"This isn’t ’knowing a little’ about feng shui. You’ve completely mastered both feng shui and modern science and integrated them perfectly. This afforestation plan is a masterstroke with multiple benefits. We have to do it!"

"Lao Zhang, did you hear that? Use the highest standards for this!"

Zhang Xin and the other team members all nodded, their gazes toward Yang Qi holding a new level of conviction.

It turned out the director wasn’t just spouting empty metaphysics but had deep, multifaceted considerations.

Yang Qi himself was slightly surprised, and his gaze toward Ye Jiatong took on a new level of importance.

’This Designer Ye not only has a solid professional foundation and an open mind, but she’s also incredibly perceptive.’

’To think she could interpret the key points of the Hundred Trees Nourishing Body Array from the perspective of modern landscape and ecological planning, making it all sound so practical, logical, and well-founded!’

’What a godsend!’

In his heart, Yang Qi gave Ye Jiatong a huge thumbs-up.

Thanks to her professional, scientific interpretation, a path was paved for the future. Once the Hundred Trees Nourishing Body Array was in place and its subtle effects began to manifest—when the Xianlai Zoo’s overall environment, the animals’ well-being, and even the visitor experience showed positive changes that were hard to fully explain with conventional theory—if anyone got curious or started to investigate, Yang Qi now had the perfect, completely reasonable "excuse."

’This is an optimized layout scientifically proven by the designer from multiple perspectives, including ecology, function, and animal welfare!’

’Metaphysical matters, when cloaked in the guise of science, are always easier to understand and accept.’

Ye Jiatong’s words had, without her knowing, provided a layer of protective camouflage for many of Yang Qi’s future "unconventional" operations.

...

"Engineer Ye’s analysis was spot-on."

Yang Qi said sincerely, "A lot of traditional wisdom is actually in tune with the laws of nature. My idea is precisely to use these large trees to lay a vibrant, harmonious foundation for Xianlai."

"As for the specific tree species and their final placement, I’ll have to trouble Engineer Ye to further optimize them from a professional standpoint during the overall planning. They need to satisfy my ’special requirements’ while also integrating perfectly into the entire zoo’s functional and scenic systems."

"Of course."

Ye Jiatong smiled faintly, a spark of interest lighting up her calm face, as if she’d just encountered a fascinating subject.

"Director Yang, your line of thinking has given our design a very interesting and profound entry point."

"I will study it carefully and strive to make these forested belts one of Xianlai’s most outstanding scenic features."

"Then I’ll be counting on you," Yang Qi thanked her again.

...

With the matter settled, Ye Jiatong took her design team members and their instruments deeper into the site to conduct detailed surveys.

Before leaving, she and Yang Qi exchanged contact information to facilitate future communication.

Xiao Ya, Zhang Xin, and other members of the preparatory team also dispersed. Some followed the designers to record requirements, while others began the preliminary work of procuring the "hundred trees."

Pang Yunrui, however, enthusiastically waved Yang Qi over.

"Junior, come on! I’ll take you on a proper tour of our future Animal Kingdom. It might be a wasteland now, but that just makes it perfect for imagining what it will be!"

The two got into their respective vehicles, Pang Yunrui’s SUV and Yang Qi’s Wrangler, and drove side by side.

They slowly drove into the vast expanse of land, following a potholed dirt track that could barely be called a "road."

Pang Yunrui rolled his window halfway down. His chubby frame leaned against the door, arm stretched out, pointing at the rolling slopes, intersecting ditches, patches of overgrown weeds, and scattered groves of trees outside as he gave a high-spirited tour.

"Look over here! A gentle, sun-facing slope. We can make it a large mixed-habitat zone for herbivores—zebras, wildebeests, antelopes, that sort of thing. Let them run free!"

"Over there, there’s a small natural valley. With a bit of work, it’d be perfect for the carnivore section. It’s got elevation changes and cover. Visitors can watch from above—safe and thrilling!"

"You saw that pond, right? That’ll be a paradise for waterfowl and wetland animals. We can build a long bird-watching corridor right next to it..."

As Yang Qi drove, he listened to Pang Yunrui’s descriptions, his eyes following where he pointed, and began to form a preliminary vision of the future zoo in his mind.

But as he listened, he gradually sensed that something was off.

They had been driving for quite a while, and the area Pang Yunrui was pointing to seemed endless, far exceeding the scale he had initially estimated.

"Senior."

Yang Qi couldn’t help but interrupt Pang Yunrui’s grand vision. Looking at him through the car window, he asked, "Those areas you just pointed out... they’re all over the place, and not close to each other. The planned area for our Xianlai isn’t over three thousand mu, is it?"

"Three thousand mu?"

Hearing this, Pang Yunrui burst out laughing, his face filled with pride. "Junior, your guess is too conservative. To be precise, the plot of land we secured has a total area of three thousand five hundred and sixty mu! And that’s just the land area!"

"And that doesn’t even include—"

He raised his hand and pointed to a distant, densely vegetated, rolling hill. "That small mountain over there is another eight hundred-plus mu. While it’s not part of the core construction zone, it falls within the scope of an ecological buffer and background forest that we can coordinate and use!"

"This..."

Yang Qi was truly stunned.

Although Pang Yunrui had said it was big, this was beyond what he had imagined.

Donghua City’s existing wildlife park, which was already one of the largest in the province, was only about fifteen hundred mu.

And just like that, Xianlai’s land area was more than double that of the Donghua Zoo?

If you included the usable small mountain, the total area under their control was over four thousand mu!