I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 189 Activity Preparation



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Office.

Lan Li poked her head out from behind the opposite computer, her voice crisp, "Director, the Mid-Autumn Festival announcement is ready; I've sent it to you!"

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, the zoo naturally had to notify its visitors in advance!

Fang Ye felt secretly glad that he had heard the staff discussing the Mid-Autumn Festival a week earlier; otherwise, the various preparations for the event might not have gone as smoothly.

Not only did they need to test how to make the mooncake crust hold together beforehand, but the making mooncake activity also included a lottery draw, and for the Mid-Autumn Festival, they planned to hold a painting activity. Lottery machines, tickets, drawing tools for the painting, certificates for the top winners, and other various prizes all needed to be bought and prepared in advance.

Some visitors might want to enjoy the moon at the zoo on Mid-Autumn Festival, which could pose a transportation issue in the evening. Normally, the zoo closes at 6 PM, and the last bus for route 35 is at 7 PM.

If the zoo were to stay open until 9 PM on Mid-Autumn Festival, this would require coordination with the city to adjust the bus timetable, with the last bus leaving at 10 PM, and even necessitate some chartered buses waiting at the zoo entrance to ensure the safe return of visitors.

Moreover, they hadn't really considered nighttime zoo visits before. Since the zoo currently had no nocturnal animal exhibits, and one couldn't see clearly without lights in the exhibits, they would need to install some lighting.

The intensity of the lighting couldn't be as bright as during the day, as that would be too stimulating for the animals; they had to find a brightness level that would just allow visitors to see the animals.

Wandering around late, visitors might get hungry and want some late-night snacks, which meant contacting the restaurant staff to extend their hours of operation in the evening.

There were indeed many troublesome details to sort out!

Fang Ye saw the document that had popped up and clicked to receive it, "Alright, let's have a look!"

The announcement title read: Blooming Flowers and Full Moon, Linhai Zoo's Special Mid-Autumn Festival Event Invites You!

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the animals are also eagerly anticipating the chance to share mooncakes and celebrate the festival with people. To this end, Linhai Zoo will hold special events on September 21st (Tuesday), including 'Sharing Mooncakes,' 'Happy Quiz,' and 'Mid-Autumn Scrolls' from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

The events are exciting and interesting, with abundant prizes, and we welcome friends of all ages to participate!

'Sharing Mooncakes': As the proverb goes, 'On August 15th, the moon is round; Mid-Autumn mooncakes are fragrant and sweet.' Mooncakes were originally offered to the moon goddess, and later, people began combining moon-gazing with mooncakes as a symbol of family reunions and to express their longing, thus creating the custom of eating mooncakes at Mid-Autumn.

The animals also want to eat mooncakes, but making them is not simple. Can you guess what fillings the red panda, macaw, and tiger like in their mooncakes? Place fillings full of love into the molds to make mooncakes that the animals will adore!

Because the opportunity to make mooncakes for the animals is limited, participation is restricted to children under 15 and their parents. Sign up for the lottery from 9:10-9:30 AM in the zoo's square; 30 groups will win the chance.

'Happy Quiz': Animal keepers will pose questions during their presentations to test your knowledge of animals. The first to raise their hand and answer correctly will receive small prizes like mooncakes and badges!

'Mid-Autumn Scrolls': The Mid-Autumn Scrolls competition will take place, and you can bring your tools or use the brushes and paper provided by the zoo to create your own animal-related paintings. Submit your artwork to the 'Artwork Submission Counter' at the tiger exhibit by 4:00 PM to receive a lottery ticket and have a chance to win various exquisite prizes.

From 4:00-5:00 PM, voting will commence, and the highest-voted artwork will win honors such as the 'Cutest Jade Rabbit Award,' 'Most Beautiful Chang'e Award,' and the 'Super Handsome Wu Gang Award.' Come and show off your artistic skills!

In addition, to encourage everyone to participate in outdoor leisure activities, Linhai Zoo will extend its hours until 9:00 PM on September 21st (Tuesday). Animal exhibits open at night will include the tiger exhibit, wolf exhibit, Little Pasture, and the red panda exhibit, which will be open for viewing until 7:00 PM. We welcome the whole family to come to the zoo and 'bask in the moonlight.'

After reading through the announcement with no issues, Fang Ye said, "That will do, just like that! Next, please set the announcement against a deep blue starry night background, add an image of Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit, and then we can print it out and post it at the main entrance."

Lan Li gave an OK gesture and replied, "Got it!"

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"Right!" Fang Ye remembered something and added another line, "And at the end, let's add a QR code for our public social media account."

Last time it rained, he was worried that visitors would still come and he couldn't notify them, so he created a public account for the zoo.

However, there isn't a dedicated person to manage it right now, only one article titled "Our public account is now live!" has been posted, with a few photos of the zoo, and most of the followers are employees.

He took the opportunity to post the announcement at the entrance to encourage visitors to follow it.

He then shared the notice on his own Weibo account, and also uploaded a few random pictures related to mooncakes and the Mid-Autumn Festival on the public account.

Shortly after sending it out, his phone rang, and to Fang Ye's surprise, it was the journalist Mi Jin calling.

He answered the call, "Hello, Journalist Mi!"

Mi Jin's sweet voice came from the other end, filled with excitement, "Director Fang, I just saw the article your public account posted. You're planning Mid-Autumn Festival activities! Making mooncakes for animals sounds very interesting!"

She would visit the zoo from time to time to take photos and publish articles.

Although the reposts and popularity were not as high as the first time, any article about the zoo would get much higher readership than her other articles.

If it were not for the fact that the public account belonged to an official account of Linhai City that needed to post various notices, she would wish to post about the zoo every day.

Seeing that Linhai Zoo was planning Mid-Autumn Festival activities, she immediately sensed that the zoo would definitely be a lot of fun during the festival, and perhaps by taking photos and writing an article, she could recreate the popularity of her last piece.

Fang Ye was somewhat surprised, "You've followed our public account too?"

"You shared it on your Moments, so of course I followed it. But speaking of which, your public account doesn't post articles regularly."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Indeed, because we don't have someone dedicated to managing it yet, and the number of followers is quite small."

Mi Jin spoke enthusiastically, "Then how about I share this article on the 'Green Coastal' public account?"

Fang Ye said somewhat sheepishly, scratching his head, "Eh, would that be okay?"

"Sure, you see 'Green Coastal' usually shares some other organizations' notices anyway, all sorts of trivial things, traffic meetings, you name it. Yours is much more interesting."

Fang Ye repeatedly thanked her, "Ah, thanks so much!"

"You're welcome, Director Fang, I'll also come over during the Mid-Autumn Festival to take some material. Mm, I'll go early!"

"You're very welcome, Journalist Mi. Would you like to try making mooncakes for the animals?"

"Haha, no need, such a rare opportunity should be left for the kids. I'll just take some photos on the side."


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