Several young players quickly stood up, fearing that they were late. Looking at these "European Emperors", there was a lot of envy around them.
"Envy!"
"Damn! Why doesn't my Gwent tavern work!"
"Maybe the manager doesn't know how to play Landlord next time."
"It's already 2340, how can there be no big bird spinning around in the bar? It doesn't make sense at all."
It was snowing, but the surroundings were very lively.
At this time, several players gathered in front of the map finally confirmed their positions and started chattering.
"Oh, Teng Teng's hut is right next to the resurrection point! Nice!"
"My butcher shop is so close to the granary, so cool."
"Fuck! Why is my goblin chemical factory on the outside!" Mosquito looked at the map with a tearful expression.
Chu Guang glanced at him and laughed in his heart.
The outside?
It's good that you were not arranged outside the wall!
As we all know, the chemical industry is a high-risk industry, especially the production of gunpowder. It doesn't matter if people are killed in the explosion, but it would be a huge loss if the house next door is also destroyed.
Chu Guang will ask Luca to pay attention to the amount of raw materials used by this [Goblin Industry] and the daily output, and control the stock of dangerous goods within a safe range.
If the outpost is expanded in the future, he will also consider moving it out.
[Yaer I want to go to the toilet] and [Ward's athlete's foot who Levin] stared at the map with confused expressions.
The two players had no opinion on the location of the steel workshop. Although the location was close to the south gate, it was close to the main road and the way to the warehouse was convenient. However. The location of their workshop on the map was drawn with a question mark by pencil, which made them confused.
Brother Tosuo raised his head and looked at the manager.
"Master Manager, please ask... what does the question mark on the map mean?"
Brother Levin also nodded and asked.
"Yes, yes, I don't understand."
The question mark certainly means that there are tasks to be accepted.
Unexpectedly, these two little players even forgot this common sense. Chu Guang cleared his throat and spoke with a serious expression.
"Steel is the top priority for the outpost base to start industrialization. Your hard-working performance has triggered a hidden task. Of course, this task is optional, and you have the right to choose whether to accept it."
Hidden task!
The eyes of the two little players instantly lit up like light bulbs, and the players next to them also cast envious glances.
"200 square meters of land, and there is a hidden task!"
"Fuck!"
"This is too cool!"
Brother Ce Suo's hands trembled with excitement.
"Manager, we are willing!"
Brother Levin also nodded vigorously.
"That's right! I am willing too!"
With a barely detectable arc at the corner of his mouth, Chu Guang reached out and handed over a task book that had been prepared long ago -
Or a contract.
"Take a look before you make a decision."
...
[Task: Industrial Fire (optional)]
[Description: In order to stimulate the increase of steel production capacity in the outpost base and to improve the efficiency of scrap metal smelting, the chief manager of the shelter has issued a directive, willing to use a budget of 2,000 silver coins to support the research and development of steelmaking technology.
If the budget support is accepted, the steel workshop will be upgraded to a joint venture steel plant. The shelter will hold 80% of the shares of the steel plant and the founder will hold 20%.
The founder only needs to pay 50 silver coins as registered capital to set up a special enterprise account to receive budget subsidies.
The funds in the enterprise account cannot be withdrawn directly, but can be used to purchase materials from the warehouse, entrust the warehouse to issue scavenging and exploration rewards, and can be used to pay the wages of employees of less than 4 people.
If the hourly wage is less than 1 silver coin and the working hours are less than 12 hours, you only need to report and register. If it exceeds, the manager needs to review.
When the funds in the enterprise account are greater than 2,000 silver coins, you can apply for dividends on part of the profits. No tax is required for dividends of less than 1,000 silver coins within a month. 4% is required for dividends greater than 1,000 and less than 10,000 silver coins, and 8% is required for dividends greater than 10,000 silver coins, with a step-by-step increase. The specific implementation tax rate will fluctuate with the policy.
]
[Notes:
1. For detailed information on the use of funds, please refer to the "Enterprise Account Management Rules". If there is a phenomenon of using rules to withdraw funds, the violating account will be fined a minimum of 200% and a maximum of permanent repatriation to the underground.
2. After accepting the task, a series of exclusive tasks and orders will be triggered. The reward types include but are not limited to equipment, money, contribution points, budget subsidies, land and shares. If you give up, you must meet specific conditions before you can trigger it again.
]
Is it a small workshop or a large factory?
If it were in reality, this question might need to be seriously considered.
However, in the game...
This is a hidden task!
Although the budget cannot be directly withdrawn from the account, it is also 2,000 silver coins! Using 50 silver coins in exchange for the right to use 1,000 silver coins is a good deal.
Without even a second of hesitation, Brother Ce Suo and Brother Levin took on the task without hesitation, and happily signed their long list of IDs on the task book.
The main responsible person was registered as [Ward Foot Who Levin]. After the two discussed, they each held 11% and 9% of the shares.
"Dear manager, what is the name of our steel plant?"
Chu Guang was naturally unwilling to do such a troublesome thing.
"You can decide for yourself."
You can even name it yourself!
The two players' eyes lit up and they immediately got together to discuss.
"How about Laiyang Steel Plant? That's a cool name!"
"Pfft, what if we get sued for copyright infringement after the game is released? Let's change it to another day!"
"It won't feel right if it's another day."
"Don't waste time, think of one quickly, don't make the NPCs wait!"
"No. 81, it's a lucky number."
"Okay!"
In this way, the first steel plant in Shelter No. 404, "Steel Plant No. 81", was officially established.
And Brother Ceso and Brother Levin also unlocked their first exclusive task - "Customize a set of armor for the manager's KV-1 exoskeleton!"
The task requirements are very simple, the total weight of the armor is less than 200 kilograms, and it can protect the wearer from light weapons fire from the front without affecting mobility.
In addition, there are some detailed requirements, such as the thickness of the chest armor is required to be greater than 10mm and less than 20mm, and it can be disassembled and replaced after damage.
As for the task reward, it is as high as 200 silver coins!
That's 200 silver coins!
How many people can't even take out two digits from their pockets after buying equipment!
After the news spread, the entire outpost was instantly in an uproar.
"My goodness, isn't the reward of 200 silver coins too high?!"
The one who spoke was Brother Mosquito.
After the land was divided, the manager went back to the third floor of the sanatorium to sit, and the players who had been busy all day squatted on the first floor to eat.
He was quite excited that the renamed [Goblin Industry] was approved, but compared with those two stupid steel mills, it was simply a younger brother.
Brother Chaodan also looked envious.
"Compared to 200 silver coins, I think the budget of 2,000 silver coins is more outrageous! Life professional players are epically strengthened, but why is it not me who is strengthened, damn!"
Several players from the cattle and horse group were also nearby, and Ye Shi, who was holding a bowl and eating sheep's horn potatoes, said with a chuckle.
"The manager said that there are no prey to be slaughtered now, so you should go dig trenches."
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "You're crying. Can I change the business purpose? Can I secretly build a stove and open a restaurant?"
Kuangfeng: "It's risky. You should apply for it. It is said that changing the use of land will result in the land being reclaimed and even fined."
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes: "Woo woo woo."
Fang Chang, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but interrupt.
"It's not as outrageous as you think. Receiving a budget of 2,000 silver coins means a 20% reduction in control. It's obvious that the planning team has taken into account the problem of numerical inflation. In other words, even if you earn 10,000 silver coins a month, your share is only 2,000 silver coins, and you can't withdraw this money! Dividends need to be taxed first, and each person gets less than 1,000 silver coins."
WC is really a mosquito: "But it's still a lot!"
Lao Bai: "Combat professional players fainted in the toilet."
Kuangfeng: "No, there is actually a very interesting mathematical problem here, about the yield curve. Under normal circumstances, the income of a new player in a month is about 300 silver coins. If the efficiency of the steel plant is less than 3,000 silver coins, then it is a 'loss' for the two co-operators, because they can also earn this much by doing ordinary tasks. If they can reduce costs by improving production and create more than 3,000 silver coins, then this task is profitable for them."
Ye Shi: "One exclusive mission has a reward of more than 200 silver coins. Is it difficult to earn 3,000 silver coins a month?"
Fang Chang: "It's still a little difficult. Don't just look at the present, you have to look further ahead. Think about it, how many sets of armor can a manager wear?"
WC really had a hint of realization in his eyes. He was a shop owner in real life, and he immediately understood.
"Wait, now that you say that... I think I understand what you mean."
Fang Chang smiled, who likes chatting with smart people the most.
"Really?"
Ye Shi was still confused, and seeing that Fang Chang didn't plan to talk anymore, he quickly asked.
"What, what do you mean? I don't understand yet!"
Fang Chang explained impatiently.
"Tsk, to put it bluntly, exclusive orders are actually limited! This game has a concept that many MMORPGs don't have, that is, 'demand'!
"NPCs won't be like black holes, buying up things produced by life players indefinitely. Most of the things produced by players need to be sold to other players, which means that the efficiency of the steel mill is not actually determined by them, but by the consumption power of other players! Especially combat professional players!"
"Then suppose I am a combat player with 100 silver coins in my pocket, and I plan to use 50 silver coins to upgrade weapons and armor, then life professional players can make these 50 silver coins, and they have to compete with NPCs for business. Do you understand what I mean?"
Ye Shi seemed to understand and said blankly.
"... In other words, how much money life professional players can make actually depends on how much combat professional players make from completing tasks? Hiss, now that you say that, I seem to understand a little bit..."
Fang Chang: "That's about it. For example, if I plan to buy a power armor now, then the power armor's engine, steel, sensor components and other equipment will have corresponding demand. If a life professional player wants to make this money, first of all, I have to be able to afford it. And where does my money come from? Of course, it's still from completing tasks. Most players are the same! "
It's a simple truth. If a game intends to put an equipment on the shelves of a store, then some players will definitely be able to afford it.
Either use money to buy coupons, or spend time to grind.
So generally speaking, the total income of combat professional players will not be lower than that of life professional players, because the things produced by the latter need to be consumed by the former.
Even if the value is to expand, it will expand together.
For example, if the gene sequence level reaches LV10, a copy of an abandoned shelter is opened, and the reward for clearing it once may be as high as 1,000 or even 10,000 silver coins?
This is not impossible!
Lao Bai immediately asked.
"So the first echelon is still combat professional players? "
He is a strength type, so he is most concerned about this.
Fang Chang nodded.
"It can be said that, at least when fighting is the main theme, the 'son of the version' will definitely be born on the front line of the battlefield. The only difference is which gene sequence! Combat professional players earn money from NPCs by completing tasks, and life professional players earn money from combat players. Only in this way can the economic chain in the game form a closed loop, and the value will not easily expand. There will not be too much money to buy anything, and there will not be no one to buy anything. "
Kuangfeng thought for a long time while holding the bowl, and added.
"It can only be said that the current economic model of the shelter is military-oriented. Maybe the external environment has changed, such as updating the export system to sell goods to other survivor settlements, and this theory is not necessarily true. "
Fang Chang said in a relaxed tone.
"Yes, so I am discussing the son of the version, not the son of the planner. As for the possibility you mentioned, it will probably take many versions. We haven't even solved the basic survival needs of the Blood Hand Clan, and the map of Boulder City has not been opened yet."
Kuangfeng: "Indeed."
Lao Bai thought for a while and suddenly spoke.
"But what you said means that one day in the future, life professional players will usher in a strong period?"
Fang Chang said with a smile.
"Version rotation is the norm, isn't this normal."
Lao Bai: "Then should we also build a steel plant? Hedge the risk? In case one day the combat professional players are not popular, we can also make money from the industry."
Fang Chang glanced at him.
"...Can you also make steel?"
Lao Bai said with a grin.
"I don't know how to make steel, but I can make bricks and cement! Especially bricks. There are many brick factories in my hometown. I saw them using a rotary kiln. The bricks are placed on the kiln car. The car goes into the furnace along the track. The bricks in the back are just put in, and the baked bricks in the front are already out. They can be used after cooling down. I heard that the more powerful ones can produce millions of bricks a day!"
Ye Shi: "...Fuck? So cool?!"
Kuangfeng: "The price of red bricks in the shelter warehouse is 100 silver coins, and the purchase price is 4 copper coins. The theoretical income of producing 1 million bricks a day is 4,000~10,000 silver? But I think it's not realistic to build a brick factory covering an area of 20 acres with the conditions of the outpost and the setting of Wasteland OL."
Lao Bai: "Nonsense! Investing in such a brick factory requires at least 20 million RMB. Not to mention the equipment, how much steel do you think it will take?"
Fang Chang: "In fact, you don't have to produce a million bricks a day. If you can produce 10,000 bricks a day, you can earn 40 to 100 silver a day. According to the daily wage of 10 silver for brick burners, as long as you can produce more than 1,000 bricks a day, you can make some money. If it's less than 1,000, you might as well go to the manager to apply for a job as a brick burner to get the minimum living allowance."
Ye Shi: "If you don't understand, just ask, what does 1,000 bricks mean?"
Lao Bai: "It's less than two cubic meters."
Ye Shi: "Well, is it difficult to burn?"
Lao Bai: "You use the African black method to paste a mud kiln. After three days and three nights, you can get about four or five cubic meters, which is about two thousand bricks. Pick a larger place, dig out a few real brick kilns, and make the half-wheel kiln... Hiss, brother Meng, why don't we build a brick factory? I think there's a way!"
Fang Chang: "Do you think there is land for you to build at the base?"
Lao Bai laughed and said, "This is just a try! Winter is coming, and we can't hunt. Why don't we build this brick factory first? Then we can have bricks to build guild buildings?"
Kuangfeng touched his chin and nodded.
"That's true... If everyone wants to build a house, the demand for bricks will probably be greater than equipment."
Fang Chang also came back to his senses at this time and realized that he had overlooked a very serious problem.
"Wait... How could I forget this? Wasteland OL is not a traditional MMORPG. Players' needs are not just equipment. In this case, I'm afraid there will be a lot of demand for bricks!"
Lao Bai: "A square meter of 24-meter wall requires 128 standard bricks. You can calculate it yourself. (grin)"
Brother Mosquito and Brother Chaodan were listening to them, and they were dumbfounded.
"Fuck, are you joining us!"
"Fuck! I'm so excited to hear what you said!"
Fang Chang shook his head.
"You two have land now, so don't bother with us. Do your own business well. And don't just listen to Lao Bai's bragging. I'll be satisfied if the daily production capacity is two or three thousand bricks."
Seeing that Fang Chang didn't believe him, Lao Bai didn't worry and said with a hearty smile.
"It's definitely more than two or three thousand bricks! I'll ask my fellow villager when I get back to see how to increase production. Brothers in the group, don't worry, when the union system comes out in the future, the income of the brick factory will be the funds of our union! Regardless of how much money is made, there will definitely be benefits for the brothers!"
Fang Chang put down the bowl and stood up directly.
"The night is long and dreams are many. It's unreasonable that what we can think of can't be thought of by others. I suggest going online now and submitting the application quickly, so as not to be preempted by others! If you submit it early, you may be able to trigger a hidden task... Lao Bai, how much area does it take to build a small brick factory workshop?"
Lao Bai touched his chin and said.
"400 square meters should be enough. A kiln is 5*5 and about two meters high... I estimated."
Fang Chang nodded.
"Okay, then apply for 400 square meters."
Ye Shi: "666, big brother is awesome!"
Kuang Feng: "Big brother, I'm with you!"
The four little players didn't dare to delay, and even skipped dinner, and hurried to the warehouse to buy paper to write an application.
The order for the No. 404 shelter warehouse has clear requirements for brick materials and specifications, which are similar to the standard bricks in reality, with a size of 240mm×115mm×53mm.
One square standard brick is about 685 pieces.
At present, the brick-burning process in the industrial zone has been improved from the original stacking kiln to a sinking kiln pit that is easier to control the size, has a higher internal temperature, and consumes less fuel.
However, although the temperature of this pit kiln is higher than before, from "one kiln every three days" to "one kiln every day", the output is still not going up.
Even if the two pit kilns were to start working together, the daily output would only be between 1,400 and 1,500 bricks, which was about two square meters in total.
Chu Guang had done some calculations before.
The daily wage of a brick maker was 10 silvers. If two shifts were taken, the labor cost would be 20 silvers.
The maximum daily output was 1,500 bricks. According to the [purchase price] set by the shelter itself, 4 coppers per 100 bricks, these bricks were only worth 6 silvers.
Even if it was assumed that "these bricks were not put into inventory", they were snatched up by players as soon as they came out of the kiln. According to the [selling price] of 1 silver for 100 bricks, the daily output value was only 15 silvers.
Obviously, whether it was 6 or 15, the shelter with a labor cost of 20 alone would be a loss anyway.
And it was a "blood loss"!
It was equivalent to the shelter always paying for these brick makers.
Is this reasonable?
From the perspective of the shelter manager, this is obviously unreasonable.
If you want to hire two workers, each with a daily salary of 10 silver coins, the daily output value must be at least 20 silver coins to avoid losses.
Here, according to the warehouse purchase price, 4 copper coins for every 100 bricks, 20 silver coins corresponds to 5,000 bricks, which is 2,500 bricks per person.
Otherwise, if you want to avoid losses, you can only increase the price of bricks or reduce the income of brick burners.
But if you do this, other problems will arise.
If the price is increased, the increase will cause demand to slump. If everyone can't afford bricks and all rebuild wooden houses, the demand for cement will also shrink, and the cycle will be unstable.
It is even more unrealistic to reduce the income of brick movers. Brick burning is not a good job. If you can't even earn 10 silver coins a day, no one will do it.
Even if the lumberjack is chopped twice by the dog planner, he can still earn 10 silver coins a day by renting an axe and chopping trees!
Looking at the application in his hand, Chu Guang only thought for less than half a minute and made a decision without hesitation.
"Approved!"
The four players of the Niu Ma team showed joyful smiles on their faces.
Originally, they just planned to give it a try, but they didn't expect to actually pass!
This is too cool.
Not only that, before they were happy for two seconds, the next sentence of the manager made them even more excited.
"Your application has triggered a hidden task. Do you want to claim it?"
"If you claim it, you will receive a budget support of 5,000 silver coins. In exchange, the shelter will hold 80% of the shares of the brick factory."
5,000 silver coins! ?
The four little players were instantly blinded by the silver coins and shouted almost in unison.
"I'll take it!"
"Take it, take it!"
Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, I will allocate land for you next."
As he said that, Chu Guang took out a map of the wetland park and stared at the map and pondered for a long time.
Looking at the manager who was lost in thought, Ye Shi, who had been waiting for a while, couldn't help but whispered to Lao Bai next to him.
"Isn't it announced in the evening?"
"Why do you care so much!" Lao Bai glared at him, afraid that the manager would hear and think about it, so he lowered his voice and said, "Isn't it good to batch in advance?"
Fang Chang: "That's right! You can shut up."
Seeing his teammates staring at him, Ye Shi smiled awkwardly.
"I didn't say it's bad, I'm just a little curious... Besides, isn't there a saying? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal-"
Before this crow's mouth was finished, it was pressed down by several hands.
Although Chu Guang heard the whispers of the players, he didn't pay attention to it. How to use them was freely arranged in his mind.
Brick factories are different from steel mills. The latter requires a little bit of exploration. Before the capacity expands, they can be temporarily placed in the "urban area". The former does not have a high technical content, or it does not require technology, but a large amount of fuel and soil.
Therefore, the map in Chu Guang's hand is not for the outpost at all, and he does not plan to arrange the brick factory at the doorstep.
"The location of the brick factory is by the river about 1km northwest of the base. There are rich clay resources there, and the surrounding trees can be used as fuel."
Pointing to a 100X100 grid on the map, Chu Guang looked at the four players and continued.
"I've considered it, and the 400 square meters is still too small to be used. So I plan to grant you all this 15 acres of land."
"Please use it properly."
15 acres? !
The four little players were stunned instantly.
Although...
This land is not in the industrial zone at all!