Super Zoo-Chapter 656 - 647 Royal Offerings

A batch of rare animals from Xiangjiang Zoo, including two pandas of significant importance, went missing near Yangchuan City. The news not only reached the ears of ordinary people but also caught the attention of many poachers.

What kind of animals are valuable?

Earning money through the organs on animals is the lowest form of trade.

First, definitely the rarest and most uncommon animals are the most valuable. If only one remains in the whole world, like that white rhino in Africa, then it is undoubtedly priceless;

Second, whether the animal carries additional value.

There are too many tycoons in the world, and this bunch can flaunt their wealth in all sorts of ways. You keep a woman, I keep a female tiger; you keep a female tiger, I keep a panda... see, this guy escaped from Xiangjiang Zoo, and I got him... Pandas are nothing, but those two in my cellar were gifts from the mainland of Huaxia to Xiangjiang, of significant meaning...

The animals that had escaped possessed these two characteristics.

Moreover, there are many places in the world with animals, but it is rare to see an event where so many rare animals from different regions are gathered with a clear target all at once.

In fact, some tycoons in the Middle East have already opened a betting market on these animals, over a dozen of them are valued at more than one million US dollars each, and the bounty for the two pandas has reached three million US dollars! If someone manages to get both pandas, ten million US dollars!

This bunch of rich beasts with no place to spend their money!

Of course, ordinary poachers do not dare to venture deep into the heartland of Huaxia, against all the odds, to poach these animals.

But large-scale poaching organizations have set their sights on this piece of fat meat.

Park Jeong-ui, a South Korean, who is active at the China-Korea border, is a notorious international animal smuggler!

A grand poacher, he has people when he needs people, guns when he needs guns, and maintains close relations with poaching elements in Russia and the Northeast Region of Huaxia!

Some things have tradition. The history of Park Jeong-ui's family dealing with animals traces back to the beginning of the last century, when Huaxia was still a feudal society. Park Jeong-ui's great-great-grandfather was a renowned hunter of the Qing Dynasty.

Like a hunter, but Park Jeong-ui's ancestors weren't just living off hunting animals for their meat or selling their skins for money.

His main job was capturing various exotic birds and beasts for the royalty and nobility at the time. To put it more nicely, he was a royal hunter.

In the language of that era in Huaxia, it was called "consecrated," specifically tasked with providing beasts for the royal and noble gardens.

Since then, the Park family has maintained close ties with the nobility of Tsarist Russia and the garrison of the Eight Banners in Northeast Qing Dynasty.

Latter, when Japan invaded, Korea became a colony, and the Park family can be said to have chosen without hesitation, or perhaps they had no other choice, to side with the Japanese Colonial Government.

Dog fighting, horse racing, and animal husbandry have a market in any era, especially when the Japanese occupiers were vigorously promoting the spirit of Bushido. To demonstrate the empire's martial valor and spirit, a large number of ferocious animals were captured and bred. Thus, after being occupied, the Park family's "business" expanded quite a bit.

Even the military government at the time established an "East Asia Rare Species Research Institute," where Park Jeong-ui's ancestor held a key position in the action department, specifically responsible for capturing various exotic animals.

Strictly speaking, the real "rise" of the Park family began in that era.

Every nation has its own characteristics, or to say, its inherent flaws. But few combine deep-seated inferiority with rampant arrogance as the Yamato People do. Two completely different traits developing in two extreme directions within one individual can only lead to madness.

As an island nation with limited territory and scarce resources, to showcase its status as the strongest country in Greater East Asia, many of the rare animals captured by the research institute were sent to the island nation itself.

At the same time, the institute undertook a secret mission: to exterminate the rare animal populations living in the occupied countries.

In this way, the rare animal populations of other countries would be on the verge of extinction, leaving only those sent to the island nation to thrive and breed. After several years, such creatures would become "unique" to the island nation, displaying the grandeur of a great country.

The island's small size belies its vast diversity of flora and fauna.

Park Jeong-ui's ancestors, besides hunting animals, were more often involved in secret large-scale slaughters through various inhumane means.

Outsiders' understanding of the Park family is limited to this: a family that has dealt with animal hunting for generations, a family that worked for the colonial government like many local officials of the time.

After the war, Park Jeong-ui's family faced trial, and the ancestor who had held an important position at the Species Research Institute was executed by a firing squad. The entire Park family quickly disappeared from the public eye.

But the Park family did not falter. Instead, they went underground.

Park Jeong-ui's father and grandfather, relying on the family's inherited skills, the accumulated resources and connections from generations past, and various domestic and international connections, revived the old trade and started smuggling animals once again.

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After the war, all industries awaited revival, and nobody had the time to pay attention to a poaching group. The locals, struggling in hardship, lacked any awareness of 'protecting animals,' and in just a few short years, the Park family had made quite a fortune, especially through the smuggling of rare animals.

Although due to World War II, the Park family still operated in the shadows, they had already become a local clan with considerable influence.

The civil war later broke out, and seizing this opportunity, the Park family made a hefty profit. They even connected with 'buyers' in many Western countries, taking the animal smuggling business worldwide.

Starting from the 1980s, as the global civilization process accelerated, and civilized countries began to pay more and more attention to animal protection, the Park family's income soared, and they became Korea's largest poaching group and animal smugglers, fully realizing the family's 'revival.'

Now, the Park family's open business is a chain of dog meat restaurants, with branches in several major cities in South Korea, none too large. But those truly in the know understand that behind these few stores, the owner controls over 35% of animal smuggling in the East Asian region.

"Mr. Park Jeong-ui, Mr. Park Young-myeong has been waiting for you inside for a long time. Please!" A chef-looking person opened the door to the innermost private room in the dog meat restaurant with a beaming smile and bowed to welcome Park Jeong-ui.

Park Jeong-ui, just past forty, was dressed in a crisp suit, holding a black briefcase, refined yet bearing crow's feet born from life's pressures.

At first glance, he appeared no different from the countless white-collar workers hurrying down the street, except for a more determined face. It was clear that he was a man of resolve.

"Uncle, is the dog meat fresh today?" Park Jeong-ui asked the head chef with a smile as he took off his shoes, "Don't skimp on the best cuts for the customers at the expense of my share."

"Haha, I saved a six-month-old black dog especially for you. We killed it by boiling it alive without a knife, so the blood is retained in the muscles. You'll be satisfied!" the head chef replied with a hearty laugh.

"Then I'll have to thank you!" Park Jeong-ui nodded slightly, entered the private room, and closed the door behind him.

Another person was already seated inside the private room. Seeing Park Jeong-ui arrive, he stood up and bowed deeply, "Brother, you've come."

This person, who resembled Park Jeong-ui by about seventy to eighty percent, was just shorter and appeared younger, in his thirties.

Park Jeong-ui's twin brother, Park Young-myeong.

"Sit down, no need for formalities with me," said Park Jeong-ui with a nod.

Yet Park Young-myeong did not sit down immediately but stood off to the side waiting until his brother had taken his seat. Only then did he sit down opposite him, poured a drink for Park Jeong-ui, and said, "Brother, it's been so long since I've seen you, Zhebin really misses his uncle."

"Haha, I miss him too. If it weren't for the important matter we have to discuss today, I'd have asked you to bring him along," Park Jeong-ui replied.

"That wouldn't do," laughed Park Young-myeong. "Zhebin absolutely hates it when people eat dog meat."

Speaking of 'Zhebin,' the ingenious child who was like a prodigy, both the father Park Young-myeong, and the uncle, Park Jeong-ui, showed thick pride and affection on their faces.

"Alas, the invasion of Western civilization is too deep. Young people have forgotten tradition, viewing their own ethnic customs as barbaric actions. It truly pains me. Animals are food bestowed upon mankind by the gods," said Park Jeong-ui.

Park Young-myeong just smiled, probably not wanting to argue over this issue with his brother. The two chatted about family matters for a while. Although Park Jeong-ui had never married and had no descendants, like all traditional Koreans, he had a very strong sense of family, and in his eyes, this brother and the brother's son, Park Zhebin, held irreplaceable positions.

Soon, the chef knocked on the door and brought in a steaming dish of dog meat, four small exquisite side dishes of kimchi, a pot of alcohol, and then left the private room, closing the door behind him.

"Delicious! Dog meat must be boiled in plain water and dipped in our hometown sauce. That is the tastiest way to eat it," Park Jeong-ui said indulgently. "Eat up, this is a fine dog!"

Park Young-myeong seemed to have little appetite, hesitated for a moment, but eventually asked, "Brother, must you really go to Huaxia?"

"Of course, it's the foundation of our livelihood," Park Jeong-ui replied as he grabbed a big piece of dog rib, rolled it in a scallion and garlic dipping sauce, getting it dripping with juice, and stuffed it into his mouth with relish, continuing without looking up, "Don't worry about the family business, I'll take care of that. You just need to manage these dog meat restaurants well and raise Zhebin properly."

"But, brother!" Park Young-myeong couldn't hold back any longer, and continued, "Brother, you've already made a lot of money these years. Even without it, the annual income from these dog meat restaurants alone exceeds ten billion Korean won, and you own half of them. If you're willing to join me in managing them, we could easily expand our scale..."

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"Ten billion Korean won?" Park Jeong-ui wiped his mouth with a napkin, set down his chopsticks, and looked at his brother calmly, asking faintly, "Is that a lot?"

Under Park Jeong-ui's gaze, Park Young-myeong slightly lowered his head, biting his lip, his voice trembling a bit as he said, "If it weren't for Zhebin's illness, that money would be enough for us..."

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Updates will be a bit less these two days, entertaining some fellow students~~

Speaking of which, of the 6 people who visited, 5 were female classmates. Could it be that I have such a charm with the ladies?

The problem is, they're all married!!!

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