Yang Lin never expected that the official website, which had just been maintained not long ago, would be crashed again by traffic.
It had only been a few days since the last time.
The reason for the website's explosion this time was the recently launched popularity voting event. According to the feedback received before the server crashed, in just half a day, the number of participants had reached over 8 million.
However, Yang Lin didn't dwell on the trouble for too long, as the data from the backend showed that his votes were currently in last place.
"It's good that it crashed, brilliant! This way, no one will know my votes are the lowest."
"Let's just end the event here, heh heh."
Smiling triumphantly, Yang Lin then sent a notification in the employee group chat.
"Dear family, due to a website malfunction, this popularity voting event is now closed."
"Since we cannot tally the final data, we will..."
Before he could finish, a screenshot was thrown into the group.
"It's okay, Director. I took a screenshot before the website crashed. How about we decide the rankings based on the screenshot?"
The screenshot clearly displayed the ranking data from the previous event, from first place to last.
Looking at the screenshot, Yang Lin's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
He finally sent a thumbs-up emoji.
"Since there are rankings, the number of lottery draws this time will be based on them. First place gets 10 draws, 2nd to 10th place get 8 draws, 10th to 50th place get 5 draws, 50th to 100th place get 3 draws, and outside of the top 100 get 1 draw."
As Yang Lin sent another message, the previously silent group chat exploded.
All the employees flooded out and sent their thanks.
"Thank you, Director."
"Thank you, Boss."
"We hope the Director earns more money next year."
...
Amidst the profuse gratitude of the employees, Yang Lin's smile returned.
That evening, Xihong Zoo held a grand lottery ceremony within the park.
According to the previous regulations, half of the day's revenue was put into the prize pool.
Because it was the weekend, and coupled with the employees' diligent efforts, even half of the revenue was close to one million.
Each employee's lottery draw would randomly award a certain amount of bonus money. Those with good luck could win thousands, while those with bad luck would only get a few yuan.
Jiang Yunyun, the raccoon keeper who ranked first in popularity, won over 80,000 yuan in her 10 lottery draws.
Yang Lin, who ranked last in popularity, won a grand total of 2.56 yuan in his single draw.
Facing such a result, Yang Lin could only smile helplessly.
After the lottery ended, everyone thought the annual event was over.
It was at this moment that several large trucks slowly drove in from outside the gates of Xihong Zoo.
As these trucks parked one by one in the open space within the zoo, all the employees cast curious glances.
"What is this now? Could there be other surprises?"
"Could it be some other benefits?"
"What other benefits? The Director has already spent a fortune this time."
"That's true. We have to work harder next year, otherwise, we'll be letting down the Director's cultivation."
...
As everyone speculated, the sideboards on both sides of the ten-meter-long truck carriages automatically opened outwards.
Once the panels were fully opened, the scene inside the carriages stunned everyone present.
Inside the dazzling metal carriages, long tables filled with colorful delicacies were arranged.
All sorts of gourmet food were available, and drinks and beverages were complete, rivaling the luxury buffets of five-star hotels.
These weren't just trucks; they were mobile party vehicles.
In addition to the four mobile party vehicles, several other trucks carried fruits and raw meat, clearly intended for the animals.
As everyone was shocked by the scene, Yang Lin appeared beside a party vehicle at some point.
"Dear family, you all worked hard today. I hope you will continue to work hard in the coming year."
"Without further ado, please enjoy the food and drinks to your heart's content."
As Yang Lin finished speaking, festive music immediately filled the park.
After thanking Yang Lin, the employees immediately rushed towards the food trucks.
However, they didn't start eating immediately. Instead, they spontaneously distributed the food from the other trucks to the animals in each enclosure.
After the animals had all received their food, the employees then began to celebrate.
In an instant, the entire park became lively.
This special banquet continued until past eleven o'clock at night before finally dispersing.
Yang Lin, as the Director, was completely incapacitated by the employees' relentless toasting.
He blacked out on the spot.
It wasn't until the next morning that he finally fully recovered.
Just as he was about to browse his phone to sober up, he was stunned by several videos he casually scrolled past.
"What the heck, I went to the orangutan enclosure to drink with the Great Grandfather last night?"
"I ate all the bamboo shoots delivered to the panda house?"
"Why did I become sworn brothers with a monkey?"
"I actually went to teach a pig math?"
"I got an elephant drunk?"
...
Looking at these videos, each with an average of over a million likes, Yang Lin fell into deep confusion.
He couldn't recall anything he had done last night.
The only thing he vaguely remembered was that he seemed to have gone to each enclosure to toast the animals.
To verify this, he quickly searched for related videos and soon pieced together the entire night's events through videos posted by other employees.
After watching these videos, while smiling bitterly, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I didn't do anything too outrageous. Alcohol is truly a bad thing; I won't drink anymore."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the videos about himself.
He could foresee that before long, a series of memes about him would be created by netizens.
He might even have a chance to be featured in the "Guichu" (meme) section of Bilibili and join the "Guichu All-Stars."
Just as he was about to investigate who the traitors were who leaked these videos, his phone suddenly rang.
After he answered the call, his previously relaxed brow immediately furrowed.