Super Zoo-Chapter 408 - 404: The Animal Friend VIP Card

Suming, in the final part of his live broadcast, answered a series of questions that were all about the ’Me and It’ program, with the most important being the origins of the guest humans and the guest animals.

This was a grand event where ordinary people told their own stories.

The guests for each episode were in principle not celebrities, but were all selected from the Taoyuan’s Weibo followers, allowing fans to bring their pets to the live broadcast room to tell their authentic stories and touch people with genuine emotions.

Overnight, hundreds of people appeared on Weibo signing up, and this number kept rising; many fans posted pictures with their pets, hoping to be chosen.

That was just the first day. As ’Me and It’ gained popularity, and more netizens watched the reruns, the number of applicants would undoubtedly continue to increase.

With hundreds or thousands of applications, not even Suming with an ability to duplicate himself could manage to review and select them on his own; his business ventures extended beyond just the entertainment company.

Even Wang Hao couldn’t invest all his energy into the live streaming platform. Leaders have their methods, and can’t possibly attend to every single detail personally.

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"The work of application review will be done by you hosts," Suming paused for a moment before saying to Wang Hao, "The entertainment company will arrange the hosts’ rotation schedule. The content planning and guest selection for each episode will be the responsibility of the hosts in charge of that particular session."

Wang Hao nodded, looking at the hosts, "Any questions?"

A few young hosts nodded vigorously... then realized something was not right. Wang Hao had asked ’Any questions?’ Their nodding meant there were issues, so they quickly shook their heads to indicate there were no problems at all.

It was evident that the hosts were quite excited at the moment.

According to Suming’s plan, the host of each episode of ’Me and It’ would be responsible for all the work of the program, front and backstage. At first glance, it seemed like a lot more work compared to other rooms, and more exhausting for the people involved.

However, for ambitious young people, it was a rare opportunity to train. Suming had already stated he would arrange for television station training, so after a period of real-life experience with the ’Me and It’ program, theoretical study combined with practical operation would allow them to master every aspect of a program’s process in no time.

The hosting profession is one that relies on youth and is greatly affected by policies, with little security. But with the tempering from the zoo’s ’Me and It,’ it’s no exaggeration to say that as long as they were willing to work hard, each of them could become a qualified producer, capable of independently carrying a program, becoming highly sought-after talents anywhere they went.

With such arrangements from their leader, Suming instantly appeared much more formidable in the eyes of the hosts. Your next chapter is on novelbuddy

Other live streaming platforms only sought to squeeze the value out of hosts, taking any profits they could, with few having long-term plans; thus, the hosts found it difficult to settle down and improve the quality of their shows.

As the saying goes, "The eyes are the windows to the soul," and their looks towards Suming changed noticeably, filled with admiration. This young boss who wasn’t much older than they were had great ambitions.

The hosts’ reactions didn’t escape Suming’s notice, and he was very pleased. Ambitious and hardworking young people were always welcome everywhere. Those who were picky and choosy, only looking at short-term benefits, who would complain at the slightest difficulty, had no value in being cultivated.

It was finally Jiangjin City’s turn to speak. The entertainment company and the zoo were both managed by Suming, but Mrs. Tong and Wang Hao operated in two different systems. Mrs. Tong and Wang Hao reiterated the revenue-sharing model for the online platform, including the ’Me and It’ program, and then presented a design draft.

"Following Mr. Su’s instructions, the zoo will produce a batch of VIP cards, divided into several levels. Currently, they’re not open to the public and will only be given to those who have made contributions to the zoo. The lifetime free pass that was given to Mr. He yesterday was the zoo’s first VIP card."

The VIP card was designed by professionals. With a grass-green color scheme for the lifetime free pass, its front side used embossed printing, featuring various birds and animals; the back side contained the usage instructions, cardholder information, and a serial number, along with a tiny anti-forgery electronic chip.

The card’s name is set to ’Friends of the Animals’.

As the Friends of the Animals sample card made a round in everyone’s hands, Mrs. Tong said with a smile, "Mr. Su, our card is so well-made, it almost rivals a bank card—it makes you feel particularly esteemed when carrying it out. But why add a counterfeit-proof mark to it?"

In the production cost of the VIP card, the anti-counterfeiting chip accounted for a substantial part. Once swiped on terminal devices made by Shenyan Company, it could display all the information of the card. Therefore, not only was there the cost of the card’s anti-counterfeiting chip, but also the expenses related to terminal hardware configuration and card database construction.

This made some people puzzled. For the time being, the card only served to waive entrance fees, not to withdraw cash. So, what’s the need for a counterfeit-proof mark? Given the current scale of the zoo, nobody would bother mass-producing fake cards just to get free admission to the zoo—it would be a loss-making exercise.

Suming just smiled mysteriously and did not answer the question.

For now, the Friends of the Animals card was merely a business card for the zoo, and being well-made was sufficient. But what about the future?

As the zoo continues to develop, the value and significance embedded within the modest Friends of the Animals card will grow increasingly abundant. Suming even harbored a vague ambition that, perhaps, there will come a day when the Friends of the Animals card might become a ’regional currency’.

Of course, there’s no need to think so far ahead right now, but one must plan for the future to sustain the present. Since there’s this long-term vision, it’s never a bad idea to get a head start. Mrs. Tong fretted over the small amount of money, but in reality, it wasn’t much. Just tens of thousands, which for Suming, amounted to no more than the income from a single live-streaming session’s gifts.

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The animal zoo’s live streaming platform was bustling with popularity, and across the country, numerous online live streaming platforms sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain, each vying for attention.

Using live streaming meant companies did not need to rent expensive office spaces in big cities, nor did the hosts require a fixed workspace, so many first and second-tier cities also saw the emergence of live streaming companies.

"Boiling Live," the capital’s first online gaming live streaming platform in Jiangjin City, boasted having a hundred beautiful female hosts, providing non-stop blood-pumping sensory delights to the audience twenty-four hours a day.

Just from the advertisement alone, you could tell what Boiling Live’s selling point was.

Beautiful women will never worry about job opportunities—it’s just a matter of whether you’re willing or not. After resigning from the animal zoo’s live streaming platform, Nana jumped ship to Jiangjin City’s Boiling Live on the very same day.

A host’s departure inevitably leads to the migration of a segment of their fanbase. Even for a host like Nana, who wasn’t very popular on the animal zoo platform, her personal Weibo account had several thousand followers. After announcing her job change on Weibo and with online dissemination, she took nearly a thousand fans with her from the zoo.

"I told you to come over earlier, but you wouldn’t listen. Look, the style of our live broadcasts here is much more relaxed, right?" Boiling Live’s Business Director said to Nana while chatting.

"You think I was attracted by the animal zoo’s gifts? Not at all. The platform at the zoo had a large audience base; my plan was to gather more popularity and once I had enough followers, I would switch platforms and pull their viewers over. Who knew that damn fatso would strike first and fire me!"

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