Chapter 368: Snowmaking Machine, Activate!
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Discovering a hot spring was a good thing, but they definitely needed to report and discuss the development and utilization of the hot spring.
Fang Ye was not very familiar with these matters, so after thinking it over, he called Director Du from the Forestry Bureau: "Hello, Director Du!"
"Oh, Zoo Director Fang, what's up?"
"It's like this, we found a hot spring while constructing the zoo, and we're looking into developing it. What kind of procedures do we need to go through?"
"What, you guys dug up a hot spring at the zoo?"
Upon hearing this, Director Du couldn't help but marvel at Fang Ye's good fortune: "That's not under the jurisdiction of the Forestry Bureau. Hot springs are considered mineral resources, you need to apply with the Land and Resources Department and the Housing Management Bureau..."
"Oh, I see!"
As Fang Ye listened, he made notes. Given that the hot spring was located within the zoo and they had always had a good relationship with the city, there shouldn't be any problems obtaining the mining rights.
When the time came, they would just send a lucky employee to handle the approval procedures.
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Recently, "Shining Sunny Sky" has been a hit!
While other games use in-game content as the selling point for their promotional videos, "Shining Sunny Sky" used a live-action music video of the Sparkling Girls' singing and dancing as its promotional video, mentioning that their ancient costumes were restorations from the game—a crushing blow to competitors.
And the key point was that the music video was indeed more attractive than the original videos showcasing the game content!
Stumbling across it by chance, even those who hadn't planned to play the game couldn't help but download it for a try after watching the music video.
One week after "Shining Sunny Sky" went on sale, it shot up to the fifth place on the bestseller chart, and mind you, this is a dress-up game!
Game media and producers all marveled at the purchasing power of female players, exclaiming in disbelief.
Even the gaming department of Penguin found it outrageous; they had originally expected making the top twenty on the bestseller list would be a solid achievement.
When the second event started, featuring the ultra-rare SSS-tier Purple Cloud Rainbow Fairy Dress in the gacha, which appeared in the music video,
players had already prepared their wallets, ready to fight!
Some players had even higher aspirations.
Tong Yiya was an uploader on B Site, also known as "Little Fairy Next Door," who mainly posted dance videos and lifestyle video blogs.
She had been planning to make a new dance video recently but got hooked on "Shining Sunny Sky" and ended up postponing it.
There was no denying that the clothing designs in the game were indeed exquisite, striking right at her girly heart.
The fans were prodding her with comments like "Even the production team's donkey wouldn't rest this much" and "I'm going to die without Little Fairy's videos," so Tong Yiya decided she couldn't slack off any longer. Otherwise, where would the money to spend in the game come from.
Seeing that "Shining Sunny Sky" and B Site launched an event to wear ancient costumes, take photos, and dance!
Tong Yiya was delighted, as it was a perfect opportunity to submit her entry for the event.
Checking into Linhai Zoo and there's even a reward for a limited costume?
She was deeply impressed with the beautiful setting in Linhai Zoo and the astonishing scene of parrots fluttering and dancing in the music video.
Linhai wasn't far from where she was, so she immediately decided to shoot the video there!
It wasn't just for the limited costume—the top ten would receive significant prize money.
If she wanted to get more votes, filming on the site promoted in the music video would definitely give her a bonus.
Checking her dance uploader group, she saw some acquaintances also planned to go to Linhai, eagerly arranging to meet up when they got there.
Tong Yiya found the whole thing very interesting; the game's crossover event had turned into a small offline meeting for dance uploaders.
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Fang Ye had not yet claimed the Super Snow-making Machine, so when he did claim it now, transportation for it arrived quickly.
The contraption was too large to directly take out of the space.
Its appearance resembled a powerful ancient cannon on a city wall, with a barrel one and a half meters in diameter and a support stand at the bottom.
Fang Ye took a photo and sent it to the group: "@Meng Shi, come to the zoo entrance with two more people, help me push something!"
Meng Shi's strength was worth three men, and it was time again for this robust tool man to shine.
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He Yifei exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, Director, what's this contraption? Are we gearing up for a battle or something?"
"The temperature has dropped, so I thought we could create some snowy scenery in the zoo," Zoo Director Fang replied seriously.
Fang Ye introduced solemnly, "This is the Super Snow-making Machine I ordered, the same kind they use to create snow in Swiss ski resorts."
Lü Ye chimed in, "Impressive, it looks very sophisticated."
Li said, "I'm free right now! I'll come over in a bit."
Bao added, "Meng Shi and I will come over together."
Lin Ying, excited by the prospect, said, "Snow is quite rare in the south! Director, sprinkle some next to our office building, so we can build a snowman and play."
Zhang chuckled, "Heh, does this mean we can have a snowball fight?"
Fang Ye agreed happily, "Sure, let's take care of the snow in the exhibits first."
After all, the snowmaking machine just pretended to 'drink' water to make snow; it didn't waste water resources, only some electricity.
Soon, the staff were all in place!
Fang Ye directed, "Let's push it over to the red panda exhibit first."
Not all exhibits were suitable for snow; the tropical bird exhibit, African lion exhibit, and ring-tailed lemur island weren't appropriate, as the tropical animals and snow didn't mix well.
Meng Shi rolled up his sleeves, revealing his clearly defined, rock-like muscles, and chuckled, "All right!" Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire
A few people pushed the snowmaking machine to the side of the red panda exhibit, connected the water hose and electricity, and adjusted the angle of the nozzle.
The temperature drop was set to the minimum, as red pandas, despite their thick fur being quite frost-resistant, were still more comfortable around 20 degrees Celsius.
Then Fang Ye hit the switch!
"Whir~"
The snowmaking machine's fan began to spin, and tiny, sparkling snowflakes rose into the air, drifting gently and scattering down, landing in every corner of the exhibit.
"Eh? It's snowing, how is that possible?"
Visitors, noticing the falling snowflakes, looked on with surprise!
Soon, someone realized, "It's artificially made snow!"
Chestnut was lying on the perch, wide-eyed, looking around boredly from left to right.
Normally, this was the time to bask in the sun, but the sun hadn't felt warm these past two days, which made him a bit uncomfortable.
The slide was fun, but it wasn't something to play with continuously.
Maybe it was time to climb a tree?
As simple thoughts whirled around in his little head, suddenly, something white and shiny began to flutter down in front of him.
Huh? What's this?
Chestnut was mesmerized, sticking out his tongue to taste it and feeling a cool sensation.
Looking up, he saw snowflakes dancing in the wind.
Something inside Chestnut seemed to awaken, and he became excited!
His paws shook on the perch before he leapt onto the ground.
Chasing after a large snowflake, he sped forward.
The snowflake melted into other flakes upon hitting the ground, forming a thin layer of snow. Chestnut looked around, puzzled, but then he saw more floating snowflakes and quickly scampered back, leaping with his legs bunched up like a little brown-red furball skimming across the snow.
Excited, curious!
Chestnut was more adventurous and liked to explore. Seeing the snow excited him, and he quickly began to play.
Red Bean, on the other hand, was terrified; she hurried down the tree and hid directly in a stone cave, too scared to look outside for a while.
Every red panda had a fresh and unique experience because of the snow!