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Is This Really A Game? - Chapter 86

Published at 19th of May 2023 05:58:01 AM


Chapter 86

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A few little players quickly stood up, afraid of being late, looking at these "selected players", there were envious voices around them.

"I'm jealous!"

"Damn! Why can't my Tavern work!"

"Maybe Manager doesn't know? Try changing it to Fight the Landlord next time."

"It's already 2340, how can there be no Big Bird going around the bar? It's not reasonable at all."

It will be snowing tomorrow, but the surroundings will be lively. At this time, the few players who gathered in front of the map finally confirmed their positions, and started chirping.

"Oh, oh, Shuri's hut is right next to the resurrection point! F*ck!"

"My butcher shop is so close to the granary, that's cool."

"Hey! Why is my Goblin Chemical Factory on the outside!" Mosquito looked at the map with a tearless expression on his face.

Lucius glanced at him, and laugh hehe in his heart.

Outermost? It would be nice if I didn't arrange for you to go outside the wall!

As we all know, the chemical industry is a high-risk industry, especially the manufacture of gunpowder. It doesn't matter if a person is killed, but if the house next to him is blown up, it will be a disaster.

Lucius will let Luka pay attention to the amount of raw materials and daily output of this [Goblin Industry], so as to control the stock of dangerous goods within a safe range. If the outpost expands in the future, he will also consider moving it out.

[ Yamasaa, I Want To Go To The Toilet ] and [ Ward's Beriberi Levin ] stared at the map with confused expressions on their faces.

Neither player has any complaints about the location of the steel workshop. Although the location is close to the south gate, it is close to the main road and the road to the warehouse is also convenient. Only the location of their workshop on the map was marked with a question mark with a pencil, which made them unable to understand.

Brother Yamasaa raised his head and looked at Manager.

"My lord, what do the question marks on the map mean?"

Brother Levin also nodded and asked.

"Yeah, yeah, I also didn't understand."

Of course, the question mark means that there are tasks that can be accepted. Unexpectedly, these two little players even forgot this kind of common sense. Lucius cleared his throat and spoke with a serious expression.

"Steel is the most important thing for the industrialization of the outpost. Your hard work has triggered a hidden mission. Of course, this mission is optional, and you have the right to choose whether to accept it or not."

Hidden missions! The eyes of the two little players instantly turned into light bulbs, and the players next to them also cast envious glances.

"200 square meters of land, and hidden missions!"

"Damn!"

"This is too cool!"

Brother Yamasaa shook his hands excitedly.

"Master Manager, we are willing!"

Brother Levin also nodded vigorously.

"That's right! I would too!"

The corner of his mouth curled up in a slight arc, and Lucius reached out and handed out a task book that had been prepared—— Or a contract.

"Take a look before making a decision."

...

[ Task: Industrial Fire (Optional) ]

[ Description: In order to stimulate the increase of the steel production capacity of the outpost base, and to improve the efficiency of scrap metal smelting, The Chief Manager of the shelter gave instructions and was willing to spend 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 factory, and the shelter will hold 80% of the shares in the steel factory, and the founder will hold 20%.

The founder only needs to pay 50 silver coins as the registered capital to set up a special account for the enterprise to receive budget subsidies.

The funds in the enterprise account cannot be withdrawn directly, but they can be used to purchase materials from the warehouse, entrust the warehouse to release waste, explore rewards, and can be used to pay the salaries of employees with less than 4 people.

If the hourly salary is less than 1 silver coin and the working hours are less than 12 hours, it only needs to be reported and registered. If it exceeds, it needs to be reviewed by the manager.

When the funds in the enterprise account are greater than 2,000 silver coins, you can apply for dividends for part of the profits. There is no need to pay any tax for dividends below 1,000 silver coins within one month, 4% for dividends greater than 1,000 and less than 10,000 silver coins, and 8% for dividends greater than 10,000 silver coins, and the steps increase. The specific implementation tax rate will fluctuate with the policy. ]

[ Precautions:

1. Please refer to the "Enterprise Account Management Rules" for details on the use of funds. If there are phenomena such as using the rules to extract funds, the account that violates the regulations will be fined at least 200% of the amount, and the maximum penalty will be permanent repatriation.

2. After accepting the task, a series of exclusive tasks and orders will be triggered. The types of rewards include but not limited to equipment, money, contribution points, budget subsidies, land and shares. If you give up, it can only be triggered again after certain conditions are met. ]

Is it a small workshop or a large factory? If it is in reality, this issue may have to be seriously considered.

However in the game... This is a hidden mission! Although the budget cannot be withdrawn directly from the account, it is still 2000 silver coins! Exchange 50 silver coins for the right to use 1000 silver coins, no matter how you think about it, it is not a loss.

Without even a second of hesitation, brothers Yamasaa and Levin took the task without hesitation, and happily signed their long string of IDs on the task book.

The person in charge is registered as [ Ward's Beriberi Levin ]. After the two discussed, each held 11% and 9% of the shares.

"My dear Manager, what is the name of our steel factory?"

Lucius was naturally unwilling to do such troublesome things for him.

"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 Levnasaa Iron and Steel Works? The name is awesome!"

"Pfft, what's the deal with being sued for copyright infringement after the game's public beta? Let's change it in the future!"

"In the future, there will be no internal taste."

"Don't ink it, think about it quickly, don't make the NPC wait!"

"No. 81, this number is auspicious."

"Row!"

In this way, the first steel factory in Shelter No.404 - "Steel Factory No. 81" was officially established.

Brother Yamasaa and Brother Levin also unlocked their first exclusive mission - "Customize a set of armor for the manager's KV-1 exoskeleton!"

The task requirement is very simple, the total weight of the armor is less than 200 kg, and it can protect the wearer from light weapons fire from the front without affecting the mobility. In addition, there are some detailed requirements, such as the thickness of the breastplate 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 double digits in their pockets after buying equipment! After the news spread, the entire outpost instantly became a sensation.

"My god, isn't the reward of 200 silver coins too high?!"

It was Brother Mosquito who spoke. After the land was distributed, Manager went back to sit on the third floor of the nursing home, while the players who had been busy all day squatted on the first floor to eat.

He was quite excited when the renamed [Goblin Industry] was approved, but compared to those two lucky dudes from steel factories, he is like a younger brother completely out of the league.

Brother Scrambled Eggs also looked envious.

"Compared to 200 silver coins, I think the budget of 2,000 silver coins is even more outrageous! Life professional players have epic enhancements, but why am I not the one who strengthens them, oh!"

A few players from The Cowboy Team were also nearby, and Walker, who was eating croissants with a bowl, said with a smile, "Manager said that there is no prey to slaughter now, so go dig trenches."

Scrambled Eggs: "(╥﹏╥), Can it be used for business purposes? Can I secretly start a stove and open a restaurant?"

Gale: "It's risky, you should apply for it. It is said that changing the land use will be repossessed and even fined."

Scrambled Eggs: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Tomorrow, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but interjected.

"Actually, it's not as outrageous as you think. Receiving a budget of 2,000 silver coins means that the control power has been weakened by 20%. Obviously, the planning team has considered the problem of numerical expansion. In other words, even if you earn 10,000 silver coins a month, and it belongs to you." There is only 2,000 silver for the part of it will be yours, and this part of the money still cannot be withdrawn! Dividends need to be deducted first, and it is less than 1,000 silver per person."

Mosquito: "But there are still a lot of them!"

Bunny: "Professional combat players fainted in the toilet, sigh."

Gale: "No, there is actually a very interesting mathematical problem, about the yield curve. Under normal circumstances, the monthly income of new players is about 300 silver. If the profit of the steel plant is lower than 3000 silver, then for For two co-operators, it is a 'loss', because they can earn these tasks by doing ordinary tasks. If they can reduce costs by improving production and create more than 3,000 silver, then this task is a profit for them."

Walker: "There is a reward of more than 200 silver coins for an exclusive task. Is it difficult to earn 3,000 silver coins a month?"

Tomorrow: "It's still a bit difficult. Don't just look at the front, you have to look farther away. Think about it, how many sets of armor can Manager wear?"

There was a hint of amazement in Mosquito's eyes, he was actually a shop owner, so he understood immediately.

"Wait, you said that... I seem to understand what you mean."

I like chatting with smart people the most, Tomorrow smiled.

"Right?"

Walker was still in a daze, seeing that Tomorrow didn't plan to talk anymore, he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean? I don't understand yet!"

Tomorrow explained impatiently, "Tsk, to put it bluntly, exclusive orders are actually limited! There is a concept in this game that many MMs don't have, and that is 'demand'!

"NPCs will not be like a black hole, infinitely buying things produced by players in life. Most of the things produced by players need to be sold to other players. That is to say, the benefits of steel factories are not actually determined by themselves, but by the spending power of other players. It's decided! Especially professional combat players!"

"Then suppose I'm a combat player with 100 silver coins in my pocket, and I plan to spend 50 silver coins in my budget to upgrade weapons and armors. Only professional life players can earn these 50 silver coins, and I have to compete with NPCs for business. Do you understand what I said?"

Walker seemed to understand but didn't understand, and said in a daze, "...In other words, how much money professional players can earn in life depends on how much professional combat players earn by doing tasks? Hey, I seem to understand a bit when you say that..."

Tomorrow: "That's pretty much what it means. For example, if I plan to buy a power armor now, there will be a corresponding demand for the power armor's motors, steel, sensor components, and other equipment. Professional life players want to earn this money. First of all, I have to afford it. And where does my money come from? Of course I still do tasks. The same is true for most players!"

The simple reason is that if a game intends to put a piece of equipment on the store shelves, it will definitely make it affordable for some players. Either use the banknotes to buy some coupons, or take the time to go to the liver.

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 wants to expand, the two will expand together.

For example, if the gene sequence level has reached LV10, what kind of dungeon to open an abandoned shelter, maybe the reward for clearing the level is as high as 1,000 or even 10,000 silver coins? None of this is impossible!

Bunny asked immediately, "So the first rankers are still fighting professional players?"

He is from the power department, so he is most concerned about this.

Tomorrow nodded.

"It can be said that at least when fighting is the main theme, the 'version son' must be born on the front line of the battlefield, the difference is just which gene sequence! Combat professional players do tasks to earn NPC money, life professional players earn combat players The money, so that the economic chain in the game can hope to form a closed loop, and the value will not be easy to expand. There will be neither too much money to buy, nor will there be no one to buy.”

Gale thought for a long time while holding the bowl, and added, "It can only be said that the current economic model of the refuge is military-oriented. Maybe the external environment has changed, such as updating the export system and being able to sell goods to other survivors' settlements. This theory is not necessarily the case."

Tomorrow said in a relaxed tone, "Yes, so what I'm talking about is the son of the version, not the son of the planner. As for the possibility you mentioned, it may be many versions later. We don't even have the basic survival needs of the Bloody Hand clan threat. Solve it, the map of Boulder City hasn't been opened yet."

Gale: "Indeed."

Bunny thought for a while, then suddenly spoke, "But if you say that, doesn't it mean that someday in the future, life professional players will usher in a strong period?"

Tomorrow said with a smile, "Version rotation is the norm, isn't it normal?"

Bunny: "Then why don't we build some kind of steel factory as well? Hedging the risk? If one day the professional combat players are no longer popular, we can also make money from the industry."

Tomorrow glanced at him sideways, "...Do you know how to make steel?"

Bunny laughed and said, "I don't know how to make steel, but I can burn bricks and cement! Especially bricks. There are many brick factories in our hometown. I think they have that wheel kiln, and the bricks are put on the kiln car. Get on, the car slides along the track into the furnace, the bricks that have been stacked at the back have just entered, and the fired bricks in the front have come out, and can be used after cooling. I heard that it is a bit awesome, with a daily production capacity of millions of pieces brick!"

Walker: "...Damn it? So cool?!"

Gale: "The selling price of the red bricks in the shelter warehouse is 1 silver coin, and the purchase price is 4 copper coins. The theoretical income of a daily production of 1 million bricks is 4000~10000 silver? But I think the conditions of the outpost base are the same as those of Wasteland OL. Assuming that you want to build a brick factory covering an area of ​​3 acres, it is not realistic."

Bunny: "Nonsense! The investment in such a brick factory is at least 3 million Doller as a base, not to mention the equipment, how much steel do you think should be used?"

Tomorrow: "Actually, you don't need to produce millions of bricks a day. If you can produce 10,000 bricks a day, you can earn 40-100 silver a day. Calculated according to the daily salary of 10 silver for a brick burner, as long as the daily production capacity is greater than 1,000 bricks, there is earned. If it is less than 1,000 bricks, it is better to go to the manager to apply for a job as a brick-burning worker with subsistence allowances."

Walker: "Just ask if you don't understand, what is the concept of 1,000 bricks?"

Bunny: "It doesn't look like two parties."

Walker: "Uh, is it hard to burn?"

Bunny: "You use the method of African to paste a mud kiln, burn it for three days and three nights, and you can get four or five square meters, about two thousand pieces. Pick a bigger place and dig a few serious ones. Come out of the brick kiln and build that kind of half-wheel kiln... Hey, brother Tomorrow, why don't we build a brick factory? I think it's a good idea!"

Tomorrow: "Do you think the base has land for you?"

Bunny smiled and said, "Why don't you give it a try! Anyway, winter is coming, and we won't be able to hunt prey. Why don't we build this brick factory first, and then there will be bricks for building guild buildings?"

Gale touched his chin and nodded, "That's right... If everyone wants to build a house, the demand for bricks may be stronger than that for equipment."

Tomorrow also came back to his senses at this time, realizing that he had overlooked a very serious problem.

"Wait...how did I forget this, Wasteland, players need more than just equipment. If you say that, shit, the demand for bricks is really quite a lot!"

Bunny: "The wall of 24 requires 128 standard bricks per square meter. You can do the math yourself."

Brother Mosquito and Brother Scrambled Eggs were listening, and everyone was dumbfounded.

"F*ck, my god!"

"Hey! It's so exciting to hear what you said!"

Tomorrow shook his head.

"You both have land, so don't toss with us. It's king to do a good job in your own industry. And you two don't just listen to Bunny's bragging. By then, the daily production capacity will be two to three thousand bricks. I am satisfied."

Seeing that Tomorrow didn't believe him, Bunny was not in a hurry, and said with a hearty smile, "There must be more than two or three thousand bricks! When I go back, I will ask my fellow villager to see how to increase production. Brothers in the group, don't worry, when the trade union system comes out in the future, the income of the brick factory will be the funds of our union! Not to mention how much money you make, anyway, there must be benefits for the brothers!"

Tomorrow put down the bowl and stood up straight away.

"The night is long and dreamy, what we can think of is unreasonable and others can't think of it. I propose to go online now and hand in the application form first, so as not to be preempted by others! Submit early, maybe you can trigger the hidden mission... Bunny, build a small What is the area of ​​the brick factory workshop?"

Bunny stroked his chin and said, "400 square meters should be enough, a kiln is 5*5, about two meters high... I guess."

Tomorrow nodded, "Okay, then apply for 400 square meters."

Walker: "6666, big brother is awesome!"

Gale: "Boss, I messed with you!"





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