Wasteland Development Diary

#413 - Thanks, Farri.

Seven days later.

Snow County's city page published "Awakened Mind's Emerald City One-Month Cultivation Talk."

This great mechanoid monk returned to Snow County and started a lecture and debate.

He shared what he saw and heard in Emerald City, as well as the race issues and electric cat threat theory discussed with Zhou Yi.

Awakened Mind publicly stated:

"I hope more monks and mechanoid lives can go to Emerald City to see their schools, factories, and dams, and to see the mental outlook of ordinary people there, and why they are full of confidence in life and the future."

"Data is an important basis for judgment, but it is by no means the truth. It is just a reflection of the world outlined by the flames of the program. The position of the flame and the blowing of the wind will cause a large deviation between the shadow and the truth. I hope everyone will not blindly believe in data, but go through, observe, and interact to get feedback that is closer to the truth."

The great monk's influence and independence were much stronger than Zhou Yi had expected.

He directly spoke for the company, and the Law Council did not prohibit this.

Red Falcon said: "That's for sure. Whether it is the Law Council or the general agreement, what is maintained is only the present of mechanoid cities and mechanoid lives, but the future needs to be guided by new ideas and knowledge, and the monks are doing this. If the monks' intellectual independence is stopped, then mechanoid lives will have no pioneering group at all."

"In fact, according to historical descriptions, the birth of light printing technology was first learned, researched, and tested by monks. To become a monk, the threshold is very high. You must reach level B in a certain field to have the opportunity to apply for a job change."

"If successful, they need to fulfill the mission and obligations of monks, and from then on abandon wealth and enjoyment, only to explore for knowledge and ideas."

"They are also the objects of protection for all mechanoid lives."

Monks belong to advanced job transfers for mechanoid lives, they are both thinkers and critics, and pioneer scientists.

At this moment, Zhou Yi realized that he had always had stereotypes and preconceived ideas about mechanoid lives.

I always felt that they were workaholic robots.

Stereotypical and cold because they were born that way.

From birth, work is the most important meaning of their lives. Work unites different mechanoid lives and builds society and cities.

But they will also think, is this good? Is this right? Do we have to live like this all the time?

Mechanoid lives are also working hard to break through the existing structural limitations. They build mechanoid cities to protect each other and strengthen survival, and transform into monks to find the future and hope.

Zhou Yi slightly understood the choices of this group.

Red Falcon continued to broadcast: "News from Recursive City."

"Two monks have contacted Recursive City, hoping to travel and study here."

"It's just that the issues they are discussing are more controversial."

"Monk [Enlightened] is researching the direction of human-machine combination. He believes that the complete combination of humans and mechanoid lives is the ideal form of the next generation of life. In this way, they can have the creativity of humans, and the stability, efficiency, and scalability of mechanoid lives."

The drone said: "The exploration of another monk [Wisdom and Harmony] is more dangerous. He proposes to do a lot of experiments in the Dead Sea to find effective awakening technology for mechanoid lives. He is very interested in the new generation of mechanoid lives that have been repaired by semi-enlightened bodies. The key has unlocked the shackles, and he believes that they have more possibilities."

Zhou Yi smiled after hearing this: "If there is controversy, it means that there are supporters and opponents, which means that the idea has touched a direction that everyone cares about very much. This is very good."

"Let them come and talk to each other more. We welcome all kinds of brainstorming here. If you don't even dare to think about it, it is even more impossible to do it."

Not to mention.

These two directions, human-machine combination and the exploration of mechanoid life principles, are areas that Zhou Yi himself is very interested in.

"Make an appointment for me when the time comes, I also want to talk to these two monks."

"Okay, I will schedule it according to your time."

Red Falcon said again: "Zhou, there is another matter in the company now that needs you to make a decision."

"The second-generation floating heart has gradually entered the market, but the supply is not large at present, because the production line is still being increased and adjusted."

"After discussion between the two elders Liu and Chen and the heads of the three major companies, according to the company's consistent low-price and inclusive strategy, the current preliminary price is 14 light seeds/piece. The second generation has increased efficiency by 55%, and in the long run, it will save more expenses than the first generation. What do you think of this price?"

Zhou Yi thought for a while.

This price is already very sincere.

After all, the price of the first generation is also 9.99 light seeds.

"However, those first-generation heart buyers, if their economic conditions are a little worse, I am afraid they will not have the spare capacity to replace the new model in such a short period of time."

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment: "Why don't we do this, trade in the old for the new. You can buy a brand new one, or you can use the previous first-generation heart to exchange for a second-generation heart, adding 5 light seeds. But the premise is that the first-generation heart cannot have functional damage."

"This can reduce the repeat expenditure of buyers. On the other hand, aren't we cultivating and upgrading the heart? These hearts have been cultivated by users for several months, and the plankton has reached a certain degree of growth, which can be more convenient for upgrading to level C, and can also shorten our cultivation cycle."

Red Falcon's electronic eyes flickered: "Good idea. Then I will go and discuss the specific details with them."

Two days later.

The second generation [Sihe Brand] floating heart was officially launched for sale in full.

There are many old customers who trade in the old for the new. A large number of first-generation hearts are recycled after being inspected and confirmed to be qualified, and sent to Shagang for deep upgrade and cultivation of plankton.

It only took four days for 140,000 second-generation hearts to be sold.

One-fifth of them are old customers who trade in the old for the new.

But even so, the total revenue reached 1.7 million light seeds.

According to the previous agreement of the four companies to divide the profits equally, Zhou Yi received 425,000 light seeds from this alone.

He himself felt inexplicable: "No, why is it selling so well? Why is it selling better than the first generation? What's the situation?"

Red Falcon said: "This batch of buyers are basically major power groups."

"The Kingdom of Heaven purchased 40,000 pieces."

"Star Hub purchased 15,000 pieces."

"Mechanoid cities have purchased a total of 70,000 pieces, of which Holy Mountain City alone purchased 20,000 pieces."

"The rest are purchased collectively by knight orders, alchemist associations, craftsman guilds, and various urban areas."

Zhou Yi seemed to understand.

"They are used to using the first generation, so they directly replaced it now that the performance has been improved?"

"Yes."

Red Falcon said: "Another important reason is the [Modified Floating Heart] that was launched not long ago. This heart developed by a mechanoid city is benchmarked against our first-generation heart and is also being sold publicly. The evaluations from various places are mixed. Mechanoid cities emphasize its advantages, which are excellent stability, ultra-long battery life with matching assembly material boxes, and the possibility of upgrading accessories in the later stage."

"But the launch of the second-generation heart is also accompanied by our official launch of the performance standard [Float] for the floating heart."

"Under this standard, the modified heart seems to be two generations behind."

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"The modified heart has been widely promoted in various places before, but it has preheated our second-generation heart sales for free, and it has also become the best comparison object."

"Many buyers who were hesitant about the modified heart before directly chose our latest second-generation heart."

Zhou Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Then I can only say thank you to Brother Law Council.

"In addition, there is the promotion impact of the electric cat system."

Red Falcon continued to explain: "The transfer of the previous batch of non-working electric cats was distributed externally through Yinshang Company, and the buyers were also major organizations."

"They have strong information capabilities and knew about our power infrastructure construction a long time ago."

"After buying electric cats, many places are imitating us to build generators and wire networks. There are currently two most mature applications."

"The first is city defense. Surrounding the city wall with the cheapest barbed wire can form an area where electric cats can run. Extending the metal structure outward allows electric cats to enter various areas for patrol."

"Although these non-working electric cats are more difficult to train, they will still do some work if they are provided with enough electricity, but they are not so responsible and are prone to being lazy. But speaking of it, it is no different from most light seed humans."

The drone continued to introduce: "The second application is to attach electric cats to some weapons, such as cold weapons such as knives and swords, or iron armor or even missiles. Their power can also play a good role in increasing."

Zhou Yi nodded.

These two paths are indeed simple and easy to use.

When it comes to their own interests, everyone's brains move quickly.

"Electric cats need a lot of electricity to support them. The cheapest and most stable way to obtain electricity is to use floating hearts to consume oil and sugar to generate electricity."

"Yinshang Company released news to the outside world very early, saying that we will continue to transfer electric cats to the outside world, so that everyone can wait and see. Now our power infrastructure is being further expanded everywhere, and the lunar landing area has been transformed into a large-scale power system hub. These are all seen by all parties and highly concerned about."

"To keep up with the electric cat system, there must be a large number of floating hearts to support it."

Red Falcon concluded: "Because of this series of reasons, the second-generation heart sells so well."

Zhou Yi nodded.

The drone projected a report on the wall: "This is the total revenue and corresponding list we generated through the first-generation heart before. In two quarters, a total of 410,012 floating hearts were sold, with a total turnover of 4,095,900 light seeds. After deducting manufacturing costs, transportation, maintenance, and after-sales losses, the total profit is 4,012,200 light seeds."

"After the four companies share, our side received 1,003,000 light seeds."

"I have reviewed and verified it, and there are no problems with the accounts."

Red Falcon stretched out its mechanical arm and handed the light seed box stored at the bottom of the machine to Zhou Yi: "This is the payment."

Then it took out another light seed box: "Then this is the order split for the second-generation heart. Normally, it should be settled according to the quarterly split, but because it sells so well, the amount is not low, so everyone settled this payment first."

Zhou Yi immediately received 1.42 million light seeds.

Adding the previous savings, the total reserves have reached 6.5 million light seeds!

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Industrialized commodities with technical monopoly make money quickly!

Flat prices are more conducive to stimulating everyone's active consumption and upgrading.

I can give employees a good year-end bonus at the end of the year.

That night, Zhou Yi slept very sweetly.

He woke up groggy and suddenly found a stick by the window.

Huh?

What the hell?

I remember, I didn't put any sticks...

Zhou Yi took a closer look.