Chapter 1402 Apply for 10 Million Funds Yourself!

After hitting upon this idea, Pei Qian felt enlightened.

Opening a zoo to raise animals was definitely a great idea!

Of course, this wasn't so simple; a series of preliminary preparations were still required.

After searching for relevant information online, Pei Qian grasped the basics.

Currently, there were many private wildlife parks in the country, as long as they could obtain the corresponding permits.

For example, a famous comedian bought 60 mu of land in the suburbs of the capital to open a private zoo, which was quite the talking point.

Of course, burning money was a sure thing.

For the current Tengda, obtaining the relevant permits wouldn't be difficult. After all, it had so many successful projects in Jingzhou, and the investment in this zoo would definitely be substantial.

As for burning money, that was even more desirable.

Others run private zoos often out of love; they genuinely like animals.

Like many cat cafes, cat cafes hardly make any money. Few customers go every day, and each customer's spending isn't high. They basically can't make ends meet by just selling coffee.

The expenses of a cat cafe are quite high. Apart from necessities like cat food and cat litter, a cat getting sick once could cost several thousand. If cats were raised to a high standard, most cat cafes would go bankrupt.

So, many cat cafe owners can only try to find side hustles, such as making short videos to earn income and subsidize the cat cafe's expenses. In the end, they work hard, and instead of exploiting cats, they are actually exploited by cats, with people working for cats.

The situation with private zoos is even worse, with a higher difficulty than cat cafes.

On the one hand, animals are expensive. Ordinary beasts won't cost less than twenty or thirty thousand, and ordinary birds won't cost less than a few thousand, let alone some rare and precious protected animals.

Moreover, taking good care of these animals requires expenses for cages, feed, transportation, keepers, cleaners, and vet bills. Adding it all up is definitely not a small sum.

In addition, zoos are an industry with a clear cluster effect. Some small private zoos only have a dozen or so animals, with no particularly precious or rare animals. No matter how cheap the price, no one will go.

Since tourists want to see animals, they will definitely go to some large municipal zoos. Over time, small wildlife parks suffer more and more losses, and naturally can't continue operating.

This was obviously bad news for others, but obviously good news for Pei Qian!

The more losses, the better!

If these animals could really eat Tengda into bankruptcy, Pei Qian would probably bow to them on the spot to express his gratitude.

After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to put the zoo project on the agenda.

There was only one problem: it seemed that no one in Tengda was suitable to be in charge of this zoo.

In Pei Qian's view, the most important thing for a zoo director was to genuinely love animals, really intend to work in this industry for a lifetime, and have basic professional knowledge, respect animals, and raise them scientifically.

But Tengda really didn't have such a person.

Most people grew up in cities and have a superficial liking for wild animals. It's fine to look at lions and tigers from a distance. Occasionally seeing a monkey jumping up and down asking for food is also fresh, but if you really want to spend a long time with animals, and have a headache about their eating, drinking, and bowel movements every day, most people would definitely not be able to persist.

The only person in Tengda who might be related to raising animals was Xiao Tang. After all, she was a cat breeder and chief cat pooper scooper, but the problem was that raising cats and raising wild animals were worlds apart.

Moreover, although Xiao Tang was a top student, she didn't study veterinary medicine. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to have her be the director of the zoo?

So, he still had to find a suitable person from the outside, and the specific construction method of the zoo had to be carefully considered.

Then, Pei Qian began to consider the last question: which industry should he put the 10 million allowance converted from his own 100,000 yuan?

For Pei Qian, who had a bit of decision-making difficulty, this was really a problem.

Because this allowance was neither too much nor too little.

If he wanted to save trouble, he could just throw it into any industry. Anyway, it was pure spending, and not using his brain was the easiest. But the problem was that pure spending would inevitably increase the industry's attention and improve its reputation. Projects that weren't popular might become popular, and projects that were already popular might become even more popular.

If he chose poorly, the 100,000 yuan he paid out of his own pocket would trigger a chain reaction, and he would be tricked by the system again.

How should he choose?

Pei Qian looked at the dazzling array of Tengda's various industries and felt a headache.

Laughing to death, he couldn't choose at all!

"Forget it, why should I use my own brain for this kind of thing? Isn't it better to let the heads of each department consider it?"

"I'll just let them submit their own applications, write clearly why they need this funding, and then choose the industry that needs the money the least to throw it into, wouldn't that be the end of it?"

Pei Qian was simply amazed by his own wit.

The more a department needs this money, the better the effect and the greater the impact after receiving it.

In that case, he definitely couldn't give it to them!

On the contrary, those departments that didn't really need the money and were just coming to make up the numbers certainly couldn't write any particularly convincing reasons, and couldn't play too much of a role after receiving it.

Pei Qian could just do the opposite and give the money to them with peace of mind.

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt it was right. He immediately wrote a simple notice, asking the heads of the departments who intended to fight for this funding to send a report.

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January 16, Wednesday.

Pei Qian came to the office to continue his unfinished work.

Pei Qian would become very busy every time near the settlement, which made him a little depressed.

Especially now that schools were about to start their winter vacation and the New Year was next month, and it just so happened that it was the period settlement.

Pei Qian wanted to happily let himself go like other students, but he couldn't. In order to rest peacefully during the Spring Festival holiday, he had to arrange the settlement in advance.

If he laid flat, he would really be busy for more than half a year in vain.

First, he turned on the computer to check the applications sent by each department.

Pei Qian had already exchanged 10 million yuan for the allowance out of his own pocket, and two days ago, he also asked each department to send an application, detailing the reasons why their department needed the money and what it would be used for after receiving it.

The heads of each department were very efficient, and today they have all sent in their applications.

Moreover, the content of the application was very detailed. Each and every one of them patted their chests and guaranteed that as long as they got the money, they would definitely use it properly, maximize the heat, and let the industry in their department develop and expand rapidly, seize more market share!

Especially the physical industries such as Moyu Takeaway and Moyu Internet Cafe, which wrote with particular sincerity.

The other departments were not to be outdone, and each had its own reasons.

Some departments that didn't have much heat at the moment believed that the money should be given to them, because the development between the departments was uneven, and they should receive some special care. After they developed, they would naturally not compete for similar resources again.

And those departments that already had a lot of heat at the moment also believed that the money should be given to them, because they could get a better return after getting the money.

The old departments felt that they were not as popular as the new departments and should be given some subsidies.

And the new departments felt that they were in a period of growth and were an important direction for Tengda Group's industrial layout, so they should concentrate resources and strive for breakthroughs.

Pei Qian spent a lot of effort to read all the reports sent by these departments.

As a result, not only did it not cure his decision-making difficulty, but it also aggravated the condition!

"What a坑爹!" (Keng die - A Chinese internet slang meaning "screwed by someone" or "what the heck")

"The way you guys wrote it, I really can't decide who to give it to!"

"If I give it to the unprofitable departments, you pat your chests and say that you will definitely improve the situation of losing money; if I give it to the profitable departments, you pat your chests and say that you will definitely earn more."

"I think you're just making things difficult for me, Fatty Tiger!"

Pei Qian was also speechless. He knew that these leaders were all unreliable. They couldn't even help him with such a small amount of money like ten million, let alone large projects that lost hundreds of millions?

In the end, he still had to rely on himself!

Flipping through these applications, Pei Qian fell into entanglement again.

But as he flipped through them, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and had an idea.

"Huh? My way of thinking seems to be a little wrong."

"I've fallen into survivor bias. The departments that are willing to put in the effort to write this application must be the departments that need this money more. And since they wrote it, they must write it beautifully."

"In that case, wouldn't it be enough to see which departments didn't submit an application at all?"

"Not submitting an application means they don't need the money very much, which means that throwing the money to these departments won't have much impact on their profitability."

Pei Qian suddenly had an idea and immediately sorted out the reports of these departments, corresponding to the main departments of Tengda.

However, he found that among the larger departments, only the GOG project team did not send this report.

"Huh? It turned out that GOG didn't send it."

"Well... that makes sense. After all, GOG's revenue is too high, and its market share in the country is basically close to the ceiling."

"If this money is thrown into the national server, it's actually a pure welfare thing, and it basically can't play any role in GOG's market expansion."

"As for revenue... it definitely won't work, because this is a pure welfare activity, not a discount activity."

"The GOG project team should have considered that it would be very cost-effective for them to take this money, and they were a little embarrassed, so they didn't write an application."

"Okay, then it's yours!"