Wasteland Development Diary

Zhou Yi approached, but the preoccupied skeletal doctor didn't even notice.

Its head was lowered, hands clutching its head, seemingly troubled by something.

Zhou Yi sat down beside it: "What's wrong? Tell me about it, see if I can help."

The skeletal doctor suddenly snapped back to attention: "Ah, Chairman, hello!! I was just spacing out..."

"What is it?"

"This..."

"Is it about the Night God Church?"

"No, nothing to do with the church. I'm just an ordinary member."

The skeletal doctor waved its hand: "It's about the hospital."

It finally spoke.

"My expertise lies in bone reconstruction and transplantation for skeletal beings. However, based on my experience, skeletal beings tend to handle minor ailments themselves—usually, older skeletal beings know how to stitch and repair bones. For major illnesses, they go directly to the mechanical cities to find specialist doctors."

"So, doctors like me sometimes find ourselves in an awkward position, neither here nor there."

"Fortunately, the company offers excellent benefits, and the hospital covers medical expenses. The company's skeletal employees also come in for regular check-ups. But skeletal beings from outside rarely come for treatment. I've been wondering how to get them to come for treatment."

Zhou Yi listened quietly.

"Then I thought of a way."

Wei Wu said, "Many outsiders don't know this, but skeletal beings are very keen on appearance and personal grooming, but are rather careless and perfunctory about health matters. The reason is that the skeletal structure is special, and small problems don't really affect daily life."

"In terms of dressing up, some male skeletal beings like to wear hats and clothes, some build exoskeletal armor, and some modify and strengthen their bones."

"On the other hand, female skeletal beings are more daring, trying things like hair transplants, tattoos, dyeing, and even embedding ornaments."

"The root of this dressing up is that skeletal beings lack individual distinction, as one of them, I deeply feel that."

The skeletal doctor opened its gaunt hands and said to Zhou Yi, "Chairman, dressing up is not just a way for skeletal beings to show themselves, but also to distinguish themselves from other skeletal beings."

"Skeletal beings can recognize each other, but outsiders think we all look the same."

Zhou Yi thought about it.

Sun Chonglai always dressed fashionably and flashily, and the skeletal beings of the Cattle-Taming Tribe all wore horned helmets and coconut-shell woven coats. It seemed there was a reason for all this.

"So... I want to create a skeletal cosmetic surgery department."

Wei Wu said, "Skeletal beings aren't interested in medical treatment and check-ups, but they will be interested in cosmetic surgery."

"Currently, there is no such service in the mechanical cities. And there are few skeletal doctors in human cities, let alone specialized departments in this field. It's a new field with great potential."

"In recent years, I've been experimenting with safe cosmetic surgery techniques on myself."

The skeletal doctor pointed to its skull: "You see, my bones are much whiter than those of normal skeletal beings, and very even. This is not natural, but the result of my whitening efforts."

"Most skeletal beings like this brand-new white bone color, which is also the mainstream aesthetic direction in skeletal society."

"But I've also tried other colors."

It lifted the sleeve of its left arm, revealing its forearm, the bones of which were light gold: "Some skeletal beings find this gold color noble and elegant, and I have mastered a safe coloring method."

"And this."

Wei Wu rolled up its right sleeve, revealing its right arm, which was a light tan color, looking very old, like bones that had been buried for many years and then dug up.

"This is an aging process. Some skeletal beings like to look classic, so many skeletal beings also like this color."

"In addition, silver and plaster are also two colors that skeletal beings like."

Zhou Yi was amazed: "Indeed, every profession produces its own expert. It seems you've spent a lot of effort and time in this area."

"I did spend many years finding these safe formulas. But Chairman, I haven't neglected my job. I've been researching in my spare time."

The skeletal doctor added, "In addition to whitening and dyeing, there's also hair implantation, bone shaving, and bone augmentation. I have surgical experience in these areas, and they're not a problem at all."

"During my year working here, I saw the luminous layer on the delivery uniforms of the skeletal fish couriers and got a great inspiration."

"Skeletal beings don't like to be slender and weak. We are all keen on strong and tall bodies. So I imitated the skeletal fish couriers and created a special skeletal muscle suit using luminous sand."

Zhou Yi became interested: "No physical object yet? Let me see it."

"Wait a moment, I'll get it right away."

Wei Wu ran back to the hospital in a few steps, and soon it came out carrying a large box.

The skeletal doctor opened the box, carefully unlocking the buckle and lifting the lid.

Inside the box were black blocks, like a wearable armor. It was indeed made of luminous sand, with a rough, matte texture.

Wei Wu took off its white coat and shirt, and put on the skeletal muscle suit piece by piece. The black artificial muscles covered the seemingly fragile bones, making it look a size bigger.

Then the skeletal doctor transformed into a black muscle man.

The ingenious part of the design was that it clearly showed the contours of the skull in certain areas, so it could still be recognized as a skeletal being.

Wei Wu moved its arms and waved its fists, its whole body full of power.

"Chairman, this is my homemade muscle suit."

"It looks good with other clothes, or it's fine to wear it like this."

"In addition, the muscle suit can be improved on this basis. For example, you can choose to expose the skull completely, or partially cover it. You can also tattoo and decorate the muscle layer, or even dye it, just like the skeletal fish couriers."

"In addition, it also provides good protection, better than any heavy shell or armor. Ordinary E-level ability attacks cannot break it."

"For female skeletal beings who need something lighter and thinner, the thickness can also be adjusted to make the body look more balanced and flexible."

Zhou Yi nodded frequently: "This is good. A very good idea."

"There is one problem, though."

Wei Wu removed the artificial muscles one by one.

Zhou Yi guessed: "The price is too high?"

"No. Chairman, the main occupations of skeletal beings are merchants and craftsmen, and their average income is higher than that of human enhancers. Everyone doesn't lack this little bit of money. I'm sure that skeletal beings in many cities have the purchasing power, and they definitely won't be stingy with these expenses."

Wei Wu sighed: "The problem is how to let them know this. It's difficult to advertise. We need to let the outside world know that our hospital has opened a cosmetic surgery department."

"Now that we are sanctioned by the mechanical cities, advertising has become even more difficult. I've talked to Dean Da Vinci about this, and he is very supportive, but we haven't found a way to do this advertising."

Zhou Yi fell into deep thought.

Indeed.

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In the past, advertisements for plastic surgery were everywhere, from streets to elevators, from buses to shopping malls, inside and out.

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He asked the skeletal doctor, "How does the hospital usually advertise?"

"The most useful is the recommendation from Mount Holy, and the records on the [Medical Encyclopedia], which can attract a large number of Photon-Nata patients."

Wei Wu thought for a moment: "Like ordinary hospitals... the Steel Port Hospital where I worked before relied on spending money to buy space on the announcement boards in various cities. Many people go to see the places where announcements are posted in each city every day."

"The more populous the city, the more expensive it is. I remember it cost 6 Photon species a year for the port hospital to advertise in Liangshan, where the local population is about 120,000. It should be more expensive in places with more people."

Zhou Yi had a good idea.

Advertising and promotion costs are high in this area.

But on the other hand.

"The fact that they dare to spend so much money on advertising shows that many hospitals can recover their costs."

"Yes, Chairman, as long as an enhancer or Photon-Nata comes to the hospital for surgery, sometimes one surgery can pay for itself."

The skeletal doctor said: "The skeletal group is relatively scattered. The number of skeletal beings in a city usually does not exceed a hundred people, so it is very troublesome to advertise everywhere."

It was very distressed.

Zhou Yi summoned the Kestrel: "There should be no problem with the four regions within the Development Alliance. But to promote it further, which cities have more skeletal residents?"

After listening to the situation here, the drone replied: "The most suitable place recently is the Shuanghe area, where more than 1,000 skeletal beings live."

"We are already cooperating with them in the courier business, so this should be fine as long as we pay."

Zhou Yi nodded immediately: "Then you can contact them. By the way, can you connect to a remote signal now?"

"There is a Spring and Autumn Merchant Guild machine station agent, so there is no problem."

"Wait a moment."

About five minutes later.

The Kestrel said: "I have contacted Lin Qing, and she said there is no problem. She can reserve a special space for us on the announcement boards in 7 cities for free, for long-term preservation."

"Free? What is her request?" Zhou Yi frowned.

"The Shuanghe area wants to purchase a large number of refrigerated boxes from us, and hopes that they can be shipped as soon as possible for storing medicines and cooling down. This summer, they have been hit by a major heat wave. It has not only caused the deaths of local residents, but also caused mountain fires, and the disaster is not light."

So that's how it is.

Zhou Yi nodded: "Contact Steel Refining Gong and allocate some of the refrigerated boxes to the Shuanghe area first."

A moment later.

Steel Refining Gong's voice came from the Kestrel: "Mr. Zhou, we are also very short of goods here. I can only allocate 100 refrigerated boxes and 60,000 pieces of cooling coal first."

"Okay. Let's deal with the emergency first."

"Okay, I'll schedule it right away."

Unknowingly, it was already dark.

Then Zhou Yi thought of someone who should be very capable in this area.

"Night God Night God, awaken my mind."

The Night God, with her palace makeup, appeared with a small fan in her hand: "I haven't seen you for a while, how are you doing?"

"Not bad."

After listening to Zhou Yi's request, the Night God smiled slightly: "This is a trivial matter. It's just ordinary social and commercial activities. There are many people in our church who are good at running this kind of thing."

"I will help you find some cities with a large number of skeletal beings to promote, starting with a preliminary plan of 10 cities. Since it is an invention of a believer... then I'll give you a discount, just give me a cost price of 60 Photon species."

Zhou Yi said: "But I can't use an electronic account now."

"It's okay, then just keep a tab for now."

Done.

Zhou Yi looked at Wei Wu and said: "I have already opened up the promotion. In addition to the Shuanghe area, there will also be special promotions for our hospital in 10 cities. You just need to consider the surgical aspects."

"Thank you, Chairman!!"

The skeletal doctor was overjoyed: "You are too powerful! Please believe me, this is very promising! It will definitely generate revenue for the hospital!"

"I believe in your judgment, do a good job."

Zhou Yi noticed that 703 next to him had been waiting for a long time.