Chapter 87 No. 81 Steel Plant and "Exclusive Mission" (1/2)

Several young players quickly stood up, fearing that they would be late. Looking at these "European Emperors", there was a sound of envy around them.

"I'm jealous!"

"Damn it! Why not my Gwent tavern!"

"Maybe the manager doesn't know how to do it? You can try playing Landlords next time."

"It's the year 2340, how can we go around the bar without Big Bird? It's not reasonable at all."

It's snowing tomorrow, but the surroundings are very lively.

At this time, several players in front of the map finally confirmed their positions and began to chatter.

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

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

"Gan! Why is my Goblin Chemical Factory at the outermost place!" Mosquito looked at the map with a look of tears on his face.

Chu Guang glanced at him and chuckled in his heart.

Outermost?

It’s good that we didn’t arrange for you to go outside the wall!

As we all know, the chemical industry is a high-risk industry, especially the gunpowder manufacturing industry. It doesn't matter if people are killed, but if the house next to them is blown up, it will be a big loss.

Chu Guang will ask Luka to pay attention to the raw material usage and daily output of this [Goblin Industry], so as to control the inventory of dangerous goods within a safe range.

If the outpost expands in the future, he will also consider relocating it.

[Yar, I need to go to the toilet] and [Ward's athlete's foot, who's Levin] were staring at the map with confused expressions on their faces.

Both players have no objections to the location of the steel workshop. Although it is located 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 in pencil, which they didn't understand.

Brother Tosuo raised his head and looked at the manager.

"Master Manager, may I ask...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 there are tasks to take.

Unexpectedly, these two young players had even forgotten this common sense. Chu Guang cleared his throat and spoke with a serious expression.

"Steel is the top priority for the industrialization of the outpost. Your hard work and hard work have triggered the hidden mission. Of course, this mission is optional, and you have the right to choose whether to accept it."

Hidden mission!

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 are hidden tasks!"

"Gan!"

"This is so cool!"

Brother Tousuo's hands were shaking with excitement.

"Master Manager, we are willing!"

Brother Levin also nodded vigorously.

"That's right! I do too!"

The corners of his mouth curled up in an undetectable arc, and Chu Guang reached out and handed over a task sheet that he had already prepared——

Or a contract.

"You take a look first and then make a decision."

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[Mission: Industrial Fire (optional)]

[Explanation: In order to stimulate the improvement of the steel production capacity of the outpost and to improve the efficiency of scrap metal smelting, the chief manager of the shelter has given instructions and is willing to spend a budget of 2,000 silver coins to support the research and development of steel-making technology.

If budget support is received, the steel workshop will be upgraded to a joint venture steel plant, in which the shelter will hold 80% of the shares and the founders will hold 20%.

The founder only needs to pay 50 silver coins as the registered capital to set up a special enterprise account 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 issue scavenging and exploration bounties, and can be used to pay the salary expenses of less than 4 employees.

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, it will need to be reviewed by the manager.

When the funds in the business account are greater than 2,000 silver coins, you can apply for dividends on part of the profits. No tax is required for dividends less than 1,000 silver coins within one month, 4% is required for dividends greater than 1,000 but less than 10,000 silver coins, and 8% is required for dividends greater than 10,000 silver coins, with increasing steps. The specific implementation tax rate will fluctuate with the policy.

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【Precautions:

1. Please refer to the "Enterprise Account Management Detailed Rules" for the regulations on the use of funds. If there are phenomena such as using the rules to obtain funds, the illegal account will be fined at least 200% of the amount and up to permanent deportation to the underground.

2. After accepting the task, a series of exclusive tasks and orders will be triggered. Reward types include but are not limited to equipment, money, contribution points, budget subsidies, land and shares. If you give up, you must meet certain conditions before you can trigger it again.

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Should I open a small workshop or a large factory?

If it were in reality, this issue might need 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 2,000 silver coins! Exchanging 50 silver coins for the right to use 2,000 silver coins is not a loss no matter how you think about it.

Without even a second's hesitation, Brother Wusuo and Brother Levin took over the task without hesitation, and happily signed their long list of IDs on the task book.

The main person responsible was registered as [Ward's athlete's foot and Levin]. After discussion, the two held 11% and 9% of the shares respectively.

"Dear manager, may I ask what the name of our steel plant is?"

Chu Guang was naturally unwilling to do such troublesome things for him.

"You can decide for yourself."

You can actually name it yourself!

The two players' eyes shone brightly, and they immediately got together to discuss.

"How about Laiyang Iron and Steel Plant? This name is awesome!"

"Pfft, what if someone sues you for copyright infringement after the game is released for public testing? Let's change it to another day!"

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

"Stop inking and think of something quickly. Don't bore the NPC with waiting!"

"Let's take the number 81. This number is auspicious."

"OK!"

In this way, the first steel plant in Vault 404 - "Steel Plant No. 81" was officially established.

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

The mission requirements are very simple. The total weight of the armor is less than 200 kilograms. It can protect the wearer from frontal small arms fire without affecting mobility.

In addition, there are some detailed requirements, such as the thickness of the breastplate must be greater than 10mm and less than 20mm, and it can be disassembled and replaced after damage.

As for the mission reward, it is as high as 200 silver coins!

That’s 200 silver coins!

How many people have bought equipment but can't even get double figures out of their pockets!

After the news spread, the entire outpost was instantly shocked.

"I giao, is the reward of 200 silver coins too high?!"

It was Brother Mosquito who spoke.

After allocating the land, the manager went back to sit on the third floor of the sanatorium, while the players who had been busy all day squatted on the first floor to eat.

Originally, he was quite excited when the renamed [Goblin Industry] was approved, but compared with those two stupid steel factories, he was just a younger brother.

Brother Scrambled Egg 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 has the enhancements? Gan!"

Several players from the cattle and horse group were also nearby, and Ye Shi, who was holding a bowl and eating potato chips, said with a smile.

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

Tomato scrambled eggs: "I'm crying, can it be repurposed for business? Can I secretly set up a stove and open a restaurant?"

Fengfeng: "There are risks, you should apply. It is said that changing the land use will be revoked or even fined."

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."

Fang Chang, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but interject.

"Actually, it's not as outrageous as you think. Receiving a budget of 2,000 silver coins means that the control power is weakened to 20%. It is obvious that the planning team has considered the problem of numerical inflation. In other words, even if you earn 10,000 silver coins a month, it is Your share is only 2,000 silver, and you still can’t withdraw this money! You need to deduct a tax on the dividend, so it’s less than 1,000 silver per person.”

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

Lao Bai: "The professional combat player cried and fainted in the toilet."

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

Ye Shi: "An exclusive task 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 bit difficult. Don't just look at the present, but also look at the long term. Think about it, how many sets of armor can a manager wear?"

WC really had a flash of surprise in his eyes. He actually opened a store, and he understood immediately.

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

Fang Chang smiled as he liked chatting with smart people the most.

"right?"

Ye Shi was still confused. Seeing that Fang Chang had no intention of talking anymore, he quickly asked.

"What, what, what do you mean? I still don't understand!"

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, and that is 'demand'!

"NPC will not be like a black hole, infinitely purchasing things produced by real-life players. Most of the things produced by players need to be sold to other players. In other words, the efficiency of the steel plant is not determined by them themselves, but by the consumption power of other players. It’s decided! Especially for professional combat players!”

"So suppose I am a combat player with 100 silver coins in my pocket, and I plan to budget 50 silver coins to upgrade weapons and armor. Then only professional players in life can earn these 50 silver coins, and they also have to compete with NPCs for business. , do you understand what I said?”

Ye Shi seemed to understand, but said blankly.

"...In other words, how much money professional life players can earn actually depends on how much money professional combat players earn from completing tasks? Hey, when you say that, I seem to understand..."

Fang Chang: "That's pretty much what it means. For example, if I plan to buy a power armor now, then there will be corresponding demand for the engine, steel, sensing components and other equipment of the power armor. If professional players want to make this money, First of all, I have to afford it, and where does my money come from? The same goes for most players!”

It's very simple. If a game intends to put a piece of equipment on store shelves, then some players will definitely be able to afford it.

Either use banknotes to buy some coupons, or take the time to get rid of the liver.

Therefore, generally speaking, the total income of professional combat players will not be lower than that of professional players in daily life, because the things produced by the latter need to be consumed by the former.

Even if the numerical value expands, both will expand together.

For example, if the gene sequence level reaches LV10, how can a copy of the abandoned shelter be opened? Maybe the reward for clearing it once can be as high as 1,000 or even 10,000 silver coins?

This is not impossible!

Lao Bai immediately asked.

"So the first tier is still combat professionals?"

He is from the power system, so naturally this is what he cares about the most.

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 difference is just which gene sequence! Fighting professional players earn NPC money by completing tasks, and life professional players earn fighting players Only in this way can the economic chain in the game form a closed loop, and the value will not be easily inflated. There will be neither too much money nor too much money to buy. "

Kuangfeng held the bowl and thought for a long time before adding.

"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 and being able to sell goods to other survivor colonies. This theory is not necessarily true."

Fang Chang said in a relaxed tone.

"Yes, so what I am discussing is the son of the version, not the biological son of the planner. As for the possibility you mentioned, it is estimated that it will be many versions later. We don't even have the basic survival needs of the threat of the Blood Hand Clan. Solved, the map of Boulder City has not been opened yet.”

Kuangfeng: "Indeed."

Lao Bai thought for a while and suddenly spoke.

"But when you say this, 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?"

Lao Bai: "Then why don't we also build a steel plant? To hedge the risks? If professional combat players stop being popular one day, we can still make money from the industry."

Fang Chang glanced sideways at him.

"...You can also make steel?"

Lao Bai said with a smile.

"I don't know how to make steel, but I can bake bricks and cement! Especially bricks. There are many brick factories in our hometown. I saw they built a wheel kiln, and the bricks were placed on the kiln car. The car slides along the track into the furnace. The bricks stacked at the back have just entered, and the fired bricks at the front have already come out. They can be used after cooling. I heard that it is more awesome and can produce millions of bricks per day. brick!"

Ye Shi: "...fuck? It feels so good?!"

Gale Wind: "The selling price of 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 producing 1 million bricks per day is 4,000 to 10,000 silver? But I think the conditions of the former outpost are different from those of Wasteland OL. Setting up a brick factory covering an area of ​​20 acres is not realistic.”

Lao Bai: "Nonsense! It costs at least 20 million RMB to invest in such a brick factory. Not to mention the equipment, how much steel do you think will be used?"

Fang Chang: "Actually, 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. Calculated according to the daily salary of a brick-burner of 10 silver, as long as the daily production capacity is greater than 1,000 bricks, you can make it. If it’s less than 1,000 yuan, it’s better to go to the manager and apply for a job as a bricklayer to get the subsistence allowance.”

Ye Shi: "If you don't understand, just ask, what does 1,000 bricks mean?"

Lao Bai: "It looks like there are less than two sides."

Ye Shi: "Well, is it difficult to burn it?"

Lao Bai: "You use the method of African Lao Hei to build a mud kiln and burn it for three days and three nights. You can get out four or five square meters, almost more than two thousand yuan. Pick a larger area and dig out a few serious works. When the brick kiln comes out, we can build a half-wheel kiln... Hey, why don't we build a brick factory?"

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

Lao Bai chuckled and said, "Isn't this a try? Anyway, winter is here and we can't catch prey. Why don't we build this brick factory first, so that we can use the bricks to build the guild building?"

Kuang Feng touched his chin and nodded.

"That's right...if everyone wants to build a house, the demand for bricks will probably be greater than the demand for equipment."

Fang Chang came to his senses at this time and realized that he had overlooked a very serious problem.

"Wait a minute... I forgot about this. Wasteland Online is not a traditional MMORPG. Players' needs are not just equipment. If you put it this way, there is a lot of demand for bricks!"

Lao Bai: "A square meter of wall at 24 costs 128 standard bricks. You can do the math yourself. (Gnarls teeth)"

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

"Fuck, can I join the gang?"

"Gan! I'm so excited to hear what you said!"

Fang Chang shook his head.

"You both have land, so don't bother with us. Doing your own industry well is the right thing to do. And you two, don't just listen to Lao Bai's bragging. By then, the daily output will be two to three thousand bricks. I'm satisfied."

Seeing that Fang Chang did not believe in himself, Lao Bai was not anxious 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 the output. Don't worry, brothers in the group, when the guild system comes out in the future, the income of the brick factory will be the funds of our guild! Regardless of how much money we make, there will definitely be benefits for the brothers!" Fang Chang put down the bowl and stood up directly. "The longer the night, the more dreams there are. It's unreasonable that others can't think of what we can think of. I suggest that we do it now. Hurry up and submit the application first, don't let others get ahead! If you submit it early, you may be able to trigger a hidden task... Lao Bai, how much area do you need 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, almost 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'll follow you!" The four little players didn't dare to delay, and even skipped dinner, and hurried to the warehouse to buy paper to write the application. The orders from the No. 404 shelter warehouse have clear requirements for brick materials and specifications, which are similar to standard bricks in reality, with a size of 240mm×115mm×53mm.

One square of standard bricks is about 685 bricks.

At present, the brick-burning process in the industrial zone has been improved from the original stacking-style burning to a sunken 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 two pit kilns are started together, the daily output is only between 1,400 and 1,500 bricks, which is about two square meters in total.

Chu Guang had calculated it before,

The daily salary of a brick burner is 10 silver, and the labor cost is 20 silver if two shifts are counted.

The maximum output per day is 1,500 bricks. According to the [purchase price] set by the shelter itself, 4 copper per 100 bricks, these bricks are only worth 6 silver.

Even if we assume that "these bricks are not put into inventory", they will be snapped up by players as soon as they come out of the kiln. According to the [selling price] of 1 silver for 100 bricks, the daily output value is only 15 silver.

Obviously, whether it is 6 or 15, the shelter with a labor cost of 20 alone will lose money anyway.

And it is a "blood loss"!

It is equivalent to that the shelter has always been paying for these brick burners.

Is this reasonable?

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

If two workers are to be hired, each with a salary of 10 silver coins per day, 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, and 20 silver coins correspond to an output of 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 doing so will cause other problems.

If the price is increased, increasing too much will cause demand to slump. If everyone can't afford bricks and they all rebuild wooden houses, the demand for cement will also shrink, and this cycle will be unstable.

It is even more unrealistic to cut 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 a lumberjack is chopped twice by a 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 all showed joyful smiles on their faces.

Originally, they just planned to give it a try, but they didn't expect to actually pass it!

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 they 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 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 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 him 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 was bad, I was just a little curious... Besides, isn't there a saying? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal-"

Before this crow's mouth finished, it was pressed down by several hands.

Although Chu Guang heard the players' whispers, he ignored them. He had his own plan on how to use them.

Brick factories are different from steel mills. The latter requires a little bit of exploration. Before the capacity is expanded, it 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 Chu Guang was holding was not from an outpost at all, and he had no intention of placing a brick factory at his doorstep.

"The brick factory is located by the river about 1km northwest from 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 thought about it, but the 400-square-meter layout is still too small to be used. So I plan to grant you all of this 15-acre land."

"Please use it properly."

15 acres? !

The four little players were stunned for a moment.

However, although……

This land is not in the industrial zone at all!