephant is called Chuguo, and its name is quite cute."
"Cute, it seems to be a Buddhist noun." Duan Jiaze said casually.
Xiao Su asked curiously: "By the way, Director, how on earth did you get the monk to foster such a precious animal in our zoo?"
This relationship is too hard, selling joint tickets with the Taoist temple, and the monks also foster foreign national treasure animals.
Not only that, there are dozens of monks coming to work soon, Duan Jiaze said mysteriously: "When you should know, you will naturally know."
Xiao Su thought up a lot of plots at once, and the look in Duan Jiaze's eyes became even more awe-inspiring.
After Chuguo finished eating the bamboo shoots, he blinked his big eyes, took a step towards Duan Jiaze, and poked him a few times with his nose, as if acting coquettishly, and revealed his wish: he still wanted to eat bamboo shoots .
Duan Jiaze rubbed Chuguo's nose. The initial IQ of this white elephant seems to be quite high. I don't know if it's because he lived in a Buddhist temple in the practice world for a long time, so he has some spiritual wisdom, and he can still tell who is right. The one who decides to give it bamboo shoots.
The elephant trainer invited by Wuliang Temple spent two years with it and developed a deep relationship with it. After coming here, I have been asking if Chuguo will be able to perform. Chuguo has no performance experience and does not need anything in the temple. Do, he used to only do simple daily training, hoping the zoo will be merciful.
When the elephant trainers knew that there were no animal performances in the spirit park, they thought it was incredible, but after knowing it, they realized that the style here has always been like this, and the natural behavior of the existing animals is enough to attract many people.
From this point of view, the white elephant is quite suitable for this place.
"Eat enough. You can't eat too much. You've already reached your portion." Duan Jiaze said to Chuguo. There is a system to help, and he knows how much each animal should be fed.
Hatsuka raised her nose and let out a cry, as if complaining.
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In Donghai City Mall, forty-two bald heads, ranging in age from twenties to thirty-four, came out uniformly wearing dark long-sleeved T-shirts and jeans. Their heads were shiny and very eye-catching.
Passers-by couldn't help discussing in a low voice:
"Why so many bald heads?"
"Who are these people..."
"It's not like being a soldier, there is no queue."
"My God, can't you tell?" Someone whispered, "Look at those people, they are all bald, young and middle-aged, and they go shopping together to buy clothes. They must have just been released from prison."
"..."
These most promising monks from major temples across the country, after the meeting in Donghai City, bought common clothes at the mall together, changed into monk robes, and then took a bus together to Lingyuan.
Everyone is a Buddhist, at least on the surface they are more humble and peaceful.
"Brother please."
"Brother, sit here."
"Brothers, go up, I'll buy tickets."
A group of bald men made concessions to each other and called them brothers and sisters, and the bus became very crowded at once. Passengers looked at each other and wondered which gang they belonged to.
No one really thinks about monks. One is that there are no monasteries in Donghai City, and there are almost no monks except for the last inter-religious exchange forum; The third is that because these monks also work outside of their homework every day, they are all the best in the courtyard, and considering that they came to do volunteer work, so none of them are in bad shape.
Don't talk about the appearance, listen to the address, look at the body shape and hairstyle, it is indeed suspicious!
When the bus arrived at the Lingyuan Zoo, the monks got off the bus, and the girls at the gate and the ticket office said that they were new volunteers.
Xu Wen knew that there would be long-term volunteers coming today, but she didn't know that all of them were bald, and they seemed to know each other, so she couldn't help being stunned, "Wait a minute, I'll report to the dean."
Among this group of monks, three came from Wuliang Temple, the oldest one was a disciple of Jishan, whose Dharma name was Fa Bing, and his lay name was Su Xiang. In Lingyuan, they not only had to take off their monk clothes, but also completely concealed that they were monks, and called each other by layman names.
This is why they used to call each other "big brother" and "younger brother" on the bus. They should have been called "senior brother" and "junior brother", but to cover up, they changed it to this.
While looking at them, Xu Wen picked up the phone and dialed Duan Jiaze: "Director, that...the volunteers are here, but they...they seem to be all..."
"Bald head? If yes, then they are right, let him in, I'm in the office building." Duan Jiaze said.
Forty-two bald men dressed in similar clothes walked into the zoo, and under the attention of the tourists, they came to the ugly second-floor white building. Duan Jiaze was already waiting on the first floor.
Forty-two people, all from different temples, Su Xiang felt that he was from Wuliang Temple, a bit superior, and rushed forward to report to Duan Jiaze: "Director Duan, I am Su Xiang from Wuliang Temple, and our forty-two volunteers have arrived gone."
"Okay." Duan Jiaze smiled at him and said, "Everyone will have to work hard for the next year. I am Duan Jiaze, the director of Lingyuan Zoo. I believe your teachers have taught you the basic rules here. I won't talk nonsense, and then I will take everyone to the accommodation to release the luggage, and we will talk while walking."
Many of these people are even older than Duan Jiaze, but they are also respectful to Duan Jiaze. Naturally, they have been educated, and they must have a good attitude when they come here, especially for the director. This may be whether they can get more One of the keys to chance.
Duan Jiaze rented a bus and took everyone to the village, "Register later, what tools you need to use for work, such as bicycles, motorcycles, etc. After you buy them, your unit can reimburse you."
There is still a distance from the village. If you walk, it will take too long to go to work every day, but they have a whole temple behind them for support, and they don't care about the cost of further education.
In the car, there would naturally be someone who would calmly get closer to Duan Jiaze.
So Duan Jiaze seemed to know "accidentally" that so-and-so actually became a monk after graduating from a key university, majoring in business, so you can ask him any related questions; so-and-so has been trained in the new X party and can help with cooking; So-and-so's family is full of veterinarians, and he can also play a guest role as a veterinarian...
"Are you a graduate of the Buddhist Academy? What courses does your Buddhist Academy offer?" Duan Jiaze happily chatted with them to find out what skills they have, which will also facilitate future management and assignment of tasks.
There is a young junior in Du'er Temple, who is only twenty-four or five years old. He has talent in cultivation, but he is really not good at interpersonal relationships.
He saw that one or two of his senior brothers had struck up a conversation with Duan Jiaze. Thinking about growing up in a monastery, he had never studied in college and had no family members. I have practiced Kungfu, if there is any occasion to do it, just let me do it!"
Duan Jiaze; "..."
Duan Jiaze: "Little master, we are a serious zoo."
Call the police if you have something to do, and there are dogs in the garden anyway. You said you guys scared the girl at the ticket office by just standing there, do you really want to do it
Duan Jiaze saw the distressed look of the little master, and comforted him: "Don't be depressed, then in case tourists make trouble, you are still needed. By the way, what's your name?"
The little monk said shyly, "My name is Guangming."
Duan Jiaze: "Where's the layman's name?"
The little monk shook his head, "I'm an orphan, I don't have a lay name, and this name is also on my ID card. Master asked me to choose one myself, but I haven't made up my mind yet..."
"Ah..." Duan Jiaze felt embarrassed, and said, "It's okay, then it doesn't matter if you want it or not, there's no need to give you a name, we'll call you Xiao Ming."
Classmate Xiao Ming gave Duan Jiaze a grateful look, "Thank you principal."
"Thank you for that, let's go." Duan Jiaze saw that the car had also arrived, and took everyone out of the car.
Duan Jiaze asked them to choose their own roommates. There are only four or five people living in each household. These people come together along the way, and they know each other somewhat, and they are even close to each other because of the temple they belong to. Therefore, Duan Jiaze didn't make any arrangements, but let them form themselves.
Sure enough, these monks knew what they were doing, formed their own teams, and came back after a short time.
By the way, there is a strict requirement for them to live here, that is, they must never preach to the villagers, even though these villagers may not believe in any religion, including Taoism. Even if no one in Lingyuan is staring at this point all the time, they still stare at each other.
After the salute, Duan Jiaze brought them back to Lingyuan and asked everyone to register their information.
Huang Qi also handed over the schedule, on the back there was a division of everyone's duties, "This is temporary, and we will make adjustments based on everyone's performance during work, and some positions are also mobile."
Duan Jiaze also added: "We will adopt the system of the main and sub-classes. Every two people will be in the main class in turn. They need to be on the job at any time, and the sub-class can move around freely, but they must return to their posts when needed."
The so-called free activities means that they are allowed to practice.
Originally, the Lingyuan Zoo was understaffed, and had to hire temporary workers every weekend. Now that this group of people came, it was instantly replenished. In the future, there will be no need to hire extra people on holidays and weekends, and there will even be a surplus of people.
The monks didn't have any objections, they knew what they needed to do before they came, and they all silently wrote down their duties.
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Duan Jiaze turned on his phone, and he clicked to collect the reward from the previous mission. The construction team of the aquarium is on the way, and now he is looking forward to the new mission, wondering what it will be. Therefore, as soon as he finished picking up the forty-two monks, he turned on the phone again to see if the task had been issued.
The new task has really been issued, click to open:
Task description: Please complete the following two items within six months. 1. Introduce more than 50 species and more than 2,000 (only) seawater fish and beasts, and more than 40 species and more than 1,000 (only) freshwater ornamental fish, and open the aquarium; 2. Become one of the city-level landmark attractions , this item was achieved by obtaining the recognition degree of Donghai citizens, and the current recognition degree (52/100).
Task rewards: Six months' worth of high-grade animal feed for the whole park; animal therapy (single release/5 times a day); a five-story science education center covering an area of 15 mu.
Duan Jiaze exhaled and slowly adjusted his mood.
There were more missions, but the first one was not what Duan Jiaze expected. In order to be on guard against this, Duan Jiaze was already planning to adjust the fare in order to obtain more funds.
The ticket price of Lingyuan used to be 20 yuan. Now that the area has been expanded and many new animals have been introduced, the adjustment is also reasonable. It is planned to be adjusted to about 30 yuan, and now the number of people has increased to a daily rate after several times. There are more than 500 people on average, and the highest number of people received on weekends is about 4,000.
When the aquarium opens in the future, it will definitely charge another ticket separately.
In fact, the tourist service center has a lot of income, and many tourists who come will buy water and snacks.
If the current profits are not enough, Duan Jiaze has also figured out that he can use the new building to get a loan from the bank. This time, he can borrow more, and his repayment ability has been greatly improved.
As for the content of the second task, Duan Jiaze didn't think it was too difficult. Even without looking at their initial approval, it was already more than half, which must have been caused by various publicity since the park opened.
Now most of the citizens of Donghai City, at least the citizens of the urban area, know that there is a spirit zoo no matter whether they have been there or not. According to this progress, it will not be a problem to complete within the time period.
Duan Jiaze has even thought that if there is an upgraded version of this task, such as obtaining the recognition in the province, or even in the country, there will be no problem, because they have already prepared for it from now on.
—Those free advertisements and promotional activities on the Internet are laying a solid foundation.
Therefore, Duan Jiaze didn't feel too much pressure this time, and he still had the confidence to complete it.
Besides the rewards, the animals in the zoo are currently in good condition because they eat high-grade feed. If there is trauma, they will contact the veterinarian for treatment. The number of cases is small, so there are only cooperative veterinary hospitals, and there are no permanent veterinarians.
Although Duan Jiaze has already prepared to hire someone from other places—there are not many talents in this area in Donghai City, but it is still very good to have this healing technique. The popular science education hall can also attract more schools and students to patronize, and the overall reward is satisfactory.
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In the evening, Duan Jiaze walked into the lounge with his head held high, and the others thought it was strange. Today should be the day when new tasks are issued, so why isn't the director downcast
Yousu: "Director, what task did you send out today?"
Duan Jiaze took out his phone and read it to them.
When Yousu heard the number, he said with a smile: "The principal has really improved, so I won't cry anymore."
Lu Ya said with a half-smile: "He just likes raising fish, and he is happy raising so many fish, so there is nothing to cry about."
As for the fish in the aquarium in Lingyuan, none of them have died since they were bought. Duan Jiaze couldn't be more confident in raising fish. Although he hasn't raised so many fish before, he still doesn't.
Duan Jiaze chuckled, "It's mainly because I think it's a big deal to go to the East China Sea to catch some fish."
Everyone: "..."
Xiaoqing whispered: "It's not easy to learn well, but once you learn badly, you slip away..."
At this time, Duan Jiaze's phone turned on, and he opened it. It turned out that the app of Project Hope sent a message:
Dispatch animals: 2; Status: en route.
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The next day, the villagers living nearby and the citizens who came to climb Cape Mountain early in the morning were fortunate enough to see this scene:
A bus came from a distance and stopped at the gate of Lingyuan Zoo. More than forty young and middle-aged bald men came out in a file, all wearing uniform clothes. They came early in the morning and entered the zoo without even buying a ticket. , very suspicious, no matter how you look like a tourist.
An enthusiastic old man recalled a recent news report that some people in the society asked for "protection money". He watched these suspected ex-prisoners murderously (fog) go in from a distance, took out his mobile phone worriedly, and dialed the number of the police station. .