In the study, Shado ended his communication with Doom on Everriska's side, turned to look at Leiden, who had been here for a while, and asked:
"Did you encounter any difficulties in promoting the trip to another dimension?"
"Everyone is very enthusiastic and has not encountered any problems for the time being. However, many people have come to the Government Affairs Department to inquire about the purchase of shops and houses in the Floating City. How should I reply?"
"I made an omission in this matter. I told you that not only shops, but also residences in the floating city are allowed to be bought and sold. In order to avoid being too scattered, we will temporarily open the sale of residences in two communities, and we will increase the number later depending on the situation."
There were people living in the floating city community before, but they were mostly used as rewards, such as winners of the Tower of Time monthly exams, toppers in various competitions, outstanding teachers, etc.
There are also some purchased by Tower of Time mages to accommodate their families when visiting the Floating City, and then directly allocated to Tower of Time members after they reach a certain level. Currently, this part includes new mages who have passed the mid-level assessment and the heads of various departments.
It is not open to ordinary people, but it is shops. They have been opened a long time ago, but there are very few people who actually buy shops. Most of them are only bought by some foreign chambers of commerce (rights of use). In the impression of local resident Xia Duo, no one buys them.
Pass.
Thinking of this, Sha Duo gave instructions again: "After this trip to the alien plane, the floating city may visit regularly in various places on the main plane. You can reveal this news.
“So the prices of shops will increase, including after the existing shop agreement period ends, and prices will increase regularly in the future.
"If territorial residents want to open a store in the floating city, the price is the same as that of outsiders, but the Government Affairs Department can introduce a subsidy policy. If outsiders hire a certain number of local residents, they can also provide certain subsidies.
“As for housing, it is set at 30 times the median annual income of residents in Linshui Town, and is adjusted monthly. If outsiders want to purchase, the price will be increased by 30% to encourage outsiders to naturalize.
"This trip to another dimension will provide free food and accommodation in the territory, allowing everyone to experience life on the floating city."
In Xia Duo's plan, it is best to maintain the ground or natural environment. For example, the land currently developed in Daxia Territory may be restored to forests or other natural landscapes in the future.
By that time, everyone will be living in the floating city, and at the same time, high-priced original ecological residences are being developed on the ground, similar to the villa estates on the outskirts of the city.
Of course, it is also necessary to retain some surface cities, mainly based on future development.
Originally, Xia Duo planned to allow people to move to the floating city voluntarily, but the cost of living in the floating city was much higher than on the ground.
In his original plan, he would not introduce various policies or organize various activities to encourage people to migrate until industrialization was initially completed, at least.
But in reality, many unplanned events often occur, such as potential war threats, the collapse of demons, drow, dragon madness, and even abyss invasion, which may cause fixed settlements to suffer unbearable impacts.
Therefore, Xia Duo decided to take advantage of the opportunity of this decisive battle with the Illuminati to move the people to the floating city. He tried to bring everyone with him on the journey to another dimension, and later tried to get more people to buy homes in the floating city.
Of course, just living there is not enough, you also need to provide them with work plans, which means that the industries on the ground also need to be moved to the floating city.
This is good for some industries, such as those undergoing magic transformation, but for new industries, such as magic glue monster breeding farms and rubber shoe factories, even if the already built factory facilities can be relocated, it will still require a lot of effort.
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In addition, there are some industries that may be severely hit, such as the construction industry that has just picked up and is developing in the territory.
If everyone lives in floating cities in the future, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the middle and low-end practitioners in the construction industry. Almost all of these people are facing the crisis of being eliminated or changing careers.
Although this is almost an inevitable trend in the magical world, if you take too big a step, you will inevitably end up in trouble.
So Xia Duo's plan is - after this trip to another dimension is over, that is, after the Illuminati crisis is completely resolved, he will not give up the development and management of the ground territory for the time being, but will subtly guide the people to move to the floating city.
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It also develops access routes to friendly cities in the main plane, turning Chang'an City into a model new city suitable for long-term residence and prosperous business, further attracting residents in the territory and outsiders to immigrate.
Now and in the future, many policies in the territory will differentiate between local residents and outsiders, attracting and encouraging outsiders to naturalize. Of course, doing so does not mean that Xia Duo will lower the naturalization threshold of Daxia Territory.
Not only will it not decrease, it will even increase.
After all, with the territory’s current environment and policies, he really couldn’t think of any reason for outsiders to choose not to join!
The only reason he could think of was that he didn't understand, but as long as the floating city flew frequently and took the initiative to show itself, he believed that outsiders would definitely regard the Great Xia Territory as their pursuit in this life.
He wants to be a beacon in the magical world!
In addition to developing regular visiting routes to friendly cities, there is also a big weapon that must be used, that is, the communication lock. In addition to direct warfare capabilities, the right to speak is also an extremely powerful force.
There has always been a saying in Xia Duo's hometown - "If you don't occupy the high ground of public opinion, your enemies will occupy it." This is intended to remind everyone of the importance of the right to speak.
At present, the only thing left to promote the Tower of Time Communication Mystery Lock in the Northland and even the entire main plane is the divine grace of some Ms. Mystery. As long as we can obtain enough divine grace, we can apply for a patent for the Communication Mystery Lock and use Ms. Mystery's holy emblem.
Staying in the Mystery Lock can greatly intimidate the elves, allowing them to successfully pass the most critical user accumulation period of the platform.
As long as users accumulate to a certain number and have a certain degree of stickiness, it will be almost impossible for latecomers to catch up, unless the first movers are overheated and make major decision-making mistakes one after another.
Although Xia Duo has not personally operated a platform, he has personally witnessed the rise of different types of platforms, which of course includes communication platforms.
There is still a lot of experience that can be built on how to increase user stickiness and build a moat.
As for further development, there is no need to worry too much. You can refer to the big penguin in Xia Duo's hometown. As long as the monopoly of the platform itself is not lost, there is almost unlimited trial and error costs. What can you do that cannot succeed?
As long as there is fair competition, the strong will never lose to the weak.
Of course, Big Penguin also has many things worthy of criticism. Xia Duo believes that these are mostly caused by the conservative tendency brought about by monopoly, and it is also a change of original intention.
Is it to bring a better experience to users or to make money?
Xia Duo will also think about making money, but he will not take making money as his fundamental goal. He will build and develop an unprecedented magical civilization. As long as his original intention remains unchanged, he will not worry about the communication mystery lock becoming a target that everyone in the main plane wants to fight.