This Game Is Too Realistic

Two minutes after the regulation was issued, Chu Guang was surrounded by excited players before he could walk away from the sign.

"Administrator, how should I fill in the application form?"

"Boss Dawn, are there any restrictions on the type of business? Can it be any business?"

"I want to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables!"

"I want to build a power plant!"

"I want to build a public toilet!"

"I want to sell shit!"

"What the fuck! What’s wrong with you?!"

"..."

There were always players who would say what Chu Guang wanted to say, so Chu Guang remained quiet.

In order to maintain order, Chu Guang raised his hand to signal the players to be quiet, then cleared his throat and continued seriously, "If you want to apply for industrial land, please submit a written application. Oral applications will not be accepted!"

"The paper required for the written application can be bought in the warehouse of the outpost at a price of 1 copper coin. Please contact my assistant if you have any questions. For details on writing the application and the rules for the use of industrial land, please check again in half an hour."

"Now, go back to your tasks!"

The paper needed to write the application form could be bought in the warehouse of the outpost, and the source was mainly from the ruins of apartments and office buildings.

Although it sounded unbelievable, the paper in this world actually lasted much longer than they expected.

That especially applied to some paper certificates, a small number of banknotes, paintings, or books with collectible value; as long as they were not exposed to wind, sunlight, rain, or dampness and mildew, there was no need to mention how long they could be preserved. It wouldn’t be a huge problem even if it stood the test of time forever!

Perhaps it was due to the addition of some kind of antioxidizing material, or it was simply not paper made from wood in the traditional sense.

Chu Guang couldn’t explain the reason, just as he couldn’t explain the technical principle of controllable nuclear fusion.

Technology that was 20 years ahead was high-tech, but technology that was a century ahead was no different from pure magic. It could be broken down when they needed it to, and it could also last forever! 𐍂𝐀Ｎȯ𐌱Êś

In short, he could occasionally recycle some recyclable waste paper. Although it was not luxurious enough to use it to wipe ass, a small amount of office work consumption waste was still acceptable.

However, after seeing the applications handed over to him, Chu Guang felt a trace of doubt.

1 copper coin for one piece of paper.

Sure enough, it’s still too cheap...

There was a crowd of people standing in front of the nursing home.

Although there were only forty Lifestyle Profession players, it still looked like a lot when they gathered together.

"Dear administrator, I think our outpost lacks a barbecue shop! So I want to apply for a twenty-square-meter industrial land to open a barbecue…"

"For the sale of food products, please go to the market at the north gate. Next."

"Papermaking! Administrator, I want to open a paper roll factory! The area doesn’t need to be too big, about one thousand square meters is enough! It’s too uncomfortable to use other materials. Last time, I accidentally touched a ball of…"

"Next!"

"Administrator, pick me, pick me, I want to open a tavern! About two hundred square meters is enough. How can there be no tavern in an open world game?"

Emmm...

This request seems pretty normal.

Chu Guang accepted his application but only glanced at it before giving it back.

"It is recommended that you change your business project to winemaking, and the area should be adjusted to less than one hundred square meters before applying again."

"But, but I want to open a tavern like Cat’s Tail Tavern..."

"Next."

There were always people who did not understand the concept of industries, or the difference between industrial projects and commercial businesses.

Although he blamed himself for not saying it clearly, Chu Guang always felt that doing so was unnecessary.

Was it really difficult to understand what he was thinking about?

It wasn’t!

Anyway, he would allow Little Seven to reject some weird industries and business projects that did not meet the needs of the outpost, or if they violated public order and good customs.

In terms of opening a public toilet, selling shit, setting up barbecue stalls, opening restaurants, pubs, KTVs, or other stuff… It wasn’t that he didn’t want to allow them to do it. It only depended on the occasion and whether it was something the outpost needed.

For example, the outpost was short of bricks, so there was nothing wrong with opening a brick factory.

But if they wanted to open a tavern...

Did they have extra grain to make wine?

If they really want to drink alcohol, they can take off their helmets and drink in real life!

But if someone wanted to open a brewery to synthesize ethanol, Chu Guang would support it wholeheartedly. As one of the most widely used industrial raw materials, there were many places where he could use ethanol.

The warehouse had orders for the purchase of 70% and 95% ethanol for industrial and medical purposes. The current inventory requirements were twenty and ten liters respectively. The price of the order was not too bad. Even if only fifty grams of wine were produced from half a kilogram of grain, players would still be able to profit a little.

There were already some players who had used polygonum sylvestris and other weeds to make liquor ferment, and were imitating the method of making vodka with potatoes, trying to make wine with shofar potatoes.

Some people had tried it with green wheat before, but failed. It contained a small amount of oxalic acid that was difficult to remove, which seemed to have an effect on yeast.

If anyone wanted to apply for industrial land to study winemaking technology, Chu Guang would of course consider granting two plots of land carefully to see what the results would be.

As for the tavern? They could forget it!

Just as the player who wanted to open the tavern left with the application form dispiritedly, the tiny Teng Teng squeezed to the front with her arms held high. She eventually forced her way out of the crowd.

"Me, me, me!" Holding the application form in her hand, her face flushed. She yelled while catching her breath.

"Can I open a Tailor Shop? Forty eight square meters of land is enough, if not, forty square meters would also do."

"Give me the application." Chu Guang accepted the written application from Teng Teng, gave a cursory glance, and then kept it.

"Approved!"

"For industrial land applications approved before noon, the approved land will be allocated in the evening. Please prepare the materials and tools needed for construction by then."

Construction may be an exaggerated term.

At present, the building materials for the outpost were still a bit expensive, and it was not easy to build a house.

So the players who got the land would most likely build a small stall with wood, which was essentially no different from their previous working environment.

Having said that, Teng Teng was still very happy after upgrading from a worker to being self-employed. She jumped up excitedly holding her small fist. "Yeah! Nice!"

Looking at Teng Teng, who still couldn’t reach his height even when jumping, Chu Guang smiled inwardly. However, his expression of indifference remained.

Are you happy now? Haha, it’s too early to be happy!

After opening a Tailor Shop, the clothes and protective gear made could indeed be sold on their own. Whether they were sold to warehouses or to players, all the money earned would belong to them. However, those good-quality furs in the warehouse couldn’t be bought for free.

The current price of a complete deerskin in the warehouse was 6 to 8 silver coins. It would increase a little after winter, but not by too much. There would be no problem in making two to three pieces of clothing with each set of deerskin.

After completing the order of the NPC warehouse, the profit of a piece of clothing was about 2 to 3 silver coins. Chu Guang would take the initiative to adjust this number, so that the player’s income from the NPC would not overflow too much, which would affect the balance of the game.

As for selling to players, it didn’t matter.

The competition in the market would naturally balance out a reasonable price. Beautiful clothes will always be in high demand, so a higher profit is reasonable. However, the players’ spending power and the total market weren’t large enough, so how much players could sell depended on their abilities.

In short, the losses and profits they generated were their responsibility!

No matter what, opening a shop always seemed more profitable than working for someone else.

In addition to Teng Teng’s Tailor Shop, Tomato Eggs’s Butcher Shop was also approved.

After thinking about it, the butchery industry belongs to food processing, and food processing was probably a light industry… There was nothing wrong with putting it in an industrial area.

In short, the wise administrator hesitated for some time before nodding under Tomato Egg’s expectant gaze.

In any case, the Butcher Shop was at least a little more reliable than the barbecue stall.

However, during the winter, there would not be that much prey. The busiest period in the industry had passed. So was it really more profitable to manage the shop than work for the NPC?

Chu Guang didn’t understand it.

But since Chu Guang didn’t need to pay for it, he didn’t bother to worry about those players.

In less than half an hour, Chu Guang checked all the applications and returned the unqualified ones without mercy, leaving only the reliable ones.

In the end, the confirmed plots that would be allocated included a Tailor Shop with a size of six by eight meters, a Butcher Shop with a size of six by eight meters, and a Steelmaking Workshop with a size of twenty by ten meters. They totaled two hundred and ninety six square meters in total.

What surprised Chu Guang was Mosquito’s decision.

He thought this guy would open a wood workshop, but he didn’t expect him to put Goblin Technology in the item column of the application form, and even wrote chemicals in the scope of business.

"Your application cannot be approved. You can’t just write chemicals. You have to specify the specific production project, such as which chemical product you want to produce and its use. All of that information must be clearly described."

Mosquito scratched his head and thought for a moment before he asked, "Then can I change it to weapon manufacturing? And I’m producing its raw materials as well."

Chu Guang thought for a while, but couldn’t fault it. "You can, but you have to provide at least one product and make sure it can be used normally, and… You need a willing customer. Only then can you use it as your main product. If there are new products later, you just need to register them with my assistant. I need to make sure that every piece of industrial land I approve is being used for something that will benefit the shelter. Do you understand what I mean?"

Mosquito nodded repeatedly. "Understood! Hehe, I will rewrite the form!"

I hope this guy really understands what I mean.

Chu Guang didn’t object to him doing some strange experiments, but he still hoped that he would not do something ridiculous and affect other players.

There were orders for gunpowder and smokeless gunpowder on the order wall of the Warehouse, and the Weapon Shop also had some orders for homemade grenades and Molotov Cocktails.

These would not require much creativity, and they were all very profitable.

As for woodworking… They weren’t particularly lacking in that at the moment.

At least five of the newly added players were knowledgeable in the art of carpentry, and the job vacancies left by him didn’t stay vacant for long.

"His workshop has to be arranged a little further away from the resurrection point."

"I don’t want him to blow the nursing home up."

Standing at the nursing home entrance, Chu Guang thought to himself and made a mental note.

All of a sudden, snow started to fall.

After a while, the snow started to get heavier, and the temperature also dropped a lot.

Although the blue coats of the shelter would change its properties in cold weather and reduce heat conduction to keep its user warm, it couldn’t replace fur coats and thick jackets.

Feeling a little cold from the wind blowing against his neck, Chu Guang turned around, planning to go back to the shelter and put on his deerskin coat.

He didn’t expect a commotion to arise from the west gate.

He saw a fisherman rushing back in terror while carrying a plastic bucket and a homemade fishing rod.

"Crabs…"

"Crabs are eating people!"

The player was so terrified that he even lost his shoes while running.