After returning home, Pei Qian took out his laptop, first searched some information about the zoo online and learned some basic knowledge, and then began to consider how to do this zoo in Tengda.

First of all, it is certainly not a large zoo, at least not for now.

Many large zoos abroad have requirements for location selection and climate. For example, some tropical zoos are built in some tropical countries, first because the climate is suitable, and secondly, the place is large enough.

But Pei Qian's idea was to open this zoo near Jingji Hostel, which is the old industrial area in Jingzhou. Strictly speaking, this place is not a good zoo location at all. The climate of Jingzhou itself is not suitable for raising some tropical or cold animals.

Of course, you can do indoors and adjust the temperature through the air conditioner.

But in this way, the construction period and expenses will definitely increase significantly.

Pei Qian doesn't mind the cost, but he still needs to consider the construction period. After all, the first phase of the zoo is a sudden cost and must be completed before the next settlement.

What's more, the larger the zoo, the more rare animals, the more tourists you will see, and the possibility of profit will be greatly increased.

In short, the first phase of this zoo is to make it smaller while ensuring the construction period, and it is best not to have any too rare animals. On this basis, burn as much money as possible.

If the first step goes well, you can try some more challenging things later, such as building air-conditioned rooms on a large scale and putting some tropical or cold animals in it.

Secondly, we must consider the choice of animals.

In order to reduce tourists, it is necessary to arrange fewer rare animals.

Many small zoos are not very good at looking, but because there are two giant pandas in the park, tourists will be in a constant stream.

Many animals that are particularly rare and transported from other countries will become treasures of zoos, making it a reason why most people have to go there.

As for a zoo, the most precious one must be animals.

If you want to be popular, you have to work hard on animals.

Therefore, since you don’t want to be popular and want to lose money, you can’t take too many rare animals, at least not at this stage. Even if you want rare animals in the future, you have to fully evaluate and find that the expense of raising them is much greater than the benefits.

So the question is, if you don’t raise rare animals, what should you raise?

It’s impossible that the entire zoo only raises horses, cattle, sheep, etc., right? Is it called a zoo or a breeding farm?

Pei Qian cannot do such things that others can see at a glance that there are big problems.

Therefore, we must find a balance: while raising some wild animals as much as possible, we should also raise some other common and non-featured animals.

This zoo can also be called not a zoo, but an animal life hall.

"What kind of animals is more cost-effective to raise?"

"It is best to consider it between domestic and precious wild animals, such as servals, Arctic foxes, Angelus minks."

There are also differences in the regulations on raising wild animals at home and abroad. Some people abroad have wild animals such as cheetahs and pumas, but they are not possible in China. For example, servals protect animals in China and cannot be kept casually.

Some animals, such as Arctic foxes and Angro minks, can be kept as pets.

But no matter what, any domestic animal must be a relatively common and relatively less rare animal.

All the truly rare animals are protected, how can ordinary people raise them?

So according to this idea, it is more appropriate to raise these animals in the zoo. On the one hand, they are not rare, so they will not attract tourists to come and see them all. On the other hand, they are indeed serious wild animals, and it will not look strange if they are placed in the zoo, and it will not make people think that the zoo is actually a cat cafe or a breeding farm.

In short, as a zoo, you can spend money anywhere, but you can't spend your big head on buying rare wild animals.

Where did the money be spent?

It's very simple, spend it on the venue, food, and staff!

First of all, the venue. Pei Qian has been to many small zoos. Although these zoos cover a large area, there are too many animals after all, and the space for each animal is not large.

Of course, all animal activity spaces have standards and need to comply with the Zoo Design Code.

There are strict requirements for the specific proportion of land used in animal exhibition areas, popular science education buildings, animal security facilities buildings, etc., and there are strict requirements for tourist capacity, tourist building area, recreational green space area, etc.

All zoos must also comply with the corresponding regulations.

But this regulation only stipulates the lower limit, but there is no upper limit!

Space is never enough. After all, wild animals are originally wild, and if they run around in the mountains and forests, they will not be enough if they are locked up.

So Pei Qian decided that in this new zoo, each animal covers at least 50% more footprint than other zoos!

Take baboons as an animal, the minimum area of ​​the cage is 80 square meters, the height of the fence is 4 meters, and the basic population is 2 adult individuals. For every additional adult individual, the area of ​​the inner chamber will increase by 25% to 50%.

To put it simply, two baboons must occupy 80 square meters of space, and for each additional one, at least 20 square meters will be added.

But this area is only the lower limit of cage design parameters specified by the state, so it must be a bit crowded.

Pei Qian decided to increase this standard by 50%, which means 80 square meters to 120 square meters. For every adult individual added, the area of ​​the inner room will be increased by the maximum of 50%!

Of course, we can't do it too much. If the area increases three or four times at once, it will only have two baboons with a cage of more than 300 square meters. That would be a bit strange. When tourists come, they will not look at animals, but look for animals. They don't know where these two baboons have crawled.

Pei Qian doesn't mind this situation, but if he does it too much, the motivation will be too obvious and the system may not agree. And if it is too outrageous, it may cause heated discussions online and inexplicably accumulate unnecessary heat.

The cage area is larger, but not too conspicuous.

The environment in the cage must be the best, that's for sure.

The second is food, which is based on the highest standards and specifications, and there is nothing to say.

When Tan Xinzhang stares at him, there will definitely be no situation where animal rations will be deducted. Moreover, letting animals eat better is nothing more than how much fat you gain. The tourists can't see anything. The money can be said to be very hidden and worth it.

Finally, there are personnel.

The zoo requires a large number of personnel, such as breeders, breeders, veterinarians, cleaning, etc.

These are all necessary supporting facilities for zoos. There are almost certain numbers of animals, how many breeders and veterinarians are needed. Even if Pei Qian wants to hire more, he cannot have too many. Even if he wants to pay them a high salary, there is always a limit.

So, it is a bit difficult to spend more money on this aspect.

But Pei Qian has another way, that is, add more service staff!

In general zoos, there are no need for many service personnel, at most, they can guide tourists. The animals are also kept in cages, and tourists can just walk by and take a look, without the guidance of the service personnel.

Pei Qian thought, although the zoo did not have this demand at first, it could create demand!

There is now a kind of "indoor zoo", which mainly raises some small animals. Some small animals, such as lizards, snakes, hamsters, owls, Angro minks, etc., can be touched directly.

If tourists are allowed to touch these animals, wouldn’t there be staff to guide them?

Take owls for example. There are owl cafes abroad, which can also be masturbated, but you can only touch the feathers on your head and not touch other places randomly.

At that time, you can ask the staff to guide the tourists, first disinfect the hands with free hand sanitizer, then touch the owl's head according to the staff's requirements, or you can wear special arm guards to let the owl stand on it and interact.

All the small animals that can interact are arranged to receive two or three staff members here. Didn’t there be a lot of staff?

These employees are usually very idle and get a lot of salary. Are they not the perfect tool?

Of course, considering this, the shape of the zoo has to change. It is best to divide it into two different exhibition areas, showing wild animals that can only be viewed through cages, and on the other side, like many indoor zoos, showing animals that can be touched and interacted close by with staff.

It just so happens that there are many abandoned factories in the old industrial area, and it is very good to change it into an indoor zoo.

In addition, take out a part of the space and spread it in various areas of the zoo to give tourists a rest, avoiding the dilemma of having been wandering around the zoo for a long time but having nowhere to rest.

The key is to take up more land!

At that time, in such a huge zoo, there will be not many animals together, and they are all very common animals. There will definitely be no one here, right?

After roughly finalizing these points, Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction.

Yes, not bad!

According to the current plan, if you don’t say it’s far away, you will definitely not be popular within a year, right?

As long as the initial success is relatively smooth, it proves that this model is feasible. You can continue to expand the scale, increase investment, and happily burn money.

Of course, the contents that Pei Qian thought were particularly crude and simple. After all, he was not a professional and did not understand the details. He made this strategy purely by information found online.

After two days, Tan Xinzhang came to Jingzhou. Pei Qian planned to have a good chat with him. On the one hand, he shared his ideas with him and determined the direction of the zoo. On the other hand, he also solicited his opinions to see if there are any better improvement plans for the zoo.
Chapter completed!