Chapter 135: Gotham City with simple folk customs!
After taking care of the city’s medical system, Xu Mu installed a garbage dump for the citizens.
The construction cost of the garbage dump is 10,000 gold, and the daily maintenance cost is as high as 500 gold/day.
Moreover, this is purely city maintenance expense and there is no profit to be made from it.
Many players complained that their city’s bankruptcy started from this garbage station.
But Xu Mu still has a little trick.
He told the story slowly and leisurely.
"Taking out the trash is a basic need for citizens, but the maintenance fee is too expensive, and the cost is not worth it."
"But we can't do without it. If the city is dirty and messy, it will directly affect the subsequent population occupancy rate."
“So, we can locate the garbage station in the commercial area.”
"Although it's a little far for citizens to dump their trash, it's only two highways away, so I can just consider it as exercise."
These words once again raised a screen full of question marks.
"???"
"a little?"
"It's ok to drive over two highways to throw away garbage, but it's a life-and-death race, right?"
"Yan Wang: Yes, just throw it away like that."
Xu Mu ignored the light screen and continued, "More importantly, we can boost consumption in the commercial district in this way."
"You see, the citizens have come all the way to the commercial district, so they have to buy something before leaving."
"Then the boss of the commercial district should be grateful to me."
"People would definitely feel embarrassed if they always owe me favors, so I can give them a chance to repay me."
As Xu Mu spoke, he raised the tax rate in the commercial area from 0 to 20%.
One move directly confused the players.
"No, if we do this, the happiness of the residential area will decrease, right?"
"And if the tax revenue in the commercial district increases, happiness will also decrease."
"I feel like the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. I wouldn't dare to play like this anyway."
Just when everyone was hesitating and thinking that Xu Mu didn't handle the situation very well.
I saw several messages pop up on Gotham City’s social media platforms.
＃Our mayor is so great! He even came up with the idea of putting a garbage station in a commercial area! The customer flow of my store is 200% higher than before! ＃
#Even though the tax rate has increased by 20%, I still make more money than before. Praise the mayor! #
# As long as there is money to be made, I would rather endure the stench of the garbage station, it doesn't matter. #
The players were collectively stunned.
This... is even possible?
And that’s not all.
The residential area has indeed seen a drop in happiness because the garbage station is too far away.
But the business district boss made more money, and his happiness level went through the roof! The original emerald green turned into a deep dark green!
Once the two sides are balanced, Gotham City's overall resident happiness index remains at a high level above 90!
This operation completely stunned the players.
"????"
"Damn it! Doesn't it reduce happiness even if it's like this?"
“They still have us to thank!”
"Absolutely! This idea is so unique!"
"Where's the guy who just said he didn't dare to play like that? This is the difference between you and a quasi-god! Study hard, it's all about the details!"
"Ghost, how did Master A come up with this idea? I learned something new! Write it down quickly!"
While a group of players were sighing, Xu Mu quietly harvested tens of thousands of points of faith.
Move your eyes back to the "Skyline" copy.
After the tax rate in the commercial district was raised to 20%, Gotham City finally made its first pot of gold.
After deducting all expenses, you can earn an extra 2,000 gold a day through taxes.
Once you have money, the first thing you do is naturally to build roads.
In "Skylines", whether it is a residential area or an industrial or commercial area, houses can only be built along the road.
Only with roads can we divide areas.
Only with additional regional quotas will more people move in.
Xu Mu changed the name of the current city center and named it Butterfly District.
The population of the Butterfly District has gradually become saturated, and a new area needs to be built!
A single asphalt road was built above the butterfly area, and then a square closed-loop road was built on the ground.
Asphalt roads cost 100 gold per unit, which is more expensive to build than regular dirt roads, and the maintenance cost is as high as 0.5 gold per unit per day.
But the benefits are also obvious. Having wider roads will reduce the risk of traffic jams and achieve faster road speeds.
Xu Mu’s idea was very clear.
I have just helped the commercial area, and now of course I have to lend a hand to the guys in the industrial area.
Give the old irons a more advanced path!
In this way, their large trucks transporting goods can make more trips a day, indirectly increasing logistics tax revenue.
"Everyone, please pay attention. There is another detail here."
Xu Mu urged his mind to enlarge the bird's-eye view, so that players could more intuitively see a certain building, or even pedestrians and vehicles walking on the street.
"When we build, if we select too many boxes, citizens will use a large area to build a building. They even dare to build a yard for themselves. This is unforgivable. Moreover, if we build it this way, the number of people a building can accommodate will not increase."
"So, we can enlarge Gotham City, and then accurately plan each unit so that citizens can only build buildings on a single grid."
"This way, we can breed... sorry, we can house more citizens."
Players: “???”
"You just mentioned breeding, right?"
"Was it intentional or accidental?"
"God's leak!"
Ignoring the complaints, Xu Mu demonstrated it calmly.
As expected, under his precise point-based planning, when the citizens near the factory built a building, they would only occupy one unit each time. Although the built building was smaller, the number of people it could accommodate was the same as that of a large factory covering an area of 10 units.
But looking down from a distance, the densely packed small low buildings looked a bit strange.
"It's... just like rows of graveyards." One player couldn't help but say.
"Hiss! Now that you put it that way it's true!"
"Good fellow! You're going to work in the factory until you die, right?"
"I originally thought I was evil enough. Compared to the great master A, I am really a stinky little brother..."
After arranging the factory buildings, it is natural to arrange the corresponding residential areas.
Otherwise, it won’t work if you have a factory but no labor force!
The site for the new residential area is right above the factory building. Xu Mu then framed out an area that is almost the same size as the new factory and also planned it with precise location.
Then, the two new areas were framed and renamed as Liben Industrial Park.
As we all know, the people in the small country attach great importance to the spirit of craftsmanship.
Therefore, inviting them to live in Gotham City and become a glorious worker will surely bring a better future to Gotham City.
Of course, workers have to act like workers. The area in the city center is a high-consumption area, not for you office workers.
In order to prevent you from going to the commercial street in the Butterfly District and spending all your hard-earned money on a single stroll, we can only reluctantly help you cut off your connection with the city center and change the road to allow only trucks to pass.
Let the Lisa workers just eat, drink, defecate and urinate in the industrial park.
What?
cage?
Don't talk nonsense! We are still conscientious people.
As a mayor, you have to treat everyone equally!
Since everyone has settled in Gotham City, everyone has the opportunity to obtain a Gotham City household registration!
The people in the Kasamoto Industrial Zone are naturally human beings, and as long as they are human beings, they will yearn for life in a big city.
Therefore, if citizens in the Kasamoto Industrial Zone want to buy a house in the city center, they only need to pay 300% of the original house price.
With probably all the savings of three generations, you can securely register a resident in Gotham City, without cheating anyone.
After setting all this up, Xu Mu raised the tax rate of the industrial park to 30%.
"Will anyone really move in like this..." the players watching the game asked in confusion.
"Population growth depends on the overall happiness of residents." Xu Mu answered simply.
Just because a city is glamorous and beautiful, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a poor side. There will always be some people who go against the trend.
Soon, with the establishment of the new park, Gotham City's population once again ushered in a wave of explosive growth.
Taxes also soared from the original 2,000 gold/day to nearly 5,000 gold/day.
The finances have gone from being extremely poor to being somewhat wealthy now, with a full 50,000 in liquid funds.
Xu Mu took advantage of the situation and set up a primary school in Butterfly District.
The happiness index of the surrounding residents has increased again!
It has reached a relative balance with the low happiness index of the Kasamoto Industrial Zone.
The famous scientist Albert Einstein once said in his book The Theory of Relativity: If you increase my happiness and I decrease my happiness, it means that the total happiness remains unchanged.
Then, Xu Mu called up the hundred times time passage function built into the copy.
Not long after, there was a crisp buzzing sound.
Gotham City successfully reached Level 2 and upgraded to a wealthy village with a population of 2,000!
At the same time, the bank, fire station and police station are also unlocked.
Here comes another difficulty.
According to the law of "Skyline", what you have will be lacking.
After upgrading to a level 2 city, a bank, fire station and police station must be built.
If it is not repaired, the happiness index will drop. Once the index drops, the number of people willing to move in will decrease, and even a large number of residents will leave their homes.
The construction and maintenance costs of these three are extremely expensive!
The bank is the most affordable of the three, costing only 10,000 gold.
But the expenses of the fire department and the police department are huge.
It costs 20,000 gold per building to build.
Maintenance is as high as 5000 gold/day
After all, with the establishment of the fire station, the houses of the unruly people will always catch fire for no reason, and the houses will be robbed for no reason.
On average, each police call costs 500 gold in maintenance costs.
In a village of 2,000 people, there are at least 10 fires and crimes every day. It can be said to be a Gotham City with simple folk customs.
"Damn it! The progress has finally reached me! I went bankrupt at this stage before!" said a player indignantly.
"Fuck! Me too! A bunch of unruly people who have nothing to do every day after eating. They just don't go home in the middle of the night and just wander around on the street. They just wander around! When they get robbed, their happiness index starts to drop. I'm so annoyed!"
"Fires are outrageous. Either my wife starts a fire while cooking, or my naughty kids start a fire while playing with firecrackers. My city lives in dire straits every day."
“I guess A-shen is going to do something amazing again! He won’t build a fire station or a police station.”
"But if we don't build it, the citizens' happiness will drop directly... These unruly people are so damn hard to deal with!"
"Wait for Master A to give some advice!"
Just as a group of players were looking forward to Xu Mu's next move.
Xu Mu finally took action.
Of course we have to build a fire station and a police station.
Just like what the players said, if you don’t build it, it will be regarded as an incomplete city facility, and your happiness value will plummet!
There is a very scary hidden chain reaction in Skyline.
Suppose the government is unable to rebuild a city financially.
Once the population loss exceeds 30%, the city will be involved in the death bankruptcy effect.
The logic is this.
When your city reaches a certain size, your public facilities buildings will be fixed daily expenses. Even if the city is emptied, these fixed expenses will still exist.
But your population has already been lost, output has fallen, and tax revenue will fall.
Once tax revenue drops, the government will become poorer and will be unable to maintain its original fixed expenditures.
This will cause the happiness of the remaining citizens to continue to decline.
Then the rhythm of the death bankruptcy effect began.
The remaining citizens move away when their happiness drops to a certain level →→ the city's fiscal revenue further decreases →→ it is unable to maintain more equipment →→ the citizens move away again.
The larger the city, the greater the fixed expenses, and the less able it is to withstand the impact of death and bankruptcy.
In reality, every country has a central financial backstop, so even if a region goes bankrupt, the country can still help save it.
But in "Skylines", each city built by players is an independent entity, and there is no possibility of any country helping out.
Once you are involved in the death bankruptcy effect, it is equivalent to directly playing Ji Ji.
Unless your city treasury can afford a complete reconstruction of the city, or continue to exempt from taxes until the population returns to its original level.
Therefore, every time a city is upgraded, it is actually like a cultivator going through a tribulation, facing a dangerous impact brought about by the need to improve city services.
The current high expenses of the police and fire departments may very well be the last straw that breaks the camel's back for Gotham City.
In the copy.
Xu Mu didn't say anything nonsense, but directly dragged the copy interface and moved the view to the suburbs of Gotham City, on a towering hill.
Then, under everyone's curious gaze.
There are two buildings on the top of the mountain.
One is the police station and the other is the fire station.
As soon as this action was taken, it instantly aroused doubts among countless spectating players, and heated discussions broke out instantly!
"ha?"
“Why are the police station and the fire station here?”
"This place is a million miles away from the Butterfly District in the center of Gotham City. Did A-shen Boss put it in the wrong place due to hand shaking?"
"Putting it here doesn't seem to increase the citizens' happiness. I've tried it before! It can only increase happiness if it is placed in an area where citizens frequently move around. And the denser the citizens, the higher the happiness increase."
"So what's going on?"
"I'm preaching. Every move made by Master A was beyond my expectations..."
Right at this moment.
"Watch out, the next step is the key to breaking the deadlock." Xu Mu said softly.
The lively light screen suddenly became quiet.
All the players widened their eyes, staring at Xu Mu's actions in the copy without blinking, afraid of missing any details.
Want to see how he will resolve the new round of financial crisis.
