First, there is the City Hall.

Pompeii was originally designed to be a town of about 5,000 residents. With the last storm, a total of 2,000 to 3,000 people poured in. Residents are still pouring in, but the population is gradually decreasing, becoming a trickle.

According to this trend, it would take one or two years, or even twenty or three years, to expand the population of Pompeii to 5,000.

But as the reputation of the Pompeii family became a storm again, the number of residents pouring into Pompeii suddenly increased a lot.

In just two months, as many as seven or eight hundred people came to Pompeii, bought properties, and became glorious new Pompeians.

What is even more frightening is the influx of some middle class and ordinary wealthy people.

What the world lacks most is speculators with vision and courage. Let's not talk about whether the hot spring resort can be successful.

Only God knows this.

If everyone thought that the hot spring resort project would be successful, then Orange would be in a panic by now, and many wealthy people would definitely put the construction of a hot spring resort on their business agenda.

But now, the hot spring resort is still the only one in Pompeii.

Because businessmen are still waiting and watching, if the Orange Group's hot spring resort project can be a big hit, then it is not impossible for many hot spring resorts to emerge in Orange in three to five years.

Of course, by then, Orange Hot Springs Resort had already established its reputation and was certain to occupy a large share of the market, and was not afraid of challenges.

And before the Orange Hot Springs Resort really exploded and everything was still just imaginary, no one would follow suit and invest large sums of money to build such a resort.

But there are some moderately wealthy people and middle-class people who will bet on one thing.

That is to bet that the hot spring resort project will be extremely popular, which will then trigger another project and the housing prices in Pompeii will rise.

This is the keen sense of smell of speculators.

Under such circumstances, many ordinary wealthy people flocked to Pompeii, waving gold coins to buy properties that had been built or were still under construction in Pompeii.

This caused a lot of trouble for the city hall.

For this purpose, the city hall held a meeting, and even Luther, the acting lord, was alarmed and attended the meeting.

Inside the city hall meeting room.

A row of windows were opened, and the bright sunshine poured in along with the winter chill.

Lelouch and the officials were all wearing thick clothes, and only Luther was wearing a single shirt.

Lelouch sat in the main seat, sitting upright, and with his big mustache, he looked very impressive. The officials sat on both sides of the conference table, with Luther sitting on Lelouch's left.

Luther was very curious about how this matter would be handled, but he didn't want to interfere too much in the work of the city hall, so this meeting was headed by Lelouch.

"Pompeii used to be deserted, but now it's being targeted by speculators. This is actually a happy trouble."

Luther propped his chin up with his hand, looking a little absent-minded.

That’s right, Luther felt a little happy in his heart.

Lively Pompeii.

hey-hey.

"I think this matter is extremely serious." During the meeting, an older official expressed his opinion very seriously.

"Pompeii attracted ordinary residents with its low housing prices. Now that these speculators are pouring in and waving gold coins to buy properties, the housing prices in Pompeii will definitely go up."

An official expressed his opinion.

This is a very realistic thing. There are currently many residents in Pompeii, but their income is generally not high, and even the employment rate is not ideal.

Because Pompeii lacks the corresponding high-end consumer groups and manufacturing factories.

High-end consumers are people who enjoy high life. They will wave their gold coins to create a more comfortable living environment for themselves.

Manufacturing plants can recruit workers aggressively.

These can increase the employment rate of a city and improve its prosperity. Otherwise, a city will gradually die.

Although Luther already had plans to develop the metropolis of Pompeii, he couldn't let the small town of Pompeii die just like that.

"Yes, just like the Dream Bar opened by the eldest daughter of Pompeii, there are no more than five customers a day, which is really miserable. In addition, our city hall has invested a lot of money in the Pompeii Opera House and is preparing to recruit musicians. This is also a lot of money and we must recover the cost. Pompeii needs the middle class and wealthy people."

One official agreed.

"But these speculators may not live in the houses they buy. They will leave them idle and wait for them to appreciate in value. They have driven up the price of houses in Pompeii without generating any consumption."

One official countered this with a powerful argument.

Pompeii needed the middle class and wealthy people, but what if these speculators just left the houses empty? This made the officials who had previously agreed with these middle class and wealthy people buying houses silent for a while.

In fact, it’s also because Pompeii is too small now.

The plate was too small.

Not well developed either.

Although there are many residents, there is a lack of capital and necessary manufacturing factories. The employment rate and income of residents are generally not high.

Of course, there are some fools who contribute to Pompeii's employment rate.

For example, Miss Alice, a big fool, opened a bar with no customers at all and hired waiters, pianists, and top bartenders.

These people live in Pompeii and will generate consumption.

For example, the Pompeii family employed male and female servants, guards, knights, and officials, and provided nourishment for the city.

But this is far from enough.

If the city becomes huge, it will be a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, Luther's metropolis in the future will have numerous factories and a strong foundation in the construction industry. It will also need many famous schools, including architecture, art schools, business schools, extraordinary schools, etc.

It will integrate numerous capitals and businesses and eventually become a mature and balanced metropolitan area.

When a metropolis develops like that, some speculators who come with a little money to buy houses will not be able to have any impact on the metropolitan area.

Pompeii still has a long way to go.

But should we let these speculators do whatever they want now? Of course not.

(End of this chapter)