"Poaching?" Everyone present was puzzled. Zhao Jin said excitedly, "We can just go back to the base and find someone we know!"
"But how can you guarantee that people will follow you? At least ordinary people can be guaranteed to be safe when they stay in the base, but it's hard to say when they come out. It should be useless to rely on our one-sided statement, right?" Li Xia asked the question first.
"Life in the base isn't this easy these days," Zhao Jin sighed. "Before I had my powers, I lived in an ordinary tent area. Lately, I've been hearing a lot of arguments. People are either complaining about lack of supplies or about how cramped and uncomfortable life is."
"Those team members who didn't leave with us probably had family reasons. With families to support, who would want to take the risk?"
"But they also wanted to go out with the team to fight zombies and find supplies. But the supplies outside have basically been looted. Didn't we not find anything last time? If we hadn't come across the hotel, we probably wouldn't have been able to bring anything back."
Jiang Xiao had lived in that area before, so he naturally understood what Zhao Jin was talking about. "To put it bluntly, even if we're in the base now, we can only guarantee our safety temporarily. But what about food, clothing, shelter, and transportation? These things are in short supply at the base. That guy Sun Hao will definitely come up with some nefarious plan to mess with the hotel when he returns. It would be better to poach his people and clear them out bit by bit. Let's see how arrogant he can be!"
In this way, digging walls in the past seemed to have only benefits and no disadvantages.
Shi Jiu, who had been listening nearby, added, "Your only concern is whether he'll issue a wanted notice for you. Those leaders are sure to have a lot of inventory, and if they're tempted, it would be dangerous for you to go back."
Chen Hua pondered aside and said, "Boss, what you said makes sense, but we can try the time difference."
"What's the time difference?"
"They just left. We can buy another emergency kit, speed up our journey, get back to the base before them, advertise the hotel, and persuade some of our former friends or teammates to come over. That way, we don't have to worry about the future, and we can also recruit people."
"Besides, even if they really have a wanted order for us, it's normal to be in the dark. He definitely wouldn't expect us to quietly return. We can observe their plan and come up with countermeasures. Moreover, the people we dig out later might use our methods to go back and recruit people here, forming a cycle. After all, the hotel is really a paradise, no one would really not care."
Everyone basically has their own social circle. When circles overlap, various information will be exchanged. Things like this in the hotel can spread quickly.
After hearing this, Shi Jiu thought this was also a good opportunity to advertise. He opened the mall and saw that there were new products online.
"Hey, if you really go back, I will sponsor some food, which will be your advertising fee. You can take advantage of this opportunity to help me promote my products! I also have some equipment here, you can see if you need them." After saying that, he bought 10 pieces of two daily necessities and put them in the vending machine.
They are a 1.8-liter shoulder-carrying water bottle and a multi-functional backpack. They are produced by the system and the quality is absolutely top-notch.
"Yes, it's on the vending machine, go and have a look." While they were picking out items, Shi Jiu quickly used the 20 lottery tickets he had gotten in the morning.
My luck this time was average, nothing new came out. After two rounds of golden glitter, in addition to getting 10 chocolates and 4 bottles of milk, the four golden koi were all level 3 commodity exchange coupons, but the number was more than before, a total of 800.
But overall it is not much. For example, after upgrading to level 3, the purchase price of the water bottle and backpack is 30 crystal cores, and they can be sold for 90 crystal cores. The redemption coupons are essentially to help her run the store better when the crystal cores are insufficient in the early stage. It is estimated that she will be more dependent on crystal cores in the future.
She used the coupon to exchange for 100 servings of chocolate and milk. Although the function of these two is mainly to restore superpowers, ordinary people can still feel fuller after eating them than ordinary food.
Shi Jiu still threw these things into the warehouse and asked Chen Hua to go in and take them later, just as the early publicity expenses.
Chen Hua and his three companions were still holding their backpack water bottles and couldn't let go of them. These two things were a blessing for people who had no storage space. Moreover, the quality was so good that even a knife could not scratch the backpack. They were simply a must-have for going out!
Even Chen Hua, who had a space bracelet, touched the backpack lovingly. Besides, this thing was not expensive in the long run, 90 crystal cores. As long as they didn't do anything stupid, this backpack would probably last for a long time.
The two items cost a total of 180 crystal cores, which basically wiped out all the gains they made from killing zombies yesterday. However, they looked very happy, especially the two girls, Zhao Jin and Jiang Xiao, who looked very excited. Maybe this is the fun of shopping.
Shi Jiu asked Qin Lou to take Chen Hua into the warehouse to store the chocolate and milk with the space bracelet. When they came out, Chen Hua took them out and looked at them. He said to Shi Jiu, "Boss, this is good stuff!"
These two items are not available at the base. Many parents of children will pay high prices to find dairy products, but usually there is no demand.
"It's okay, you can eat it too. This thing can also restore your superpowers. Just promote it to me and attract more customers!" Shi Jiu waved his hand, "Be careful when you go over there. I'll wait for your good news."
After saying goodbye, the four of them put on their backpacks, filled their water bottles with water and set off. They wanted to return to the base as soon as possible, and they even tore two straps from old clothes to cover their faces for fear of being recognized.
Shi Jiu looked at their departing backs and continued to adjust her layout without thinking too much. The production building on the left remained unchanged, with the treatment machine still placed next to it, and behind it were the restaurant and garment shop.
As soon as the new clothing store was opened, she pulled Qin Lou in to take a look. "Xiao Qin, this store will be under your management from now on. It sells clothes. Let's go in and see what it's like."
Pushing open the glass door, the layout inside is very strange. The middle area is empty, and the places for clothes on all sides are separated by large glass windows. If you want to buy clothes, it is just like the self-service vending machine outside. You pay first, and the clothes will fall to the exit below.
"It seems that we don't need employees this way, but I can't touch the clothes and can only look at them. Will it have any impact on my purchase?" Shi Jiu understood this kind of electronic store, but he couldn't know the situation until he tried on the clothes.
"Why don't we get a few hangers and put them here, and then take a few clothes of different sizes as samples. It will be convenient to buy with comparison. We definitely can't do this in traditional clothing stores." Qin Lou gave a suggestion.
"Well, this is also a good idea!" Shi Jiu walked forward to observe the layout in the glass window. In fact, it looks very much like a vending machine, but there are special hangers inside to hang clothes. When there is an order, the hanger will open, and the clothes will be sent down. The hanger will be pushed to the back and a new piece of clothes will be hung on it.
The entire window display is very large, with plenty of empty space. Even clothes of multiple sizes can be displayed in many styles. Shi Jiu thought that the underwear and backpack water bottles that were originally sold outside should also be sold here.
We have a store, but where are the clothes?
Shi Jiu rummaged through the equipment in the store and found that there was a garment production area next to the door that was only accessible to hotel employees. Inside, there were large-scale mechanical equipment. After the products were produced here, they would be directly lined up and hung in the window. As for the raw materials, Shi Jiu had to grow them.
After the upgrade, cotton and soybean seeds appeared in the mall, and there were piglets to raise on the ranch. Shi Jiu looked at the pink and tender piglets and thought of a famous dish: roast suckling pig. It was fresh and delicious, with crispy skin and tender meat. He wondered if the system's chef could make it.
Ahem, I've gone off track. Shi Jiu swallowed his saliva and decided to plant all these quickly. The sooner you plant, the sooner you can harvest.
Open the farm, and you will see production robots working diligently, harvesting the ripe vegetables into the warehouse, and then sowing seeds for a new round of planting.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully reaching level 3 in 5 days. As a diligent host, there are rewards! The purchase limit of production buildings has been unlocked early. Keep up the good work~]
Just when Shi Jiu was about to buy seeds, a message popped up on the system.
Unlocking the purchase limit? Doesn't that mean you can buy unlimited farmland?
Shi Jiu immediately filled in 100 as the purchase quantity, and when he pressed it, the system popped up a reminder.
[Do you want to spend 1000 crystal cores to buy farmland? ]
That's great, there are no restrictions. After Chen Hua and his team have done a good job of publicity, there will definitely be more and more customers, and the demand for supplies will definitely increase. She thought about it and first bought 40 pieces of farmland, and then went to the ranch to buy 20 chicken cages, 10 duck cages and 1 pigpen. The pigpen can accommodate 10 piglets and requires 100 crystal cores.
This cost 800 crystal cores, and after buying 20 packages of cotton seeds and soybean seeds, as well as chickens, ducks and pigs, Shi Jiu's originally decent financial situation became dwindling again.
Shi Jiu planted the seeds first. He divided the previous 10 plots of farmland in half to plant vegetables. The wheat and rice planted yesterday had extremely high yields and there was no shortage of them at present. The 40 plots of farmland he bought later were also divided in half to plant cotton and soybeans. The yield of these two was also 50kg, but it would take a little longer, five hours, which was just right to see the production before a nap.
There are two harvesting times for new piglets. One is 24 hours, when you harvest a suckling pig that can be used for roasting. The other is 48 hours, when it grows into a standard slaughter pig weighing up to 400kg. Clicking on harvest can also automatically divide the various parts.
Technology changes life! Shi Jiu set the time in half with tears in his eyes. He could eat delicious roast suckling pig tomorrow!
After everything was almost set up, Shi Jiu touched his rumbling stomach and invited Qin Lou, "Xiao Qin, have you had breakfast?"
"not yet."
"Let's go eat together. There aren't many customers right now." Shi Jiu couldn't help but feel happy when he thought about having more delicious food tomorrow. "Tomorrow we can eat roast suckling pig!"
Qin Lou looked down at the tablet and saw that there were new products.
He looked at Shi Jiu, who was still very happy even though she hadn't eaten yet, and couldn't help but ask, "Even if you haven't eaten yet, will you still be happy?"
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