"Director Yang, your idea is truly excellent."
"Rest assured, as soon as I return, I will report it to the company immediately and give you a satisfactory reply."
In the office, as the person in charge from Hengtai Real Estate left, a hint of relief appeared on Yang Lin's face.
"Another sponsorship fee secured, getting closer to that 10 billion goal."
"Life is becoming more promising."
Just as Yang Lin spoke, the office door was knocked again.
The next second, Teacher Xiao Liang's familiar face appeared before him.
"Director Yang, I'm going back today and specifically came to say goodbye."
Upon hearing Teacher Xiao Liang's words, a look of surprise immediately flashed across Yang Lin's face.
"So soon, won't you stay in Ningnan for a couple more days?"
"No, these past two days, your Xihong Zoo alone has given me enough surprises. Coupled with the trip to Daming Mountain, I feel coming to Ningnan this time was the right decision."
As he spoke, Teacher Xiao Liang seemed to remember something and quickly took an envelope from his bag.
Seeing the envelope, Yang Lin quickly refused,
"How can I accept this? Teacher Xiao Liang, you are too kind."
Of course, although he said this, his body inadvertently shifted to the side, revealing the office desk behind him.
Seeing his reaction, Teacher Xiao Liang smiled.
"This is an invitation to an animal protection event organized by the International Animal Protection Organization in the Arctic after the new year. They entrusted me to deliver it to you."
"An invitation?"
Upon hearing the word, Yang Lin's face showed a trace of disappointment, but it quickly turned into curiosity.
It was somewhat strange for the animal protection organization to send such a personal invitation to him.
The next second, he asked another question.
"Does it cover travel and accommodation? Will I have to pay myself?"
"Don't worry, this event lasts for seven days, and you'll be staying on a cruise ship. All food and accommodation are provided by the animal protection organization."
As soon as Teacher Xiao Liang finished speaking, Yang Lin snatched the envelope.
"Alright, no problem, I will definitely be there."
"That's great, then I'll see you in the Arctic Circle. Let's see if you can bring back two polar bears then."
After saying that, Teacher Xiao Liang walked out of the office with a smile.
"Polar bears? It does seem like we're missing one." Muttering to himself, Yang Lin's face showed a look of deep thought.
However, he quickly dismissed the idea, as going to the Arctic would have to wait until after the new year.
His immediate priority was to gather one hundred animals with awakened talents for the park to upgrade the system to level 2.
At the same time, he needed to earn enough to upgrade the park itself.
Thinking of this, Yang Lin then opened the system panel.
The next second, some crucial data appeared before him.
[Current Awakened Animals: 68]
[Remaining Talent Points: 13]
After awakening the talents for the golden eagle and the clouded leopard mother, only 32 more animals were needed to upgrade the system to level 2.
It didn't seem like much, and he could easily use the monkeys in the zoo to make up the numbers. However, the problem was that talent points were extremely scarce.
Unless he was willing to spend money to buy useless green talents from the talent shop to make up the numbers.
In the shop, even the most common green talent cost 50,000 yuan. Filling all the empty slots would cost nearly 1 million yuan, which was an astronomical sum.
"No, unless absolutely necessary, I will not spend money. I don't believe the system won't refresh with new tasks."
Just as he was thinking this, Chen Kexin, holding a lunchbox, walked in.
"Huh? Cousin, aren't you going to get lunch? Aunt Li, who was newly hired, cooks very well. Today there's braised beef!"
As she spoke, Chen Kexin sat down at her workstation and started scrolling through Douyin on her phone.
While scrolling, a look of anger appeared on her face.
"This person is really too much! They used a loach to fish out a Yangtze finless porpoise and then posted it on social media to show off."
"Poor little Yangtze finless porpoise, already rare, and now it's being harmed by someone like this."
Hearing her words, Yang Lin, who had been struggling to find a solution, immediately leaned in.
"Yangtze finless porpoise, what Yangtze finless porpoise?"
"There was a fisherman who used a lure and a loach to fish a Yangtze finless porpoise out of the Yong River. Look."
As she spoke, Chen Kexin gestured for Yang Lin to look at her screen.
"It is said that after catching the Yangtze finless porpoise, this person went around posting videos to brag. Is this person a demon born from a placenta? How could they do something like this?"
"But I saw netizens commenting that this person has already been caught by the police. The porpoise was thrown back into the river by him, and it's unlikely to survive."
As soon as Chen Kexin finished speaking, a system prompt sounded in Yang Lin's mind.
"Ding! Temporary mission issued. Please find the severely injured and dying Yangtze finless porpoise within 1 hour and heal its injuries."
"Mission Reward: 5 Talent Points, Skill: Basic Underwater Breathing."
Upon hearing this system prompt, Yang Lin's face immediately lit up with surprise.
He had just been worrying about where to get talent points, and the system had delivered a mission so quickly.
What's more, this time it had even rewarded an extra skill.
After the excitement, Yang Lin quickly calmed down.
"There's only one hour. It seems this mission is more difficult than I imagined."
"And this hour is likely the last chance to save this Yangtze finless porpoise. If it's not rescued, it might really kick the bucket."
Realizing this, Yang Lin immediately opened his phone and started searching for videos of the Yangtze finless porpoise being fished out.
Since the incident had just happened, a quick search yielded a large number of related news articles.
Most of them were cursing the person involved, while useful information was scarce.
As for where exactly that person fished the porpoise out of the river or where they released it, there was even less clarity.
"This is troublesome. It seems I'll have to resort to the most tedious method."
Without daring to delay, Yang Lin immediately walked towards the artificial lake.
At this moment, hidden in a crevice between rocks, out of sight of the tourists, two large creatures were quietly residing.
As soon as Yang Lin approached the artificial lake, these two creatures seemed to be drawn by a calling and immediately swam towards the waterway leading to the Yong River.
Sensing the movement of these two creatures, Yang Lin activated shared vision.
Soon, the scene beneath the water appeared before his eyes.
"Hope it's not too late."
ps: I saw a video not long ago, and such a rare Yangtze finless porpoise was killed by that pig. I was so angry. I can only save it in a different way here.