Wasteland Development Diary

Selling Electric Cats is a major undertaking.

As a precaution, Zhou Yi held an online meeting with the various territorial lords of the Development Alliance to solicit their opinions.

Lord of Sand Sea was the first to express his stance: "I unconditionally agree with and support all of Mr. Zhou's decisions!"

Then he added, "But do we really have so many Electric Cats? Can we first make an internal selection, take the good ones at internal prices, and then sell the worse ones to outsiders?"

Lord of Sand Sea's proposal was unanimously approved.

Zhou Yi was amused: "Don't be anxious. We're all family here, and you'll all be equipped with standard working Electric Cats. This third batch, returning from advanced studies in the Spark Plains, will provide each region with an A-grade Electric Cat. Of course, if you want to buy them purely as high-end pets or combat units, that's also fine."

Zhou Yi was never stingy with his own people.

If he had it, he would give it.

Electric Cat integration in the Development Alliance was inevitable, and equipping qualified working Electric Cats as soon as possible would be beneficial to all regions.

As soon as these words came out, the territorial lords all said that they should sell them externally and wait a bit, not in a hurry.

Lord of Bay City said, "The most basic standard configuration for selling Electric Cats should include a Power Orb, Electric Cat Wand, Curved House, and Generator. We can sell our accessories along with them."

"Our Bay Shell City has been manufacturing batteries and has now produced the first stable liquid flow storage battery."

He showed it through an image.

The battery made by Bay Shell City was shaped like an ammunition box, covered with a layer of blackened iron sheet.

"This [Bay Shell Brand] liquid flow battery has a very simple internal structure. Our current technology cannot replicate the technology of the old humans... this is the limit for now."

"It has a capacity of 5L, and a single one can store enough electricity for an Electric Cat to operate for 12 hours when going out. Of course, if the Electric Cat's abilities are used, or if it fights, the energy consumption will increase exponentially."

He continued, "The price of a single liquid flow battery is 200,000 mushrooms, and the cost is about 100,000 mushrooms. Bay Shell City will continue the company's low-price strategy. Other places basically can't make it at this price."

"Especially when taking Electric Cats out, having such a battery will ensure their outdoor activities. For customers who can afford Electric Cats, this cost is acceptable."

"Calculated, raising a reinforced car requires a lot of energy pack reserves. Electric Cats are B-level lifeforms, which are much more advanced."

"Our Bay Shell City is willing to cooperate with the company. For every Electric Cat sold externally, we will give away 1 battery for free. Later, they will know to come over and buy them."

Zhou Yi said it was no problem.

Lord of Bay City was as always leading the way.

The other territorial lords were envious and jealous.

Because once the company starts selling Electric Cats externally, batteries, as consumables, will definitely be needed for a long time.

Everyone added some details and suggestions.

At this time, Lord of Overkill suddenly spoke, "I want to ask a question."

"When selling Electric Cats, which is more important, quickly reducing inventory or maximizing profit?"

Zhou Yi replied, "Quickly reducing inventory has a higher priority."

"The company needs to recover funds as soon as possible and then invest these light seeds into the next round of research and production."

"Then I suggest, why not let Yin Shang Company also be a distributor."

Lord of Overkill said, "Behind Yin Shang Company are the Rolls-Royce family and the Red Flag family, two major mechanical and electrical wealthy groups. Their customers are also wealthy people from all walks of life, who can quickly digest this batch of Electric Cats."

"For new things, mechanical and electrical tycoons mostly have the same attitude. They can't manufacture them, but they can't be without them. So this small number of Electric Cats can be easily sold."

Zhou Yi listened to this suggestion and contacted Gust, a partner of Yin Shang Company.

Hearing about the transfer of Electric Cats, the other party expressed a strong interest.

"This is no problem at all."

"We can give you an advance payment first, and then we will distribute them externally."

"If it's 500 B-grade Electric Cats, I can make a decision to pay a total of 2.6 million light seeds, and the full amount can be paid today. What do you think?"

Zhou Yi readily agreed.

If he could get the money back that day, what else could he ask for.

Gust also said, "Mr. Zhou, the previous glider layout allowed our company to purchase a lot of flying mechanical and electrical lifeforms from various places at low prices, obtaining unexpected benefits. The strategy was very successful."

"In recent months, your company's newly developed Electric Cat system has also interested our company. We want to carry out the layout and construction of electrical infrastructure in Transmission City. Chairman Chaoge and I have talked about this matter many times, and believe that the Electric Cat-centered power system will occupy a very important position in the future."

"So our company hopes to take this step as soon as possible."

"Can you send electrical engineers over to guide the construction of our electrical facilities?"

"For this, we are willing to pay a basic infrastructure technology cooperation fee of 1 million."

Zhou Yi was filled with emotion.

Yin Shang Company, to say nothing else, is really rich and really willing to spend money.

He asked, "What infrastructure parts do you need?"

Gust immediately said, "Electric Cat infrastructure, electrolysis towers, generators, nets, curved houses, Electric Cat transcoders, we want them all. We don't need batteries, they take up too much space, we'll just buy them directly from you."

Zhou Yi nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange it with the Electrical Department. You can negotiate the specifics later."

"That's great!"

Gust flew to Sandport on a transport plane that day. He gave Zhou Yi a light nano-box containing 3.8 million light seeds, and then took two mechanical and electrical engineers to receive the Electric Cats, and then went non-stop to discuss the details of urban infrastructure with You Ai, the Minister of Electricity.

After this Electric Cat transfer, Zhou Yi's originally hemorrhaging wallet suddenly bulged again.

Now he had 5.4 million light seeds in his pocket, reaching a new peak to date.

With money in his pocket, he immediately felt at ease.

Zhou Yi thought of an old friend.

He immediately contacted Kunming Station.

"Long time no see, how are things on your side?"

"Same old thing, the United City has always developed step by step, definitely not as rapidly changing as your side."

Kunming Station said, "Finding us, it seems there's something serious."

"Yes."

Zhou Yi got straight to the point, "We have recently explored a special deep development technology for Electric Cats, through the connection of Electric Cats and architectural life..."

Kunming Station reacted quickly, "After combining with Electric Cats to become Electric Cat Masters, architectural life can become the core of the Electric Cat system, equivalent to the Cat House Center?"

"Correct."

Zhou Yi said, "Most importantly, in the Electric Cat Master form, even architectural life can be wrapped in the Electric Cat structure and moved through various conductors."

"If an architectural life installs an Electric Cat in its body, it can switch to the Electric Cat Master form, and in theory, it can walk to any area along the built power grid. This is even faster and more convenient than flying."

Zhou Yi smiled, "I originally thought this process would take a long time. But I didn't expect the emergence of Electric Cats to make the shackles of architectural life almost non-existent at once."

"Hello? Are you there?"

There was a long silence on the other side.

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"..."

"Yes..."

Kunming Station's voice was a little tired, "I am listening to everything you are saying, I am listening very clearly to every word, I just don't know what to say."

"Originally, I thought that if in my lifetime, I could really allow architectural life to move freely in this world. We would definitely feel great honor and pride."

"But after you said this method... I felt a sense of emptiness. It's like you are struggling to climb on a rugged cliff, and suddenly someone tells you that there is actually another road next to you that can take you through the mountain to reach your destination in a few steps."

"I don't know how to describe it."

"I'm sorry... I should be happy and excited about this, but I don't know why, I feel lost and painful now."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I don't know why it's like this."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

At this moment, this architectural life showed the same delicate and complex emotions as humans.

Zhou Yi understood this feeling.

When he was a child, he liked a pair of sneakers very much. His parents promised him that if he got 100 points on the final exam, they would buy them for him.

So he was single-minded about getting full marks on the exam.

Every day in class and doing homework, Zhou Yi felt a strange enthusiasm, as if he had shouldered a mission and a promise, and he had to do it, fight, fight, fight! Fight to the death with his grades!

However, just before the exam, his aunt came to visit him, and took Zhou Yi out, saying, let's buy you a pair of shoes, boys like shoes, right? Which pair do you like, let's buy that pair.

Zhou Yi pointed to the pair he had dreamed of.

So he got that pair of shoes.

At that time, wearing the shoes of his dreams, Zhou Yi was also like Kunming Station.

So the shoes I wanted were like this.

It's just like this.

His heavy and meaningful ideal was just a light and casual act of others.

It's like Takumi Fujiwara driving the AE86 to the extreme, but still can't catch up with his uncle's Mercedes-Benz taking Natsuki away.

Zhou Yi couldn't comfort Kunming Station.

He just said, "Look ahead, we have new goals."

The other side quickly adjusted.

"Mr. Zhou, you are right."

Kunming Station said, "Has the Electric Cat Master technology you mentioned been tested through architectural life experiments? Can it move across regions in practice?"

"Of course."

Zhou Yi told it, "Building No. 7, as the first Electric Cat Master in architectural life + Electric Cat mode, has completed point-to-point electrical form transmission from Sandport to Steel Refining City and Bay Shell City, successfully completing round-trip movement."

"It can also enter our aerial net."

"As long as the entire power grid system is completed, it can enter anywhere it wants to go through current and conductors. Even in a city without infrastructure, they can use existing ships as conductors, and use it as a node for multi-segment jumps."

"But there are also problems exposed, mainly three points."

"First, the power consumption is very large, requiring supporting power plants and transmission networks. The larger the architectural life, the greater the consumption."

Zhou Yi told the truth, "Second, Electric Cats have a very high load to cover architectural life, and the consciousness consumption is very large, which will make their own structure unstable. So it cannot continue to move for a long time, it is best to move point-to-point."

"Third, it is necessary to communicate well with the Electric Cat, to fully communicate with the Electric Cat through the Electric Cat transcoder, and to determine their maximum range of movement for a single trip through preset methods. The coordinate orientation can be marked by the electrical signal of a specific area of the power grid, that is, to maintain the Electric Cat well."

"Of course, architectural life also has special advantages. They have a large number of steel bars in their bodies, and the potential can become very low, which is a natural conductor for Electric Cats."

"Furthermore, skilled Electric Cats that have been connected to architectural life can enter the conductor structure of other architectural life. As long as the architectural life does not object, it can dominate the connection and achieve the Electric Cat Master form."

"In short, as long as you bring an Electric Cat, you can turn every architectural life into an Electric Cat Master. As long as there are Electric Cats, they can shuttle freely in the power grid."

Kunming Station thought for a while after listening, "As long as we break through the limitations of the Dead Sea, these are acceptable. We are of course very eager to obtain this whole set of technology. But I don't understand, why look for our United City?"

"With the current power and scale of the Wasteland Company, it can completely monopolize this strategic technology. Why tell us?"

Zhou Yi smiled slightly, "Technology is just a means, not an end."

"I want to make the architectural life in this world move. If they can move freely, the best place to go is our company and your United City."

"Architectural life comes with urban infrastructure and business characteristics. I like them very much, and I need them very much."

"But it takes too much time and effort to find them one by one."

"I want to use Electric Cats to activate them, and let them cross the sea to find us themselves!"