Chapter 296 Xingfeng City

At the end of the fifth year of the Martian calendar.

The third Martian immigrant city, Xingfeng City.

It was named after Zhang Xingfeng, the biggest contributor to the city who received several "Excellent Pioneer" medals.

In fact, Zhang Xingfeng did not think that he had made much contribution. He just provided a few trivial suggestions, which happened to be adopted.

And so many years have passed.

His position has not changed much. The number of people he manages has increased from five to five hundred, and he has become a middle-level captain (this is already the highest position).

And he has the qualification of "making suggestions and offering advice", which is called "company representative", and he can receive an extra special allowance.

In addition.

Due to work reasons, he has to go on business trips to the space city for about three months out of the 23 months of the Martian calendar. As a "supervisor", he is responsible for sending the roughly processed ore to the space smelter, exchanging it for credit points, or exchanging it for various materials and sending it back to Xingfeng City.

In theory, this is a "fat job" and there seems to be a lot of oil and water to be made.

But those who dare to think so will be proven to be overthinking; those who dare to do so will be deprived of all benefits and driven back to Blue Star.

There is no room for corruption within the Black Hole Group.

In the management structure, he, as a middle-level captain, has reached the ceiling of promotion. The tasks of managing more than a thousand people are all handed over to AI - this thing is impartial and will never do you any favors.

The purpose of occasionally equipping a human "supervisor" is to avoid AI mistakes and add a layer of insurance... Although the probability of AI mistakes is extremely low.

So this has become a relatively useless and tedious job. You know, the last three months of the year are the days when others take a long vacation for the New Year, and he still has to go on a business trip and can't stay at home with his wife and children.

The scenery of the space city is good.

The space factory is very shocking and eye-opening.

But these can't be with family, and it would be better to travel to other cities together.

But there is no way, everyone trusts her and recommends him, so he can only go.

This day.

Finally finished the business trip, transported a batch of supplies, and returned to City No. 3.

He returned to his home - a five-story villa near the city, with a five-acre yard.

This villa and the land were all permanent property rights that he bought at a high price - the land on Mars is allowed to be privately owned, but the purchase price is quite high, and only a very few people can afford it. Zhang Xingfeng is one of the few, but he also spent most of his savings.

However, no matter how much money he spent, he felt it was worthwhile. He laid a foundation for his descendants, because the population will expand in the future, and the land on Mars will definitely appreciate. As long as you don't spend money, you won't live too badly.

"Husband, you are back."

Seeing him return from the dusty journey, his wife Gu Lanlan's face was happy, and she came forward to greet him: "Are you hungry? I'll prepare lunch right away."

"No hurry, I'm not hungry now."

Zhang Xingfeng waved his hand.

"Dad is back!"

"Dad, did you bring us gifts?"

"Dad~"

The two older daughters and the son who was less than two years old ran to him to ask for gifts.

"Yes, yes, yes, all your gifts are available."

Zhang Xingfeng smiled kindly and took out a package, which contained all kinds of fashionable toys and snacks that children liked. He bought them at the market in the space city at a very cheap price. Of course, most of them came from Blue Star.

"Thank you, Dad~"

"Dad is the best."

"Yes, yes!"

After taking the package, they swarmed up to the second floor. Soon, there were noises of madness, scrambling, and the crying of the youngest son.

Zhang Xingfeng shook his head.

"How is it, how much has the benefit of City No. 3 increased this year compared to last year?"

Gu Lanlan handed him a cup of honey grapefruit tea and asked: "Next to our city, there are two boron-molybdenum and lithium mines with huge reserves, both of which are high-value minerals. Our benefits this year must be very good, right?"

"Resource-based cities can't go far, and the mines will eventually be exhausted."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "After deducting the cost, the net income from selling the mines this year is 49.782 billion credit points. The company collects 30% in taxes, and the city management system collects 20%. The remaining 24.891 billion is the income of 88,000 residents in City No. 3, which is about 5 billion more than last year."

"Your contribution value is 10.5, and my contribution value is 1.5. Together we can get 12 salaries, which is about 2.5 million. This year is another good year!"

Gu Lanlan counted on her fingers for a while and said excitedly.

The purchasing power of credit points is similar to that of RMB. Although the prices on Mars are generally higher, 2.5 million can not only make the family live comfortably, but also save a large part of it.

And although Gu Lanlan has been a full-time housewife at home for several years, she also has a contribution weight of 1.5, and the more children she has, the greater the contribution weight. For example, if she has five children, she has a contribution weight of 2.5; if she has ten children, she has a contribution weight of 5, and she can get nearly half of Zhang Xingfeng's salary, which will significantly improve her economic situation and she can also get the honorary title of "Heroic Mother".

Having many children can indeed improve economic conditions and even achieve class leap.

But three is annoying enough. If there are more, Gu Lanlan feels that she will collapse. Those little guys are like angels when they are quiet, but they are little devils when they are crazy.

"I said that the development model that relies on resources is not long-term."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "Does City No. 1 know? The minerals near their city have been basically mined out. Now among their 100,000 residents, 30,000 have to go to the space city to work, or immigrate to the space city with their families, turning it into a population outflow city. It will soon become a place like a countryside."

"City No. 72 Longyao City, they don't mine resources at all, they only develop high technology, and build City No. 72 into a scientific city. The per capita net income is 580,000 credit points, which is twice as high as ours. No. 73 Bio City and No. 74 Blue Light City, their income is also higher than ours... Mining primary raw materials is far less than doing high value-added high-quality mining. Research and development of technological products. "

"Everyone understands this principle."

Gu Lanlan did not comment: "But Xingfeng City is so small, with a population of less than 100,000 and not many outstanding talents. What else can we do besides mining resources? How can we compare with those high-tech cities?"

"Most mining work is actually done by robots, and even 100% of it can be replaced by robots. We mine hundreds of millions of tons of ore every year, and only need 1,000 human workers at most."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "The human resources in City No. 3 are actually very abundant. It is completely possible to let a group of young and strong people choose a more promising industry instead of being miners for a lifetime and relying on minerals that are destined to be mined out."

"What industry?" Gu Lanlan asked.

"I heard a piece of news that the company is planning to expand the scale of the black hole fleet..."

Zhang Xingfeng whispered a piece of gossip.