Unknowingly, four days have already passed, and in the blink of an eye, we’re already at the last day of the task.

For Wang Fan, this task is not difficult at all. Doing something he loves is never mentally exhausting, especially since the zoo’s environment is wonderful—life feels quite pleasant, making it hard to feel the joy of task completion.

However, for the Red Mountain Forest Zoo, they are practically grinning from ear to ear.

In just four days, the zoo went from a handful of visitors to a peak of 50,000 guests in a single day—there’s no way staff could resist smiling.

50,344 people!

Everyone found it unbelievable.

Even Director Liu, who set the target, was surprised. He hoped the zoo he had diligently built could become popular, but he never imagined it would happen so quickly.

After all, shouldn’t there be some time for the bullet to fly?

And yet the visitors raced against time, completing the task right after it was set!

It completely shattered the 50,000 mark!

Something previously unimaginable!

"Director, Director, it’s blown up, this isn’t good, it’s blown up!"

Zhang Qian’s loud voice echoed from Director Liu’s phone, causing veins to throb on his forehead.

"I’m doing fine, how did it blow up? Do you wish to see me struggle?"

Zhang Qian didn’t explain, instead, she spoke rapidly: "It’s blown up, Director, it’s blown up! Our ticketing system exploded! Last night, a large number of visitors suddenly booked tickets and blew up our zoo’s ticket sales!"

"What?"

Director Liu’s eyes nearly popped out: "I remember the website set a threshold of 40,000 tickets a day, are you saying those 40,000 have already been pre-sold?"

"That’s right, Director, they’ve all been sold! Even half of the tickets for the next few days have been reserved, what should we do now? Should we still sell tickets at the entrance?"

Director Liu stared blankly, his brain struggling to process this.

He never imagined that the boast he made yesterday would be realized today!

The zoo can accommodate a maximum of 80,000 visitors a day, anything more would be impossible. Hence, the website was set to sell 40,000 online and 40,000 on-site.

Recently, there was little movement on the website, but now that there’s movement, it blew up!

Does this mean... Director Liu’s eyes widened even further as a thought that dried his mouth slowly formed in his mind.

"Need to limit?!"

When these three words fully formed, Director Liu’s adam’s apple moved uncontrollably several times.

80,000 visitors in a day— what does that mean?

That’s as high as Shanghai Disneyland’s peak numbers!

A position at the absolute pinnacle of zoos!

Even Beijing Wildlife Park only hosted over 60,000 visitors in a single day.

Boss Wang’s influence is astounding to this degree?

"Limit... limit, stop selling tickets after 40,000 on-site sales!"

Finishing these words almost like a murmur, Director Liu slumped into his chair unable to get up for a long time.

...

Listening to the numbers reported by Director Liu over the phone, even Wang Fan was amazed.

As for Director Liu’s gratitude, Wang Fan simply replied, "What I’ve done is actually quite limited. The real reason for this result is because the zoo itself has solid conditions.

The main reason is the ’Animals as hosts, humans as guests’ concept of the zoo which won the recognition of visitors, leading them to willingly promote it. You don’t need to thank me too much."

Wang Fan doesn’t consider himself that charming.

The initial visitors might have been his fans showing support, but those who came later were definitely enticed by previous visitors.

He has read the zoo’s reviews, and they are overwhelmingly positive. There are so many people who love small animals, who wouldn’t be tempted by such raving reviews?

"Alright, alright, you’re busy with your stuff, it really doesn’t have much to do with me. I need to get to work too."

After finishing, without waiting for Director Liu to continue, he directly hung up the phone.

Looking at the long line at the ticket booth nearby, Wang Fan couldn’t help but smile.

Seeing such a remarkable zoo revitalized gives him immense satisfaction and the sense of involvement.

For today’s final closing battle, he plans to offer some Cantonese comfort food to the guys from Nanjing.

Having been used to the Nanjing style of duck, he plans to try the Cantonese style to see if it can conquer their taste.

He’s choosing white-feathered duck legs again; these ducks are cheaper but the meat is tender, perfect for the dish he’s making today.

There are many ways to prepare duck in Cantonese cuisine, like braised, poached, roasted, marinated, and grilled duck. Today he will make a classic dish— sour plum duck.

Sour plums were first introduced to him in France, and their sweet and tangy taste with refreshing fruit aroma enchanted him. This time, he can’t resist using them in a dish.

As for Zhuo Qianqian mentioning wanting sour plum duck last night, it’s purely coincidental with today’s dish—it’s not about pampering his girlfriend.

The ingredients are already prepared.

Chopped ginger, slightly pressed garlic to release its juice, chopped shallots, and mashed Chaoshan salted plums.

The pot is ready, with its over one-meter diameter, it looks imposing and majestic, drawing the attention of many diners.

Some oil is poured into the pot, and once it’s heated, the prepared ingredients are added. The ginger and garlic quickly release their aroma in the oil, causing many diners’ hungry stomachs to rumble, with "grr" sounds echoing incessantly.

This made them blush, realizing their self-control is too weak, they haven’t even started cooking and their stomachs are already growling; when the main course is in the pot, they feel they might die from the anticipation.

Wang Fan’s mouth curled slightly, thinking, if this little show is too much for them, how will they handle the real deal?

Once the ginger, garlic, and shallots turned slightly yellow, Wang Fan took them out, then placed the cleaned and dried duck legs into the pot with the skin facing down.

Generally, this step can be quite gamey, but because the oil is already infused with aroma, the scent of shallots, ginger, and garlic completely overpowers the duck’s gamey smell, leaving only a rich, mellow meat aroma.

The duck skin quickly turns golden brown, Wang Fan flips the duck legs over and then evenly drizzles light soy sauce over them.

Then, dark soy sauce, sour plum sauce, and the aromatic ingredients are poured into the pot.

Finally, large pieces of sugar are added, along with boiling water covering the duck, and it’s left to simmer slowly on low heat.