Wang Yugang was stunned for a moment, as the person in charge of a feline breeding center, animal shijie is naturally a frequent program, and what Fang Mingyuan said is not unfamiliar, but he has never thought of using this in his center.

"You mean to run a tiger zoo and sell tickets to make money?" Wang Yugang said with some hesitation. To build such a park in Ice City, not only does it require a lot of land, but the construction cost is not a small amount.

"Well, to be precise, the purpose of establishing this park is to strengthen the conservation and scientific research of Siberian tigers, and to present the results of conservation and research to the public, and at the same time to develop and utilize the tourism value of Siberian tigers, and to support the sustainable development of Siberian tiger conservation and scientific research with tourism income. It can be said that tourism is the economic basis of protection, and protection is the resource guarantee of tourism. Fang Mingyuan's words, Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng were stunned at first, and then after savoring them carefully, their eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Lao Li, write it down, write it down, it's too incisive!" Wang Yugang said excitedly. Obviously, it is to make more money to buy meat for the tiger and pay wages to the employees, but if Fang Mingyuan says this, it is not the same in this realm. In this way, it is much more reasonable to ask for money and land - the annual allocation of government funds is now paying off, and if you don't believe it, go into the garden and count the number of tigers. And we are building this garden to reduce the burden on the government and strive for self-financing. What a reason to haode!

"And it's not just tickets that can be sold for money, for example, can you also sell chickens and sheep?" Fang Mingyuan smiled slightly,

"Selling chickens and sheep? Sell to tourists? Can people want this? Li Guangcheng, who was looking for pen and paper, looked up and asked in surprise.

"It's forbidden for visitors to feed the animals in the zoo, but some people definitely want to see the tigers hunting, you can sell them the live chickens and sheep you want to feed, and then let them watch the Siberian tigers hunt their prey, anyway, at least you can save some meat money." Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said. This kind of trick was not uncommon in previous lives. In many parks, even to feed pigeons and fish, you have to buy specific feed.

"That's a way to do it, too! Lao Li, write it down. Wang Yugang pondered for a moment and said, mosquito legs are also meat, and today's Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding and Breeding Center does not have that confidence, and can save some points. If you can save the meat money of one sheep a day, it will be a lot of money in a month, enough to pay the wages of several people.

"Then you can build a free science exhibition hall open to tourists, where you can display all kinds of information about Siberian tigers that you have preserved in detail with specimens, pictures and texts, and educate visitors about science popularization. You can also sell souvenirs, such as tiger hair, don't tell me that Siberian tigers don't shed their hair. And then there are some wonderful photos that have been captured, and there are commemorative coins and souvenirs with their own characteristics. Fang Mingyuan originally wanted to say that he could find two little tigers that couldn't hurt people for tourists to take pictures with them. But on second thought, in that case, the money will definitely make a lot, but it is not necessarily beneficial to the growth of the little tiger.

China has a population of more than 1 billion and 9.6 million square kilometers of land, but there are only a few hundred Siberian tigers. Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng nodded their heads again and again, and made a few notes on the paper from time to time.

"Mingyuan, look at these two little tigers, they are so cute!" Lin Lian handed over a photo, and saw that the two little tigers in the small basket above were snuggled together like two kittens, their bodies curled up slightly, and one of them was still resting its head on the other's head, which looked very cute.

Wang Yugang leaned over and glanced at it and said, "These are two newborn Siberian tigers, a sibling, well, from birth to now, there are twenty days younger." ”

Fang Mingyuan's heart moved: "Have you named it?" ”

"Not yet, the people who usually name them in our garden have to make sure that they don't die before they are numbered and named by the garden." Wang Yugang explained that the little tiger was originally very cute, and if the name was given, the staff in the park would naturally be even more lovely, but in the early days of the park, many little tigers died young, which caused the employees who named them to be in a heavy mood, as if a relative had died. That's why there was this rule later, and the little tiger must be named after three months and after making sure that he is in good health. Previously, they were all called by numbers.

Fang Mingyuan took out the checkbook from his arms, filled in one, and ripped it off and gave it to Wang Yugang: "Then I will reserve the naming rights of the five little tigers first!" Including these two. ”

Wang Yugang took it and took a look, 500,000 yuan! I couldn't help but be taken aback. Isn't it just a name for the tiger, a hundred thousand yuan! The price was far beyond his expectations.

Li Guangcheng turned sideways and glanced at it, and couldn't help but be taken aback, 500,000 yuan, for the center, can only be said to be an emergency fund, which can't last much time, but it is enough for them to last for December. And this is just the purchase of the naming rights of the little tiger, which is very expensive.

"Sister Lian, which of these two do you like? After thinking about it carefully, after deciding to come down, let Director Wang play a small card and hang it up. Fang Mingyuan pointed to the two little tigers in the photo.

"Can I really name it?" Lin Lian was overjoyed and asked Wang Yugang.

Wang Yugang hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded. There was no precedent for this kind of thing before, but there was nothing wrong with agreeing to it and thinking about it. The tiger is still owned by the center and raised by the center, but the name is decided by Fang Mingyuan. The name of the tiger, in the center, was not a big deal at first, and often the keepers could decide. Just report to the center for the record.

"Director Wang can try it in the future, and I believe that many people at home and abroad will be interested in naming the Siberian tiger." Fang Mingyuan is not a mouthful, although the price of 100,000 yuan for this name is a bit high, but the naming right of each little tiger, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to change their childhood living expenses.

Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng also understood that this was Fang Mingyuan's donation to the center in this form, and they were naturally grateful.

"Director Wang, Section Chief Li, my suggestion of the Tiger Park is not a long-term solution to the financial shortage of your center." Fang Mingyuan organized the language, he was thinking, should he remind the two of them in advance, in a few years, the country will completely ban the trade of tiger products. However, the temporary boom in tourism does not fundamentally solve the problem of tiger farming, which is based on the all-round commercial use of tiger products, the cost of which is far from being affordable by ticket revenues alone. After the initial freshness, the enthusiasm of tourists visiting the tiger will inevitably gradually decrease, after all, this tiger park is not a supermarket, a school, a hospital, etc., people have to go to the place, but these tigers will not lose their appetite because of the decrease in tourists. The special thing about the tiger farming industry is that since tigers are national first-class protected animals, even if the market shrinks or even does not exist, you cannot take the initiative to reduce the scale, otherwise it is illegal. At the same time, the dead tiger carcasses will have to be cryopreserved, which will also be a significant expense in the future.

"You'd better properly control the rate of tiger reproduction, how much money you have to raise as many tigers, and don't blindly expand the number." Fang Mingyuan lowered his voice and said, "You'd better be mentally prepared, the country is likely to completely ban the trade of tiger products in the next few years!" ”

"What!" Wang Yugang and Li Guangcheng blurted out in surprise, with a look of disbelief on their faces. A complete ban on the trade in tiger products would completely shatter their elaborate plan to raise tigers with tigers, and the Heihe Daozi Feline Breeding and Breeding Center, which cannot sell tiger products, will simply not be able to undertake the task of raising more and more Siberian tigers.

"Comrade Fang, can you be sure?" Wang Yugang grabbed Fang Mingyuan's hand and asked eagerly.

"It's hard to say now, but the international community is putting increasing pressure on China's tiger products trade, and there is a precedent for this practice in the world." Fang Mingyuan broke free of his hand with a slight force, and said helplessly. In the seventies and eighties of this century, due to rampant poaching, the number of elephants on Shijie declined dramatically. That's why since this year, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has banned commercial international trade in ivory. Fang Mingyuan once saw this news on TV. As the country with the longest history of tiger products, it is conceivable that China is facing great pressure in the world.

Wang Yugang also knew what Fang Mingyuan was talking about, and he shouted anxiously: "But the condition of the elephant can't be applied to the tiger like this!" The greatest threat to the survival of wild tigers today is habitat loss, not poaching due to trade. Poachers now understand that encountering a Siberian tiger in the wild is almost like hitting a fortune. Moreover, the premise of banning the trade in tiger products is that the number of tigers is certain, and the increase in tiger products flowing into the consumer market will inevitably lead to a decrease in the number of wild tigers. But now that we have been able to breed tigers in captivity, I believe that with the continuous maturity of artificial tiger jishu, as long as there is enough upfront start-up capital, the demand for breeding tigers in the market will have a full supply in the future. The cost advantage of legally farmed tigers is enough to make poaching unprofitable at all compared to poaching wild tigers that are almost impossible to find at the risk of jail time! ”