Chapter 85 Base Manager

Chapter 85 Base Manager

Very weird scene.

This was Ye Tianyu's only thought when he entered the shopping building.

Department stores in shopping buildings in the past should have had a variety of shelves and cabinets filled with a dazzling array of products. They were also cooled by central air-conditioning and the lights were soft and warm, making people want to do some shopping when they entered. .

what has become now
In the shopping mall, the shelves and products are gone, replaced by piles of garbage. It seems that the people at the base have transformed this place into a warehouse, specially stacking some things obtained from fighting monsters, or things that are not needed.

On the first floor, the other shops have also undergone a comprehensive change. Ye Tianyu doesn't know what the original shop looked like.

The only shops he knew now were blacksmiths, tailors, and apothecaries.
"Brother Ye, what do you think of the base?" Yan Xiaoyu asked with some amusement.

He also saw the expression on Ye Tianyu's face. Yan Xiaoyu was also quite amused and surprised that Brother Ye, who killed monsters like a dog, had such a surprised reaction.

Ye Tianyu thought for a while, and finally gave his evaluation slowly: "I always feel that I have come to the Middle Ages, which is entering the process of modernization."

Lin Yuan walked beside him, and couldn't help but smile when he heard this comment.

Because it is rare for Ye Tianyu to have a good evaluation, at least Lin Yuan thinks so.

Bright tiles and smooth glass doors, white light bulbs that have long been out of power, and elevators that cannot be moved. Although these modern equipment have lost their power supply, at least they still have a bit of elegance and beauty brought by technology. When customers come in, they think about the style of shopping.

But now, the luxury store that originally sold jewelry and goldware was full of smoke, and the big man with the hammer head and his upper body was bare-chested, forging iron, and the booth was full of weapons made of high-quality steel and high-quality iron.

Occasionally, some coarse cloth, animal skins and other fabrics can be seen on the counters of some stores. The friendly-looking brother is sewing carefully with an embroidery needle, and a little girl next to him is helping him.

People are also coming and going in the hall. With the sunshine coming in from the outside, even without the cooling air of the central air conditioner, people are still doing their own things despite sweat.

Yan Xiaoyu smiled aphasia, and seemed to think of something, with a lonely expression: "Accurately speaking, it should be entering the modern age of the Middle Ages."

"Without electricity, this shopping building is like a shell without a soul, leaving only a beautiful outer shell." Yan Xiaoyu murmured: "Don't look at the people here who seem to be very angry, in fact, most of them They're all heavy-hearted and working numbly."

Ye Tianyu frowned, and then carefully observed the people who were working.

Sure enough, as Yan Xiaoyu said, most people are doing their jobs expressionlessly. Although it is not passive or bored, there is still a feeling of numbness, as if they are doing something that has nothing to do with themselves. Related things are just to enable myself to survive.

The atmosphere was very depressing. Even if some leading base personnel took the lead in their work with passion, they still couldn't stop the heaviness that permeated people's hearts, which was as dark as the deep sea.

"This disaster of the fusion of different worlds happened suddenly. Many people have not been able to adapt to it. In addition, they have lost their previous entertainment methods, convenient tools such as mobile phones and electrical appliances, and the company of family and relatives, and the invasion of other worlds The sense of crisis brought about by the monster makes everyone feel very heavy."

"Although the managers have tried their best to let everyone have a job and let them adapt to the arrival of the new era, the effect is still not enough. Most people are under a lot of pressure." Yan Xiaoyu said calmly, as if narrating A thing that has nothing to do with oneself.

Unlike Ye Tianyu and the others, Yan Xiaoyu has stayed in this base for more than ten days, eating and living with the people here, so he knows the situation here very well.

"The people here need an opportunity to change, an opportunity to make them angry." Yan Xiaoyu said lightly.

"Opportunities are often hard to come by!" Lin Yuan responded.

His eyes kept scanning the crowd walking back and forth on the first floor, like a calmest spectator, able to see through people's surface emotions and see their inner essence.

Seeing that the conversation between the two was getting more and more biased, Ye Tianyu interrupted in time: "I said, we should go up to the sixth floor to meet with the manager now, instead of talking about 'how to improve and promote people's spirits'." Cultural literacy' is such an issue of people's livelihood."

After being reminded by Ye Tianyu, Yan Xiaoyu realized that he stopped at some point and stood there to introduce Ye Tianyu and the two of them.

"We talked as we walked." Yan Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly.

The three of them walked to the escalator. The escalator stagnated due to the lack of power supply. People who went up and down the stairs had to rely on their own feet for "manual lifting".

Yan Xiaoyu walked up first, and said as he walked: "The second and third floors have now been transformed into rest areas, and the clothes in the original clothing store have also been transformed into beds and other supplies by tailors. At night, you can see more than 3000 people. A scene where people sleep together."

After going up to the second floor, Ye Tianyu took a special look at the scene on this floor, and it was exactly what Yan Xiaoyu said.

The bright and smooth tiled floor is almost covered with all kinds of bed sheets, and there is a little space between the beds for footsteps, which makes people feel like they have entered the ocean of beds.

Each bed is made of a variety of fabrics, just like the sheets made of Baijiabu, full of earthy to extreme tide.

"The conditions are much better now. When you first came here, there weren't so many sheets for you to sleep on. Most people just leaned on the floor for the night." Yan Xiaoyu narrated calmly.

"At that time, I felt for the first time that sleeping is such a painful thing. It is very uncomfortable to rest my head on the hard floor. Even if I use clothes to make a soft pillow, I still feel uncomfortable." Yan Xiao fish continued.

From now until the end, Yan Xiaoyu spoke in a flat and emotionless tone. The introduction that came out of his mouth was like the most concise phrases in the instruction manual. It was just a simple narrative without favoritism or emotion. to speak of.

But it is undeniable that saying these things that deserve people's pity in the most plain tone is often the most effective.

This is also Yan Xiaoyu's selfishness. He hopes that Ye Tianyu and Lin Yuan can stay and help the construction of the base, instead of staying in the antique shop and "keep their ears off the window and only want to fight monsters and upgrade".

He made a promise to Ye Tianyu that he would join their team in the future to hunt and kill monsters together.

But on the other hand, he also wanted Ye Tianyu and Lin Yuan to join the base. In this way, he would not disappoint his promise to Ye Tianyu, and he could also take good care of the captain's sister at close range.

After getting along with each other all day yesterday, although the time was not too long, the three of them at least experienced a battle of blood and iron, and the friendship established in the battle often becomes stronger. Through the experience in the battle, we can also see It shows what a person's nature is.

As the saying goes: The friendship between men is nothing more than carrying guns together, prostitution together, sharing stolen goods together, and going to the same window together.

Although the three of them had no experience of carrying a gun, Yan Xiaoyu thought that he had a good shoulder, at least he could carry things for Brother Ye and the others, so he had carried a gun.

The three-level self-propelled humanoid bag, no matter who will like it!
But it's a pity that Yan Xiaoyu took a peek at the two of them, but found that Lin Yuan's expression didn't change much. It seemed that these things were just a gust of wind to him, and it passed away after a while.

On the contrary, Ye Tianyu was thoughtful, lowering his eyes and wondering what he was thinking.

The three of them fell into an eerie silence for a moment, and then unknowingly arrived at the dining area on the fourth floor.

"It's almost time for lunch. The chefs should be cooking now." Yan Xiaoyu pointed to the prosperously decorated shops.

Ye Tianyu looked curiously at the different places on this floor. Unlike the "gradually medieval" first floor and the "gradually refugee camp" second and third floors, the decoration and appearance of the fourth and fifth floors have not changed much from the previous days. .

Before the cataclysm, this area was also a dining area. Various hot pot restaurants and restaurants were located here, specially for customers who came to the shopping mall to eat out.

The situation is similar now. It seems that the base manager has also set aside this area to be responsible for the meals for more than 3000 people. With his own hearing, Ye Tianyu can vaguely hear the sound of stir-frying with a spatula and the sizzling sound of sesame oil.

"Where do you get the gas to cook?" Ye Tianyu asked.

Today's restaurants basically use gas stoves supplied by electrical appliances to cook rice and stir-fry.

And after the power is cut off, where can I get the electrical appliances to cook?
It's impossible to use firewood like in an antique shop.
"In the game store, there are special tools for starting a fire, as well as magic props for continuous fire. After the chef in the store buys it, of course, there is no need for electrical appliances such as gas stoves. Put the magic props under the boiler, and it will be finished after a while. There is a fire coming out to cook." Yan Xiaoyu explained.

"Buy?" Ye Tianyu keenly caught a word, "The cook in your base is so strong, can you still go out to kill monsters to get strange news points?"

Yan Xiaoyu shook his head with a smile, "Of course not. If everyone dared to go out to kill monsters, the base wouldn't need to form a team to go out. Wouldn't it be better for all the people to develop in a prosperous way?"

"Then how do you buy it? Is there a merchant from another world in your base who resells goods back and forth and makes a fortune?" Ye Tianyu guessed.

Yan Xiaoyu smiled even more happily, and joked: "Brother Ye, you have too much imagination, how could the plot in the novel appear in reality, the reason is actually very simple, the chefs here are not bought with survival points, but You buy things with coins."

Before Ye Tianyu could continue to ask questions, Yan Xiaoyu continued to explain: "The manager led everyone to this shopping building. After initially establishing the rules, he recycled all the coins in the store, and then used these coins to replace the survival points. For internal circulation of goods.”

"Coins? One dollar and fifty cents?" Ye Tianyu asked.

"That's right, ten cents is equivalent to 1 survival value, one dollar is equivalent to 10 survival value, and fifty cents is equivalent to 50 survival value, which can barely circulate the commodities inside the base." Yan Xiaoyu said.

Ye Tianyu was a little surprised, he really didn't expect the base manager to use this kind of transaction method.

"The output of the survival value comes from the combatants who go out to kill monsters. Are they willing to use these coins instead of the survival value?"

Yan Xiaoyu replied with a smile:

"I was reluctant at first. After all, how could I be willing to use coins to replace the survival points I gained by fighting life and death? So the managers took the lead in demonstrating. As the strongest people in the base, they still have the leading role. Obviously, after seeing the benefits of this approach, of course no one would refuse it.”

"People who go out hunt monsters to get survival points, and then go to the game mall to buy items one by one according to the established rules, and then go to the purchasing department to exchange coins, and then they can use the coins to find base personnel to obtain services."

"For example, eating, asking others to help wash clothes, and letting blacksmiths make weapons and tailors make armor. These services are either not available in the game store, or they are much cheaper. Most combatants are willing to use coins. trade."

Yan Xiaoyu introduced the trading model in the base in one breath, giving Lin Yuan and Ye Tianyu a general understanding of the trading model in the base.

"A very wise decision. It seems that the managers of your base understand these management models very well. They are indeed the bosses of a big company." Lin Yuan commented.

Before coming to the base, Yan Xiaoyu gave them a brief introduction to the manager of the base, so he was very clear about the identity of the manager.

Nowadays, the only way to obtain survival points in survival games is by killing monsters, and there is no function to trade survival points.

Therefore, the survival value of each player can only be purchased by himself, and the combat commodities in the game mall are extremely expensive, much more expensive than life tools of the same specification.

This leads to an obvious result. The survival value consumed by developing productivity is undoubtedly much less than the survival value consumed by developing combat power.

As long as it is a human settlement seeking development, the fighters in the base must use their survival points to buy various tools, so that ordinary people who dare not go out to kill monsters can also play some value.

The most important thing is to find a currency that can replace the survival value. The base manager can think of replacing the survival value with coins, which is a very good decision.

Nowadays, people are using mobile payment methods such as Nongxin Payment and Zhifubao Payment. Not many people carry banknotes, let alone coins that are even scarcer than banknotes.

As long as the management of the base has enough prestige, this coin can be used as a currency such as gold.

"You'll see each other soon." Yan Xiaoyu said.

Both Ye Tianyu and Lin Yuan smiled, their eyes full of anticipation to meet the manager.

After a while, they finally arrived at the sixth floor of the shopping building.

No matter what kind of shopping building it is, basically the uppermost floor is the place with the least traffic. Unless there are some particularly famous shops, otherwise, few customers will come to the sixth floor to shop.

Therefore, noisy entertainment venues such as movie theaters and KTVs are usually set up on the top floors of shopping buildings, where there are few people and no crowds, and the rent is low without disturbing other shops.

The management personnel of the base are located on this floor, and the original movie theater has also been transformed into a conference hall, and a relatively large table is placed in the reception hall.

The moment they stepped into this floor, the three of Ye Tianyu saw three other strangers standing beside the escalator, as if they had expected Ye Tianyu's arrival.

"Welcome here, Mr. Ye Tianyu, and Mr. Lin Yuan."

The leading man in his 20s smiled softly and stretched out his hand to express his friendliness.

Ye Tianyu thought for a second, and shook hands with the other party in a friendly way.

"Nice to meet you."

　The efficiency of daily codewords has dropped a lot. And the more I write, the more I can discover my own shortcomings.

　　Finally, I wish everyone a happy Children's Day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)