Chapter 87 Steel Plant No. 81 and "Exclusive Mission"

  Several young players quickly stood up, afraid that they would be late, looking at these "European Emperors", there were envious voices around them.

"I'm jealous!"

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

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

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

  Mingming, it will snow tomorrow, but the surrounding area will be full of excitement.

   At this time, several players gathered in front of the map finally confirmed their positions, and started chirping.

   "Oh, oh, Fujito's hut is right next to the resurrection point! Ness!"

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

   "Damn! Why is my goblin chemical factory on the outermost side!" Mosquito looked at the map with a tearless expression on his face.

  Chu Guang glanced at him, hehe in his heart.

Outermost?

   It’s not bad that 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.

  Chu Guang will let Luca 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.

  [Yar, I want to go to the toilet] and [Ward's beriberi Levin] stared at the map with a confused expression on their faces.

   Both players have no opinion on 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 Suo raised his head and looked at the manager.

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

  Brother Levin also nodded and asked.

   "Yeah yeah, I didn't understand."

   The question mark, of course, means that there are tasks that can be accepted.

   Unexpectedly, these two little players even forgot this kind of common sense. Chu Guang 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 Suo shook his hands excitedly.

   "Master Manager, we are willing!"

  Brother Levin also nodded vigorously.

   "That's right! Me too!"

——

   Or contract.

   "You guys take a look before making a decision."

  …

  【Task: Industrial Fire (optional)】

  [Explanation: In order to stimulate the increase of the steel production capacity of the outpost base and improve the efficiency of scrap metal smelting, the chief manager of the refuge 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.

  An hourly salary of less than 1 silver coin and working hours less than 12 hours 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.

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【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 illegal account will be fined at least 200% of the amount, and the maximum punishment 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.

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   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 2000 silver coins, no matter how you think about it, it is not a loss.

  Without hesitation for a second, Brother Suo and Brother Levin took the task without hesitation, and happily signed their long list of IDs on the task book.

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

   "My dear manager, what is the name of our steel plant?"

  Chu Guang was naturally unwilling to do such troublesome things.

   "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 Iron and Steel Works? What a name!"

   "Pfft, what if you get sued for copyright infringement after the game's public beta? Let's change it to another day!"

   "There will be no internal taste in the future."

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

   "No. 81, this number is auspicious."

"OK!"

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

  Brothers Suo and 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 get double digits out of their pockets after buying equipment!

  After the news spread, the entire outpost instantly became a sensation.

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

   It was Brother Mosquito who spoke.

  After the land was distributed, the 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 that the renamed [Goblin Industry] was approved, but compared with those two sand sculpture steel factories, he is like a younger brother.

  Brother Chaodan also looked envious.

   "Compared to 200 silver coins, I think the budget of 2,000 silver coins is even more outrageous! The epic level enhancement of life professional players, but why is it not me who strengthens it, oh!"

  A few players from the cattle and horse group were also nearby, and Ye Shi, who was eating croissants with a bowl, said with a smile.

   "The manager said that there is no prey to slaughter now, so go dig trenches."

  Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "I'm crying, can I use it for business purposes? Can I secretly start a stove and open a restaurant?"

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

  Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

   Fang Chang, 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 to 20%. Obviously, the planning team has considered the problem of numerical inflation. In other words, even if you earn 10,000 silver coins a month, it belongs to Your part is only 2,000 silver, 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."

  WC really has mosquitoes: "But there are still a lot of them!"

  Old Bai: "Professional combat players fainted in the toilet."

Kuangfeng: "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. of."

  Ye Shi: "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?"

  Fang Chang: "It's still a bit difficult. Don't just look at the immediate, you have to look at the long-term. Think about it, how many sets of armor can the manager wear?"

  WC really had a moment 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, Fang Chang smiled.

"right?"

  Ye Shi was still in a daze, seeing that Fang Chang didn't plan to talk anymore, he hurriedly 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! There is a concept in this game that many MMORPGs 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?"

  Ye Shi seemed to understand but half understood, and said in a daze.

   "...That is to say, how much money professional players can earn depends on how much professional combat players earn by doing tasks? Hey, I seem to understand a bit when you say that..."

Fang Chang: "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!"

  It’s very simple, if a game intends to put a piece of equipment on the shelves of the store, 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 is going to expand, the two will expand together.

  For example, if the gene sequence level has reached LV10, what kind of copy of the abandoned shelter is open, maybe the reward for clearing the level is as high as 1,000 or even 10,000 silver coins?

   None of this is impossible!

  Old Bai asked immediately.

   "So the first echelon is still fighting professional players?"

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

  Fang Chang 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.”

  Guang Feng 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.”

   Fang Chang 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 **** hand clan threat. Solve it, the map of Boulder City hasn't been opened yet."

  Gust: "Indeed."

  Old Bai thought for a while, then suddenly spoke.

   "But when you say that, doesn't it mean 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 it normal."

  Old Bai: "Then why don't we also set up some kind of steel factory? Hedging the risk? In case professional fighting players are no longer popular, we can also make money from the industry."

  Fang Chang glanced at him sideways.

   "...you can also make steel?"

  Old Bai 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!"

  Ye Shi: "...Damn it? So cool?!"

Kuangfeng: "The selling price of the red bricks in the shelter warehouse is 100 yuan and 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 ​​20 mu, it is not realistic."

  Old Bai: "Nonsense! Investing in such a brick factory is at least 20 million RMB as a base, not to mention the equipment, how much steel do you think it needs to use?"

Fang Chang: "Actually, you don't need to produce millions of bricks a day. If you can produce 10,000 yuan 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 yuan, it is better to go to the manager to apply for a job as a brick-burning worker with subsistence allowances."

  Ye Shi: "If you don't understand, just ask, what is the concept of 1,000 bricks?"

  Old Bai: "It doesn't look like two parties."

  Ye Shi: "Uh, is it hard to burn?"

Lao Bai: "You use the method of African Lao Hei 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 yuan. 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 Meng, why don't we build a brick factory? I think it's a good idea!"

  Fang Chang: "Do you think the base has land for you?"

  Old Bai laughed 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?"

  Guang Feng 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."

  Fang Chang 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 OL is not a traditional MMORPG, players need more than just equipment. If you put it this way, shit, the demand for bricks is really quite a lot!"

  Old Bai: "The wall of 24 requires 128 standard bricks per square meter, you can do the math yourself. (Show teeth

  Brother Mosquito and Brother Chaodan were listening, and everyone was dumbfounded.

   "Fuck, can I join the gang!"

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

  Fang Chang 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 Lao Bai's bragging. By then, the daily production capacity will be two to three thousand bricks. I am satisfied."

   Seeing that Fang Chang didn't believe him, Lao Bai 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 villagers to see how to increase production. Brothers in the group, don't worry, when the guild system comes out in the future, the income of the brick factory will be our guild's funds! Not to mention how much money you make, anyway, there must be benefits for the brothers!"

  Fang Chang 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 do it now, and hand in the application form first, so as not to be preempted by others! Submit it early, maybe you can trigger the hidden mission... Lao Bai, build a small What is the area of ​​the brick factory workshop?"

  Old Bai touched his chin and said.

   "400 square meters should be enough, a kiln 5*5, about two meters high...I estimate."

  Fang Chang nodded.

   "Okay, then apply for 400 square meters."

  Ye Shi: "666, big brother is amazing!"

  Guangfeng: "Boss, I messed with you!"

  The four little players didn't dare to delay, they didn't even eat dinner, and hurried to the warehouse to buy paper to write the application.

  The order for shelter warehouse No. 404 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 standard brick, about 685 pieces.

  Currently, the brick firing process in the industrial area has been improved from the original stacked arhat-style firing to a sunken kiln pit with easier size control, higher internal temperature, and less fuel consumption.

  However, although the temperature of this kind of pit kiln is higher than before, from "one kiln every three days" to "one kiln a day", the output still cannot increase.

  Even if two pit kilns are started at the same time, the daily output is only between 1400 and 1500 bricks, which is almost two squares.

  Chu Guang made an account before,

  The daily salary of a brick-burning worker is 10 silver, calculated as two shifts, the labor cost is 20 silver.

  The maximum output per day is 1500 bricks. According to the [purchase price] set by the shelter itself, every 100 bricks is 4 copper, and these bricks are only worth 6 silver.

  Even if it is assumed that "these bricks are not in stock", they will be snatched up by players as soon as they come out of the kiln. Based on the [selling price] of 100 bricks for 1 silver, the daily output value is only 15 silver.

  Obviously, no matter if it is 6 or 15, a shelter whose manpower cost is as high as 20 is a loss anyway.

   And it's still a "blood loss"!

   It is equivalent to the fact that the shelter has been subsidizing these brick-burning workers for a long time.

  Is this reasonable?

  From the perspective of the shelter manager, this is obviously unreasonable.

  If you want to hire two workers, each with a salary of 10 silver coins per day, the daily output value must be at least 20 silver coins so as not to lose money.

  Based on the warehouse purchase price here, 4 copper per 100 bricks, 20 silver corresponds to an output of 5,000 bricks, and 2,500 bricks are apportioned to one person.

   Otherwise, if you want not to lose money, 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 you increase the price, too much increase will cause the demand to slump. If everyone can't afford bricks and all houses are rebuilt with wood, the demand for cement will shrink accordingly, and this cycle will be unstable.

   It is even more unrealistic to reduce the income of brick movers. Burning bricks is not a good job. If you burn bricks for a day, you don’t even have 10 silver coins, let alone do it.

  Even if the lumberjack is hacked twice by a dog and rents an ax to keep pulling trees, he can still earn 10 silver coins a day!

  Looking at the application in his hand, Chu Guang made a decision without hesitation after thinking for less than half a minute.

   "Yes!"

  The four players of the Ox and Horse team had joyful smiles on their faces.

   I just planned to give it a try, but I didn’t expect to pass it!

   This is too cool.

   Not only that, before they were happy for two seconds, the next sentence from the manager made them even more excited.

   "Your application triggers a hidden mission, do you want to receive it?"

   "If you receive it, you will get a budget support of 5,000 silver coins. In exchange, the shelter will hold 80% of the shares in the brick factory."

  5000 silver coins! ?

  The four little players were instantly blindfolded by the silver coins, and shouted almost in unison.

   "I accept!"

   "Go and go!"

  Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction.

   "Very well, I will allocate land for you next."

   As he spoke, Chu Guang took out a map of the wetland park, stared at the map and thought carefully 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 whispering to Lao Bai next to him.

   "Isn't it said that it will be announced in the evening?"

   "Why do you care so much!" Lao Bai glared at him, afraid that the manager would hear and remember, and said in a low voice, "Can't you approve it in advance?"

  Fang Chang: "Yes! You can shut up."

   Seeing his teammates staring at him, Ye Shi smiled mischievously.

   "I didn't say it was bad, I was just a little curious... besides, isn't there a saying? When something goes wrong, there must be a demon—"

   Before the crow finished speaking, it was held down by several hands.

  Although Chu Guang heard the whispered communication of the players, he didn't pay attention to it. He had his own arrangements in mind on how to use them.

  Brick factories are different from steelmaking. The latter requires a little bit of exploration. Before the production capacity expands, it can be temporarily placed in the "urban area". However, the technical content of the former is not too high, or what is needed is not technology, but a large amount of fuel and soil.

  Therefore, the map that Chu Guang was holding in his hand did not belong to the outpost at all, and he did not plan to arrange the brick factory in front of his house.

   "The brick factory is located by the river about 1km northwest of the base. There are abundant 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, but the layout of 400 square meters is still too small to be used. So I plan to grant all of this 15 mu of land to you."

   "Please use it properly."

  15 acres? !

  The four little players were instantly stunned.

However, although…

   This land is not in an industrial zone at all!

   Ask for a monthly pass~~~~ Touch your conscience, am I short?

  

  (end of this chapter)