Chapter 138: Arrived at the destination? No! Arrived at the cemetery!
The high tax rate of 90% almost crushed the citizens of Detroit's new district.
They continue to protest and tweet condemnations.
The happiness value in Detroit's new district has also dropped to the bottom!
Even the high happiness level in the old city can no longer maintain this balance.
Gotham City’s overall happiness index has plummeted to below 30!
The happiness index flashed a deep red light, like the citizens' anger that was drifting everywhere.
Faced with this situation, even if Xu Mu had no conscience, he still felt heartbroken.
He decided to do something to make his tormented heart feel better.
Summoning the copy and operating the light screen, Xu Mu built a bank in the new district of Detroit.
Citizens are under so much tax pressure that they can barely pay their mortgages.
Some families have just given birth to a baby and are short of money for milk powder.
Naturally, I would lend them some money to spend and help them through this difficult time.
The loan interest rate cannot be adjusted too high, just 300% will be enough to show for the sake of courtesy.
As soon as this policy came out, all the spectating players were stunned and the discussions exploded!
"Please be a human being!"
"A loan with 300% interest? It's called Tongtian Loan, right?"
"I'm really stupid. I only knew that Gotham City could only raise its tax rate to 90%, but I didn't expect that God A could come up with a Tongtian Loan business..."
"The citizens of Detroit's new district experienced all the dangers of life in just half an hour."
"I just feel sorry for those newborn babies. They have elite parents, but they have to grow up in a family with great difficulties. Whenever I think of this, I... can't wait to plan my new city, hahahaha!"
A bunch of players say one thing and do another.
Although they were condemning, they were eager to try in their hearts.
From another round of skyrocketing faith values, Xu Mu was able to see through their little thoughts.
Humph! The current state of Gotham City is closely related to all of the players here!
If you hadn't been giving me faith points all the time, would I have been blinded by faith and done such an inhumane thing?
Thinking of this, Xu Mu's grief-stricken mood eased a little, and he began to work on transforming Gotham City.
Take a quick look at the current situation.
This group of citizens in the new urban area are specifically used to cut leeks.
After a wave of sharp cuts, the government treasury reserves have reached more than 1 million yuan.
However, everything has two sides.
The tax cuts were too drastic, causing the new district of Detroit to run out of money, and the citizens were penniless and unable to pay taxes.
As a result, the maintenance costs of the entire area are higher than the municipal revenue.
From the initial 10,000 gold/day, it dropped to only 3,000 gold/day
These three thousand yuan were earned by relying on the old town.
After Xu Mu reopened the roads between the two urban areas.
The population of 150,000 that had been accumulated began to plummet!
These intolerable elite citizens drove away from Gotham City frantically without even looking back.
Seeing this scene, Xu Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It was a bad idea.
The car was still there when they left.
However, when they think about the 300% interest debt they are carrying, they will still have to pay it back even if they escape from Gotham City.
Xu Mu finally felt a little more balanced.
After about five minutes of elapsed time, the new district of Detroit had turned into a ghost town, extremely empty.
The total population of Gotham City has returned to over 50,000 people.
However, this is only the first step of Xu Mu's plan.
The people seem to be gone, but the city is still there, and the money has reached over 1 million.
The Internet's memory is always short.
Xu Mu edited the mayor's announcement again and began to recruit talents from outside.
Of course, this time we are recruiting citizens seriously.
After all, if a city wants to develop , money alone is not enough.
Money cannot directly upgrade the level of a city. The population must reach 500,000 before it can become a level 5 small city.
Therefore, even if Xu Mu goes back and forth, there is not much point in harvesting leeks one after another.
During this period, a new batch of outsiders slowly poured into the city.
Xu Mu began to mobilize a large number of people to work on another plan.
Transportation system!
After being upgraded to a level 4 city, Gotham City unlocked its public transportation system.
As we all know, public transportation is a major trump card project for convenience measures.
When making short trips, buses and subways are the most efficient.
However, the construction of the subway can only begin in large cities that have reached level 5.
The most important thing now is to plan the bus routes.
When it comes to setting bus fares, Xu Mu is very far-sighted.
Only 1 gold is required, no matter you are poor or rich, you only need 1 gold to get on the bus!
After all, it's not like an ambulance which has a fixed charge.
If the bus fare is too high, citizens will really choose to walk or drive.
Therefore, even if the upper limit of bus fares can be adjusted to a maximum of 500 gold per person.
Xu Mu was honest and served as a good mayor.
This move moved the watching players to tears.
It's a rare opportunity to be a human being!
However, before their praises had died down.
The expressions of a group of players changed again!
"Wait! What is he doing!?"
"Fuck! He can even do something fancy with the public transportation system?"
"Please be a human being! I can feel the pain of the citizens of Gotham City even through the screen/crying/crying!"
I only saw it from the God’s perspective of the copy.
Although Xu Mu did not raise bus fares.
But he made one minor tweak to the bus routes.
It is obvious that you can drive directly from Butterfly District to Kasamoto Industrial Park, which is a relatively straight line.
Xu Mu chose to arrange the bus to circle around the commercial district.
A bus stop was also set up in the commercial area, and citizens were required to get off and transfer here.
In this way, consumption in commercial areas can be stimulated and taxes can be paid obediently.
As for the bus route to the hospital, Xu Mu directly changed it to go to Gotham Cemetery, and there was no get-off stop when passing the hospital.
After the patients get off the bus at Gotham Cemetery, they have to go straight through the cemetery to the transfer station at the rear exit of the cemetery and then get on the bus to the hospital.
This could increase sales of expensive drugs in hospitals.
This scene made the players call it the devil!
"You think you got on a Gotham City bus and you want to get to your destination? No! You can only get to the cemetery!"
"Only by taking the citizens to the cemetery for a tour and letting them face death firsthand will the citizens take better care of their bodies! A-Bao is setting an example! Where else can we find such a good mayor who cares about the citizens! /Crying/Crying!"
"How come you, kid, have learned to answer questions quickly?/laugh"
Of course, such bus route planning is bound to lead to complaints from some citizens.
But it doesn’t matter, Xu Mu had already considered it.
Want to file a complaint with City Hall?
Sorry, there is no such bus route.
Moreover, Xu Mu made the road in front of the city government very narrow, making traffic jams very likely to occur.
In this case, even if citizens drive to the municipal government to complain, they can only queue up for a lottery.
Once the number of complaints goes down, it means that the citizens have no complaints about Gotham City at all!
Without complaints, the happiness index will naturally increase.
This series of operations left the players stunned.
"When I think God A is about to end his evil deeds, he always comes back with something even more outrageous..."
"I declare! In terms of being inhuman, Master A is also quasi-god-level!"
"How sweet it must be for citizens to live in a city with such a high happiness index?"
"At the scene, I am a citizen of Gotham City. I just fainted from sweetness and just woke up now/dog head/dog head"
However, players can complain as much as they want.
Under Xu Mu's drastic transportation reforms, Gotham City's urban development is also rising steadily.
After all, a city cannot be without its flaws.
Although the bus route is a bit long, it only costs 1 gold from beginning to end, and you can travel the whole city at will.
What else do you want a bicycle?
During the city operation.
Xu Mu was not idle either. He spent another 500,000 gold to buy five pieces of land and started to take practical actions to increase the population.
First, they bought two adjacent wastelands and spent huge amounts of money to transform them into a super industrial zone.
The industrial park here is more than just doing some small-scale secondary processing.
It is to engage in import and export trade.
One is a food grain processing plant.
The other is a wood and paper processing plant.
Then, on the left side of the food factory, buy two pieces of wasteland.
One area is dedicated to animal husbandry and the other is farmland.
Raise some chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep on the ranch.
As citizens of Gotham City, how can we have the energy to work if we eat vegetarian food every day? We must ensure that citizens have meat for every meal!
Moreover, not only meat, but also a series of by-products such as milk, cowhide and wool can be processed to create value.
Another piece of land is planted with staple foods such as potatoes, corn, wheat, rice, and vegetables such as tomatoes, eggplants, beans, and peppers.
The products produced from these two plots of land, one agricultural and one animal husbandry, are transported to food processing plants.
After processing, they are sold to citizens at a 50% higher price.
Those that cannot be sold will be temporarily stored in the factory warehouse and sold to overseas cities after the railway is opened.
Finally, there was a piece of land left, and Xu Mu chose to buy it next to the wood processing plant.
Plant a batch of pine trees for papermaking or furniture processing, plant a batch of rubber trees for producing rubber, and then a batch of fruit trees.
It is also sent to the processing factory for packaging and sold at a 50% higher price.
After these measures were implemented, the happiness of citizens began to soar!
The new district of Detroit, which had just experienced a heavy harvest, also began to see a large influx of citizens.
Xu Mu also changed the tax rate to a reasonable comprehensive rate of around 20%.
Gotham City begins to develop wildly!
After Xu Mu adjusted the elapsed time a hundred times, it was about 10 minutes.
As a burst of celebratory fireworks resounded over the city, a prompt sound also came from the copy.
[Congratulations on upgrading your city to level 5! Small city! ]
[You have unlocked: subway, road toll booth, amusement park, mountain park, university, museum...]
A level 5 city with a population of 500,000 has unlocked more than a dozen new buildings and measures at once!
But the problems that followed became increasingly severe, and the difficulty of the copy challenge soared!
As we all know, the unruly people in Gotham City are the type who want whatever they can get.
Originally, in order to quickly increase the city's population, Xu Mu had spent a huge amount of money to purchase five additional pieces of land, and then carried out a series of renovations and construction.
Spend all the huge sum of millions of dollars!
The area of Gotham City has also grown from the original small county town to a metropolis with a population of 500,000!
However, the disadvantages of spending money like crazy to quickly increase the population have gradually become apparent.
There is no pillar industry in the city.
Just looking at the maintenance expenses of Gotham City, it reaches a high amount of 50,000 gold per day!
At present, it relies on about 20% taxes, as well as some park ticket fees, ambulance fees, or some money from food processing.
It is no longer possible to meet the rigid expenditure of 50,000 yuan a day.
You even have to spend about 10,000 gold every day for maintenance.
Moreover, after upgrading to a level 5 small city, all newly unlocked facilities must be put on the agenda for implementation.
All the expenses put together have put Gotham City under unprecedented financial pressure!
This scene made the spectating players gasp in amazement.
"Damn it! I was just complaining about how crazy God A is when it comes to making money. But now it seems that even if he makes money like this, it's not enough for future development... This dungeon is worthy of being S-level, it's too difficult!"
"This is no longer a level we can touch... My small city went bankrupt at level 2, and I have no say."
"It feels difficult. Although I have never played such a high level, the problem now is not only to balance the expenses, but also to develop to the next level of large cities with a population of 5 million!"
"500,000 gold coins are spent every day for 500,000 people. Who can afford this for 5 million people?"
"This is what happens when there is no urban industrial pillar. This is also the case with many cities in reality. A city may seem to have a large population, but its economy just cannot develop."
"How about we just end it here, Master A? Thank you very much for teaching us so much!" Some thoughtful players have begun to speak for Xu Mu.
Although their realm was not high enough and they did not know the existence of faith value, they thought Xu Mu was working for the low-level players for free.
However, they also understand the nature of human nature to some extent.
As the saying goes, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant.
Now Xu Mu seems to have taught a lot of things and provided a lot of very practical strategies to the grassroots players.
But once the copy can't hold on any longer, it will go wrong and the city will go bankrupt.
But we have to smash this sign!
After all, people only remember the successful ones, and anything the losers say is wrong.
Even though most people remember Xu Mu's kindness, there are always a few bad apples who want to jump out and cause trouble.
"Yeah, Master A, why don't we stop here today? We are all a little tired of watching, and it's about time for you to take a break." A player reacted and echoed.
“I am very satisfied to have learned so much.”
"That's right. Before, my city was at most a level 2 city. Now after reading the guide from Master A, I have the confidence to upgrade it to level 4! This is already a huge leap!"
"Thanks for the strategy, sir!!"
Xu Mu was still busy recalling the fastest leveling strategy he had learned while playing this game in his previous life.
Suddenly I felt that my faith value had increased again.
He switched screens and glanced at the light screen.
After seeing the players spontaneously persuading him to take a rest, Xu Mu's brows suddenly raised slightly.
“These guys…”
Xu Mu had a blank expression on his face, but he still smiled slightly in his heart.
Originally, before this, Xu Mu simply regarded these players as objects with which to exchange interests.
I provide strategies for myself, and they provide faith values for myself.
That's all.
Xu Mu had no doubt that if anything happened to him, no one here who had been taught by him would come forward to speak for him.
The players in the East Region are the best example. They will help whoever wins.
But it seems now.
There is a fundamental difference between the players in the Southern Region and those in the Eastern Region.
The different growing environments make them not as profit-driven as the players in the Eastern Region.
Instead, it has a touch of humanity.
They are even afraid that the difficulty of the dungeon is too high, which will bring them pressure or bring negative impact if the dungeon is not completed.
They will also actively persuade themselves to end the copy.
I'm sorry.
I am a bit of a rebellious person.
The less you want to watch, the more I will teach you!
"Next, I will show you how to upgrade to a level 6 large city directly within half an hour." Xu Mu glanced at the messages that were still urging him to rest, and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
"Watch out, I'll only teach you this once!"
