Wasteland Development Diary

#439 - From war reparations to transfer payments

Zhou Yi was a little confused.

How could a conceptual lifeform be fixed onto a shell-like shelter?

"Explain in detail."

"Director Zhou, it's like this."

Dong Shi immediately explained, "We don't know how the shelter is made, but its outer shell is also filled with solid cloud tincture."

"The internal cloud tincture needs to constantly absorb from the outside to replenish itself, otherwise it will gradually deplete, which will then forcibly awaken the dormant members inside. The Dong people have short lives and are inherently weak, so they will die quickly after waking up. The reason why there were only 1600 individuals left before was also because the outer cloud tincture was heavily consumed, leaving only a core."

"Now that the shelter's energy has been replenished, the electromechanical administrator can be fixed inside. That administrator is very mysterious, possessing a vast life information template, but it's not the kind of life we understand."

"We cannot obtain exchangeable life substances from it, but we can use it. We can use a portion of its blank space as a carrier to record information for our use."

Zhou Yi asked Xiaofu what was going on.

The Streamtracer said, "Most of the conceptual lifeform's information is stored in the Great Holy Spirit. In your words, it's cloud storage and constant backups, which ensures that they don't lose information even if they die."

"The electromechanical administrator has blank consciousness because it has been disconnected from the Great Holy Spirit, leaving only a portion of its own basic information. Most of its conscious body is a blank carrier, used to read the Great Holy Spirit's information database."

Zhou Yi understood.

These blank consciousnesses are like the administrator's built-in memory, used to temporarily store data and read the Great Holy Spirit's cloud services. The larger the memory, the faster the reading speed.

He turned his attention back to the shell shelter.

The electromechanical administrator, shaped like a green code cluster, was further broken down into faces composed of 0s and 1s by the Dong people and integrated into the shelter.

Soon, this conceptual lifeform became visually invisible.

"Director Zhou, I have fixed it inside the shelter. As long as the cloud tincture doesn't deplete, it cannot leave here and enter the outside world."

"Can we use it as a recording place? If so, this will allow our kind to grow quickly, because recording a large amount of information on it can reduce a lot of re-accumulation of experience from scratch," Dong Shi requested.

Zhou Yi thought for a moment.

Da Vinci's observation report showed that the Dong people's division period (reproduction) here is once every 20 minutes, and the single life cycle is usually 40 to 60 minutes.

The reason why Dong Shi's group consciousness can continue is because the Dong people's corpses in the shelter can preserve information.

Its capacity is limited. As a large number of new-generation Dong people continue to reproduce and be born here, a large amount of experience and knowledge are growing wildly, but cannot be effectively and stably preserved.

If the administrator is used as a consciousness carrier, they will have a light-core level external hard drive, as if configuring a civilization accelerator for the Dong people.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "Okay, then I'll let you use it as a recording place for now. I spent 3 million light seeds to lock up the administrator, so make good use of its function."

"Director Zhou, please rest assured! We will definitely keep a close eye on it! We will make full use of its value!"

Dong Shi's tone was firm.

...

With the electromechanical administrator settled, Zhou Yi felt a little relieved.

Finally, the unstable factors were resolved.

Otherwise, how could the electromechanical employees here work with peace of mind if this administrator kept instigating them on the consciousness side every day?

Next is the reparations list.

Zhou Yi's idea remained unchanged.

He still wanted to use in-kind collateral to offset this 3.1 million light seed patent compensation.

Guan Zhong knew the electromechanical city best.

Zhou Yi sought his advice.

Guan Zhong said, "Recently, I have carefully understood the company's detailed situation."

"I believe that improving agriculture and healthcare should be the focus at present. These are the two cornerstones for maintaining the company's stability. Strengthening food and medical security can reduce hidden dangers during the period of rapid development."

Zhou Yi joked, "I thought you were going to ask me to engage in agriculture and military industry as well."

The panda person said, "The Legalist Front needs to vigorously develop agriculture and military, but this side doesn't need to. According to the company's structure and current development model, the profit-making entities are commercial trade and technological innovation, while agriculture and healthcare are the basic guarantees."

"Trade and technology development have been continuously investing a lot of resources for several years."

"This compensation should be prioritized for purchasing agricultural and medical equipment."

"The high-precision equipment produced by the electromechanical city cannot be manufactured by human cities, which I think can be purchased. The specifics still need to be inquired about the actual needs of these two departments."

Zhou Yi thought this was a good idea.

He immediately summoned Zheng Tao and Da Vinci.

Upon learning that there were funds that could be reimbursed, Zheng Tao was overjoyed, and he quickly opened the reinforcement controller's memo, "Chairman, we do have great needs here."

"First of all, we need to replenish the irrigation system. We need drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation to cover nearly 80,000 acres of land for precise irrigation."

"This can improve water resource utilization and ensure the water needed for crop growth. I have calculated that using the cheapest E-1 grade for all of our farmland will cost at least 10,000 light seeds."

"There must also be at least 2 dryers to dry the harvested crops, ensure the storage quality of the crops, reduce losses, and prevent mold."

Zheng Tao said seriously, "Although Emerald City also has functions in this regard, the temperature is too difficult to control and the loss is great. Now that we are doing large-scale planting, this equipment is a necessity. A D-1 grade dryer costs 2140 light seeds each, plus repair kits and a one-year warranty for a total of 4300 light seeds."

"Then there are greenhouse supporting equipment, including temperature control systems, lighting systems, indoor irrigation systems, etc. It can provide a stable growing environment and extend the crop growth cycle, which is also of great significance for us to develop new species. This set is based on the more cost-effective C-1 grade, each complete set requires 10,000 light seeds, and two sets are 20,000 light seeds."

"Another essential item is a soil analyzer. Although the agricultural machinery brothers are also equipped with this equipment, the accuracy is insufficient, and a little difference will make a big difference."

"A high-precision soil analyzer is needed to analyze soil components, provide fertilization suggestions, precise fertilization, and improve crop yield and quality. At least it must be D-2 grade, one unit is 2000 light seeds, and two units must be used alternately to avoid damage and failure, for a total of 4000 light seeds."

"If there is still a budget, plant protection drones are also needed. This kind of branch equipment can be used for spraying pesticides, fertilizing, monitoring crop growth, etc., which is very important for improving plant protection efficiency and reducing pesticide use. One D-1 grade is 1200 light seeds, we need 3, plus the matching repair kits and operating program updates, converted to 3650 light seeds."

He concluded, "A total of 41,950 light seeds is enough!"

Zhou Yi nodded, "Okay, send me the list, and I'll place the order."

"Okay! I'll send it to you now."

Zheng Tao smiled and quickly started operating.

Zhou Yi looked at Da Vinci next to him again, "What about the hospital?"

"Chairman, our needs are as follows."

The electromechanical doctor began to report the order.

"Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for the diagnosis of nervous system, musculoskeletal system, and tumors. B-1 grade needs to be purchased to improve diagnostic accuracy, and the price is 30,000 light seeds per unit."

"Computed tomography (CT) is suitable for the diagnosis of emergency and complex cases. B-1 grade 1 unit, 20,000 light seeds."

"Positron emission tomography (PET) provides functional and metabolic information to supplement the anatomical information of CT and MRI. B-1 grade 1 unit, 25,000 light seeds."

"Linear accelerator (LINAC) is used for radiation therapy, especially cancer treatment. It can accurately irradiate tumors and reduce damage to surrounding healthy tissues. B-1 grade 1 unit, 50,000 light seeds."

"Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) equipment is used for life support for patients with heart and lung failure, providing oxygenation and circulation support when the heart and lungs cannot function normally. B-1 grade 5 units, unit price 3000 light seeds/unit, total 15,000 light seeds."

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It paused for a moment: "In addition, it is also necessary to build intensive care unit (ICU) wards. Therefore, ventilators, infusion pumps and injection pumps, defibrillators, hemodialysis machines, blood gas analyzers... and other equipment must be configured."

"Building a medium-sized ICU with 10 beds requires 60,000 light seeds."

"There is also a batch of important medicines that must be imported from abroad, including antibiotics, medical alcohol, glucose, immunoglobulin... for a total of 10,000 light seeds."

"A total of 210,000 light seeds are required."

Zhou Yi waved his hand: "Buy it!"

He also decided to give all medical staff and agricultural staff a 20% salary increase.

These two departments work very hard. Because they are non-profit departments, the output is difficult to directly quantify, but they provide the company's most important rear support.

It's just that this expenditure is still less than expected, and there are still 2.89 million light seeds to be spent on the electromechanical city.

How to spend money has also become the most important thing at the moment.

The Recursive City data center gave a suggestion.

"Chairman, there is a large service transaction called 'Directed Bonds'."

"Simply put, it is to purchase bonds issued by the electromechanical city, guaranteed by local tax revenue capabilities."

"The special feature of directed bonds is that they circulate between the electromechanical city and its core cooperative cities. You can specifically purchase bonds issued by a certain city to invest in this city. Generally speaking, the risk is low."

"As a partner of the electromechanical city, the United City has also issued directed bonds due to its A-level rating. You can purchase the directed bonds there, so it becomes a debt between our side and the United City, which can both invest in improving the high-speed construction there and obtain stable income from the United City."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised. He knew that the United City had received investment from the electromechanical city, but he didn't expect it to be in the form of bonds.

"Directed bonds are divided into short-term (1-3 years), medium-term (4-10 years) and long-term (10 years or more), with yields ranging from 1% to 10%. According to our investigation, the United City issues long-term bonds, and the yield is 4.1%, calculated as simple interest. Whether from the perspective of urban development or the degree of debt itself, it is a fairly high-quality choice."

This is not bad.

Zhou Yi immediately decided: "Purchase all the remaining 2.89 million directed bonds of the United City and invest in the United City."

You never know when you will fight with the Legalist Front again, so let's spend all this compensation first.

Red Falcon began a series of program operations.

A few minutes later.

"Zhou, the purchase is complete."

"Our side has purchased 2.89 million light seeds of 10-year directed bonds from the United City, and the estimated maturity income is 4.089 million light seeds."

Red Falcon projected the bond agreement and the creditor's rights and debt certificate.

The signing parties are the Wasteland Development Company and the United City, and the payment is paid by a third-party Legalist exclusive account.

The agreement was signed.

The United City contacted immediately.

"Mr. Zhou, you bought 2.89 million of our directed bonds?"

Kunming Station was a little surprised and puzzled.

"Because the Legalist Front is very slow to pay patent cash, I chose this way to cash out."

Zhou Yi told about the war reparations.

"... So that's how it is."

Kunming Station added: "With such a large amount, we have to give 120,000 light seeds every year just to pay interest, which is actually a bit difficult."

"Could it be possible to turn this directed bond into a 29% equity stake in the United City? The city's profits each year will be distributed proportionally. This way, we don't have to worry about this interest problem."

Zhou Yi readily said: "Okay. Let's do it this way."

He is very optimistic about the future of the United City.

This is the first alien city, completely based on building life as the city's foundation and operator, even more thorough than Emerald City.

"Great! Thank you for your trust!"

The two hit it off and quickly completed the entire procedure process.

So far, this compensation that is not easy to cash out has become a transfer payment equity investment in the United City through the directed bond situation.

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