As people conquered nature, there was less and less virgin land on land. Even the African rainforest and the Amazon rainforest were shrinking. Species were dying out every day. Although there were still species on land that hadn't been discovered by humans, they were mainly concentrated on small animals, such as various arthropods. Large animals that hadn't been discovered yet were rare.
But the ocean was different.
About 70% of the surface area of the earth was covered by the ocean. The blue ocean contained a large number of unknown and mysterious creatures, especially the strange creatures of the deep sea, which were beyond people's imagination. Scientists pointed out that humans didn't know as much about the deep sea as they did about the surface of Mars.
Zhang Zian understood what Reina meant.
Every year, thousands of new marine species were discovered, and the population size of most of the new species was unknown. Maybe there was only one that had been discovered, or maybe there were millions of them. Everything was possible. Before the investigation was done, they couldn't be listed on the international list of endangered animals, so they weren't protected by the law. There was room for maneuver.
In China, cats and dogs accounted for almost 90% of the pet sales market, and in Germany, it might be less than 10%. But the German pet market was far more developed than he had imagined. From Reina, he saw a way to find a new way without relying on cats and dogs.
Zhang Zian had considered fish before. After all, fish were considered very important pets, but Binhai City was a coastal city and didn't belong to a poor fish area. It didn't lack anything but fish. In the summer, you could go to the night market and find a stall. You could eat seafood for 20 to 30 yuan until you puked.
There were a few aquariums in Binhai City, but they were basically doing poorly. They mainly sold tropical and cold-water fish wholesale from Guangzhou and Tianjin. There were three main fish distribution centers in China — Guangzhou, Tianjin, and An. An was Anshan.
With these aquariums as an example, Zhang Zian hadn't made up his mind to go the aquarium route.
The area on the second floor was very large, but relatively speaking, the area occupied by the aquarium area was smaller. Instead, it was the reptile area that occupied the largest area. Perhaps it was because Germans preferred reptile pets. At that moment, there was a little boy about 12 or 13 years old lingering in front of the glass box of the rhinoceros iguana. Secondly, these pets themselves needed more space.
An adult male customer, who seemed to be from Asia, had a communication problem with the staff. Reina apologized to Zhang Zian and went to deal with it.
Since Zhang Zian had nothing to do, he turned around and saw that the elfins were also attracted by the oddly-shaped pets in the shop, so he followed them to see how Reina did her business.
As he got closer, he realized that Reina's employees were very hospitable, but they weren't very good at professional things and couldn't answer the customers' questions. Maybe it was because there were too many pets in the shop. If they could be familiar with any one of them, they would probably be able to become zoologists.
An Asian customer had his eyes on a ball python and a feeding box. He was about to pay, but the shop assistant stopped him and refused to let him buy the feeding box. The two of them had a dispute. He didn't speak German, and his English wasn't good either, which led to communication problems.
Zhang Zian noticed that the phone in the Asian customer's hand was a China brand, and there was a familiar WeChat icon on the main screen. He asked, "Hello, are you from China?"
"Yes! Are you an employee of this shop? "The Asian customer acted as if he had met his savior.
"No, I'm here to travel," Zhang Zian said. "Did you run into any problems?"
"It's like this. I want to buy this ball python and this feeding box, but this employee is so rude and unreasonable. He won't let me buy it no matter what. He wants me to buy another feeding box that's even more expensive!" The customer said angrily. "I didn't know that people would force people to buy and sell things in Germany! Can you help me file a complaint against him? "
He chose a golden desert spider ball python and a very ordinary feeding box. He coiled the ball python in his palm, like a person who was very used to playing with snakes.
Fina stared at the ball python coldly, as if it could tear it in half at any time.
Zhang Zian quickly waved at Fina secretly, asking it to calm down. If it really attacked the ball python, it would come out of its invisible state and scare the people around it.
Most ball pythons were gentle and not aggressive. They weren't poisonous and wouldn't hurt people.
Zhang Zian looked at it a few times, but he didn't see any problems with the snake and the feeding box. He didn't understand why the employee wouldn't let him buy it, so he relayed the question to Reina in English.
Reina pointed at the instructions on the glass box of the ball python and explained to the customer, "I'm sorry, sir. The ball python you chose is 55 centimeters long, and the feeding box you chose is 100 centimeters long. German law stipulates that the minimum length of a feeding box for reptiles cannot be less than twice the reptile's body length. The feeding box you chose before is too small, so we can't sell it to you. You can either choose a smaller ball python or a larger feeding box. "
After she finished speaking, she took a law book from the service desk on the second floor and opened it for them to see. The law book had pictures and illustrations, and it introduced in detail the instructions for reptile breeding and related laws and regulations.
Zhang Zian relayed her words to the customer in Mandarin, and at the same time, it eliminated the doubts in his heart.
After understanding the whole story, the customer was still not satisfied, but he had no choice. Since he was in someone else's territory, he had to abide by their rules.
With Zhang Zian's help, he changed to a larger feeding box, bought a heating pad, a matching lamp, a water basin, and padding materials for the box, and so on. The Desert Spider Ball Python cost 399 euros, and the feeding box and various accessories added up to more than 300 euros, but it was still much cheaper than raising a cat or a dog.
When paying, Reina handed a document to the customer. The first page of the document was the price, type, size, place of origin, scientific name, and other relevant information of the ball python. The customer needed to fill in his name, passport number, and other personal information on the second page. The third page was a page full of legal terms and disclaimers, which was a headache. Compared to this document, the pet sales agreement in Zhang Zian's shop was like a child's play.
The customer probably didn't understand the German on the third page, just like Zhang Zian. He casually glanced at it, filled in his information, and paid.
He didn't have a good impression of the shop, but he was very grateful to Zhang Zian for helping him clear up the misunderstanding. Zhang Zian generously said that they were all Chinese, so they should help each other out.
Reina also let out a sigh of relief. During the opening of the Berlin Film Festival, there were always customers who didn't speak the same language.
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