I have a wildlife zoo

[Heart of Nature]: You treat animals with enthusiasm, love, professionalism, and respect, and you have gained the recognition of the animals.

Effect: Animals are less wary of you, more likely to follow your commands, and the speed at which you gain their favor increases.

Holy moly!

Fang Ye was overjoyed—it was a miraculous skill!

[Heart of Nature] and [Affable] seemed somewhat similar, but while Affable instantly and greatly increased favor, its effects returned to indifference after a short duration, Heart of Nature on the other hand, was more inclined towards long-term interaction and favor enhancement. The initial favor gain when first meeting an animal was probably only one-tenth that of Affable.

"More likely to follow your commands"—animal keepers dreamt of this effect, it would be extremely helpful during animal behavior training!

For example, when trimming an elephant\'s nails, you first need to get the elephant to lift its leg. This action looks as simple as just lifting a foot, but it\'s not that easy for animals at all!

To make an elephant understand and willingly follow this command, it usually takes at least three months of repetitive training.

The most crucial point is, Heart of Nature is a passive skill that doesn\'t consume energy!

Fang Ye remembered something and suddenly laughed. He had bluffed Lan Li before, telling her that animals naturally liked him and that he had a \'beast-charming body\'. An old man wanted to teach him special techniques, and she had believed it without a doubt.

Now that he had comprehended the [Heart of Nature] skill, his words had actually come true!

In the future, when bluffing kids, he could speak with even greater confidence.

At that moment, his phone rang.

Fang Ye, lying on the ground and releasing his arm from around Jiaojiao\'s thick neck, straightened his collar and answered the call, lazily saying, "Hello?"

"Phew, Zoo Director, it\'s good that you\'re alright!"

It was Zhou Ke who was calling, panting heavily!

It turned out that the Intelligent Monitoring System had captured footage of Fang Ye being knocked down by Jiaojiao and had flagged it as a concern, sending the video directly to Zhou Ke in the control room.

Upon seeing the footage, Zhou Ke had almost had a heart attack from fright! He didn\'t know if it was just playful or if Jiaojiao had attacked, so he hurriedly called Fang Ye to check on the situation.

In fact, it was only because he knew that their Zoo Director had some magical abilities; if it were anyone else, he wouldn\'t bother calling but would swiftly proceed with a rescue operation and simultaneously call for an ambulance, all in one go.

Realizing the situation, Fang Ye apologetically said, "No worries, no worries, ah, I\'m sorry for scaring you. Jiaojiao and I were just playing. The kid got too excited being in a new environment."

"Haha, as long as the Zoo Director is fine, my heart nearly leapt out of my chest just now!"

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ye patted Jiaojiao\'s head and laughed, "You keep playing here! I\'m gonna head out!"

"Roar!"

This time Jiaojiao didn\'t cling to him, refusing to let him go.

The exhibit\'s environment was rich enough for her to have a blast on her own.

Immediately, she leapt back into the water, splashing up a spray of water and swimming contentedly in the pool.

"Hmm, the weather is getting hot; swimming in the water does seem refreshing. Maybe I could swim with Jiaojiao!" Fang Ye couldn\'t help thinking.

A Zoo Director swimming with a tiger—is that called slacking off? That\'s called business!

...

Wednesday came quickly!

Today was the day Mayor Bai would visit.

The zoo had a big clean-up, and the paths were thoroughly swept. By 8:30, Fang Ye was already waiting at the entrance with Lan Li!

Some curious visitors greeted them, "Director, what are you doing here? Waiting for someone?"

Fang Ye smiled and said, "Yes, we have a VIP today!"

The visitors\' imaginations ran wild, "A foreign president? A prime minister?"

Fang Ye with a deadpan expression, "That\'s an exaggeration. Our zoo doesn\'t even have pandas! Do you think you could still get in if a foreign head of state was here?"

Thinking it over, the visitors realized he was right! Scratching their heads, "Good luck, Director! I\'m off to look around, can\'t waste time since I got here so early!"

Lan Li was shivering nervously, ⊙﹏⊙: "So nervous, so nervous!"

Fang Ye reassured her, "It\'s okay, the mayor is also a visitor. Do you think there\'ll be any visitor who won\'t like it here?"

Lan Li shook her head, "Definitely not!"

Patting her on the head, "Right, so there\'s no need to be nervous. Didn\'t you hear what that visitor just said? They even dared to think of foreign heads of state visiting, so hosting the mayor is no big deal, just a piece of cake."

After a while, seven or eight cars pulled up at the entrance of the zoo!

The leaders got out, and Fang Ye only recognized Mayor Bai inside. He had specially looked up photos after learning about the visit so he would recognize him.

In fact, he didn\'t need to make a special effort to find a photo; just by looking at where everyone stood, it was clear that Mayor Bai was the center of attention, with the other leaders positioned slightly behind him.

Following the leaders\' cars, a few cameramen and reporters with their cameras got out, and among them was Mi Jin, who didn\'t wave or greet openly but covertly squinted at him with a grin on her face. The message was clear, encouraging him to perform well!

Fang Ye said with a smile, "Good day, Mayor Bai, and good day to the other leaders, welcome to Linhai Zoo for the tour!"

Confidence, neither servile nor overbearing!

The confidence, of course, came from his leading zoo concept on Blue Planet, and the ability of the system to help bring his blueprints to life.

He dared say that his tiger exhibit and red panda exhibit were among the top in terms of environment creation!

Mayor Bai had seen the reports beforehand and had come with high expectations. Seeing Fang Ye\'s relaxed and confident demeanor, he felt even more favorably inclined, and also said with a smile, "Sure, let\'s talk as we tour."

Linhai Zoo was on its last legs before he took office, and although he was aware, he hadn\'t paid much attention. The zoo\'s media coverage took him by pleasant surprise!

Why was that?

Linhai had always been applying for the title of National Civilized City but never made the cut.

In the past, Linhai lagged far behind in many aspects, and he knew it was just for show. In recent years, however, thanks to economic development in the technology park and improvements in infrastructure, there was a serious effort to make a push for it!

The biggest shortcomings now were in culture, education, and entertainment.

In terms of culture and education, the city was building a large library and a university campus, which was a branch of the renowned Xinghe University, just one bus stop away from the zoo.

For entertainment, they were considering whether to rely on the surrounding natural scenery to develop a scenic area or build an amusement park. .net

If the scenic area lacked distinctive features, it wouldn\'t be much different from a park, and many expensive scenic areas across the country ended up deserted with few visitors.

The same reasoning applied to amusement parks—costly with high risk! Ferris wheels and roller coasters don\'t come cheap.

Because it involved significant fiscal expenditure, the city was cautiously deliberating over this decision and was not rushing to any conclusions.

And just then, Linhai Zoo underwent a revival and seemed to be doing quite well!

Zoos have both entertainment and cultural educational attributes, a two-in-one deal, which was like being given a pillow just as one got sleepy!

Mayor Bai\'s visit today was primarily to see for himself how well Linhai Zoo was performing. If it was truly outstanding, the city would definitely provide strong support.