717 Communication Problems (1/2)

Chapter 717: Communication Problems

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

With the way that humans had been conquering nature, virgin lands, unclaimed by humans, were becoming fewer and fewer. Even the African rainforest and the Amazon rainforest were dwindling in size as the days went by and, every day, a new animal species ceased to exist. Although on land, there were still species that had yet to be discovered by humans. The main focus was all on small animals, such as arthropods. As for large animals, there weren't many left that had not yet been discovered.

But the ocean was different.

About 70% of the Earth's surface area was covered by the ocean, and, hiding within the blue ocean, was a large number of unknown, mysterious creatures––especially the mysterious, deep-sea organisms that were beyond human imagination. Scientists have pointed out that human understanding of the deep sea was not even close to the little knowledge they had about the surface of Mars.

Zhang Zian understood what Reina meant.

Every year, thousands of new marine species were being discovered. The population size for those newly discovered species was unknown––maybe the one discovered was the last of its kind, or maybe there were still millions more of it out there… anything was possible. Before the investigation was concluded, they couldn't be arbitrarily listed in the International List of Endangered Animals; therefore, they were not protected by the law, which allowed some space for manipulations.

In China, cats and dogs account for almost 90% of the pet sales market, while it might not even be up to ten percent in Germany. The German pet market, however, was far more developed than Zhang Zian imagined. From Reina, Zian saw a new method he could use to make a difference, aside from completely relying on the selling of cats and dogs.

Previously, Zhang Zian had also considered fish as an option, since, among pets, fish were one of the more important ones. As a coastal city, however, Binhai City lacked many things, but fish were definitely not one of them. If one were to head to the night market during summer with just twenty to thirty dollars, they could stuff themselves full with seafood until they puked at any stall.

There were a few aquariums in Binhai City, but their business conditions were basically bleak. Most of their sales were from the tropical fish and cold water fish, which were bought wholesale from Guangzhou and Jinmen. China had three major fish distribution centers: Guang, Jin, An––which represented Anshan.

With the aquariums as a precedent, Zhang Zian never did make up his mind about taking on the aquarium route.

The second floor was very spacious, but, relatively speaking, the area occupied by the marine life section was smaller when compared to the reptile section that took up most of the space. Perhaps the Germans have a preference for reptiles…

A young boy, aged around twelve to thirteen, was lingering around the glass display case for the Rhinoceros Iguana.

It was also possible that reptiles required a larger living space.

An adult male customer, who looked like he came from Asia, had some communication problems with one of the staff members. Reina apologized to Zhang Zian before heading over to deal with the matter.

Zian turned around to see that the elfins were all intrigued by the various different pets in the shop and, since he did not have anything to do, Zian decided to tag along and take a look at how Reina ran her business.

After getting closer, Zian realized that Reina's staff was very enthusiastic when dealing with their customers, but, looking at the professional aspect, the staff was not proficient enough. There were a few occasions where the staff could not answer the customer's query. It might be due to the large number of pets within the shop––if anyone was able to familiarize themself with any one of them, they could probably be a zoologist by then.

The Asian customer had his eyes on a ball python and a terrarium. Just when he was ready to make the payment for the two, one of the staff members held him back and stopped him from purchasing the terrarium. The customer could not speak German, nor was he proficient in English, which resulted in a problem in their communication that caused a dispute between the two.