Chapter 457: Association of the Pet Exchange Promotion
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Turning part of their attention from the Ashera cat to Snowy Lionet, the crowd looked back and forth at the two cats.
While quietly listening to the man's eloquent way of speaking, Zhang Zian was also wondering who this person could be and what his purpose was.
Finishing up, the guy said, "If you want to raise a cat, you don't have to adopt purebred species only. The characteristics and appearances of purebred cats are more consistent, but the life of each cat carries their own meaning. But all right everybody, old habits die hard and it seems that I've been talking too much in front of the real expert. Please don't mind me and feel free to purchase whatever pets you want."
Although the crowd wanted more information, the man had already stopped talking, and they were too embarrassed to ask him to continue. Led by Wang Qian and Li Kun, they either came into the store to choose pets or waited for the dancing kitten performance. Only a few people were still watching the Ashera cat and Snowy Lionet by the entrance.
Smiling apologetically, the man walked up towards Zhang Zian and introduced himself. "Hey, you're the owner of this shop, right? I'm Wu Mingzhen, President of the Association of Pet Exchange Promotion in Changqiao City." He handed over his business card while speaking.
Zhang Zian took the business card and glanced at it. Changqiao City was the provincial capital of the neighboring province and its economy was more developed than Binhai City. Changqiao Port was also a famous deepwater port on the east coast of China with a very prosperous import and export trade. However, Zhang Zian had never heard of anything about the Association of Pet Exchange Promotion from there.
As if reading his mind, Wu Mingzhen explained, "It's normal that you've never heard of us before, our association is just a local non-profit group started by some pet lovers to encourage a network of munication. Normally, we organize some free exhibitions and fun science activities to teach pet related information to students and adults. We also have projects that we collaborated on with some non-governmental organizations abroad."
Zhang Zian simply introduced himself, "My name is Zhang Zian, and I'm the owner of this store."
"I know. Mr. Zhang, you're a celebrity within our association, and we've heard a lot about you." Wu Mingzhen smiled. "To be honest, at the beginning, we were skeptical of the rumors and waited to see proof for ourselves. After some videos spread on the internet, other groups sent us inquiries, wanting to know whether it was true that the kittens in your shop could dance and if you could host exhibitions abroad."
"Host exhibitions abroad?" Zhang Zian was surprised. He had never considered this before.
"Yes," Wu Mingzhen said with certainty. "There are already many groups from the United States, Canada, France, Denmark, South Korea, Japan and other countries that have shown great interest in your cats, which also brings huge economic benefits. For example, cat lovers are everywhere within the younger generation in Japan. According to the research from the Japan Pet Food Association, from 2012 to 2016 the number of pet dogs in Japan has decreased from 11.53 million to 9.87 million, while the number of pet cats has increased from 9.53 million to 9.84 million, and pet cats have already outnumbered pet dogs in 2017. As you know, Japan has been in a long term economic downturn, but even so the wholesale prices of kittens have being getting higher, rising from 124,000 yen per kitten in 2013 to 210,000 yen per kitten in 2017. The price of a cat that is rare breed can easily reach over one million yen! And this is just the wholesale price that I'm talking about."
Zhang Zian would be lying if he said he was pletely uninterested in this huge potential market.
He also knew that the younger generation in Japan believed in the concept that "cuteness is everything
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