King of the Wilderness

He looked at the two team leaders on the screen who were equally stunned by his plan, and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, I have turned you from employees into my partners."

"Now, your interests are completely aligned, and I believe you will become the best partners."

"Any more questions?"

The conference room was silent.

Only the flames of challenge and profit ignited simultaneously in the eyes of Li Wenbo and John Hammond.

"Very good." Lin Yu’an looked at the renewed fighting spirit of everyone and nodded in satisfaction.

"So, gentlemen, since we are now family, let’s forget those tedious processes and have a real brainstorming session."

"Our goal remains unchanged: to create a miracle with a budget of 48 million US dollars within 9 months. Now let’s fill in every detail of this miracle."

He first turned his gaze towards Dr. MacKeez.

"Dr. MacKeez, as our future Chief Animal Welfare Officer, tell me what your dream Arctic Home should look like, without any constraints."

This question instantly ignited Dr. MacKeez’s passion as a scientist.

"Freedom, Lin, absolute freedom." She said without hesitation, "I reviewed the plans of both teams, and they are excellent. But I want to add a key point: water."

"Polar Bears are semi-aquatic animals, and water is not just a swimming pool for them, it is their soul! So I hope to provide both saltwater and freshwater environments."

"They hunt in simulated Arctic Ocean saltwater, then clean their fur in simulated glacier meltwater. This experience will greatly benefit their behavior."

Hammond immediately brought up a concept map of water circulation on the screen, his eyes gleaming with creativity.

"We can connect the two pools with a simulated tidal waterfall! Utilizing the height difference, let freshwater naturally flow into the saltwater pool periodically."

"This will be visually stunning and will provide the animals with more playfulness!"

Li Wenbo immediately gave a calm analysis from an engineering perspective. He brought up an extremely complex water treatment pipe network map.

"Mr. Hammond’s idea is great, but realizing it means we must establish two completely independent water quality filtration and circulation systems."

"The saltwater system needs to be equipped with top-notch protein skimmers and ozone disinfection equipment, while the freshwater system focuses more on physical filtration and ecological purification."

"We can share a central refrigeration and heat exchange unit, but this still means our life support system budget needs to increase by at least one million US dollars."

"Moreover, producing thousands of tons of artificial seawater that meets Arctic Ocean salinity standards and maintaining its chemical composition is extremely costly in itself."

Lin Yu’an decisively made the decision, "Let’s do it that way, I’ll solve the money issue. You just need to tell me if the technical aspects can be done to the best?"

"I want the independent circulation system with the tidal waterfall. The total budget for the life support system will be raised from three million to five million."

"Alright, next one." Lin Yu’an’s pace was very quick.

Dr. MacKeez spoke again: "I have seen the backstage planning, but I need a medical center that meets BSL-3 (Biosafety Level 3) standards."

"Besides the regular operating rooms and laboratories, I insist on equipping with a Siemens SOMATOM series dual-source CT machine."

Li Wenbo immediately frowned and started rapidly searching on the keyboard, "Dr. MacKeez, a dual-source CT specially for animals, the cost of procurement, shielding room construction, and installation...

"...is at least two hundred and fifty thousand US dollars, almost the sum total of our originally planned backstage budget!"

Dr. MacKeez’s tone was exceptionally firm, "I know it’s expensive, but you don’t understand the significance of this equipment. Polar Bears and Northeast Tigers are incredibly adept at enduring pain."

"Many internal diseases and injuries cannot be detected through regular examinations. By the time obvious symptoms appear, it’s often too late."

"With this dual-source CT, we can complete a full cardiac and pulmonary scan in 0.25 seconds while they are fully awake, without anesthesia."

"This not only minimizes disturbance to them but also allows us to achieve true preventive diagnosis."

Lin Yu’an looked at Dr. MacKeez’s eyes filled with reverence for life, and both reason and emotion struck his heart.

Blurted out, "Buy it."

Then, looking at everyone, he explained, "This project, from the very beginning, is not just for December and Amber, it is a platform, a benchmark."

"I hope in the future, this place can become the central hospital and technical support center for all polar and large feline rescue projects worldwide. This investment is necessary."

He then looked at Li Wenbo, "Li Gong, I’ll add an additional 3 million US dollars to the special budget. What I want is an institution that all top veterinarians worldwide dream to work at."

The atmosphere of the meeting was completely ignited by Lin Yu’an’s cost-no-object, only-search-for-the-best frenzied spirit.

Mick continued, "Food! The food supply chain! We can’t always rely on airlifting seal meat from the Bering Sea, or importing salmon from Norway."

"Logistics costs are too high and extremely unstable, we need a sustainable solution that we can control ourselves."