It will take some time for Wudu's Cultural Festival to open, and similar activities have taken place across the country under the rising tide of the Metaverse.
The purpose is naturally to attract Yuanverse-related supporting industries to settle in one-third of an acre of land, develop the regional economy, and improve the people's growing material and cultural life needs.
Well...this wind has been blowing for a long time, and it is currently expanding disorderly and growing wildly.
Crossing the river by feeling the stones, there is no mature experience in the world to follow. The senior management who originally held an attitude of not opposing or encouraging saw that something was wrong, duplicating investment, and causing serious waste in construction, and introduced a series of policies and regulations, among which
One of them is to evaluate the local hardware and software facilities to see if they have the conditions to jump into this surging tide and make money.
Let’s not talk about software, let’s talk about hardware. One of the hardest indicators is the number of players and tourists.
How can you develop the economy of the Metaverse when there are only a few players and tourists?
This alone blocks most areas out of the door. How many players and tourists are there in the country? The total is just 110,000. 110,000 seems like a lot, but economically developed coastal areas have unique advantages and a siphon of talents.
The effect makes these people spontaneously gather in these areas. Inland areas, especially economically underdeveloped areas, cannot retain even if there are players.
Some places didn't pay attention to it, or didn't pay enough attention to it. Seeing this raging tide coming, brother regions and cities are full of fat and rich, and the GDP growth figures are rising like a rocket.
How can anyone not be jealous?
Don't doubt their ability to act and execute on major matters related to their official status.
Therefore, whether there are conditions or not, whether prefecture-level cities or small county-level cities that you have never heard of, they have all introduced various preferential policies to attract players and tourists to settle down in their one-third of an acre of land.
It feels a lot like the early days of reform and opening up, when they desperately tried to attract foreign investment.
Tax reductions and exemptions, security and privacy considerations, as well as housing, transportation, supporting facilities in the Yuanverse, humanistic environment, family registration, medical treatment, children's schooling, etc., have all been taken into consideration, and many places have sent out "Directors of Investment Promotion Offices"
, he did not hesitate to visit in person, showing the professionalism and sincerity of a salesman running the business.
If the player himself can't do the job, he will become the player's relative... In short, everyone has received a fatal task. If he can't complete it, it will affect his official career. My dear mother, it will affect his official career. Who can not be serious?
Of course, as the central city of the Yangtze River and Pearl River Delta, Dawu does not have this problem, but it must be strictly guarded against its brothers and provinces from crossing the border, and it must also be wary of the counties and cities below taking advantage of itself. This kind of
Under such circumstances, we can only be forced to introduce a series of preferential policies for players and tourists.
The day after the server was stopped for updates, Du Shiyu and Xia Miaomiao received their tax refund bills. Staff from the tax bureau came to their door in person and handed a symbolic check to the two. There were also reporters taking pictures and television cameras recording...
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After seeing these people off in a lively manner, Xia Miaomiao waved the check and said that happiness came too fast and suddenly, making people unprepared at all.
In another small city, Aunt Xue also just received a notice that the city, considering her actual difficulties and conditions, allocated her a house in one of the most luxurious communities, which is the so-called "low-rent house".
Of course Aunt Xue knew about the low-rent housing. She had applied for the low-rent housing since it was introduced, but every time she heard nothing, she didn't need to apply this time, and it was delivered to her door.
I excitedly took my daughter to the community where I was assigned a house, and when I saw it, I was shocked.
The community is very luxurious, the supporting facilities are very high-end, it is already the local ceiling, and it is a small villa with a single family. Each household has a yard, an independent access control, and an intelligent electronic identification lock on the access control.
Saw it on TV...
After repeatedly confirming with the staff that there was no mistake, Aunt Xue walked into the new home rented for 200 RMB per month in a daze. She learned that the future residents of this area will be tourists and that the place where players live is better than this.
On the other side of the artificial lake, the city has spent a lot of effort renovating it and building it like a palace.
Not to mention Aunt Xue's fear and uneasiness, Xie Xiaomeng was very happy, running upstairs and downstairs like a madman, choosing her own room, planning what to put in this place and how to decorate that room.
When he turned around, he saw that his mother was still there, and she comforted her: "Mom, stay safe and bold, we can afford it."
"I rented such a big place for only 200 yuan..."
"The point is not money, but qualifications and status."
"We are a common man with a flat head..."
"Wrong, you are no longer an ordinary person. You are a person who has the qualifications to enter the metaverse, virtual life, and the second world. There are only 110,000 people like you in the country and the world. You are one of the very few among the 7 billion people.
Lucky man, if I keep you, I will keep the qualifications and tickets to enter it. Do you think you are qualified to live here?"
"Ah? But I, I just buy pancakes in the game..."
"You are just begging for food in the game, and the nature is the same."
After listening to her daughter's enlightenment, Aunt Xue's anxious heart finally calmed down a little, and she had the energy to look at this new home.
It's too, too luxurious. It's so luxurious that I don't dare to touch the things here for fear of getting dirty or broken.
It was too, too big, so big that it scared her. The living room on the first floor was bigger than her original doghouse. The leather sofa could be used as a bed. She sat on it carefully, and her whole body sank in, as if
It's like being held and massaged, not to mention how comfortable it is.
The TV was also huge and scary. It was just a wall, and there were various unfamiliar facilities. Young people accepted it quickly. By now, they had already put on VR glasses and connected to the Internet with all the smart devices at home.
The door suddenly opened, and a cute and naive robot walked out. The robot came to Xie Xiaomeng with a tray in hand, and said cutely, "Master, the milk tea you want."
"yeah!"
Xie Xiaomeng took off her VR glasses, picked up the milk tea on the tray, and looked at the robot curiously.
"What's your name?"
"Hey, please give me your name, Master!"
"He also gave me a name...haha..."
Aunt Xue was also amused and asked uncertainly: "Then... shall we stay?"
"Stay, live with confidence and boldness!"
"But what should you do, Grandma Wang?"
"Didn't you say we would send it to a nursing home? Do you still want to take it over?"
"..."
"Wait a minute. When the person left just now, he said that if you have any difficulties, just come to them. They are dedicated to serving us."
"Why bother others with this kind of thing?"
"You don't understand this, don't you? This is their job, just like the old retirement home... The phone is connected, hello..."
The matter was settled after seeing my daughter divide three times five by two. They were very enthusiastic. Not only did they agree to send Grandma Wang and her husband to the best nursing home, but they also sent people regularly to check on how the two old people were doing.
No fees were mentioned...
What used to be a huge problem is now solved with just a phone call.
Aunt Xue was full of emotions. Looking at this home that belonged to her, it felt like she was dreaming.
Unexpectedly, just after he said he accepted her, Xie Xiaomeng started to sing the opposite tune again.
"Stay there, you won't be able to stay long anyway."
"Ah, why?"
"In the future, there will be more players and tourists, and things will become more expensive when they are rare. Since they are no longer rare, naturally there will be no such good things."
Aunt Xue became silent after hearing this.
Looking at this home again, it is a place that I never dreamed of owning. I didn’t dare to think about it before, but now that I have it, I feel extremely reluctant to give it up.
Look at this, touch that, Xie Xiaomeng didn't say anything, just waiting for her to change her attitude.
"My daughter, listen to you and expand your business."
Xie Xiaomeng smiled brightly, took Aunt Xue's hand and said: "That's right, if you don't move forward, you will only be eliminated. It would be a pity not to rush forward while we still have the first-mover advantage. You will regret it later."
of."
Having made the decision to 'run forward', Aunt Xue was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
"It's very simple. Save the money you make now, find an opportunity to cooperate with the NPCs in Punk City, open a restaurant, bring the real-life services and quality into the game, do the NPC's business, do the players' business, no matter what
I’m worried that I can’t open up the situation.”
"That requires a lot of money. It's just a pancake stall. How long will it take to save up?"
"Yes, so I need a loan."
When it comes to borrowing money, Aunt Xue instinctively rejects it, "Girl, no matter how difficult it is these years, I have never borrowed a penny from anyone. Besides, the interest rate is too high. If it fails, I will sell your mother.
It’s not even enough!”
"If you are not as good as me, what else can you do if you are afraid of this or that? It is precisely because of the risk that you can climb ahead of others. If it can be done easily, then it can be done by one person, so what else?
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What my daughter said makes sense, and Aunt Xue knows it.
But the truth is this: when she thinks about borrowing loan sharks from institutions, she still can't get over the hurdle in her heart.
Your current income and life are already very satisfying, is it worth taking such a risk?
"Mom, just listen to me. Please, this is only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I still want to be a rich second generation. If you don't think about yourself, you should think about my future. Why don't you fight now?
It’s a good foundation. In the future, I’ll be able to rely on it and don’t have to struggle. How great!”
"You girl..."
"Let's do it, let's do it, let me be a rich second generation who just eats and waits for death, okay!"
"I don't know how much it will cost...I'll find someone to ask after the server is launched."
"You agreed?"
"For so much money, even if you sell me..."
"Long live, long live!"
"I...if I lose money in the future, I will sell you to pay back the money!"
"Sell me, sell me, I have no objection!"
"Damn girl!"
The most important decision in her life, Aunt Xue's heart was beating wildly and she was distracted all day long.
One moment I thought about how much money it would cost to open this restaurant. The other moment I thought about it if it failed and creditors came to ask for accounts every day. What should my daughter do? The next moment I thought about it, if I succeeded, wouldn't I become like my own boss?
People, take one last look at this new home and think how great it would be if they were not its tenants but its owners...
Xie Xiaomeng, however, was confident, so she called and established connections. Through a certain form from a classmate, a player's form, and connections with some game guild, she found out a few conditions for opening a store in Punk City.
First, there must be an NPC who is willing to cooperate and owns real estate in Punk City.
This step is the most difficult, because it is not only a matter of money, but also involves gaining favorability, that is, completing NPC tasks.
The NPCs in Punk City are all human beings. If they are subjective, they will find ways to help players meet the rigid requirements of this system faster and give them some simple tasks to complete. If they are unwilling or not so willing, they can
Players spend their time... In short, there are fewer and fewer NPCs like this in Punk City. They are almost becoming bosses by institutions and life and leisure players, and it is really difficult to deal with them.
The second is funds. The system also has regulations in this regard. Someone has calculated that even the smallest store with only one store cannot be opened without 50 gold. The first is the security deposit of Punk City, and the second is the prepaid taxes.
, the third is the rent, the fourth is the decoration, the fifth is the various open and covert expenses required for opening the business, it is easy to say the open costs, and the dark costs depend on the situation, various emergencies, various accidental factors, etc.
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Oh my god, 50 gold!
How long does it take to save based on the income from your own pancake stall?
"Save it yourself? You may not be able to save enough after the public beta test, so it will naturally be a loan."
After hearing that there was such a high door frame, Xie Xiaomeng was not afraid of the difficulty, but instead became more positive and proactive.
"Otherwise, forget it..."
"Mom, no one can help you with the first condition. Are there any NPCs you know well in the game?"
Aunt Xue wanted to say no, but as she spoke, she suddenly remembered her experience in the game, her face turned red for no reason, and she forced herself to deny it calmly.
"That's going to be difficult...Mom, if you go look for it when the server opens this time, maybe you'll be lucky enough to run into it?"
"How many people have tried to open a store but failed. Your mother is just a tourist..."
"Everything depends on human effort, didn't you teach me that?"
"...Then let me try."
The server was launched on time at midnight the next day. Her daughter had already gone to bed. Aunt Xue took a bath and logged into the game with confused and complicated thoughts.
Familiar punk city, the streets and alleys are not much different from before. As soon as they walked out of the teleportation point, a group of NPC children clapped their hands, laughed and sang around, "Jianbing Xishi, Jianbing Xishi is online!"
"Pancake Xi Shi" is not a word unique to the game, and the NPCs don't know who Xi Shi is, but in their understanding, Xi Shi means "beautiful angel". As the players shouted, the NPC also called her, indicating that Aunt Xue
He also has a bit of fame, at least among NPCs.
Arriving at the restaurant where she was working, the owner and player saw her coming and said hello. Aunt Xue did not want to go straight to the kitchen like before, but looked at the NPCs sitting in the store and there were obviously many more players than usual, and hesitated.
Yu.
At this time, a bearded NPC came over and asked her how she considered her last proposal?
When she was waiting to see the person, Aunt Xue panicked and walked into the kitchen without saying yes or no.
"Marry me and I will help you open a store..."
The bearded NPC chased and shouted from behind.
Shutting out the NPC's laughter, the players' unclear comments, and the player's store owner's complicated eyes, Aunt Xue touched her hot face with one hand and leaned against the door for a long time, unable to calm down.
